The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term IIBA in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IIBA over the 3 months to 23 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA)
Rank 370 397 411
Rank change year-on-year
+27 +14
Contract jobs citing IIBA 7 13 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.032% 0.048% 0.076%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.098% 0.151% 0.201%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 11 24
Average daily rate £550 £425 £530
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+29.41% -19.81%
UK excluding London average daily rate £381 £375 -
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
7165 8624 11965
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 33.11% 32.02% 37.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 4963 5869 8076
Average daily rate £475 £475 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -13.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £283 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 164 210 199
Average hourly rate £22.75 £22.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.11% +7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £13.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £52.00 £52.50 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -13.20%
IIBA
England

IIBA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing IIBA across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

London IIBA Jobs Demand Trend

IIBA
Daily Rate Trend

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

London IIBA Daily Rate Trend

IIBA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IIBA within the London region over the 3 months to 23 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 +17 5 £545 +48.29%
IIBA
England

IIBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing IIBA 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 IIBA.

1 15 (93.75%) ISEB
2 14 (87.50%) Business Analysis
3 13 (81.25%) Finance
4 7 (43.75%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (43.75%) Banking
5 6 (37.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 6 (37.50%) UML
5 6 (37.50%) BPMN
5 6 (37.50%) Security Cleared
6 5 (31.25%) Requirements Engineering
6 5 (31.25%) CBAP
6 5 (31.25%) Confluence
6 5 (31.25%) SC Cleared
6 5 (31.25%) Derivative
6 5 (31.25%) Requirements Management
6 5 (31.25%) Wiki
6 5 (31.25%) Back Office
6 5 (31.25%) Investment Banking
6 5 (31.25%) Validation
6 5 (31.25%) Fixed Income
7 4 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
7 4 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (25.00%) Data Modelling
7 4 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (25.00%) Data Analysis
8 3 (18.75%) PRINCE2
8 3 (18.75%) Systems Analysis
9 2 (12.50%) Legal
9 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
9 2 (12.50%) MS Excel

IIBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing IIBA 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 IIBA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 5 (31.25%) Confluence
2 1 (6.250%) Lync
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) MS Excel
1 2 (12.50%) MS Project
2 1 (6.250%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (6.250%) MS Office
2 1 (6.250%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 13 (81.25%) Finance
2 7 (43.75%) Banking
3 5 (31.25%) Back Office
3 5 (31.25%) Investment Banking
4 2 (12.50%) Legal
5 1 (6.250%) Front Office
5 1 (6.250%) Telecoms
5 1 (6.250%) Law
Job Titles
1 16 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 16 (100.00%) Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) Business Systems Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) Systems Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Data Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Business Data Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Security Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) IT Business Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Technical Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 5 (31.25%) Derivative
2 5 (31.25%) Wiki
2 5 (31.25%) Fixed Income
3 1 (6.250%) Equities
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (87.50%) Business Analysis
2 7 (43.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (37.50%) UML
3 6 (37.50%) BPMN
4 5 (31.25%) Requirements Engineering
4 5 (31.25%) Requirements Management
4 5 (31.25%) Validation
5 4 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
5 4 (25.00%) Data Modelling
5 4 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (25.00%) Data Analysis
6 3 (18.75%) PRINCE2
6 3 (18.75%) Systems Analysis
7 2 (12.50%) Technical Architecture
8 1 (6.250%) Use Case
8 1 (6.250%) User Acceptance Testing
8 1 (6.250%) Investment Management
8 1 (6.250%) Risk Management
8 1 (6.250%) Project Management
8 1 (6.250%) Migration
Qualifications
1 15 (93.75%) ISEB
2 6 (37.50%) Security Cleared
3 5 (31.25%) CBAP
3 5 (31.25%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft