The first table below looks at the demand for Business Analysis skills 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 Business Analysis over the 3 months to 24 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analysis
Rank 9 6 18
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +12
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 30 34 62
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 17.54% 16.11% 10.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 23.44% 20.36% 14.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 31 21
Average daily rate £488 £488 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -11.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £398 £400 £500
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £565 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £24.25
% change year-on-year
- +3.09%
All Processes & Methodologies
Docklands, London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
128 167 440
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 74.85% 79.15% 72.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 109 199
Average daily rate £450 £500 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £360 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £605 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 4
Average hourly rate - £26.00 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +13.04%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Business Analysis
London

Business Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Docklands, London Business Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

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

Docklands, London Business Analysis Daily Rate Trend

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Analysis across the Docklands, London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Docklands, London Business Analysis Daily Rate Histogram

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Docklands, London Business Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, 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 25 (69.44%) Banking
2 24 (66.67%) Investment Banking
3 15 (41.67%) Fixed Income
3 15 (41.67%) SQL
4 13 (36.11%) Derivative
5 11 (30.56%) Front Office
6 10 (27.78%) Credit Derivative
7 9 (25.00%) Spotfire
7 9 (25.00%) Data Mining
7 9 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
7 9 (25.00%) TIBCO
7 9 (25.00%) Visualisation
7 9 (25.00%) Data Analytics
7 9 (25.00%) Analytics
8 7 (19.44%) Finance
9 6 (16.67%) Credit Risk
10 5 (13.89%) Project Management
10 5 (13.89%) SQL Server
10 5 (13.89%) Data Modelling
10 5 (13.89%) Monte Carlo Method
10 5 (13.89%) SQL Server 2008
11 4 (11.11%) MS Office
11 4 (11.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (11.11%) Reuters
11 4 (11.11%) Bloomberg
12 3 (8.333%) Microsoft
12 3 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 3 (8.333%) MS Project
12 3 (8.333%) MS Visio
12 3 (8.333%) MS Excel

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, 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 2 (5.556%) Web Services
2 1 (2.778%) XML
Applications
1 4 (11.11%) MS Office
2 3 (8.333%) MS Project
2 3 (8.333%) MS Visio
2 3 (8.333%) MS Excel
2 3 (8.333%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (5.556%) Summit
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (25.00%) Spotfire
1 9 (25.00%) Data Mining
2 5 (13.89%) SQL Server
2 5 (13.89%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (8.333%) MS Access
4 1 (2.778%) RDBMS
General
1 25 (69.44%) Banking
2 24 (66.67%) Investment Banking
3 11 (30.56%) Front Office
4 7 (19.44%) Finance
5 2 (5.556%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.778%) Back Office
6 1 (2.778%) Legal
6 1 (2.778%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 28 (77.78%) Analyst
2 27 (75.00%) Business Analyst
3 16 (44.44%) Banking Business Analyst
4 9 (25.00%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
5 5 (13.89%) Database Developer
5 5 (13.89%) Data Modeller
5 5 (13.89%) Developer
6 1 (2.778%) Consultant
6 1 (2.778%) Analyst Programmer
6 1 (2.778%) Programmer
6 1 (2.778%) Project Manager
6 1 (2.778%) Credit Risk Business Analyst
6 1 (2.778%) Data Analyst
6 1 (2.778%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (2.778%) Business Consultant
6 1 (2.778%) Technical Business Analyst
6 1 (2.778%) Market Analyst
6 1 (2.778%) Market Data Analyst
6 1 (2.778%) Credit Risk Analyst
6 1 (2.778%) Market Data Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 15 (41.67%) Fixed Income
2 13 (36.11%) Derivative
3 10 (27.78%) Credit Derivative
4 9 (25.00%) Visualisation
5 6 (16.67%) Credit Risk
6 4 (11.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (8.333%) Equities
7 3 (8.333%) Management Information System
8 1 (2.778%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.778%) UNIX
1 1 (2.778%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
1 9 (25.00%) Data Analytics
1 9 (25.00%) Analytics
2 5 (13.89%) Project Management
2 5 (13.89%) Data Modelling
2 5 (13.89%) Monte Carlo Method
3 3 (8.333%) ITIL
3 3 (8.333%) PRINCE2
3 3 (8.333%) Asset Management
3 3 (8.333%) Release Management
3 3 (8.333%) ITIL V3
4 2 (5.556%) Time Management
4 2 (5.556%) Data Analysis
4 2 (5.556%) Systems Analysis
4 2 (5.556%) UML
5 1 (2.778%) Service Management
5 1 (2.778%) E-Commerce
5 1 (2.778%) Risk Management
5 1 (2.778%) Migration
5 1 (2.778%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (41.67%) SQL
2 1 (2.778%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors
1 9 (25.00%) TIBCO
2 4 (11.11%) Reuters
2 4 (11.11%) Bloomberg
3 3 (8.333%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.778%) Sybase