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This section looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT contracts within the England region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBusiness Analyst
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank1112
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads61208107
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled8.157 %8.202 %
As % of the category below9.719 %9.607 %
Daily rates quoted29323582
Average minimum daily rate£430£426
Average daily rate£461£454
% change on same period last year+1.56 %
Average maximum daily rate£491£482
UK excluding London average daily rate£376£375
% change on same period last year+0.21 %
Hourly rates quoted6694
Average minimum hourly rate£31.17£33.80
Average hourly rate£33.55£35.58
% change on same period last year-5.70 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.93£37.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.75£33.31
% change on same period last year-7.67 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
England
Matching contract IT job ads6296784384
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled83.93 %85.37 %
Daily rates quoted2122325739
Average minimum daily rate£380£392
Average daily rate£406£417
% change on same period last year-2.70 %
Average maximum daily rate£432£443
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£353
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted53926927
Average minimum hourly rate£22.06£24.67
Average hourly rate£23.68£26.20
% change on same period last year-9.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.30£27.73
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.51£25.99
% change on same period last year-9.54 %
Business Analyst UKBusiness Analyst
UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Business Analyst
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Business Analyst across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England Business Analyst Demand Trend

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Business Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Analyst across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

England Business Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Business Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Analyst across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

England Business Analyst Hourly Rate Histogram

Business Analyst
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonUp+23663£500+1.71 %
South EastUp+1817£386-0.23 %
South WestDown-1460£391+0.48 %
YorkshireDown-6281£359+4.43 %
East of EnglandDown-7227£383+1.93 %
West MidlandsDown-1201£357+1.42 %
North WestDown-8170£348-1.52 %
East MidlandsUp+19134£413+7.64 %
MidlandsDown-790£383+2.87 %
North EastUp+1635£363+8.63 %
South CoastNo change027£402-10.76 %
Business Analyst UKBusiness Analyst
UK

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

14219 (33.16 %)Finance
23055 (24.01 %)Business Analysis
32889 (22.71 %)Banking
41584 (12.45 %)Investment Banking
51375 (10.81 %)Derivative
61108 (8.709 %)UML
7976 (7.672 %)Project Management
8923 (7.255 %)Back Office
9918 (7.216 %)Retail
10908 (7.137 %)Pensions
11854 (6.713 %)Front Office
12839 (6.595 %)Migration
13835 (6.563 %)Insurance
14715 (5.620 %)Change Management
15668 (5.251 %)User Acceptance Testing
16654 (5.141 %)SQL
17644 (5.062 %)Fixed Income
18643 (5.054 %)Asset Management
19634 (4.983 %)PRINCE2
20588 (4.622 %)Use Case
21568 (4.465 %)Stakeholder Management
22543 (4.268 %)Oracle
23516 (4.056 %)SAP
24515 (4.048 %)GAP Analysis
25511 (4.017 %)Data Modelling
26506 (3.977 %)Data Analysis
27500 (3.930 %)Government
28481 (3.781 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
29479 (3.765 %)MS Visio
30456 (3.584 %)Equities

