Essex Business Analysis Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Business Analysis skills within the Essex region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Business Analysis over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Business Analysis
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Andover Aylesbury Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester City of London Clevedon Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dover Dundee East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Feltham Gatwick Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Guildford Halifax Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Hinckley Hounslow Hove Hull Ipswich Isle of Wight Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leamington Spa Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool Livingston London Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Pudsey Reading Renfrewshire Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport Staines Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Sussex Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Whyteleafe Wigan Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wokingham Worthing Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	44	35
Rank change on same period last year	-9
Matching contract IT job ads	17	24
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.022 %	0.025 %
As % of the category below	4.722 %	6.780 %
Daily rates quoted	7	6
Average minimum daily rate	£351	£330
Average daily rate	£364	£355
% change on same period last year	+2.61 %
Average maximum daily rate	£377	£380
UK excluding London average daily rate	£386	£363
% change on same period last year	+6.36 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	6
Average minimum hourly rate	£35.00	£36.42
Average hourly rate	£37.50	£36.42
% change on same period last year	+2.97 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£40.00	£36.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.02	£30.68
% change on same period last year	-5.41 %
Processes & Methodologies Essex
Matching contract IT job ads	360	354
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.475 %	0.376 %
Daily rates quoted	143	115
Average minimum daily rate	£363	£393
Average daily rate	£380	£417
% change on same period last year	-8.86 %
Average maximum daily rate	£398	£442
UK excluding London average daily rate	£384	£374
% change on same period last year	+2.50 %
Hourly rates quoted	52	77
Average minimum hourly rate	£34.46	£31.96
Average hourly rate	£35.70	£32.57
% change on same period last year	+9.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.93	£33.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.40	£30.19
% change on same period last year	-2.62 %
Business Analysis East of England

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 Analysis
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Business Analysis across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

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

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Analysis across the Essex region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Analysis across the Essex region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Business Analysis
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Business Analysis within the Essex region over the 3 months to 4 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.

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
Colchester	-	6	£350	-
Chelmsford	0	2	-	-

Business Analysis East of England

Business Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing Business Analysis also 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 that cited Business Analysis.

1 16 (27.12 %) SQL Server 2 15 (25.42 %) Datawarehouse 2 15 (25.42 %) DTS 2 15 (25.42 %) Business Intelligence 2 15 (25.42 %) Finance 2 15 (25.42 %) ProClarity 2 15 (25.42 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 2 15 (25.42 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 3 14 (23.73 %) OLAP 3 14 (23.73 %) SQL 3 14 (23.73 %) Transact-SQL 4 10 (16.95 %) Microsoft 4 10 (16.95 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 5 9 (15.25 %) Insurance 6 8 (13.56 %) Windows

7 7 (11.86 %) RAD 7 7 (11.86 %) Project Management 7 7 (11.86 %) Data Analysis 8 5 (8.475 %) Financial Institution 8 5 (8.475 %) Mainframe 8 5 (8.475 %) MS Office 8 5 (8.475 %) J2EE 8 5 (8.475 %) Back Office 8 5 (8.475 %) Government 9 4 (6.780 %) Sophis 9 4 (6.780 %) Sophis RISQUE 9 4 (6.780 %) Banking 9 4 (6.780 %) General Ledger 9 4 (6.780 %) Adaptiv 9 4 (6.780 %) FRONT ARENA

