Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Banking' in IT jobs across the UK 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 5 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBanking
Location
3 months to
5 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank2416
Rank change on same period last yearDown-8
Matching permanent IT job ads672916967
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled5.706 %8.591 %
As % of the category below11.49 %17.14 %
Salaries quoted529413073
Average minimum salary£53,029£52,039
Average salary£58,775£57,612
% change on same period last year+2.01 %
Average maximum salary£64,520£63,186
UK excluding London average salary£47,789£46,887
% change on same period last year+1.92 %
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads5855398996
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled49.65 %50.13 %
Salaries quoted4900378738
Average minimum salary£42,690£44,007
Average salary£46,946£48,405
% change on same period last year-3.01 %
Average maximum salary£51,201£52,803
UK excluding London average salary£41,347£41,871
% change on same period last year-1.25 %

Banking
Demand Trend

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

Banking Demand Trend

Banking
Salary Trend

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

Banking Salary Trend

Banking
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Banking over the 3 months to 5 January 2009 within the UK.

Banking Salary Histogram

Banking
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 5 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
EnglandDown-86537£58,793+1.91 %
LondonDown-55416£61,674+1.67 %
City of LondonDown-22178£63,253+1.79 %
South EastDown-37433£53,767+13.45 %
Docklands, LondonNo change0212£65,978+10.87 %
SurreyDown-16195£63,324+24.90 %
Canary WharfNo change0176£59,660-1.12 %
East MidlandsUp+10152£40,748-12.86 %
North WestDown-62140£47,113+9.21 %
South WestDown-67134£45,880-9.01 %
YorkshireDown-31114£39,203+5.57 %
East of EnglandDown-893£48,498+11.31 %
NorthamptonshireUp+293£44,169-7.68 %
NorthamptonUp+285£44,864-6.53 %
ScotlandDown-482£46,298+6.39 %
West YorkshireDown-1077£42,545+17.54 %
BerkshireDown-672£43,889-9.60 %
CheshireDown-4967£43,398+3.98 %
ManchesterDown-2559£52,472+12.82 %
LeedsDown-353£42,740+21.22 %
North YorkshireUp+2746£30,921-23.01 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1244£51,014+13.31 %
BristolDown-1042£45,222+11.30 %
HampshireDown-5739£49,600+28.23 %
YorkUp+4038£31,250-26.47 %
West MidlandsDown-437£36,157-3.95 %
HertfordshireDown-1635£50,397+18.91 %
GlasgowUp+1234£46,052+4.62 %
GloucestershireUp+2428£45,203+56.60 %
CroydonUp+527£51,250+7.36 %

Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 January 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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.

111072 (54.73 %)Finance
27995 (39.52 %)Investment Banking
34663 (23.05 %)SQL
43722 (18.40 %)Java
53604 (17.81 %)UNIX
63533 (17.46 %)C#
73167 (15.65 %)Front Office
82907 (14.37 %).NET
92851 (14.09 %)Oracle
102813 (13.90 %)Derivative
112743 (13.56 %)Windows
122600 (12.85 %)SQL Server
132281 (11.27 %)C++
142105 (10.40 %)Degree
151973 (9.752 %)Project Management
161729 (8.546 %)XML
171667 (8.240 %)Retail
181601 (7.914 %)Sybase
191530 (7.563 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
201443 (7.133 %)OO
211403 (6.935 %)Fixed Income
221296 (6.406 %)Microsoft
231294 (6.396 %)J2EE
241288 (6.366 %)Linux
251103 (5.452 %)Back Office
261099 (5.432 %)Equities
271095 (5.412 %)Insurance
281093 (5.403 %)MS Excel
291070 (5.289 %)ASP.NET
301056 (5.220 %)Business Analysis

Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 January 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12907 (14.37 %).NET
21729 (8.546 %)XML
31294 (6.396 %)J2EE
41070 (5.289 %)ASP.NET
5607 (3.000 %)Spring
6584 (2.887 %)WinForms
7565 (2.793 %)WebServices
8495 (2.447 %)HTML
9468 (2.313 %)WebSphere
10454 (2.244 %)Hibernate
11440 (2.175 %)Middleware
12359 (1.775 %).NET Framework
13313 (1.547 %)Swing
14310 (1.532 %)AJAX
15306 (1.513 %)CSS
16295 (1.458 %)ASP
17287 (1.419 %)STL
18286 (1.414 %)XSLT
19285 (1.409 %)JSP
20274 (1.354 %)JMS
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1438 (2.165 %)WebLogic
2343 (1.695 %)SharePoint
3296 (1.463 %)SAS
4230 (1.137 %)MS Exchange
5207 (1.023 %)IIS
6197 (0.974 %)Tomcat
7188 (0.929 %)Apache
8173 (0.855 %)BizTalk Server
9171 (0.845 %)SharePoint Server 2007
10159 (0.786 %)CMS
11152 (0.751 %)Exchange Server 2003
1299 (0.489 %)MQSeries
1376 (0.376 %)JBoss
1474 (0.366 %)Exchange Server 2000
1571 (0.351 %)TIBCO EMS
1665 (0.321 %)WebSphere Application Server
1764 (0.316 %)WebSphere MQ
1853 (0.262 %)Lotus Notes
1949 (0.242 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
2042 (0.208 %)Rendezvous
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11093 (5.403 %)MS Excel
2520 (2.570 %)MS Office
3217 (1.073 %)MS Visio
4216 (1.068 %)MS Project
5133 (0.657 %)Spreadsheet
695 (0.470 %)MS PowerPoint
777 (0.381 %)Photoshop
861 (0.302 %)SPSS
953 (0.262 %)CA Clarity
1019 (0.094 %)Adobe Illustrator
1118 (0.089 %)MATLAB
1210 (0.049 %)InfoPath
137 (0.035 %)PrintSoft PReS
146 (0.030 %)S-PLUS
146 (0.030 %)FrameMaker
146 (0.030 %)Paint Shop Pro
146 (0.030 %)Acrobat
146 (0.030 %)RoboHelp
155 (0.025 %)DeltaView
155 (0.025 %)Fireworks
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1180 (0.890 %)FLEXCUBE
2155 (0.766 %)Summit
3125 (0.618 %)SAP FI
4118 (0.583 %)SAP CO
5117 (0.578 %)SAP FI/CO
689 (0.440 %)Temenos T24
788 (0.435 %)Temenos Globus
871 (0.351 %)Endur
969 (0.341 %)Misys Midas
969 (0.341 %)Misys Opics
1062 (0.306 %)Kondor+
1156 (0.277 %)SunGard AvantGard
1245 (0.222 %)SAP Oil and Gas
1245 (0.222 %)Oracle Applications
1330 (0.148 %)Findur
1429 (0.143 %)Oracle 11i
1429 (0.143 %)SAP CRM
1528 (0.138 %)RMDS
1528 (0.138 %)Loan IQ
1627 (0.133 %)Oracle Financials
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1534 (2.640 %)Internet
2414 (2.046 %)TCP/IP
3373 (1.844 %)SAN
4306 (1.513 %)Firewall
5206 (1.018 %)DNS
6201 (0.994 %)LAN
7200 (0.989 %)WAN
8176 (0.870 %)Intranet
9166 (0.821 %)VPN
10129 (0.638 %)LDAP
1199 (0.489 %)DHCP
1298 (0.484 %)Cisco PIX
1382 (0.405 %)HTTP
1477 (0.381 %)OSPF
1575 (0.371 %)VoIP
1665 (0.321 %)SSL
1763 (0.311 %)BGP
1855 (0.272 %)Network Security
1953 (0.262 %)MPLS
2048 (0.237 %)SSH
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12600 (12.85 %)SQL Server
2954 (4.716 %)SQL Server 2005
3638 (3.154 %)RDBMS
4590 (2.916 %)SQL Server 2000
5492 (2.432 %)Datawarehouse
6461 (2.279 %)Oracle 10g
7307 (1.517 %)ETL
8262 (1.295 %)Oracle 9i
9197 (0.974 %)Oracle 8/8i
10194 (0.959 %)Reference Data
11192 (0.949 %)SQL Server Integration Services
12175 (0.865 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
13162 (0.801 %)Sybase ASE
14152 (0.751 %)BusinessObjects
15126 (0.623 %)DB2
16125 (0.618 %)DTS
17114 (0.563 %)Crystal Reports
18111 (0.549 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
19110 (0.544 %)OLAP
20104 (0.514 %)MS Access
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1289 (1.429 %)ClearCase
2270 (1.335 %)TestDirector
