The first table below looks at the demand for Business Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Analysis over the 3 months to 17 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 Cheshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analysis
Rank 46 49 51
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +2
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 15 18 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 2.078% 2.228% 2.211%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.757% 3.666% 3.188%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 15 17
Average daily rate £338 £365 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.53% -2.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £281 £298
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £403
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 £28.00 £25.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+12.00% +4.16%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
544 491 690
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 75.35% 60.77% 69.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 253 388
Average daily rate £375 £355 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.63% +9.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £270 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 12 25
Average hourly rate £40.00 £22.41 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+78.49% +17.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.95 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.83 £31.10 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Business Analysis
North West

Business Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Warrington -5 2 £231 -28.84%
Knutsford -6 2 £322 -9.54%
Macclesfield -2 1 £425 +33.33%
Business Analysis
North West

Business Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 7 (31.82%) SQL
2 6 (27.27%) Finance
3 5 (22.73%) Oracle
3 5 (22.73%) Windows
3 5 (22.73%) Banking
4 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (13.64%) GIAC
5 3 (13.64%) Workflow
5 3 (13.64%) Migration
5 3 (13.64%) Identity Management
5 3 (13.64%) CISA
5 3 (13.64%) Mainframe
5 3 (13.64%) Tivoli
5 3 (13.64%) Tivoli Identity Manager
5 3 (13.64%) CISSP
5 3 (13.64%) .NET
5 3 (13.64%) UNIX
5 3 (13.64%) LDAP
5 3 (13.64%) Active Directory
5 3 (13.64%) Information Security
5 3 (13.64%) Oracle Identity Manager
6 2 (9.091%) SharePoint 2010
6 2 (9.091%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (9.091%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (9.091%) XenApp
6 2 (9.091%) XenDesktop
6 2 (9.091%) Oracle 11g
6 2 (9.091%) Continuous Integration
6 2 (9.091%) SCCM
6 2 (9.091%) Oracle BI EE

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 3 (13.64%) .NET
2 2 (9.091%) Application Packaging
3 1 (4.545%) HTML
3 1 (4.545%) SOAP
3 1 (4.545%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (9.091%) SharePoint
1 2 (9.091%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 2 (9.091%) MS Excel
1 2 (9.091%) MS Visio
1 2 (9.091%) InfoPath
2 1 (4.545%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (4.545%) SAP APO
1 1 (4.545%) SAP MM
1 1 (4.545%) SAP WM
1 1 (4.545%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (4.545%) SAP LE
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) LDAP
2 1 (4.545%) PBX
2 1 (4.545%) VoIP
2 1 (4.545%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.091%) SQL Server
1 2 (9.091%) Oracle 11g
1 2 (9.091%) Oracle BI EE
1 2 (9.091%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (4.545%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.545%) Oracle Discoverer
2 1 (4.545%) Essbase
Development Applications
1 2 (9.091%) MSI
1 2 (9.091%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 6 (27.27%) Finance
2 5 (22.73%) Banking
3 2 (9.091%) Retail
3 2 (9.091%) Retail Banking
4 1 (4.545%) Marketing
4 1 (4.545%) French Language
4 1 (4.545%) German Language
4 1 (4.545%) Italian Language
4 1 (4.545%) Portuguese Language
4 1 (4.545%) Spanish Language
4 1 (4.545%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (68.18%) Analyst
2 11 (50.00%) Business Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Technical Analyst
4 2 (9.091%) Data Analyst
4 2 (9.091%) Business Architect
4 2 (9.091%) Architect
4 2 (9.091%) Technical Architect
4 2 (9.091%) Technical Business Analyst
4 2 (9.091%) Developer
4 2 (9.091%) OBIEE Developer
5 1 (4.545%) Business Manager
5 1 (4.545%) IT Business Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Engagement Manager
5 1 (4.545%) SAP Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Consultant
5 1 (4.545%) Business Process Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Process Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Security Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Mainframe
2 2 (9.091%) Data Integration
3 1 (4.545%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 5 (22.73%) Windows
2 3 (13.64%) UNIX
3 1 (4.545%) AIX
3 1 (4.545%) HPUX
3 1 (4.545%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (13.64%) Information Security
2 3 (13.64%) Identity Management
2 3 (13.64%) Workflow
2 3 (13.64%) Migration
3 2 (9.091%) Validation
3 2 (9.091%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (9.091%) Data Migration
3 2 (9.091%) Data Validation
3 2 (9.091%) Data Analysis
3 2 (9.091%) Change Management
3 2 (9.091%) PRINCE2
3 2 (9.091%) UML
3 2 (9.091%) RUP
3 2 (9.091%) E-Commerce
3 2 (9.091%) ETL
3 2 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (9.091%) Project Management
4 1 (4.545%) Service Delivery
4 1 (4.545%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 7 (31.82%) SQL
2 2 (9.091%) C#
2 2 (9.091%) PL/SQL
2 2 (9.091%) PowerShell
3 1 (4.545%) Java
3 1 (4.545%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) CISSP
1 3 (13.64%) CISA
1 3 (13.64%) GIAC
System Software
1 3 (13.64%) Active Directory
2 2 (9.091%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (9.091%) XenApp
2 2 (9.091%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (13.64%) Tivoli
1 3 (13.64%) Tivoli Identity Manager
1 3 (13.64%) Oracle Identity Manager
2 2 (9.091%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) Oracle
2 2 (9.091%) SAP
2 2 (9.091%) Citrix
3 1 (4.545%) VMware
3 1 (4.545%) Microsoft
Cheshire
With 5 years plus Business Analysis, managing multiiple projects is key for this BA, we are looking for experience with Microsoft Dynamics AX or CRM or Navision This...
Net Talent
Rate: excellent rates & Long term contract
Posted: 17 May 2013
Knutsford, Cheshire
One of our large banking clients is looking for a Technical Business Analyst/Technical Analyst to join an innovative and ground-breaking ecommerce retail banking programme... You will...
Reed Professional Services
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
IT Project Manager based in Cheshire
Skills and Experience: - Prince2 qualified - Ability to manage multiple complex IT projects - Possess a broad knowledge of the business and its core business functions - Candidates must have a...
IS Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £30,000 to £35,000 (plus excellent company benefits)
Posted: 17 May 2013