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This section looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT contracts within the London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBusiness Analyst
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank79
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads36635093
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.883 %5.153 %
As % of the category below12.35 %11.97 %
Daily rates quoted19542414
Average minimum daily rate£464£459
Average daily rate£500£491
% change on same period last year+1.71 %
Average maximum daily rate£536£524
UK excluding London average daily rate£376£375
% change on same period last year+0.21 %
Hourly rates quoted2036
Average minimum hourly rate£38.60£35.69
Average hourly rate£41.18£38.69
% change on same period last year+6.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate£43.75£41.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.75£33.31
% change on same period last year-7.67 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
London
Matching contract IT job ads2966342535
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled39.54 %43.03 %
Daily rates quoted1254115833
Average minimum daily rate£408£426
Average daily rate£438£455
% change on same period last year-3.65 %
Average maximum daily rate£468£484
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£353
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted15762120
Average minimum hourly rate£22.67£24.40
Average hourly rate£24.26£26.14
% change on same period last year-7.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.85£27.87
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.51£25.99
% change on same period last year-9.54 %
Business Analyst EnglandBusiness Analyst
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Business Analyst
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Business Analyst across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London Business Analyst Demand Trend

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Business Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Analyst across the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

London Business Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Business Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Analyst across the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

London Business Analyst Hourly Rate Histogram

Business Analyst
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonUp+41306£519+2.56 %
Docklands, LondonNo change0172£563+5.40 %
Canary WharfDown-241£445-8.83 %
FelthamNo change016£359-0.48 %
CroydonUp+811£300-22.07 %
EalingUp+54£388+104.38 %
New MaldenNew entry-3£425-
LutonUp+183£500+25.00 %
HounslowNew entry-3£358-
BrentfordDown-22--
RomfordNew entry-2--
HammersmithDown-32£320+28.00 %
IlfordNew entry-2--
UxbridgeDown-81--
SouthwarkNew entry-1--
SurbitonNew entry-1£263-
BromleyDown-41£360-20.00 %
Business Analyst EnglandBusiness Analyst
England

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Business 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 Business Analyst in their job title.

12445 (32.54 %)Banking
22324 (30.93 %)Finance
31897 (25.25 %)Business Analysis
41552 (20.66 %)Investment Banking
51366 (18.18 %)Derivative
6846 (11.26 %)Front Office
7829 (11.03 %)Back Office
8638 (8.492 %)Fixed Income
9627 (8.346 %)Project Management
10615 (8.186 %)UML
11583 (7.760 %)Asset Management
12546 (7.267 %)Change Management
13493 (6.562 %)SQL
14474 (6.309 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
15468 (6.229 %)Migration
16456 (6.069 %)Retail
17450 (5.990 %)Equities
18443 (5.896 %)User Acceptance Testing
19411 (5.471 %)Insurance
20344 (4.579 %)Calypso
21343 (4.565 %)Use Case
22341 (4.539 %)Credit Risk
23339 (4.512 %)Risk Management
24336 (4.472 %)Credit Derivative
25323 (4.299 %)Data Modelling
26320 (4.259 %)PRINCE2
27317 (4.219 %)Data Analysis
28312 (4.153 %)Interest Rate Derivative
29305 (4.060 %)Investment Management
30295 (3.927 %)Stakeholder Management

