The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Fife 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 17 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 Fife 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analyst
Rank 6 5 3
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 2 2 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Fife 6.897% 6.250% 24.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.407% 6.667% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
Average daily rate - £450 £386
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +16.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £30.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+5.00% +15.38%
All Job Titles
Fife
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
27 30 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Fife 93.10% 93.75% 96.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 12 9
Average daily rate £330 £313 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.60% -3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £291 £188 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £476 £335 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 0
Average hourly rate £24.25 £18.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+31.08% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Business Analyst
Scotland

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Fife 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 Fife region.

Fife Business Analyst Daily Rate Trend

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 Fife region over the 3 months to 17 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
Dunfermline 0 2 - -
Business Analyst
Scotland

Business Analyst
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Fife 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 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Use Case
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) BPMN
2 1 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) SCADA
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) BPR
2 1 (33.33%) GIS
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) BPEL

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Fife 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.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) GIS
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Use Case
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) BPMN
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) BPR
2 1 (33.33%) BPEL
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
Dunfermline, Fife
experience working on as-is, to-be propositions ideally in the telemetry & SCADA space... This will involve working with key business and IT stakeholders to drive out "to...
Canary Wharf and City
Rate: Up to £360 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
UTILITIES EXPERIENCE IS A MUSTResponsibilitiesKey project deliverables will be to manage the investigation of how the business does things currently (in relation to telemetry and SCADA systems) and...
Argyll Scott International
Rate: £300 - £350 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013