Tag: Java Developer

Asia now pays if you work in investment banking IT

Salaries for financial technology professionals in Asia are now comparable with the UK, and Asian firms are interested in hiring senior IT pros and people with specific product knowledge. The slumping pound, together with the need to hire westerners for senior financial technology roles, has driven up salaries in both Hong Kong and Singapore, says [...]

By Paul Clarke, 20 February 2009 • 4 comments

Contractors lose faith in finance

IT contractors are fleeing financial services as the proportion of workers in the industry hits its lowest level for three years. A report by contractor services company Giant Group says just 22% of contractors are working in the financial sector, down from 25% in the third quarter of 2007. Nor does this look set to [...]

By eFinancialCareers UK, 27 November 2007 • 0 comments

Transcript: live chat with Adam Bennett, MD, Hatstand IT consultancy

Missed the chat? Read the transcript at your leisure… Jogen Joshi: I’m a consultant from Australia. I have proven expertise and qualifications in both IT and finance. For a role in the UK as business analyst or technical business analyst with eight years’ experience, what salary range can one expect? And in your opinion, what [...]

By Sarah Butcher, 26 July 2007 • 0 comments

Want to earn 1,000 a day?

Financial services firms are embracing contractors with no experience of the industry. “This year is going to be the year, when because of the ramp up of demand, clients will look at people not in investment banking but in retail and telecoms,” says Marilyn D’sa, sales director at financial IT recruitment firm OTC. She tells [...]

By anonymous, 24 January 2007 • 0 comments