The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical 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 Technical Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Analyst
Rank 190 185 182
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Analyst 205 265 314
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.947% 0.984% 0.993%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.028% 1.064% 1.074%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 197 205
Average daily rate £475 £450 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.55% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £322 £275 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £346 £350 £275
% change year-on-year
-1.07% +27.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 10
Average hourly rate £25.00 £21.00 £17.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.04% +21.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.70 £13.00 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.51 £38.75 £33.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £21.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year
-32.55% +16.21%
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
19937 24898 29250
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.14% 92.45% 92.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 13430 16056 18793
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 446 620 684
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%
Technical Analyst
England

Technical Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Technical Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Technical Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Technical Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Technical Analyst across the London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

London Technical Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Technical Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Technical Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Technical Analyst across the London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

London Technical Analyst Hourly Rate Histogram

Technical Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Analyst within the London region over the 3 months to 23 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 -24 52 £475 +5.43%
Canary Wharf +6 14 £475 -13.63%
Uxbridge - 4 £363 -
Docklands, London +1 1 £450 -
Brentford -9 1 £300 -29.41%
Hounslow - 1 £450 -
Paddington - 1 - -
Technical Analyst
England

Technical Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Technical 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 Technical Analyst in their job title.

1 146 (33.03%) Finance
2 121 (27.38%) Banking
3 112 (25.34%) SQL
4 83 (18.78%) Investment Banking
5 77 (17.42%) Business Analysis
6 63 (14.25%) User Acceptance Testing
7 53 (11.99%) Microsoft
8 52 (11.76%) Agile Software Development
9 51 (11.54%) UML
10 49 (11.09%) Java
11 47 (10.63%) Data Analysis
12 44 (9.955%) Windows
13 41 (9.276%) Scrum
13 41 (9.276%) Use Case
14 40 (9.050%) Active Directory
15 37 (8.371%) MS Excel
16 36 (8.145%) CRM
16 36 (8.145%) XML
17 35 (7.919%) User Stories
18 34 (7.692%) Oracle
18 34 (7.692%) Data Modelling
19 32 (7.240%) Migration
19 32 (7.240%) Degree
20 30 (6.787%) MS Office
21 29 (6.561%) Front Office
22 28 (6.335%) Citrix
23 26 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
24 25 (5.656%) Market Risk
25 24 (5.430%) VMware
25 24 (5.430%) SQL Server

