Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Finance' 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 Finance over the 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFinancial
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank11
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads1264824114
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled10.93 %12.31 %
As % of the category below47.67 %47.96 %
Salaries quoted1037118367
Average minimum salary£50,863£49,921
Average salary£55,697£54,860
% change on same period last year+1.52 %
Average maximum salary£60,531£59,800
UK excluding London average salary£44,170£43,589
% change on same period last year+1.33 %
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 %
Finance EnglandFinance
England

Finance
Demand Trend

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

London Finance Demand Trend

Finance
Salary Trend

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

London Finance Salary Trend

Finance
Salary Histogram

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

London Finance Salary Histogram

Finance
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance 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 LondonNo change04616£57,419+3.14 %
Docklands, LondonNo change0298£57,627+1.05 %
Canary WharfNo change0160£55,413-1.34 %
CroydonNo change098£45,582-6.79 %
UxbridgeDown-232£46,636+16.02 %
FelthamUp+1030£35,333-38.01 %
Kingston Upon ThamesDown-222£38,295+0.62 %
LutonDown-718£39,353-16.63 %
WimbledonUp+1216£41,133-16.57 %
HarrowDown-214£39,727-0.89 %
HammersmithDown-313£51,250+4.62 %
HounslowUp+112£49,000+11.99 %
BarnetUp+1311£33,636+12.12 %
EalingNew entry-10£49,750-
BromleyDown-168£28,875-25.41 %
RomfordDown-57£46,000+3.95 %
EnfieldNew entry-6£39,167-
PaddingtonUp+76£42,250-20.65 %
WembleyNew entry-6£41,250-
WestminsterDown-15£45,625-20.65 %
West DraytonUp+24£40,000+56.86 %
MitchamNew entry-4£38,750-
ClaphamDown-43£50,000+25.78 %
OsterleyNew entry-2--
SurbitonDown-102£52,500+41.97 %
NorthwoodNew entry-2--
RainhamNew entry-2£27,500-
New MaldenNo change02£43,750+12.87 %
GreenfordDown-22--
BrentfordUp+122£42,500+157.57 %
EdgwareNew entry-1£27,500-
SidcupDown-11£28,000-44.00 %
TwickenhamNew entry-1--
Finance EnglandFinance
England

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

18641 (25.91 %)Banking
27585 (22.74 %)SQL
35321 (15.95 %)Java
45086 (15.25 %)UNIX
55068 (15.19 %)C#
65054 (15.15 %)Windows
74946 (14.83 %)Oracle
84863 (14.58 %).NET
94834 (14.49 %)SQL Server
104191 (12.56 %)Degree
113648 (10.94 %)C++
123300 (9.893 %)Investment Banking
133275 (9.818 %)Front Office
143176 (9.522 %)Project Management
153150 (9.444 %)Derivative
162919 (8.751 %)Microsoft
172486 (7.453 %)Linux
182437 (7.306 %)XML
192339 (7.012 %)OO
202286 (6.853 %)Insurance
212032 (6.092 %)Financial Institution
222018 (6.050 %)J2EE
231949 (5.843 %)ASP.NET
241867 (5.597 %)MS Excel
251779 (5.333 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
261663 (4.986 %)SQL Server 2005
271541 (4.620 %)Risk Management
281529 (4.584 %)Fixed Income
291511 (4.530 %)Equities
301503 (4.506 %)Business Analysis

