The first table below looks at the demand for Business Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Analysis over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Gloucestershire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analysis
Rank 28 41 49
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +8
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 2 11 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 0.833% 2.183% 0.444%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.361% 3.014% 0.683%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 1
Average daily rate £325 £358 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% -10.62%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £25.00 £27.00
% change year-on-year
-18.00% -7.40%
All Processes & Methodologies
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
147 365 293
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 61.25% 72.42% 65.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 236 115
Average daily rate £375 £400 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £520 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 17 43
Average hourly rate £29.00 £30.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.33% -14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.90 £25.00 £20.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Business Analysis
South West

Business Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Business Analysis Daily Rate Trend

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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Business Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analysis
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Gloucester +11 1 £380 +4.82% 2
Stroud - - - -
Tewkesbury - - - -
Cheltenham - - - -
Cirencester - - - -
Business Analysis
South West

Business Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 8 (61.54%) Finance
2 6 (46.15%) .NET
2 6 (46.15%) Data Modelling
2 6 (46.15%) DV Cleared
2 6 (46.15%) Security Cleared
3 5 (38.46%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (38.46%) SharePoint 2010
3 5 (38.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (38.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (38.46%) MS Project Server
3 5 (38.46%) MVC
3 5 (38.46%) jQuery
3 5 (38.46%) MS Excel
3 5 (38.46%) SharePoint
3 5 (38.46%) Dreamweaver
3 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
3 5 (38.46%) SQL Server
3 5 (38.46%) MS Project
3 5 (38.46%) Visual Studio
3 5 (38.46%) ASP.NET
3 5 (38.46%) CSS
3 5 (38.46%) C#
3 5 (38.46%) HTML
3 5 (38.46%) JavaScript
4 3 (23.08%) C
4 3 (23.08%) Management Information System
5 2 (15.38%) Banking
5 2 (15.38%) Retail
5 2 (15.38%) Retail Banking
6 1 (7.692%) Change Management

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 6 (46.15%) .NET
2 5 (38.46%) jQuery
2 5 (38.46%) ASP.NET
2 5 (38.46%) CSS
2 5 (38.46%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 5 (38.46%) SharePoint 2010
1 5 (38.46%) MS Project Server
1 5 (38.46%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (38.46%) MS Excel
1 5 (38.46%) MS Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (38.46%) SQL Server 2008
1 5 (38.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 5 (38.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 5 (38.46%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.692%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (7.692%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 5 (38.46%) Dreamweaver
1 5 (38.46%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (61.54%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) Banking
2 2 (15.38%) Retail
2 2 (15.38%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Analyst
2 5 (38.46%) Developer
2 5 (38.46%) Web Developer
3 4 (30.77%) Business Analyst
4 3 (23.08%) Web Analyst
4 3 (23.08%) Developer Analyst
5 2 (15.38%) SharePoint Developer
5 2 (15.38%) Business Consultant
5 2 (15.38%) Consultant
6 1 (7.692%) Systems Analyst
6 1 (7.692%) Change Consultant
6 1 (7.692%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (7.692%) Financial Services Business Analyst
6 1 (7.692%) MI Analyst
6 1 (7.692%) Financial Business Analyst
6 1 (7.692%) Development Analyst
6 1 (7.692%) Business Change Consultant
6 1 (7.692%) Forecast Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Data Modelling
2 5 (38.46%) MVC
3 1 (7.692%) Change Management
3 1 (7.692%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (7.692%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (7.692%) Programme Management
3 1 (7.692%) ITIL
3 1 (7.692%) Project Management
3 1 (7.692%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (7.692%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (7.692%) Business Transformation
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) C#
1 5 (38.46%) JavaScript
2 3 (23.08%) C
3 1 (7.692%) SQL
3 1 (7.692%) VBA
3 1 (7.692%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) DV Cleared
1 6 (46.15%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft