London Data Analysis Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Data Analysis skills within the London region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Data Analysis over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Data Analysis
Location Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Bridgwater Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Corby Corsham Coventry Crawley Croydon Docklands, London Dorset Dunstable Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Feltham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucestershire Great Yarmouth Guildford Halifax Hampshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Ipswich Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northallerton Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redcar Rickmansworth Salford Scotland Sheffield Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Swansea Swindon Tadworth Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wakefield Wales Warrington West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	133	150
Rank change on same period last year	+17
Matching contract IT job ads	414	506
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.546 %	0.529 %
As % of the category below	2.328 %	2.227 %
Daily rates quoted	161	234
Average minimum daily rate	£423	£383
Average daily rate	£447	£407
% change on same period last year	+9.84 %
Average maximum daily rate	£472	£431
UK excluding London average daily rate	£334	£321
% change on same period last year	+4.00 %
Hourly rates quoted	20	21
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.45	£17.84
Average hourly rate	£23.55	£19.63
% change on same period last year	+19.95 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.65	£21.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£20.13	£19.69
% change on same period last year	+2.21 %
Processes & Methodologies London
Matching contract IT job ads	17784	22721
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	23.45 %	23.76 %
Daily rates quoted	7968	8969
Average minimum daily rate	£411	£422
Average daily rate	£441	£450
% change on same period last year	-1.96 %
Average maximum daily rate	£472	£478
UK excluding London average daily rate	£384	£375
% change on same period last year	+2.22 %
Hourly rates quoted	584	784
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.65	£29.57
Average hourly rate	£28.60	£31.71
% change on same period last year	-9.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.56	£33.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.33	£30.33
% change on same period last year	-3.28 %
Data Analysis 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.

Data Analysis
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Data Analysis across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Data Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

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

Data Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Analysis across the London region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

Data Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Data Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Analysis across the London region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

Data Analysis
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Data Analysis within the London region over the 3 months to 8 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.

Location	Rank 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 London	+22	114	£453	+7.21 %
Docklands, London	+19	19	£413	+3.58 %
Canary Wharf	+9	7	£500	+42.85 %
Croydon	-	3	£250	-
Feltham	-	2	-	-
Bromley	-	2	-	-
Luton	-	2	£400	-

Data Analysis England

Data Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Data 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 Data Analysis.

1 272 (31.12 %) Finance 2 271 (31.01 %) Banking 3 252 (28.83 %) SQL 4 168 (19.22 %) Investment Banking 5 144 (16.48 %) Oracle 6 142 (16.25 %) Business Analysis 7 128 (14.65 %) Data Modelling 8 108 (12.36 %) MS Excel 9 96 (10.98 %) Datawarehouse 10 82 (9.382 %) BusinessObjects 10 82 (9.382 %) Business Objects 11 72 (8.238 %) Project Management 12 71 (8.124 %) MS Access 13 69 (7.895 %) XML 13 69 (7.895 %) ETL

14 67 (7.666 %) Migration 15 61 (6.979 %) SQL Server 16 58 (6.636 %) Degree 16 58 (6.636 %) Credit Risk 17 54 (6.178 %) Derivative 18 53 (6.064 %) Asset Management 19 52 (5.950 %) UML 20 51 (5.835 %) Government 20 51 (5.835 %) Data Migration 21 50 (5.721 %) Unix 22 49 (5.606 %) Business Intelligence 23 46 (5.263 %) Microsoft 24 45 (5.149 %) PRINCE2 24 45 (5.149 %) MS Office 24 45 (5.149 %) Fixed Income

