The first table below looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Docklands, London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Docklands, 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Analyst
Rank 3 3 4
Rank change year-on-year
0 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 49 74 186
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 29.34% 33.48% 31.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 30.82% 37.00% 33.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 51 105
Average daily rate £475 £488 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.56% -11.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £335 £300 £341
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £625 £640
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
Average hourly rate - £34.25 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +63.09%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Job Titles
Docklands, London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
159 200 555
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 95.21% 90.50% 92.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 129 268
Average daily rate £475 £488 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.56% -11.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £350 £375
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £625 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 4
Average hourly rate £45.00 £27.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+63.63% +44.73%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Analyst
London

Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Docklands, London Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Docklands, London Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Analyst across the Docklands, London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Docklands, London Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Docklands, London Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London region that cited 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 Analyst in their job title.

1 29 (39.73%) Finance
2 26 (35.62%) Business Analysis
3 23 (31.51%) Banking
4 20 (27.40%) Investment Banking
5 17 (23.29%) SQL
6 14 (19.18%) Derivative
7 13 (17.81%) Fixed Income
8 12 (16.44%) Front Office
9 9 (12.33%) Analytics
9 9 (12.33%) MS Office
9 9 (12.33%) Project Management
9 9 (12.33%) Data Mining
10 8 (10.96%) Credit Derivative
11 7 (9.589%) Business Intelligence
11 7 (9.589%) TIBCO
11 7 (9.589%) Reuters
11 7 (9.589%) ITIL
11 7 (9.589%) Data Analytics
11 7 (9.589%) Spotfire
11 7 (9.589%) Visualisation
12 6 (8.219%) Investment Management
12 6 (8.219%) PRINCE2
12 6 (8.219%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 5 (6.849%) Back Office
13 5 (6.849%) Asset Management
13 5 (6.849%) Microsoft
13 5 (6.849%) Bloomberg
13 5 (6.849%) QA
14 4 (5.479%) Test Scripting
14 4 (5.479%) Continuous Improvement

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London region that cited 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 Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (5.479%) XML
2 2 (2.740%) XML Messaging
2 2 (2.740%) HTML
2 2 (2.740%) .NET
2 2 (2.740%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 3 (4.110%) CMS
2 2 (2.740%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.370%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
3 1 (1.370%) Lync
Applications
1 9 (12.33%) MS Office
2 4 (5.479%) MS Excel
3 2 (2.740%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.740%) QuarkXPress
3 2 (2.740%) FreeHand
3 2 (2.740%) Fireworks
3 2 (2.740%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (2.740%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (2.740%) Photoshop
3 2 (2.740%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 3 (4.110%) Eagle PACE
1 3 (4.110%) Eagle STAR
2 2 (2.740%) 3000 Xtra
2 2 (2.740%) SiteCatalyst
2 2 (2.740%) Summit
2 2 (2.740%) RMDS
2 2 (2.740%) Google Analytics
3 1 (1.370%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (1.370%) MultiFonds
3 1 (1.370%) SAP GRC
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.370%) VoIP
1 1 (1.370%) Intranet
1 1 (1.370%) 3G
1 1 (1.370%) Firewall
1 1 (1.370%) Cisco IPT
1 1 (1.370%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (12.33%) Data Mining
2 7 (9.589%) Spotfire
3 3 (4.110%) SQL Server
3 3 (4.110%) MS Access
4 1 (1.370%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 2 (2.740%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (1.370%) JIRA
General
1 29 (39.73%) Finance
2 23 (31.51%) Banking
3 20 (27.40%) Investment Banking
4 12 (16.44%) Front Office
5 5 (6.849%) Back Office
6 4 (5.479%) Legal
7 3 (4.110%) Retail
7 3 (4.110%) Financial Institution
7 3 (4.110%) Marketing
8 2 (2.740%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.370%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.370%) Billing
9 1 (1.370%) Publishing
9 1 (1.370%) Corporate Banking
Miscellaneous
1 14 (19.18%) Derivative
2 13 (17.81%) Fixed Income
3 8 (10.96%) Credit Derivative
4 7 (9.589%) Visualisation
5 6 (8.219%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (4.110%) Equities
7 2 (2.740%) SWIFT
7 2 (2.740%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.740%) Credit Risk
7 2 (2.740%) Reference Data
8 1 (1.370%) Data Integration
8 1 (1.370%) Economics
8 1 (1.370%) Mainframe
8 1 (1.370%) Equity Derivative
8 1 (1.370%) Statistics
8 1 (1.370%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.740%) UNIX
1 2 (2.740%) Windows
2 1 (1.370%) Solaris
2 1 (1.370%) Linux
2 1 (1.370%) Windows XP
2 1 (1.370%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (1.370%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (35.62%) Business Analysis
2 9 (12.33%) Project Management
2 9 (12.33%) Analytics
3 7 (9.589%) Data Analytics
3 7 (9.589%) ITIL
3 7 (9.589%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (8.219%) PRINCE2
4 6 (8.219%) Investment Management
5 5 (6.849%) Asset Management
6 4 (5.479%) Data Analysis
6 4 (5.479%) Service Management
6 4 (5.479%) UML
6 4 (5.479%) Test Scripting
6 4 (5.479%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (4.110%) Time Management
7 3 (4.110%) Systems Analysis
7 3 (4.110%) Data Architecture
7 3 (4.110%) Requirements Management
7 3 (4.110%) Release Management
7 3 (4.110%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 17 (23.29%) SQL
2 4 (5.479%) VBA
3 2 (2.740%) VB6
3 2 (2.740%) VBScript
3 2 (2.740%) VB
3 2 (2.740%) C#
4 1 (1.370%) C++
4 1 (1.370%) R
4 1 (1.370%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (4.110%) PMP
1 3 (4.110%) PMI Certification
1 3 (4.110%) MBA
1 3 (4.110%) CFA
2 2 (2.740%) Degree
2 2 (2.740%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (1.370%) Postgraduate
3 1 (1.370%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.849%) QA
2 2 (2.740%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.370%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (1.370%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 7 (9.589%) TIBCO
1 7 (9.589%) Reuters
2 5 (6.849%) Bloomberg
2 5 (6.849%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.740%) Oracle
3 2 (2.740%) Cisco
3 2 (2.740%) Google
3 2 (2.740%) Unica
3 2 (2.740%) Cadis
4 1 (1.370%) Aveksa
4 1 (1.370%) Verint
4 1 (1.370%) Planview
4 1 (1.370%) IBM
4 1 (1.370%) Symantec
4 1 (1.370%) Sybase
4 1 (1.370%) Business Objects
4 1 (1.370%) SAP
4 1 (1.370%) Cognos
4 1 (1.370%) EMC
4 1 (1.370%) Citrix