Senior Analyst Contracts in London

The median contractor rate for a Senior Analyst was £475 per day in advertised job vacancies in London during the 3 months to 24 June 2017.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Senior Analyst England / London
Location	3 months to 24 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	225	242	170
Rank change year-on-year	+17	-72
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Analyst	209	194	304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London	1.02%	0.89%	1.30%
As % of the Job Titles category	1.08%	0.94%	1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted	160	152	211
Median daily rate	£475	£500	£475
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-5.00%	+5.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£350	£353	£325
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£650	£650	£600
UK excluding London median daily rate	£413	£400	£400
% change year-on-year	+3.12%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	3	0	1
Median hourly rate	£27.00	-	£21.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£23.48	£36.00	£23.74
% change year-on-year	-34.77%	+51.67%

The next table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all job roles in contract job vacancies advertised in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title. As such, the figures in the first row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract IT Job Roles London
Contract job vacancies with a job title containing a recognized job role	19396	20655	22146
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London	94.88%	95.29%	94.65%
Number of daily rates quoted	13838	14981	15430
Median daily rate	£500	£463	£440
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+8.10%	+5.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£315	£295	£275
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£650	£625	£601
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£400	£370
% change year-on-year	-	+8.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted	242	228	376
Median hourly rate	£19.82	£17.94	£18.70
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+10.46%	-4.05%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£12.50	£12.00	£11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£47.83	£42.60	£52.17
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£17.50	£17.48	£16.00
% change year-on-year	+0.14%	+9.21%

Senior Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in London that featured Senior Analyst in the job title.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Analyst in London

Senior Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate trend for Senior Analyst in London

Senior Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in London

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Senior Analyst in London over the 3 months to 24 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Senior Analyst in London

Senior Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate trend for Senior Analyst in London

Senior Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in London

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Senior Analyst in London over the 3 months to 24 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for Senior Analyst in London

Senior Analyst
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Analyst within the London region over the 3 months to 24 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
City of London	+13	54	£475	-5.00%	20
Westminster	-	2	£288	-
West End of London	+8	1	-	-	2
Hayes	+3	1	£318	-19.62%
Southwark	-	1	-	-
Senior Analyst England

Senior Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in London

For the 6 months to 24 June 2017, Senior Analyst contract jobs required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the London region featuring Senior Analyst in the job title.

1	145 (35.63%)	Finance
2	103 (25.31%)	Agile Software Development
3	95 (23.34%)	Banking
4	79 (19.41%)	Business Analysis
5	68 (16.71%)	SQL
6	63 (15.48%)	Stakeholder Management
7	55 (13.51%)	Microsoft
8	44 (10.81%)	Analytical Skills
9	43 (10.57%)	User Stories
10	42 (10.32%)	Front Office
11	41 (10.07%)	MiFID
12	35 (8.60%)	Investment Banking
12	35 (8.60%)	Microsoft Office
13	32 (7.86%)	Project Management
14	30 (7.37%)	Scrum

14	30 (7.37%)	Windows
14	30 (7.37%)	Asset Management
15	29 (7.13%)	Degree
15	29 (7.13%)	User Acceptance Testing
15	29 (7.13%)	Change Management
15	29 (7.13%)	SDLC
16	28 (6.88%)	Analytics
16	28 (6.88%)	Use Case
17	27 (6.63%)	Test Automation
18	26 (6.39%)	Microsoft Excel
19	25 (6.14%)	Active Directory
19	25 (6.14%)	Migration
19	25 (6.14%)	Investment Management
20	24 (5.90%)	JIRA
20	24 (5.90%)	Legal

Senior Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	13 (3.19%)	CMS
1	13 (3.19%)	SharePoint
2	7 (1.72%)	Skype for Business
3	6 (1.47%)	Confluence
3	6 (1.47%)	SAS
4	5 (1.23%)	Adobe Experience Manager
4	5 (1.23%)	Exchange Server 2013
5	4 (0.98%)	Apache Spark
6	2 (0.49%)	IIS
7	1 (0.25%)	Apache
7	1 (0.25%)	BizTalk Server
7	1 (0.25%)	Blackberry Enterprise Server
7	1 (0.25%)	SharePoint 2013
7	1 (0.25%)	Sitecore CMS
7	1 (0.25%)	WebSphere

