The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Bedford 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analyst
Rank 4 6 -
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 3 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedford 15.00% 5.263% -
As % of the Job Titles category 17.65% 5.556% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £30.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+5.00% +15.38%
All Job Titles
Bedford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
17 18 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedford 85.00% 94.74% 88.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 7 14
Average daily rate £325 £130 £205
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+150.00% -36.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £130 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £409 £555 £290
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 5
Average hourly rate £19.39 £42.50 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-54.37% +286.36%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Business Analyst
Bedfordshire

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedford Business Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bedford Business Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedford region that cited 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 Business Analyst in their job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Local Government
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 2 (33.33%) Systems Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL
2 2 (33.33%) ISEB
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (16.67%) Automotive
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) Demand Management

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedford region that cited 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 Business Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 2 (33.33%) Local Government
2 1 (16.67%) Automotive
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) Service Management
2 2 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 2 (33.33%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Demand Management
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) ISEB
1 2 (33.33%) Degree