The first table below looks at the demand for Business Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Analysis over the 3 months to 22 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 East Midlands 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analysis
Rank 42 39 47
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +8
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 47 51 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 3.724% 3.648% 2.790%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.504% 5.654% 4.274%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 33 23
Average daily rate £325 £375 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% -3.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £272 £305
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £420 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Average hourly rate £35.00 £21.25 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+64.70% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £25.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year
-12.00% +4.16%
All Processes & Methodologies
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
854 902 889
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 67.67% 64.52% 65.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 409 460 380
Average daily rate £375 £375 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.59%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 52 64
Average hourly rate £27.50 £34.00 £26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.11% +30.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.00 £14.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £57.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Business Analysis
England

Business Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 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
Northamptonshire +9 19 £383 -8.10%
Nottinghamshire +4 9 £315 -10.00%
Derbyshire +19 7 £213 -28.87%
Leicestershire -16 2 £278 -25.00%
Lincolnshire - 1 - -
Business Analysis
England

Business Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 33 (41.25%) Finance
2 26 (32.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 17 (21.25%) Process Management
4 16 (20.00%) NHS
5 14 (17.50%) Customer Engagement
6 12 (15.00%) Change Management
7 11 (13.75%) Banking
7 11 (13.75%) Project Management
7 11 (13.75%) MS Visio
8 9 (11.25%) Data Modelling
8 9 (11.25%) .NET
8 9 (11.25%) Retail
9 8 (10.00%) Systems Analysis
9 8 (10.00%) Migration
9 8 (10.00%) C#
9 8 (10.00%) Microsoft
10 7 (8.750%) Configuration Management
10 7 (8.750%) SQL Server
10 7 (8.750%) MS Office
10 7 (8.750%) PRINCE2
11 6 (7.500%) ASP.NET
11 6 (7.500%) OO
11 6 (7.500%) OOD
11 6 (7.500%) Visual Studio
11 6 (7.500%) JavaScript
11 6 (7.500%) MVC
11 6 (7.500%) GAP Analysis
11 6 (7.500%) Ajax
11 6 (7.500%) .NET Framework
11 6 (7.500%) ASP.NET MVC

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 9 (11.25%) .NET
2 6 (7.500%) ASP.NET
2 6 (7.500%) Ajax
2 6 (7.500%) .NET Framework
2 6 (7.500%) ASP.NET MVC
2 6 (7.500%) ASP.NET MVC 3
2 6 (7.500%) jQuery
3 2 (2.500%) XML
3 2 (2.500%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 5 (6.250%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.250%) SAS
2 1 (1.250%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (1.250%) ESB
Applications
1 11 (13.75%) MS Visio
2 7 (8.750%) MS Office
3 3 (3.750%) MS Project
3 3 (3.750%) MS Excel
4 1 (1.250%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.250%) Oracle Retail
1 1 (1.250%) VisionPLUS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.500%) HTTPS
1 2 (2.500%) NFC
2 1 (1.250%) ATM
2 1 (1.250%) HTTP
2 1 (1.250%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.750%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.750%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.250%) QlikView
3 1 (1.250%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.250%) SAP BW
3 1 (1.250%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (1.250%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (7.500%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.250%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (1.250%) ProC
General
1 33 (41.25%) Finance
2 11 (13.75%) Banking
3 9 (11.25%) Retail
4 5 (6.250%) Retail Banking
5 3 (3.750%) Local Government
6 2 (2.500%) Back Office
6 2 (2.500%) Automotive
6 2 (2.500%) Legal
7 1 (1.250%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.250%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 64 (80.00%) Analyst
2 61 (76.25%) Business Analyst
3 11 (13.75%) Consultant
4 9 (11.25%) Business Consultant
5 8 (10.00%) Developer
6 6 (7.500%) C# Developer
6 6 (7.500%) Business Systems Analyst
6 6 (7.500%) Systems Analyst
7 5 (6.250%) Data Analyst
8 3 (3.750%) Business Change Analyst
8 3 (3.750%) Data Quality Analyst
8 3 (3.750%) Project Manager
8 3 (3.750%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (3.750%) Quality Analyst
8 3 (3.750%) Change Analyst
9 2 (2.500%) Junior Business Analyst
9 2 (2.500%) .NET Developer
9 2 (2.500%) Project Analyst
9 2 (2.500%) Senior C# Developer
9 2 (2.500%) Senior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (20.00%) NHS
2 3 (3.750%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.500%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (2.500%) Credit Risk
3 2 (2.500%) Mobile Payment
4 1 (1.250%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.750%) UNIX
2 2 (2.500%) AIX
2 2 (2.500%) MVS
3 1 (1.250%) Windows
3 1 (1.250%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (32.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 17 (21.25%) Process Management
3 14 (17.50%) Customer Engagement
4 12 (15.00%) Change Management
5 11 (13.75%) Project Management
6 9 (11.25%) Data Modelling
7 8 (10.00%) Systems Analysis
7 8 (10.00%) Migration
8 7 (8.750%) Configuration Management
8 7 (8.750%) PRINCE2
9 6 (7.500%) OO
9 6 (7.500%) OOD
9 6 (7.500%) MVC
9 6 (7.500%) GAP Analysis
10 5 (6.250%) User Acceptance Testing
10 5 (6.250%) Requirements Analysis
11 3 (3.750%) Business Process Improvement
11 3 (3.750%) Waterfall
11 3 (3.750%) Business Transformation
11 3 (3.750%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.00%) C#
2 6 (7.500%) JavaScript
3 4 (5.000%) SQL
4 3 (3.750%) C++
4 3 (3.750%) Java
4 3 (3.750%) VBA
5 2 (2.500%) JCL
5 2 (2.500%) REXX
5 2 (2.500%) ActionScript
5 2 (2.500%) ActionScript 2.0
6 1 (1.250%) C
6 1 (1.250%) ABAP
6 1 (1.250%) Perl
6 1 (1.250%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.250%) Python
6 1 (1.250%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (2.500%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.250%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (1.250%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.000%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.250%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.250%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.250%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 8 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.750%) SAP
3 2 (2.500%) Salesforce.com
3 2 (2.500%) Oracle
3 2 (2.500%) IT2
4 1 (1.250%) BMC
4 1 (1.250%) Novell
4 1 (1.250%) Retek
4 1 (1.250%) IBM
Northampton, East Midlands
My Blue Chip Financial Services client is looking for an experienced Business Analyst who has previously worked on either PPI or a major complaints project. You will be...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £450.00 per day
Posted: 8 May 2013
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Sanderson
Rate: £350 - £375 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
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You will ideally have the following experience: Business Analysis Requirements Capturing Process Analysis Gap analysis between current and future processesStrong Documentation skills are a must for this role...
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Rate: £325 per day
Posted: 8 May 2013