The first table below looks at the demand for Business Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Analysis 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Bedfordshire 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
Business Analysis
Rank 22 26 28
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +2
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 9 6 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 4.737% 2.206% 4.828%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.000% 3.030% 6.512%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 9
Average daily rate £375 £300 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £252 £300 £321
10% offered a daily rate of more than £418 £300 £378
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 £24.25
% change year-on-year
- +3.09%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
150 198 215
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 78.95% 72.79% 74.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 105 109
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £238 £182
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £488 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 8
Average hourly rate £32.75 £41.50 £47.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.08% -12.63%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Business Analysis
East of England

Business Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Business Analysis Daily Rate Trend

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Analysis across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bedfordshire Business Analysis Daily Rate Histogram

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Business Analysis across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Business Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analysis
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. 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
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Luton -2 4 £425 -
Dunstable - 2 - -
Bedford - 1 £210 -
Business Analysis
East of England

Business Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 9 (42.86%) Finance
1 9 (42.86%) E-Commerce
2 7 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (19.05%) Retail
3 4 (19.05%) ISEB
3 4 (19.05%) Project Management
3 4 (19.05%) PCI DSS
4 3 (14.29%) Degree
5 2 (9.524%) Service Management
5 2 (9.524%) Hyperion
5 2 (9.524%) Web Services
5 2 (9.524%) XML
5 2 (9.524%) ITIL
5 2 (9.524%) PRINCE2
5 2 (9.524%) Manufacturing
5 2 (9.524%) Banking
5 2 (9.524%) Games
5 2 (9.524%) Management Information System
5 2 (9.524%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (9.524%) Hyperion Planning
5 2 (9.524%) Systems Analysis
6 1 (4.762%) Supplier Management
6 1 (4.762%) Local Government
6 1 (4.762%) SaaS
6 1 (4.762%) QA
6 1 (4.762%) Use Case
6 1 (4.762%) Demand Management
6 1 (4.762%) Business Transformation
6 1 (4.762%) Telecoms
6 1 (4.762%) Workflow

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 2 (9.524%) Web Services
1 2 (9.524%) XML
Applications
1 1 (4.762%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (9.524%) Hyperion Planning
General
1 9 (42.86%) Finance
2 4 (19.05%) Retail
3 2 (9.524%) Manufacturing
3 2 (9.524%) Banking
3 2 (9.524%) Games
4 1 (4.762%) Local Government
4 1 (4.762%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.762%) Aerospace
4 1 (4.762%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 18 (85.71%) Business Analyst
1 18 (85.71%) Analyst
2 3 (14.29%) Payments Business Analyst
2 3 (14.29%) Systems Analyst
3 2 (9.524%) Project Manager
3 2 (9.524%) Hyperion Analyst
4 1 (4.762%) Business Change Project Manager
4 1 (4.762%) NHS Business Analyst
4 1 (4.762%) Agile Business Analyst
4 1 (4.762%) Change Project Manager
4 1 (4.762%) Business Systems Analyst
4 1 (4.762%) Change Manager
4 1 (4.762%) Business Change Manager
4 1 (4.762%) Business Project Manager
4 1 (4.762%) Business Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.524%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.762%) SaaS
2 1 (4.762%) NHS
2 1 (4.762%) NPfIT
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) E-Commerce
2 7 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (19.05%) Project Management
4 2 (9.524%) Service Management
4 2 (9.524%) ITIL
4 2 (9.524%) PRINCE2
4 2 (9.524%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (9.524%) Systems Analysis
5 1 (4.762%) Supplier Management
5 1 (4.762%) Use Case
5 1 (4.762%) Demand Management
5 1 (4.762%) Business Transformation
5 1 (4.762%) Workflow
5 1 (4.762%) Asset Management
5 1 (4.762%) Document Management
5 1 (4.762%) ERP
5 1 (4.762%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) ISEB
2 3 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) PCI DSS
2 1 (4.762%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (9.524%) Hyperion
2 1 (4.762%) Cerner
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