City of London Business Analysis Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Business Analysis skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Analysis over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Business Analysis
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Andover Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chatham Chelmsford Cheshire Chester City of London Clevedon Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dover Dundee East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Feltham Gatwick Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Guildford Halifax Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Hinckley Home Counties Hounslow Hove Hull Ipswich Isle of Wight Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leamington Spa Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool Livingston London Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Pudsey Reading Redhill Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport Staines Stevenage Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Sussex Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Whyteleafe Wigan Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wokingham Worthing Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	31	36
Rank change on same period last year	+5
Matching contract IT job ads	401	340
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.535 %	0.344 %
As % of the category below	8.248 %	9.745 %
Daily rates quoted	241	170
Average minimum daily rate	£444	£471
Average daily rate	£485	£506
% change on same period last year	-4.12 %
Average maximum daily rate	£526	£541
UK excluding London average daily rate	£384	£369
% change on same period last year	+4.19 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£70.00	-
Average hourly rate	£82.50	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£95.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.45	£29.85
% change on same period last year	-1.33 %
Processes & Methodologies City of London
Matching contract IT job ads	4862	3489
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	6.481 %	3.530 %
Daily rates quoted	2731	1590
Average minimum daily rate	£426	£449
Average daily rate	£468	£485
% change on same period last year	-3.61 %
Average maximum daily rate	£509	£521
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£376
% change on same period last year	+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	103	76
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.96	£25.60
Average hourly rate	£29.14	£27.96
% change on same period last year	+4.19 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.32	£30.32
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.33	£30.16
% change on same period last year	-2.72 %
Business Analysis London

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Business Analysis
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Business Analysis across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Analysis across the City of London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

1 337 (42.07 %) Banking 2 267 (33.33 %) Finance 3 253 (31.59 %) Investment Banking 4 171 (21.35 %) Derivative 5 125 (15.61 %) Project Management 6 111 (13.86 %) Front Office 7 107 (13.36 %) Fixed Income 8 103 (12.86 %) Back Office 9 81 (10.11 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 10 80 (9.988 %) Change Management 10 80 (9.988 %) Insurance 11 79 (9.863 %) Equities 12 74 (9.238 %) Migration 12 74 (9.238 %) Asset Management 13 73 (9.114 %) SQL