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14863 (14.58 %).NET
22437 (7.306 %)XML
32018 (6.050 %)J2EE
41949 (5.843 %)ASP.NET
51037 (3.109 %)Spring
61004 (3.010 %)WebServices
7969 (2.905 %)HTML
8878 (2.632 %)AJAX
9845 (2.533 %)CSS
10799 (2.395 %)WinForms
11793 (2.377 %)Hibernate
12757 (2.269 %)STL
13542 (1.625 %)JSP
14512 (1.535 %)ASP
15497 (1.490 %)WebSphere
16468 (1.403 %).NET Framework
17466 (1.397 %)Middleware
18401 (1.202 %)Swing
19390 (1.169 %)JDBC
20372 (1.115 %)JMS
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1655 (1.964 %)MS Exchange
2652 (1.955 %)WebLogic
3533 (1.598 %)SharePoint
4449 (1.346 %)Apache
5424 (1.271 %)SAS
5424 (1.271 %)Exchange Server 2003
6410 (1.229 %)IIS
7406 (1.217 %)Tomcat
8243 (0.729 %)BizTalk Server
9225 (0.675 %)CMS
10190 (0.570 %)MQSeries
11182 (0.546 %)SharePoint Server 2007
12169 (0.507 %)Exchange Server 2007
13159 (0.477 %)Exchange Server 2000
14140 (0.420 %)JBoss
15139 (0.417 %)Lotus Notes
16112 (0.336 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
17101 (0.303 %)WebSphere Application Server
1883 (0.249 %)WebSphere MQ
1970 (0.210 %)Oracle Workflow
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11867 (5.597 %)MS Excel
2986 (2.956 %)MS Office
3432 (1.295 %)MS Visio
4319 (0.956 %)MS Project
5265 (0.794 %)Spreadsheet
6239 (0.717 %)Photoshop
7162 (0.486 %)MS PowerPoint
8104 (0.312 %)CA Clarity
9102 (0.306 %)MATLAB
1094 (0.282 %)SPSS
1159 (0.177 %)Adobe Illustrator
1223 (0.069 %)Fireworks
1316 (0.048 %)RoboHelp
1414 (0.042 %)InfoPath
1511 (0.033 %)FreeHand
1511 (0.033 %)FrameMaker
1610 (0.030 %)InDesign
176 (0.018 %)Acrobat
176 (0.018 %)QuarkXPress
185 (0.015 %)Paint Shop Pro
London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1421 (1.262 %)Oracle Financials
2221 (0.663 %)Oracle Applications
3210 (0.630 %)SAP FI
4203 (0.609 %)SAP FI/CO
4203 (0.609 %)SAP CO
5188 (0.564 %)HFM
5188 (0.564 %)Oracle EBS
6141 (0.423 %)Endur
7137 (0.411 %)Summit
8127 (0.381 %)Hyperion Planning
9119 (0.357 %)Oracle 11i
10100 (0.300 %)Oracle EBS R12
1189 (0.267 %)Misys Opics
1286 (0.258 %)Dynamics AX
1381 (0.243 %)Kondor+
1381 (0.243 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
1478 (0.234 %)SAP CRM
1575 (0.225 %)Cognos Planning
1672 (0.216 %)Temenos Globus
1769 (0.207 %)Great Plains
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1970 (2.908 %)TCP/IP
2772 (2.314 %)Internet
3694 (2.081 %)Firewall
4642 (1.925 %)WAN
5633 (1.898 %)LAN
6550 (1.649 %)SAN
7400 (1.199 %)VPN
8397 (1.190 %)DNS
9322 (0.965 %)VoIP
10289 (0.866 %)BGP
11278 (0.833 %)OSPF
12249 (0.746 %)MPLS
13233 (0.699 %)DHCP
14216 (0.648 %)Intranet
15154 (0.462 %)Cisco PIX
16149 (0.447 %)Network Security
17128 (0.384 %)EIGRP
18119 (0.357 %)LDAP
19116 (0.348 %)ATM
19116 (0.348 %)SSL
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14834 (14.49 %)SQL Server
21663 (4.986 %)SQL Server 2005
31021 (3.061 %)Datawarehouse
4934 (2.800 %)SQL Server 2000
5878 (2.632 %)RDBMS
6755 (2.263 %)Oracle 10g
7659 (1.976 %)ETL
8635 (1.904 %)BusinessObjects
9417 (1.250 %)SQL Server Integration Services
10390 (1.169 %)MySQL
11381 (1.142 %)Oracle 9i
11381 (1.142 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
12362 (1.085 %)Oracle 8/8i
13302 (0.905 %)Crystal Reports
14293 (0.878 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
15232 (0.696 %)Oracle Reports
16217 (0.651 %)DTS
17202 (0.606 %)OLAP
18173 (0.519 %)MS Access
19168 (0.504 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1321 (0.962 %)QuickTest Pro
2311 (0.932 %)Visual Studio
3310 (0.929 %)TestDirector
4309 (0.926 %)Ant
5289 (0.866 %)JUnit
6260 (0.779 %)ClearCase
7203 (0.609 %)Eclipse
8194 (0.582 %)LoadRunner
9189 (0.567 %)WinRunner
10133 (0.399 %)Subversion
11131 (0.393 %)NUnit
12109 (0.327 %)VSS/SourceSafe
13100 (0.300 %)Oracle Forms
1472 (0.216 %)Rational Rose
1559 (0.177 %)Selenium
1646 (0.138 %)ClearQuest
1744 (0.132 %)RequisitePro
1843 (0.129 %)Dreamweaver
1940 (0.120 %)JMeter
2039 (0.117 %)CruiseControl
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18641 (25.91 %)Banking
23300 (9.893 %)Investment Banking
33275 (9.818 %)Front Office
42286 (6.853 %)Insurance
52032 (6.092 %)Financial Institution
61457 (4.368 %)Back Office
71385 (4.152 %)Retail
81120 (3.358 %)Telecoms
91070 (3.208 %)Marketing
10916 (2.746 %)Pensions
11840 (2.518 %)Education
12761 (2.281 %)Health
13503 (1.508 %)Legal
14468 (1.403 %)Games
15465 (1.394 %)Government
16448 (1.343 %)Retail Banking
17214 (0.642 %)Law
18193 (0.579 %)Manufacturing
19183 (0.549 %)Construction
20157 (0.471 %)Billing
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19180 (27.52 %)Developer
27008 (21.01 %)Analyst
32626 (7.873 %)Consultant
42479 (7.432 %)Business Analyst
52088 (6.260 %)Java Developer
62067 (6.197 %)C# Developer
72028 (6.080 %)Project Manager
81537 (4.608 %)Support Analyst
91424 (4.269 %)C++ Developer
101408 (4.221 %)Architect
111378 (4.131 %).NET Developer
121352 (4.053 %)Senior Developer
131163 (3.487 %)Administrator
14909 (2.725 %)Applications Support
15847 (2.539 %)Team Leader
16838 (2.512 %)DBA
17743 (2.227 %)SQL Developer
18595 (1.784 %)Senior Analyst
19575 (1.724 %)Programmer
20559 (1.676 %)Junior
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13150 (9.444 %)Derivative
21779 (5.333 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
31529 (4.584 %)Fixed Income
41511 (4.530 %)Equities
5868 (2.602 %)Multithreading
6763 (2.287 %)Mathematics
7732 (2.195 %)Computer Science
8586 (1.757 %)Equity Derivative
9543 (1.628 %)Credit Risk
10497 (1.490 %)Credit Derivative
11417 (1.250 %)Management Information System
12406 (1.217 %)N-Tier
13321 (0.962 %)Market Risk
14317 (0.950 %)Grid Computing
15298 (0.893 %)Client/Server
16293 (0.878 %)Replication
16293 (0.878 %)Spread Betting
17288 (0.863 %)Blackberry
18210 (0.630 %)Physics
19205 (0.615 %)Mainframe
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15086 (15.25 %)UNIX
25054 (15.15 %)Windows
32486 (7.453 %)Linux
41426 (4.275 %)Windows Server 2003
51417 (4.248 %)Solaris
6715 (2.144 %)Windows XP
7632 (1.895 %)Windows 2000
8448 (1.343 %)Red Hat Linux
9264 (0.791 %)Windows 2000 Server
10239 (0.717 %)Windows NT
11190 (0.570 %)AIX
12137 (0.411 %)HPUX
13124 (0.372 %)VMS
14104 (0.312 %)Windows Vista
1561 (0.183 %)SUSE
1644 (0.132 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1742 (0.126 %)OpenVMS
1841 (0.123 %)Windows Server 2008
1918 (0.054 %)Debian
2016 (0.048 %)zOS
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13176 (9.522 %)Project Management
22339 (7.012 %)OO
31541 (4.620 %)Risk Management
41503 (4.506 %)Business Analysis
51214 (3.640 %)PRINCE2
61211 (3.631 %)Business Intelligence
71194 (3.580 %)Asset Management
81152 (3.454 %)ITIL
91104 (3.310 %)Agile Software Development
101074 (3.220 %)UML
11954 (2.860 %)E-Commerce
12870 (2.608 %)Investment Management
13798 (2.392 %)Change Management
14739 (2.215 %)CRM
