The first table below looks at the demand for the Financial Analyst role 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 Financial Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 18 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 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Finance Analyst
Rank 192 192 191
Rank change year-on-year
0 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Financial Analyst 23 30 57
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.334% 0.389% 0.568%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.361% 0.425% 0.619%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 19 48
Average daily rate £381 £475 £563
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.73% -15.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £370 £340 £443
10% offered a daily rate of more than £505 £575 £633
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £260 £363
% change year-on-year
+34.61% -28.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £30.73 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.50 £15.75 £18.50
% change year-on-year
+68.25% -14.86%
All Job Titles
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6370 7058 9203
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 92.39% 91.51% 91.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4711 5127 6701
Average daily rate £450 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £275 £320
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 174 214
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £52.50 £43.95 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Financial Analyst
London

Financial Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Financial Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Financial Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Financial Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Financial Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Financial Analyst across the City of London region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

City of London Financial Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Financial Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London Financial Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Financial Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Financial Analyst across the City of London region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

City of London Financial Analyst Hourly Rate Histogram

Financial Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Financial 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 Financial Analyst in their job title.

1 33 (100.00%) Finance
2 11 (33.33%) CODA
3 10 (30.30%) SQL
4 9 (27.27%) CODA-Financials
5 8 (24.24%) SQL Server
6 7 (21.21%) Crystal Reports
6 7 (21.21%) VBA
6 7 (21.21%) SQL Server 2005
7 6 (18.18%) Banking
7 6 (18.18%) Oracle
7 6 (18.18%) Cognos
8 5 (15.15%) MS Excel
8 5 (15.15%) MS Access
8 5 (15.15%) Cash Management
9 4 (12.12%) Cognos Planning
9 4 (12.12%) SAP
9 4 (12.12%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (12.12%) VB
9 4 (12.12%) Investment Banking
10 3 (9.091%) General Ledger
10 3 (9.091%) Systems Analysis
10 3 (9.091%) Degree
10 3 (9.091%) Essbase
10 3 (9.091%) Microsoft
10 3 (9.091%) User Acceptance Testing
11 2 (6.061%) Financial Analysis
11 2 (6.061%) Financial Modelling
11 2 (6.061%) JD Edwards
11 2 (6.061%) Hyperion
11 2 (6.061%) ACCA

Financial Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Financial 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 Financial Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.030%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (15.15%) MS Excel
2 2 (6.061%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (6.061%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 9 (27.27%) CODA-Financials
2 4 (12.12%) Cognos Planning
3 1 (3.030%) Hyperion Planning
3 1 (3.030%) HFM
3 1 (3.030%) Line 50
3 1 (3.030%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (3.030%) Agresso
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (24.24%) SQL Server
2 7 (21.21%) Crystal Reports
2 7 (21.21%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (15.15%) MS Access
4 4 (12.12%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (9.091%) Essbase
General
1 33 (100.00%) Finance
2 6 (18.18%) Banking
3 4 (12.12%) Investment Banking
4 3 (9.091%) General Ledger
5 2 (6.061%) Legal
6 1 (3.030%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.030%) Publishing
6 1 (3.030%) Retail Banking
6 1 (3.030%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.061%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.030%) IPTV
2 1 (3.030%) Statistics
2 1 (3.030%) Mathematics
2 1 (3.030%) FMCG
2 1 (3.030%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (15.15%) Cash Management
2 3 (9.091%) Systems Analysis
2 3 (9.091%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (6.061%) Financial Modelling
3 2 (6.061%) Data Management
3 2 (6.061%) Project Management
3 2 (6.061%) Financial Analysis
4 1 (3.030%) Change Control
4 1 (3.030%) Analytics
4 1 (3.030%) Balanced Scorecard
4 1 (3.030%) Risk Management
4 1 (3.030%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (3.030%) Programme Management
4 1 (3.030%) ERP
4 1 (3.030%) Data Modelling
4 1 (3.030%) RDF
4 1 (3.030%) Benchmarking
4 1 (3.030%) Data Analysis
4 1 (3.030%) Software Engineering
4 1 (3.030%) SAP Implementation
Programming Languages
1 10 (30.30%) SQL
2 7 (21.21%) VBA
3 4 (12.12%) VB
4 2 (6.061%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (9.091%) Degree
2 2 (6.061%) ACCA
2 2 (6.061%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.030%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 11 (33.33%) CODA
2 6 (18.18%) Oracle
2 6 (18.18%) Cognos
3 4 (12.12%) SAP
4 3 (9.091%) Microsoft
5 2 (6.061%) Hyperion
5 2 (6.061%) JD Edwards
6 1 (3.030%) Sage
6 1 (3.030%) Business Objects
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