Data Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Data 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 Data Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 69 (7.895 %) XML 2 21 (2.403 %) .NET 3 15 (1.716 %) J2EE 4 12 (1.373 %) Spring 5 11 (1.259 %) XSL 6 10 (1.144 %) ASP.NET 6 10 (1.144 %) XML Schema 7 9 (1.030 %) SWT 8 8 (0.915 %) HTML 9 7 (0.801 %) FpML 10 6 (0.686 %) ASP 10 6 (0.686 %) MDX 11 5 (0.572 %) XSD 12 4 (0.458 %) WebServices 13 3 (0.343 %) XSLT 14 2 (0.229 %) CSS 14 2 (0.229 %) ASP.NET 2.0 14 2 (0.229 %) AJAX 15 1 (0.114 %) EJB 3.0 15 1 (0.114 %) BAPI	Application Platforms 1 29 (3.318 %) SAS 2 12 (1.373 %) JBoss 3 6 (0.686 %) SharePoint 4 4 (0.458 %) Oracle Spatial 5 3 (0.343 %) Lotus Notes 6 2 (0.229 %) BizTalk Server 7 1 (0.114 %) Documentum 7 1 (0.114 %) LiveLink
Applications 1 108 (12.36 %) MS Excel 2 45 (5.149 %) MS Office 3 28 (3.204 %) MS Project 3 28 (3.204 %) MS PowerPoint 4 18 (2.059 %) MS Visio 5 6 (0.686 %) DOC1 6 3 (0.343 %) SPSS 7 2 (0.229 %) CA Clarity 8 1 (0.114 %) Photoshop 8 1 (0.114 %) MATLAB 8 1 (0.114 %) Acrobat	Business Applications 1 13 (1.487 %) Sentinel 2 12 (1.373 %) Tesseract 2 12 (1.373 %) Minerva 3 10 (1.144 %) Eagle PACE 3 10 (1.144 %) Capstone 4 6 (0.686 %) Oracle Applications 5 5 (0.572 %) Summit 6 2 (0.229 %) SAP HR 6 2 (0.229 %) Oracle EBS 6 2 (0.229 %) Oracle ERP 7 1 (0.114 %) Adaptiv 7 1 (0.114 %) SunGard GMI 7 1 (0.114 %) Misys Midas 7 1 (0.114 %) SAP Oil and Gas 7 1 (0.114 %) InvestOne 7 1 (0.114 %) Cognos Planning 7 1 (0.114 %) Navision 7 1 (0.114 %) Oracle HRMS 7 1 (0.114 %) WebTrends 7 1 (0.114 %) SAP R/3
Communications & Networking 1 5 (0.572 %) Internet 2 4 (0.458 %) Intranet 2 4 (0.458 %) LAN 2 4 (0.458 %) LDAP 3 3 (0.343 %) WAN 3 3 (0.343 %) ATM 3 3 (0.343 %) TCP/IP 3 3 (0.343 %) Firewall 4 2 (0.229 %) PBX 5 1 (0.114 %) Network Security 5 1 (0.114 %) BSS 5 1 (0.114 %) Symposium 5 1 (0.114 %) Broadband 5 1 (0.114 %) VPN 5 1 (0.114 %) Wireless	Database & Business Intelligence 1 96 (10.98 %) Datawarehouse 2 82 (9.382 %) BusinessObjects 3 71 (8.124 %) MS Access 4 69 (7.895 %) ETL 5 61 (6.979 %) SQL Server 6 35 (4.005 %) Reference Data 7 33 (3.776 %) Data Cleansing 8 24 (2.746 %) SQL Server 2000 9 22 (2.517 %) Data Mart 10 20 (2.288 %) Oracle 8/8i 10 20 (2.288 %) Data Mining 11 19 (2.174 %) Crystal Reports 12 18 (2.059 %) TOAD 12 18 (2.059 %) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 13 17 (1.945 %) Oracle 10g 13 17 (1.945 %) RDBMS 14 12 (1.373 %) Oracle Reports 15 11 (1.259 %) SQL Server Integration Services 15 11 (1.259 %) GIS 15 11 (1.259 %) BusinessObjects XI
Development Applications 1 16 (1.831 %) ERwin 2 12 (1.373 %) Eclipse 3 7 (0.801 %) AllFusion 3 7 (0.801 %) Oracle Forms 4 5 (0.572 %) LoadRunner 5 3 (0.343 %) Rational Rose 5 3 (0.343 %) TestDirector 6 1 (0.114 %) LSMW 6 1 (0.114 %) Visual Studio 6 1 (0.114 %) VSS/SourceSafe 6 1 (0.114 %) ClearCase	General 1 272 (31.12 %) Finance 2 271 (31.01 %) Banking 3 168 (19.22 %) Investment Banking 4 51 (5.835 %) Government 5 35 (4.005 %) Front Office 6 26 (2.975 %) Health 7 23 (2.632 %) Back Office 8 22 (2.517 %) Marketing 9 21 (2.403 %) Retail 9 21 (2.403 %) Insurance 10 17 (1.945 %) Local Government 11 16 (1.831 %) Auditing 12 15 (1.716 %) Telecoms 13 14 (1.602 %) Financial Institution 14 13 (1.487 %) Education 15 12 (1.373 %) Billing 16 10 (1.144 %) Criminal Justice 17 9 (1.030 %) Retail Banking 18 8 (0.915 %) Legal 19 7 (0.801 %) Music
