The first table below looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Canary Wharf region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Canary Wharf region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Analyst
Rank 3 2 3
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 155 124 209
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 38.56% 32.46% 41.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 41.78% 35.33% 44.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 82 182
Average daily rate £500 £550 £600
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £246 £310 £450
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 £35.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Job Titles
Canary Wharf
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
371 351 468
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 92.29% 91.88% 93.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 217 364
Average daily rate £525 £550 £575
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.54% -4.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £267 £350 £450
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 4
Average hourly rate £42.50 £35.00 £40.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% -13.58%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Analyst
London

Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Analyst across the Canary Wharf region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Canary Wharf Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Analyst across the Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Analyst across the Canary Wharf region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Canary Wharf Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Analyst across the Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region that cited Analyst in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Analyst in their job title.

1 123 (44.89%) Banking
2 107 (39.05%) Finance
3 84 (30.66%) Investment Banking
4 64 (23.36%) Business Analysis
5 56 (20.44%) SQL
6 43 (15.69%) Derivative
7 42 (15.33%) Wealth Management
8 38 (13.87%) Project Management
9 34 (12.41%) Data Analysis
10 33 (12.04%) MS Excel
11 31 (11.31%) Front Office
11 31 (11.31%) Stakeholder Management
12 28 (10.22%) Retail
12 28 (10.22%) Change Management
13 27 (9.854%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 26 (9.489%) UML
15 24 (8.759%) Asset Management
16 22 (8.029%) Workflow
16 22 (8.029%) Back Office
17 21 (7.664%) User Acceptance Testing
18 20 (7.299%) Credit Risk
19 19 (6.934%) SharePoint
20 17 (6.204%) MS Office
20 17 (6.204%) Risk Management
21 16 (5.839%) Data Modelling
22 15 (5.474%) Investment Management
22 15 (5.474%) Data Mapping
23 14 (5.109%) Use Case
23 14 (5.109%) Private Banking
23 14 (5.109%) Oracle

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region that cited Analyst in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (4.015%) Web Services
2 7 (2.555%) XML
2 7 (2.555%) JMS
2 7 (2.555%) Java EE
3 5 (1.825%) .NET
4 3 (1.095%) Middleware
4 3 (1.095%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.730%) WCF
5 2 (0.730%) WPF
5 2 (0.730%) Java SE
5 2 (0.730%) HTML
6 1 (0.365%) SOAP
6 1 (0.365%) DOM
6 1 (0.365%) XSLT
6 1 (0.365%) SAX
6 1 (0.365%) MDX
6 1 (0.365%) JSON
6 1 (0.365%) Ajax
6 1 (0.365%) LAMP
6 1 (0.365%) XML Messaging
Application Platforms
1 19 (6.934%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.460%) SharePoint 2010
2 4 (1.460%) SAS
3 3 (1.095%) ColdFusion
3 3 (1.095%) WorkSite
4 2 (0.730%) CMS
4 2 (0.730%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (0.730%) Lotus Notes
5 1 (0.365%) Rendezvous
5 1 (0.365%) Apache
5 1 (0.365%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.365%) Documentum
5 1 (0.365%) MS Exchange
5 1 (0.365%) TIBCO EMS
5 1 (0.365%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
5 1 (0.365%) LiveLink
5 1 (0.365%) Oracle Coherence
5 1 (0.365%) Captiva
5 1 (0.365%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.365%) GemFire
Applications
1 33 (12.04%) MS Excel
2 17 (6.204%) MS Office
3 11 (4.015%) MS Visio
4 10 (3.650%) MS PowerPoint
5 9 (3.285%) MS Project
6 1 (0.365%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (2.555%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 6 (2.190%) Summit
2 6 (2.190%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.095%) Global One
4 2 (0.730%) SiteCatalyst
4 2 (0.730%) Eagle PACE
4 2 (0.730%) Eagle STAR
4 2 (0.730%) Google Analytics
4 2 (0.730%) MultiFonds
4 2 (0.730%) RMDS
5 1 (0.365%) SAP EHS
5 1 (0.365%) Taleo
5 1 (0.365%) Algo Collateral
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.825%) LAN
2 3 (1.095%) Internet
2 3 (1.095%) FTP
2 3 (1.095%) HTTP
3 2 (0.730%) VPN
3 2 (0.730%) Firewall
4 1 (0.365%) Intranet
4 1 (0.365%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.745%) Data Mining
2 7 (2.555%) SQL Server
3 6 (2.190%) QlikView
4 5 (1.825%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.095%) BusinessObjects
5 3 (1.095%) SAP BW
5 3 (1.095%) OLAP
5 3 (1.095%) UniData
5 3 (1.095%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (0.730%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 2 (0.730%) SAP HANA
6 2 (0.730%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.730%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.730%) MS Access
7 1 (0.365%) EDRMS
7 1 (0.365%) SQLPlus
7 1 (0.365%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (0.365%) MySQL
7 1 (0.365%) TOAD
7 1 (0.365%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 3 (1.095%) Rational Rose
2 2 (0.730%) JIRA
3 1 (0.365%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 123 (44.89%) Banking
2 107 (39.05%) Finance
3 84 (30.66%) Investment Banking
4 31 (11.31%) Front Office
5 28 (10.22%) Retail
6 22 (8.029%) Back Office
7 14 (5.109%) Private Banking
8 13 (4.745%) Corporate Banking
9 10 (3.650%) Legal
9 10 (3.650%) Retail Banking
9 10 (3.650%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.460%) Marketing
11 2 (0.730%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.365%) General Ledger
Miscellaneous
1 43 (15.69%) Derivative
2 27 (9.854%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 20 (7.299%) Credit Risk
4 12 (4.380%) Equities
5 11 (4.015%) Management Information System
6 9 (3.285%) Fixed Income
7 8 (2.920%) Market Risk
7 8 (2.920%) Interest Rate Derivative
8 7 (2.555%) SWIFT
9 6 (2.190%) Reference Data
10 4 (1.460%) Wiki
11 3 (1.095%) Credit Derivative
11 3 (1.095%) Data Extraction
11 3 (1.095%) Mobile App
12 1 (0.365%) Equity Derivative
12 1 (0.365%) Economics
12 1 (0.365%) Grid Computing
12 1 (0.365%) CMDB
12 1 (0.365%) Swaptions
12 1 (0.365%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.555%) UNIX
1 7 (2.555%) Windows
2 3 (1.095%) Linux
2 3 (1.095%) Windows XP
3 2 (0.730%) Windows 7
3 2 (0.730%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (23.36%) Business Analysis
2 42 (15.33%) Wealth Management
3 38 (13.87%) Project Management
4 34 (12.41%) Data Analysis
5 31 (11.31%) Stakeholder Management
6 28 (10.22%) Change Management
7 26 (9.489%) UML
8 24 (8.759%) Asset Management
9 22 (8.029%) Workflow
10 21 (7.664%) User Acceptance Testing
11 17 (6.204%) Risk Management
12 16 (5.839%) Data Modelling
13 15 (5.474%) Investment Management
13 15 (5.474%) Data Mapping
14 14 (5.109%) Use Case
15 11 (4.015%) Agile Software Development
16 10 (3.650%) Migration
16 10 (3.650%) Document Management
16 10 (3.650%) CRM
17 9 (3.285%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 56 (20.44%) SQL
2 12 (4.380%) C#
3 10 (3.650%) Java
3 10 (3.650%) VBA
4 5 (1.825%) Shell Script
5 4 (1.460%) Perl
5 4 (1.460%) C
6 2 (0.730%) C++
7 1 (0.365%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.365%) XPath
7 1 (0.365%) F#
Qualifications
1 10 (3.650%) Degree
2 3 (1.095%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 2 (0.730%) ISEB
3 2 (0.730%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.920%) QA
2 4 (1.460%) MiFID
2 4 (1.460%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (1.095%) SLA
3 3 (1.095%) FATCA
4 2 (0.730%) Basel III
4 2 (0.730%) COBIT
5 1 (0.365%) Basel II
System Software
1 2 (0.730%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.730%) Zenoss
1 2 (0.730%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.365%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 14 (5.109%) Oracle
2 10 (3.650%) SAP
3 9 (3.285%) Murex
4 8 (2.920%) Pega
4 8 (2.920%) Avaloq
5 7 (2.555%) Microsoft
6 6 (2.190%) Bloomberg
7 5 (1.825%) Sybase
7 5 (1.825%) Business Objects
7 5 (1.825%) IBM
7 5 (1.825%) Teradata
8 4 (1.460%) Thunderhead
8 4 (1.460%) Calypso
8 4 (1.460%) Fidessa
8 4 (1.460%) Reuters
9 3 (1.095%) Planview
9 3 (1.095%) GoldenSource
10 2 (0.730%) Kalahari
10 2 (0.730%) Unica
10 2 (0.730%) Sophis