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This section 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBanking
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank1811
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching permanent IT job ads1429728133
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled7.697 %11.73 %
As % of the category below14.63 %22.53 %
Salaries quoted1116421066
Average minimum salary£51,692£54,147
Average salary£57,373£59,828
% change on same period last year-4.10 %
Average maximum salary£63,054£65,509
UK excluding London average salary£44,522£47,883
% change on same period last year-7.02 %
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads97696124842
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled52.59 %52.04 %
Salaries quoted7975598013
Average minimum salary£43,276£45,760
Average salary£47,581£50,176
% change on same period last year-5.17 %
Average maximum salary£51,887£54,592
UK excluding London average salary£41,063£42,118
% change on same period last year-2.50 %

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 20 August 2008 within the UK.

Banking Salary Histogram

Banking
Top 30 Job Locations

This section 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 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-814007£57,424-4.22 %
LondonDown-411605£60,537-2.23 %
City of LondonDown-24285£61,271-2.74 %
South EastDown-30658£44,606-10.28 %
Docklands, LondonDown-1624£58,542-1.42 %
Canary WharfDown-1582£59,017-7.60 %
North WestUp+12533£45,833-8.97 %
CheshireUp+22343£47,524-6.69 %
East MidlandsUp+6293£42,371-5.55 %
YorkshireUp+6283£38,824+1.64 %
South WestDown-44231£45,266-5.25 %
NorthamptonshireUp+4218£45,140-7.33 %
East of EnglandDown-9215£43,050-7.14 %
NorthamptonUp+1197£45,650-1.17 %
ManchesterUp+3179£42,586-15.55 %
BerkshireDown-40152£42,090-13.69 %
SurreyDown-69146£42,484-18.75 %
West MidlandsUp+49145£36,108-5.16 %
South YorkshireUp+60133£39,282-5.34 %
HampshireUp+9133£47,068-4.53 %
West YorkshireDown-28121£38,431+1.05 %
KnutsfordUp+3120£42,967-10.27 %
SheffieldUp+56111£40,344-2.78 %
LeedsUp+3098£39,773-3.17 %
BasingstokeUp+2597£46,167+37.70 %
BristolUp+2096£44,987+8.88 %
HertfordshireDown-790£47,481+5.33 %
ScotlandDown-3090£44,451+0.08 %
BirminghamUp+771£41,460+6.50 %
BuckinghamshireUp+3267£39,723-10.68 %

Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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.

116710 (53.55 %)Finance
211652 (37.34 %)Investment Banking
36796 (21.78 %)SQL
46389 (20.48 %)Java
55734 (18.38 %)UNIX
64814 (15.43 %)Derivative
74746 (15.21 %)Front Office
84734 (15.17 %)C#
94127 (13.23 %)Oracle
103753 (12.03 %).NET
113680 (11.79 %)Windows
123494 (11.20 %)C++
133428 (10.99 %)SQL Server
143340 (10.70 %)Project Management
153310 (10.61 %)Degree
162767 (8.868 %)Retail
172452 (7.858 %)Sybase
182289 (7.336 %)OO
192267 (7.266 %)XML
202090 (6.698 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
212080 (6.666 %)J2EE
221920 (6.153 %)Equities
231900 (6.089 %)Linux
241896 (6.077 %)Fixed Income
251683 (5.394 %)Insurance
261625 (5.208 %)Back Office
271590 (5.096 %)Solaris
281584 (5.077 %)PRINCE2
291582 (5.070 %)Microsoft
301550 (4.968 %)Risk Management

Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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
13753 (12.03 %).NET
22267 (7.266 %)XML
32080 (6.666 %)J2EE
41203 (3.856 %)ASP.NET
51122 (3.596 %)Spring
6821 (2.631 %)WebSphere
7801 (2.567 %)Hibernate
8774 (2.481 %)WinForms
9702 (2.250 %)HTML
10670 (2.147 %)Middleware
11644 (2.064 %)WebServices
12587 (1.881 %)JSP
13512 (1.641 %).NET Framework
14497 (1.593 %)JMS
15464 (1.487 %)ASP
16431 (1.381 %)Swing
17414 (1.327 %)STL
18407 (1.304 %)AJAX
19398 (1.276 %)JDBC
20321 (1.029 %)Struts
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1486 (1.558 %)WebLogic
2389 (1.247 %)SAS
3388 (1.244 %)SharePoint
4385 (1.234 %)Apache
5331 (1.061 %)MS Exchange
6286 (0.917 %)Tomcat
7267 (0.856 %)JBoss
8259 (0.830 %)IIS
9258 (0.827 %)BizTalk Server
10253 (0.811 %)MQSeries
11217 (0.695 %)WebSphere MQ
12189 (0.606 %)Exchange Server 2003
13157 (0.503 %)CMS
14145 (0.465 %)SharePoint Server 2007
15104 (0.333 %)WebSphere Application Server
16103 (0.330 %)Lotus Notes
1793 (0.298 %)TIBCO EMS
1889 (0.285 %)Rendezvous
1948 (0.154 %)ESB
2046 (0.147 %)Exchange Server 2000
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11463 (4.689 %)MS Excel
2795 (2.548 %)MS Office
3401 (1.285 %)MS Visio
4251 (0.804 %)MS Project
5175 (0.561 %)Spreadsheet
6150 (0.481 %)MS PowerPoint
796 (0.308 %)Photoshop
877 (0.247 %)SPSS
962 (0.199 %)CA Clarity
1045 (0.144 %)MATLAB
1130 (0.096 %)S-PLUS
1222 (0.071 %)Acrobat
1321 (0.067 %)Adobe Illustrator
1412 (0.038 %)FrameMaker
159 (0.029 %)InfoPath
168 (0.026 %)DeltaView
168 (0.026 %)RoboHelp
177 (0.022 %)Fireworks
177 (0.022 %)PrintSoft PReS
186 (0.019 %)InDesign
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1198 (0.635 %)Summit
2188 (0.603 %)Temenos T24
3147 (0.471 %)Temenos Globus
4130 (0.417 %)Misys Midas
5102 (0.327 %)FLEXCUBE
699 (0.317 %)SAP FI
796 (0.308 %)Misys Equation
886 (0.276 %)SAP CO
886 (0.276 %)SAP FI/CO
985 (0.272 %)Endur
1081 (0.260 %)Misys Opics
1168 (0.218 %)RMDS
1266 (0.212 %)Oracle EBS
1348 (0.154 %)Loan IQ
1348 (0.154 %)Kondor+
1446 (0.147 %)SAP HR
1543 (0.138 %)SAP Bank Analyzer
1640 (0.128 %)Capstone
1739 (0.125 %)HiPortfolio
1837 (0.119 %)SunGard AvantGard
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1825 (2.644 %)SAN
2783 (2.509 %)Internet
3562 (1.801 %)TCP/IP
4391 (1.253 %)Firewall
5386 (1.237 %)WAN
6381 (1.221 %)LAN
7245 (0.785 %)DNS
8227 (0.728 %)VPN
9222 (0.711 %)Intranet
10164 (0.526 %)HTTP
11161 (0.516 %)VoIP
12160 (0.513 %)LDAP
13138 (0.442 %)OSPF
14127 (0.407 %)BGP
15104 (0.333 %)DHCP
1699 (0.317 %)MPLS
1790 (0.288 %)Network Security
1888 (0.282 %)Cisco PIX
1984 (0.269 %)FTP
2077 (0.247 %)EIGRP
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13428 (10.99 %)SQL Server
21074 (3.442 %)RDBMS
31003 (3.215 %)SQL Server 2005
4727 (2.330 %)Datawarehouse
5656 (2.102 %)Oracle 10g
6654 (2.096 %)SQL Server 2000
7441 (1.413 %)ETL
7441 (1.413 %)Oracle 9i
8310 (0.994 %)Oracle 8/8i
9263 (0.843 %)Reference Data
10223 (0.715 %)DB2
11212 (0.679 %)BusinessObjects
12195 (0.625 %)DTS
13188 (0.603 %)SQL Server Integration Services
14167 (0.535 %)Sybase ASE
15162 (0.519 %)Crystal Reports
16145 (0.465 %)OLAP
17141 (0.452 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
18138 (0.442 %)MySQL
19124 (0.397 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1468 (1.500 %)TestDirector
2382 (1.224 %)ClearCase
3293 (0.939 %)JUnit
4267 (0.856 %)Ant
