The first table below looks at the demand for the Business 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 Business Analyst in their job title 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 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analyst
Rank 6 4 6
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 80 109 146
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 23.88% 28.02% 28.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 26.14% 30.28% 30.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 65 123
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 £365 £408 £500
10% offered a daily rate of more than £589 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.25 £32.83 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-1.75% +19.36%
All Job Titles
Canary Wharf
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
306 360 477
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 91.34% 92.54% 94.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 217 362
Average daily rate £525 £525 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £375 £425
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 0 4 6
Average hourly rate - £17.75 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +18.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Business Analyst
London

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Canary Wharf Business Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Canary Wharf Business Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Canary Wharf Business Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Canary Wharf Business Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region that cited Business 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 Business Analyst in their job title.

1 81 (48.80%) Banking
2 60 (36.14%) Business Analysis
3 55 (33.13%) Investment Banking
4 48 (28.92%) Finance
5 36 (21.69%) Wealth Management
6 32 (19.28%) Derivative
7 27 (16.27%) Project Management
8 24 (14.46%) SQL
8 24 (14.46%) UML
8 24 (14.46%) Front Office
9 22 (13.25%) Back Office
10 21 (12.65%) Data Analysis
10 21 (12.65%) Retail
11 18 (10.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 16 (9.639%) Asset Management
13 15 (9.036%) Change Management
14 14 (8.434%) Use Case
14 14 (8.434%) Data Mapping
15 13 (7.831%) Private Banking
15 13 (7.831%) User Acceptance Testing
15 13 (7.831%) Stakeholder Management
16 12 (7.229%) Data Modelling
16 12 (7.229%) Corporate Banking
16 12 (7.229%) Investment Management
16 12 (7.229%) Credit Risk
17 10 (6.024%) Equities
17 10 (6.024%) Risk Management
17 10 (6.024%) Workflow
17 10 (6.024%) MS Excel
17 10 (6.024%) Retail Banking

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region that cited Business 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 Business Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (1.807%) XML
2 2 (1.205%) .NET
3 1 (0.602%) XML Messaging
Application Platforms
1 3 (1.807%) SharePoint
1 3 (1.807%) WorkSite
2 2 (1.205%) ColdFusion
3 1 (0.602%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
3 1 (0.602%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (0.602%) SAS
3 1 (0.602%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (0.602%) Lync
3 1 (0.602%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 10 (6.024%) MS Excel
2 7 (4.217%) MS Visio
3 5 (3.012%) MS Project
4 4 (2.410%) MS Office
5 2 (1.205%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (3.614%) Summit
2 3 (1.807%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.205%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.602%) MultiFonds
4 1 (0.602%) Taleo
4 1 (0.602%) Algo Collateral
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.807%) FTP
2 2 (1.205%) Internet
3 1 (0.602%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.410%) Data Mining
2 3 (1.807%) QlikView
3 2 (1.205%) SAP HANA
3 2 (1.205%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
3 2 (1.205%) OLAP
3 2 (1.205%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.205%) MS Access
3 2 (1.205%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (1.205%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.602%) EDRMS
4 1 (0.602%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.602%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (0.602%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 2 (1.205%) RequisitePro
2 1 (0.602%) JIRA
General
1 81 (48.80%) Banking
2 55 (33.13%) Investment Banking
3 48 (28.92%) Finance
4 24 (14.46%) Front Office
5 22 (13.25%) Back Office
6 21 (12.65%) Retail
7 13 (7.831%) Private Banking
8 12 (7.229%) Corporate Banking
9 10 (6.024%) Retail Banking
10 5 (3.012%) Legal
11 4 (2.410%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.602%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.602%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.602%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 32 (19.28%) Derivative
2 18 (10.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 12 (7.229%) Credit Risk
4 10 (6.024%) Equities
5 8 (4.819%) Fixed Income
6 6 (3.614%) Market Risk
7 5 (3.012%) Interest Rate Derivative
7 5 (3.012%) Reference Data
8 4 (2.410%) SWIFT
8 4 (2.410%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.205%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.205%) Credit Derivative
10 1 (0.602%) Equity Derivative
10 1 (0.602%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.807%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (36.14%) Business Analysis
2 36 (21.69%) Wealth Management
3 27 (16.27%) Project Management
4 24 (14.46%) UML
5 21 (12.65%) Data Analysis
6 16 (9.639%) Asset Management
7 15 (9.036%) Change Management
8 14 (8.434%) Use Case
8 14 (8.434%) Data Mapping
9 13 (7.831%) User Acceptance Testing
9 13 (7.831%) Stakeholder Management
10 12 (7.229%) Data Modelling
10 12 (7.229%) Investment Management
11 10 (6.024%) Risk Management
11 10 (6.024%) Workflow
12 8 (4.819%) RUP
12 8 (4.819%) Agile Software Development
13 5 (3.012%) Migration
13 5 (3.012%) Document Management
13 5 (3.012%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 24 (14.46%) SQL
2 2 (1.205%) C
3 1 (0.602%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (1.205%) ISEB
2 1 (0.602%) Degree
2 1 (0.602%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.410%) MiFID
2 2 (1.205%) Basel III
2 2 (1.205%) QA
3 1 (0.602%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.602%) Basel II
Systems Management
1 2 (1.205%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.602%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 8 (4.819%) Pega
1 8 (4.819%) Avaloq
2 7 (4.217%) Murex
3 4 (2.410%) Calypso
3 4 (2.410%) Thunderhead
4 3 (1.807%) GoldenSource
4 3 (1.807%) Fidessa
4 3 (1.807%) Bloomberg
4 3 (1.807%) SAP
4 3 (1.807%) Business Objects
5 2 (1.205%) Oracle
5 2 (1.205%) StatPro
5 2 (1.205%) HP
5 2 (1.205%) Teradata
5 2 (1.205%) Sophis
6 1 (0.602%) Reuters
6 1 (0.602%) Symantec
6 1 (0.602%) Remedy
6 1 (0.602%) IBM
6 1 (0.602%) Sybase