The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior Business Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Business Analyst
Rank 230 172 170
Rank change year-on-year
-58 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Business Analyst 161 290 337
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.746% 1.083% 1.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.808% 1.169% 1.165%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 211 259
Average daily rate £525 £550 £575
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.54% -4.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £419 £423 £413
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £675 £675
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £405 £400
% change year-on-year
+4.93% +1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £40.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £46.50 £32.25
% change year-on-year
- +44.18%
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
19929 24797 28916
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.30% 92.59% 92.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 13475 15993 18573
Average daily rate £450 £440 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.27% -7.36%
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 450 606 683
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £41.25 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Senior Business Analyst
England

Senior Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Senior Business Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Senior Business Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Senior Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior Business Analyst across the London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

London Senior Business Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Senior Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Senior Business Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Senior 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 Senior Business Analyst within the London region over the 3 months to 17 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 -40 43 £500 -4.76%
Docklands, London +4 6 £525 -19.23%
Hounslow -3 3 £450 +12.50%
Canary Wharf -13 2 £475 -
Kingston Upon Thames - 1 £400 -
Osterley - 1 £520 -
Senior Business Analyst
England

Senior Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Senior 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 Senior Business Analyst in their job title.

1 85 (30.80%) Finance
2 82 (29.71%) Business Analysis
3 61 (22.10%) Banking
4 51 (18.48%) Front Office
5 37 (13.41%) User Acceptance Testing
6 36 (13.04%) Investment Banking
7 35 (12.68%) Derivative
8 34 (12.32%) Back Office
9 33 (11.96%) Stakeholder Management
9 33 (11.96%) Project Management
10 31 (11.23%) SQL
10 31 (11.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 31 (11.23%) Agile Software Development
11 30 (10.87%) Data Modelling
12 27 (9.783%) Scrum
13 25 (9.058%) Retail
14 23 (8.333%) Data Analysis
14 23 (8.333%) Fixed Income
14 23 (8.333%) MS Visio
14 23 (8.333%) UML
14 23 (8.333%) Data Warehouse
15 22 (7.971%) CRM
15 22 (7.971%) Workflow
15 22 (7.971%) Degree
16 20 (7.246%) Equities
17 19 (6.884%) Change Management
17 19 (6.884%) Asset Management
18 18 (6.522%) MS Excel
18 18 (6.522%) MS Office
18 18 (6.522%) Investment Management

