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Analytics India Jobs Study 2012

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Contents
1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 3 2 Job Posting Trend................................................................................................................. 4 3 Designation ........................................................................................................................... 4 4 Role ........................................................................................................................................ 5 5 Industry.................................................................................................................................. 6 6 Location ................................................................................................................................. 7 7 Work Experience ................................................................................................................... 7

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1 Introduction
The global market for business analytics software has grown impressively in the last two years, fueled by pervasive hype about "big data" as well as new technological innovations. In India, despite persisting economic uncertainties and slowing growth in IT sector, analyst predicts that analytics will remain in demand. To better understand the job potential in analytics area, Analytics India Magazine (www.analyticsindiamag.com) took up this study to appreciate the jobs created from the Indian analytics practice. Recent articles and studies have tried to estimate the number of jobs that will be created from analytics in India, but few studies have focused exclusively on depth of opportunities being created for analytics professionals. This study contributes to this effort by taking a sample of around 1000 Indian jobs postings in last 12 months from area of Analytics. It is important to set the stage of how numbers should be interpreted in this study. First, because the research is done from a sample of job postings, the study does not provide an absolute figure for openings in different segments. These numbers should be deduced as relative measures. For eg, 35% of all job posting were for Bangalore vs. 21% for Gurgaon, should be read as how these two cities Key Highlights of the Study play out in relative terms for analytics job openings.

Second, we have intentionally not gone into forecasting the job demand for analytics in India, as many other reports blatantly delve into. We believe that forecasts are depended on so numerous criteria that having a judgmental call those set list and then assimilating best data and modeling is a humongous task with low level of predictability. Third, though it was desirable and in best interest of this study, we have provided no comparison with job openings in other areas, for the reasons that this study does not have sufficient data. Fourth, this study provides insights into the following six criteria of job openings Month of posting, Designation, Years of Experience, Role, Industry/ Org and Location.

Months of January, May and June 2012 accounted for the most number of new job postings, accounting for 38% of all jobs posted throughout the year. Average number of years of experience demanded by employers stands at 6 years. 38% of all job postings were for the designation of Manager/ Sr. Manager. Financial Analytics is the largest role demanded by employers (at 19%), followed by Risk Analytics (14%). Banking still is the largest industry for analytics professionals. New jobs posting stands at a incredible 50% from this industry. Bangalore and Gurgaon together accounts for 55% of all job openings.

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2 Job Posting Trend

The average monthly growth rate in job postings for analytics in India stands at 11% for last 1 year. This is pretty exciting given that the job growth in other areas is cited to be slowing down. After growing continuously in the second half of 2011, the job postings in analytics decreased slightly in the first quarter of 2012. New job openings picked up with full rigor in the month of May 2012 and June 2012. Months of January, May and June 2012 accounted for the most number of new job postings, each accounting for 13% of all jobs posted throughout the year. The growth rate in jobs posting was highest in the month of May 2012, accounting for 55% growth month on month.

3 Designation
Manager is the most demanded designation in this survey, indicating a severe dearth of middle level talent in analytics space. 38% of all job openings in analytics were for the post of Manager, followed by 26% for Analyst and 11% for Consultant. Top layer talent, including Director and VP accounted for 12% of all job openings. Bangalore was the largest location for all designation levels in terms of number of job postings for each. Similarly, Banking was the largest industry in terms of number of openings in analytics across all designation levels, except for Director, where CPG
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industry was having the most job openings in the role of Market Research. For Manager post, Risk Analytics was the largest role offered and the rest of the designations were being offered for Financial Analytics as the biggest role. Work Experience for each Designation The average work experience requested by employers for top posts (Director, VP) is 11 years. Comparatively, the average work experience required for Manager post is 6 year and that for Analyst is 4 years.

4 Role
Financial Analytics is the most demanded role in India (19%), followed by 14% for Risk Analytics and 6% for Marketing Analytics.

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NCR takes the top slot for Risk Analytics, Consulting, Healthcare Analytics, Supply Chain Analytics, Telecom and HR Analytics. Mumbai posts the most jobs for Insurance Analytics. Rest of the roles goes to Bangalore as the largest location for number of job postings. Modelling roles require a relatively lower experience level; the average work experience requested was 5 years with largest designation being Analyst. Highest experience level was for Healthcare Analytics for the post of Manager.

5 Industry
Banking industry commands an overwhelming 50% of all job postings in analytics, despite a slated slowdown in this industry. Banking was the first adopter of analytics capabilities and has fairly matured in its usage of analytics proficiencies. Thus, currently analytics is not just a strategic good-to-have competency in this industry but a requisite skill for efficient execution. Most of the jobs for Telecom came from Mumbai and in Healthcare industry the largest designation posted was that of Director with average 11 years of work experience.