15732 (2.195 %)Electronic Trading
16595 (1.784 %)User Acceptance Testing
17573 (1.718 %)SOA
18570 (1.709 %)Stakeholder Management
19563 (1.688 %)Service Delivery
20561 (1.682 %)Data Modelling
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17585 (22.74 %)SQL
25321 (15.95 %)Java
35068 (15.19 %)C#
43648 (10.94 %)C++
51482 (4.443 %)VBA
61444 (4.329 %)Perl
71187 (3.559 %)VB
81049 (3.145 %)JavaScript
9954 (2.860 %)C
10894 (2.680 %)PL/SQL
11886 (2.656 %)VB.NET
12791 (2.371 %)Transact-SQL
13701 (2.102 %)Shell Script
14587 (1.760 %)Python
15543 (1.628 %)PHP
16400 (1.199 %)VC++
17356 (1.067 %)VB6
18153 (0.459 %)VBScript
19131 (0.393 %)Korn
20126 (0.378 %)ActionScript
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14191 (12.56 %)Degree
2849 (2.545 %)Microsoft Certification
3746 (2.236 %)Cisco Certification
4499 (1.496 %)MCSE
5474 (1.421 %)CCNP
6399 (1.196 %)ISEB
7304 (0.911 %)CCNA
7304 (0.911 %)MCP
8239 (0.717 %)ACCA
9218 (0.654 %)CCIE
10215 (0.645 %)PRINCE2 Certification
11212 (0.636 %)CIMA
12210 (0.630 %)ITIL Certification
13171 (0.513 %)CISSP
14165 (0.495 %)PhD
15161 (0.483 %)PMI Certification
16159 (0.477 %)MCSD
17149 (0.447 %)MCAD
18130 (0.390 %)PMP
19129 (0.387 %)MCSA
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1924 (2.770 %)QA
2367 (1.100 %)SLA
3276 (0.827 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
4233 (0.699 %)Basel II
5126 (0.378 %)MiFID
673 (0.219 %)COBIT
750 (0.150 %)GAAP
847 (0.141 %)ISO27001
935 (0.105 %)PCI DSS
1025 (0.075 %)IAS 39
1120 (0.060 %)ISO9000
1120 (0.060 %)PCI QSA
1218 (0.054 %)BS7799
1317 (0.051 %)ISO17799
1414 (0.042 %)ISO9001
1511 (0.033 %)COSO
169 (0.027 %)WAI
175 (0.015 %)BS25999
182 (0.006 %)ISO/IEC 20000
182 (0.006 %)EFQM
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11098 (3.292 %)Active Directory
2198 (0.594 %)Oracle RAC
3188 (0.564 %)VMware Infrastructure
4165 (0.495 %)Oracle RMAN
5146 (0.438 %)NetBackup
6108 (0.324 %)VMware ESX
768 (0.204 %)Backup Exec
863 (0.189 %)NFS
952 (0.156 %)Terminal Server
1043 (0.129 %)ISA Server
1141 (0.123 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1233 (0.099 %)MSMQ
1327 (0.081 %)Terminal Services
1425 (0.075 %)AquaLogic
1519 (0.057 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1618 (0.054 %)Samba
1712 (0.036 %)Nmap
1712 (0.036 %)MetaFrame
186 (0.018 %)VMware Server
186 (0.018 %)Xen
London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1190 (0.570 %)Data Guard
2114 (0.342 %)OpenView
3103 (0.309 %)Tivoli
475 (0.225 %)AutoSys
571 (0.213 %)MAILsweeper
669 (0.207 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
760 (0.180 %)MOM
846 (0.138 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
942 (0.126 %)BMC PATROL
1041 (0.123 %)CONTROL-M
1135 (0.105 %)HP Data Protector
1234 (0.102 %)CiscoWorks
1328 (0.084 %)Nagios
1419 (0.057 %)OVSD
1518 (0.054 %)Legato
1518 (0.054 %)ServiceCenter
1518 (0.054 %)SCCM
1616 (0.048 %)NNM
1616 (0.048 %)Netcool
1715 (0.045 %)Norton AntiVirus
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14946 (14.83 %)Oracle
22919 (8.751 %)Microsoft
31409 (4.224 %)Sybase
41320 (3.957 %)Cisco
51057 (3.169 %)SAP
6668 (2.003 %)Reuters
7642 (1.925 %)Bloomberg
8635 (1.904 %)Business Objects
9549 (1.646 %)HP
10527 (1.580 %)Citrix
11509 (1.526 %)Red Hat
12503 (1.508 %)Cognos
13440 (1.319 %)IBM
14439 (1.316 %)Hyperion
15432 (1.295 %)VMware
16430 (1.289 %)Sun
17313 (0.938 %)TIBCO
18302 (0.905 %)Remedy
19298 (0.893 %)VERITAS
20276 (0.827 %)CheckPoint