Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Banking' in IT jobs within the London region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Banking over the 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBanking
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank105
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching permanent IT job ads516513595
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled4.464 %6.938 %
As % of the category below19.47 %27.04 %
Salaries quoted409510234
Average minimum salary£55,626£54,606
Average salary£61,536£60,732
% change on same period last year+1.32 %
Average maximum salary£67,445£66,858
UK excluding London average salary£47,734£46,832
% change on same period last year+1.92 %
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
London
Matching permanent IT job ads2653450279
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled22.93 %25.66 %
Salaries quoted2197739150
Average minimum salary£48,618£49,461
Average salary£53,425£54,564
% change on same period last year-2.08 %
Average maximum salary£58,233£59,667
UK excluding London average salary£41,326£41,808
% change on same period last year-1.15 %
Banking EnglandBanking
England

Banking
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Banking across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

London Banking Demand Trend

Banking
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Banking across the London region.

London Banking Salary Trend

Banking
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Banking across the London region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009.

London Banking Salary Histogram

Banking
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Banking within the London region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonDown-22083£63,220+1.51 %
Docklands, LondonNo change0199£65,899+10.10 %
Canary WharfNo change0161£59,242-1.84 %
CroydonUp+327£50,729+7.67 %
FelthamUp+923£35,880-7.40 %
HarrowUp+2216£39,385+22.69 %
UxbridgeNo change07£56,500+11.93 %
Kingston Upon ThamesUp+95£36,000+17.39 %
IlfordNew entry-1£18,500-
LutonDown-61£40,000-23.80 %
WembleyUp+91£42,500-11.45 %
WimbledonUp+41£40,000+6.55 %
HayesNew entry-1--
Banking EnglandBanking
England

Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the London region citing Banking 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 Banking.

18641 (52.74 %)Finance
27550 (46.08 %)Investment Banking
34127 (25.19 %)SQL
43288 (20.07 %)Java
53238 (19.76 %)UNIX
63197 (19.51 %)C#
73101 (18.93 %)Front Office
82724 (16.62 %)Derivative
92459 (15.01 %).NET
102401 (14.65 %)Windows
112370 (14.46 %)Oracle
122202 (13.44 %)SQL Server
132175 (13.27 %)C++
141735 (10.59 %)Degree
151521 (9.283 %)Sybase
161505 (9.185 %)XML
171482 (9.045 %)Project Management
181463 (8.929 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
191368 (8.349 %)Fixed Income
201293 (7.891 %)OO
211194 (7.287 %)Linux
221082 (6.604 %)Equities
231074 (6.555 %)J2EE
241014 (6.189 %)Microsoft
25996 (6.079 %)Back Office
26976 (5.957 %)Retail
27957 (5.841 %)Perl
28949 (5.792 %)Risk Management
29939 (5.731 %)MS Excel
30872 (5.322 %)Business Analysis

Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the London region citing Banking 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 Banking. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12459 (15.01 %).NET
21505 (9.185 %)XML
31074 (6.555 %)J2EE
4860 (5.249 %)ASP.NET
5552 (3.369 %)Spring
6525 (3.204 %)WinForms
7459 (2.801 %)WebServices
8406 (2.478 %)Hibernate
9367 (2.240 %)HTML
10317 (1.935 %)Middleware
11292 (1.782 %)WebSphere
12287 (1.752 %)STL
13281 (1.715 %)Swing
14276 (1.684 %)AJAX
15274 (1.672 %).NET Framework
16263 (1.605 %)JMS
17236 (1.440 %)JDBC
18231 (1.410 %)JSP
19229 (1.398 %)ASP
20228 (1.392 %)CSS
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1367 (2.240 %)WebLogic
2261 (1.593 %)SharePoint
3219 (1.337 %)MS Exchange
4184 (1.123 %)IIS
5161 (0.983 %)Tomcat
6146 (0.891 %)Apache
7143 (0.873 %)Exchange Server 2003
8131 (0.800 %)SAS
9130 (0.793 %)SharePoint Server 2007
10117 (0.714 %)CMS
11114 (0.696 %)BizTalk Server
1281 (0.494 %)MQSeries
1371 (0.433 %)Exchange Server 2000
1468 (0.415 %)TIBCO EMS
1564 (0.391 %)JBoss
1658 (0.354 %)WebSphere Application Server
1747 (0.287 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1843 (0.262 %)WebSphere MQ
1941 (0.250 %)Rendezvous
2036 (0.220 %)Content Management Server
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1939 (5.731 %)MS Excel
2413 (2.521 %)MS Office
3155 (0.946 %)MS Visio
4135 (0.824 %)MS Project
5122 (0.745 %)Spreadsheet
668 (0.415 %)Photoshop
765 (0.397 %)MS PowerPoint
847 (0.287 %)CA Clarity
914 (0.085 %)SPSS
1013 (0.079 %)Adobe Illustrator
1013 (0.079 %)MATLAB
119 (0.055 %)InfoPath
126 (0.037 %)FrameMaker
126 (0.037 %)Paint Shop Pro
126 (0.037 %)Acrobat
126 (0.037 %)RoboHelp
135 (0.031 %)DeltaView
143 (0.018 %)PrintSoft PReS
152 (0.012 %)InDesign
152 (0.012 %)S-PLUS
London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1152 (0.928 %)Summit
274 (0.452 %)Temenos Globus
372 (0.439 %)Endur
467 (0.409 %)Misys Midas
566 (0.403 %)Misys Opics
665 (0.397 %)Temenos T24
760 (0.366 %)Kondor+
853 (0.323 %)SunGard AvantGard
948 (0.293 %)SAP FI
1042 (0.256 %)SAP CO
1042 (0.256 %)SAP FI/CO
1139 (0.238 %)Oracle Applications
1231 (0.189 %)Findur
1328 (0.171 %)Loan IQ
1427 (0.165 %)RMDS
1524 (0.146 %)SAP Oil and Gas
1524 (0.146 %)Oracle 11i
1622 (0.134 %)TIBCO iProcess
1721 (0.128 %)Oracle EBS R12
1721 (0.128 %)Oracle Financials
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1358 (2.185 %)Internet
2346 (2.112 %)TCP/IP
3267 (1.630 %)SAN
4251 (1.532 %)Firewall
5195 (1.190 %)DNS
6166 (1.013 %)WAN
7161 (0.983 %)LAN
8148 (0.903 %)Intranet
9144 (0.879 %)VPN
10122 (0.745 %)LDAP
1194 (0.574 %)DHCP
1288 (0.537 %)Cisco PIX
1373 (0.446 %)HTTP
1471 (0.433 %)VoIP
1565 (0.397 %)OSPF
1651 (0.311 %)BGP
1743 (0.262 %)MPLS
1841 (0.250 %)SSL
1940 (0.244 %)FTP
2037 (0.226 %)EIGRP
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12202 (13.44 %)SQL Server
2826 (5.041 %)SQL Server 2005
3595 (3.631 %)RDBMS
4503 (3.070 %)SQL Server 2000
5422 (2.576 %)Oracle 10g
6416 (2.539 %)Datawarehouse
7280 (1.709 %)ETL
8244 (1.489 %)Oracle 9i
9170 (1.038 %)Reference Data
10166 (1.013 %)SQL Server Integration Services
11162 (0.989 %)Sybase ASE
11162 (0.989 %)Oracle 8/8i
12148 (0.903 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
13123 (0.751 %)BusinessObjects
14118 (0.720 %)DTS
15101 (0.616 %)Crystal Reports
1695 (0.580 %)OLAP
1695 (0.580 %)MS Access
1788 (0.537 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1877 (0.470 %)DB2
