The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Cheltenham 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 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 Job Titles advertised for the Cheltenham 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 Analyst
Rank 13 23 24
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 2 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheltenham 2.469% 2.419% 0.909%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.740% 2.727% 0.962%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
Average daily rate £388 £400 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.12% -20.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.25 £32.83 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-1.75% +19.36%
All Job Titles
Cheltenham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
73 110 104
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheltenham 90.12% 88.71% 94.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 76 48
Average daily rate £350 £400 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +19.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £713 £445
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 24
Average hourly rate £14.00 £37.00 £36.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-62.16% +2.06%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.53 £20.50 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £38.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Business Analyst
Gloucestershire

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham Business Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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 2 (50.00%) MS Visio
1 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) General Ledger
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Data Mapping
2 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (25.00%) Business Transformation
2 1 (25.00%) B2B
2 1 (25.00%) BPR
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) UML
2 1 (25.00%) SSADM
2 1 (25.00%) DSDM
2 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Migration

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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.

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) MS Visio
General
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
1 1 (25.00%) General Ledger
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Data Mapping
2 1 (25.00%) Business Transformation
2 1 (25.00%) B2B
2 1 (25.00%) BPR
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) UML
2 1 (25.00%) SSADM
2 1 (25.00%) DSDM
2 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality