The first table below looks at the demand for Business Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Analysis over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Cambridgeshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analysis
Rank 45 46 34
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -12
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 9 18 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 1.573% 2.483% 3.987%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.752% 4.557% 5.787%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 16
Average daily rate £350 £385 £395
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% -2.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £325 £314
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £463 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £25.00 £27.00
% change year-on-year
-18.00% -7.40%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
327 395 432
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 57.17% 54.48% 68.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 190 211
Average daily rate £375 £400 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £266
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £510 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 51 55
Average hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% +19.04%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £13.02 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £58.60 £44.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Business Analysis
East of England

Business Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Business Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analysis
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Cambridge +8 3 £400 +3.89% 3
Peterborough -2 2 £425 -16.66%
Huntingdon - 1 £425 -
Business Analysis
East of England

Business Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 10 (47.62%) GAP Analysis
2 8 (38.10%) SAP
3 6 (28.57%) ERP
3 6 (28.57%) Finance
4 3 (14.29%) PRINCE2
5 2 (9.524%) ISEB
5 2 (9.524%) Project Management
5 2 (9.524%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (9.524%) Business Objects
5 2 (9.524%) Cognos
5 2 (9.524%) SharePoint
5 2 (9.524%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (9.524%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (9.524%) Technical Architecture
5 2 (9.524%) Workflow
5 2 (9.524%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (9.524%) Analytics
5 2 (9.524%) Use Case
5 2 (9.524%) Time Management
6 1 (4.762%) Cash Management
6 1 (4.762%) Enterprise Content Management
6 1 (4.762%) GWT
6 1 (4.762%) SunGard
6 1 (4.762%) Retail
6 1 (4.762%) Content Management
6 1 (4.762%) Taxonomies
6 1 (4.762%) Migration
6 1 (4.762%) E-Commerce
6 1 (4.762%) SQL
6 1 (4.762%) XML

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 (4.762%) GWT
1 1 (4.762%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (9.524%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.762%) Documentum
Applications
1 1 (4.762%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.524%) Data Warehouse
General
1 6 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (9.524%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (4.762%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (90.48%) Analyst
2 17 (80.95%) Business Analyst
3 2 (9.524%) Coordinator
3 2 (9.524%) Architect
3 2 (9.524%) Enterprise Architect
3 2 (9.524%) SAP Business Analyst
3 2 (9.524%) Systems Analyst
3 2 (9.524%) Business Process Analyst
3 2 (9.524%) Process Analyst
3 2 (9.524%) SAP Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.762%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) GAP Analysis
2 6 (28.57%) ERP
3 3 (14.29%) PRINCE2
4 2 (9.524%) Project Management
4 2 (9.524%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (9.524%) Technical Architecture
4 2 (9.524%) Workflow
4 2 (9.524%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (9.524%) Analytics
4 2 (9.524%) Use Case
4 2 (9.524%) Time Management
5 1 (4.762%) Cash Management
5 1 (4.762%) Enterprise Content Management
5 1 (4.762%) Content Management
5 1 (4.762%) Migration
5 1 (4.762%) E-Commerce
5 1 (4.762%) OO
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.762%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (9.524%) ISEB
Vendors
1 8 (38.10%) SAP
2 2 (9.524%) Business Objects
2 2 (9.524%) Cognos
3 1 (4.762%) SunGard
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