The first table below looks at the demand for Business Analysis skills 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 Business Analysis over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analysis
Rank 14 19 9
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -10
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 38 35 118
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 11.34% 8.997% 23.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.19% 11.48% 31.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 18 97
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 £425 £484 £500
10% offered a daily rate of more than £596 £609 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £25.00 £27.00
% change year-on-year
-18.00% -7.40%
All Processes & Methodologies
Canary Wharf
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
288 305 380
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 85.97% 78.41% 75.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 195 290
Average daily rate £525 £550 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.54% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £237 £350 £425
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £650 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
Average hourly rate - £65.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +333.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Business Analysis
London

Business Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Business Analysis across the Canary Wharf region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Canary Wharf Business Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

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

Canary Wharf Business Analysis Daily Rate Trend

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Analysis across the Canary Wharf region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Canary Wharf Business Analysis Daily Rate Histogram

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Canary Wharf Business Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region citing Business Analysis 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited Business Analysis.

1 39 (52.00%) Banking
2 31 (41.33%) Finance
3 24 (32.00%) Investment Banking
4 20 (26.67%) Wealth Management
5 11 (14.67%) Derivative
5 11 (14.67%) Data Analysis
5 11 (14.67%) Back Office
6 10 (13.33%) Use Case
6 10 (13.33%) Data Mapping
7 9 (12.00%) User Acceptance Testing
8 8 (10.67%) Front Office
8 8 (10.67%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (10.67%) Project Management
8 8 (10.67%) SQL
9 7 (9.333%) VBA
9 7 (9.333%) Fixed Income
9 7 (9.333%) Market Risk
10 6 (8.000%) Agile Software Development
10 6 (8.000%) Asset Management
10 6 (8.000%) Credit Risk
10 6 (8.000%) Avaloq
11 5 (6.667%) MS Excel
11 5 (6.667%) Murex
11 5 (6.667%) Investment Management
12 4 (5.333%) Analytics
12 4 (5.333%) Process Improvement
12 4 (5.333%) Degree
12 4 (5.333%) Cash Management
12 4 (5.333%) VB6
12 4 (5.333%) Document Management

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region citing Business Analysis also 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 that cited Business Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (5.333%) HTML
2 2 (2.667%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (4.000%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.667%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (1.333%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (6.667%) MS Excel
2 3 (4.000%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.667%) MS Office
4 1 (1.333%) MS Project
4 1 (1.333%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (5.333%) Summit
2 3 (4.000%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 3 (4.000%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.333%) Taleo
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.333%) MS Access
2 3 (4.000%) OLAP
2 3 (4.000%) BusinessObjects
2 3 (4.000%) SAP BW
2 3 (4.000%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
2 3 (4.000%) SAP HANA
3 1 (1.333%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.333%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.333%) SAP BI
Development Applications
1 2 (2.667%) RequisitePro
General
1 39 (52.00%) Banking
2 31 (41.33%) Finance
3 24 (32.00%) Investment Banking
4 11 (14.67%) Back Office
5 8 (10.67%) Front Office
6 2 (2.667%) Private Banking
6 2 (2.667%) Retail
6 2 (2.667%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.333%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.333%) Legal
7 1 (1.333%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.333%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 65 (86.67%) Analyst
2 60 (80.00%) Business Analyst
3 7 (9.333%) Technical Analyst
4 6 (8.000%) Technical Business Analyst
4 6 (8.000%) Project Manager
5 5 (6.667%) Banking Business Analyst
6 4 (5.333%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
6 4 (5.333%) Excel Developer
6 4 (5.333%) Excel VBA Developer
6 4 (5.333%) VBA Developer
6 4 (5.333%) Data Analyst
6 4 (5.333%) C# Developer
6 4 (5.333%) Developer
7 3 (4.000%) Business Data Analyst
8 2 (2.667%) SAP Consultant
8 2 (2.667%) Project Analyst
8 2 (2.667%) SAP Business Analyst
8 2 (2.667%) Service Analyst
8 2 (2.667%) Consultant
9 1 (1.333%) Business Intelligence Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.67%) Derivative
2 7 (9.333%) Fixed Income
2 7 (9.333%) Market Risk
3 6 (8.000%) Credit Risk
4 3 (4.000%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (4.000%) SWIFT
5 2 (2.667%) Interest Rate Derivative
5 2 (2.667%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.667%) Equities
6 1 (1.333%) Reference Data
6 1 (1.333%) Hedge funds
6 1 (1.333%) Computer Science
6 1 (1.333%) CMDB
6 1 (1.333%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.333%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (26.67%) Wealth Management
2 11 (14.67%) Data Analysis
3 10 (13.33%) Use Case
3 10 (13.33%) Data Mapping
4 9 (12.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 8 (10.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (10.67%) Project Management
6 6 (8.000%) Agile Software Development
6 6 (8.000%) Asset Management
7 5 (6.667%) Investment Management
8 4 (5.333%) Analytics
8 4 (5.333%) Process Improvement
8 4 (5.333%) Cash Management
8 4 (5.333%) Document Management
8 4 (5.333%) Migration
8 4 (5.333%) RAD
8 4 (5.333%) Business Intelligence
9 3 (4.000%) Six Sigma
9 3 (4.000%) Change Management
9 3 (4.000%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.67%) SQL
2 7 (9.333%) VBA
3 4 (5.333%) VB6
3 4 (5.333%) VBScript
3 4 (5.333%) VB
3 4 (5.333%) C#
4 3 (4.000%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (5.333%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.667%) MiFID
2 1 (1.333%) SLA
2 1 (1.333%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (8.000%) Avaloq
2 5 (6.667%) Murex
3 4 (5.333%) SAP
4 3 (4.000%) Business Objects
5 2 (2.667%) Bloomberg
5 2 (2.667%) Calypso
5 2 (2.667%) Thunderhead
5 2 (2.667%) Remedy
6 1 (1.333%) Teradata
6 1 (1.333%) IBM