Technical Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Technical 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 Technical Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 36 (8.145%) XML
2 15 (3.394%) .NET
3 9 (2.036%) Middleware
4 6 (1.357%) WebSphere
4 6 (1.357%) JDBC
5 5 (1.131%) Web Services
5 5 (1.131%) COM
5 5 (1.131%) HTML
5 5 (1.131%) Spring
6 4 (0.905%) FpML
6 4 (0.905%) XSLT
7 3 (0.679%) ASP.NET
7 3 (0.679%) CSS
7 3 (0.679%) XML Messaging
7 3 (0.679%) RESTful
7 3 (0.679%) Application Packaging
7 3 (0.679%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.452%) Velocity
8 2 (0.452%) Mason
8 2 (0.452%) Drools
Application Platforms
1 14 (3.167%) MS Exchange
2 9 (2.036%) Lync
3 8 (1.810%) Exchange Server 2010
4 7 (1.584%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.357%) IIS
6 5 (1.131%) Lotus Notes
7 4 (0.905%) Exchange Server 2007
8 3 (0.679%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.679%) CMS
9 2 (0.452%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.226%) SAS
10 1 (0.226%) ColdFusion
10 1 (0.226%) MTS
10 1 (0.226%) WebSphere Application Server
10 1 (0.226%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.226%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.226%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.226%) Moodle
10 1 (0.226%) WorkSite
Applications
1 37 (8.371%) MS Excel
2 30 (6.787%) MS Office
3 23 (5.204%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.810%) MS PowerPoint
5 4 (0.905%) MS Project
6 3 (0.679%) Acrobat
6 3 (0.679%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (4.751%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.357%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 5 (1.131%) Endur
3 5 (1.131%) Aligne
3 5 (1.131%) ZaiNet
4 4 (0.905%) Adaptiv
5 2 (0.452%) Summit
5 2 (0.452%) HFM
5 2 (0.452%) Khalix
5 2 (0.452%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.452%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 2 (0.452%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.452%) LongView
6 1 (0.226%) BPCS
6 1 (0.226%) 3000 Xtra
6 1 (0.226%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.226%) SimCorp Dimension
6 1 (0.226%) RMDS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.299%) FTP
2 12 (2.715%) HTTP
2 12 (2.715%) DHCP
3 10 (2.262%) VPN
4 9 (2.036%) TCP/IP
5 8 (1.810%) Firewall
5 8 (1.810%) LAN
6 7 (1.584%) DNS
6 7 (1.584%) VoIP
6 7 (1.584%) WAN
6 7 (1.584%) Internet
7 6 (1.357%) Cisco IPT
7 6 (1.357%) PSTN
8 5 (1.131%) LDAP
9 4 (0.905%) IP Telephony
9 4 (0.905%) VLAN
9 4 (0.905%) SAN
10 3 (0.679%) Network Security
11 2 (0.452%) NetScaler
11 2 (0.452%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (5.430%) SQL Server
2 19 (4.299%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (2.262%) Oracle 8/8i
4 7 (1.584%) SQL Server 2008
4 7 (1.584%) SQL Server 2005
4 7 (1.584%) Big Data
5 6 (1.357%) TOAD
6 5 (1.131%) OLAP
6 5 (1.131%) Crystal Reports
7 4 (0.905%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (0.905%) QlikView
7 4 (0.905%) Oracle 11g
7 4 (0.905%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 4 (0.905%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.679%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.679%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.679%) Oracle 10g
8 3 (0.679%) SAP BW
8 3 (0.679%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
8 3 (0.679%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 8 (1.810%) Rational Rose
2 5 (1.131%) Team Foundation Server
2 5 (1.131%) Selenium
3 4 (0.905%) Maven
3 4 (0.905%) Subversion
3 4 (0.905%) JIRA
3 4 (0.905%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.679%) TestDirector
5 2 (0.452%) Gradle
5 2 (0.452%) jMock
5 2 (0.452%) EasyMock
5 2 (0.452%) Git (software)
5 2 (0.452%) Mockito
5 2 (0.452%) ERwin
5 2 (0.452%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 2 (0.452%) Ant
5 2 (0.452%) ClearCase
5 2 (0.452%) IntelliJ
5 2 (0.452%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.226%) JUnit
General
1 146 (33.03%) Finance
2 121 (27.38%) Banking
3 83 (18.78%) Investment Banking
4 29 (6.561%) Front Office
5 21 (4.751%) Back Office
6 14 (3.167%) Financial Institution
7 10 (2.262%) Retail
7 10 (2.262%) Telecoms
8 6 (1.357%) French Language
9 4 (0.905%) Corporate Banking
10 3 (0.679%) Law
10 3 (0.679%) Retail Banking
11 2 (0.452%) General Ledger
11 2 (0.452%) Music
11 2 (0.452%) Games
11 2 (0.452%) Publishing
12 1 (0.226%) Advertising
12 1 (0.226%) Turkish Language
12 1 (0.226%) Wholesale Banking
12 1 (0.226%) Private Banking
Miscellaneous
1 25 (5.656%) Market Risk
2 18 (4.072%) Equities
3 16 (3.620%) Derivative
4 13 (2.941%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 11 (2.489%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.036%) Digital Media
7 8 (1.810%) Credit Risk
7 8 (1.810%) Fixed Income
8 7 (1.584%) Thin Client
8 7 (1.584%) Fat Client
8 7 (1.584%) Reference Data
9 6 (1.357%) Hedge funds
9 6 (1.357%) Client/Server
10 5 (1.131%) IPTV
10 5 (1.131%) New Media
11 4 (0.905%) DTCC
11 4 (0.905%) SWIFT
12 3 (0.679%) Blackberry
12 3 (0.679%) Mainframe
12 3 (0.679%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 44 (9.955%) Windows
2 20 (4.525%) Windows 7
3 16 (3.620%) Linux
4 15 (3.394%) Windows Server 2008
5 14 (3.167%) Windows XP
6 12 (2.715%) Windows Server 2003
7 10 (2.262%) UNIX
8 5 (1.131%) Windows 2000
9 4 (0.905%) Mac OS X
10 3 (0.679%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.452%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.452%) Solaris
12 1 (0.226%) Android
12 1 (0.226%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.226%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (17.42%) Business Analysis
