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The table below looks at the demand for the Investment Banking Business Analyst role in IT contracts across the UK compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Investment Banking Business Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Investment Bank Business Analyst
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank261298
Rank change on same period last yearUp+37
Matching contract IT job ads383504
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.539 %0.509 %
As % of the category below0.609 %0.557 %
Daily rates quoted231274
Average minimum daily rate£511£500
Average daily rate£556£529
% change on same period last year+5.04 %
Average maximum daily rate£601£559
UK excluding London average daily rate-£508
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching contract IT job ads6293890413
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled88.61 %91.37 %
Daily rates quoted2039027188
Average minimum daily rate£371£388
Average daily rate£397£413
% change on same period last year-3.87 %
Average maximum daily rate£422£437
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted57347929
Average minimum hourly rate£22.77£23.81
Average hourly rate£24.29£25.37
% change on same period last year-4.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.81£26.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.76£25.22
% change on same period last year-5.77 %

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.

Investment Banking Business Analyst
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Investment Banking Business Analyst within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Investment Banking Business Analyst Demand Trend

Investment Banking Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Investment Banking Business Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Investment Banking Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Investment Banking Business Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Investment Banking Business Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Investment Banking Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Investment Banking Business Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Investment Banking Business Analyst
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Investment Banking Business Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 10 October 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.

LocationRank 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
LondonUp+9380£556+4.96 %
EnglandUp+26380£556+5.04 %
City of LondonDown-1173£548-0.24 %
Docklands, LondonUp+2619£529-6.89 %
Canary WharfDown-28£488-6.38 %
Channel IslandsNew entry-3--
FelthamDown-31£370+20.65 %

Investment Banking Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Investment Banking 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 Investment Banking Business Analyst in their job title.

1482 (67.89 %)Banking
2459 (64.65 %)Investment Banking
3299 (42.11 %)Finance
4223 (31.41 %)Derivative
5209 (29.44 %)Business Analysis
6157 (22.11 %)Back Office
7134 (18.87 %)Front Office
8122 (17.18 %)SQL
9108 (15.21 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1098 (13.80 %)Equities
1191 (12.82 %)Fixed Income
1281 (11.41 %)Calypso
1379 (11.13 %)Project Management
1471 (10.00 %)Migration
1570 (9.859 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1666 (9.296 %)Data Analysis
1761 (8.592 %)Change Management
1855 (7.746 %)Credit Derivative
1951 (7.183 %)XML
1951 (7.183 %)User Acceptance Testing
2050 (7.042 %)Credit Risk
2050 (7.042 %)UML
2050 (7.042 %)FpML
2147 (6.620 %)Data Modelling
2147 (6.620 %)Workflow
2238 (5.352 %)Risk Management
2331 (4.366 %)MS Excel
2331 (4.366 %)Use Case
2430 (4.225 %)MS Visio
2527 (3.803 %)VBA