Senior Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Senior 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 Senior Business Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (0.725%) J2EE
1 2 (0.725%) ASP
1 2 (0.725%) XML
1 2 (0.725%) Murex Flex
1 2 (0.725%) Murex MxML
2 1 (0.362%) HTML
2 1 (0.362%) FpML
2 1 (0.362%) SAP XI
2 1 (0.362%) FIX Protocol
Application Platforms
1 5 (1.812%) SharePoint
1 5 (1.812%) SAS
2 2 (0.725%) FileNet
2 2 (0.725%) CMS
Applications
1 23 (8.333%) MS Visio
2 18 (6.522%) MS Office
2 18 (6.522%) MS Excel
3 11 (3.986%) MS Project
4 7 (2.536%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.362%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 11 (3.986%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.087%) LatentZero
3 2 (0.725%) Global One
4 1 (0.362%) VisionPLUS
4 1 (0.362%) Minerva
4 1 (0.362%) Loanet
4 1 (0.362%) Endur
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.261%) HTTP
2 3 (1.087%) HTTPS
3 2 (0.725%) Intranet
4 1 (0.362%) Internet
4 1 (0.362%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (8.333%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (3.261%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.812%) QlikView
4 4 (1.449%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (1.087%) MS Access
5 3 (1.087%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (1.087%) Big Data
6 2 (0.725%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 2 (0.725%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (0.725%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.362%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.362%) SAP BI
7 1 (0.362%) GIS
7 1 (0.362%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.362%) Xcelsius
7 1 (0.362%) BusinessObjects XI
Development Applications
1 4 (1.449%) Rational Rose
1 4 (1.449%) RequisitePro
2 3 (1.087%) JIRA
3 2 (0.725%) Selenium
3 2 (0.725%) Axure RP
3 2 (0.725%) ERwin
General
1 85 (30.80%) Finance
2 61 (22.10%) Banking
3 51 (18.48%) Front Office
4 36 (13.04%) Investment Banking
5 34 (12.32%) Back Office
6 25 (9.058%) Retail
7 8 (2.899%) Retail Banking
7 8 (2.899%) Telecoms
7 8 (2.899%) Marketing
8 7 (2.536%) Billing
9 5 (1.812%) Legal
10 4 (1.449%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.449%) Games
11 3 (1.087%) Advertising
12 2 (0.725%) Music
12 2 (0.725%) Corporate Banking
13 1 (0.362%) Private Banking
13 1 (0.362%) General Ledger
13 1 (0.362%) Publishing
13 1 (0.362%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 35 (12.68%) Derivative
2 31 (11.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 23 (8.333%) Fixed Income
4 20 (7.246%) Equities
5 9 (3.261%) Interest Rate Derivative
5 9 (3.261%) Equity Derivative
6 7 (2.536%) Credit Risk
6 7 (2.536%) Reference Data
7 6 (2.174%) Credit Derivative
7 6 (2.174%) Digital Media
7 6 (2.174%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.812%) Market Risk
9 4 (1.449%) Online Games
9 4 (1.449%) Hedge funds
10 3 (1.087%) FMCG
10 3 (1.087%) DTCC
11 2 (0.725%) Mathematics
11 2 (0.725%) Computer Science
11 2 (0.725%) Grid Computing
11 2 (0.725%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.449%) UNIX
2 1 (0.362%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (29.71%) Business Analysis
2 37 (13.41%) User Acceptance Testing
3 33 (11.96%) Project Management
3 33 (11.96%) Stakeholder Management
4 31 (11.23%) Agile Software Development
5 30 (10.87%) Data Modelling
6 27 (9.783%) Scrum
7 23 (8.333%) UML
7 23 (8.333%) Data Analysis
8 22 (7.971%) CRM
8 22 (7.971%) Workflow
9 19 (6.884%) Change Management
9 19 (6.884%) Asset Management
10 18 (6.522%) Investment Management
11 17 (6.159%) Risk Management
12 15 (5.435%) Analytics
13 14 (5.072%) Use Case
14 13 (4.710%) Electronic Trading
15 12 (4.348%) Test Scripting
15 12 (4.348%) Kimball Methodology
Programming Languages
1 31 (11.23%) SQL
2 5 (1.812%) VBA
3 3 (1.087%) PL/SQL
4 2 (0.725%) Java
5 1 (0.362%) C
5 1 (0.362%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (7.971%) Degree
2 5 (1.812%) ISEB
3 4 (1.449%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.087%) SC Cleared
5 2 (0.725%) CIMA
6 1 (0.362%) ISEB Practitioner
6 1 (0.362%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.362%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.362%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 1 (0.362%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.710%) QA
2 5 (1.812%) Basel III
2 5 (1.812%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.449%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.725%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.725%) SLA
5 1 (0.362%) Basel II
5 1 (0.362%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 1 (0.362%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (2.899%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 17 (6.159%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.348%) Business Objects
3 10 (3.623%) Murex
3 10 (3.623%) Calypso
4 8 (2.899%) HP
4 8 (2.899%) Reuters
4 8 (2.899%) Bloomberg
5 7 (2.536%) Charles River
5 7 (2.536%) SAP
6 6 (2.174%) Fidessa
6 6 (2.174%) StatPro
6 6 (2.174%) IBM
7 4 (1.449%) Thunderhead
7 4 (1.449%) Cadis
8 3 (1.087%) Twitter
8 3 (1.087%) Oracle
9 2 (0.725%) thinkFolio
10 1 (0.362%) iRise
10 1 (0.362%) TSYS
10 1 (0.362%) Teradata
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