England Senior Business Analyst Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior Business Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Senior Business Analyst
Location Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bristol Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Darlington Devon Docklands, London Dorset Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Glasgow Gloucestershire Gosport Halifax Hampshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Ipswich Leeds Leek London Luton M4 Corridor Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Norfolk North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Osterley Plymouth Rickmansworth Scotland Somerset South East South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swindon Thames Valley UK Warrington Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yeovil Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	288	310
Rank change on same period last year	+22
Matching contract IT job ads	323	411
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.431 %	0.410 %
As % of the category below	0.516 %	0.479 %
Daily rates quoted	172	179
Average minimum daily rate	£480	£497
Average daily rate	£510	£535
% change on same period last year	-4.58 %
Average maximum daily rate	£541	£573
UK excluding London average daily rate	£419	£430
% change on same period last year	-2.70 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	4
Average minimum hourly rate	£80.00	£51.25
Average hourly rate	£90.00	£55.63
% change on same period last year	+61.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£100.00	£60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£47.50
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles England
Matching contract IT job ads	62639	85738
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	83.49 %	85.53 %
Daily rates quoted	21406	26624
Average minimum daily rate	£380	£391
Average daily rate	£406	£416
% change on same period last year	-2.39 %
Average maximum daily rate	£432	£441
UK excluding London average daily rate	£356	£355
% change on same period last year	+0.30 %
Hourly rates quoted	5411	7254
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.58	£24.25
Average hourly rate	£24.18	£25.80
% change on same period last year	-6.29 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.78	£27.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.79	£25.66
% change on same period last year	-7.31 %
Senior Business 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.

Senior Business Analyst
Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior Business Analyst across the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Business Analyst within the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 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.

Location	Rank 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
London	+21	208	£540	-3.52 %
South East	+63	33	£443	+11.64 %
South West	+31	25	£438	+0.07 %
East of England	+12	21	£418	-6.27 %
Yorkshire	+20	21	£402	-9.77 %
East Midlands	+5	8	£485	+49.23 %
Midlands	+16	3	£375	-
West Midlands	0	3	-	-
North West	+1	3	£290	-23.68 %
North East	+4	2	£475	-46.02 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Senior 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 Senior Business Analyst in their job title.

1 214 (37.15 %) Finance 2 152 (26.39 %) Business Analysis 3 139 (24.13 %) Banking 4 85 (14.76 %) Derivative 5 74 (12.85 %) Investment Banking 6 63 (10.94 %) UML 7 60 (10.42 %) Project Management 8 51 (8.854 %) Front Office 9 50 (8.681 %) Change Management 10 47 (8.160 %) Retail 10 47 (8.160 %) Use Case 11 43 (7.465 %) Back Office 12 36 (6.250 %) PRINCE2 13 35 (6.076 %) Insurance 14 32 (5.556 %) Migration

15 31 (5.382 %) Equities 15 31 (5.382 %) User Acceptance Testing 16 30 (5.208 %) Pensions 17 27 (4.688 %) SQL 18 26 (4.514 %) Investment Management 19 25 (4.340 %) Fixed Income 19 25 (4.340 %) Stakeholder Management 19 25 (4.340 %) Asset Management 20 24 (4.167 %) QA 21 23 (3.993 %) BPR 21 23 (3.993 %) Business Intelligence 22 22 (3.819 %) Data Analysis 23 21 (3.646 %) Credit Derivative 23 21 (3.646 %) Equity Derivative 24 20 (3.472 %) Requirements Analysis

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Senior 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 Senior Business Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 12 (2.083 %) .NET 2 4 (0.694 %) ASP.NET 2 4 (0.694 %) .NET Framework 3 3 (0.521 %) Java EE 4 2 (0.347 %) Middleware 4 2 (0.347 %) FpML 5 1 (0.174 %) JRules 5 1 (0.174 %) WebSphere 5 1 (0.174 %) WebServices 5 1 (0.174 %) XML 5 1 (0.174 %) ASP 5 1 (0.174 %) FIX Protocol 5 1 (0.174 %) Adobe Flex 5 1 (0.174 %) HTML	Application Platforms 1 11 (1.910 %) SAS 2 3 (0.521 %) CMS 3 2 (0.347 %) SharePoint
Applications 1 20 (3.472 %) MS Visio 2 10 (1.736 %) CA Clarity 3 9 (1.563 %) MS Office 4 7 (1.215 %) MS Excel 4 7 (1.215 %) MS Project 5 5 (0.868 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 11 (1.910 %) Endur 2 10 (1.736 %) Summit 3 8 (1.389 %) SAP APO 4 6 (1.042 %) Findur 4 6 (1.042 %) Oracle EBS 5 5 (0.868 %) WebTrends 6 4 (0.694 %) Kondor+ 7 2 (0.347 %) FRONT ARENA 7 2 (0.347 %) Tesseract 7 2 (0.347 %) Minerva 7 2 (0.347 %) PeopleSoft Financials 7 2 (0.347 %) SAP Bank Analyzer 7 2 (0.347 %) Eagle PACE 7 2 (0.347 %) Eagle STAR 7 2 (0.347 %) Academy Housing 8 1 (0.174 %) InvestOne 8 1 (0.174 %) Oracle 11i 8 1 (0.174 %) SAP CRM 8 1 (0.174 %) MAXIMO 8 1 (0.174 %) Sentinel
Communications & Networking 1 7 (1.215 %) Internet 2 2 (0.347 %) LDAP 3 1 (0.174 %) Broadband 3 1 (0.174 %) Extranet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 17 (2.951 %) Datawarehouse 2 7 (1.215 %) BusinessObjects 3 4 (0.694 %) SQL Server 4 3 (0.521 %) ETL 5 2 (0.347 %) TOAD 5 2 (0.347 %) OLAP 5 2 (0.347 %) Oracle Reports 5 2 (0.347 %) GIS 5 2 (0.347 %) Reference Data 6 1 (0.174 %) SQL Server 2005 6 1 (0.174 %) Data Cleansing 6 1 (0.174 %) Cognos Powerplay 6 1 (0.174 %) Cognos Impromptu 6 1 (0.174 %) PowerCenter 6 1 (0.174 %) EDRMS
Development Applications 1 2 (0.347 %) RequisitePro 1 2 (0.347 %) ERwin 2 1 (0.174 %) Ant 2 1 (0.174 %) Flash	General 1 214 (37.15 %) Finance 2 139 (24.13 %) Banking 3 74 (12.85 %) Investment Banking 4 51 (8.854 %) Front Office 5 47 (8.160 %) Retail 6 43 (7.465 %) Back Office 7 35 (6.076 %) Insurance 8 30 (5.208 %) Pensions 9 17 (2.951 %) Retail Banking 9 17 (2.951 %) Financial Institution 10 16 (2.778 %) Health 11 13 (2.257 %) Music 11 13 (2.257 %) Music Industry 11 13 (2.257 %) Marketing 12 10 (1.736 %) Legal 13 9 (1.563 %) Telecoms 13 9 (1.563 %) Government 14 8 (1.389 %) FMCG 15 5 (0.868 %) Pharmaceutical 16 4 (0.694 %) Construction
Miscellaneous 1 85 (14.76 %) Derivative 2 31 (5.382 %) Equities 3 25 (4.340 %) Fixed Income 4 21 (3.646 %) Credit Derivative 4 21 (3.646 %) Equity Derivative 5 19 (3.299 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 6 18 (3.125 %) Credit Risk 7 12 (2.083 %) NHS 8 10 (1.736 %) Interest Rate Derivative 8 10 (1.736 %) Market Risk 9 7 (1.215 %) Management Information System 10 5 (0.868 %) Informatics 11 3 (0.521 %) Tandem 11 3 (0.521 %) Client/Server 11 3 (0.521 %) NPfIT 12 2 (0.347 %) PMI 12 2 (0.347 %) DTV 12 2 (0.347 %) STB 12 2 (0.347 %) Exotic Derivative 12 2 (0.347 %) Data Conversion	Operating Systems 1 3 (0.521 %) UNIX 2 1 (0.174 %) Windows 2 1 (0.174 %) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies 1 152 (26.39 %) Business Analysis 2 63 (10.94 %) UML 3 60 (10.42 %) Project Management 4 50 (8.681 %) Change Management 5 47 (8.160 %) Use Case 6 36 (6.250 %) PRINCE2 7 32 (5.556 %) Migration 8 31 (5.382 %) User Acceptance Testing 9 26 (4.514 %) Investment Management 10 25 (4.340 %) Stakeholder Management 10 25 (4.340 %) Asset Management 11 23 (3.993 %) Business Intelligence 11 23 (3.993 %) BPR 12 22 (3.819 %) Data Analysis 13 20 (3.472 %) Requirements Analysis 13 20 (3.472 %) Risk Management 14 18 (3.125 %) GAP Analysis 14 18 (3.125 %) RUP 15 15 (2.604 %) OO 15 15 (2.604 %) Data Modelling	Programming Languages 1 27 (4.688 %) SQL 2 11 (1.910 %) C# 3 5 (0.868 %) Java 4 3 (0.521 %) C++ 5 2 (0.347 %) COBOL 5 2 (0.347 %) VBA 5 2 (0.347 %) Assembly Language 6 1 (0.174 %) Korn 6 1 (0.174 %) VB.NET 6 1 (0.174 %) PL/SQL
Qualifications 1 17 (2.951 %) Degree 2 9 (1.563 %) Citrix Certification 3 4 (0.694 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 4 (0.694 %) MBA 4 2 (0.347 %) ACCA 4 2 (0.347 %) CIMA 5 1 (0.174 %) ISEB 5 1 (0.174 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 24 (4.167 %) QA 2 8 (1.389 %) Basel II 3 3 (0.521 %) GCP 3 3 (0.521 %) GxP 4 2 (0.347 %) BS7799 4 2 (0.347 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 5 1 (0.174 %) SLA 5 1 (0.174 %) MiFID
Vendors 1 17 (2.951 %) Oracle 2 15 (2.604 %) SAP 3 13 (2.257 %) Calypso 4 12 (2.083 %) Cognos 5 11 (1.910 %) OpenLink 5 11 (1.910 %) LatentZero 6 9 (1.563 %) Charles River 7 8 (1.389 %) Bloomberg 7 8 (1.389 %) Mantas 8 7 (1.215 %) Business Objects 8 7 (1.215 %) Fidessa 8 7 (1.215 %) Microsoft 9 6 (1.042 %) Hyperion 10 5 (0.868 %) thinkFolio 11 4 (0.694 %) Primavera 12 3 (0.521 %) Murex 12 3 (0.521 %) Reuters 13 2 (0.347 %) Cerner 13 2 (0.347 %) CA 13 2 (0.347 %) Peregrine