The first table below looks at the demand for Business Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Analysis over the 3 months to 20 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Glasgow 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analysis
Rank 42 17 41
Rank change year-on-year
-25 +24
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 37 57 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 3.911% 7.280% 2.624%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.736% 10.82% 3.863%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 33 12
Average daily rate £338 £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.62% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £252 £308
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Average hourly rate £17.15 £25.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.40% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Processes & Methodologies
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
645 527 466
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 68.18% 67.31% 67.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 339 285 275
Average daily rate £338 £340 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.73% -2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £235 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 22 14
Average hourly rate £9.25 £25.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-63.00% -37.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Business Analysis
Scotland

Business Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Business Analysis across the Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Glasgow Business Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

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

Glasgow Business Analysis Daily Rate Trend

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Analysis across the Glasgow region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Glasgow Business Analysis Daily Rate Histogram

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Glasgow Business Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 34 (44.16%) Finance
2 23 (29.87%) Banking
3 13 (16.88%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (15.58%) UML
5 11 (14.29%) Java
5 11 (14.29%) JavaScript
5 11 (14.29%) HTML5
6 9 (11.69%) Data Analysis
6 9 (11.69%) Use Case
7 8 (10.39%) Retail Banking
7 8 (10.39%) Retail
7 8 (10.39%) Agile Software Development
7 8 (10.39%) SQL
7 8 (10.39%) BPMN
8 7 (9.091%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (9.091%) Systems Analysis
8 7 (9.091%) Apache Flex
8 7 (9.091%) Wealth Management
9 6 (7.792%) ETL
9 6 (7.792%) Adobe
9 6 (7.792%) Cairngorm
9 6 (7.792%) Parsley
10 5 (6.494%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (6.494%) Axure RP
10 5 (6.494%) Investment Management
10 5 (6.494%) BPR
10 5 (6.494%) Project Management
10 5 (6.494%) Data Modelling
10 5 (6.494%) SQL Server
10 5 (6.494%) CSS

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 11 (14.29%) HTML5
2 7 (9.091%) Apache Flex
3 6 (7.792%) Cairngorm
3 6 (7.792%) Parsley
4 5 (6.494%) CSS
5 1 (1.299%) J2SE
5 1 (1.299%) Hibernate
5 1 (1.299%) Spring
5 1 (1.299%) WebSphere
5 1 (1.299%) JSON
5 1 (1.299%) .NET
5 1 (1.299%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 4 (5.195%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.597%) Documentum
2 2 (2.597%) FileNet
Applications
1 3 (3.896%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.597%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.597%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.299%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.896%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.091%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (6.494%) SQL Server
3 4 (5.195%) Data Mining
3 4 (5.195%) RDBMS
4 3 (3.896%) GIS
4 3 (3.896%) DB2
4 3 (3.896%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (2.597%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (2.597%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (2.597%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (2.597%) SQL Server 2012
6 1 (1.299%) MongoDB
6 1 (1.299%) QlikView
6 1 (1.299%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 5 (6.494%) Axure RP
General
1 34 (44.16%) Finance
2 23 (29.87%) Banking
3 8 (10.39%) Retail
3 8 (10.39%) Retail Banking
4 1 (1.299%) Marketing
4 1 (1.299%) Front Office
4 1 (1.299%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 63 (81.82%) Analyst
2 61 (79.22%) Business Analyst
3 9 (11.69%) Developer
3 9 (11.69%) Systems Analyst
4 8 (10.39%) Financial Business Analyst
5 7 (9.091%) Financial Services Business Analyst
5 7 (9.091%) Business Systems Analyst
5 7 (9.091%) Senior Business Analyst
5 7 (9.091%) Senior Analyst
6 5 (6.494%) IT Business Analyst
6 5 (6.494%) Flex Developer
7 4 (5.195%) Banking Business Analyst
7 4 (5.195%) Technical Business Analyst
7 4 (5.195%) Technical Analyst
8 3 (3.896%) Senior Systems Analyst
8 3 (3.896%) Senior Business Systems Analyst
8 3 (3.896%) GIS Analyst
8 3 (3.896%) Data Analyst
9 2 (2.597%) Java Developer
9 2 (2.597%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.896%) Fixed Income
1 3 (3.896%) RIA
2 2 (2.597%) Mobile App
2 2 (2.597%) Equity Derivative
3 1 (1.299%) Mathematics
3 1 (1.299%) Computer Science
3 1 (1.299%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (1.299%) NHS
3 1 (1.299%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.195%) UNIX
2 3 (3.896%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (16.88%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (15.58%) UML
3 9 (11.69%) Data Analysis
3 9 (11.69%) Use Case
4 8 (10.39%) BPMN
4 8 (10.39%) Agile Software Development
5 7 (9.091%) Systems Analysis
5 7 (9.091%) Wealth Management
6 6 (7.792%) ETL
7 5 (6.494%) BPR
7 5 (6.494%) Project Management
7 5 (6.494%) GAP Analysis
7 5 (6.494%) Data Modelling
7 5 (6.494%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (6.494%) Investment Management
8 4 (5.195%) User Stories
8 4 (5.195%) BPEL
8 4 (5.195%) Asset Management
9 3 (3.896%) Document Management
9 3 (3.896%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 11 (14.29%) Java
1 11 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 8 (10.39%) SQL
3 3 (3.896%) Perl
4 1 (1.299%) C#
4 1 (1.299%) VB
4 1 (1.299%) VBA
4 1 (1.299%) Scala
Qualifications
1 3 (3.896%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.195%) ISO 9001
2 2 (2.597%) FATCA
3 1 (1.299%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (7.792%) Adobe
2 4 (5.195%) Sybase
3 2 (2.597%) Oracle
3 2 (2.597%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.597%) TIBCO
4 1 (1.299%) Kofax
4 1 (1.299%) Cognos
4 1 (1.299%) IBM
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