Berkshire Senior Business Analyst Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Senior Business Analyst role in IT contracts within the Berkshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior Business Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Senior Business Analyst
Location Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf Cheltenham City of London County Antrim Darlington Docklands, London Dorset Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Gloucestershire Gosport Halifax Hampshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Leeds London Luton M4 Corridor Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Norfolk North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Reading Rickmansworth Scotland Somerset South East South West South Yorkshire Southampton Sussex Swindon Thames Valley UK Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yeovil Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	119	159
Rank change on same period last year	+40
Matching contract IT job ads	9	4
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.012 %	0.004 %
As % of the category below	0.290 %	0.088 %
Daily rates quoted	1	3
Average minimum daily rate	£450	£130
Average daily rate	£450	£145
% change on same period last year	+210.34 %
Average maximum daily rate	£450	£160
UK excluding London average daily rate	£427	£393
% change on same period last year	+8.64 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£47.50
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	3106	4551
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.140 %	4.604 %
Daily rates quoted	773	1381
Average minimum daily rate	£334	£342
Average daily rate	£354	£359
% change on same period last year	-1.46 %
Average maximum daily rate	£374	£376
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£353
% change on same period last year	+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	234	432
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.61	£29.73
Average hourly rate	£25.31	£30.96
% change on same period last year	-18.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.01	£32.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.51	£25.99
% change on same period last year	-9.54 %
Senior Business Analyst South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Senior Business Analyst
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Senior Business Analyst across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Senior Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Senior Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Senior Business Analyst across the Berkshire region.

Senior Business Analyst
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Business Analyst within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Reading	-2	1	£450	+210.34 %

Senior Business Analyst South East

Senior Business Analyst
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Senior 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 Senior Business Analyst in their job title.

1 6 (37.50 %) Business Analysis 2 5 (31.25 %) Use Case 2 5 (31.25 %) Finance 3 4 (25.00 %) Service Management 3 4 (25.00 %) ITIL 3 4 (25.00 %) OO 4 3 (18.75 %) Data Analysis 4 3 (18.75 %) Logistics 4 3 (18.75 %) FMCG 4 3 (18.75 %) Cognos 4 3 (18.75 %) SAP 4 3 (18.75 %) SAP APO 4 3 (18.75 %) Retail 4 3 (18.75 %) E-Learning 5 2 (12.50 %) Education

5 2 (12.50 %) Government 5 2 (12.50 %) Publishing 5 2 (12.50 %) Content Management 5 2 (12.50 %) Agile Software Development 5 2 (12.50 %) Web 2.0 6 1 (6.250 %) Degree 6 1 (6.250 %) GAP Analysis 6 1 (6.250 %) Back Office 6 1 (6.250 %) Project Management 6 1 (6.250 %) Business Objects 6 1 (6.250 %) OOA/OOD 6 1 (6.250 %) Datawarehouse 6 1 (6.250 %) BusinessObjects 6 1 (6.250 %) NHS

Senior Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Senior 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 Senior Business Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications 1 3 (18.75 %) SAP APO	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (6.250 %) Datawarehouse 1 1 (6.250 %) BusinessObjects
General 1 5 (31.25 %) Finance 2 3 (18.75 %) Retail 2 3 (18.75 %) FMCG 3 2 (12.50 %) Education 3 2 (12.50 %) Government 3 2 (12.50 %) Publishing 4 1 (6.250 %) Back Office	Miscellaneous 1 3 (18.75 %) E-Learning 2 2 (12.50 %) Web 2.0 3 1 (6.250 %) NHS
Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (37.50 %) Business Analysis 2 5 (31.25 %) Use Case 3 4 (25.00 %) ITIL 3 4 (25.00 %) OO 3 4 (25.00 %) Service Management 4 3 (18.75 %) Data Analysis 4 3 (18.75 %) Logistics 5 2 (12.50 %) Agile Software Development 5 2 (12.50 %) Content Management 6 1 (6.250 %) GAP Analysis 6 1 (6.250 %) Project Management 6 1 (6.250 %) OOA/OOD	Qualifications 1 1 (6.250 %) Degree
Vendors 1 3 (18.75 %) SAP 1 3 (18.75 %) Cognos 2 1 (6.250 %) Business Objects