The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Cardiff 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 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 Cardiff 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 Analyst
Rank 5 8 13
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 35 31 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 19.02% 13.78% 10.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 20.47% 14.49% 10.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 24 16
Average daily rate £375 £400 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £329 £331
10% offered a daily rate of more than £474 £504 £425
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 £26.25
% change year-on-year
+5.00% +14.28%
All Job Titles
Cardiff
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
171 214 231
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 92.93% 95.11% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 127 140
Average daily rate £365 £328 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.45% +0.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £175 £117
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 8
Average hourly rate £17.60 £14.25 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+23.50% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.72 £14.00 £9.52
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £15.50 £106.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Analyst
South Wales

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff Business Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Analyst across the Cardiff region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cardiff Business Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff Business Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 30 (56.60%) Finance
2 21 (39.62%) Business Analysis
3 18 (33.96%) Banking
4 14 (26.42%) Project Management
5 12 (22.64%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (15.09%) Migration
6 8 (15.09%) Microsoft
7 7 (13.21%) SQL
7 7 (13.21%) Management Information System
8 6 (11.32%) MS Office
8 6 (11.32%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (11.32%) ISEB
9 5 (9.434%) UML
9 5 (9.434%) AS400
9 5 (9.434%) Content Management
9 5 (9.434%) Retail
9 5 (9.434%) Retail Banking
9 5 (9.434%) Use Case
10 4 (7.547%) Degree
10 4 (7.547%) Multimedia
10 4 (7.547%) OO
10 4 (7.547%) TestDirector
10 4 (7.547%) PRINCE2
10 4 (7.547%) MS Project
10 4 (7.547%) .NET
10 4 (7.547%) J2EE
10 4 (7.547%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 3 (5.660%) ISEB Practitioner
11 3 (5.660%) Data Analysis
11 3 (5.660%) Change Management

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 4 (7.547%) .NET
1 4 (7.547%) J2EE
2 1 (1.887%) COM
2 1 (1.887%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.774%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (11.32%) MS Office
2 4 (7.547%) MS Project
3 1 (1.887%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.887%) SAP ERP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.32%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.887%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.887%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.887%) Xcelsius
2 1 (1.887%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Development Applications
1 4 (7.547%) TestDirector
General
1 30 (56.60%) Finance
2 18 (33.96%) Banking
3 5 (9.434%) Retail
3 5 (9.434%) Retail Banking
4 4 (7.547%) Multimedia
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.21%) Management Information System
2 5 (9.434%) AS400
3 1 (1.887%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (39.62%) Business Analysis
2 14 (26.42%) Project Management
3 12 (22.64%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (15.09%) Migration
5 5 (9.434%) UML
5 5 (9.434%) Content Management
5 5 (9.434%) Use Case
6 4 (7.547%) OO
6 4 (7.547%) PRINCE2
6 4 (7.547%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (5.660%) Data Analysis
7 3 (5.660%) Change Management
8 2 (3.774%) Data Migration
8 2 (3.774%) Product Management
9 1 (1.887%) Requirements Engineering
9 1 (1.887%) Business Intelligence
9 1 (1.887%) E-Commerce
9 1 (1.887%) ERP
9 1 (1.887%) SOA
9 1 (1.887%) Data Mapping
Programming Languages
1 7 (13.21%) SQL
2 2 (3.774%) VB
3 1 (1.887%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (11.32%) ISEB
2 4 (7.547%) Degree
3 3 (5.660%) ISEB Practitioner
4 1 (1.887%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.887%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (15.09%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.774%) SAP
3 1 (1.887%) Oracle
3 1 (1.887%) Business Objects