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And The Most Secure Job In The Financial Markets Is......

last updated: 27 October 2008
Working in Risk, of course.

2,731 financial markets professionals took part in our poll to find out the most secure job in the financial markets. The poll is sponsored by DirectConnect, our online recruiting technology which introduces jobseekers directly to hiring firms.

In total, 44.3% of respondents said that they felt secure in their jobs at the moment

And here's the results in job categories:

The Most Secure

1. Risk - 97.1% of respondents said that they were feeling secure in their jobs

2. Compliance - 92.7%

3. Private Bankers - 83.5%

4. Accounting & Finance - 82.3%

5. Trade Support - 77.6%

6. Credit - 55.3%

7. Corporate Communications - 52.7%

8. Legal - 51.6%

10. Fund Manager - 51.4%

11. Corporate Banking - 50.8%

12. Financial Advisor - 50.6%

13. IT Development / Infrastructure - 50.3%

14. Secretarial / PA - 47.3%

15. Research - 47.2%

16. Operations - 44.2%

17. IT Management - 41.8%

18. Human Resources - 35.4%

19. M&A - 31.6%

20. Marketing - 12.5%

21. Sales & Trading professionals - 6.7%

22. Hedge fund professionals - 6.2%

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