Applications
1	35 (8.60%)	Microsoft Office
2	26 (6.39%)	Microsoft Excel
3	10 (2.46%)	MS Visio
4	6 (1.47%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
5	4 (0.98%)	Spreadsheet
6	3 (0.74%)	Microsoft Project
7	2 (0.49%)	SPSS
8	1 (0.25%)	Mingle

Business Applications
1	6 (1.47%)	thinkFolio
2	4 (0.98%)	Sophis RISQUE
3	3 (0.74%)	Dynamics CRM
3	3 (0.74%)	ION MarketView
4	2 (0.49%)	Dynamics AX
4	2 (0.49%)	Markit EDM
4	2 (0.49%)	Workday HCM
5	1 (0.25%)	CODA-Financials
5	1 (0.25%)	Dynamics NAV
5	1 (0.25%)	LatentZero
5	1 (0.25%)	Oracle EBS
5	1 (0.25%)	Oracle ERP
5	1 (0.25%)	Remedy ITSM
5	1 (0.25%)	SAP FI
5	1 (0.25%)	SAP FI/CO
5	1 (0.25%)	SAP Oil and Gas
5	1 (0.25%)	SAP Payroll
5	1 (0.25%)	SAP SD
5	1 (0.25%)	Summit
5	1 (0.25%)	WebTrends

Cloud Services
1	6 (1.47%)	Google Analytics
1	6 (1.47%)	Office 365
2	3 (0.74%)	Adobe Analytics
2	3 (0.74%)	Microsoft Azure
3	2 (0.49%)	Google Cloud Platform
3	2 (0.49%)	SaaS
4	1 (0.25%)	Amazon AWS
4	1 (0.25%)	Dynamics 365
4	1 (0.25%)	GitHub
4	1 (0.25%)	IaaS
4	1 (0.25%)	IBM Blueworks
4	1 (0.25%)	OneDrive
4	1 (0.25%)	PaaS

Communications & Networking
1	6 (1.47%)	DHCP
1	6 (1.47%)	DNS
1	6 (1.47%)	LAN
2	5 (1.23%)	Network Security
2	5 (1.23%)	VPN
3	4 (0.98%)	Remote Desktop
4	3 (0.74%)	Extranet
4	3 (0.74%)	Unified Communications
4	3 (0.74%)	WAN
5	2 (0.49%)	HTTP
5	2 (0.49%)	Internet
5	2 (0.49%)	iSCSI
5	2 (0.49%)	SAN
5	2 (0.49%)	Skype
5	2 (0.49%)	TCP/IP
6	1 (0.25%)	DMZ
6	1 (0.25%)	Ethernet
6	1 (0.25%)	FTP
6	1 (0.25%)	PuTTY
6	1 (0.25%)	SNMP

Database & Business Intelligence
1	19 (4.67%)	Data Warehouse
2	15 (3.69%)	Big Data
3	13 (3.19%)	Hadoop
3	13 (3.19%)	SQL Server
4	12 (2.95%)	Relational Database
5	8 (1.97%)	SQL Server Integration Services
6	7 (1.72%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
7	5 (1.23%)	Data Mining
8	4 (0.98%)	Oracle Database
9	3 (0.74%)	IBM InfoSphere
10	2 (0.49%)	DB2
10	2 (0.49%)	Microsoft Analysis Services
10	2 (0.49%)	Power BI
10	2 (0.49%)	PowerPivot
10	2 (0.49%)	Qlik Sense
10	2 (0.49%)	QlikView
10	2 (0.49%)	RDBMS
10	2 (0.49%)	SAS Visual Analytics
11	1 (0.25%)	Base SAS
11	1 (0.25%)	SAS Enterprise Guide

Development Applications
1	24 (5.90%)	JIRA
2	11 (2.70%)	Selenium
2	11 (2.70%)	Team Foundation Server
3	9 (2.21%)	WebDriver
4	8 (1.97%)	Visual Studio
5	7 (1.72%)	Talend Open Studio
6	4 (0.98%)	Jenkins
7	3 (0.74%)	Eclipse
7	3 (0.74%)	ERwin
7	3 (0.74%)	HP UFT
8	2 (0.49%)	Cucumber
8	2 (0.49%)	FitNesse
8	2 (0.49%)	SpecFlow
9	1 (0.25%)	Appium
9	1 (0.25%)	Geb
9	1 (0.25%)	TestNG
9	1 (0.25%)	TestRail
9	1 (0.25%)	Toad
9	1 (0.25%)	Visual Studio Team System
9	1 (0.25%)	Zephyr

