The first table below looks at the demand for Business Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the 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 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 34 29 20
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -9
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 1084 1417 2129
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 5.005% 5.260% 6.851%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.694% 7.323% 9.630%
Number of daily rates quoted 800 1063 1585
Average daily rate £500 £500 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £370 £363 £400
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £650 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 3
Average hourly rate £135.00 £18.44 £97.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+632.30% -81.09%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £24.25
% change year-on-year
- +3.09%
All Processes & Methodologies
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
16194 19350 22109
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 74.77% 71.83% 71.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 11076 12690 14542
Average daily rate £450 £450 £480
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 254 340 350
Average hourly rate £30.00 £26.23 £27.23
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.39% -3.67%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £15.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £102.00 £45.00 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Business Analysis
England

Business Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 London region.

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 London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

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 London region.

London Business Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

London Business Analysis Hourly Rate Histogram

Business Analysis
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London -3 367 £488 -2.50%
Canary Wharf 0 44 £525 -4.54%
Docklands, London -3 30 £488 -
Bromley 0 4 £450 +10.76%
Hounslow 0 4 £450 +12.50%
Croydon +8 3 £450 +9.75%
Westminster +1 3 - -
Paddington 0 3 - -
Uxbridge - 3 £400 -
Brentford - 2 £529 -
Hammersmith - 1 - -
Chiswick - 1 £400 -
Business Analysis
England

Business Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

1 718 (36.03%) Finance
2 667 (33.47%) Banking
3 385 (19.32%) Investment Banking
4 345 (17.31%) Project Management
5 344 (17.26%) SQL
6 253 (12.69%) Front Office
7 245 (12.29%) Data Analysis
8 231 (11.59%) Stakeholder Management
9 227 (11.39%) UML
10 225 (11.29%) User Acceptance Testing
11 219 (10.99%) Derivative
12 216 (10.84%) Data Modelling
13 197 (9.885%) Use Case
14 179 (8.981%) Degree
15 153 (7.677%) Retail
15 153 (7.677%) Agile Software Development
16 134 (6.724%) Back Office
16 134 (6.724%) Change Management
17 131 (6.573%) Asset Management
18 128 (6.422%) PRINCE2
19 122 (6.121%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
20 119 (5.971%) MS Excel
20 119 (5.971%) Data Warehouse
21 118 (5.921%) Fixed Income
22 115 (5.770%) Migration
23 112 (5.620%) Workflow
24 108 (5.419%) MS Visio
25 107 (5.369%) CRM
26 106 (5.319%) MS Office
27 103 (5.168%) Management Information System

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 70 (3.512%) XML
2 44 (2.208%) .NET
3 34 (1.706%) HTML
4 28 (1.405%) Web Services
5 24 (1.204%) Middleware
5 24 (1.204%) J2EE
6 16 (0.803%) Spring
7 13 (0.652%) JDBC
8 11 (0.552%) Java EE
9 10 (0.502%) MapReduce
9 10 (0.502%) ASP.NET
10 9 (0.452%) FpML
10 9 (0.452%) Mason
11 8 (0.401%) CSS
12 7 (0.351%) JMS
12 7 (0.351%) Apache Flex
12 7 (0.351%) Spring MVC
13 6 (0.301%) WebSphere
13 6 (0.301%) Ajax
14 5 (0.251%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 43 (2.158%) SharePoint
2 19 (0.953%) MS Exchange
3 17 (0.853%) SAS
4 15 (0.753%) CMS
4 15 (0.753%) Exchange Server 2007
4 15 (0.753%) ESB
5 11 (0.552%) SharePoint 2010
6 10 (0.502%) Apache Pig
6 10 (0.502%) Confluence
7 6 (0.301%) SharePoint Server
7 6 (0.301%) Documentum
8 5 (0.251%) Force.com
8 5 (0.251%) Lync
9 4 (0.201%) Captiva
9 4 (0.201%) WorkSite
9 4 (0.201%) Apache
10 3 (0.151%) Tomcat
10 3 (0.151%) TeamSite
10 3 (0.151%) FileNet
11 2 (0.100%) RabbitMQ
Applications
1 119 (5.971%) MS Excel
2 108 (5.419%) MS Visio
3 106 (5.319%) MS Office
4 70 (3.512%) MS PowerPoint
5 61 (3.061%) MS Project
6 5 (0.251%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.201%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.050%) FastStats
8 1 (0.050%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 24 (1.204%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (0.903%) Summit
3 6 (0.301%) Loan IQ
3 6 (0.301%) Sentinel
3 6 (0.301%) LatentZero
3 6 (0.301%) Oracle Financials
4 5 (0.251%) LongView
4 5 (0.251%) Minerva
4 5 (0.251%) Adaptiv
4 5 (0.251%) FLEXCUBE
4 5 (0.251%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 5 (0.251%) Taleo
4 5 (0.251%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (0.251%) Google Analytics
5 4 (0.201%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.201%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 4 (0.201%) Oracle EBS R12
5 4 (0.201%) Tesseract
6 3 (0.151%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.151%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.208%) Internet
2 34 (1.706%) HTTP
3 30 (1.505%) Intranet
4 25 (1.254%) LAN
4 25 (1.254%) WAN
5 15 (0.753%) Cisco ASA
6 6 (0.301%) HTTPS
7 5 (0.251%) Extranet
8 3 (0.151%) Broadband
8 3 (0.151%) VoIP
8 3 (0.151%) MPLS
9 2 (0.100%) Firewall
9 2 (0.100%) SAN
9 2 (0.100%) FTP
10 1 (0.050%) ATM
10 1 (0.050%) WLAN
10 1 (0.050%) CTI
10 1 (0.050%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.050%) Wireless
10 1 (0.050%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (5.971%) Data Warehouse
2 65 (3.261%) SQL Server
3 47 (2.358%) Data Mining
4 28 (1.405%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 28 (1.405%) SQL Server 2008
5 25 (1.254%) MS Access
6 22 (1.104%) RDBMS
7 19 (0.953%) SQL Server 2005
8 18 (0.903%) Big Data
9 14 (0.702%) MongoDB
10 13 (0.652%) OLAP
10 13 (0.652%) TOAD
11 12 (0.602%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 10 (0.502%) Apache Cassandra
12 10 (0.502%) NoSQL
12 10 (0.502%) Apache Hive
12 10 (0.502%) HBase
12 10 (0.502%) Mahout
12 10 (0.502%) Hadoop
13 9 (0.452%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 41 (2.057%) ERwin
2 28 (1.405%) JIRA
3 15 (0.753%) Rational Rose
4 13 (0.652%) ClearCase
5 10 (0.502%) JUnit
6 9 (0.452%) Axure RP
7 7 (0.351%) CruiseControl
7 7 (0.351%) Maven
7 7 (0.351%) TeamCity
7 7 (0.351%) jMock
8 6 (0.301%) Visual Studio
9 5 (0.251%) RequisitePro
10 3 (0.151%) PeopleTools
10 3 (0.151%) TestDirector
10 3 (0.151%) Firebug
11 2 (0.100%) Selenium
11 2 (0.100%) Basecamp
11 2 (0.100%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
11 2 (0.100%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (0.100%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 718 (36.03%) Finance
2 667 (33.47%) Banking
3 385 (19.32%) Investment Banking
4 253 (12.69%) Front Office
5 153 (7.677%) Retail
6 134 (6.724%) Back Office
7 75 (3.763%) Legal
8 48 (2.408%) Marketing
9 40 (2.007%) Retail Banking
10 38 (1.907%) Financial Institution
11 36 (1.806%) Telecoms
12 33 (1.656%) Billing
13 18 (0.903%) Law
13 18 (0.903%) Games
14 17 (0.853%) Corporate Banking
15 16 (0.803%) General Ledger
15 16 (0.803%) Advertising
16 15 (0.753%) French Language
17 12 (0.602%) Publishing
18 11 (0.552%) Music
Job Titles
1 1418 (71.15%) Analyst
2 1320 (66.23%) Business Analyst
3 160 (8.028%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
4 152 (7.627%) Project Manager
5 120 (6.021%) Banking Business Analyst
6 104 (5.218%) Architect
7 101 (5.068%) Developer
8 91 (4.566%) Senior Analyst
9 85 (4.265%) Senior Business Analyst
10 83 (4.165%) Data Analyst
11 80 (4.014%) Technical Business Analyst
12 77 (3.864%) Technical Analyst
13 76 (3.813%) Consultant
14 67 (3.362%) Data Modeller
15 48 (2.408%) Business Manager
16 44 (2.208%) Market Risk Analyst
17 43 (2.158%) Risk Analyst
18 42 (2.107%) Solutions Architect
18 42 (2.107%) Market Risk Business Analyst
19 36 (1.806%) Insurance Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 219 (10.99%) Derivative
2 122 (6.121%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 118 (5.921%) Fixed Income
4 103 (5.168%) Management Information System
5 95 (4.767%) Credit Risk
6 93 (4.666%) Market Risk
7 67 (3.362%) Equities
8 60 (3.011%) Reference Data
9 50 (2.509%) Credit Derivative
10 34 (1.706%) Interest Rate Derivative
11 26 (1.305%) Computer Science
12 18 (0.903%) Mathematics
13 17 (0.853%) Mobile App
14 16 (0.803%) SWIFT
14 16 (0.803%) Blackberry
15 15 (0.753%) Equity Derivative
16 14 (0.702%) IIBA