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1290 (1.770 %)ClearCase
2181 (1.105 %)TestDirector
3170 (1.038 %)JUnit
4125 (0.763 %)QuickTest Pro
5121 (0.738 %)Ant
6116 (0.708 %)LoadRunner
793 (0.568 %)NUnit
891 (0.555 %)WinRunner
985 (0.519 %)Visual Studio
1067 (0.409 %)Eclipse
1149 (0.299 %)ClearQuest
1248 (0.293 %)CruiseControl
1338 (0.232 %)Rational Rose
1432 (0.195 %)Subversion
1531 (0.189 %)PowerBuilder
1627 (0.165 %)Oracle Forms
1724 (0.146 %)JIRA
1821 (0.128 %)Log4j
1919 (0.116 %)VSS/SourceSafe
2018 (0.110 %)MSI
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18641 (52.74 %)Finance
27550 (46.08 %)Investment Banking
33101 (18.93 %)Front Office
4996 (6.079 %)Back Office
5976 (5.957 %)Retail
6649 (3.961 %)Insurance
7611 (3.729 %)Retail Banking
8574 (3.503 %)Financial Institution
9422 (2.576 %)Education
10331 (2.020 %)Telecoms
11247 (1.507 %)Pensions
12242 (1.477 %)Health
13221 (1.349 %)Marketing
14175 (1.068 %)Legal
15116 (0.708 %)Games
15116 (0.708 %)Government
16113 (0.690 %)Online Banking
17106 (0.647 %)Private Banking
1875 (0.458 %)International Banking
1973 (0.446 %)General Ledger
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15099 (31.12 %)Developer
23291 (20.09 %)Analyst
31391 (8.489 %)C# Developer
41358 (8.288 %)Business Analyst
51336 (8.154 %)Java Developer
61074 (6.555 %)Project Manager
7854 (5.212 %)Consultant
8850 (5.188 %)C++ Developer
9735 (4.486 %)Senior Developer
10705 (4.303 %).NET Developer
11682 (4.162 %)Support Analyst
12680 (4.150 %)Applications Support
13667 (4.071 %)Architect
14580 (3.540 %)Team Leader
15536 (3.271 %)DBA
16474 (2.893 %)Administrator
17425 (2.594 %)SQL Developer
18394 (2.405 %)Banking Business Analyst
19361 (2.203 %)Senior Java Developer
20309 (1.886 %)Analyst Developer
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12724 (16.62 %)Derivative
21463 (8.929 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
31368 (8.349 %)Fixed Income
41082 (6.604 %)Equities
5648 (3.955 %)Equity Derivative
6487 (2.972 %)Credit Risk
7448 (2.734 %)Multithreading
8383 (2.338 %)Market Risk
9373 (2.276 %)Credit Derivative
10298 (1.819 %)Computer Science
11268 (1.636 %)Mathematics
12216 (1.318 %)Replication
13202 (1.233 %)Interest Rate Derivative
14197 (1.202 %)N-Tier
15182 (1.111 %)Clustering
16163 (0.995 %)PMI
17157 (0.958 %)Grid Computing
18152 (0.928 %)Blackberry
19143 (0.873 %)Client/Server
20140 (0.854 %)Management Information System
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13238 (19.76 %)UNIX
22401 (14.65 %)Windows
31194 (7.287 %)Linux
4815 (4.974 %)Solaris
5608 (3.711 %)Windows Server 2003
6367 (2.240 %)Windows 2000
7300 (1.831 %)Red Hat Linux
8229 (1.398 %)Windows XP
9105 (0.641 %)Windows NT
1093 (0.568 %)Windows 2000 Server
1191 (0.555 %)AIX
1280 (0.488 %)HPUX
1376 (0.464 %)VMS
1446 (0.281 %)SUSE
1535 (0.214 %)Windows Vista
1626 (0.159 %)OpenVMS
1724 (0.146 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1818 (0.110 %)Windows Server 2008
1912 (0.073 %)zOS
209 (0.055 %)Tru64
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11482 (9.045 %)Project Management
21293 (7.891 %)OO
3949 (5.792 %)Risk Management
4872 (5.322 %)Business Analysis
5623 (3.802 %)Asset Management
6561 (3.424 %)PRINCE2
7523 (3.192 %)UML
7523 (3.192 %)ITIL
8465 (2.838 %)Agile Software Development
9384 (2.344 %)E-Commerce
10360 (2.197 %)SOA
11355 (2.167 %)Change Management
12351 (2.142 %)Investment Management
13326 (1.990 %)Electronic Trading
14297 (1.813 %)Stakeholder Management
