The first table below looks at the demand for the Market 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 Market Analyst in their job title 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 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Market Analyst
Rank 178 162 161
Rank change year-on-year
-16 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Market Analyst 27 53 81
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.420% 0.664% 0.838%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.454% 0.726% 0.913%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 53 68
Average daily rate £505 £463 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.18% -11.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £408 £350 £400
10% offered a daily rate of more than £603 £600 £725
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £488 £175
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +178.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £30.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 - -
All Job Titles
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5944 7299 8873
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 92.46% 91.48% 91.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 4372 5246 6461
Average daily rate £450 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £278 £275 £325
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 140 182 195
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +2.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £41.50 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Market Analyst
London

Market Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Market Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Market Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Market Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Market Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

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

City of London Market Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Market Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London Market Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Market Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Market 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 Market Analyst in their job title.

1 25 (69.44%) Market Risk
2 16 (44.44%) Banking
3 10 (27.78%) Stress Testing
3 10 (27.78%) Investment Banking
4 9 (25.00%) Finance
4 9 (25.00%) SQL
4 9 (25.00%) Bloomberg
5 8 (22.22%) UML
6 7 (19.44%) Java
7 6 (16.67%) RAD
7 6 (16.67%) C#
7 6 (16.67%) Python
7 6 (16.67%) Risk Management
7 6 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
7 6 (16.67%) Business Analysis
7 6 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
7 6 (16.67%) Test Scripting
8 5 (13.89%) JIRA
8 5 (13.89%) RUP
8 5 (13.89%) Reuters
8 5 (13.89%) ClearCase
9 4 (11.11%) Data Modelling
9 4 (11.11%) User Stories
9 4 (11.11%) Use Case
10 3 (8.333%) Investment Management
10 3 (8.333%) Derivative
10 3 (8.333%) Validation
10 3 (8.333%) Front Office
10 3 (8.333%) Microsoft
10 3 (8.333%) MS Excel

Market Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Market 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 Market Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (2.778%) .NET
Applications
1 3 (8.333%) MS Excel
1 3 (8.333%) MS Office
2 1 (2.778%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.778%) Adaptiv
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.778%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.778%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 5 (13.89%) JIRA
1 5 (13.89%) ClearCase
2 1 (2.778%) TestDirector
General
1 16 (44.44%) Banking
2 10 (27.78%) Investment Banking
3 9 (25.00%) Finance
4 3 (8.333%) Front Office
5 2 (5.556%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.778%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.778%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 25 (69.44%) Market Risk
2 3 (8.333%) Derivative
3 2 (5.556%) Fixed Income
3 2 (5.556%) Equities
3 2 (5.556%) Swaptions
3 2 (5.556%) Credit Risk
4 1 (2.778%) Equity Derivative
4 1 (2.778%) Credit Derivative
4 1 (2.778%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.556%) UNIX
2 1 (2.778%) Windows
2 1 (2.778%) Solaris
2 1 (2.778%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.78%) Stress Testing
2 8 (22.22%) UML
3 6 (16.67%) RAD
3 6 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 6 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
3 6 (16.67%) Business Analysis
3 6 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 6 (16.67%) Test Scripting
4 5 (13.89%) RUP
5 4 (11.11%) Data Modelling
5 4 (11.11%) User Stories
5 4 (11.11%) Use Case
6 3 (8.333%) Investment Management
6 3 (8.333%) Validation
7 2 (5.556%) Automated Testing
7 2 (5.556%) Asset Management
7 2 (5.556%) Integration Testing
7 2 (5.556%) Greeks
8 1 (2.778%) Monte Carlo Method
8 1 (2.778%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 9 (25.00%) SQL
2 7 (19.44%) Java
3 6 (16.67%) C#
3 6 (16.67%) Python
4 2 (5.556%) VBA
5 1 (2.778%) Perl
Qualifications
1 2 (5.556%) Degree
2 1 (2.778%) CFA
2 1 (2.778%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.556%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.556%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.778%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (25.00%) Bloomberg
2 5 (13.89%) Reuters
3 3 (8.333%) Microsoft
4 2 (5.556%) Murex
5 1 (2.778%) Wall Street Systems
5 1 (2.778%) Calypso
5 1 (2.778%) SunGard
5 1 (2.778%) Sybase
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