2 63 (14.25%) User Acceptance Testing
3 52 (11.76%) Agile Software Development
4 51 (11.54%) UML
5 47 (10.63%) Data Analysis
6 41 (9.276%) Scrum
6 41 (9.276%) Use Case
7 36 (8.145%) CRM
8 35 (7.919%) User Stories
9 34 (7.692%) Data Modelling
10 32 (7.240%) Migration
11 26 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
12 23 (5.204%) E-Commerce
12 23 (5.204%) Workflow
13 21 (4.751%) Test Scripting
14 20 (4.525%) ETL
14 20 (4.525%) Analytics
15 19 (4.299%) ITIL
16 18 (4.072%) Project Management
17 17 (3.846%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 112 (25.34%) SQL
2 49 (11.09%) Java
3 22 (4.977%) VBA
3 22 (4.977%) C#
4 18 (4.072%) Python
5 7 (1.584%) PL/SQL
6 6 (1.357%) Jython
6 6 (1.357%) VB
6 6 (1.357%) VB.NET
7 4 (0.905%) Shell Script
7 4 (0.905%) C
7 4 (0.905%) C++
7 4 (0.905%) PHP
8 3 (0.679%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.679%) Bash shell
9 2 (0.452%) Groovy
9 2 (0.452%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.452%) Scala
9 2 (0.452%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.452%) Clojure
Qualifications
1 32 (7.240%) Degree
2 7 (1.584%) CCNA
2 7 (1.584%) ISEB
2 7 (1.584%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (1.357%) CCIE
4 5 (1.131%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (0.905%) Security Cleared
5 4 (0.905%) CISSP
6 3 (0.679%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (0.679%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.452%) VCP5
7 2 (0.452%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (0.452%) VCP4
7 2 (0.452%) MCSE
8 1 (0.226%) OCP
8 1 (0.226%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.226%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.226%) MCP
8 1 (0.226%) MCSA
8 1 (0.226%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.204%) QA
2 14 (3.167%) Basel III
3 10 (2.262%) MiFID
4 8 (1.810%) FATCA
4 8 (1.810%) Basel II
5 4 (0.905%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.452%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.452%) SLA
7 1 (0.226%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.226%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.226%) COBIT
7 1 (0.226%) Data Quality
System Software
1 40 (9.050%) Active Directory
2 12 (2.715%) vSphere
2 12 (2.715%) XenApp
2 12 (2.715%) XenDesktop
2 12 (2.715%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.131%) VMware ESX
4 3 (0.679%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.452%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.226%) Terminal Server
6 1 (0.226%) Nmap
Systems Management
1 16 (3.620%) HP Quality Center
2 7 (1.584%) MOM
2 7 (1.584%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 6 (1.357%) Cisco IPCC
4 5 (1.131%) SCCM
5 3 (0.679%) Backup Exec
6 2 (0.452%) HP SIM
7 1 (0.226%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 53 (11.99%) Microsoft
2 34 (7.692%) Oracle
3 28 (6.335%) Citrix
4 24 (5.430%) VMware
5 20 (4.525%) HP
6 10 (2.262%) Cisco
6 10 (2.262%) SAP
7 8 (1.810%) Symantec
7 8 (1.810%) IBM
7 8 (1.810%) Calypso
8 7 (1.584%) Cognos
8 7 (1.584%) Informatica
9 6 (1.357%) NetApp
9 6 (1.357%) OpenLink
9 6 (1.357%) Business Objects
9 6 (1.357%) Adobe
10 5 (1.131%) SunGard
10 5 (1.131%) Lotus
11 4 (0.905%) Cadis
11 4 (0.905%) LANDesk
London
Responsibilities will include to act as the liaison between the business and IS and to provide a business and systems analysis service to key business areas, work with...
Harvey Nash plc
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
Responsibilities will include to act as the liaison between the business and IS and to provide a business and systems analysis service to key business areas, work with...
Harvey Nash plc
Posted: 26 April 2013
Central London / West End
Technical Support Analyst VMware; Citrix XenApp; Active Directory (group policies); Server 2008... Our client are currently migration from Novel to Microsoft and require an experience Technical Support Analyst...
Lucid Support Services
Rate: Competitive Market Rates
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
Technical author / analyst Technical author required to write clear and concise descriptions of technical concepts for this investment bank and following a major change program to perform a...
Scope AT Ltd
Rate: neg
Posted: 3 May 2013
London
DMAIC, lean, six sigma, process design, bank processing, DMAIC, lean, six sigma, process design, bank processing, Technical Business Analyst required urgently for a Tier 1 Investment Bank based...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £350 - £390 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
London
My client, a leading Investment Bank in London are seeking a Murex Technical Analyst to aid with their on-going project work, The ideal candidate will have extensive...
Hays Finance Technology
Rate: £600.00 - £750.00 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
My client, a top tier investment bank, is looking for a Technical Test Analyst who MUST have extensive technical knowledge of UNIX and a good understanding of associated...
Aston Carter
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
You will work with the Client's Mobile Development (iOS/Android) scrum teams that will be responsible for developing new functionality and maintenance of existing apps... Previous experience...
Experis IT
Rate: £450.00 - £540.00 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
infrastructure, windows server, network, exchange, cisco, active directory, windows server, sql, citrix, lyncA leading investment firm require two Windows Infrastructure Analysts with different technical focuses for a minimum...
Hudson IT London
Rate: £350 - £465 per day
Posted: 19 May 2013