3210 (1.038 %)QuickTest Pro
4201 (0.994 %)JUnit
5180 (0.890 %)LoadRunner
6154 (0.761 %)WinRunner
7150 (0.741 %)Ant
8127 (0.628 %)Visual Studio
9112 (0.554 %)NUnit
1082 (0.405 %)Eclipse
1150 (0.247 %)ClearQuest
1249 (0.242 %)CruiseControl
1344 (0.217 %)Rational Rose
1436 (0.178 %)Subversion
1533 (0.163 %)PowerBuilder
1632 (0.158 %)Oracle Forms
1725 (0.124 %)JIRA
1823 (0.114 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1921 (0.104 %)MSI
2019 (0.094 %)Flex Builder
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111072 (54.73 %)Finance
27995 (39.52 %)Investment Banking
33167 (15.65 %)Front Office
41667 (8.240 %)Retail
51103 (5.452 %)Back Office
61095 (5.412 %)Insurance
7964 (4.765 %)Retail Banking
8667 (3.297 %)Financial Institution
9576 (2.847 %)Pensions
10561 (2.773 %)Education
11556 (2.748 %)Telecoms
12427 (2.111 %)Health
13334 (1.651 %)Marketing
14223 (1.102 %)Legal
15203 (1.003 %)Government
16183 (0.905 %)Online Banking
17154 (0.761 %)Pharmaceutical
18144 (0.712 %)Games
19119 (0.588 %)Private Banking
20105 (0.519 %)International Banking
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15633 (27.84 %)Developer
24153 (20.53 %)Analyst
31709 (8.447 %)Business Analyst
41527 (7.548 %)C# Developer
51526 (7.543 %)Project Manager
61444 (7.138 %)Java Developer
71218 (6.020 %)Consultant
8889 (4.394 %).NET Developer
9874 (4.320 %)C++ Developer
10856 (4.231 %)Senior Developer
11820 (4.053 %)Architect
12791 (3.910 %)Support Analyst
13742 (3.668 %)Applications Support
14665 (3.287 %)Team Leader
15569 (2.813 %)DBA
16568 (2.808 %)Administrator
17459 (2.269 %)Banking Business Analyst
18444 (2.195 %)SQL Developer
19406 (2.007 %)Senior Java Developer
20403 (1.992 %)Programme Manager
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12813 (13.90 %)Derivative
21530 (7.563 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
31403 (6.935 %)Fixed Income
41099 (5.432 %)Equities
5648 (3.203 %)Equity Derivative
6602 (2.976 %)Credit Risk
7446 (2.205 %)Multithreading
8394 (1.948 %)Market Risk
9383 (1.893 %)Credit Derivative
10325 (1.606 %)Mathematics
11320 (1.582 %)Computer Science
12248 (1.226 %)PMI
13240 (1.186 %)Mainframe
14224 (1.107 %)Replication
15213 (1.053 %)N-Tier
16204 (1.008 %)Clustering
17203 (1.003 %)Interest Rate Derivative
18179 (0.885 %)Client/Server
19171 (0.845 %)Management Information System
20169 (0.835 %)Grid Computing
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13604 (17.81 %)UNIX
22743 (13.56 %)Windows
31288 (6.366 %)Linux
4910 (4.498 %)Solaris
5705 (3.485 %)Windows Server 2003
6396 (1.957 %)Windows 2000
7354 (1.750 %)Red Hat Linux
8270 (1.335 %)Windows XP
9206 (1.018 %)AIX
10113 (0.559 %)Windows 2000 Server
11107 (0.529 %)HPUX
11107 (0.529 %)Windows NT
1288 (0.435 %)VMS
1348 (0.237 %)SUSE
1441 (0.203 %)Windows Vista
1528 (0.138 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1626 (0.129 %)OpenVMS
1725 (0.124 %)zOS
1823 (0.114 %)Windows Server 2008
199 (0.044 %)Tru64
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11973 (9.752 %)Project Management
21443 (7.133 %)OO
31056 (5.220 %)Business Analysis
41054 (5.210 %)Risk Management
5926 (4.577 %)PRINCE2
6742 (3.668 %)ITIL
7703 (3.475 %)UML
8694 (3.430 %)Asset Management
9538 (2.659 %)Agile Software Development
10523 (2.585 %)Change Management
11486 (2.402 %)Stakeholder Management
12479 (2.368 %)E-Commerce
13427 (2.111 %)SOA
14408 (2.017 %)Business Intelligence
15395 (1.952 %)Investment Management
16367 (1.814 %)CRM