15296 (1.807 %)Data Modelling
16288 (1.758 %)Algorithmic Trading
17283 (1.727 %)User Acceptance Testing
18272 (1.660 %)Business Intelligence
19270 (1.648 %)Scrum
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14127 (25.19 %)SQL
23288 (20.07 %)Java
33197 (19.51 %)C#
42175 (13.27 %)C++
5957 (5.841 %)Perl
6824 (5.029 %)VBA
7739 (4.510 %)VB
8471 (2.875 %)Shell Script
9464 (2.832 %)PL/SQL
10418 (2.551 %)C
11409 (2.496 %)Transact-SQL
12377 (2.301 %)JavaScript
13333 (2.032 %)VB.NET
14260 (1.587 %)Python
15213 (1.300 %)PHP
16193 (1.178 %)VC++
17170 (1.038 %)VB6
18132 (0.806 %)VBScript
1977 (0.470 %)Korn
2036 (0.220 %)LINC
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11735 (10.59 %)Degree
2397 (2.423 %)Microsoft Certification
3207 (1.263 %)MCSE
4182 (1.111 %)Cisco Certification
5165 (1.007 %)MCP
6143 (0.873 %)PMI Certification
7122 (0.745 %)PMP
8115 (0.702 %)ISEB
9102 (0.623 %)CCNP
1097 (0.592 %)ITIL Certification
1192 (0.561 %)MCSD
1290 (0.549 %)MCAD
1378 (0.476 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1469 (0.421 %)CISSP
1564 (0.391 %)PhD
1659 (0.360 %)CCIE
1752 (0.317 %)CISA
1849 (0.299 %)CCNA
1944 (0.269 %)Oracle Certification
2042 (0.256 %)CISM
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1359 (2.191 %)QA
2171 (1.044 %)SLA
3160 (0.977 %)Basel II
4154 (0.940 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
573 (0.446 %)MiFID
629 (0.177 %)GAAP
724 (0.146 %)IAS 39
813 (0.079 %)COBIT
910 (0.061 %)ISO27001
109 (0.055 %)ISO17799
117 (0.043 %)BS7799
126 (0.037 %)PCI DSS
126 (0.037 %)PCI QSA
134 (0.024 %)WAI
142 (0.012 %)BS25999
142 (0.012 %)ISO/IEC 20000
142 (0.012 %)ISO9000
142 (0.012 %)ISO9001
151 (0.006 %)WCAG
151 (0.006 %)ISO8583
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1373 (2.276 %)Active Directory
299 (0.604 %)Oracle RMAN
391 (0.555 %)Oracle RAC
483 (0.507 %)VMware Infrastructure
570 (0.427 %)NetBackup
662 (0.378 %)VMware ESX
750 (0.305 %)NFS
827 (0.165 %)AquaLogic
919 (0.116 %)MSMQ
919 (0.116 %)Samba
1018 (0.110 %)ISA Server
1112 (0.073 %)Citrix Presentation Server
128 (0.049 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
137 (0.043 %)Xen
137 (0.043 %)Terminal Server
137 (0.043 %)Backup Exec
145 (0.031 %)Orbix
154 (0.024 %)MailMarshal
163 (0.018 %)VMware Workstation
163 (0.018 %)Squid
London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
198 (0.598 %)Data Guard
278 (0.476 %)AutoSys
368 (0.415 %)Tivoli
459 (0.360 %)OpenView
532 (0.195 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
630 (0.183 %)BMC PATROL
630 (0.183 %)CONTROL-M
723 (0.140 %)WSUS
820 (0.122 %)MOM
919 (0.116 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
919 (0.116 %)SCOM
1014 (0.085 %)SCCM
1014 (0.085 %)MAILsweeper
1112 (0.073 %)EMC TimeFinder
1112 (0.073 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
1211 (0.067 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
139 (0.055 %)Unicenter
139 (0.055 %)Netcool
139 (0.055 %)Oracle Statspack
147 (0.043 %)ServiceCenter
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12370 (14.46 %)Oracle
21521 (9.283 %)Sybase
31014 (6.189 %)Microsoft
4371 (2.264 %)Bloomberg
5358 (2.185 %)Cisco
6338 (2.063 %)Reuters
7322 (1.965 %)Red Hat
8304 (1.855 %)Sun
9257 (1.569 %)Calypso
10256 (1.562 %)TIBCO
11255 (1.556 %)Citrix
12250 (1.526 %)HP
13247 (1.507 %)IBM
14238 (1.453 %)Remedy
15228 (1.392 %)Murex
16223 (1.361 %)SAP
17217 (1.324 %)VERITAS
18176 (1.074 %)VMware
19142 (0.867 %)SunGard
20135 (0.824 %)Informatica