The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Systems Analyst role 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 Systems Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business System Analyst
Rank 104 123 115
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Business Systems Analyst 12 11 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.566% 0.373% 0.261%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.606% 0.397% 0.276%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 7
Average daily rate £400 £310 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+29.03% -22.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £330 £300 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £415 £393 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £328 £395
% change year-on-year
+6.87% -17.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
Average hourly rate £32.25 £30.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.50% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.25 £28.75 £26.25
% change year-on-year
+12.17% +9.52%
All Job Titles
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1980 2769 2539
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 93.40% 93.86% 94.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1018 1292 1115
Average daily rate £340 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £463 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 240 285 325
Average hourly rate £22.66 £23.59 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.92% +24.13%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.50 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £42.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Systems Analyst
England

Business Systems Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Business Systems Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Business Systems Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Business Systems Analyst across the East of England region.

East of England Business Systems Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Business Systems Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Business Systems Analyst across the East of England region.

East of England Business Systems Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Business Systems 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 Systems Analyst within the East of England region over the 3 months to 23 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 +10 8 £388 -
Essex 0 3 - -
Suffolk - 1 £425 -
Business Systems Analyst
England

Business Systems Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited Business Systems 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 Systems Analyst in their job title.

1 11 (42.31%) Systems Analysis
2 9 (34.62%) Finance
3 8 (30.77%) Business Analysis
4 7 (26.92%) Retail
4 7 (26.92%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (23.08%) Six Sigma
6 5 (19.23%) Project Management
6 5 (19.23%) ITIL
6 5 (19.23%) UML
7 4 (15.38%) SQL
7 4 (15.38%) Service Management
7 4 (15.38%) Lean Six Sigma
7 4 (15.38%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 4 (15.38%) Time Management
7 4 (15.38%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 3 (11.54%) Marketing
8 3 (11.54%) ITSM
8 3 (11.54%) QAD
8 3 (11.54%) MFGPRO
8 3 (11.54%) Manufacturing
8 3 (11.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (11.54%) ISEB
9 2 (7.692%) Mainframe
9 2 (7.692%) NHS
9 2 (7.692%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (7.692%) E-Commerce
9 2 (7.692%) EDI
9 2 (7.692%) Data Modelling
9 2 (7.692%) SOA
9 2 (7.692%) Business Intelligence

Business Systems Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited Business Systems 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 Systems Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (7.692%) EDI
2 1 (3.846%) Web Services
2 1 (3.846%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.846%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (7.692%) MS Office
2 1 (3.846%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.846%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (11.54%) MFGPRO
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.692%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.846%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (3.846%) MS Access
2 1 (3.846%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.846%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (3.846%) RequisitePro
General
1 9 (34.62%) Finance
2 7 (26.92%) Retail
3 3 (11.54%) Marketing
3 3 (11.54%) Manufacturing
4 2 (7.692%) Banking
5 1 (3.846%) Retail Banking
5 1 (3.846%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.692%) Mainframe
1 2 (7.692%) NHS
1 2 (7.692%) FMCG
1 2 (7.692%) IIBA
2 1 (3.846%) Client/Server
2 1 (3.846%) EPoS
2 1 (3.846%) Chip and PIN
2 1 (3.846%) EFTPOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (42.31%) Systems Analysis
2 8 (30.77%) Business Analysis
3 7 (26.92%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (23.08%) Six Sigma
5 5 (19.23%) Project Management
5 5 (19.23%) ITIL
5 5 (19.23%) UML
6 4 (15.38%) Service Management
6 4 (15.38%) Lean Six Sigma
6 4 (15.38%) Time Management
7 3 (11.54%) ITSM
8 2 (7.692%) E-Commerce
8 2 (7.692%) Data Modelling
8 2 (7.692%) SOA
8 2 (7.692%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (7.692%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (7.692%) Change Management
8 2 (7.692%) Scrum
8 2 (7.692%) Release Management
8 2 (7.692%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (15.38%) SQL
2 1 (3.846%) PHP
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) Six Sigma Black Belt
1 4 (15.38%) Six Sigma Green Belt
2 3 (11.54%) ISEB
3 2 (7.692%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (3.846%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 3 (11.54%) QAD
2 2 (7.692%) Civica
3 1 (3.846%) PeopleSoft