Investment Banking Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Investment Banking 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 Investment Banking Business Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
151 (7.183 %)XML
250 (7.042 %)FpML
321 (2.958 %).NET
414 (1.972 %)XML Messaging
55 (0.704 %)FIX Protocol
64 (0.563 %)HTML
73 (0.423 %)XSLT
73 (0.423 %)XML Schema
73 (0.423 %).NET Framework
82 (0.282 %)WebServices
82 (0.282 %)ASP.NET
91 (0.141 %)CSS
91 (0.141 %)Middleware
91 (0.141 %)XHTML
91 (0.141 %)OLE
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (0.704 %)Lotus Notes
23 (0.423 %)MTS
31 (0.141 %)SharePoint
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
131 (4.366 %)MS Excel
230 (4.225 %)MS Visio
323 (3.239 %)MS Office
410 (1.408 %)MS Project
58 (1.127 %)MS PowerPoint
63 (0.423 %)Spreadsheet
71 (0.141 %)Photoshop
71 (0.141 %)InDesign
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
121 (2.958 %)Summit
28 (1.127 %)Temenos Globus
28 (1.127 %)Loan IQ
36 (0.845 %)SAP Bank Analyzer
43 (0.423 %)SAP FI-AP
43 (0.423 %)Algo Collateral
43 (0.423 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
43 (0.423 %)SAP ERP
43 (0.423 %)SAP CO
43 (0.423 %)SAP R/3
43 (0.423 %)SAP FI
43 (0.423 %)Endur
43 (0.423 %)SAP FI/CO
43 (0.423 %)Global One
51 (0.141 %)Staffware
51 (0.141 %)SAP MM
51 (0.141 %)HiInvest
51 (0.141 %)Capstone
51 (0.141 %)Tesseract
51 (0.141 %)Minerva
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (0.986 %)Internet
24 (0.563 %)Intranet
32 (0.282 %)LAN
32 (0.282 %)WAN
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
123 (3.239 %)Reference Data
218 (2.535 %)MS Access
314 (1.972 %)BusinessObjects
411 (1.549 %)Datawarehouse
510 (1.408 %)RDBMS
68 (1.127 %)ETL
76 (0.845 %)SQL Server
85 (0.704 %)Data Mining
94 (0.563 %)TOAD
103 (0.423 %)Data Cleansing
112 (0.282 %)PowerCenter
112 (0.282 %)GIS
121 (0.141 %)BODI
121 (0.141 %)SAP BW
121 (0.141 %)Oracle 10g
121 (0.141 %)Oracle 8/8i
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (1.690 %)Rational Rose
22 (0.282 %)Eclipse
22 (0.282 %)Flash
31 (0.141 %)Dreamweaver
31 (0.141 %)TestDirector
31 (0.141 %)ClearQuest
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1482 (67.89 %)Banking
2459 (64.65 %)Investment Banking
3299 (42.11 %)Finance
4157 (22.11 %)Back Office
5134 (18.87 %)Front Office
610 (1.408 %)General Ledger
79 (1.268 %)Legal
79 (1.268 %)Financial Institution
85 (0.704 %)Corporate Banking
94 (0.563 %)Private Banking
94 (0.563 %)Marketing
94 (0.563 %)Telecoms
94 (0.563 %)Retail
94 (0.563 %)Billing
103 (0.423 %)Education
103 (0.423 %)International Banking
112 (0.282 %)Law
112 (0.282 %)Chemicals
112 (0.282 %)Manufacturing
112 (0.282 %)Wholesale Banking
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1223 (31.41 %)Derivative
2108 (15.21 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
398 (13.80 %)Equities
491 (12.82 %)Fixed Income
570 (9.859 %)Interest Rate Derivative
655 (7.746 %)Credit Derivative
750 (7.042 %)Credit Risk
827 (3.803 %)Market Risk
925 (3.521 %)Equity Derivative
1016 (2.254 %)DTCC
1114 (1.972 %)Management Information System
125 (0.704 %)Contract for Difference
125 (0.704 %)Exotic Derivative
125 (0.704 %)Data Integration
133 (0.423 %)Computer Science
133 (0.423 %)Economics
133 (0.423 %)Client/Server
142 (0.282 %)Tandem
142 (0.282 %)AS400
142 (0.282 %)Spanish Language
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (0.704 %)UNIX
22 (0.282 %)Windows
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1209 (29.44 %)Business Analysis
279 (11.13 %)Project Management
371 (10.00 %)Migration
466 (9.296 %)Data Analysis
561 (8.592 %)Change Management
651 (7.183 %)User Acceptance Testing
750 (7.042 %)UML
847 (6.620 %)Data Modelling
847 (6.620 %)Workflow
938 (5.352 %)Risk Management
1031 (4.366 %)Use Case
1124 (3.380 %)Data Migration
1223 (3.239 %)Asset Management
1322 (3.099 %)GAP Analysis
1421 (2.958 %)Project Planning
1520 (2.817 %)Test Scripting
1520 (2.817 %)BPR
1618 (2.535 %)Stakeholder Management
1714 (1.972 %)Extreme Programming
1812 (1.690 %)RUP
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1122 (17.18 %)SQL
227 (3.803 %)VBA
315 (2.113 %)Java
413 (1.831 %)C#
58 (1.127 %)C++
67 (0.986 %)C
73 (0.423 %)VB
82 (0.282 %)ABAP
82 (0.282 %)COBOL
91 (0.141 %)Perl
91 (0.141 %)Shell Script
91 (0.141 %)PowerHouse
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
113 (1.831 %)Degree
24 (0.563 %)PRINCE2 Certification
24 (0.563 %)ACCA
33 (0.423 %)CIMA
42 (0.282 %)ISEB
51 (0.141 %)ITIL Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
118 (2.535 %)QA
214 (1.972 %)Basel II
32 (0.282 %)MiFID
32 (0.282 %)SLA
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (0.704 %)Active Directory
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.141 %)ServiceCenter
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
181 (11.41 %)Calypso
225 (3.521 %)Oracle
322 (3.099 %)Murex
417 (2.394 %)SAP
516 (2.254 %)Fidessa
614 (1.972 %)Business Objects
710 (1.408 %)Cognos
710 (1.408 %)Microsoft
710 (1.408 %)Bloomberg
87 (0.986 %)SmartStream
87 (0.986 %)Reuters
87 (0.986 %)Sybase
96 (0.845 %)SunGard
96 (0.845 %)Hyperion
96 (0.845 %)Informatica
96 (0.845 %)Remedy
105 (0.704 %)Lotus
114 (0.563 %)Tradeweb
123 (0.423 %)MarketAxess
123 (0.423 %)GoldenSource