London Investment Banking Business Analyst Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Investment Banking 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 Investment Banking Business Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Investment Bank Business Analyst
Location Canary Wharf Channel Islands City of London Docklands, London England Glasgow Jersey London Scotland South East Surrey UK	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	143	138
Rank change on same period last year	-5
Matching contract IT job ads	401	568
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.529 %	0.566 %
As % of the category below	1.322 %	1.305 %
Daily rates quoted	271	308
Average minimum daily rate	£510	£495
Average daily rate	£550	£529
% change on same period last year	+3.92 %
Average maximum daily rate	£589	£563
UK excluding London average daily rate	-	£450
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	2
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£65.00
Average hourly rate	-	£65.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£65.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles London
Matching contract IT job ads	30337	43517
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	40.03 %	43.34 %
Daily rates quoted	12947	16296
Average minimum daily rate	£407	£422
Average daily rate	£436	£451
% change on same period last year	-3.16 %
Average maximum daily rate	£466	£479
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£354
% change on same period last year	+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted	1660	2229
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.28	£24.09
Average hourly rate	£24.91	£25.81
% change on same period last year	-3.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.54	£27.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.60	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-8.13 %
Investment Banking Business 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.

Investment Banking Business Analyst
Demand Trend

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

Investment Banking Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Investment Banking Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Investment Banking Business Analyst across the London region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Investment Banking Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Investment Banking Business Analyst within the London region over the 3 months to 21 August 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	+3	201	£538	+1.62 %
Docklands, London	-4	25	£530	-2.39 %
Canary Wharf	+3	9	£460	-2.78 %

Investment Banking Business Analyst England

Investment Banking Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Investment Banking 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 Investment Banking Business Analyst in their job title.

1 523 (72.04 %) Banking 2 497 (68.46 %) Investment Banking 3 305 (42.01 %) Finance 4 199 (27.41 %) Derivative 5 192 (26.45 %) Business Analysis 6 132 (18.18 %) Back Office 7 122 (16.80 %) Front Office 8 96 (13.22 %) SQL 9 95 (13.09 %) Fixed Income 10 86 (11.85 %) Equities 11 82 (11.29 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 12 77 (10.61 %) Project Management 13 74 (10.19 %) Calypso 13 74 (10.19 %) Migration 14 72 (9.917 %) Change Management

15 60 (8.264 %) Data Analysis 15 60 (8.264 %) Interest Rate Derivative 16 54 (7.438 %) Credit Derivative 16 54 (7.438 %) UML 16 54 (7.438 %) Credit Risk 17 46 (6.336 %) FpML 18 41 (5.647 %) Risk Management 19 39 (5.372 %) Data Modelling 20 38 (5.234 %) XML 20 38 (5.234 %) User Acceptance Testing 21 37 (5.096 %) MS Visio 22 32 (4.408 %) BPR 23 31 (4.270 %) Workflow 24 30 (4.132 %) Summit 25 29 (3.994 %) Equity Derivative