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Business 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 Business Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1186 (2.476 %)XML
2111 (1.477 %).NET
373 (0.972 %)FpML
439 (0.519 %)J2EE
527 (0.359 %)Middleware
621 (0.280 %)FIX Protocol
716 (0.213 %)WebServices
815 (0.200 %)XML Messaging
914 (0.186 %)HTML
914 (0.186 %)XSLT
914 (0.186 %)XML Schema
1010 (0.133 %)ASP.NET
117 (0.093 %).NET Framework
126 (0.080 %)COM
126 (0.080 %)AJAX
126 (0.080 %)WebSphere
135 (0.067 %)JRules
135 (0.067 %)SOAP
144 (0.053 %)CSS
144 (0.053 %)EDI
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
147 (0.626 %)CMS
243 (0.572 %)SharePoint
313 (0.173 %)Lotus Notes
313 (0.173 %)SAS
49 (0.120 %)BizTalk Server
49 (0.120 %)Documentum
58 (0.106 %)SharePoint Server 2007
58 (0.106 %)MS Exchange
66 (0.080 %)LiveLink
74 (0.053 %)ColdFusion
74 (0.053 %)MTS
83 (0.040 %)MQSeries
83 (0.040 %)Oracle Workflow
83 (0.040 %)Papyrus
83 (0.040 %)Rhythmyx
92 (0.027 %)SharePoint Portal Server
92 (0.027 %)Exchange Server 2007
92 (0.027 %)GroupWise
101 (0.013 %)Exstream Dialogue
101 (0.013 %)Exchange Server 5.5
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1236 (3.141 %)MS Visio
2169 (2.249 %)MS Excel
3139 (1.850 %)MS Office
4113 (1.504 %)MS Project
576 (1.012 %)MS PowerPoint
627 (0.359 %)Spreadsheet
78 (0.106 %)CA Clarity
82 (0.027 %)InfoPath
82 (0.027 %)DOC1
91 (0.013 %)PrintSoft PReS
91 (0.013 %)MATLAB
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1174 (2.316 %)Summit
267 (0.892 %)Capstone
363 (0.839 %)Tesseract
363 (0.839 %)Minerva
455 (0.732 %)SAP HR
546 (0.612 %)Loan IQ
640 (0.532 %)Endur
735 (0.466 %)Sentinel
831 (0.413 %)Global One
925 (0.333 %)SAP ERP
925 (0.333 %)Eagle PACE
1024 (0.319 %)Oracle Financials
1122 (0.293 %)SAP FI
1220 (0.266 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
1317 (0.226 %)HiPortfolio
1414 (0.186 %)MultiFonds
1414 (0.186 %)FRONT ARENA
1513 (0.173 %)Temenos Globus
1513 (0.173 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
1612 (0.160 %)SAP CO
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1103 (1.371 %)Internet
223 (0.306 %)Intranet
317 (0.226 %)Extranet
49 (0.120 %)SMS
49 (0.120 %)WAN
57 (0.093 %)Wireless
66 (0.080 %)BSS
75 (0.067 %)VoIP
75 (0.067 %)LAN
84 (0.053 %)ATM
84 (0.053 %)Broadband
84 (0.053 %)FTP
84 (0.053 %)SSH
93 (0.040 %)Firewall
93 (0.040 %)VPN
93 (0.040 %)GSM
102 (0.027 %)SAN
102 (0.027 %)HTTP
102 (0.027 %)3G
102 (0.027 %)Wi-Fi
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1191 (2.542 %)Datawarehouse
2158 (2.103 %)Reference Data
3129 (1.717 %)BusinessObjects
490 (1.198 %)SQL Server
572 (0.958 %)MS Access
660 (0.799 %)RDBMS
753 (0.705 %)ETL
844 (0.586 %)EDRMS
939 (0.519 %)Data Mining
1019 (0.253 %)Data Cleansing
1116 (0.213 %)Oracle 8/8i
1215 (0.200 %)Oracle Discoverer
1314 (0.186 %)Oracle 10g
1314 (0.186 %)Oracle Reports
1413 (0.173 %)TOAD
1512 (0.160 %)GIS
1512 (0.160 %)SQL Server 2005
1512 (0.160 %)Data Mart
1611 (0.146 %)OLAP
179 (0.120 %)SQL Server Integration Services
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
151 (0.679 %)RequisitePro
230 (0.399 %)Rational Rose
315 (0.200 %)Flash
411 (0.146 %)ClearQuest
59 (0.120 %)ClearCase
68 (0.106 %)Eclipse
68 (0.106 %)TestDirector
68 (0.106 %)ERwin
77 (0.093 %)Telelogic DOORS
85 (0.067 %)Oracle Forms
93 (0.040 %)Subversion
93 (0.040 %)Dreamweaver
93 (0.040 %)Visual Studio
102 (0.027 %)JUnit
102 (0.027 %)MSI
111 (0.013 %)JIRA
111 (0.013 %)ProC
111 (0.013 %)XDE
111 (0.013 %)LoadRunner
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12445 (32.54 %)Banking
22324 (30.93 %)Finance
31552 (20.66 %)Investment Banking
4846 (11.26 %)Front Office
5829 (11.03 %)Back Office
6456 (6.069 %)Retail
7411 (5.471 %)Insurance
8241 (3.208 %)Government
9157 (2.090 %)Financial Institution
10125 (1.664 %)Retail Banking
11119 (1.584 %)Marketing
