The first table below looks at the demand for Business Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England 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 of England 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 48 60 38
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -22
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 81 81 106
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 3.721% 2.717% 4.058%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.590% 4.206% 6.232%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 43 62
Average daily rate £350 £380 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.89% +1.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £276 £300 £235
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £468 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 5
Average hourly rate £30.45 - £27.50
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.20 - £24.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.60 - £32.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £25.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year
-12.00% +4.16%
All Processes & Methodologies
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1449 1926 1701
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 66.56% 64.61% 65.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 822 932 771
Average daily rate £375 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 160 183
Average hourly rate £35.14 £30.50 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.19% -4.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.39 £12.50 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £49.00 £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 of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England 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 of England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England Business Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Analysis across the East of England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

East of England Business Analysis Hourly Rate Histogram

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 of England 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
Hertfordshire +14 27 £338 -10.00%
Essex 0 18 £325 -24.19%
Cambridgeshire +10 11 £363 +2.11%
Bedfordshire +10 9 £375 +25.00%
Norfolk +1 8 £375 -3.84%
Suffolk +8 4 £365 +21.66%
East Anglia +12 3 £375 -
Business Analysis
England

Business Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 45 (28.66%) Finance
2 26 (16.56%) Stakeholder Management
3 19 (12.10%) UML
3 19 (12.10%) MS Excel
4 18 (11.46%) Telecoms
5 17 (10.83%) Retail
5 17 (10.83%) Systems Analysis
6 16 (10.19%) Project Management
6 16 (10.19%) ERP
6 16 (10.19%) MS Visio
7 15 (9.554%) Microsoft
7 15 (9.554%) Data Management
7 15 (9.554%) Use Case
8 14 (8.917%) User Acceptance Testing
8 14 (8.917%) PRINCE2
8 14 (8.917%) SQL
9 13 (8.280%) SAP
9 13 (8.280%) E-Commerce
9 13 (8.280%) GAP Analysis
9 13 (8.280%) Data Analysis
10 12 (7.643%) MS Office
11 11 (7.006%) Data Warehouse
11 11 (7.006%) ISEB
11 11 (7.006%) Degree
12 10 (6.369%) Time Management
12 10 (6.369%) NHS
12 10 (6.369%) Business Intelligence
12 10 (6.369%) SQL Server
13 8 (5.096%) Data Modelling
13 8 (5.096%) 2G

