Business Analyst Contracts in Edinburgh
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role 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 Analyst in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analyst
Rank 9 8 4
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 81 125 181
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 9.806% 11.32% 13.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.42% 12.07% 14.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 78 115
Average daily rate £425 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.76% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £485 £450 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
Average hourly rate £19.50 £23.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.21% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.25 £30.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +15.38%
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 777 1036 1225
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 94.07% 93.84% 94.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 331 510 600
Average daily rate £400 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £538
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 27 36
Average hourly rate £15.50 £23.00 £15.29
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.60% +50.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.70 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £32.00 £28.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Analyst
Scotland

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Business Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 72 (54.55%) Finance
2 54 (40.91%) Business Analysis
3 37 (28.03%) Banking
3 37 (28.03%) Asset Management
4 26 (19.70%) Stakeholder Management
5 18 (13.64%) Retail
6 16 (12.12%) Investment Management
7 13 (9.848%) CRM
8 12 (9.091%) Oracle
9 11 (8.333%) Retail Banking
10 10 (7.576%) Investment Banking
11 8 (6.061%) UML
11 8 (6.061%) MS Visio
11 8 (6.061%) Project Management
12 7 (5.303%) Salesforce.com
12 7 (5.303%) Microsoft
12 7 (5.303%) Oracle 11i
12 7 (5.303%) Fund Management
12 7 (5.303%) Use Case
12 7 (5.303%) Oracle EBS R12
13 6 (4.545%) Business Transformation
13 6 (4.545%) Oracle Payroll
13 6 (4.545%) User Acceptance Testing
13 6 (4.545%) MS Office
14 5 (3.788%) BPR
14 5 (3.788%) Data Mining
14 5 (3.788%) SAS
14 5 (3.788%) Marketing
14 5 (3.788%) Data Analysis
14 5 (3.788%) Agile Software Development

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 2 (1.515%) .NET
2 1 (0.758%) ASP.NET
2 1 (0.758%) COM
Application Platforms
1 5 (3.788%) SAS
2 4 (3.030%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.758%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 8 (6.061%) MS Visio
2 6 (4.545%) MS Office
3 2 (1.515%) MS Project
3 2 (1.515%) MS Excel
4 1 (0.758%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (5.303%) Oracle 11i
1 7 (5.303%) Oracle EBS R12
2 6 (4.545%) Oracle Payroll
3 3 (2.273%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (2.273%) Oracle HRMS
3 3 (2.273%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (1.515%) MultiFonds
4 2 (1.515%) Sentinel
4 2 (1.515%) HiPortfolio
5 1 (0.758%) Oracle CRM
5 1 (0.758%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.758%) PeopleSoft HRMS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.273%) HTTP
2 1 (0.758%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.788%) Data Mining
2 4 (3.030%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (3.030%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.515%) OLAP
4 1 (0.758%) Big Data
4 1 (0.758%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.758%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (1.515%) Subversion
2 1 (0.758%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.758%) TestDirector
2 1 (0.758%) RequisitePro
2 1 (0.758%) XDE
General
1 72 (54.55%) Finance
2 37 (28.03%) Banking
3 18 (13.64%) Retail
4 11 (8.333%) Retail Banking
5 10 (7.576%) Investment Banking
6 5 (3.788%) Marketing
7 4 (3.030%) Back Office
8 2 (1.515%) Corporate Banking
8 2 (1.515%) Legal
9 1 (0.758%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 3 (2.273%) Management Information System
2 1 (0.758%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (0.758%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (0.758%) Copywriting
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (40.91%) Business Analysis
2 37 (28.03%) Asset Management
3 26 (19.70%) Stakeholder Management
4 16 (12.12%) Investment Management
5 13 (9.848%) CRM
6 8 (6.061%) UML
6 8 (6.061%) Project Management
7 7 (5.303%) Fund Management
7 7 (5.303%) Use Case
8 6 (4.545%) Business Transformation
8 6 (4.545%) User Acceptance Testing
9 5 (3.788%) BPR
9 5 (3.788%) Data Analysis
9 5 (3.788%) Agile Software Development
10 4 (3.030%) Migration
10 4 (3.030%) Programme Management
10 4 (3.030%) Requirements Analysis
10 4 (3.030%) ERP
10 4 (3.030%) Fund Accounting
11 3 (2.273%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.273%) SQL
2 1 (0.758%) C#
2 1 (0.758%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (3.030%) Degree
1 4 (3.030%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.030%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.515%) QA
2 2 (1.515%) FATCA
3 1 (0.758%) Solvency II
Systems Management
1 1 (0.758%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 12 (9.091%) Oracle
2 7 (5.303%) Salesforce.com
2 7 (5.303%) Microsoft
3 3 (2.273%) thinkFolio
4 2 (1.515%) PeopleSoft
4 2 (1.515%) Charles River
5 1 (0.758%) Cadis
5 1 (0.758%) Linedata
5 1 (0.758%) Informatica
5 1 (0.758%) Siebel
5 1 (0.758%) Teradata
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