5239 (0.766 %)Eclipse
6229 (0.734 %)QuickTest Pro
7172 (0.551 %)Visual Studio
8165 (0.529 %)LoadRunner
9147 (0.471 %)NUnit
10138 (0.442 %)WinRunner
1195 (0.304 %)Flash
1279 (0.253 %)Subversion
1369 (0.221 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1462 (0.199 %)ClearQuest
1559 (0.189 %)PowerBuilder
1559 (0.189 %)Rational Rose
1649 (0.157 %)Dreamweaver
1741 (0.131 %)JIRA
1835 (0.112 %)RequisitePro
1934 (0.109 %)CruiseControl
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
116710 (53.55 %)Finance
211652 (37.34 %)Investment Banking
34746 (15.21 %)Front Office
42767 (8.868 %)Retail
51683 (5.394 %)Insurance
61625 (5.208 %)Back Office
71495 (4.791 %)Retail Banking
81117 (3.580 %)Financial Institution
9969 (3.106 %)Pensions
10917 (2.939 %)Telecoms
11804 (2.577 %)Education
12679 (2.176 %)Health
13515 (1.651 %)Marketing
14394 (1.263 %)Government
15369 (1.183 %)Online Banking
16351 (1.125 %)Legal
17257 (0.824 %)Pharmaceutical
18242 (0.776 %)Private Banking
19222 (0.711 %)Corporate Banking
20195 (0.625 %)International Banking
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18439 (27.05 %)Developer
26687 (21.43 %)Analyst
32717 (8.708 %)Business Analyst
42569 (8.233 %)Project Manager
52525 (8.092 %)Java Developer
61982 (6.352 %)C# Developer
71979 (6.343 %)Consultant
81414 (4.532 %)Architect
91303 (4.176 %)C++ Developer
101299 (4.163 %)Support Analyst
111124 (3.602 %)Applications Support
12978 (3.134 %).NET Developer
13963 (3.086 %)Senior Developer
14934 (2.993 %)DBA
15904 (2.897 %)Team Leader
16876 (2.808 %)Banking Business Analyst
17745 (2.388 %)Administrator
18665 (2.131 %)Programme Manager
19629 (2.016 %)Senior Analyst
20621 (1.990 %)Programmer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14814 (15.43 %)Derivative
22090 (6.698 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
31920 (6.153 %)Equities
41896 (6.077 %)Fixed Income
51328 (4.256 %)Equity Derivative
6781 (2.503 %)Credit Risk
7744 (2.384 %)Credit Derivative
8685 (2.195 %)Multithreading
9541 (1.734 %)PMI
10538 (1.724 %)Computer Science
11443 (1.420 %)Mathematics
12419 (1.343 %)Mainframe
13390 (1.250 %)Market Risk
14354 (1.135 %)Interest Rate Derivative
15296 (0.949 %)Client/Server
16293 (0.939 %)Management Information System
17274 (0.878 %)Replication
18254 (0.814 %)N-Tier
19247 (0.792 %)Clustering
20197 (0.631 %)Grid Computing
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15734 (18.38 %)UNIX
23680 (11.79 %)Windows
31900 (6.089 %)Linux
41590 (5.096 %)Solaris
51007 (3.227 %)Windows Server 2003
6472 (1.513 %)Windows 2000
7442 (1.417 %)Windows XP
8397 (1.272 %)Red Hat Linux
9384 (1.231 %)AIX
10184 (0.590 %)Windows 2000 Server
11180 (0.577 %)VMS
12168 (0.538 %)HPUX
13137 (0.439 %)Windows NT
1474 (0.237 %)SUSE
1566 (0.212 %)Windows Vista
1644 (0.141 %)zOS
1738 (0.122 %)OpenVMS
1823 (0.074 %)MVS
1921 (0.067 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2018 (0.058 %)Windows Server 2008
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13340 (10.70 %)Project Management
22289 (7.336 %)OO
31584 (5.077 %)PRINCE2
41550 (4.968 %)Risk Management
51520 (4.871 %)Business Analysis
61208 (3.872 %)ITIL
71187 (3.804 %)Asset Management
81083 (3.471 %)UML
9818 (2.622 %)Stakeholder Management
10714 (2.288 %)Agile Software Development
11696 (2.231 %)Change Management
12691 (2.215 %)User Acceptance Testing
13665 (2.131 %)Investment Management
14662 (2.122 %)E-Commerce