Investment Banking Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Investment Banking 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 Investment Banking Business Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 46 (6.336 %) FpML 2 38 (5.234 %) XML 3 20 (2.755 %) .NET 4 8 (1.102 %) FIX Protocol 4 8 (1.102 %) XML Messaging 5 5 (0.689 %) HTML 6 3 (0.413 %) XSLT 6 3 (0.413 %) .NET Framework 7 2 (0.275 %) ASP.NET 7 2 (0.275 %) J2EE 7 2 (0.275 %) Middleware 8 1 (0.138 %) OLE 8 1 (0.138 %) WebServices	Application Platforms 1 6 (0.826 %) Lotus Notes 2 3 (0.413 %) MTS
Applications 1 37 (5.096 %) MS Visio 2 28 (3.857 %) MS Office 3 24 (3.306 %) MS Excel 4 15 (2.066 %) MS Project 5 7 (0.964 %) MS PowerPoint 6 3 (0.413 %) Spreadsheet	Business Applications 1 30 (4.132 %) Summit 2 8 (1.102 %) Loan IQ 3 6 (0.826 %) SAP Bank Analyzer 4 5 (0.689 %) Temenos Globus 5 3 (0.413 %) SAP R/3 5 3 (0.413 %) SAP FI 5 3 (0.413 %) SAP FI/CO 5 3 (0.413 %) Global One 5 3 (0.413 %) SAP CO 5 3 (0.413 %) SAP ERP 5 3 (0.413 %) SAP FI-AP 5 3 (0.413 %) Cognos Business Intelligence 5 3 (0.413 %) Algo Collateral 6 2 (0.275 %) TIBCO iProcess 6 2 (0.275 %) MultiFonds 6 2 (0.275 %) SimCorp Dimension 6 2 (0.275 %) Endur 7 1 (0.138 %) HiInvest 7 1 (0.138 %) Staffware 7 1 (0.138 %) Capstone
Communications & Networking 1 7 (0.964 %) Internet 2 5 (0.689 %) Intranet 3 2 (0.275 %) LAN 3 2 (0.275 %) WAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 19 (2.617 %) Reference Data 2 17 (2.342 %) MS Access 3 16 (2.204 %) RDBMS 4 14 (1.928 %) BusinessObjects 5 13 (1.791 %) Datawarehouse 6 6 (0.826 %) SQL Server 7 5 (0.689 %) Data Mining 8 4 (0.551 %) ETL 8 4 (0.551 %) TOAD 9 3 (0.413 %) Data Cleansing 10 2 (0.275 %) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 10 2 (0.275 %) Ingres 10 2 (0.275 %) PowerCenter 10 2 (0.275 %) GIS 11 1 (0.138 %) DB2 11 1 (0.138 %) Crystal Reports 11 1 (0.138 %) Oracle 8/8i 11 1 (0.138 %) Oracle 10g 11 1 (0.138 %) BODI 11 1 (0.138 %) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications 1 7 (0.964 %) Rational Rose 2 3 (0.413 %) ClearQuest 3 1 (0.138 %) TestDirector 3 1 (0.138 %) RequisitePro 3 1 (0.138 %) Flash	General 1 523 (72.04 %) Banking 2 497 (68.46 %) Investment Banking 3 305 (42.01 %) Finance 4 132 (18.18 %) Back Office 5 122 (16.80 %) Front Office 6 16 (2.204 %) General Ledger 7 9 (1.240 %) Legal 8 8 (1.102 %) Financial Institution 9 6 (0.826 %) Billing 10 5 (0.689 %) Telecoms 11 4 (0.551 %) Retail 11 4 (0.551 %) Marketing 11 4 (0.551 %) International Banking 11 4 (0.551 %) Private Banking 12 3 (0.413 %) Wholesale Banking 12 3 (0.413 %) Education 13 2 (0.275 %) Corporate Banking 13 2 (0.275 %) Law 13 2 (0.275 %) Manufacturing 13 2 (0.275 %) Chemicals
Miscellaneous 1 199 (27.41 %) Derivative 2 95 (13.09 %) Fixed Income 3 86 (11.85 %) Equities 4 82 (11.29 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 5 60 (8.264 %) Interest Rate Derivative 6 54 (7.438 %) Credit Derivative 6 54 (7.438 %) Credit Risk 7 29 (3.994 %) Equity Derivative 7 29 (3.994 %) Market Risk 8 18 (2.479 %) Management Information System 9 11 (1.515 %) DTCC 10 4 (0.551 %) Contract for Difference 10 4 (0.551 %) Exotic Derivative 11 3 (0.413 %) Client/Server 11 3 (0.413 %) Economics 11 3 (0.413 %) Computer Science 12 2 (0.275 %) Data Integration 12 2 (0.275 %) Spanish Language 12 2 (0.275 %) Tandem 12 2 (0.275 %) AS400	Operating Systems 1 6 (0.826 %) UNIX 2 2 (0.275 %) VMS 2 2 (0.275 %) Windows
Processes & Methodologies 1 192 (26.45 %) Business Analysis 2 77 (10.61 %) Project Management 3 74 (10.19 %) Migration 4 72 (9.917 %) Change Management 5 60 (8.264 %) Data Analysis 6 54 (7.438 %) UML 7 41 (5.647 %) Risk Management 8 39 (5.372 %) Data Modelling 9 38 (5.234 %) User Acceptance Testing 10 32 (4.408 %) BPR 11 31 (4.270 %) Workflow 12 27 (3.719 %) Use Case 13 25 (3.444 %) Asset Management 14 19 (2.617 %) RUP 15 17 (2.342 %) PRINCE2 15 17 (2.342 %) Data Migration 16 13 (1.791 %) GAP Analysis 16 13 (1.791 %) Programme Management 16 13 (1.791 %) Stakeholder Management 17 12 (1.653 %) Unified Process	Programming Languages 1 96 (13.22 %) SQL 2 28 (3.857 %) VBA 3 12 (1.653 %) C# 4 10 (1.377 %) Java 5 7 (0.964 %) C++ 6 5 (0.689 %) C 7 4 (0.551 %) VB 8 2 (0.275 %) ABAP 8 2 (0.275 %) COBOL 9 1 (0.138 %) PowerHouse 9 1 (0.138 %) Shell Script
Qualifications 1 13 (1.791 %) Degree 2 5 (0.689 %) ACCA 3 3 (0.413 %) CIMA 3 3 (0.413 %) PRINCE2 Certification 4 2 (0.275 %) ISEB	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 22 (3.030 %) Basel II 2 15 (2.066 %) QA 3 2 (0.275 %) MiFID 3 2 (0.275 %) SLA
System Software 1 5 (0.689 %) Active Directory	Vendors 1 74 (10.19 %) Calypso 2 24 (3.306 %) Murex 3 23 (3.168 %) Fidessa 3 23 (3.168 %) Oracle 4 16 (2.204 %) Microsoft 5 15 (2.066 %) SAP 6 14 (1.928 %) Business Objects 7 11 (1.515 %) Bloomberg 8 9 (1.240 %) Cognos 8 9 (1.240 %) Reuters 9 7 (0.964 %) TIBCO 10 6 (0.826 %) Sophis 10 6 (0.826 %) Lotus 10 6 (0.826 %) Remedy 11 5 (0.689 %) Sybase 11 5 (0.689 %) SmartStream 11 5 (0.689 %) Mantas 11 5 (0.689 %) Actimize 12 4 (0.551 %) Tradeweb 12 4 (0.551 %) Hyperion