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 5 (3.185%) XML
1 5 (3.185%) .NET
2 4 (2.548%) Web Services
3 3 (1.911%) jQuery
3 3 (1.911%) ASP
3 3 (1.911%) CSS
3 3 (1.911%) J2EE
4 2 (1.274%) HTML
4 2 (1.274%) JDBC
4 2 (1.274%) Servlets
4 2 (1.274%) Struts
4 2 (1.274%) COM
4 2 (1.274%) Hibernate
4 2 (1.274%) Spring
4 2 (1.274%) Ajax
5 1 (0.637%) GWT
5 1 (0.637%) Silverlight
5 1 (0.637%) MDX
5 1 (0.637%) Flash
5 1 (0.637%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 5 (3.185%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.911%) Apache
3 2 (1.274%) WebLogic
3 2 (1.274%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.637%) SugarCRM
4 1 (0.637%) Oracle 10gAS
4 1 (0.637%) Joomla!
4 1 (0.637%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (0.637%) Documentum
4 1 (0.637%) IIS
4 1 (0.637%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 19 (12.10%) MS Excel
2 16 (10.19%) MS Visio
3 12 (7.643%) MS Office
4 5 (3.185%) MS Project
5 2 (1.274%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (0.637%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.637%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.637%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 4 (2.548%) VisionPLUS
2 3 (1.911%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (1.911%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.274%) SAP FI
3 2 (1.274%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (1.274%) SAP CO
3 2 (1.274%) Hyperion Planning
4 1 (0.637%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.637%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.637%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.637%) PeopleSoft HRMS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.096%) 2G
1 8 (5.096%) LTE
2 4 (2.548%) 3G
3 3 (1.911%) Internet
4 1 (0.637%) HTTP
4 1 (0.637%) Intranet
4 1 (0.637%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.006%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (6.369%) SQL Server
3 8 (5.096%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (2.548%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (2.548%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (1.911%) MS Access
5 3 (1.911%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (1.274%) Data Mining
6 2 (1.274%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (1.274%) SQL Server 2005
7 1 (0.637%) PerformancePoint
7 1 (0.637%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (0.637%) Cognos Powerplay
7 1 (0.637%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (0.637%) Oracle 9i
7 1 (0.637%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.637%) OLAP
7 1 (0.637%) MySQL
7 1 (0.637%) SQL Server 2000
7 1 (0.637%) Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications
1 3 (1.911%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (1.274%) Axure RP
2 2 (1.274%) JUnit
3 1 (0.637%) FrontPage
3 1 (0.637%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.637%) ERwin
3 1 (0.637%) LoadRunner
General
1 45 (28.66%) Finance
2 18 (11.46%) Telecoms
3 17 (10.83%) Retail
4 4 (2.548%) Pharmaceutical
4 4 (2.548%) Manufacturing
5 3 (1.911%) Banking
5 3 (1.911%) Games
6 2 (1.274%) Financial Institution
6 2 (1.274%) Legal
6 2 (1.274%) General Ledger
7 1 (0.637%) Marketing
7 1 (0.637%) Local Government
7 1 (0.637%) Billing
7 1 (0.637%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.637%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 131 (83.44%) Analyst
2 110 (70.06%) Business Analyst
3 17 (10.83%) Systems Analyst
4 8 (5.096%) Senior Business Analyst
4 8 (5.096%) Developer
4 8 (5.096%) Business Systems Analyst
4 8 (5.096%) Senior Analyst
5 7 (4.459%) Project Manager
6 6 (3.822%) UML Business Analyst
7 5 (3.185%) Business Process Analyst
7 5 (3.185%) Process Analyst
8 4 (2.548%) NHS Business Analyst
8 4 (2.548%) Architect
9 3 (1.911%) SAP Analyst
9 3 (1.911%) Lead Business Analyst
9 3 (1.911%) Microsoft Developer
9 3 (1.911%) Consultant
9 3 (1.911%) Payments Business Analyst
10 2 (1.274%) Agile Business Analyst
10 2 (1.274%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.369%) NHS
2 4 (2.548%) IIBA
2 4 (2.548%) Management Information System
3 3 (1.911%) Mainframe
3 3 (1.911%) SaaS
4 2 (1.274%) EPoS
4 2 (1.274%) Client/Server
5 1 (0.637%) Data Integration
5 1 (0.637%) Mathematics
5 1 (0.637%) Computer Science
5 1 (0.637%) Taxonomies
5 1 (0.637%) Graphic Design
5 1 (0.637%) NPfIT
5 1 (0.637%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.911%) Windows
2 1 (0.637%) Android
2 1 (0.637%) Windows Mobile
2 1 (0.637%) Solaris
2 1 (0.637%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (16.56%) Stakeholder Management
2 19 (12.10%) UML
3 17 (10.83%) Systems Analysis
4 16 (10.19%) Project Management
4 16 (10.19%) ERP
5 15 (9.554%) Data Management
5 15 (9.554%) Use Case
6 14 (8.917%) User Acceptance Testing
6 14 (8.917%) PRINCE2
7 13 (8.280%) E-Commerce
7 13 (8.280%) GAP Analysis
7 13 (8.280%) Data Analysis
8 10 (6.369%) Time Management
8 10 (6.369%) Business Intelligence
9 8 (5.096%) Data Modelling
9 8 (5.096%) Workflow
9 8 (5.096%) Change Management
9 8 (5.096%) Test Scripting
9 8 (5.096%) Web Development
10 7 (4.459%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 14 (8.917%) SQL
2 5 (3.185%) C#
3 3 (1.911%) C
3 3 (1.911%) T-SQL
3 3 (1.911%) Java
3 3 (1.911%) JavaScript
3 3 (1.911%) VB
3 3 (1.911%) VBA
4 2 (1.274%) PL/SQL
4 2 (1.274%) VBScript
5 1 (0.637%) F#
5 1 (0.637%) C++
5 1 (0.637%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 11 (7.006%) ISEB
1 11 (7.006%) Degree
2 4 (2.548%) PMP
2 4 (2.548%) PMI Certification
3 2 (1.274%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (0.637%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.548%) QA
1 4 (2.548%) PCI DSS
2 1 (0.637%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 15 (9.554%) Microsoft
2 13 (8.280%) SAP
3 6 (3.822%) Cognos
4 4 (2.548%) Civica
5 3 (1.911%) Business Objects
5 3 (1.911%) Ericsson
6 2 (1.274%) Remedy
6 2 (1.274%) Hyperion
6 2 (1.274%) IBM
6 2 (1.274%) Oracle
6 2 (1.274%) PeopleSoft
6 2 (1.274%) Teradata
7 1 (0.637%) Pega
7 1 (0.637%) DataFlux
7 1 (0.637%) Ab Initio
7 1 (0.637%) Cerner
7 1 (0.637%) Salesforce.com
7 1 (0.637%) Informatica
7 1 (0.637%) Epicor
7 1 (0.637%) MicroStrategy
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