Around 5,200 financial jobs are to be created in Doha, Qatar, according to research from financial recruiter Kinsey Allen International.

The research shows that the financial sector will employ 20,100 people by the end of the year.  In 2006 the sector employed just 6,200 people.

James Bridgman, managing director of Kinsey Allen’s Middle East operations, says: “The number of people working in the financial services sector in Qatar has increased by an average of 35% year on year over the last four years. That trend is set to continue in 2010 with the number of people employed in the financial services expected to grow 7.7% per quarter in the twelve months.  This wave of job creation is being driven by the overall strength of the economy and the foreign money flooding into Qatar.”