14 54 (6.742 %) UML 15 52 (6.492 %) User Acceptance Testing 16 50 (6.242 %) Credit Derivative 17 49 (6.117 %) Investment Management 18 44 (5.493 %) Equity Derivative 19 43 (5.368 %) Interest Rate Derivative 20 42 (5.243 %) Data Analysis 21 38 (4.744 %) Risk Management 22 36 (4.494 %) PRINCE2 23 35 (4.370 %) Credit Risk 24 34 (4.245 %) MS Visio 25 33 (4.120 %) RUP 25 33 (4.120 %) Oracle 25 33 (4.120 %) Reference Data 26 32 (3.995 %) Degree

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 20 (2.497 %) XML 2 16 (1.998 %) .NET 3 8 (0.999 %) XML Schema 4 5 (0.624 %) ASP.NET 5 4 (0.499 %) J2EE 5 4 (0.499 %) Hibernate 5 4 (0.499 %) Spring 5 4 (0.499 %) FIX Protocol 6 3 (0.375 %) Swing 6 3 (0.375 %) Middleware 6 3 (0.375 %) HTML 6 3 (0.375 %) Servlets 6 3 (0.375 %) Struts 7 2 (0.250 %) JDBC 7 2 (0.250 %) FpML 8 1 (0.125 %) MVC 8 1 (0.125 %) WebSphere 8 1 (0.125 %) .NET Framework 8 1 (0.125 %) Application Packaging 8 1 (0.125 %) COM	Application Platforms 1 8 (0.999 %) CMS 2 4 (0.499 %) LiveLink 2 4 (0.499 %) SharePoint 3 3 (0.375 %) Documentum 3 3 (0.375 %) Oracle Workflow 4 2 (0.250 %) IIS 4 2 (0.250 %) Lotus Notes 4 2 (0.250 %) Lotus Domino 5 1 (0.125 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 1 (0.125 %) TIBCO EMS
Applications 1 34 (4.245 %) MS Visio 2 29 (3.620 %) MS Office 3 26 (3.246 %) MS Excel 4 17 (2.122 %) MS Project 5 9 (1.124 %) MS PowerPoint 6 5 (0.624 %) Spreadsheet 7 2 (0.250 %) CA Clarity	Business Applications 1 21 (2.622 %) Summit 2 15 (1.873 %) Loan IQ 3 14 (1.748 %) Capstone 4 12 (1.498 %) Minerva 5 11 (1.373 %) Tesseract 6 9 (1.124 %) Sentinel 7 6 (0.749 %) BusinessWorks 8 4 (0.499 %) HiPortfolio 8 4 (0.499 %) Oracle Financials 8 4 (0.499 %) FRONT ARENA 9 3 (0.375 %) MultiFonds 9 3 (0.375 %) TIBCO BusinessEvents 10 2 (0.250 %) SAP FI 10 2 (0.250 %) Adaptiv 10 2 (0.250 %) INSURE/90 10 2 (0.250 %) PeopleSoft HRMS 10 2 (0.250 %) HFM 10 2 (0.250 %) SAP CO 10 2 (0.250 %) SAP FI/CO 11 1 (0.125 %) MAXIMO
Communications & Networking 1 5 (0.624 %) Internet 2 3 (0.375 %) Ethereal 2 3 (0.375 %) TCP/IP 3 1 (0.125 %) SAN 3 1 (0.125 %) LAN 3 1 (0.125 %) SMS 3 1 (0.125 %) WAN 3 1 (0.125 %) Firewall	Database & Business Intelligence 1 33 (4.120 %) Reference Data 2 26 (3.246 %) SQL Server 3 22 (2.747 %) BusinessObjects 4 16 (1.998 %) Datawarehouse 5 15 (1.873 %) MS Access 6 11 (1.373 %) Data Mining 7 8 (0.999 %) ETL 8 4 (0.499 %) DataStage 8 4 (0.499 %) SQL Server 2000 8 4 (0.499 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 9 3 (0.375 %) Data Mart 9 3 (0.375 %) SQL Server 2005 9 3 (0.375 %) SQL Server Integration Services 9 3 (0.375 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 9 3 (0.375 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 9 3 (0.375 %) TOAD 9 3 (0.375 %) Oracle 9i 9 3 (0.375 %) Oracle Reports 9 3 (0.375 %) OLAP 10 2 (0.250 %) Crystal Reports
Development Applications 1 4 (0.499 %) Oracle Forms 1 4 (0.499 %) LoadRunner 1 4 (0.499 %) RequisitePro 2 2 (0.250 %) NUnit 2 2 (0.250 %) Visual Studio 2 2 (0.250 %) TestDirector 2 2 (0.250 %) Flash 2 2 (0.250 %) Rational Rose 3 1 (0.125 %) Dreamweaver	General 1 337 (42.07 %) Banking 2 267 (33.33 %) Finance 3 253 (31.59 %) Investment Banking 4 111 (13.86 %) Front Office 5 103 (12.86 %) Back Office 6 80 (9.988 %) Insurance 7 32 (3.995 %) Retail 8 23 (2.871 %) Legal 9 18 (2.247 %) Financial Institution 10 16 (1.998 %) Marketing 11 13 (1.623 %) Law 12 12 (1.498 %) Government 13 11 (1.373 %) Corporate Banking 14 10 (1.248 %) Pensions 14 10 (1.248 %) Education 14 10 (1.248 %) General Ledger 15 7 (0.874 %) International Banking 15 7 (0.874 %) Retail Banking 16 5 (0.624 %) Health 17 4 (0.499 %) Construction
