The first table below looks at the demand for the Market 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 Market Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Market Analyst
Rank 465 466 433
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -33
Contract jobs requiring a Market Analyst 68 107 156
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.146% 0.183% 0.259%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.158% 0.198% 0.279%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 100 107
Average daily rate £523 £500 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.50% -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £350 £375
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £650 £725
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £488 £175
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +178.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £17.00 - £26.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42921 54032 55868
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.24% 92.62% 92.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 24602 29796 30366
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £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 2138 2561 2889
Average hourly rate £18.53 £18.75 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.20% -6.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.74 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Market Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Market Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Market Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Market Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Market Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Market Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Market Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Market Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Market Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Market Analyst
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Market Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 20 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 +23 67 £523 +4.50%
London -19 64 £525 +5.00%
City of London -7 28 £520 +13.97%
South East +23 2 £425 -22.72%
Kent - 2 £425 -
Scotland - 1 - -
Canary Wharf - 1 - -
Docklands, London - 1 £500 -
Stirling - 1 - -

Market Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Market 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 Market Analyst in their job title.

1 56 (60.22%) Market Risk
2 39 (41.94%) Banking
3 30 (32.26%) Business Analysis
4 29 (31.18%) Finance
5 25 (26.88%) SQL
6 24 (25.81%) Investment Banking
7 21 (22.58%) Stress Testing
8 19 (20.43%) Risk Management
8 19 (20.43%) Bloomberg
9 17 (18.28%) VBA
9 17 (18.28%) Python
10 15 (16.13%) Data Analysis
11 13 (13.98%) Monte Carlo Method
11 13 (13.98%) Greeks
11 13 (13.98%) Java
11 13 (13.98%) UML
11 13 (13.98%) Validation
12 12 (12.90%) Reuters
12 12 (12.90%) Analytics
13 11 (11.83%) Front Office
13 11 (11.83%) C#
14 10 (10.75%) OO
14 10 (10.75%) CRM
14 10 (10.75%) Basel II
15 9 (9.677%) Jython
15 9 (9.677%) Use Case
15 9 (9.677%) Basel III
15 9 (9.677%) User Acceptance Testing
15 9 (9.677%) French Language
16 8 (8.602%) Derivative

Market Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (2.151%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.075%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (5.376%) MS Office
1 5 (5.376%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.075%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.075%) Adaptiv
1 1 (1.075%) Bloomberg TOMS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.226%) DNS
2 1 (1.075%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.151%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.075%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 5 (5.376%) ClearCase
1 5 (5.376%) JIRA
2 1 (1.075%) TestDirector
General
1 39 (41.94%) Banking
2 29 (31.18%) Finance
3 24 (25.81%) Investment Banking
4 11 (11.83%) Front Office
5 9 (9.677%) French Language
6 4 (4.301%) Financial Institution
7 3 (3.226%) Back Office
8 2 (2.151%) Billing
9 1 (1.075%) Marketing
9 1 (1.075%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.075%) Legal
9 1 (1.075%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 56 (60.22%) Market Risk
2 8 (8.602%) Derivative
2 8 (8.602%) Fixed Income
3 6 (6.452%) Equities
4 5 (5.376%) Management Information System
5 3 (3.226%) Social Media
5 3 (3.226%) Mobile App
6 2 (2.151%) Swaptions
6 2 (2.151%) Credit Risk
6 2 (2.151%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (1.075%) Client/Server
7 1 (1.075%) Credit Derivative
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.151%) UNIX
1 2 (2.151%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (32.26%) Business Analysis
2 21 (22.58%) Stress Testing
3 19 (20.43%) Risk Management
4 15 (16.13%) Data Analysis
5 13 (13.98%) Monte Carlo Method
5 13 (13.98%) Greeks
5 13 (13.98%) Validation
5 13 (13.98%) UML
6 12 (12.90%) Analytics
7 10 (10.75%) OO
7 10 (10.75%) CRM
8 9 (9.677%) Use Case
8 9 (9.677%) User Acceptance Testing
9 8 (8.602%) Data Modelling
9 8 (8.602%) Agile Software Development
10 7 (7.527%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (7.527%) Test Scripting
11 6 (6.452%) Project Management
11 6 (6.452%) RAD
12 5 (5.376%) RUP
Programming Languages
1 25 (26.88%) SQL
2 17 (18.28%) VBA
2 17 (18.28%) Python
3 13 (13.98%) Java
4 11 (11.83%) C#
5 9 (9.677%) Jython
6 5 (5.376%) C++
7 2 (2.151%) VBScript
8 1 (1.075%) VB
8 1 (1.075%) Perl
Qualifications
1 7 (7.527%) Degree
2 1 (1.075%) Postgraduate
2 1 (1.075%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.75%) Basel II
2 9 (9.677%) Basel III
3 2 (2.151%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.151%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.075%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 19 (20.43%) Bloomberg
2 12 (12.90%) Reuters
3 5 (5.376%) Microsoft
4 3 (3.226%) Murex
4 3 (3.226%) Remedy
4 3 (3.226%) Facebook
4 3 (3.226%) Twitter
5 2 (2.151%) Sybase
6 1 (1.075%) Wall Street Systems
6 1 (1.075%) Calypso
6 1 (1.075%) SunGard
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