South West Financial Services Business Analyst Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Financial Services Business Analyst role in IT contracts within the South West 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 Financial Services Business Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Financial Services Business Analyst
Location Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Bristol Buckinghamshire City of London Dorset East Midlands East of England East Sussex England Glasgow Gloucestershire Halifax Hampshire Hertfordshire Horsham Ipswich Leeds London M4 Corridor Milton Keynes North Yorkshire Poole Redhill Salisbury Scotland South East South West Suffolk Surrey Swindon UK Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	125	143
Rank change on same period last year	+18
Matching contract IT job ads	27	26
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.036 %	0.026 %
As % of the category below	0.617 %	0.452 %
Daily rates quoted	13	21
Average minimum daily rate	£381	£406
Average daily rate	£405	£425
% change on same period last year	-4.63 %
Average maximum daily rate	£430	£444
UK excluding London average daily rate	£399	£401
% change on same period last year	-0.42 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£50.00
Average hourly rate	-	£50.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£50.00
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles South West
Matching contract IT job ads	4373	5752
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	5.771 %	5.729 %
Daily rates quoted	1408	1536
Average minimum daily rate	£347	£341
Average daily rate	£369	£360
% change on same period last year	+2.51 %
Average maximum daily rate	£391	£379
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£354
% change on same period last year	+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted	572	696
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.25	£24.90
Average hourly rate	£27.16	£26.57
% change on same period last year	+2.21 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.07	£28.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.60	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-8.13 %
Financial Services Business 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.

Financial Services Business Analyst
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Financial Services Business Analyst across the South West 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 Financial Services Business Analyst across the South West region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Financial Services Business Analyst across the South West region over the 3 months to 21 August 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 Financial Services Business Analyst across the South West region.

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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 Financial Services Business Analyst within the South West region over the 3 months to 21 August 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
Wiltshire	-2	10	£420	-6.01 %
Bristol	+10	6	£400	-3.99 %
Dorset	-1	1	£350	-
Gloucestershire	-7	1	£450	+10.62 %

Financial Services Business Analyst England

Financial Services Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Financial Services 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 Financial Services Business Analyst in their job title.

1 49 (100.00 %) Finance 2 18 (36.73 %) Pensions 3 12 (24.49 %) Banking 4 10 (20.41 %) Business Analysis 5 7 (14.29 %) GAP Analysis 6 6 (12.24 %) BPR 6 6 (12.24 %) User Acceptance Testing 7 5 (10.20 %) Wealth Management 7 5 (10.20 %) Migration 7 5 (10.20 %) Project Management 7 5 (10.20 %) Six Sigma 8 4 (8.163 %) DSDM 8 4 (8.163 %) Retail 8 4 (8.163 %) Retail Banking 8 4 (8.163 %) Data Migration

9 3 (6.122 %) Use Case 9 3 (6.122 %) Asset Management 9 3 (6.122 %) Insurance 9 3 (6.122 %) PRINCE2 9 3 (6.122 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 9 3 (6.122 %) Data Security 9 3 (6.122 %) Back Office 10 2 (4.082 %) Workflow 10 2 (4.082 %) DMAIC 10 2 (4.082 %) Thunderhead 10 2 (4.082 %) APACS 10 2 (4.082 %) Citrix Certification 10 2 (4.082 %) PRINCE 10 2 (4.082 %) Data Modelling 10 2 (4.082 %) UML

Financial Services Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Financial Services 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 Financial Services Business Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (2.041 %) XML	Applications 1 2 (4.082 %) CA Clarity
Business Applications 1 2 (4.082 %) Eagle STAR	General 1 49 (100.00 %) Finance 2 18 (36.73 %) Pensions 3 12 (24.49 %) Banking 4 4 (8.163 %) Retail 4 4 (8.163 %) Retail Banking 5 3 (6.122 %) Insurance 5 3 (6.122 %) Back Office 6 2 (4.082 %) Marketing
Miscellaneous 1 2 (4.082 %) APACS 1 2 (4.082 %) Data Conversion 2 1 (2.041 %) Client/Server 2 1 (2.041 %) Management Information System	Processes & Methodologies 1 10 (20.41 %) Business Analysis 2 7 (14.29 %) GAP Analysis 3 6 (12.24 %) BPR 3 6 (12.24 %) User Acceptance Testing 4 5 (10.20 %) Wealth Management 4 5 (10.20 %) Migration 4 5 (10.20 %) Project Management 4 5 (10.20 %) Six Sigma 5 4 (8.163 %) DSDM 5 4 (8.163 %) Data Migration 6 3 (6.122 %) Use Case 6 3 (6.122 %) Asset Management 6 3 (6.122 %) PRINCE2 6 3 (6.122 %) Data Security 7 2 (4.082 %) Workflow 7 2 (4.082 %) DMAIC 7 2 (4.082 %) PRINCE 7 2 (4.082 %) Data Modelling 7 2 (4.082 %) UML 7 2 (4.082 %) SSADM
Programming Languages 1 1 (2.041 %) Java	Qualifications 1 2 (4.082 %) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (6.122 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 2 1 (2.041 %) SLA	System Software 1 1 (2.041 %) Active Directory
Vendors 1 2 (4.082 %) Thunderhead 1 2 (4.082 %) SAP 2 1 (2.041 %) Oracle