The first table below looks at the demand for Quantitative Analysis skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Quantitative Analysis over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quantitative Analysis
Rank 781 866 787
Rank change year-on-year
+85 -79
Permanent jobs citing Quantitative Analysis 77 30 84
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.071% 0.025% 0.068%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.093% 0.033% 0.092%
Number of salaries quoted 59 28 58
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £61,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -34.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £27,500 £30,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £84,500 £87,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £30,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+31.14% -23.75%
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
82363 90112 90953
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 76.41% 74.51% 73.67%
Number of salaries quoted 67577 76622 76058
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%

Quantitative Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Quantitative Analysis within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Quantitative Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

Quantitative Analysis
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Quantitative Analysis within the UK.

Quantitative Analysis Salary Trend

Quantitative Analysis
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Quantitative Analysis over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 within the UK.

Quantitative Analysis Salary Histogram

Quantitative Analysis
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Quantitative Analysis within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +79 76 £40,000 -
London +76 59 £40,000 -42.85%
South East +20 17 £40,000 -42.85%
City of London +19 17 £37,500 -53.12%
Berkshire +14 9 £50,000 -28.57%
Reading - 6 £60,000 -
Hampshire - 4 £40,000 -
Oxfordshire -12 3 - -
Buckinghamshire - 3 £40,000 -
Wallingford - 3 - -
Portsmouth - 3 £40,000 -
Milton Keynes - 2 £40,000 -
Maidenhead +15 1 £36,500 -47.85%

Quantitative Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Quantitative Analysis also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Quantitative Analysis.

1 53 (43.09%) SQL
2 51 (41.46%) Finance
3 50 (40.65%) Degree
4 47 (38.21%) Marketing
5 44 (35.77%) SAS
6 33 (26.83%) Statistics
7 32 (26.02%) SPSS
8 31 (25.20%) Analytics
9 29 (23.58%) MS Excel
10 28 (22.76%) Economics
11 26 (21.14%) Computer Science
12 25 (20.33%) Data Mining
13 23 (18.70%) Mathematics
14 21 (17.07%) Banking
15 19 (15.45%) Statistical Analysis
16 18 (14.63%) Microsoft
16 18 (14.63%) CRM
17 17 (13.82%) PhD
18 15 (12.20%) Java
18 15 (12.20%) Telecoms
18 15 (12.20%) Data Analysis
19 14 (11.38%) Business Intelligence
20 13 (10.57%) MS Office
20 13 (10.57%) Hedge funds
21 12 (9.756%) VBA
21 12 (9.756%) Internet
21 12 (9.756%) Project Management
22 11 (8.943%) Data Warehouse
23 10 (8.130%) Data Modelling
23 10 (8.130%) MS PowerPoint