17 12 (0.602%) Data Integration
17 12 (0.602%) Economics
17 12 (0.602%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 47 (2.358%) Windows
2 28 (1.405%) Windows 7
3 26 (1.305%) UNIX
4 18 (0.903%) Windows Server 2008
4 18 (0.903%) Windows XP
4 18 (0.903%) Windows Server 2003
5 7 (0.351%) Linux
6 4 (0.201%) Android
7 3 (0.151%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.100%) Solaris
9 1 (0.050%) AIX
9 1 (0.050%) HPUX
9 1 (0.050%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.050%) Windows 2000 Server
9 1 (0.050%) Windows Phone
9 1 (0.050%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 345 (17.31%) Project Management
2 245 (12.29%) Data Analysis
3 231 (11.59%) Stakeholder Management
4 227 (11.39%) UML
5 225 (11.29%) User Acceptance Testing
6 216 (10.84%) Data Modelling
7 197 (9.885%) Use Case
8 153 (7.677%) Agile Software Development
9 134 (6.724%) Change Management
10 131 (6.573%) Asset Management
11 128 (6.422%) PRINCE2
12 115 (5.770%) Migration
13 112 (5.620%) Workflow
14 107 (5.369%) CRM
15 100 (5.018%) E-Commerce
16 98 (4.917%) Risk Management
17 94 (4.717%) GAP Analysis
18 93 (4.666%) ITIL
18 93 (4.666%) Business Intelligence
19 91 (4.566%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 344 (17.26%) SQL
2 96 (4.817%) Java
3 74 (3.713%) VBA
4 34 (1.706%) C#
5 23 (1.154%) Python
6 22 (1.104%) T-SQL
7 18 (0.903%) C++
8 15 (0.753%) C
8 15 (0.753%) VBScript
9 13 (0.652%) VB
10 12 (0.602%) JavaScript
11 10 (0.502%) Jython
11 10 (0.502%) Perl
11 10 (0.502%) PL/SQL
12 9 (0.452%) VB.NET
13 6 (0.301%) Ruby
13 6 (0.301%) VB6
14 5 (0.251%) Apex Code
15 3 (0.151%) Bash shell
15 3 (0.151%) Scala
Qualifications
1 179 (8.981%) Degree
2 91 (4.566%) ISEB
3 59 (2.960%) Security Cleared
4 33 (1.656%) SC Cleared
5 17 (0.853%) Cisco Certification
5 17 (0.853%) CCNA
5 17 (0.853%) DV Cleared
6 15 (0.753%) Microsoft Certification
6 15 (0.753%) MCSE
7 14 (0.702%) PMI Certification
8 12 (0.602%) ACCA
9 11 (0.552%) CIMA
10 10 (0.502%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 8 (0.401%) MBA
12 7 (0.351%) PMP
12 7 (0.351%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 6 (0.301%) CBAP
13 6 (0.301%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.201%) ISEB Practitioner
15 3 (0.151%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (2.960%) QA
2 31 (1.555%) SLA
3 28 (1.405%) Basel III
3 28 (1.405%) Basel II
4 19 (0.953%) Data Quality
5 18 (0.903%) FATCA
6 12 (0.602%) MiFID
7 11 (0.552%) Solvency II
8 9 (0.452%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.301%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (0.301%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.050%) GxP
10 1 (0.050%) ISO 9000
10 1 (0.050%) COBIT
10 1 (0.050%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 19 (0.953%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.151%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.100%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.050%) Snort
4 1 (0.050%) Samba
4 1 (0.050%) VMware ESX
4 1 (0.050%) XenApp
4 1 (0.050%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 24 (1.204%) HP Quality Center
2 5 (0.251%) BMC PATROL
3 4 (0.201%) MOM
4 2 (0.100%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.050%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.050%) Tivoli Identity Manager
5 1 (0.050%) Tivoli Monitoring
5 1 (0.050%) Oracle Identity Manager
5 1 (0.050%) HP SiteScope
Vendors
1 99 (4.967%) Microsoft
2 83 (4.165%) Oracle
3 39 (1.957%) Business Objects
4 35 (1.756%) SAP
5 32 (1.606%) Murex
6 30 (1.505%) Siebel
7 27 (1.355%) Bloomberg
8 26 (1.305%) Informatica
9 25 (1.254%) IBM
10 24 (1.204%) HP
11 23 (1.154%) Calypso
11 23 (1.154%) Cisco
12 21 (1.054%) Tradeweb
12 21 (1.054%) Salesforce.com
12 21 (1.054%) Citrix
12 21 (1.054%) Teradata
13 19 (0.953%) Cognos
14 16 (0.803%) thinkFolio
15 15 (0.753%) Cadis
15 15 (0.753%) Avaloq
Uxbridge, South East
Urgent requirement for a seasoned Business Analyst to support a major payment card project which is currently in flight.The initial functional requirements have been completed however you...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £400.00 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
City of London
Korus are working with a leading Investment Bank who are embarking on a large regulatory programme of work linking in with Dodd Frank and EMIR.
Posted: 2 May 2013
London
They are now undertaking a project to improve middle to back office efficiencies.The successful applicant will possess: Strong Cash Securities product knowledge Five years business analysis experience...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £450.00 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
City of London
You will be speaking to the business - so an appreciation for Fixed Income and Credit product will be needed, however you will not be needed to SME in...
Real Staffing
Rate: £400 - £500 per annum
Posted: 25 May 2013
City, London
You must have: *Digital/Ecommerce experience *Experience dealing with difficult stakeholders *Mobile/Tablet/Online Experience *Strong communication skills *Strong Business Analysis experience *Process mapping experience You MUST have...
Reed Professional Services
Rate: £450 - £475 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
A Business Analyst is required by a leading international Insurance organization to work on the company's European SEPA programme. We are looking for candidates with General Insurance...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: £500 - £501 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
