The first table below looks at the demand for Business Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Analysis over the 3 months to 21 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Aberdeen region.

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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analysis
Rank 21 18 25
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +7
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 5 9 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 3.145% 4.712% 1.587%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.545% 6.977% 2.222%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 1
Average daily rate £375 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +16.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Processes & Methodologies
Aberdeen
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
110 129 135
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 69.18% 67.54% 71.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 62 56
Average daily rate £375 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £225 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £520 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 10
Average hourly rate £26.25 £14.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+87.50% -53.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.15 £14.00 £17.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £64.50 £35.20 £40.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Business Analysis
Scotland

Business Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Business Analysis across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Aberdeen Business Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Business Analysis across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Business Analysis Daily Rate Trend

Business Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Business Analysis also 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 that cited Business Analysis.

1 10 (76.92%) Project Management
2 8 (61.54%) Degree
2 8 (61.54%) PRINCE2
3 7 (53.85%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (46.15%) PMP
4 6 (46.15%) PMI Certification
4 6 (46.15%) Computer Science
5 5 (38.46%) SQL
5 5 (38.46%) Oracle
6 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (15.38%) Quality Management
6 2 (15.38%) MS Project
6 2 (15.38%) SAP
6 2 (15.38%) SharePoint
6 2 (15.38%) Six Sigma
6 2 (15.38%) Change Management
6 2 (15.38%) Requirements Management
6 2 (15.38%) Change Control
6 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (7.692%) SAP PI
7 1 (7.692%) CBAP
7 1 (7.692%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (7.692%) Portfolio Management
7 1 (7.692%) SmartPlant
7 1 (7.692%) Requirements Analysis
7 1 (7.692%) Finance
7 1 (7.692%) Validation
7 1 (7.692%) Lean Six Sigma
7 1 (7.692%) Risk Analysis
7 1 (7.692%) Time Management

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Business Analysis also 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 that cited Business Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (7.692%) SAP PI
Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.692%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (7.692%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (7.692%) LiveLink
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (7.692%) SmartPlant
1 1 (7.692%) SAP R/3
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) SAP BI
1 1 (7.692%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (7.692%) BusinessObjects
General
1 1 (7.692%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (76.92%) Analyst
2 9 (69.23%) Business Analyst
3 8 (61.54%) Project Manager
4 4 (30.77%) Business Project Manager
4 4 (30.77%) Business Manager
5 1 (7.692%) SharePoint Business Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) SAP Manager
5 1 (7.692%) IT Business Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) SAP Project Manager
5 1 (7.692%) Project Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Project Management
2 8 (61.54%) PRINCE2
3 7 (53.85%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (15.38%) Quality Management
4 2 (15.38%) Six Sigma
4 2 (15.38%) Change Management
4 2 (15.38%) Requirements Management
4 2 (15.38%) Change Control
5 1 (7.692%) Portfolio Management
5 1 (7.692%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (7.692%) Validation
5 1 (7.692%) Lean Six Sigma
5 1 (7.692%) Risk Analysis
5 1 (7.692%) Time Management
5 1 (7.692%) BPR
5 1 (7.692%) Configuration Management
5 1 (7.692%) CRM
5 1 (7.692%) Process Management
5 1 (7.692%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) Degree
2 6 (46.15%) PMP
2 6 (46.15%) PMI Certification
3 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (7.692%) CBAP
4 1 (7.692%) ACCA
4 1 (7.692%) CIMA
4 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Oracle
2 2 (15.38%) SAP
3 1 (7.692%) Business Objects