The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role 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 Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analyst
Rank 11 11 12
Rank change year-on-year
0 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 123 121 125
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 9.677% 8.851% 9.218%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.61% 9.468% 9.905%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 88 64
Average daily rate £350 £365 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.10% -8.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £219 £296 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £475 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £35.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.25 £30.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +15.38%
All Job Titles
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1159 1278 1262
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 91.19% 93.49% 93.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 523 644 496
Average daily rate £325 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £179 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 96 129
Average hourly rate £14.00 £13.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% -35.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £8.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.90 £34.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Analyst
England

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Business Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 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 +3 56 £413 +10.00%
Nottinghamshire +8 24 £325 -17.72%
Derbyshire +16 11 £213 -37.03%
Lincolnshire +9 8 £140 -
Leicestershire -16 5 £500 +51.51%
Business Analyst
England

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 87 (41.63%) Finance
2 63 (30.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 61 (29.19%) Business Analysis
4 34 (16.27%) BPR
5 26 (12.44%) UML
6 24 (11.48%) MS Visio
6 24 (11.48%) Banking
7 22 (10.53%) NHS
8 21 (10.05%) Systems Analysis
9 17 (8.134%) Workflow
9 17 (8.134%) GAP Analysis
10 16 (7.656%) Process Management
11 15 (7.177%) Migration
11 15 (7.177%) Requirements Analysis
12 14 (6.699%) Customer Engagement
13 13 (6.220%) Change Management
14 12 (5.742%) Management Information System
14 12 (5.742%) Project Management
14 12 (5.742%) SharePoint
14 12 (5.742%) DSDM
15 11 (5.263%) Retail
15 11 (5.263%) Business Transformation
16 10 (4.785%) User Acceptance Testing
16 10 (4.785%) Use Case
17 9 (4.306%) CRM
17 9 (4.306%) SSADM
17 9 (4.306%) Data Warehouse
17 9 (4.306%) Data Modelling
17 9 (4.306%) MS Office
17 9 (4.306%) Data Analysis

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 6 (2.871%) .NET
2 2 (0.957%) XML
2 2 (0.957%) HTML
3 1 (0.478%) SAP MI
Application Platforms
1 12 (5.742%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.957%) LiveLink
Applications
1 24 (11.48%) MS Visio
2 9 (4.306%) MS Office
3 8 (3.828%) MS PowerPoint
4 7 (3.349%) MS Excel
5 3 (1.435%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.392%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.957%) MFGPRO
3 1 (0.478%) SunGard AvantGard
3 1 (0.478%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.478%) VisionPLUS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.914%) Internet
2 1 (0.478%) NFC
2 1 (0.478%) ATM
2 1 (0.478%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.306%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.435%) QlikView
2 3 (1.435%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (0.957%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (0.957%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.478%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.478%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 1 (0.478%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.478%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.478%) BusinessObjects
General
1 87 (41.63%) Finance
2 24 (11.48%) Banking
3 11 (5.263%) Retail
4 6 (2.871%) Retail Banking
5 4 (1.914%) Legal
5 4 (1.914%) Local Government
6 2 (0.957%) Billing
6 2 (0.957%) Manufacturing
6 2 (0.957%) Automotive
6 2 (0.957%) Back Office
6 2 (0.957%) Telecoms
6 2 (0.957%) Marketing
7 1 (0.478%) Publishing
7 1 (0.478%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.478%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.53%) NHS
2 12 (5.742%) Management Information System
3 2 (0.957%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (0.957%) SWIFT
3 2 (0.957%) Credit Risk
4 1 (0.478%) Mobile Payment
4 1 (0.478%) Smart Meter
4 1 (0.478%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.435%) Windows
2 2 (0.957%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (30.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 61 (29.19%) Business Analysis
3 34 (16.27%) BPR
4 26 (12.44%) UML
5 21 (10.05%) Systems Analysis
6 17 (8.134%) Workflow
6 17 (8.134%) GAP Analysis
7 16 (7.656%) Process Management
8 15 (7.177%) Migration
8 15 (7.177%) Requirements Analysis
9 14 (6.699%) Customer Engagement
10 13 (6.220%) Change Management
11 12 (5.742%) Project Management
11 12 (5.742%) DSDM
12 11 (5.263%) Business Transformation
13 10 (4.785%) User Acceptance Testing
13 10 (4.785%) Use Case
14 9 (4.306%) CRM
14 9 (4.306%) SSADM
14 9 (4.306%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.828%) SQL
2 4 (1.914%) Java
2 4 (1.914%) C++
3 3 (1.435%) VBA
4 2 (0.957%) C#
5 1 (0.478%) Fortran
5 1 (0.478%) C
5 1 (0.478%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 7 (3.349%) Security Cleared
2 3 (1.435%) SC Cleared
3 2 (0.957%) Degree
4 1 (0.478%) MBA
4 1 (0.478%) ISEB
4 1 (0.478%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.349%) Data Quality
2 2 (0.957%) Basel II
2 2 (0.957%) Basel III
2 2 (0.957%) Solvency II
2 2 (0.957%) QA
3 1 (0.478%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.478%) BS25999
3 1 (0.478%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (1.435%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.957%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (0.957%) XenApp
Vendors
1 7 (3.349%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.871%) Salesforce.com
3 3 (1.435%) Citrix
4 2 (0.957%) SunGard
4 2 (0.957%) SAP
4 2 (0.957%) Open Text
4 2 (0.957%) IT2
4 2 (0.957%) Northgate
4 2 (0.957%) hybris
5 1 (0.478%) Business Objects
5 1 (0.478%) Oracle
5 1 (0.478%) IBM
5 1 (0.478%) Sage
5 1 (0.478%) Novell
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Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £450.00 per day
Posted: 8 May 2013
Northamptonshire
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Sanderson
Rate: £350 - £375 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Nottingham, East Midlands
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...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £325 per day
Posted: 8 May 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
My client, a leading utilities company, is looking for a Business Analyst for an initial 3 month contract based in Nottingham. Due to the urgency of this position,...
Experis IT
Posted: 15 May 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Experience of using application development methodologies is also desired (Agile / RAD /DSDM). *Previous experience is required of working on projects that are either Internet or software application based.
Spring Technology
Rate: £300.00 - £350.00 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Derby, East Midlands
Business Analyst required for a Dynamics AX 2012 Project based in Derbyshire.The requirement is for an AX Business Analyst with a strong background in the Manufacturing industry...
Nigel Frank International
Rate: £380 - £420 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Northampton, Northamptonshire
You will have experience of business change, business transformation, BPR backgrounds with process mapping experience, requirements gathering, gap analysis, requirements capture, workshop facilitation, etc... Very experienced in requirements...
Clarity Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £399 - £450 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013