Bloomberg
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Bloomberg products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Bloomberg over the 6 months to 30 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Bloomberg.

6 months to
30 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 537 528 809
Rank change year-on-year -9 +281 -237
Permanent jobs citing Bloomberg 192 723 296
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.36% 0.57% 0.23%
As % of the Vendors category 0.85% 1.40% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 132 326 196
10th Percentile £32,750 £39,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,250 £55,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £85,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.41% +41.67% -33.33%
75th Percentile £82,500 £118,750 £97,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £132,500 £120,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,500 £48,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -7.29% +28.00% -34.78%

All Vendors
UK

Bloomberg is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 22,592 51,708 50,661
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 41.95% 40.92% 39.13%
Number of salaries quoted 16,569 30,267 33,437
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £39,225
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,934 £95,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,565 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -0.87% +5.26% +4.40%

Bloomberg
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Bloomberg as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Bloomberg in the UK

Bloomberg
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Bloomberg.

Salary trend for Bloomberg in the UK

Bloomberg
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Bloomberg over the 6 months to 30 November 2023.

Salary histogram for Bloomberg in the UK

Bloomberg
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Bloomberg within the UK over the 6 months to 30 November 2023. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +3 188 £60,000 -29.41% 64
London +136 175 £60,000 -29.41% 61
Work from Home +243 42 £60,000 -46.67% 14
UK excluding London -77 15 £44,500 -7.29% 7
South East +36 11 £44,500 -71.29% 3
North West +107 2 - -
North of England +85 2 - -
Scotland -2 2 - - 2