General
1	145 (35.63%)	Finance
2	95 (23.34%)	Banking
3	42 (10.32%)	Front Office
4	35 (8.60%)	Investment Banking
5	24 (5.90%)	Legal
6	22 (5.41%)	Marketing
6	22 (5.41%)	Retail
7	16 (3.93%)	Back Office
8	13 (3.19%)	Telecoms
9	12 (2.95%)	Advertising
10	8 (1.97%)	Retail Banking
11	5 (1.23%)	Corporate Banking
12	4 (0.98%)	Financial Institution
12	4 (0.98%)	Law
12	4 (0.98%)	Pharmaceutical
12	4 (0.98%)	Publishing
13	3 (0.74%)	International Banking
13	3 (0.74%)	Prime Brokerage
14	2 (0.49%)	French Language
15	1 (0.25%)	German Language

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	5 (1.23%)	.NET
2	4 (0.98%)	Gherkin
2	4 (0.98%)	Kafka
3	3 (0.74%)	FIX Protocol
3	3 (0.74%)	HTML
3	3 (0.74%)	Middleware
3	3 (0.74%)	Web Services
4	2 (0.49%)	FpML
4	2 (0.49%)	HTML5
4	2 (0.49%)	Velocity
4	2 (0.49%)	XML
5	1 (0.25%)	ActiveMQ
5	1 (0.25%)	Flash
5	1 (0.25%)	ISPF
5	1 (0.25%)	jQuery
5	1 (0.25%)	Oracle Fusion
5	1 (0.25%)	REST
5	1 (0.25%)	WF
5	1 (0.25%)	WinForms
5	1 (0.25%)	XMPP

Miscellaneous
1	44 (10.81%)	Analytical Skills
2	22 (5.41%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
3	19 (4.67%)	Fixed Income
4	18 (4.42%)	Derivative
5	13 (3.19%)	Management Information System
6	12 (2.95%)	iPad
7	10 (2.46%)	Blackberry
7	10 (2.46%)	Reference Data
8	9 (2.21%)	Computer Science
8	9 (2.21%)	Hedge funds
8	9 (2.21%)	Market Risk
9	8 (1.97%)	Equities
9	8 (1.97%)	Greenfield Project
9	8 (1.97%)	User Experience
10	7 (1.72%)	Credit Risk
10	7 (1.72%)	Fintech
10	7 (1.72%)	iPhone
11	6 (1.47%)	Data Centre
11	6 (1.47%)	Equity Derivative
11	6 (1.47%)	Reinsurance

Operating Systems
1	30 (7.37%)	Windows
2	10 (2.46%)	Windows 7
2	10 (2.46%)	Windows Server 2008
3	9 (2.21%)	Windows Server
4	7 (1.72%)	Unix
5	6 (1.47%)	Android
5	6 (1.47%)	Linux
6	5 (1.23%)	Windows XP
7	3 (0.74%)	Windows Server 2012
8	2 (0.49%)	Mac OS
8	2 (0.49%)	Mac OS X
8	2 (0.49%)	Windows Server 2003
8	2 (0.49%)	Windows Vista
9	1 (0.25%)	Apple iOS
9	1 (0.25%)	Windows 10
9	1 (0.25%)	zOS

Processes & Methodologies
1	103 (25.31%)	Agile Software Development
2	79 (19.41%)	Business Analysis
3	63 (15.48%)	Stakeholder Management
4	43 (10.57%)	User Stories
5	32 (7.86%)	Project Management
6	30 (7.37%)	Asset Management
6	30 (7.37%)	Scrum
7	29 (7.13%)	Change Management
7	29 (7.13%)	SDLC
7	29 (7.13%)	User Acceptance Testing
8	28 (6.88%)	Analytics
8	28 (6.88%)	Use Case
9	27 (6.63%)	Test Automation
10	25 (6.14%)	Investment Management
10	25 (6.14%)	Migration
11	24 (5.90%)	Risk Management
12	21 (5.16%)	E-Commerce
12	21 (5.16%)	Test Scripting
12	21 (5.16%)	Waterfall
13	20 (4.91%)	GAP Analysis