17347 (1.715 %)User Acceptance Testing
18343 (1.695 %)Electronic Trading
19331 (1.636 %)RUP
20330 (1.631 %)Migration
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14663 (23.05 %)SQL
23722 (18.40 %)Java
33533 (17.46 %)C#
42281 (11.27 %)C++
51026 (5.071 %)Perl
6943 (4.661 %)VB
7900 (4.449 %)VBA
8553 (2.733 %)C
9539 (2.664 %)Shell Script
10534 (2.640 %)PL/SQL
11470 (2.323 %)VB.NET
12454 (2.244 %)JavaScript
13442 (2.185 %)Transact-SQL
14271 (1.340 %)Python
15244 (1.206 %)PHP
16232 (1.147 %)VB6
17205 (1.013 %)VC++
18142 (0.702 %)VBScript
1987 (0.430 %)Korn
2071 (0.351 %)COBOL
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12105 (10.40 %)Degree
2444 (2.195 %)Microsoft Certification
3363 (1.794 %)ISEB
4225 (1.112 %)MCSE
5212 (1.048 %)Cisco Certification
6208 (1.028 %)PMI Certification
7183 (0.905 %)PMP
7183 (0.905 %)MCP
8162 (0.801 %)PRINCE2 Certification
9142 (0.702 %)ITIL Certification
10123 (0.608 %)CCNP
11109 (0.539 %)MCSD
1295 (0.470 %)MCAD
1385 (0.420 %)CISSP
1467 (0.331 %)PhD
1565 (0.321 %)CCIE
1664 (0.316 %)CCNA
1664 (0.316 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
1758 (0.287 %)CISA
1853 (0.262 %)ISTQB
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1424 (2.096 %)QA
2231 (1.142 %)SLA
3229 (1.132 %)Basel II
4188 (0.929 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
577 (0.381 %)MiFID
631 (0.153 %)GAAP
725 (0.124 %)IAS 39
820 (0.099 %)COBIT
917 (0.084 %)ISO17799
1012 (0.059 %)ISO27001
1111 (0.054 %)BS7799
128 (0.040 %)PCI DSS
136 (0.030 %)PCI QSA
144 (0.020 %)WAI
153 (0.015 %)BS25999
153 (0.015 %)ISO9000
153 (0.015 %)ISO9001
153 (0.015 %)ISO8583
162 (0.010 %)ISO/IEC 20000
171 (0.005 %)COSO
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1411 (2.032 %)Active Directory
2110 (0.544 %)Oracle RMAN
392 (0.455 %)Oracle RAC
488 (0.435 %)VMware Infrastructure
587 (0.430 %)NetBackup
662 (0.306 %)NFS
760 (0.297 %)VMware ESX
831 (0.153 %)AquaLogic
920 (0.099 %)Samba
1019 (0.094 %)MSMQ
1019 (0.094 %)ISA Server
1113 (0.064 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1212 (0.059 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
1311 (0.054 %)Backup Exec
148 (0.040 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
157 (0.035 %)Xen
157 (0.035 %)MailMarshal
157 (0.035 %)Terminal Server
166 (0.030 %)Orbix
175 (0.025 %)RACF
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1115 (0.568 %)Tivoli
2107 (0.529 %)Data Guard
385 (0.420 %)AutoSys
474 (0.366 %)OpenView
573 (0.361 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
637 (0.183 %)CONTROL-M
732 (0.158 %)BMC PATROL
732 (0.158 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
823 (0.114 %)WSUS
920 (0.099 %)SCOM
1019 (0.094 %)MOM
1019 (0.094 %)Legato
1116 (0.079 %)Tivoli Monitoring
1215 (0.074 %)SCCM
1314 (0.069 %)MAILsweeper
1413 (0.064 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
1512 (0.059 %)EMC TimeFinder
1512 (0.059 %)ServiceCenter
1611 (0.054 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
1611 (0.054 %)Netcool
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12851 (14.09 %)Oracle
21601 (7.914 %)Sybase
31296 (6.406 %)Microsoft
4443 (2.190 %)IBM
5418 (2.066 %)SAP
6416 (2.056 %)Cisco
7387 (1.913 %)Bloomberg
8384 (1.898 %)Red Hat
9378 (1.868 %)Sun
10357 (1.765 %)Reuters
11331 (1.636 %)HP
12268 (1.325 %)Misys
12268 (1.325 %)Citrix
13267 (1.320 %)TIBCO
14265 (1.310 %)Calypso
15251 (1.241 %)Remedy
16249 (1.231 %)VERITAS
17230 (1.137 %)Murex
18196 (0.969 %)Temenos
19187 (0.924 %)VMware