The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Data 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 Data Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Data Analyst
Rank 55 62 63
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Business Data Analyst 3 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.374% 0.091% 0.153%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.398% 0.097% 0.161%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £300 £350
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £19.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.75 £16.85 £23.00
% change year-on-year
+17.21% -26.73%
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
754 1035 1239
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 93.90% 94.09% 94.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 318 515 611
Average daily rate £400 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £244 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 26 35
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 Data Analyst
Scotland

Business Data Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Business Data Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Business Data Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Business Data Analyst across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Business Data Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Business Data Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Business Data Analyst across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Business Data Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Business Data Analyst
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Business Data 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 Data Analyst in their job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) MS Office
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft

Business Data Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Office
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
Edinburgh, Midlothian
The ideal candidate will previous financial experience, working as an Analyst, helping perform first line analysis on user queries as well as performing user acceptance testing and analysis...
TEKsystems
Rate: £10 - £12 per hour
Posted: 13 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Analysis, Documentation, Specifications, Functional, Data Analysis, Data Warehouse, MI My banking client in Edinburgh are actively recruiting for a number of business analysts for a major transformation programme...
Aston Carter
Rate: £325 - £375 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013