12109 (1.451 %)Pensions
1395 (1.264 %)Legal
1490 (1.198 %)General Ledger
1579 (1.052 %)Telecoms
1654 (0.719 %)Publishing
1749 (0.652 %)Law
1848 (0.639 %)Billing
1943 (0.572 %)Criminal Justice
2039 (0.519 %)Health
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11366 (18.18 %)Derivative
2638 (8.492 %)Fixed Income
3474 (6.309 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
4450 (5.990 %)Equities
5341 (4.539 %)Credit Risk
6336 (4.472 %)Credit Derivative
7312 (4.153 %)Interest Rate Derivative
8269 (3.580 %)Equity Derivative
9183 (2.436 %)Market Risk
10101 (1.344 %)Management Information System
1146 (0.612 %)DTCC
1245 (0.599 %)NHS
1330 (0.399 %)EPoS
1427 (0.359 %)Data Integration
1523 (0.306 %)Contract for Difference
1622 (0.293 %)Mathematics
1622 (0.293 %)German Language
1719 (0.253 %)Hybrid Derivative
1719 (0.253 %)Exotic Derivative
1818 (0.240 %)AS400
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
154 (0.719 %)UNIX
229 (0.386 %)Windows
35 (0.067 %)VMS
35 (0.067 %)Windows Server 2003
44 (0.053 %)Solaris
53 (0.040 %)Linux
53 (0.040 %)Windows NT
53 (0.040 %)Windows XP
61 (0.013 %)AIX
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11897 (25.25 %)Business Analysis
2627 (8.346 %)Project Management
3615 (8.186 %)UML
4583 (7.760 %)Asset Management
5546 (7.267 %)Change Management
6468 (6.229 %)Migration
7443 (5.896 %)User Acceptance Testing
8343 (4.565 %)Use Case
9339 (4.512 %)Risk Management
10323 (4.299 %)Data Modelling
11320 (4.259 %)PRINCE2
12317 (4.219 %)Data Analysis
13305 (4.060 %)Investment Management
14295 (3.927 %)Stakeholder Management
15267 (3.554 %)Workflow
16249 (3.314 %)GAP Analysis
17212 (2.822 %)RUP
18191 (2.542 %)BPR
19184 (2.449 %)CRM
20175 (2.329 %)E-Commerce
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1493 (6.562 %)SQL
2150 (1.997 %)Java
381 (1.078 %)VBA
462 (0.825 %)C#
540 (0.532 %)C
636 (0.479 %)C++
723 (0.306 %)VB
817 (0.226 %)PL/SQL
99 (0.120 %)ABAP
107 (0.093 %)Transact-SQL
116 (0.080 %)COBOL
125 (0.067 %)VB6
133 (0.040 %)JCL
133 (0.040 %)Euclid
142 (0.027 %)RPG
142 (0.027 %)JavaScript
151 (0.013 %)Delphi
151 (0.013 %)VB.NET
151 (0.013 %)Ada
151 (0.013 %)Shell Script
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1152 (2.023 %)Degree
254 (0.719 %)ISEB
352 (0.692 %)ACCA
442 (0.559 %)CIMA
532 (0.426 %)PRINCE2 Certification
611 (0.146 %)Citrix Certification
75 (0.067 %)ITIL Certification
75 (0.067 %)CFA
83 (0.040 %)MBA
83 (0.040 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
92 (0.027 %)CIPD
101 (0.013 %)Cisco Certification
101 (0.013 %)CCNA
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1130 (1.730 %)Basel II
299 (1.318 %)QA
326 (0.346 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
421 (0.280 %)MiFID
511 (0.146 %)GxP
69 (0.120 %)SLA
69 (0.120 %)GCP
77 (0.093 %)PCI DSS
84 (0.053 %)ISO27001
93 (0.040 %)ISO17799
93 (0.040 %)ISO9001
101 (0.013 %)COBIT
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
116 (0.213 %)Active Directory
22 (0.027 %)VMware Infrastructure
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (0.080 %)ServiceCenter
25 (0.067 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
34 (0.053 %)SCOM
43 (0.040 %)Legato
52 (0.027 %)AutoSys
61 (0.013 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
61 (0.013 %)OpenView
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1344 (4.579 %)Calypso
2248 (3.301 %)Oracle
3236 (3.141 %)SAP
4171 (2.276 %)Microsoft
5140 (1.863 %)Murex
6129 (1.717 %)Business Objects
796 (1.278 %)LatentZero
874 (0.985 %)Bloomberg
972 (0.958 %)Fidessa
1058 (0.772 %)Reuters
1149 (0.652 %)GoldenSource
1245 (0.599 %)Sybase
1344 (0.586 %)Charles River
1443 (0.572 %)OpenLink
1542 (0.559 %)Cognos
1640 (0.532 %)Siebel
1736 (0.479 %)Sophis
1835 (0.466 %)Fundtech
1934 (0.453 %)thinkFolio
2023 (0.306 %)Mantas
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