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing Business Analysis also 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 that cited Business Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 5 (8.475 %) J2EE 2 2 (3.390 %) Middleware 3 1 (1.695 %) WebSphere 3 1 (1.695 %) MDX 3 1 (1.695 %) XML	Application Platforms 1 1 (1.695 %) IIS 1 1 (1.695 %) Tomcat 1 1 (1.695 %) Site Server 1 1 (1.695 %) CMS
Applications 1 5 (8.475 %) MS Office 2 2 (3.390 %) MS Visio 3 1 (1.695 %) MS PowerPoint 3 1 (1.695 %) MS Excel 3 1 (1.695 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 4 (6.780 %) HiInvest 1 4 (6.780 %) HiPortfolio 1 4 (6.780 %) Sophis RISQUE 1 4 (6.780 %) Adaptiv 1 4 (6.780 %) FRONT ARENA 1 4 (6.780 %) SimCorp Dimension 1 4 (6.780 %) SunGard Martini 1 4 (6.780 %) SunGard AvantGard 1 4 (6.780 %) Thomson PORTIA 1 4 (6.780 %) Sophis VALUE 1 4 (6.780 %) InvestOne 1 4 (6.780 %) Advent Geneva
Communications & Networking 1 1 (1.695 %) LAN 1 1 (1.695 %) WAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 16 (27.12 %) SQL Server 2 15 (25.42 %) Datawarehouse 2 15 (25.42 %) DTS 2 15 (25.42 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 2 15 (25.42 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 3 14 (23.73 %) OLAP 4 10 (16.95 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 5 3 (5.085 %) SQL Server Integration Services 6 2 (3.390 %) BusinessObjects 7 1 (1.695 %) SQL Server 7 7 1 (1.695 %) RDBMS 7 1 (1.695 %) Crystal Reports 7 1 (1.695 %) MS Access
Development Applications 1 1 (1.695 %) WinRunner 1 1 (1.695 %) QuickTest Pro 1 1 (1.695 %) PowerDesigner	General 1 15 (25.42 %) Finance 2 9 (15.25 %) Insurance 3 5 (8.475 %) Financial Institution 3 5 (8.475 %) Back Office 3 5 (8.475 %) Government 4 4 (6.780 %) Banking 4 4 (6.780 %) General Ledger 5 2 (3.390 %) Local Government 5 2 (3.390 %) Health 5 2 (3.390 %) Manufacturing 5 2 (3.390 %) Automotive 6 1 (1.695 %) Education 6 1 (1.695 %) Publishing 6 1 (1.695 %) Police 6 1 (1.695 %) Marketing
Job Titles 1 39 (66.10 %) Analyst 2 34 (57.63 %) Business Analyst 3 12 (20.34 %) Project Manager 3 12 (20.34 %) Developer 4 10 (16.95 %) Datawarehouse Developer 5 6 (10.17 %) Support Analyst 6 5 (8.475 %) Business Support Analyst 6 5 (8.475 %) Business Project Manager 6 5 (8.475 %) Business Manager 7 4 (6.780 %) Insurance Business Analyst 7 4 (6.780 %) Business Intelligence Developer 7 4 (6.780 %) Banking Business Analyst 7 4 (6.780 %) Business Developer 8 3 (5.085 %) Financial Analyst 9 2 (3.390 %) Technical Project Manager 9 2 (3.390 %) Technical Manager 9 2 (3.390 %) SQL Developer 9 2 (3.390 %) SQL Server Developer 10 1 (1.695 %) Junior Business Analyst 10 1 (1.695 %) Development Project Manager	Miscellaneous 1 5 (8.475 %) Mainframe 2 3 (5.085 %) IBM Mainframe 3 2 (3.390 %) Client/Server 4 1 (1.695 %) N-Tier 4 1 (1.695 %) NHS
Operating Systems 1 8 (13.56 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 15 (25.42 %) Business Intelligence 2 7 (11.86 %) Project Management 2 7 (11.86 %) RAD 2 7 (11.86 %) Data Analysis 3 3 (5.085 %) UML 3 3 (5.085 %) Information Management 3 3 (5.085 %) Change Management 4 2 (3.390 %) Disaster Recovery 4 2 (3.390 %) Content Management 4 2 (3.390 %) PRINCE2 4 2 (3.390 %) Systems Analysis 4 2 (3.390 %) Cost-Benefit Analysis 4 2 (3.390 %) Test Scripting 5 1 (1.695 %) Time Management 5 1 (1.695 %) Dimensional Modelling 5 1 (1.695 %) SC Cleared 5 1 (1.695 %) Security Cleared 5 1 (1.695 %) Business Development 5 1 (1.695 %) User Acceptance Testing 5 1 (1.695 %) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages 1 14 (23.73 %) SQL 1 14 (23.73 %) Transact-SQL 2 1 (1.695 %) Java	Qualifications 1 3 (5.085 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (3.390 %) SLA 2 1 (1.695 %) QA	System Software 1 1 (1.695 %) Active Directory
Vendors 1 15 (25.42 %) ProClarity 2 10 (16.95 %) Microsoft 3 4 (6.780 %) SunGard 3 4 (6.780 %) StatPro 3 4 (6.780 %) Sophis 3 4 (6.780 %) SimCorp 3 4 (6.780 %) Advent 4 3 (5.085 %) IBM 5 2 (3.390 %) Oracle 5 2 (3.390 %) Business Objects