The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Business Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IT Business Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 advertised 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Business Analyst
Rank 22 26 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Business Analyst 3 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 2.143% 0.513% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.344% 0.568% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £325 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £345 £341
% change year-on-year
+8.69% +1.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £38.75 -
All Job Titles
Aberdeen
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
128 176 167
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 91.43% 90.26% 90.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 71 63
Average daily rate £350 £300 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -15.49%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £219 £150 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 11 17
Average hourly rate £15.77 £17.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.23% +13.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £14.30 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.60 £33.10 £31.44
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
IT Business Analyst
Scotland

IT Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen IT Business Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

IT Business Analyst
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region that cited IT 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 IT Business Analyst in their job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Portfolio Management
1 4 (66.67%) Project Management
1 4 (66.67%) Business Objects
2 3 (50.00%) SAP
2 3 (50.00%) Change Management
2 3 (50.00%) Degree
3 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 2 (33.33%) SAP PI
3 2 (33.33%) Change Control
3 2 (33.33%) SmartPlant
3 2 (33.33%) Process Management
3 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 2 (33.33%) Data Management
3 2 (33.33%) Document Management
3 2 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 2 (33.33%) Windows
3 2 (33.33%) Oracle
3 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (33.33%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (33.33%) SAP BI
4 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (16.67%) Validation
4 1 (16.67%) SAP GTS

IT Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region that cited IT 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 IT Business Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (33.33%) SAP PI
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) SmartPlant
1 2 (33.33%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (16.67%) SAP GTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 2 (33.33%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (33.33%) SAP BI
2 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Portfolio Management
1 4 (66.67%) Project Management
2 3 (50.00%) Change Management
3 2 (33.33%) Change Control
3 2 (33.33%) Process Management
3 2 (33.33%) Data Management
3 2 (33.33%) Document Management
3 2 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) Validation
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Business Objects
2 3 (50.00%) SAP
3 2 (33.33%) Oracle
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