London Systems Analyst Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Systems 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 Systems Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Aylesbury Basingstoke Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Brentford Brentwood Bridgwater Bristol Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf Cheshire Chester City of London Coventry Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dundee Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Farnborough Glasgow Gloucestershire Gosport Guildford Hampshire Harrow Hertfordshire Home Counties Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Potters Bar Preston Reading Redhill Rickmansworth Rotherham Scotland Sheffield Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staines Suffolk Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swindon Thames Valley Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wilmslow Wiltshire Windsor Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	171	191
Rank change on same period last year	+20
Matching contract IT job ads	287	391
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.383 %	0.396 %
As % of the category below	0.968 %	0.919 %
Daily rates quoted	112	139
Average minimum daily rate	£373	£375
Average daily rate	£397	£402
% change on same period last year	-1.37 %
Average maximum daily rate	£421	£429
UK excluding London average daily rate	£350	£337
% change on same period last year	+4.08 %
Hourly rates quoted	8	10
Average minimum hourly rate	£37.50	£24.00
Average hourly rate	£39.38	£25.70
% change on same period last year	+53.21 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£41.25	£27.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.92	£27.53
% change on same period last year	+8.69 %
Job Titles London
Matching contract IT job ads	29663	42535
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	39.54 %	43.03 %
Daily rates quoted	12541	15833
Average minimum daily rate	£408	£426
Average daily rate	£438	£455
% change on same period last year	-3.65 %
Average maximum daily rate	£468	£484
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£353
% change on same period last year	+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	1576	2120
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.67	£24.40
Average hourly rate	£24.26	£26.14
% change on same period last year	-7.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.85	£27.87
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.51	£25.99
% change on same period last year	-9.54 %
Systems 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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Analyst across the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Analyst across the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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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 Systems Analyst within the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 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	+6	93	£411	-7.87 %
Docklands, London	+19	7	£340	-16.39 %
Canary Wharf	+9	3	£292	-
New Malden	-	3	£425	-
Twickenham	-	2	£300	-
Uxbridge	-9	2	-	-
Brentford	-	1	-	-
Kingston Upon Thames	-1	1	£325	+1.56 %
Harrow	-	1	-	-
Surbiton	-	1	£260	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Systems 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 Systems Analyst in their job title.

1 189 (30.53 %) Finance 2 145 (23.42 %) Banking 3 131 (21.16 %) SQL 4 113 (18.26 %) Oracle 5 107 (17.29 %) UML 6 87 (14.05 %) Investment Banking 7 53 (8.562 %) SQL Server 8 52 (8.401 %) Use Case 9 51 (8.239 %) .NET 10 50 (8.078 %) UNIX 11 49 (7.916 %) Systems Analysis 11 49 (7.916 %) Retail 12 47 (7.593 %) Business Analysis 13 45 (7.270 %) Credit Risk 14 44 (7.108 %) Fixed Income

