The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Exeter 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 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 Exeter 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
Business Analyst
Rank 6 17 21
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 18 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Exeter 17.31% 1.754% 2.410%
As % of the Job Titles category 18.00% 1.923% 2.469%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 1 2
Average daily rate £323 £325 £294
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.76% +10.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £325 £249
10% offered a daily rate of more than £368 £325 £339
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.25 £30.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +15.38%
All Job Titles
Exeter
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
100 52 81
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Exeter 96.15% 91.23% 97.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 28 38
Average daily rate £323 £419 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.03% +44.48%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £225 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £385 £650 £423
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 11
Average hourly rate £19.39 £16.25 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.32% -44.91%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Analyst
Devon

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Exeter 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 Exeter region.

Exeter 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 Exeter region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Exeter 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 Exeter region.

Exeter Business Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Exeter 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 8 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (31.82%) SC Cleared
2 7 (31.82%) Security Cleared
3 5 (22.73%) B2B
4 3 (13.64%) Project Management
4 3 (13.64%) Workflow
5 2 (9.091%) Business Analysis
5 2 (9.091%) Summit
5 2 (9.091%) ISO 14001
5 2 (9.091%) SQL
5 2 (9.091%) VB.NET
5 2 (9.091%) .NET
5 2 (9.091%) ASP.NET
5 2 (9.091%) CRM
5 2 (9.091%) ERP
5 2 (9.091%) ISO 9001
6 1 (4.545%) SharePoint
6 1 (4.545%) ITIL
6 1 (4.545%) PRINCE2
6 1 (4.545%) Windows
6 1 (4.545%) ISEB
6 1 (4.545%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (4.545%) Document Management
6 1 (4.545%) Systems Analysis
6 1 (4.545%) Windows 7
6 1 (4.545%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (4.545%) User Acceptance Testing

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Exeter 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 (9.091%) .NET
1 2 (9.091%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.545%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (9.091%) Summit
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.545%) Windows
1 1 (4.545%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (22.73%) B2B
3 3 (13.64%) Project Management
3 3 (13.64%) Workflow
4 2 (9.091%) Business Analysis
4 2 (9.091%) CRM
4 2 (9.091%) ERP
5 1 (4.545%) ITIL
5 1 (4.545%) PRINCE2
5 1 (4.545%) Document Management
5 1 (4.545%) Systems Analysis
5 1 (4.545%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (4.545%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.091%) SQL
1 2 (9.091%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 7 (31.82%) SC Cleared
1 7 (31.82%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.545%) ISEB
2 1 (4.545%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.091%) ISO 14001
1 2 (9.091%) ISO 9001