The first table below looks at the demand for Business Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham 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 Birmingham 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 26 41 33
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -8
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 17 15 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 3.872% 2.415% 3.119%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.743% 3.778% 5.387%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 12 14
Average daily rate £413 £355 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.19% +42.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £328 £280 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £443
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
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
296 397 297
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 67.43% 63.93% 57.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 214 183
Average daily rate £358 £340 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.14% -2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £525 £493
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 20 10
Average hourly rate £34.75 £15.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+131.66% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.28 £12.00 £10.99
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £133.60 £39.00 £127.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Business Analysis
West Midlands

Business Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Business Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 18 (45.00%) Project Management
2 16 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 14 (35.00%) QlikView
4 13 (32.50%) Finance
5 7 (17.50%) Microsoft
5 7 (17.50%) UML
6 6 (15.00%) Systems Analysis
7 5 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (12.50%) OO
7 5 (12.50%) Workflow
8 4 (10.00%) RAD
8 4 (10.00%) SSADM
8 4 (10.00%) DSDM
9 3 (7.500%) MS Excel
9 3 (7.500%) NHS
10 2 (5.000%) Investment Management
10 2 (5.000%) User Acceptance Testing
10 2 (5.000%) BPR
10 2 (5.000%) ERP
10 2 (5.000%) C#
10 2 (5.000%) SQL Server
10 2 (5.000%) GAP Analysis
10 2 (5.000%) Back Office
10 2 (5.000%) Agile Software Development
10 2 (5.000%) Banking
10 2 (5.000%) Retail
11 1 (2.500%) Programme Management
11 1 (2.500%) Change Management
11 1 (2.500%) Legal
11 1 (2.500%) Validation

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 (2.500%) Ajax
1 1 (2.500%) .NET Framework
1 1 (2.500%) ASP.NET
1 1 (2.500%) .NET
1 1 (2.500%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (2.500%) ASP.NET MVC 3
1 1 (2.500%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.500%) SharePoint
1 1 (2.500%) MS Exchange
1 1 (2.500%) SAS
1 1 (2.500%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 3 (7.500%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.500%) MS Project
2 1 (2.500%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.500%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (35.00%) QlikView
2 2 (5.000%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.500%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (2.500%) Visual Studio
General
1 13 (32.50%) Finance
2 2 (5.000%) Back Office
2 2 (5.000%) Banking
2 2 (5.000%) Retail
3 1 (2.500%) Legal
3 1 (2.500%) Retail Banking
3 1 (2.500%) Games
3 1 (2.500%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 30 (75.00%) Business Analyst
1 30 (75.00%) Analyst
2 10 (25.00%) Developer
3 8 (20.00%) Developer Analyst
4 6 (15.00%) Consultant
5 5 (12.50%) Business Systems Analyst
5 5 (12.50%) Systems Analyst
6 4 (10.00%) Project Manager
7 3 (7.500%) Business Manager
7 3 (7.500%) NHS Business Analyst
8 2 (5.000%) Business Project Manager
8 2 (5.000%) Insurance Business Analyst
8 2 (5.000%) Senior Business Analyst
8 2 (5.000%) Senior Analyst
9 1 (2.500%) Finance Systems Manager
9 1 (2.500%) Systems Manager
9 1 (2.500%) .NET Developer
9 1 (2.500%) C# Developer
9 1 (2.500%) Project Analyst
9 1 (2.500%) Business Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.500%) NHS
2 1 (2.500%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (45.00%) Project Management
2 16 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (17.50%) UML
4 6 (15.00%) Systems Analysis
5 5 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (12.50%) OO
5 5 (12.50%) Workflow
6 4 (10.00%) RAD
6 4 (10.00%) SSADM
6 4 (10.00%) DSDM
7 2 (5.000%) Investment Management
7 2 (5.000%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (5.000%) BPR
7 2 (5.000%) ERP
7 2 (5.000%) GAP Analysis
7 2 (5.000%) Agile Software Development
8 1 (2.500%) Programme Management
8 1 (2.500%) Change Management
8 1 (2.500%) Validation
8 1 (2.500%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.000%) C#
2 1 (2.500%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.500%) SQL
2 1 (2.500%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (2.500%) Degree
1 1 (2.500%) ISEB
System Software
1 1 (2.500%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (17.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.500%) Northgate
2 1 (2.500%) Business Objects
2 1 (2.500%) Epicor