The first table below looks at the demand for Business Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Analysis over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Edinburgh 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analysis
Rank 19 16 21
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +5
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 52 59 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 5.727% 5.535% 4.580%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.176% 8.172% 7.110%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 26 45
Average daily rate £425 £363 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.24% +9.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £485 £450 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 0
Average hourly rate £19.75 £23.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.13% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £25.00 £27.00
% change year-on-year
-18.00% -7.40%
All Processes & Methodologies
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
636 722 858
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 70.04% 67.73% 64.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 344 456
Average daily rate £400 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 12 8
Average hourly rate £19.50 £23.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.02% +34.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £13.76 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.25 £39.40 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Business Analysis
Scotland

Business Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Business Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 48 (61.54%) Finance
2 24 (30.77%) Banking
3 22 (28.21%) Stakeholder Management
4 17 (21.79%) Asset Management
5 12 (15.38%) Investment Management
6 9 (11.54%) Degree
6 9 (11.54%) Project Management
6 9 (11.54%) Microsoft
7 8 (10.26%) Investment Banking
8 7 (8.974%) Retail
8 7 (8.974%) SharePoint
8 7 (8.974%) MS Office
8 7 (8.974%) User Acceptance Testing
9 6 (7.692%) CRM
9 6 (7.692%) Data Analysis
9 6 (7.692%) Migration
9 6 (7.692%) Project Planning
10 5 (6.410%) Fund Management
10 5 (6.410%) Requirements Analysis
10 5 (6.410%) Retail Banking
10 5 (6.410%) Oracle
10 5 (6.410%) Oracle 11i
10 5 (6.410%) Oracle EBS R12
10 5 (6.410%) Business Transformation
11 4 (5.128%) UML
11 4 (5.128%) Change Management
11 4 (5.128%) Oracle Payroll
12 3 (3.846%) Use Case
12 3 (3.846%) Back Office
12 3 (3.846%) Salesforce.com

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 1 (1.282%) Java EE
1 1 (1.282%) WebSphere
1 1 (1.282%) .NET
1 1 (1.282%) J2EE
1 1 (1.282%) ASP.NET
1 1 (1.282%) COM
1 1 (1.282%) soapUI
1 1 (1.282%) JAX-WS
1 1 (1.282%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 7 (8.974%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.846%) SAS
3 1 (1.282%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (1.282%) Adobe CQ
3 1 (1.282%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 7 (8.974%) MS Office
2 3 (3.846%) MS Excel
2 3 (3.846%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.564%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (1.282%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 5 (6.410%) Oracle 11i
1 5 (6.410%) Oracle EBS R12
2 4 (5.128%) Oracle Payroll
3 1 (1.282%) Oracle HRMS
3 1 (1.282%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (1.282%) Sentinel
3 1 (1.282%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.282%) PeopleSoft HRMS
3 1 (1.282%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.282%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.846%) SQL Server
1 3 (3.846%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.282%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (1.282%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (1.282%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (1.282%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (1.282%) Data Mining
2 1 (1.282%) DTS
2 1 (1.282%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (1.282%) Subversion
1 1 (1.282%) Maven
1 1 (1.282%) ERwin
1 1 (1.282%) Ant
1 1 (1.282%) JUnit
1 1 (1.282%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.282%) Git (software)
General
1 48 (61.54%) Finance
2 24 (30.77%) Banking
3 8 (10.26%) Investment Banking
4 7 (8.974%) Retail
5 5 (6.410%) Retail Banking
6 3 (3.846%) Back Office
7 2 (2.564%) Advertising
8 1 (1.282%) Marketing
8 1 (1.282%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (1.282%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.282%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 60 (76.92%) Analyst
1 60 (76.92%) Business Analyst
2 5 (6.410%) Data Analyst
2 5 (6.410%) Business Data Analyst
3 4 (5.128%) Consultant
3 4 (5.128%) Financial Business Analyst
3 4 (5.128%) Financial Services Business Analyst
3 4 (5.128%) Oracle Analyst
4 3 (3.846%) CRM Business Analyst
4 3 (3.846%) Banking Business Analyst
4 3 (3.846%) Architect
4 3 (3.846%) Project Manager
4 3 (3.846%) CRM Analyst
5 2 (2.564%) Programme Manager
5 2 (2.564%) Developer
5 2 (2.564%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (2.564%) Senior Business Analyst
5 2 (2.564%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
5 2 (2.564%) Lead Business Analyst
5 2 (2.564%) Insurance Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.564%) Management Information System
1 2 (2.564%) Derivative
2 1 (1.282%) Fixed Income
2 1 (1.282%) Statistics
2 1 (1.282%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (1.282%) Open Source
2 1 (1.282%) IIBA
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (28.21%) Stakeholder Management
2 17 (21.79%) Asset Management
3 12 (15.38%) Investment Management
4 9 (11.54%) Project Management
5 7 (8.974%) User Acceptance Testing
6 6 (7.692%) CRM
6 6 (7.692%) Data Analysis
6 6 (7.692%) Migration
6 6 (7.692%) Project Planning
7 5 (6.410%) Fund Management
7 5 (6.410%) Requirements Analysis
7 5 (6.410%) Business Transformation
8 4 (5.128%) UML
8 4 (5.128%) Change Management
9 3 (3.846%) Use Case
9 3 (3.846%) ERP
9 3 (3.846%) ETL
9 3 (3.846%) Data Migration
10 2 (2.564%) Fund Accounting
10 2 (2.564%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.846%) SQL
2 1 (1.282%) T-SQL
2 1 (1.282%) C#
2 1 (1.282%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (11.54%) Degree
2 3 (3.846%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.564%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 9 (11.54%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.410%) Oracle
3 3 (3.846%) Salesforce.com
3 3 (3.846%) Charles River
3 3 (3.846%) PeopleSoft
3 3 (3.846%) Cadis
4 2 (2.564%) IBM
4 2 (2.564%) thinkFolio
5 1 (1.282%) Teradata
5 1 (1.282%) Ab Initio
5 1 (1.282%) DataFlux
5 1 (1.282%) Informatica
5 1 (1.282%) Adobe
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