The first table below looks at the demand for the Financial Business Analyst role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Financial 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 currently tracked.

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
Financial Business Analyst
Rank 442 361 429
Rank change year-on-year
-81 +68
Contract jobs requiring a Financial Business Analyst 88 224 161
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.190% 0.384% 0.263%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.206% 0.415% 0.283%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 174 97
Average daily rate £400 £450 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% +5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £307 £321
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £593 £548
UK excluding London average daily rate £378 £378 £375
% change year-on-year
- +0.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42797 53993 56874
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.24% 92.65% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 24561 29781 30909
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2134 2552 2929
Average hourly rate £18.50 £19.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.63% -5.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%

Financial Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Financial Business Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Financial Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Financial Business Analyst within the UK.

Financial Business Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Financial Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Financial Business Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Financial Business Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Financial Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Financial Business Analyst within the UK.

Financial Business Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Financial Business Analyst
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Financial Business Analyst within the UK 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
England -63 70 £420 -6.66%
London -51 35 £450 -14.28%
Scotland -37 12 £375 +6.76%
South West +22 9 £425 +21.42%
City of London -31 9 £450 -10.00%
South East +2 8 £350 -22.22%
West Midlands +13 7 £400 -
Edinburgh -6 6 £213 -34.61%
Glasgow -21 6 £375 +2.73%
Bristol +14 5 £380 -6.17%
East of England +14 5 £330 -26.66%
Wales +11 5 £375 +3.44%
South Wales +2 5 £375 -
Cardiff +8 4 £375 -3.22%
North West +8 3 £400 +31.14%
Birmingham - 3 £405 -
Essex - 3 £260 -
Gloucester +28 2 £440 +27.53%
Gloucestershire +28 2 £440 +27.53%
Surrey +22 2 £600 +37.14%
Hampshire -6 2 £280 -17.03%
Berkshire -6 2 - -
Swindon - 2 £388 -
Chelmsford - 2 £260 -
Wiltshire - 2 £388 -
North East +13 1 £450 -12.19%
Tyne and Wear +11 1 £450 -
Bedfordshire +6 1 £400 +77.77%
Manchester +5 1 - -
Bromley +4 1 £450 +38.46%

Financial Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Financial 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 Business Analyst in their job title.

1 190 (100.00%) Finance
2 64 (33.68%) Business Analysis
3 47 (24.74%) Banking
4 33 (17.37%) Stakeholder Management
5 21 (11.05%) Project Management
6 17 (8.947%) UML
6 17 (8.947%) Retail
6 17 (8.947%) Use Case
7 16 (8.421%) Investment Management
7 16 (8.421%) Asset Management
7 16 (8.421%) Change Management
7 16 (8.421%) Microsoft
8 15 (7.895%) SQL
8 15 (7.895%) Front Office
8 15 (7.895%) Agile Software Development
9 12 (6.316%) Back Office
9 12 (6.316%) JD Edwards
10 11 (5.789%) Data Warehouse
10 11 (5.789%) MS Visio
10 11 (5.789%) Data Modelling
10 11 (5.789%) Systems Analysis
10 11 (5.789%) JDE World
10 11 (5.789%) Derivative
11 10 (5.263%) GAP Analysis
11 10 (5.263%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 9 (4.737%) CRM
12 9 (4.737%) MS Office
12 9 (4.737%) Fixed Income
13 8 (4.211%) Data Analysis
13 8 (4.211%) Investment Banking

Financial Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (1.579%) .NET
2 2 (1.053%) XML
Application Platforms
1 3 (1.579%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.053%) MS Exchange
2 2 (1.053%) SAS
3 1 (0.526%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 11 (5.789%) MS Visio
2 9 (4.737%) MS Office
3 5 (2.632%) MS PowerPoint
4 4 (2.105%) MS Excel
5 1 (0.526%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.526%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 11 (5.789%) JDE World
2 5 (2.632%) LongView
3 2 (1.053%) ION MarketView
3 2 (1.053%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 2 (1.053%) Prophet
4 1 (0.526%) Oracle CRM
4 1 (0.526%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.053%) HTTP
1 2 (1.053%) SAN
2 1 (0.526%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.789%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.053%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.053%) MS Access
3 1 (0.526%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.526%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.526%) JIRA
General
1 190 (100.00%) Finance
2 47 (24.74%) Banking
3 17 (8.947%) Retail
4 15 (7.895%) Front Office
5 12 (6.316%) Back Office
6 8 (4.211%) Investment Banking
6 8 (4.211%) Retail Banking
7 7 (3.684%) Marketing
8 2 (1.053%) Corporate Banking
8 2 (1.053%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.053%) Wholesale Banking
8 2 (1.053%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.053%) Automotive
8 2 (1.053%) Legal
9 1 (0.526%) Advertising
9 1 (0.526%) Games
9 1 (0.526%) Billing
9 1 (0.526%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.526%) Online Betting
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.789%) Derivative
2 10 (5.263%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 9 (4.737%) Fixed Income
4 6 (3.158%) Equities
4 6 (3.158%) Reference Data
5 5 (2.632%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.579%) PMI
6 3 (1.579%) SWIFT
7 2 (1.053%) Credit Risk
8 1 (0.526%) Online Banking
8 1 (0.526%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.526%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.526%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.105%) Windows
2 2 (1.053%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (33.68%) Business Analysis
2 33 (17.37%) Stakeholder Management
3 21 (11.05%) Project Management
4 17 (8.947%) UML
4 17 (8.947%) Use Case
5 16 (8.421%) Investment Management
5 16 (8.421%) Asset Management
5 16 (8.421%) Change Management
6 15 (7.895%) Agile Software Development
7 11 (5.789%) Data Modelling
7 11 (5.789%) Systems Analysis
8 10 (5.263%) GAP Analysis
9 9 (4.737%) CRM
10 8 (4.211%) Business Intelligence
10 8 (4.211%) Data Analysis
10 8 (4.211%) User Stories
11 7 (3.684%) User Acceptance Testing
11 7 (3.684%) PRINCE2
11 7 (3.684%) Migration
11 7 (3.684%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 15 (7.895%) SQL
2 2 (1.053%) VBA
3 1 (0.526%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (2.632%) ISEB
2 3 (1.579%) PMI Certification
3 2 (1.053%) Degree
4 1 (0.526%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (0.526%) ACCA
4 1 (0.526%) CIMA
4 1 (0.526%) MBA
4 1 (0.526%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.579%) QA
2 2 (1.053%) Solvency II
3 1 (0.526%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.526%) FATCA
3 1 (0.526%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (1.053%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.053%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 16 (8.421%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.316%) JD Edwards
3 6 (3.158%) thinkFolio
4 5 (2.632%) Salesforce.com
5 3 (1.579%) Cisco
5 3 (1.579%) Oracle
6 2 (1.053%) Sybase
6 2 (1.053%) Business Objects
6 2 (1.053%) SAP
6 2 (1.053%) Bloomberg
6 2 (1.053%) VMware
6 2 (1.053%) ION Trading
6 2 (1.053%) Calypso
6 2 (1.053%) Citrix
6 2 (1.053%) Epicor
7 1 (0.526%) MicroStrategy
7 1 (0.526%) Twitter
7 1 (0.526%) Hyperion
7 1 (0.526%) HP
7 1 (0.526%) Cognos
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The suitable analyst will be responsible for: Analyse proposed operational reconciliation's across multiple systems, challenge if required to improve scope and quality Document the detailed approach and...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £440.00 per day
Posted: 13 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Keywords - Business Analyst, Finance, financial sector, BA, Data, technical, Bank, Financial MI reporting, Pheobus, asset management, BI, Business Analyst, Finance, financial sector, BA, Data, technical, BI, Business Intelligence,...
Venturi
Rate: £50000 - £65000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
My leading Financial Services client currently requires an experienced Business Analyst in Glasgow. Essential Experience: Demonstrable solid experience of business analysis. Excellent business analysis and interpretation skills. Data...
FPSG Connect
Posted: 14 May 2013
UK
Looking to hire a strong business analyst with experience in financial services or banking sector. This role is based out in Dublin, Ireland for a 6 month duration.
E-Frontiers
Posted: 13 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
My client requires a Business Analyst to work on a major change programme in Bristol. The suitable Business Analyst will be responsible for: Providing analysis, scope, requirements and...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £380.00 per day
Posted: 13 May 2013
Gloucestershire
The suitable Business Analyst will have the following experience: Strong Excel skills including making pivot tables Documentation experience. Diagrams Analysis and Design excellent stakeholder management Communication Presentations Requirements...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £440.00 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
Forecasting, validation, KRIs and reconciliation. * Experience of working with Sharepoint. * Excellent stakeholder management skills.Ensure you apply as soon as possible with an up to date profile in...
Rate: £300 - £350 per day + Market
Posted: 15 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
RDF Group are urgently recruiting a Business Analyst on behalf of a leading Financial Services in the North East. Our fantastic client is urgently looking for a Business...
RDF Resources
Rate: Attractive Rate
Posted: 13 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
You will have experience of business change, business transformation, BPR backgrounds with process mapping experience, requirements gathering, gap analysis, requirements capture, workshop facilitation, etc... Very experienced in requirements...
Clarity Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £375 - £400 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
Summit Classic and Financial Trading programming skills. Good understanding of rates and credit derivative products... Proven experience providing technical advice to users and map business requirement to Summit...
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Posted: 14 May 2013