The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role 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 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analyst
Rank 21 5 17
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 85 128 58
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 8.985% 16.56% 8.192%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.508% 17.39% 8.618%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 81 44
Average daily rate £338 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.57% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £297 £260 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £493
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £17.15 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.25 £30.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +15.38%
All Job Titles
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
894 736 673
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 94.50% 95.21% 95.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 451 344 387
Average daily rate £338 £319 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.79% -8.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £214 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £446 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 37 21
Average hourly rate £14.00 £22.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-37.77% +18.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £9.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £35.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
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 Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow Business Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 95 (46.34%) Finance
2 60 (29.27%) Business Analysis
3 44 (21.46%) Banking
4 35 (17.07%) SQL
5 31 (15.12%) Data Analysis
6 28 (13.66%) Systems Analysis
7 26 (12.68%) BPMN
8 25 (12.20%) UML
9 24 (11.71%) Stakeholder Management
10 20 (9.756%) Data Warehouse
11 17 (8.293%) Retail
12 14 (6.829%) Data Modelling
13 13 (6.341%) BPR
13 13 (6.341%) Agile Software Development
13 13 (6.341%) Retail Banking
13 13 (6.341%) Use Case
14 12 (5.854%) Investment Banking
14 12 (5.854%) Oracle
15 11 (5.366%) Business Intelligence
16 10 (4.878%) GAP Analysis
16 10 (4.878%) Asset Management
17 9 (4.390%) Project Management
17 9 (4.390%) E-Commerce
18 8 (3.902%) Java
18 8 (3.902%) Internet
18 8 (3.902%) BPEL
18 8 (3.902%) Marketing
18 8 (3.902%) Migration
18 8 (3.902%) Wealth Management
18 8 (3.902%) Digital Marketing

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 7 (3.415%) CSS
2 5 (2.439%) HTML5
3 2 (0.976%) HTML
3 2 (0.976%) XML
4 1 (0.488%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (1.951%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.463%) FileNet
3 2 (0.976%) Documentum
Applications
1 5 (2.439%) MS Excel
2 4 (1.951%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.463%) MS PowerPoint
3 3 (1.463%) MS Office
4 2 (0.976%) MS Project
4 2 (0.976%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (0.976%) HiPortfolio
1 2 (0.976%) MultiFonds
2 1 (0.488%) Front Arena
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.902%) Internet
2 6 (2.927%) HTTP
3 1 (0.488%) 3G
3 1 (0.488%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (9.756%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (3.415%) GIS
2 7 (3.415%) RDBMS
3 5 (2.439%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (2.439%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.463%) Data Mining
5 2 (0.976%) DB2
5 2 (0.976%) QlikView
6 1 (0.488%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (0.488%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.488%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 5 (2.439%) Axure RP
2 1 (0.488%) TestDirector
General
1 95 (46.34%) Finance
2 44 (21.46%) Banking
3 17 (8.293%) Retail
4 13 (6.341%) Retail Banking
5 12 (5.854%) Investment Banking
6 8 (3.902%) Marketing
7 4 (1.951%) Front Office
8 3 (1.463%) Back Office
9 2 (0.976%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 6 (2.927%) Derivative
2 4 (1.951%) NHS
3 3 (1.463%) Credit Risk
3 3 (1.463%) RIA
3 3 (1.463%) Equities
3 3 (1.463%) Fixed Income
3 3 (1.463%) Management Information System
4 2 (0.976%) CMDB
4 2 (0.976%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.488%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.488%) Smart Meter
5 1 (0.488%) Mathematics
5 1 (0.488%) Wiki
5 1 (0.488%) Economics
5 1 (0.488%) Equity Derivative
5 1 (0.488%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.976%) UNIX
1 2 (0.976%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (29.27%) Business Analysis
2 31 (15.12%) Data Analysis
3 28 (13.66%) Systems Analysis
4 26 (12.68%) BPMN
5 25 (12.20%) UML
6 24 (11.71%) Stakeholder Management
7 14 (6.829%) Data Modelling
8 13 (6.341%) BPR
8 13 (6.341%) Agile Software Development
8 13 (6.341%) Use Case
9 11 (5.366%) Business Intelligence
10 10 (4.878%) GAP Analysis
10 10 (4.878%) Asset Management
11 9 (4.390%) Project Management
11 9 (4.390%) E-Commerce
12 8 (3.902%) BPEL
12 8 (3.902%) Migration
12 8 (3.902%) Wealth Management
12 8 (3.902%) Digital Marketing
12 8 (3.902%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 35 (17.07%) SQL
2 8 (3.902%) Java
3 7 (3.415%) VBA
4 5 (2.439%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.976%) Perl
5 2 (0.976%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (2.927%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.951%) ISO 9001
1 4 (1.951%) FATCA
1 4 (1.951%) HL7
2 2 (0.976%) QA
3 1 (0.488%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (0.488%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 12 (5.854%) Oracle
2 5 (2.439%) Business Objects
3 4 (1.951%) Cognos
3 4 (1.951%) Sybase
3 4 (1.951%) Microsoft
4 2 (0.976%) TIBCO
4 2 (0.976%) IBM
4 2 (0.976%) Kofax
5 1 (0.488%) Actimize
5 1 (0.488%) HP
5 1 (0.488%) SAP
Glasgow, Scotland
A busy organisation based outside of Glasgow is looking for a strong Business Analyst with strong knowledge around Networks.
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £325.00 - £350.00 per day
Posted: 10 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
Business Systems AnalystAn exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Business Systems Analyst to join a successful Financial Organisation. You will have experience in the documentation of user...
Michael Rothstein
Rate: £300 - £360 per day
Posted: 10 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
Experience of the full Development life cycle within an AGILE environment would be extremely advantageous. There is currently an ERP system in place and your role will be...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £300.00 - £400.00 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013