Job Titles 1 633 (79.03 %) Analyst 2 593 (74.03 %) Business Analyst 3 88 (10.99 %) Banking Business Analyst 4 73 (9.114 %) Project Manager 4 73 (9.114 %) Investment Banking Business Analyst 5 51 (6.367 %) Developer 6 42 (5.243 %) Insurance Business Analyst 7 32 (3.995 %) Senior Analyst 8 29 (3.620 %) Senior Business Analyst 9 23 (2.871 %) Risk Analyst 10 22 (2.747 %) Credit Risk Analyst 11 21 (2.622 %) Credit Risk Business Analyst 11 21 (2.622 %) Project Analyst 12 20 (2.497 %) Data Analyst 13 16 (1.998 %) Architect 14 15 (1.873 %) Test Analyst 14 15 (1.873 %) Credit Analyst 15 14 (1.748 %) Business Manager 16 13 (1.623 %) Financial Business Analyst 16 13 (1.623 %) Market Risk Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 171 (21.35 %) Derivative 2 107 (13.36 %) Fixed Income 3 81 (10.11 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 4 79 (9.863 %) Equities 5 50 (6.242 %) Credit Derivative 6 44 (5.493 %) Equity Derivative 7 43 (5.368 %) Interest Rate Derivative 8 35 (4.370 %) Credit Risk 9 30 (3.745 %) Market Risk 10 20 (2.497 %) Management Information System 11 8 (0.999 %) Hybrid Derivative 11 8 (0.999 %) Mathematics 12 6 (0.749 %) Economics 12 6 (0.749 %) Video Conferencing 13 4 (0.499 %) Data Conversion 14 3 (0.375 %) Data Integration 14 3 (0.375 %) AS400 14 3 (0.375 %) Physics 14 3 (0.375 %) Computer Science 15 2 (0.250 %) Exotic Derivative
Operating Systems 1 22 (2.747 %) UNIX 2 14 (1.748 %) Windows 3 4 (0.499 %) Windows XP 4 1 (0.125 %) VMS 4 1 (0.125 %) Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 125 (15.61 %) Project Management 2 80 (9.988 %) Change Management 3 74 (9.238 %) Migration 3 74 (9.238 %) Asset Management 4 54 (6.742 %) UML 5 52 (6.492 %) User Acceptance Testing 6 49 (6.117 %) Investment Management 7 42 (5.243 %) Data Analysis 8 38 (4.744 %) Risk Management 9 36 (4.494 %) PRINCE2 10 33 (4.120 %) RUP 11 31 (3.870 %) Data Migration 12 30 (3.745 %) GAP Analysis 13 27 (3.371 %) Data Modelling 13 27 (3.371 %) Use Case 14 23 (2.871 %) Workflow 15 21 (2.622 %) Systems Analysis 15 21 (2.622 %) CRM 16 20 (2.497 %) E-Commerce 16 20 (2.497 %) BPR
Programming Languages 1 73 (9.114 %) SQL 2 26 (3.246 %) Java 3 20 (2.497 %) VB 3 20 (2.497 %) VBA 4 18 (2.247 %) C++ 5 15 (1.873 %) C# 5 15 (1.873 %) VC++ 6 8 (0.999 %) C 6 8 (0.999 %) Perl 7 7 (0.874 %) Korn 8 5 (0.624 %) JavaScript 9 3 (0.375 %) PHP 10 2 (0.250 %) COBOL 11 1 (0.125 %) DHTML 11 1 (0.125 %) ABAP	Qualifications 1 32 (3.995 %) Degree 2 7 (0.874 %) ISEB 3 3 (0.375 %) ACCA 4 2 (0.250 %) CIMA 5 1 (0.125 %) CFA 5 1 (0.125 %) PRINCE2 Certification 5 1 (0.125 %) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 24 (2.996 %) Basel II 2 15 (1.873 %) QA 3 4 (0.499 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 3 4 (0.499 %) MiFID 4 2 (0.250 %) SLA 5 1 (0.125 %) ISO9001	System Software 1 1 (0.125 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 3 (0.375 %) Oracle Enterprise Manager	Vendors 1 33 (4.120 %) Oracle 2 29 (3.620 %) Microsoft 3 22 (2.747 %) Business Objects 4 19 (2.372 %) Sybase 5 17 (2.122 %) LatentZero 6 11 (1.373 %) Calypso 6 11 (1.373 %) Fidessa 7 10 (1.248 %) SAP 8 9 (1.124 %) Murex 9 8 (0.999 %) Open Text 10 6 (0.749 %) TIBCO 11 5 (0.624 %) Siebel 11 5 (0.624 %) PeopleSoft 11 5 (0.624 %) Mantas 12 4 (0.499 %) Bloomberg 13 3 (0.375 %) Informatica 13 3 (0.375 %) Cognos 14 2 (0.250 %) Compuware 14 2 (0.250 %) Sagent 14 2 (0.250 %) Lotus