The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role 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 Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analyst
Rank 34 40 27
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -13
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 5 9 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 1.488% 2.169% 2.469%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.656% 2.308% 2.521%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 6
Average daily rate £400 £385 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.89% -1.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £30.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+5.00% +15.38%
All Job Titles
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
302 390 238
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 89.88% 93.98% 97.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 194 123
Average daily rate £350 £310 £306
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.90% +1.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £200 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 52 46
Average hourly rate £37.25 £35.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.42% +159.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £10.40 £11.63
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £52.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Analyst
Cambridgeshire

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge Business Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Business Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Business Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region that cited 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 Business Analyst in their job title.

1 9 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 8 (44.44%) GAP Analysis
3 5 (27.78%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (22.22%) SAP
4 4 (22.22%) ERP
4 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
5 3 (16.67%) MS Office
5 3 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (16.67%) Migration
6 2 (11.11%) Workflow
6 2 (11.11%) Use Case
7 1 (5.556%) GWT
7 1 (5.556%) Security Cleared
7 1 (5.556%) Enterprise Content Management
7 1 (5.556%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (5.556%) Taxonomies
7 1 (5.556%) Degree
7 1 (5.556%) Content Management
7 1 (5.556%) SQL
7 1 (5.556%) Data Modelling
7 1 (5.556%) Documentum
7 1 (5.556%) ISEB
7 1 (5.556%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (5.556%) Salesforce.com
7 1 (5.556%) XML
7 1 (5.556%) ITIL
7 1 (5.556%) PRINCE2
7 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
7 1 (5.556%) CRM
7 1 (5.556%) SharePoint

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (5.556%) XML
1 1 (5.556%) GWT
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.556%) SharePoint
1 1 (5.556%) Documentum
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) MS Office
2 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.556%) Dynamics CRM
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.556%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 8 (44.44%) GAP Analysis
3 5 (27.78%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (22.22%) ERP
5 3 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (16.67%) Migration
6 2 (11.11%) Use Case
6 2 (11.11%) Workflow
7 1 (5.556%) Data Modelling
7 1 (5.556%) ITIL
7 1 (5.556%) PRINCE2
7 1 (5.556%) CRM
7 1 (5.556%) E-Commerce
7 1 (5.556%) Enterprise Content Management
7 1 (5.556%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.556%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.556%) ISEB
1 1 (5.556%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (5.556%) Degree
1 1 (5.556%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) SAP
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.556%) Salesforce.com
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Rate: From £26,859 to £33,034 per annum
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