The first table below looks at the demand for Analytics skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Analytics over the 3 months to 22 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the City of London 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Analytics
Rank 80 74 77
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +3
Contract jobs citing Analytics 159 175 213
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 2.473% 2.193% 2.204%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.377% 3.063% 3.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 123 169
Average daily rate £475 £475 £575
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -17.39%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £280 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £620 £693
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-13.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
Average hourly rate - £15.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -9.09%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.25 £16.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year
+89.39% -26.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
4709 5713 6944
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 73.25% 71.60% 71.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 3551 4136 5135
Average daily rate £450 £460 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £300 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 96 98
Average hourly rate £41.50 £24.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+72.91% -4.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £15.00 £14.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £47.50 £50.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Analytics
London

Analytics
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Analytics across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

City of London Analytics Jobs Demand Trend

Analytics
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Analytics across the City of London region.

City of London Analytics Daily Rate Trend

Analytics
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Analytics across the City of London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

City of London Analytics Daily Rate Histogram

Analytics
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Analytics across the City of London region.

City of London Analytics Hourly Rate Trend

Analytics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Analytics 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 Analytics.

1 83 (28.92%) SQL
2 79 (27.53%) Finance
2 79 (27.53%) Banking
3 52 (18.12%) Marketing
4 47 (16.38%) SQL Server
5 45 (15.68%) Oracle
6 42 (14.63%) Java
7 41 (14.29%) C#
7 41 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
7 41 (14.29%) Web Analytics
8 39 (13.59%) Investment Banking
9 38 (13.24%) Degree
10 37 (12.89%) .NET
11 35 (12.20%) Data Warehouse
12 32 (11.15%) Microsoft
12 32 (11.15%) Big Data
13 31 (10.80%) Front Office
13 31 (10.80%) Data Analysis
14 30 (10.45%) Derivative
15 29 (10.10%) TDD
15 29 (10.10%) E-Commerce
16 27 (9.408%) Data Modelling
16 27 (9.408%) MS Excel
16 27 (9.408%) Mathematics
16 27 (9.408%) Hadoop
17 26 (9.059%) SAS
18 25 (8.711%) CRM
18 25 (8.711%) C++
18 25 (8.711%) Risk Management
19 24 (8.362%) VBA

Analytics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Analytics 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 Analytics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 37 (12.89%) .NET
2 24 (8.362%) CSS
3 23 (8.014%) HTML
4 21 (7.317%) MapReduce
5 20 (6.969%) WCF
6 19 (6.620%) ASP.NET
7 16 (5.575%) XML
8 10 (3.484%) Web Services
8 10 (3.484%) Razor View Engine
8 10 (3.484%) Gherkin
8 10 (3.484%) LESS
9 9 (3.136%) jQuery
10 8 (2.787%) WPF
11 7 (2.439%) LINQ
11 7 (2.439%) Ajax
11 7 (2.439%) ASP.NET MVC
12 6 (2.091%) .NET Framework
13 5 (1.742%) ASP
13 5 (1.742%) SOAP
13 5 (1.742%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 26 (9.059%) SAS
2 18 (6.272%) Apache Pig
3 16 (5.575%) CMS
4 14 (4.878%) Apache
4 14 (4.878%) Windows Azure
5 10 (3.484%) Sitecore CMS
6 8 (2.787%) IIS
7 7 (2.439%) TIBCO EMS
7 7 (2.439%) Amazon AWS
8 6 (2.091%) SharePoint
8 6 (2.091%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (1.045%) WebLogic
9 3 (1.045%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.697%) MSMQ
10 2 (0.697%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (0.697%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.697%) Oracle Coherence
11 1 (0.348%) Adobe CQ
11 1 (0.348%) Amazon EMR
11 1 (0.348%) WordPress
Applications
1 27 (9.408%) MS Excel
2 11 (3.833%) MS PowerPoint
3 7 (2.439%) MS Visio
4 6 (2.091%) SPSS
5 4 (1.394%) MS Project
6 2 (0.697%) MS Office
7 1 (0.348%) OmniGraffle
7 1 (0.348%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.348%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 15 (5.226%) Google Analytics
2 10 (3.484%) SiteCatalyst
3 6 (2.091%) WebTrends
4 2 (0.697%) Summit
4 2 (0.697%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.697%) PeopleSoft HRMS
5 1 (0.348%) Siebel Analytics
5 1 (0.348%) Bond Adapt
5 1 (0.348%) SAP BPC
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.136%) HTTP
2 7 (2.439%) Internet
3 4 (1.394%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.045%) CTI
5 2 (0.697%) Broadband
5 2 (0.697%) SMTP
5 2 (0.697%) SSL
6 1 (0.348%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (16.38%) SQL Server
2 35 (12.20%) Data Warehouse
3 32 (11.15%) Big Data
4 27 (9.408%) Hadoop
5 20 (6.969%) Apache Hive
6 18 (6.272%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 15 (5.226%) Oracle BI EE
7 15 (5.226%) SQL Server 2008
8 14 (4.878%) Data Mining
8 14 (4.878%) Apache Cassandra
9 13 (4.530%) HBase
10 12 (4.181%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 11 (3.833%) QlikView
12 10 (3.484%) NoSQL
13 9 (3.136%) Mahout
14 8 (2.787%) SQL Server 2005
15 6 (2.091%) Oracle Reports
15 6 (2.091%) MS Access
15 6 (2.091%) MySQL
16 5 (1.742%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 11 (3.833%) Selenium
2 7 (2.439%) JUnit
3 6 (2.091%) QuickTest Pro
3 6 (2.091%) Visual Studio
3 6 (2.091%) TeamCity
4 5 (1.742%) CruiseControl
5 4 (1.394%) Ant
5 4 (1.394%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
5 4 (1.394%) JIRA
6 3 (1.045%) NUnit
6 3 (1.045%) Rhino Mocks
6 3 (1.045%) Xcode
7 2 (0.697%) ClearCase
7 2 (0.697%) MSTest
7 2 (0.697%) Balsamiq Mockups
7 2 (0.697%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.697%) Visual Studio Team System
7 2 (0.697%) Subversion
8 1 (0.348%) ReSharper
8 1 (0.348%) Maven
General
1 79 (27.53%) Finance
1 79 (27.53%) Banking
2 52 (18.12%) Marketing
3 39 (13.59%) Investment Banking
4 31 (10.80%) Front Office
5 21 (7.317%) Retail
6 11 (3.833%) Retail Banking
7 7 (2.439%) Games
8 5 (1.742%) Billing
8 5 (1.742%) Advertising
8 5 (1.742%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.394%) French Language
10 3 (1.045%) Publishing
10 3 (1.045%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.697%) Legal
11 2 (0.697%) Wholesale Banking
11 2 (0.697%) Corporate Banking
11 2 (0.697%) German Language
12 1 (0.348%) Japanese Language
12 1 (0.348%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 87 (30.31%) Developer
1 87 (30.31%) Analyst
2 32 (11.15%) Business Analyst
3 22 (7.666%) Architect
4 17 (5.923%) C# Developer
5 13 (4.530%) Java Developer
5 13 (4.530%) Senior Analyst
6 11 (3.833%) Data Analyst
6 11 (3.833%) Project Manager
6 11 (3.833%) Test Analyst
6 11 (3.833%) Consultant
7 10 (3.484%) Senior Developer
7 10 (3.484%) .NET Developer
7 10 (3.484%) C++ Developer
7 10 (3.484%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 10 (3.484%) C# .NET Developer
8 7 (2.439%) C++ Quantitative Developer
8 7 (2.439%) Data Scientist
8 7 (2.439%) Web Analyst
8 7 (2.439%) Data Architect
Miscellaneous
1 30 (10.45%) Derivative
2 27 (9.408%) Mathematics
3 20 (6.969%) Computer Science
4 19 (6.620%) Credit Risk
5 18 (6.272%) Fixed Income
5 18 (6.272%) Physics
6 16 (5.575%) Visualisation
7 15 (5.226%) Market Risk
8 14 (4.878%) Statistics
9 13 (4.530%) FMCG
10 12 (4.181%) Social Media
11 11 (3.833%) Credit Derivative
12 10 (3.484%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 9 (3.136%) Grid Computing
14 8 (2.787%) Data Extraction
15 7 (2.439%) Social Network
15 7 (2.439%) Neural Network
15 7 (2.439%) Economics
16 5 (1.742%) Management Information System
17 4 (1.394%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.575%) Linux
2 15 (5.226%) Windows
3 7 (2.439%) UNIX
4 3 (1.045%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
1 41 (14.29%) Web Analytics
2 31 (10.80%) Data Analysis
3 29 (10.10%) TDD
3 29 (10.10%) E-Commerce
4 27 (9.408%) Data Modelling
5 25 (8.711%) CRM
5 25 (8.711%) Risk Management
6 23 (8.014%) Agile Software Development
7 21 (7.317%) ETL
8 19 (6.620%) Project Management
8 19 (6.620%) Risk Analytics
9 18 (6.272%) MVC
9 18 (6.272%) Scrum
10 15 (5.226%) Business Analysis
11 14 (4.878%) SEO
11 14 (4.878%) Predictive Modelling
11 14 (4.878%) BDD
12 13 (4.530%) Rapid Prototyping
12 13 (4.530%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 83 (28.92%) SQL
2 42 (14.63%) Java
3 41 (14.29%) C#
4 25 (8.711%) C++
5 24 (8.362%) VBA
6 21 (7.317%) JavaScript
6 21 (7.317%) Python
7 9 (3.136%) PHP
8 8 (2.787%) R
9 6 (2.091%) PL/SQL
9 6 (2.091%) Perl
9 6 (2.091%) Scala
10 4 (1.394%) Objective-C
10 4 (1.394%) VB.NET
11 3 (1.045%) C
11 3 (1.045%) VB
12 2 (0.697%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.697%) PHP5
12 2 (0.697%) Ruby
13 1 (0.348%) XPath
Qualifications
1 38 (13.24%) Degree
2 22 (7.666%) PhD
3 6 (2.091%) ISEB
4 3 (1.045%) PMP
4 3 (1.045%) PMI Certification
5 2 (0.697%) CISSP
5 2 (0.697%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (0.348%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.348%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.181%) QA
2 7 (2.439%) Basel III
3 4 (1.394%) Basel II
3 4 (1.394%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.348%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (1.045%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.348%) OpenSSO
Systems Management
1 9 (3.136%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (0.697%) SCCM
2 2 (0.697%) SCOM
2 2 (0.697%) Splunk
Vendors
1 45 (15.68%) Oracle
2 32 (11.15%) Microsoft
3 18 (6.272%) Google
4 17 (5.923%) Omniture
5 13 (4.530%) Business Objects
6 10 (3.484%) Siebel
6 10 (3.484%) TIBCO
6 10 (3.484%) hybris
6 10 (3.484%) Sitecore
7 8 (2.787%) Adobe
7 8 (2.787%) Tableau
8 7 (2.439%) Cognos
9 6 (2.091%) Sybase
9 6 (2.091%) Hortonworks
9 6 (2.091%) Cloudera
10 5 (1.742%) Vertica
10 5 (1.742%) SAP
10 5 (1.742%) Reuters
10 5 (1.742%) Bloomberg
10 5 (1.742%) Teradata
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