The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Systems Analyst role 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 Systems 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 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 System Analyst
Rank 42 54 48
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Business Systems Analyst 1 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.228% 0.322% 0.195%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.244% 0.340% 0.215%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £388 £300 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+29.16% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £328 £395
% change year-on-year
+6.87% -17.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.25 £28.75 £26.25
% change year-on-year
+12.17% +9.52%
All Job Titles
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
409 588 465
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 93.17% 94.69% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 318 258
Average daily rate £340 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £218 £183 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £494 £450 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 35 28
Average hourly rate £16.38 £14.50 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.93% +11.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.73 £11.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.00 £33.30 £127.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Systems Analyst
West Midlands

Business Systems Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Business Systems Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Business Systems Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Business Systems Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Business Systems Analyst
Top 13 Related IT Skills

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

1 5 (100.00%) Finance
1 5 (100.00%) Systems Analysis
1 5 (100.00%) Business Analysis
2 4 (80.00%) Workflow
2 4 (80.00%) UML
2 4 (80.00%) OO
2 4 (80.00%) RAD
2 4 (80.00%) SSADM
2 4 (80.00%) DSDM
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Back Office
3 1 (20.00%) Investment Management
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management

Business Systems Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Back Office
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Systems Analysis
1 5 (100.00%) Business Analysis
2 4 (80.00%) Workflow
2 4 (80.00%) UML
2 4 (80.00%) OO
2 4 (80.00%) RAD
2 4 (80.00%) SSADM
2 4 (80.00%) DSDM
3 1 (20.00%) Investment Management
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft