The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sophis products and/or services in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Sophis over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors currently tracked.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within Sophis.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sophis
Rank 857 880 819
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -61
Permanent jobs citing Sophis 14 21 76
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.013% 0.017% 0.059%
As % of the Vendors category 0.026% 0.037% 0.125%
Number of salaries quoted 11 18 55
Average salary £65,000 £68,750 £77,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.45% -11.29%
90% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £51,750 £53,000
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £96,500 £90,000
UK excluding London average salary - - £42,500
All Vendors
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
52856 57310 60604
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 47.91% 47.69% 47.09%
Number of salaries quoted 43357 48290 50506
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000

Sophis
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Sophis within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Sophis Jobs Demand Trend

Sophis
Salary Trend

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

Sophis Salary Trend

Sophis
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Sophis over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 within the UK.

Sophis Salary Histogram

Sophis
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sophis within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
London +42 14 £65,000 -5.45% 3
England +25 14 £65,000 -5.45% 3
City of London -5 8 £65,000 +5.26% 3

Sophis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Sophis 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 Sophis.

1 25 (69.44%) Front Office
2 17 (47.22%) Calypso
3 16 (44.44%) Murex
3 16 (44.44%) SQL
4 15 (41.67%) Project Management
5 14 (38.89%) Finance
5 14 (38.89%) Front Arena
6 13 (36.11%) Banking
7 12 (33.33%) Investment Banking
7 12 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
7 12 (33.33%) Derivative
7 12 (33.33%) Equity Derivative
8 11 (30.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 10 (27.78%) Programme Management
10 9 (25.00%) Equities
10 9 (25.00%) Oracle
10 9 (25.00%) SQL Server
11 8 (22.22%) Degree
12 7 (19.44%) Business Analysis
12 7 (19.44%) SunGard
12 7 (19.44%) Java
13 6 (16.67%) C#
13 6 (16.67%) PRINCE2
13 6 (16.67%) UNIX
13 6 (16.67%) Windows
13 6 (16.67%) JDBC
13 6 (16.67%) Microsoft
13 6 (16.67%) .NET
13 6 (16.67%) Middleware
13 6 (16.67%) Risk Management

Sophis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Sophis 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 Sophis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (16.67%) .NET
1 6 (16.67%) JDBC
1 6 (16.67%) Middleware
1 6 (16.67%) Hibernate
1 6 (16.67%) Spring
1 6 (16.67%) RESTful
2 5 (13.89%) .NET Framework
2 5 (13.89%) WCF
2 5 (13.89%) WPF
3 4 (11.11%) WinForms
4 1 (2.778%) Ajax
4 1 (2.778%) XML
4 1 (2.778%) ASP.NET
4 1 (2.778%) COM
4 1 (2.778%) Silverlight
4 1 (2.778%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
4 1 (2.778%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 4 (11.11%) SharePoint
1 4 (11.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (8.333%) MS Visio
2 2 (5.556%) MS Office
3 1 (2.778%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 14 (38.89%) Front Arena
2 6 (16.67%) Sophis RISQUE
3 2 (5.556%) Kondor+
3 2 (5.556%) ION MarketView
4 1 (2.778%) assyst
4 1 (2.778%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (2.778%) Global One
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (8.333%) TOAD
3 2 (5.556%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.778%) OLAP
4 1 (2.778%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (2.778%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (2.778%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 4 (11.11%) JIRA
2 1 (2.778%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (2.778%) MSBuild
2 1 (2.778%) Ant
2 1 (2.778%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.778%) WinRunner
2 1 (2.778%) TestDirector
2 1 (2.778%) MSI
2 1 (2.778%) InstallShield
2 1 (2.778%) Subversion
General
1 25 (69.44%) Front Office
2 14 (38.89%) Finance
3 13 (36.11%) Banking
4 12 (33.33%) Investment Banking
5 1 (2.778%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.778%) Legal
5 1 (2.778%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 12 (33.33%) Analyst
2 10 (27.78%) Developer
3 8 (22.22%) Programme Manager
4 7 (19.44%) Business Analyst
5 6 (16.67%) Software Developer
5 6 (16.67%) Project Manager
5 6 (16.67%) Java Developer
5 6 (16.67%) Java Software Developer
6 5 (13.89%) Senior Manager
6 5 (13.89%) Support Analyst
7 4 (11.11%) C# Developer
7 4 (11.11%) Agile Java Developer
7 4 (11.11%) Business Project Manager
7 4 (11.11%) Business Manager
8 3 (8.333%) Senior IT Programme Manager
8 3 (8.333%) Head of IT
8 3 (8.333%) Sophis Support Analyst
8 3 (8.333%) Equity Derivatives Business Analyst
8 3 (8.333%) Senior Programme Manager
8 3 (8.333%) IT Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 12 (33.33%) Derivative
1 12 (33.33%) Equity Derivative
2 11 (30.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 9 (25.00%) Equities
4 4 (11.11%) Hedge funds
4 4 (11.11%) Client/Server
4 4 (11.11%) Computer Science
4 4 (11.11%) Wiki
4 4 (11.11%) Credit Risk
5 3 (8.333%) Exotic Derivative
6 2 (5.556%) Fixed Income
7 1 (2.778%) Management Information System
7 1 (2.778%) Market Risk
7 1 (2.778%) Reference Data
7 1 (2.778%) Credit Derivative
Operating Systems
1 6 (16.67%) UNIX
1 6 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (2.778%) Windows XP
2 1 (2.778%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (41.67%) Project Management
2 12 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 10 (27.78%) Programme Management
4 7 (19.44%) Business Analysis
5 6 (16.67%) Multithreading
5 6 (16.67%) Financial Modelling
5 6 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 6 (16.67%) PRINCE2
6 4 (11.11%) OO
6 4 (11.11%) OOD
6 4 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (11.11%) Analytics
7 3 (8.333%) Time Management
7 3 (8.333%) Test Strategy
7 3 (8.333%) Use Case
7 3 (8.333%) Greeks
7 3 (8.333%) Waterfall
7 3 (8.333%) CAD
7 3 (8.333%) Change Management
7 3 (8.333%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 16 (44.44%) SQL
2 7 (19.44%) Java
3 6 (16.67%) C#
4 5 (13.89%) VBA
5 4 (11.11%) PL/SQL
5 4 (11.11%) T-SQL
6 2 (5.556%) VB
6 2 (5.556%) C++
7 1 (2.778%) Python
7 1 (2.778%) VB6
7 1 (2.778%) PowerShell
7 1 (2.778%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 8 (22.22%) Degree
2 3 (8.333%) PMP
2 3 (8.333%) PMI Certification
3 2 (5.556%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.778%) COBIT
1 1 (2.778%) QA
1 1 (2.778%) Basel III
Systems Management
1 5 (13.89%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 17 (47.22%) Calypso
2 16 (44.44%) Murex
3 9 (25.00%) Oracle
4 7 (19.44%) SunGard
5 6 (16.67%) Microsoft
6 5 (13.89%) Bloomberg
7 2 (5.556%) Charles River
7 2 (5.556%) ION Trading
8 1 (2.778%) GoldenSource
8 1 (2.778%) Capita
8 1 (2.778%) Fidessa
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