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1217 (1.706 %)XML
2184 (1.446 %).NET
373 (0.574 %)FpML
452 (0.409 %)J2EE
533 (0.259 %)HTML
632 (0.252 %)Middleware
729 (0.228 %)EDI
729 (0.228 %)WebSphere
827 (0.212 %)WebServices
922 (0.173 %)ASP.NET
922 (0.173 %)XML Schema
1021 (0.165 %)FIX Protocol
1115 (0.118 %)XML Messaging
1214 (0.110 %)XSLT
1310 (0.079 %)AJAX
149 (0.071 %)ASP
158 (0.063 %)CSS
167 (0.055 %)COM
167 (0.055 %).NET Framework
167 (0.055 %)Java EE
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
182 (0.645 %)SharePoint
263 (0.495 %)CMS
342 (0.330 %)SAS
431 (0.244 %)Lotus Notes
518 (0.141 %)SharePoint Server 2007
617 (0.134 %)MQSeries
617 (0.134 %)Documentum
714 (0.110 %)BizTalk Server
89 (0.071 %)MS Exchange
97 (0.055 %)LiveLink
106 (0.047 %)Apache
115 (0.039 %)SharePoint Portal Server
124 (0.031 %)MTS
124 (0.031 %)ColdFusion
133 (0.024 %)Oracle Workflow
133 (0.024 %)Rhythmyx
133 (0.024 %)Papyrus
142 (0.016 %)Exchange Server 2007
142 (0.016 %)GroupWise
142 (0.016 %)CICS
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1479 (3.765 %)MS Visio
2272 (2.138 %)MS Excel
3263 (2.067 %)MS Office
4176 (1.383 %)MS Project
5115 (0.904 %)MS PowerPoint
698 (0.770 %)CA Clarity
734 (0.267 %)Spreadsheet
810 (0.079 %)InfoPath
95 (0.039 %)Casewise Corporate Modeler Suite
102 (0.016 %)DOC1
111 (0.008 %)PrintSoft PReS
111 (0.008 %)MATLAB
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1188 (1.478 %)Summit
2127 (0.998 %)SAP HR
370 (0.550 %)Capstone
466 (0.519 %)Minerva
563 (0.495 %)Tesseract
649 (0.385 %)Endur
746 (0.362 %)Loan IQ
838 (0.299 %)Oracle Financials
935 (0.275 %)SAP CRM
935 (0.275 %)Sentinel
1033 (0.259 %)Eagle PACE
1132 (0.252 %)HiPortfolio
1231 (0.244 %)Oracle EBS
1231 (0.244 %)Global One
1326 (0.204 %)SAP FI
1326 (0.204 %)SAP ERP
1424 (0.189 %)Oracle HRMS
1521 (0.165 %)Oracle ERP
1620 (0.157 %)Oracle Applications
1620 (0.157 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1192 (1.509 %)Internet
244 (0.346 %)Intranet
338 (0.299 %)Extranet
415 (0.118 %)SMS
415 (0.118 %)VoIP
512 (0.094 %)WAN
611 (0.086 %)Wireless
611 (0.086 %)BSS
79 (0.071 %)ATM
87 (0.055 %)LAN
96 (0.047 %)Broadband
96 (0.047 %)FTP
96 (0.047 %)3G
105 (0.039 %)SMTP
114 (0.031 %)VPN
114 (0.031 %)LDAP
114 (0.031 %)SAN
114 (0.031 %)SSH
123 (0.024 %)CTI
123 (0.024 %)Firewall
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1356 (2.798 %)Datawarehouse
2216 (1.698 %)BusinessObjects
3166 (1.305 %)SQL Server
4164 (1.289 %)Reference Data
590 (0.707 %)EDRMS
689 (0.700 %)MS Access
770 (0.550 %)ETL
865 (0.511 %)RDBMS
949 (0.385 %)Data Mining
1042 (0.330 %)Data Cleansing
1132 (0.252 %)DB2
1231 (0.244 %)Oracle Reports
1327 (0.212 %)Crystal Reports
1327 (0.212 %)Oracle Discoverer
1426 (0.204 %)OLAP
1426 (0.204 %)BusinessObjects XI
1525 (0.197 %)Oracle 8/8i
1624 (0.189 %)SQL Server 2005
1723 (0.181 %)GIS
1821 (0.165 %)TOAD
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
179 (0.621 %)RequisitePro
265 (0.511 %)Rational Rose
326 (0.204 %)ClearCase
421 (0.165 %)ClearQuest
519 (0.149 %)ERwin
616 (0.126 %)Flash
710 (0.079 %)TestDirector
89 (0.071 %)Visual Studio
98 (0.063 %)Eclipse
107 (0.055 %)Telelogic DOORS
116 (0.047 %)Oracle Forms
124 (0.031 %)PVCS
124 (0.031 %)ProC
133 (0.024 %)Subversion
133 (0.024 %)Dreamweaver
142 (0.016 %)JUnit
142 (0.016 %)LoadRunner
142 (0.016 %)MSI
151 (0.008 %)JIRA
151 (0.008 %)CaliberRM
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14219 (33.16 %)Finance
22889 (22.71 %)Banking
31584 (12.45 %)Investment Banking
4923 (7.255 %)Back Office
5918 (7.216 %)Retail
6908 (7.137 %)Pensions
7854 (6.713 %)Front Office
8835 (6.563 %)Insurance
9500 (3.930 %)Government
10272 (2.138 %)Retail Banking
11223 (1.753 %)Marketing
12213 (1.674 %)Telecoms
13210 (1.651 %)Financial Institution
14198 (1.556 %)Health
15117 (0.920 %)Legal
16113 (0.888 %)Local Government
17111 (0.873 %)Billing
18110 (0.865 %)General Ledger
1988 (0.692 %)Construction