14 44 (7.108 %) RUP 15 43 (6.947 %) MS Office 15 43 (6.947 %) User Acceptance Testing 16 41 (6.624 %) Windows 17 39 (6.300 %) Front Office 18 38 (6.139 %) Microsoft 19 37 (5.977 %) Data Modelling 19 37 (5.977 %) OO 20 34 (5.493 %) C# 21 33 (5.331 %) Project Management 21 33 (5.331 %) Derivative 21 33 (5.331 %) Insurance 22 31 (5.008 %) Data Analysis 23 30 (4.847 %) Migration 23 30 (4.847 %) MS Visio

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Systems 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 Systems Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 51 (8.239 %) .NET 2 19 (3.069 %) J2EE 3 18 (2.908 %) Middleware 4 16 (2.585 %) XML 5 13 (2.100 %) ASP 6 12 (1.939 %) WebServices 7 10 (1.616 %) WebSphere 8 7 (1.131 %) HTML 8 7 (1.131 %) ASP.NET 9 6 (0.969 %) STL 10 4 (0.646 %) XSD 10 4 (0.646 %) XSLT 10 4 (0.646 %) .NET Framework 11 2 (0.323 %) SOAP 11 2 (0.323 %) MFC 11 2 (0.323 %) WSDL 12 1 (0.162 %) Jolt 12 1 (0.162 %) Series 60 12 1 (0.162 %) AJAX 12 1 (0.162 %) SAP ALE	Application Platforms 1 16 (2.585 %) IIS 2 12 (1.939 %) SharePoint 3 9 (1.454 %) CMS 4 4 (0.646 %) LiveLink 4 4 (0.646 %) SharePoint Portal Server 4 4 (0.646 %) Lotus Notes 4 4 (0.646 %) Apache 5 3 (0.485 %) WebLogic 5 3 (0.485 %) MQSeries 5 3 (0.485 %) BizTalk Server 6 2 (0.323 %) Rendezvous 6 2 (0.323 %) MS Exchange 6 2 (0.323 %) SAS 6 2 (0.323 %) Tomcat 6 2 (0.323 %) Lotus Domino 6 2 (0.323 %) JBoss 6 2 (0.323 %) Exchange Server 2003 7 1 (0.162 %) FormScape 7 1 (0.162 %) TIBCO EMS 7 1 (0.162 %) ColdFusion
Applications 1 43 (6.947 %) MS Office 2 30 (4.847 %) MS Visio 3 25 (4.039 %) MS Excel 4 7 (1.131 %) Spreadsheet 5 4 (0.646 %) MS PowerPoint 6 3 (0.485 %) MS Project 7 1 (0.162 %) DOC1	Business Applications 1 6 (0.969 %) Oracle Financials 1 6 (0.969 %) Oracle Applications 1 6 (0.969 %) Summit 2 5 (0.808 %) Great Plains 3 4 (0.646 %) Minerva 3 4 (0.646 %) FENICS FX 3 4 (0.646 %) Kondor+ 4 3 (0.485 %) Misys Midas 4 3 (0.485 %) Line 500 4 3 (0.485 %) arcHouse 5 2 (0.323 %) Dynamics GP 5 2 (0.323 %) RMDS 5 2 (0.323 %) SAP FI 5 2 (0.323 %) Academy Housing 5 2 (0.323 %) SAP SD 5 2 (0.323 %) SAP CO 5 2 (0.323 %) SAP FI/CO 5 2 (0.323 %) Bond Adapt 6 1 (0.162 %) Retail-J 6 1 (0.162 %) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking 1 6 (0.969 %) Internet 2 5 (0.808 %) TCP/IP 2 5 (0.808 %) FTP 2 5 (0.808 %) SSH 2 5 (0.808 %) Firewall 3 4 (0.646 %) WAN 3 4 (0.646 %) LAN 4 3 (0.485 %) DNS 4 3 (0.485 %) Intranet 5 2 (0.323 %) Network Security 5 2 (0.323 %) VPN 5 2 (0.323 %) SAN 5 2 (0.323 %) LDAP 5 2 (0.323 %) DHCP 6 1 (0.162 %) Ethernet 6 1 (0.162 %) HTTP 6 1 (0.162 %) ADSL 6 1 (0.162 %) ATM 6 1 (0.162 %) SDH 6 1 (0.162 %) CTI	Database & Business Intelligence 1 53 (8.562 %) SQL Server 2 22 (3.554 %) Datawarehouse 3 19 (3.069 %) RDBMS 4 17 (2.746 %) SQL Server 2005 5 15 (2.423 %) BusinessObjects 6 13 (2.100 %) Oracle Reports 7 12 (1.939 %) ETL 7 12 (1.939 %) SQL Server 2000 8 9 (1.454 %) Oracle 8/8i 9 8 (1.292 %) Crystal Reports 10 7 (1.131 %) Oracle 10g 10 7 (1.131 %) MS Access 11 6 (0.969 %) EDRMS 11 6 (0.969 %) Ingres 11 6 (0.969 %) Oracle 9i 12 5 (0.808 %) Reference Data 13 4 (0.646 %) Data Mining 14 3 (0.485 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 14 3 (0.485 %) Data Mart 15 2 (0.323 %) GIS