Bloomberg
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (7.81%) SharePoint
2 12 (6.25%) MS Exchange
3 9 (4.69%) IIS
4 2 (1.04%) Apache
4 2 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.04%) Confluence
5 1 (0.52%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 15 (7.81%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 19 (9.90%) Fidessa
2 17 (8.85%) Sophis RISQUE
3 8 (4.17%) Aladdin
4 6 (3.13%) Bloomberg AIM
5 5 (2.60%) SimCorp Dimension
6 4 (2.08%) Eikon
7 2 (1.04%) Alphatax
7 2 (1.04%) ION Anvil
7 2 (1.04%) Temenos T24
8 1 (0.52%) Bloomberg TOMS
8 1 (0.52%) Endur
8 1 (0.52%) Infor SunSystems
8 1 (0.52%) Salerio
8 1 (0.52%) Softmar
8 1 (0.52%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 73 (38.02%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (7.29%) Azure
3 8 (4.17%) AWS
4 4 (2.08%) GCP
4 4 (2.08%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.04%) dbt
5 2 (1.04%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.04%) Mimecast
6 1 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.52%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (0.52%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.52%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (17.71%) VPN
2 28 (14.58%) DNS
3 27 (14.06%) DHCP
4 22 (11.46%) TCP/IP
5 19 (9.90%) Firewall
6 17 (8.85%) Cisco IOS
7 15 (7.81%) WebEx
8 14 (7.29%) FIX Connectivity
9 11 (5.73%) SD-WAN
9 11 (5.73%) WAN
9 11 (5.73%) Wireless
10 10 (5.21%) LAN
11 8 (4.17%) Internet
12 4 (2.08%) 3G
12 4 (2.08%) Telnet
12 4 (2.08%) Wi-Fi
13 3 (1.56%) VoIP
14 2 (1.04%) VLAN
15 1 (0.52%) Cisco ASA
15 1 (0.52%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (10.94%) SQL Server
2 15 (7.81%) Relational Database
3 7 (3.65%) Tableau
4 4 (2.08%) Power BI
5 2 (1.04%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (1.04%) Apache Arrow
5 2 (1.04%) Apache Ignite
5 2 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.04%) Dremio
6 1 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.52%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.52%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.52%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 5 (2.60%) JIRA
2 2 (1.04%) Git
3 1 (0.52%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.52%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.52%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 159 (82.81%) Finance
2 78 (40.63%) Social Skills
3 53 (27.60%) Banking
4 40 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (19.27%) Front Office
6 26 (13.54%) Investment Banking
7 21 (10.94%) Back Office
8 20 (10.42%) Telecoms
9 19 (9.90%) Legal
10 2 (1.04%) Corporate Banking
10 2 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.52%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.52%) International Banking
11 1 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.52%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 99 (51.56%) Analyst
2 64 (33.33%) Support Analyst
3 41 (21.35%) IT Support
4 30 (15.63%) IT Analyst
5 29 (15.10%) IT Support Analyst
6 21 (10.94%) Applications Support
7 19 (9.90%) Applications Support Analyst
8 17 (8.85%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 16 (8.33%) Desktop Support
10 15 (7.81%) Financial Analyst
11 14 (7.29%) 3rd Line Support
11 14 (7.29%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
11 14 (7.29%) Support Engineer
12 13 (6.77%) 1st Line Support
12 13 (6.77%) 1st Line Support Analyst
12 13 (6.77%) Banking Analyst
13 12 (6.25%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
13 12 (6.25%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Analyst
14 11 (5.73%) IT Support Specialist
14 11 (5.73%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (18.23%) FIX Protocol
2 5 (2.60%) .NET
3 3 (1.56%) Middleware
3 3 (1.56%) XML
4 2 (1.04%) XMPP
5 1 (0.52%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.52%) Kafka
5 1 (0.52%) MSMQ
5 1 (0.52%) Murex MxML
5 1 (0.52%) Regular Expression
5 1 (0.52%) WPF
5 1 (0.52%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 30 (15.63%) Fixed Income
2 19 (9.90%) Hedge funds
3 17 (8.85%) Renewable Energy
4 15 (7.81%) Eurex
5 11 (5.73%) Derivative
5 11 (5.73%) Wiki
6 9 (4.69%) Equities
7 8 (4.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (2.60%) Onboarding
9 4 (2.08%) Management Information System
9 4 (2.08%) Reference Data
9 4 (2.08%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (1.56%) Handset
10 3 (1.56%) Replication
10 3 (1.56%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 2 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (1.04%) Driving Licence
11 2 (1.04%) Product Ownership
11 2 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.52%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 97 (50.52%) Windows
2 31 (16.15%) Windows 10
3 22 (11.46%) Windows Server
4 18 (9.38%) Linux
4 18 (9.38%) Unix
5 16 (8.33%) Android
6 15 (7.81%) Ubuntu
7 14 (7.29%) Solaris
8 12 (6.25%) CentOS
9 5 (2.60%) Apple iOS
10 3 (1.56%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (1.56%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (1.04%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (1.04%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (30.73%) ITIL
2 40 (20.83%) Agile
3 37 (19.27%) Change Management
4 32 (16.67%) Problem Management
4 32 (16.67%) Project Management
5 31 (16.15%) Asset Management
5 31 (16.15%) Change Control
5 31 (16.15%) Customer Service
6 30 (15.63%) Application Virtualisation
6 30 (15.63%) Business Case
7 27 (14.06%) Service Management
8 22 (11.46%) Business Development
8 22 (11.46%) Decision-Making
9 20 (10.42%) Business Analysis
10 18 (9.38%) Electronic Trading
10 18 (9.38%) Financial Modelling
11 17 (8.85%) Due Diligence
12 16 (8.33%) Computer Science
13 14 (7.29%) Client Onboarding
13 14 (7.29%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 44 (22.92%) SQL
2 25 (13.02%) PowerShell
3 24 (12.50%) Python
4 12 (6.25%) Bash
4 12 (6.25%) JavaScript
4 12 (6.25%) Perl
4 12 (6.25%) Ruby
5 10 (5.21%) VBA
6 5 (2.60%) C#
7 4 (2.08%) R
8 3 (1.56%) Java
9 2 (1.04%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.52%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.52%) VB
Qualifications
1 40 (20.83%) Degree
2 34 (17.71%) CFA
3 29 (15.10%) Master's Degree
4 14 (7.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.08%) MCSA
5 4 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.56%) CREST Certified
7 1 (0.52%) CCNA
7 1 (0.52%) CCNP
7 1 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.52%) MCDST
7 1 (0.52%) MCITP
7 1 (0.52%) MCP
7 1 (0.52%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.69%) SLA
2 5 (2.60%) QA
3 1 (0.52%) MiFID
System Software
1 42 (21.88%) Active Directory
2 13 (6.77%) VMware ESXi
3 11 (5.73%) Microsoft App-V
3 11 (5.73%) XenApp
3 11 (5.73%) XenDesktop
4 6 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.04%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.52%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 53 (27.60%) SCCM
2 4 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.08%) WSUS
3 3 (1.56%) Cisco CUCM
4 2 (1.04%) Control-M
4 2 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.52%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.52%) Grafana
5 1 (0.52%) ITRS Geneos
5 1 (0.52%) Nagios
Vendors
1 46 (23.96%) Microsoft
2 36 (18.75%) Reuters
3 32 (16.67%) Dell
4 30 (15.63%) HP
5 24 (12.50%) Cisco
6 20 (10.42%) Apple
6 20 (10.42%) MarketAxess
6 20 (10.42%) Tradeweb
7 17 (8.85%) Citrix
8 16 (8.33%) ION Trading
8 16 (8.33%) Oracle
9 15 (7.81%) Trayport
10 14 (7.29%) CQG
10 14 (7.29%) Patsystems
10 14 (7.29%) Red Hat
11 13 (6.77%) FactSet
12 8 (4.17%) ServiceNow
13 7 (3.65%) Advent
13 7 (3.65%) Charles River
14 6 (3.13%) VMware