The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Essex 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analyst
Rank 8 11 9
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 53 48 49
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 13.18% 11.57% 12.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.52% 12.28% 13.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 20 25
Average daily rate £375 £370 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.35% +8.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £300 £222
10% offered a daily rate of more than £451 £478 £468
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 11
Average hourly rate £31.63 £31.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+0.39% +5.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.16 £27.40 £24.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.90 £38.20 £32.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £30.00 £26.25
% change year-on-year
+5.00% +14.28%
All Job Titles
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
365 391 371
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 90.80% 94.22% 94.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 184 168
Average daily rate £300 £300 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +4.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £105 £78
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 58 68
Average hourly rate £28.00 £26.28 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.54% -4.43%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £41.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Analyst
East of England

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex Business Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Essex Business Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Analyst across the Essex region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Essex Business Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Essex Business Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Analyst across the Essex region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Essex Business Analyst Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Business Analyst within the Essex region over the 3 months to 24 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
Basildon +1 9 £340 -17.57%
Chelmsford -2 8 £200 -
Colchester +5 7 £451 +50.16%
Brentwood -8 3 £245 -
Harlow -1 1 - -
Business Analyst
East of England

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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.

1 24 (26.09%) Business Analysis
2 22 (23.91%) Finance
3 21 (22.83%) Use Case
4 15 (16.30%) Microsoft
5 12 (13.04%) ERP
6 10 (10.87%) User Stories
6 10 (10.87%) Project Management
6 10 (10.87%) UML
7 9 (9.783%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (9.783%) Retail
8 8 (8.696%) E-Commerce
9 7 (7.609%) MS Excel
9 7 (7.609%) NHS
10 6 (6.522%) CRM
10 6 (6.522%) Manufacturing
10 6 (6.522%) Dynamics CRM
10 6 (6.522%) User Acceptance Testing
11 5 (5.435%) Systems Analysis
11 5 (5.435%) Workflow
12 4 (4.348%) BPR
12 4 (4.348%) ISEB
12 4 (4.348%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (4.348%) SQL
12 4 (4.348%) VisionPLUS
12 4 (4.348%) Civica
12 4 (4.348%) Test Scripting
12 4 (4.348%) Wealth Management
12 4 (4.348%) IIBA
13 3 (3.261%) SaaS
13 3 (3.261%) Agile Software Development

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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.

Application Development
1 2 (2.174%) COM
1 2 (2.174%) J2EE
2 1 (1.087%) .NET
2 1 (1.087%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.087%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (7.609%) MS Excel
2 3 (3.261%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 6 (6.522%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (4.348%) VisionPLUS
3 2 (2.174%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (1.087%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (1.087%) Dynamics NAV
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.261%) MS Access
2 2 (2.174%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.087%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.087%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (2.174%) RequisitePro
General
1 22 (23.91%) Finance
2 9 (9.783%) Retail
3 6 (6.522%) Manufacturing
4 4 (4.348%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (3.261%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.174%) Financial Institution
6 2 (2.174%) Advertising
6 2 (2.174%) Legal
6 2 (2.174%) General Ledger
6 2 (2.174%) Marketing
6 2 (2.174%) Local Government
7 1 (1.087%) Retail Banking
7 1 (1.087%) Banking
7 1 (1.087%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.609%) NHS
2 4 (4.348%) IIBA
3 3 (3.261%) SaaS
3 3 (3.261%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.087%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.087%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (26.09%) Business Analysis
2 21 (22.83%) Use Case
3 12 (13.04%) ERP
4 10 (10.87%) User Stories
4 10 (10.87%) Project Management
4 10 (10.87%) UML
5 9 (9.783%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (8.696%) E-Commerce
7 6 (6.522%) CRM
7 6 (6.522%) User Acceptance Testing
8 5 (5.435%) Systems Analysis
8 5 (5.435%) Workflow
9 4 (4.348%) BPR
9 4 (4.348%) Test Scripting
9 4 (4.348%) Wealth Management
10 3 (3.261%) Agile Software Development
10 3 (3.261%) SOA
10 3 (3.261%) Change Management
11 2 (2.174%) GAP Analysis
11 2 (2.174%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.348%) SQL
2 2 (2.174%) VBA
3 1 (1.087%) T-SQL
3 1 (1.087%) C
3 1 (1.087%) PHP
Qualifications
1 4 (4.348%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.087%) BS25999
1 1 (1.087%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 15 (16.30%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.348%) Civica
3 1 (1.087%) Remedy