Development Applications 1 25 (4.039 %) Rational Rose 2 20 (3.231 %) RequisitePro 3 11 (1.777 %) ClearCase 4 7 (1.131 %) Oracle Forms 5 4 (0.646 %) ERwin 5 4 (0.646 %) LoadRunner 6 3 (0.485 %) ClearQuest 7 2 (0.323 %) Selenium 7 2 (0.323 %) WinRunner 7 2 (0.323 %) QuickTest Pro 8 1 (0.162 %) XDE 8 1 (0.162 %) TestDirector 8 1 (0.162 %) Visual Studio 8 1 (0.162 %) FitNesse 8 1 (0.162 %) Subversion 8 1 (0.162 %) ProC	General 1 189 (30.53 %) Finance 2 145 (23.42 %) Banking 3 87 (14.05 %) Investment Banking 4 49 (7.916 %) Retail 5 39 (6.300 %) Front Office 6 33 (5.331 %) Insurance 7 21 (3.393 %) Back Office 7 21 (3.393 %) Government 8 12 (1.939 %) Law 9 10 (1.616 %) Legal 10 8 (1.292 %) Billing 10 8 (1.292 %) Education 10 8 (1.292 %) Retail Banking 11 7 (1.131 %) Music 11 7 (1.131 %) Music Industry 12 6 (0.969 %) Telecoms 12 6 (0.969 %) Health 13 5 (0.808 %) Local Government 14 4 (0.646 %) Publishing 14 4 (0.646 %) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous 1 45 (7.270 %) Credit Risk 2 44 (7.108 %) Fixed Income 3 33 (5.331 %) Derivative 4 24 (3.877 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 5 16 (2.585 %) AS400 6 14 (2.262 %) Spanish Language 7 6 (0.969 %) Interest Rate Derivative 7 6 (0.969 %) Equities 8 5 (0.808 %) Tandem 8 5 (0.808 %) Credit Derivative 8 5 (0.808 %) EPoS 8 5 (0.808 %) Mainframe 8 5 (0.808 %) French Language 9 4 (0.646 %) Equity Derivative 9 4 (0.646 %) Market Risk 9 4 (0.646 %) NHS 10 3 (0.485 %) Blackberry 10 3 (0.485 %) Management Information System 10 3 (0.485 %) Client/Server 10 3 (0.485 %) CCTV	Operating Systems 1 50 (8.078 %) UNIX 2 41 (6.624 %) Windows 3 13 (2.100 %) Linux 3 13 (2.100 %) VMS 4 10 (1.616 %) Solaris 5 9 (1.454 %) Windows Server 2003 6 6 (0.969 %) Symbian OS 6 6 (0.969 %) Windows XP 7 5 (0.808 %) Windows 2000 8 2 (0.323 %) Windows NT 8 2 (0.323 %) Mac OS X 9 1 (0.162 %) SUSE 9 1 (0.162 %) OS/400 9 1 (0.162 %) AIX 9 1 (0.162 %) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies 1 107 (17.29 %) UML 2 52 (8.401 %) Use Case 3 49 (7.916 %) Systems Analysis 4 47 (7.593 %) Business Analysis 5 44 (7.108 %) RUP 6 43 (6.947 %) User Acceptance Testing 7 37 (5.977 %) OO 7 37 (5.977 %) Data Modelling 8 33 (5.331 %) Project Management 9 31 (5.008 %) Data Analysis 10 30 (4.847 %) Migration 11 28 (4.523 %) Workflow 12 21 (3.393 %) PRINCE2 12 21 (3.393 %) Unified Process 12 21 (3.393 %) Risk Management 13 20 (3.231 %) CRM 14 19 (3.069 %) Investment Management 15 15 (2.423 %) Asset Management 16 13 (2.100 %) OOA/OOD 16 13 (2.100 %) Test Scripting	Programming Languages 1 131 (21.16 %) SQL 2 34 (5.493 %) C# 3 23 (3.716 %) Java 4 21 (3.393 %) VB 5 20 (3.231 %) C 6 16 (2.585 %) C++ 7 14 (2.262 %) PL/SQL 8 12 (1.939 %) VBA 9 9 (1.454 %) VB.NET 9 9 (1.454 %) JavaScript 10 8 (1.292 %) Perl 10 8 (1.292 %) Transact-SQL 11 7 (1.131 %) Shell Script 11 7 (1.131 %) VB6 12 5 (0.808 %) DCL 12 5 (0.808 %) Pascal 13 4 (0.646 %) Python 13 4 (0.646 %) COBOL 14 3 (0.485 %) ABAP 14 3 (0.485 %) Korn
Qualifications 1 14 (2.262 %) Degree 2 7 (1.131 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 6 (0.969 %) Microsoft Certification 4 4 (0.646 %) MCSD 5 2 (0.323 %) MCSE 5 2 (0.323 %) CCNA 5 2 (0.323 %) Cisco Certification 6 1 (0.162 %) ISEB 6 1 (0.162 %) ACCA 6 1 (0.162 %) CIMA 6 1 (0.162 %) ISTQB	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 6 (0.969 %) QA 2 5 (0.808 %) PCI DSS 2 5 (0.808 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 3 4 (0.646 %) Basel II
System Software 1 19 (3.069 %) Active Directory 2 2 (0.323 %) VMware ESX 3 1 (0.162 %) Backup Exec 3 1 (0.162 %) Citrix Presentation Server 3 1 (0.162 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 1 (0.162 %) MetaFrame	Systems Management 1 2 (0.323 %) MOM 2 1 (0.162 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 1 (0.162 %) Netcool 2 1 (0.162 %) ZENworks 2 1 (0.162 %) Netcool/Proviso 2 1 (0.162 %) CiscoWorks 2 1 (0.162 %) Legato
Vendors 1 113 (18.26 %) Oracle 2 38 (6.139 %) Microsoft 3 22 (3.554 %) IBM 4 21 (3.393 %) Bloomberg 4 21 (3.393 %) thinkFolio 5 15 (2.423 %) Business Objects 6 13 (2.100 %) Sybase 6 13 (2.100 %) Reuters 7 12 (1.939 %) JDA 8 11 (1.777 %) LatentZero 9 9 (1.454 %) SAP 9 9 (1.454 %) HP 10 8 (1.292 %) Citrix 11 7 (1.131 %) Agresso 11 7 (1.131 %) Calypso 11 7 (1.131 %) Remedy 12 6 (0.969 %) Northgate 12 6 (0.969 %) Cognos 12 6 (0.969 %) Symbian 12 6 (0.969 %) Lotus