The first table below looks at the demand for the Investment Banking Business Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Investment Banking Business Analyst in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised 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
Investment Bank Business Analyst
Rank 203 173 126
Rank change year-on-year
-30 -47
Contract jobs requiring an Investment Banking Business Analyst 193 291 488
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.891% 1.080% 1.570%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.968% 1.168% 1.697%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 267 415
Average daily rate £550 £550 £550
90% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £488 £475
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £650 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 - £358
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £24.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 - -
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
19942 24907 28750
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.08% 92.46% 92.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 13399 16045 18461
Average daily rate £450 £445 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.12% -6.31%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 450 624 677
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Investment Banking Business Analyst
England

Investment Banking Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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.

London Investment Banking Business Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Investment Banking Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Investment Banking Business Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Investment Banking Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This 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 24 May 2013.

London Investment Banking Business Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Investment Banking Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Investment Banking Business Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Investment Banking Business Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below 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 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 -5 47 £520 -9.56%
Docklands, London +8 10 £475 -2.56%
Canary Wharf 0 5 £463 -15.90%
Investment Banking Business Analyst
England

Investment Banking Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 243 (67.69%) Banking
2 234 (65.18%) Investment Banking
3 160 (44.57%) Business Analysis
4 122 (33.98%) Finance
5 119 (33.15%) Front Office
6 111 (30.92%) SQL
7 103 (28.69%) Derivative
8 72 (20.06%) Back Office
9 61 (16.99%) Fixed Income
10 53 (14.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 52 (14.48%) User Acceptance Testing
12 51 (14.21%) Market Risk
13 50 (13.93%) Data Analysis
14 46 (12.81%) Credit Risk
15 45 (12.53%) Credit Derivative
15 45 (12.53%) Data Modelling
16 44 (12.26%) Risk Management
17 42 (11.70%) UML
18 35 (9.749%) Workflow
19 34 (9.471%) Equities
20 32 (8.914%) Use Case
21 27 (7.521%) Monte Carlo Method
21 27 (7.521%) Basel III
22 26 (7.242%) Project Management
23 25 (6.964%) MS Visio
23 25 (6.964%) Interest Rate Derivative
23 25 (6.964%) Analytics
24 24 (6.685%) VBA
25 23 (6.407%) Oracle
25 23 (6.407%) Java