2086 (0.676 %)Publishing
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11375 (10.81 %)Derivative
2644 (5.062 %)Fixed Income
3481 (3.781 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
4456 (3.584 %)Equities
5378 (2.971 %)Credit Risk
6338 (2.657 %)Credit Derivative
7312 (2.452 %)Interest Rate Derivative
8271 (2.130 %)Equity Derivative
9200 (1.572 %)NHS
10189 (1.486 %)Market Risk
11186 (1.462 %)Management Information System
1250 (0.393 %)EPoS
1346 (0.362 %)DTCC
1444 (0.346 %)Mainframe
1541 (0.322 %)Data Integration
1632 (0.252 %)Client/Server
1728 (0.220 %)AS400
1827 (0.212 %)Mathematics
1923 (0.181 %)French Language
1923 (0.181 %)German Language
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1112 (0.880 %)UNIX
259 (0.464 %)Windows
310 (0.079 %)Windows 2000
46 (0.047 %)VMS
46 (0.047 %)Linux
46 (0.047 %)Windows Server 2003
54 (0.031 %)Solaris
54 (0.031 %)Windows NT
63 (0.024 %)Windows XP
63 (0.024 %)AIX
72 (0.016 %)MVS
81 (0.008 %)OpenVMS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13055 (24.01 %)Business Analysis
21108 (8.709 %)UML
3976 (7.672 %)Project Management
4839 (6.595 %)Migration
5715 (5.620 %)Change Management
6668 (5.251 %)User Acceptance Testing
7643 (5.054 %)Asset Management
8634 (4.983 %)PRINCE2
9588 (4.622 %)Use Case
10568 (4.465 %)Stakeholder Management
11515 (4.048 %)GAP Analysis
12511 (4.017 %)Data Modelling
13506 (3.977 %)Data Analysis
14453 (3.561 %)BPR
15381 (2.995 %)Systems Analysis
16375 (2.948 %)Risk Management
17370 (2.908 %)Workflow
18365 (2.869 %)CRM
19354 (2.783 %)E-Commerce
20329 (2.586 %)RUP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1654 (5.141 %)SQL
2207 (1.627 %)Java
385 (0.668 %)VBA
480 (0.629 %)C#
563 (0.495 %)C
639 (0.307 %)C++
736 (0.283 %)VB
830 (0.236 %)COBOL
929 (0.228 %)PL/SQL
1021 (0.165 %)ABAP
1115 (0.118 %)VB.NET
1214 (0.110 %)Transact-SQL
1311 (0.086 %)JavaScript
147 (0.055 %)RPG
155 (0.039 %)VB6
163 (0.024 %)JCL
163 (0.024 %)PowerHouse
163 (0.024 %)Euclid
172 (0.016 %)Assembly Language
172 (0.016 %)Shell Script
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1228 (1.792 %)Degree
285 (0.668 %)ISEB
376 (0.597 %)PRINCE2 Certification
457 (0.448 %)ACCA
547 (0.369 %)CIMA
637 (0.291 %)Citrix Certification
719 (0.149 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
86 (0.047 %)ITIL Certification
95 (0.039 %)MBA
95 (0.039 %)CFA
103 (0.024 %)Microsoft Certification
112 (0.016 %)CIPD
121 (0.008 %)Cisco Certification
121 (0.008 %)CCA
121 (0.008 %)MCAD
121 (0.008 %)MCSD
121 (0.008 %)PhD
121 (0.008 %)CCNA
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1185 (1.454 %)Basel II
2160 (1.258 %)QA
364 (0.503 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
429 (0.228 %)SLA
522 (0.173 %)MiFID
621 (0.165 %)PCI DSS
711 (0.086 %)ISO27001
711 (0.086 %)GxP
89 (0.071 %)GCP
96 (0.047 %)ISO9000
105 (0.039 %)BS7799
114 (0.031 %)ISO9001
123 (0.024 %)ISO17799
123 (0.024 %)COBIT
132 (0.016 %)TickIT
141 (0.008 %)GAAP
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
127 (0.212 %)Active Directory
26 (0.047 %)NDS
32 (0.016 %)VMware Infrastructure
41 (0.008 %)AquaLogic
41 (0.008 %)Citrix Presentation Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
110 (0.079 %)AutoSys
26 (0.047 %)ServiceCenter
35 (0.039 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
44 (0.031 %)SCOM
53 (0.024 %)Legato
62 (0.016 %)OpenView
71 (0.008 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1543 (4.268 %)Oracle
2516 (4.056 %)SAP
3346 (2.720 %)Calypso
4284 (2.232 %)Microsoft
5216 (1.698 %)Business Objects
6140 (1.100 %)Murex
799 (0.778 %)LatentZero
883 (0.652 %)Siebel
974 (0.582 %)Bloomberg
1072 (0.566 %)Fidessa
1165 (0.511 %)IBM
1262 (0.487 %)Cognos
1360 (0.472 %)Reuters
1453 (0.417 %)GoldenSource
1552 (0.409 %)OpenLink
1646 (0.362 %)Charles River
1745 (0.354 %)Sybase
1841 (0.322 %)Hyperion
1940 (0.314 %)Sophis
1940 (0.314 %)Casewise
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