Quantitative Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Quantitative Analysis also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Quantitative Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (4.065%) .NET
2 2 (1.626%) ASP.NET
2 2 (1.626%) Swing
2 2 (1.626%) Hibernate
2 2 (1.626%) Spring
2 2 (1.626%) WCF
2 2 (1.626%) WPF
3 1 (0.813%) HTML
3 1 (0.813%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.813%) Middleware
3 1 (0.813%) CSS
3 1 (0.813%) XML
Application Platforms
1 44 (35.77%) SAS
2 4 (3.252%) SharePoint
Applications
1 32 (26.02%) SPSS
2 29 (23.58%) MS Excel
3 13 (10.57%) MS Office
4 10 (8.130%) MS PowerPoint
5 7 (5.691%) MS Project
6 5 (4.065%) MS Visio
6 5 (4.065%) Weka
7 1 (0.813%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.439%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 12 (9.756%) Internet
2 2 (1.626%) Intranet
3 1 (0.813%) Broadband
3 1 (0.813%) WiMAX
3 1 (0.813%) HSPA
3 1 (0.813%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (20.33%) Data Mining
2 11 (8.943%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (7.317%) SQL Server
4 8 (6.504%) MS Access
5 6 (4.878%) Big Data
6 4 (3.252%) Data Mart
6 4 (3.252%) Star Schema
7 3 (2.439%) OLAP
8 2 (1.626%) SAP BW
8 2 (1.626%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.626%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (1.626%) SQL Server 2008
8 2 (1.626%) TOAD
9 1 (0.813%) Essbase
9 1 (0.813%) dBASE
9 1 (0.813%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.813%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 51 (41.46%) Finance
2 47 (38.21%) Marketing
3 21 (17.07%) Banking
4 15 (12.20%) Telecoms
5 8 (6.504%) Retail
6 7 (5.691%) Investment Banking
6 7 (5.691%) Games
7 6 (4.878%) Advertising
8 5 (4.065%) Front Office
9 3 (2.439%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.626%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.813%) Back Office
11 1 (0.813%) Electronics
11 1 (0.813%) Publishing
11 1 (0.813%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 64 (52.03%) Analyst
2 27 (21.95%) Data Analyst
3 20 (16.26%) Consultant
4 14 (11.38%) Business Analyst
5 12 (9.756%) Graduate
6 8 (6.504%) Developer
7 7 (5.691%) Java Developer
7 7 (5.691%) Data Consultant
8 6 (4.878%) Marketing Consultant
8 6 (4.878%) Business Manager
9 5 (4.065%) Data Mining Analyst
9 5 (4.065%) Architect
10 4 (3.252%) Data Architect
10 4 (3.252%) Senior Analyst
10 4 (3.252%) Quantitative Analyst
10 4 (3.252%) ETL Architect
10 4 (3.252%) CRM Analyst
11 3 (2.439%) Solutions Analyst
11 3 (2.439%) Product Manager
11 3 (2.439%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 33 (26.83%) Statistics
2 28 (22.76%) Economics
3 26 (21.14%) Computer Science
4 23 (18.70%) Mathematics
5 13 (10.57%) Hedge funds
6 9 (7.317%) Visualisation
7 8 (6.504%) Data Extraction
8 7 (5.691%) Fixed Income
9 6 (4.878%) Social Network
9 6 (4.878%) Social Media
10 5 (4.065%) Equities
11 4 (3.252%) Informatics
11 4 (3.252%) Social Gaming
11 4 (3.252%) Mobile Games
12 3 (2.439%) iDTV
12 3 (2.439%) Derivative
12 3 (2.439%) Interest Rate Derivative
12 3 (2.439%) New Media
12 3 (2.439%) FMCG
13 2 (1.626%) Machine Learning
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.065%) Linux
2 4 (3.252%) Windows
3 2 (1.626%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (25.20%) Analytics
2 19 (15.45%) Statistical Analysis
3 18 (14.63%) CRM
4 15 (12.20%) Data Analysis
5 14 (11.38%) Business Intelligence
6 12 (9.756%) Project Management
7 10 (8.130%) Data Modelling
7 10 (8.130%) Statistical Modelling
8 9 (7.317%) Customer Insight
8 9 (7.317%) Unit Testing
8 9 (7.317%) Predictive Modelling
9 7 (5.691%) Financial Analysis
9 7 (5.691%) Validation
10 6 (4.878%) Econometrics
10 6 (4.878%) Marketing Intelligence
10 6 (4.878%) Regression Analysis
10 6 (4.878%) Data Cleansing
10 6 (4.878%) Marketing Management
10 6 (4.878%) Database Marketing
10 6 (4.878%) Marketing Analytics
Programming Languages
1 53 (43.09%) SQL
2 15 (12.20%) Java
3 12 (9.756%) VBA
4 7 (5.691%) C#
4 7 (5.691%) C++
4 7 (5.691%) R
5 5 (4.065%) Python
5 5 (4.065%) Ruby
6 3 (2.439%) Perl
6 3 (2.439%) PHP
7 2 (1.626%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.813%) SPARQL
8 1 (0.813%) Scala
Qualifications
1 50 (40.65%) Degree
2 17 (13.82%) PhD
3 5 (4.065%) Postgraduate
4 4 (3.252%) CEH
5 2 (1.626%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.626%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.813%) PMP
6 1 (0.813%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.813%) MBA
6 1 (0.813%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.065%) SLA
1 5 (4.065%) QA
2 4 (3.252%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.626%) Basel III
3 2 (1.626%) Basel II
Systems Management
1 2 (1.626%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 18 (14.63%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.065%) Oracle
3 3 (2.439%) Google
3 3 (2.439%) KXEN
4 2 (1.626%) Sybase
4 2 (1.626%) SAP
4 2 (1.626%) Cognos
4 2 (1.626%) Reuters
4 2 (1.626%) Bloomberg
4 2 (1.626%) Teradata
4 2 (1.626%) Omniture
5 1 (0.813%) Yahoo!
5 1 (0.813%) Tableau
5 1 (0.813%) Murex
5 1 (0.813%) CA
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