Investment Banking Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 16 (4.457%) XML
2 14 (3.900%) FpML
3 8 (2.228%) Web Services
4 7 (1.950%) Middleware
5 6 (1.671%) JDBC
6 3 (0.836%) .NET
7 2 (0.557%) ODBC
7 2 (0.557%) ADO
8 1 (0.279%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.279%) FIX Protocol
8 1 (0.279%) Apache Flex
8 1 (0.279%) HTML
8 1 (0.279%) XML Schema
Application Platforms
1 8 (2.228%) Confluence
2 2 (0.557%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.279%) SAS
3 1 (0.279%) SharePoint
Applications
1 25 (6.964%) MS Visio
2 19 (5.292%) MS Excel
2 19 (5.292%) MS PowerPoint
3 18 (5.014%) MS Project
4 10 (2.786%) MS Office
5 1 (0.279%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.279%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 7 (1.950%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (1.950%) Algo Collateral
2 4 (1.114%) Summit
3 3 (0.836%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.557%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.557%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 2 (0.557%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.557%) Oracle iProcurement
5 1 (0.279%) SunGard Stream Ubix
5 1 (0.279%) SunGard Stream Clearvision
5 1 (0.279%) Loanet
5 1 (0.279%) Kondor+
5 1 (0.279%) LatentZero
5 1 (0.279%) Minerva
5 1 (0.279%) Adaptiv
5 1 (0.279%) Global One
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.557%) Internet
2 1 (0.279%) Intranet
2 1 (0.279%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.228%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.671%) Data Mining
2 6 (1.671%) TOAD
2 6 (1.671%) Big Data
3 5 (1.393%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.114%) Oracle 8/8i
5 3 (0.836%) RDBMS
5 3 (0.836%) SQLPlus
6 2 (0.557%) Oracle 10g
6 2 (0.557%) DB2
6 2 (0.557%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 2 (0.557%) QlikView
6 2 (0.557%) Oracle 11g
7 1 (0.279%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.279%) BusinessObjects XI
7 1 (0.279%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.279%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 13 (3.621%) JIRA
2 6 (1.671%) ClearCase
3 3 (0.836%) Rational Rose
4 2 (0.557%) JDeveloper
4 2 (0.557%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.279%) Expression Blend
5 1 (0.279%) TestDirector
5 1 (0.279%) ClearQuest
General
1 243 (67.69%) Banking
2 234 (65.18%) Investment Banking
3 122 (33.98%) Finance
4 119 (33.15%) Front Office
5 72 (20.06%) Back Office
6 12 (3.343%) Billing
7 11 (3.064%) Legal
8 10 (2.786%) French Language
9 7 (1.950%) Financial Institution
10 5 (1.393%) General Ledger
11 2 (0.557%) Retail
11 2 (0.557%) Retail Banking
11 2 (0.557%) International Banking
12 1 (0.279%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (0.279%) Spanish Language
12 1 (0.279%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 103 (28.69%) Derivative
2 61 (16.99%) Fixed Income
3 53 (14.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 51 (14.21%) Market Risk
5 46 (12.81%) Credit Risk
6 45 (12.53%) Credit Derivative
7 34 (9.471%) Equities
8 25 (6.964%) Interest Rate Derivative
9 10 (2.786%) Equity Derivative
10 9 (2.507%) Management Information System
11 8 (2.228%) Wiki
12 6 (1.671%) Reference Data
13 5 (1.393%) IIBA
13 5 (1.393%) Hedge funds
14 1 (0.279%) SWIFT
14 1 (0.279%) Kindle
14 1 (0.279%) CMDB
14 1 (0.279%) Swaptions
14 1 (0.279%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.114%) UNIX
2 2 (0.557%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (44.57%) Business Analysis
2 52 (14.48%) User Acceptance Testing
3 50 (13.93%) Data Analysis
4 45 (12.53%) Data Modelling
5 44 (12.26%) Risk Management
6 42 (11.70%) UML
7 35 (9.749%) Workflow
8 32 (8.914%) Use Case
9 27 (7.521%) Monte Carlo Method
10 26 (7.242%) Project Management
11 25 (6.964%) Analytics
12 22 (6.128%) Agile Software Development
12 22 (6.128%) Validation
13 19 (5.292%) Data Architecture
13 19 (5.292%) Stakeholder Management
14 18 (5.014%) CRM
15 17 (4.735%) TDD
16 16 (4.457%) Asset Management
16 16 (4.457%) Greeks
16 16 (4.457%) Electronic Trading
Programming Languages
1 111 (30.92%) SQL
2 24 (6.685%) VBA
3 23 (6.407%) Java
4 18 (5.014%) Python
5 14 (3.900%) Jython
6 9 (2.507%) C#
7 7 (1.950%) C++
8 3 (0.836%) Perl
9 2 (0.557%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.557%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.557%) VBScript
10 1 (0.279%) VB
10 1 (0.279%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.279%) XAML
Qualifications
1 9 (2.507%) ISEB
2 8 (2.228%) Degree
3 5 (1.393%) CBAP
4 4 (1.114%) MBA
5 3 (0.836%) CFA
6 2 (0.557%) ISEB Practitioner
7 1 (0.279%) PMP
7 1 (0.279%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.279%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.521%) Basel III
2 20 (5.571%) Basel II
3 8 (2.228%) QA
4 6 (1.671%) MiFID
5 1 (0.279%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.279%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.279%) SLA
5 1 (0.279%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 20 (5.571%) HP Quality Center
2 6 (1.671%) MOM
Vendors
1 23 (6.407%) Oracle
1 23 (6.407%) Tradeweb
2 22 (6.128%) Bloomberg
3 15 (4.178%) Reuters
4 14 (3.900%) HP
5 11 (3.064%) Calypso
6 10 (2.786%) Pega
7 9 (2.507%) Microsoft
8 7 (1.950%) Business Objects
9 6 (1.671%) Fidessa
9 6 (1.671%) Informatica
10 5 (1.393%) Cognos
11 3 (0.836%) Sybase
11 3 (0.836%) Murex
11 3 (0.836%) Charles River
12 2 (0.557%) Teradata
13 1 (0.279%) ION Trading
13 1 (0.279%) Actimize
13 1 (0.279%) SAP
13 1 (0.279%) Misys
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