Programming Languages
1	68 (16.71%)	SQL
2	12 (2.95%)	Java
2	12 (2.95%)	PowerShell
2	12 (2.95%)	Python
3	10 (2.46%)	R
4	7 (1.72%)	T-SQL
5	6 (1.47%)	C
6	5 (1.23%)	C#
6	5 (1.23%)	VBA
7	4 (0.98%)	PL/SQL
8	2 (0.49%)	Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
8	2 (0.49%)	JCL
8	2 (0.49%)	Perl
8	2 (0.49%)	PHP
8	2 (0.49%)	Scala
9	1 (0.25%)	COBOL
9	1 (0.25%)	F#
9	1 (0.25%)	Go
9	1 (0.25%)	JavaScript
9	1 (0.25%)	MATLAB

Qualifications
1	29 (7.13%)	Degree
2	19 (4.67%)	Security Cleared
3	13 (3.19%)	SC Cleared
4	10 (2.46%)	CISSP
4	10 (2.46%)	ISEB
5	6 (1.47%)	CISM
6	5 (1.23%)	BPSS Clearance
6	5 (1.23%)	Computer Science Degree
6	5 (1.23%)	Microsoft Certification
6	5 (1.23%)	Numerate Degree
7	4 (0.98%)	ISSAP
7	4 (0.98%)	MCP
7	4 (0.98%)	PMP
8	3 (0.74%)	Cisco Certification
8	3 (0.74%)	ISTQB
9	2 (0.49%)	(ISC)2 CCSP
9	2 (0.49%)	CISA
9	2 (0.49%)	CTC Cleared
9	2 (0.49%)	PMI Certification
10	1 (0.25%)	CRISC

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	41 (10.07%)	MiFID
2	21 (5.16%)	QA
3	16 (3.93%)	Data Quality
4	13 (3.19%)	PMO
5	12 (2.95%)	Dodd-Frank
6	10 (2.46%)	EMIR
7	6 (1.47%)	SEPA
8	4 (0.98%)	Basel II
8	4 (0.98%)	Disclosure Scotland
8	4 (0.98%)	ISO/IEC 27001
9	3 (0.74%)	Basel III
9	3 (0.74%)	ISO 20022
9	3 (0.74%)	PCI DSS
10	2 (0.49%)	ISO 22301
10	2 (0.49%)	ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10	2 (0.49%)	ISO/IEC 27005
11	1 (0.25%)	COREP
11	1 (0.25%)	GDPR
11	1 (0.25%)	IFRS
11	1 (0.25%)	IFRS 9

System Software
1	25 (6.14%)	Active Directory
2	6 (1.47%)	Hyper-V
2	6 (1.47%)	XenApp
3	4 (0.98%)	Virtual Desktop
3	4 (0.98%)	XenDesktop
4	2 (0.49%)	Docker
4	2 (0.49%)	Virtual Machines
5	1 (0.25%)	Time Sharing Option
5	1 (0.25%)	Xen

Systems Management
1	8 (1.97%)	SCCM
2	7 (1.72%)	HP Quality Center
3	6 (1.47%)	SCOM
4	5 (1.23%)	Microsoft Clustering
4	5 (1.23%)	Symantec Enterprise Vault
5	2 (0.49%)	SCOrch
5	2 (0.49%)	SCSM
5	2 (0.49%)	SCVMM
5	2 (0.49%)	Symantec Endpoint Protection
6	1 (0.25%)	Norton AntiVirus
6	1 (0.25%)	Tivoli
6	1 (0.25%)	Tivoli Storage Manager

Vendors
1	55 (13.51%)	Microsoft
2	15 (3.69%)	Oracle
3	13 (3.19%)	Citrix
4	8 (1.97%)	Adobe
4	8 (1.97%)	Splunk
4	8 (1.97%)	Symantec
4	8 (1.97%)	Tableau
5	7 (1.72%)	Talend
6	6 (1.47%)	Bloomberg
6	6 (1.47%)	Charles River
6	6 (1.47%)	Google
6	6 (1.47%)	Guidewire
6	6 (1.47%)	SAP
6	6 (1.47%)	Sophis
6	6 (1.47%)	Yardi
7	5 (1.23%)	HP
7	5 (1.23%)	IBM
8	4 (0.98%)	Cisco
8	4 (0.98%)	Fidessa
8	4 (0.98%)	Informatica