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6 Location
35% of all job openings in analytics came from Bangalore. Individually, Gurgaon posted 21% of jobs and Delhi contributed 16%. NCR contributed 39% of all job postings. Hyderabad and Pune posted for mostly Market Research roles while Chennai posted for mostly Modelling roles and Insurance industry.

7 Work Experience

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% Job Avg Work Ex. Postings 38.5% 6 26.4% 4 10.8% 5 8.6% 10 6.9% 11 5.1% 7 3.8% 4 100.0% 6 Largest Location Bangalore Bangalore Bangalore Bangalore Bangalore Bangalore Bangalore Bangalore Month w/ most Jobs Jan-12 Dec-11 May-12 Jun-12 Jun-12 Apr-12 Jun-12 Jun-12

Designation Manager Analyst Consultant VP Director Lead Others Total

Largest Role Risk Analytics Financial Analytics Consulting Financial Analytics Market Research Financial Analytics Financial Analytics Financial Analytics

Largest Industry Banking Banking Banking Banking CPG Banking Banking Banking

Role Financial Analytics Risk Analytics Marketing Analytics Modelling Market Research Consulting Web Analytics CRM Analytics Retail Analytics HealthCare Analytics Insurance Analytics Supply Chain Analytics CPG Analytics Telecom Analytics HR Analytics Other Total

% Job Avg Work Ex. Postings 19.1% 6 14.4% 5 6.4% 6 6.2% 5 6.1% 7 5.9% 5 3.7% 6 3.6% 8 3.4% 6 3.2% 9 2.8% 6 2.6% 6 2.5% 7 2.5% 8 2.2% 9 15.5% 6 100.0% 6

Largest Designation Manager Manager Manager Analyst Manager Consultant Analyst Manager Manager Manager Manager Consultant Manager Manager Analyst Manager Manager

Largest Industry Banking Banking Banking Banking Banking Banking Ecommerce Banking Retail HealthCare Insurance CPG CPG Telecom Banking Banking Banking

Largest Location Bangalore Delhi Bangalore Bangalore Bangalore Gurgaon Bangalore Bangalore Bangalore Gurgaon Mumbai Gurgaon Bangalore Gurgaon Gurgaon Bangalore Bangalore

Month w/ most Jobs Jun-12 Jan-12 Jun-12 Aug-11 Jun-12 May-12 Jun-12 Feb-12 Feb-12 Jun-12 Jan-12 Jan-12 Jan-12 Jan-12 Feb-12 Jun-12 Jun-12

Industry Banking CPG Credit Card IT/ITES eCommerce Telecom Capital Markets HealthCare Retail Insurance Others Total

% Job Avg Work Ex. Postings 49.4% 6 9.4% 7 7.5% 5 5.8% 7 4.4% 7 3.9% 7 3.9% 7 3.3% 11 3.0% 5 2.2% 7 7.2% 4 100.0% 6

Largest Designation Manager Manager Analyst Manager Analyst Manager Manager Director Scientist Manager Manager Manager

Largest Role Financial Analytics CPG Analytics Financial Analytics Call Center Analytics Web Analytics Telecom Analytics Financial Analytics HealthCare Analytics Retail Analytics Insurance Analytics Financial Analytics Financial Analytics

Largest Location Bangalore Bangalore Bangalore Bangalore Bangalore Mumbai Gurgaon Bangalore Bangalore Gurgaon Bangalore Bangalore

Month w/ most Jobs Jun-12 Jun-12 Jan-12 May-12 Jun-12 Jan-12 Jan-12 Jun-12 Aug-11 Jun-12 Jun-12 Jun-12

Location Bangalore Gurgaon Mumbai Delhi Chennai Hyderabad Kolkata Pune Noida Others Total

% Job Avg Work Ex. Postings 34.6% 6 21.2% 6 16.7% 5 16.5% 7 3.3% 6 2.8% 6 1.7% 4 1.3% 9 1.2% 5 0.6% 6 100.0% 6

Largest Designation Manager Manager Manager Manager Manager Analyst Manager VP Manager Manager Manager

Largest Role Financial Analytics Financial Analytics Financial Analytics Risk Analytics Modelling Market Research Risk Analytics Market Research Risk Analytics Financial Analytics Financial Analytics

Largest Industry Banking Banking Banking Banking Insurance Banking Banking Banking Banking Banking Banking

Month w/ most Jobs Jun-12 Jan-12 Dec-11 May-12 Jun-12 Jun-12 Sep-11 Jun-12 Mar-12 Jun-12 Jun-12

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