The Business Analyst needs to have a structured approach with strong delivery experience. The analyst will need to be able to translate business operations and objectives into requirement/...
Real Staffing
Rate: £450 - £550 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
Skills required: -Collateral knowledge (must have) -Strong background in Business Analysis and varying techniques of requirements gathering -Ability to work with major stakeholders and translate their needs effectively...
Nicoll Curtin
Rate: £450 - £600 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
City of London
You will be assigned with BA tasks across a range of financial reform projects incorporating Dodd Frank and EMIR reforms. This will vary from Data analysis, business process...
Real Staffing
Rate: £450 - £550 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
It is essential that candidates have proven stakeholder management skills; shaping steering commitees and creating meeting proposals... 8 - 10 years Business Analysis experience... Business Analysis and Implementation Delivery...
iKas International
Rate: £525 - £575 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
The right candidate must be able to demonstrate the following abilities: * Strong general business analyst skills from the full IT process development lifecycle including requirements gathering, use cases,...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £350 - £475 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
You will be speaking to the business - so an appreciation for Fixed Income and Credit product will be needed, however you will not be needed to SME in...
Real Staffing
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 25 May 2013
City, London
My client is looking for an experience insurance focussed Business Analyst to work on the company's European SEPA programme. The successful candidate will have both General Insurance...
Oliver James Associates
Rate: £350 - £550 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
City of London
Business Analyst - Operational Risk I am looking for a Senior Business Analyst to join the operational risk team at a global investment bank on a contract basis, to...
Rate: £500 - £560 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
This role sits within Operations and the candidate will come on board to ensure an end to end delivery of adaptions to the departments OTC Derivatives environment... It...
iKas International
Rate: £400 - £460 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
It is essential that candidates have proven stakeholder management skills; shaping steering commitees and creating meeting proposals... Extensive OTC Derivatives experience... Business Analysis and Implementation Delivery exp... Stakeholder...
iKas International
Rate: £375 - £425 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
It is essential that candidates have proven stakeholder management skills; shaping steering commitees and creating meeting proposals... Extensive OTC Derivatives experience... Business Analysis and Implementation Delivery exp... Stakeholder...
iKas International
Rate: £375 - £425 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
City of London
Business Analyst/Project Manager urgently required by a leading Investment Management firm - this is a unique opportunity to work for the Head of Pricing in a 6-month...
Real Staffing
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 25 May 2013
London
ETRM Business Analyst - 6 Month Contract - London - £440 per day Keywords: Business Analyst, ETRM, Energy Trading and Risk Management, European Energy Market, Derivatives, Commodity, Harrington Starr are urgently...
harringtonstarr
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 25 May 2013
London
Keywords: Business Analyst, ETRM, Energy Trading and Risk Management, European Energy Market, Derivatives, Commodity, Harrington Starr are urgently recruiting for a Business Analyst who is required to work...
Harrington Starr
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
This role sits within Operations and the candidate will come on board to ensure an end to end delivery of adaptions to the departments Cash Management environment... It...
iKas International
Rate: £400 - £460 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
As a hybrid BA/PM in the team you will be focusing on building out the Settlements platform across the OTC Derivatives space within the organisation. Your role...
Aston Carter
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Central London / West End
Requirements To succeed in this role, you will have significant, demonstrable project and business analysis experience and will be accustomed to working towards agreed schedules and managing your...
University of London
Rate: From £39,516 to £46,741 per annum pro rata
Posted: 13 May 2013
London
Our Client is looking for a DV cleared Business Analyst to assist in the project to record the current state of Operational Technology used in an evolvable and...
LA International
Rate: £450 - £550 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
This role sits within Operations and the candidate will come on board to ensure an end to end delivery of adaptions to the departments Cash Management environment... It...
iKas International
Rate: £400 - £460 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013