Job Titles 1 631 (72.20 %) Analyst 2 331 (37.87 %) Business Analyst 3 230 (26.32 %) Data Analyst 4 80 (9.153 %) Developer 5 53 (6.064 %) Investment Banking Business Analyst 6 43 (4.920 %) Banking Business Analyst 7 34 (3.890 %) Business Data Analyst 7 34 (3.890 %) Architect 8 29 (3.318 %) Project Manager 8 29 (3.318 %) Systems Analyst 9 28 (3.204 %) Consultant 10 25 (2.860 %) Data Architect 10 25 (2.860 %) Technical Analyst 11 21 (2.403 %) Credit Risk Analyst 11 21 (2.403 %) Senior Analyst 12 17 (1.945 %) Analyst Developer 13 16 (1.831 %) Risk Analyst 14 15 (1.716 %) Administrator 15 14 (1.602 %) Technical Business Analyst 15 14 (1.602 %) Java Developer	Miscellaneous 1 58 (6.636 %) Credit Risk 2 54 (6.178 %) Derivative 3 53 (6.064 %) Asset Management 4 45 (5.149 %) Fixed Income 5 33 (3.776 %) Equities 6 32 (3.661 %) NHS 7 26 (2.975 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 8 22 (2.517 %) Statistics 9 18 (2.059 %) Data Integration 10 16 (1.831 %) Fund Management 11 15 (1.716 %) Management Information System 12 13 (1.487 %) Market Risk 13 12 (1.373 %) Mathematics 14 11 (1.259 %) Data Extraction 15 6 (0.686 %) Data Conversion 15 6 (0.686 %) Computer Science 16 5 (0.572 %) AS400 17 4 (0.458 %) Economics 18 3 (0.343 %) Credit Derivative 18 3 (0.343 %) Interest Rate Derivative
Operating Systems 1 50 (5.721 %) Unix 2 38 (4.348 %) Windows 3 16 (1.831 %) Linux 4 7 (0.801 %) Windows NT 5 4 (0.458 %) VMS 6 3 (0.343 %) Solaris 6 3 (0.343 %) Windows Server 2003 7 2 (0.229 %) Windows 2000	Processes & Methodologies 1 142 (16.25 %) Business Analysis 2 128 (14.65 %) Data Modelling 3 72 (8.238 %) Project Management 4 67 (7.666 %) Migration 5 52 (5.950 %) UML 6 51 (5.835 %) Data Migration 7 49 (5.606 %) Business Intelligence 8 45 (5.149 %) PRINCE2 9 36 (4.119 %) User Acceptance Testing 10 32 (3.661 %) Stakeholder Management 11 29 (3.318 %) Data Mapping 12 27 (3.089 %) Data Management 13 26 (2.975 %) Investment Management 14 24 (2.746 %) Change Management 15 22 (2.517 %) Security Cleared 15 22 (2.517 %) Data Architecture 16 20 (2.288 %) Systems Analysis 17 19 (2.174 %) Project Planning 18 18 (2.059 %) Use Case 18 18 (2.059 %) System Testing
Programming Languages 1 252 (28.83 %) SQL 2 41 (4.691 %) VBA 3 29 (3.318 %) PL/SQL 4 22 (2.517 %) Java 5 19 (2.174 %) Transact-SQL 6 18 (2.059 %) VB 7 8 (0.915 %) C# 8 6 (0.686 %) VB.NET 9 5 (0.572 %) C++ 10 4 (0.458 %) C 10 4 (0.458 %) DCL 11 3 (0.343 %) JavaScript 11 3 (0.343 %) VC++ 12 2 (0.229 %) Perl 12 2 (0.229 %) ABAP 13 1 (0.114 %) XPath 13 1 (0.114 %) Shell Script	Qualifications 1 58 (6.636 %) Degree 2 18 (2.059 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 6 (0.686 %) ACCA 4 4 (0.458 %) ISEB 5 2 (0.229 %) MBA 5 2 (0.229 %) CIMA 5 2 (0.229 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 6 1 (0.114 %) CCDP 6 1 (0.114 %) Cisco Certification 6 1 (0.114 %) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 19 (2.174 %) Basel II 2 17 (1.945 %) QA 3 3 (0.343 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 4 2 (0.229 %) MiFID 4 2 (0.229 %) PCI DSS 5 1 (0.114 %) ISO9000	System Software 1 1 (0.114 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 4 (0.458 %) Oracle Enterprise Manager 2 1 (0.114 %) ServiceCenter 2 1 (0.114 %) Tivoli	Vendors 1 144 (16.48 %) Oracle 2 82 (9.382 %) Business Objects 3 46 (5.263 %) Microsoft 4 21 (2.403 %) SAP 5 20 (2.288 %) Sybase 6 17 (1.945 %) Informatica 7 14 (1.602 %) LatentZero 8 13 (1.487 %) GoldenSource 9 12 (1.373 %) Cognos 10 10 (1.144 %) Fidessa 11 9 (1.030 %) ProClarity 12 6 (0.686 %) FormScape 13 5 (0.572 %) Teradata 13 5 (0.572 %) Calypso 13 5 (0.572 %) CA 13 5 (0.572 %) Embarcadero 13 5 (0.572 %) Mapinfo 13 5 (0.572 %) Bloomberg 14 4 (0.458 %) Reuters 14 4 (0.458 %) SmartStream