The first table below looks at the demand for the Agile Business Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Agile Business 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 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
Agile Business Analyst
Rank 405 460 465
Rank change year-on-year
+55 +5
Contract jobs requiring an Agile Business Analyst 113 102 108
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.272% 0.191% 0.189%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.294% 0.206% 0.204%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 79 87
Average daily rate £400 £363 £381
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.34% -4.91%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £282 £304 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £310 £375
% change year-on-year
+20.96% -17.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £28.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £28.50
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
38380 49421 52947
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.44% 92.55% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 22598 27956 29382
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £246 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1965 2419 2806
Average hourly rate £18.88 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.02% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.13 £11.13 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £40.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Agile Business Analyst
UK

Agile Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Agile Business Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Agile Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Agile Business Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Agile Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Agile Business Analyst across the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

England Agile Business Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Agile Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Agile Business Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Agile Business Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile Business Analyst within the 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
London +63 78 £418 +7.39%
South East -9 17 £400 +29.03%
East of England +22 5 £388 -1.27%
North West +12 4 £338 +18.42%
East Midlands +4 4 £328 -12.66%
Yorkshire 0 4 £375 -
South West - 1 £350 -
Agile Business Analyst
UK

Agile Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 126 (61.46%) Agile Software Development
2 101 (49.27%) Scrum
3 68 (33.17%) User Stories
4 67 (32.68%) Business Analysis
5 60 (29.27%) UML
6 52 (25.37%) E-Commerce
7 49 (23.90%) Finance
8 44 (21.46%) Use Case
9 33 (16.10%) Stakeholder Management
10 28 (13.66%) BDD
11 25 (12.20%) Retail
12 24 (11.71%) Banking
12 24 (11.71%) Project Management
13 22 (10.73%) SQL
14 19 (9.268%) RUP
14 19 (9.268%) Waterfall
15 18 (8.780%) Data Modelling
15 18 (8.780%) TDD
16 17 (8.293%) Microsoft
17 16 (7.805%) ISEB
17 16 (7.805%) Content Management
17 16 (7.805%) Mobile App
17 16 (7.805%) Marketing
18 14 (6.829%) MS Visio
19 13 (6.341%) Data Analysis
19 13 (6.341%) Publishing
19 13 (6.341%) Requirements Management
20 12 (5.854%) Systems Analysis
20 12 (5.854%) .NET
21 11 (5.366%) MS Office

Agile Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 12 (5.854%) .NET
2 5 (2.439%) XML
2 5 (2.439%) ASP.NET
3 3 (1.463%) AppFabric
3 3 (1.463%) RESTful
3 3 (1.463%) WCF
3 3 (1.463%) WF
4 2 (0.976%) Oracle ADF
4 2 (0.976%) HTML
4 2 (0.976%) Web Services
4 2 (0.976%) Ajax
5 1 (0.488%) WebCenter
5 1 (0.488%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.488%) ASP
5 1 (0.488%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 5 (2.439%) SharePoint
1 5 (2.439%) CMS
2 4 (1.951%) BizTalk Server
3 3 (1.463%) Windows Azure
4 2 (0.976%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (0.488%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.488%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 14 (6.829%) MS Visio
2 11 (5.366%) MS Office
3 10 (4.878%) MS Excel
4 4 (1.951%) MS Project
5 1 (0.488%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.488%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (0.488%) SAP FI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.439%) HTTP
2 2 (0.976%) Internet
3 1 (0.488%) Intranet
3 1 (0.488%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.439%) Big Data
1 5 (2.439%) MySQL
1 5 (2.439%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.951%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.463%) Data Mart
4 1 (0.488%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.488%) QlikView
4 1 (0.488%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.488%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.488%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.488%) TOAD
4 1 (0.488%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (2.927%) JIRA
2 5 (2.439%) Axure RP
3 2 (0.976%) ClearQuest
4 1 (0.488%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.488%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.488%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.488%) Rational Rose
4 1 (0.488%) JDeveloper
4 1 (0.488%) Subversion
General
1 49 (23.90%) Finance
2 25 (12.20%) Retail
3 24 (11.71%) Banking
4 16 (7.805%) Marketing
5 13 (6.341%) Publishing
6 7 (3.415%) Financial Institution
7 6 (2.927%) Telecoms
7 6 (2.927%) Music
8 5 (2.439%) Investment Banking
8 5 (2.439%) Front Office
8 5 (2.439%) Legal
9 4 (1.951%) Back Office
9 4 (1.951%) Billing
9 4 (1.951%) Music Industry
9 4 (1.951%) Wholesale Banking
10 2 (0.976%) Games
10 2 (0.976%) Retail Banking
10 2 (0.976%) International Banking
11 1 (0.488%) Online Betting
11 1 (0.488%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.805%) Mobile App
2 8 (3.902%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 7 (3.415%) Derivative
4 4 (1.951%) Fixed Income
4 4 (1.951%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (1.951%) Reference Data
5 3 (1.463%) Management Information System
6 2 (0.976%) Equities
6 2 (0.976%) Blackberry
6 2 (0.976%) Equity Derivative
6 2 (0.976%) Data Integration
6 2 (0.976%) iPad
6 2 (0.976%) Mobile Payment
7 1 (0.488%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.488%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.488%) iPhone
7 1 (0.488%) Online Games
7 1 (0.488%) Online Gambling
7 1 (0.488%) Market Risk
7 1 (0.488%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.390%) Windows
2 3 (1.463%) Android
3 2 (0.976%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.488%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.488%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (61.46%) Agile Software Development
2 101 (49.27%) Scrum
3 68 (33.17%) User Stories
4 67 (32.68%) Business Analysis
5 60 (29.27%) UML
6 52 (25.37%) E-Commerce
7 44 (21.46%) Use Case
8 33 (16.10%) Stakeholder Management
9 28 (13.66%) BDD
10 24 (11.71%) Project Management
11 19 (9.268%) RUP
11 19 (9.268%) Waterfall
12 18 (8.780%) Data Modelling
12 18 (8.780%) TDD
13 16 (7.805%) Content Management
14 13 (6.341%) Data Analysis
14 13 (6.341%) Requirements Management
15 12 (5.854%) Systems Analysis
16 10 (4.878%) Unified Process
16 10 (4.878%) OOA/OOD
Programming Languages
1 22 (10.73%) SQL
2 9 (4.390%) Java
3 4 (1.951%) C#
4 1 (0.488%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.488%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.488%) VB
4 1 (0.488%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 16 (7.805%) ISEB
2 4 (1.951%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.463%) PCI DSS
2 1 (0.488%) QA
2 1 (0.488%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (0.488%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (0.488%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (2.927%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 17 (8.293%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.390%) ATG
3 5 (2.439%) Oracle
3 5 (2.439%) HP
4 3 (1.463%) Cognos
5 2 (0.976%) Business Objects
6 1 (0.488%) Cadis
6 1 (0.488%) Pega
6 1 (0.488%) SAP
6 1 (0.488%) Mercator
6 1 (0.488%) Symantec
6 1 (0.488%) IBM
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