The first table below looks at the demand for the Market 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 Market Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Market Analyst
Rank 324 301 282
Rank change year-on-year
-23 -19
Contract jobs requiring a Market Analyst 65 104 152
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.295% 0.385% 0.496%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.320% 0.417% 0.536%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 97 104
Average daily rate £525 £500 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £350 £383
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £650 £725
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £488 £175
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +178.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £26.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 - -
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
20317 24960 28380
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.22% 92.51% 92.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 13701 16102 18232
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 456 621 671
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £41.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Market Analyst
England

Market Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Market Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Market Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Market Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Market Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Market Analyst across the London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

London Market Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Market Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Market Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Market Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Market Analyst within the London region over the 3 months to 21 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 -10 29 £515 +11.35%
Docklands, London - 1 £500 -
Canary Wharf - 1 - -
Market Analyst
England

Market Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Market 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 Market Analyst in their job title.

1 56 (66.67%) Market Risk
2 39 (46.43%) Banking
3 29 (34.52%) Business Analysis
4 25 (29.76%) Finance
4 25 (29.76%) SQL
5 24 (28.57%) Investment Banking
6 21 (25.00%) Stress Testing
7 19 (22.62%) Risk Management
8 17 (20.24%) Bloomberg
8 17 (20.24%) VBA
8 17 (20.24%) Python
9 14 (16.67%) Data Analysis
10 13 (15.48%) Monte Carlo Method
10 13 (15.48%) Greeks
10 13 (15.48%) Java
11 12 (14.29%) UML
11 12 (14.29%) Front Office
11 12 (14.29%) Validation
11 12 (14.29%) Analytics
12 11 (13.10%) Reuters
12 11 (13.10%) C#
13 10 (11.90%) OO
13 10 (11.90%) CRM
13 10 (11.90%) Basel II
14 9 (10.71%) Jython
14 9 (10.71%) Basel III
14 9 (10.71%) French Language
14 9 (10.71%) User Acceptance Testing
15 8 (9.524%) Use Case
15 8 (9.524%) Agile Software Development

Market Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Market 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 Market Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (2.381%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.190%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (5.952%) MS Office
1 5 (5.952%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.190%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.190%) Bloomberg TOMS
1 1 (1.190%) Adaptiv
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.571%) DNS
2 1 (1.190%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.381%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.190%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 5 (5.952%) ClearCase
1 5 (5.952%) JIRA
2 1 (1.190%) TestDirector
General
1 39 (46.43%) Banking
2 25 (29.76%) Finance
3 24 (28.57%) Investment Banking
4 12 (14.29%) Front Office
5 9 (10.71%) French Language
6 3 (3.571%) Back Office
6 3 (3.571%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.190%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.190%) Legal
7 1 (1.190%) Advertising
7 1 (1.190%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 56 (66.67%) Market Risk
2 7 (8.333%) Derivative
3 6 (7.143%) Fixed Income
4 5 (5.952%) Equities
5 4 (4.762%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.381%) Swaptions
6 2 (2.381%) Credit Risk
6 2 (2.381%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (1.190%) Client/Server
7 1 (1.190%) Equity Derivative
7 1 (1.190%) Credit Derivative
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.571%) UNIX
2 2 (2.381%) Solaris
3 1 (1.190%) Linux
3 1 (1.190%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (34.52%) Business Analysis
2 21 (25.00%) Stress Testing
3 19 (22.62%) Risk Management
4 14 (16.67%) Data Analysis
5 13 (15.48%) Monte Carlo Method
5 13 (15.48%) Greeks
6 12 (14.29%) UML
6 12 (14.29%) Validation
6 12 (14.29%) Analytics
7 10 (11.90%) OO
7 10 (11.90%) CRM
8 9 (10.71%) User Acceptance Testing
9 8 (9.524%) Use Case
9 8 (9.524%) Agile Software Development
10 7 (8.333%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (8.333%) Data Modelling
10 7 (8.333%) Test Scripting
11 6 (7.143%) RAD
11 6 (7.143%) Project Management
12 5 (5.952%) RUP
Programming Languages
1 25 (29.76%) SQL
2 17 (20.24%) VBA
2 17 (20.24%) Python
3 13 (15.48%) Java
4 11 (13.10%) C#
5 9 (10.71%) Jython
6 5 (5.952%) C++
7 2 (2.381%) Perl
7 2 (2.381%) VBScript
8 1 (1.190%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (7.143%) Degree
2 1 (1.190%) Postgraduate
2 1 (1.190%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (11.90%) Basel II
2 9 (10.71%) Basel III
3 2 (2.381%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.381%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.190%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 17 (20.24%) Bloomberg
2 11 (13.10%) Reuters
3 5 (5.952%) Microsoft
4 3 (3.571%) Remedy
4 3 (3.571%) Murex
5 2 (2.381%) Sybase
6 1 (1.190%) Calypso
6 1 (1.190%) SunGard
6 1 (1.190%) Wall Street Systems
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