15585 (1.875 %)RUP
16533 (1.708 %)Service Delivery
17522 (1.673 %)Programme Management
18520 (1.667 %)SOA
19499 (1.599 %)CRM
20488 (1.564 %)Electronic Trading
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16796 (21.78 %)SQL
26389 (20.48 %)Java
34734 (15.17 %)C#
43494 (11.20 %)C++
51499 (4.804 %)Perl
61454 (4.660 %)VBA
71431 (4.586 %)VB
8886 (2.840 %)Shell Script
9865 (2.772 %)C
10713 (2.285 %)PL/SQL
11612 (1.961 %)JavaScript
12575 (1.843 %)VB.NET
13550 (1.763 %)Transact-SQL
14335 (1.074 %)VC++
15329 (1.054 %)VB6
16319 (1.022 %)Python
17298 (0.955 %)PHP
18141 (0.452 %)VBScript
19138 (0.442 %)Korn
20122 (0.391 %)RPG
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13310 (10.61 %)Degree
2617 (1.977 %)ISEB
3551 (1.766 %)Microsoft Certification
4524 (1.679 %)PMI Certification
5466 (1.493 %)PMP
6317 (1.016 %)Cisco Certification
7298 (0.955 %)PRINCE2 Certification
8297 (0.952 %)MCSE
9201 (0.644 %)MCP
10194 (0.622 %)CISSP
11175 (0.561 %)ITIL Certification
12169 (0.542 %)CCNP
13166 (0.532 %)CCNA
14149 (0.478 %)PhD
15124 (0.397 %)MCSD
1694 (0.301 %)RHCE
1791 (0.292 %)MBA
1887 (0.279 %)MCAD
1982 (0.263 %)CCIE
2069 (0.221 %)Oracle Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1716 (2.295 %)QA
2425 (1.362 %)Basel II
3343 (1.099 %)SLA
4290 (0.929 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
583 (0.266 %)MiFID
649 (0.157 %)ISO27001
740 (0.128 %)COBIT
838 (0.122 %)IAS 39
838 (0.122 %)ISO17799
931 (0.099 %)GAAP
1026 (0.083 %)BS7799
1123 (0.074 %)ISO8583
1217 (0.054 %)PCI DSS
1316 (0.051 %)WCAG
1412 (0.038 %)ISO9000
156 (0.019 %)ISO/IEC 20000
165 (0.016 %)ISO9001
165 (0.016 %)WAI
174 (0.013 %)PCI QSA
181 (0.003 %)PABP
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1652 (2.090 %)Active Directory
2235 (0.753 %)NetBackup
3209 (0.670 %)Oracle RAC
4188 (0.603 %)NFS
5173 (0.554 %)Oracle RMAN
6114 (0.365 %)VMware Infrastructure
792 (0.295 %)VMware ESX
858 (0.186 %)AquaLogic
937 (0.119 %)MSMQ
1028 (0.090 %)RACF
1028 (0.090 %)Samba
1124 (0.077 %)ISA Server
1222 (0.071 %)MetaFrame
1317 (0.054 %)Terminal Server
1317 (0.054 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1416 (0.051 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
1515 (0.048 %)Terminal Services
1515 (0.048 %)Orbix
1613 (0.042 %)Backup Exec
1712 (0.038 %)MailMarshal
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1191 (0.612 %)Tivoli
2154 (0.494 %)AutoSys
380 (0.256 %)CONTROL-M
471 (0.228 %)OpenView
550 (0.160 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
640 (0.128 %)MOM
739 (0.125 %)BMC PATROL
835 (0.112 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
931 (0.099 %)Netcool
931 (0.099 %)OMEGAMON
931 (0.099 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
1027 (0.087 %)SCOM
1124 (0.077 %)ServiceCenter
1223 (0.074 %)Tivoli Monitoring
1320 (0.064 %)SCCM
1418 (0.058 %)Unicenter
1516 (0.051 %)CiscoWorks
1516 (0.051 %)Oracle Statspack
1615 (0.048 %)WSUS
1714 (0.045 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14127 (13.23 %)Oracle
22452 (7.858 %)Sybase
31582 (5.070 %)Microsoft
4759 (2.433 %)Cisco
5641 (2.054 %)SAP
6573 (1.836 %)Sun
7553 (1.772 %)IBM
8551 (1.766 %)Bloomberg
9528 (1.692 %)Reuters
10525 (1.683 %)TIBCO
11490 (1.570 %)HP
12436 (1.397 %)Red Hat
13362 (1.160 %)Citrix
14337 (1.080 %)VERITAS
15284 (0.910 %)EMC
16280 (0.897 %)VMware
17279 (0.894 %)Murex
18262 (0.840 %)Misys
19258 (0.827 %)Remedy
20246 (0.788 %)Calypso