The first table below looks at the demand for Business Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Analysis over the 3 months to 21 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 Cambridge 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analysis
Rank 34 47 29
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -18
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 5 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 1.488% 0.723% 1.653%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.674% 1.364% 2.920%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 4
Average daily rate £400 £385 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.89% +13.23%
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 £24.00
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
187 220 137
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 55.65% 53.01% 56.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 108 84
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £273 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £429 £550 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 20 17
Average hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% +34.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.75 £37.25 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £56.85 £44.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Business Analysis
Cambridgeshire

Business Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Business Analysis Daily Rate Trend

Business Analysis
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 8 (72.73%) GAP Analysis
2 4 (36.36%) SAP
2 4 (36.36%) ERP
3 2 (18.18%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (18.18%) Cognos
3 2 (18.18%) SharePoint
3 2 (18.18%) Workflow
3 2 (18.18%) Analytics
3 2 (18.18%) Use Case
3 2 (18.18%) Time Management
4 1 (9.091%) Enterprise Content Management
4 1 (9.091%) GWT
4 1 (9.091%) Migration
4 1 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (9.091%) Content Management
4 1 (9.091%) Taxonomies
4 1 (9.091%) XML
4 1 (9.091%) Documentum
4 1 (9.091%) ISEB

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 (9.091%) GWT
1 1 (9.091%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) SharePoint
2 1 (9.091%) Documentum
General
1 2 (18.18%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 11 (100.00%) Analyst
2 9 (81.82%) Business Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Coordinator
3 2 (18.18%) Systems Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Business Process Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Process Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) GAP Analysis
2 4 (36.36%) ERP
3 2 (18.18%) Workflow
3 2 (18.18%) Analytics
3 2 (18.18%) Use Case
3 2 (18.18%) Time Management
4 1 (9.091%) Enterprise Content Management
4 1 (9.091%) Migration
4 1 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (9.091%) Content Management
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) ISEB
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) SAP
2 2 (18.18%) Cognos
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Providing support to its stakeholders the group provides business analysis, systems design and implementation services. We seek an experienced Business Analyst to lead and manage the migration to...
TWI
Posted: 10 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
For an ambitious, creative, confident, self-motivated team player this is an excellent opportunity to make a real difference to this already high-achieving organisation. This role is...
greywood
Rate: £250 - £350 per day + Benefits
Posted: 11 May 2013