The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire 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 24 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 Hertfordshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analyst
Rank 26 15 9
Rank change year-on-year
-11 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 40 78 78
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 6.279% 7.984% 8.904%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.579% 8.581% 9.330%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 43 49
Average daily rate £400 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £265 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £428 £425 £425
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 £26.25
% change year-on-year
+5.00% +14.28%
All Job Titles
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
608 909 836
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 95.45% 93.04% 95.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 307 394 355
Average daily rate £400 £365 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.58% +4.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £235 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £520
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 85 104
Average hourly rate £17.49 £31.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-43.59% +82.35%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.19 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £37.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Analyst
East of England

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Business Analyst Hourly 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Watford +3 5 £403 +12.98%
Welwyn Garden City -2 4 - -
Hemel Hempstead +3 3 £300 -14.28%
St Albans - 3 £415 -
Borehamwood - 1 - -
Letchworth - 1 - -
Potters Bar - 1 £285 -
Business Analyst
East of England

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 38 (39.58%) Business Analysis
2 33 (34.38%) Retail
3 26 (27.08%) Finance
4 20 (20.83%) SQL
5 18 (18.75%) Project Management
5 18 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
6 17 (17.71%) Systems Analysis
6 17 (17.71%) Telecoms
7 15 (15.63%) Data Analysis
7 15 (15.63%) Data Management
8 11 (11.46%) E-Commerce
8 11 (11.46%) Time Management
9 10 (10.42%) UML
9 10 (10.42%) Change Management
10 9 (9.375%) Six Sigma
10 9 (9.375%) MS Excel
11 8 (8.333%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (8.333%) 2G
11 8 (8.333%) LTE
11 8 (8.333%) Continuous Improvement
12 7 (7.292%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 7 (7.292%) PRINCE2
12 7 (7.292%) Business Intelligence
12 7 (7.292%) MS Office
12 7 (7.292%) Lean Six Sigma
12 7 (7.292%) Six Sigma Black Belt
12 7 (7.292%) Scrum
13 6 (6.250%) Games
13 6 (6.250%) User Acceptance Testing
13 6 (6.250%) Web Development

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 3 (3.125%) SAP XI
2 2 (2.083%) BAPI
3 1 (1.042%) ASP
3 1 (1.042%) Web Services
3 1 (1.042%) XML
3 1 (1.042%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (2.083%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.042%) CMS
2 1 (1.042%) Joomla!
2 1 (1.042%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 9 (9.375%) MS Excel
2 7 (7.292%) MS Office
3 6 (6.250%) MS Visio
4 2 (2.083%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (1.042%) MS Project
5 1 (1.042%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 1 (1.042%) PeopleSoft HRMS
1 1 (1.042%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (1.042%) ResourceLink
Communications & Networking
1 8 (8.333%) 2G
1 8 (8.333%) LTE
2 4 (4.167%) 3G
3 1 (1.042%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.333%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (4.167%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (4.167%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (4.167%) SQL Server
3 3 (3.125%) BusinessObjects
3 3 (3.125%) BusinessObjects XI
3 3 (3.125%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (2.083%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (1.042%) MS Access
5 1 (1.042%) Data Mining
5 1 (1.042%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
5 1 (1.042%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (1.042%) PerformancePoint
5 1 (1.042%) Xcelsius
Development Applications
1 3 (3.125%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (2.083%) LSMW
3 1 (1.042%) Rational Rose
3 1 (1.042%) FrontPage
3 1 (1.042%) Axure RP
General
1 33 (34.38%) Retail
2 26 (27.08%) Finance
3 17 (17.71%) Telecoms
4 6 (6.250%) Games
5 5 (5.208%) Marketing
6 2 (2.083%) Back Office
6 2 (2.083%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.042%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.167%) EPoS
2 2 (2.083%) FMCG
3 1 (1.042%) Mainframe
3 1 (1.042%) Chip and PIN
3 1 (1.042%) EFTPOS
3 1 (1.042%) E-Learning
3 1 (1.042%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (39.58%) Business Analysis
2 18 (18.75%) Project Management
2 18 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 17 (17.71%) Systems Analysis
4 15 (15.63%) Data Analysis
4 15 (15.63%) Data Management
5 11 (11.46%) E-Commerce
5 11 (11.46%) Time Management
6 10 (10.42%) UML
6 10 (10.42%) Change Management
7 9 (9.375%) Six Sigma
8 8 (8.333%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (7.292%) PRINCE2
9 7 (7.292%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (7.292%) Lean Six Sigma
9 7 (7.292%) Scrum
10 6 (6.250%) User Acceptance Testing
10 6 (6.250%) Web Development
11 5 (5.208%) Waterfall
12 4 (4.167%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (20.83%) SQL
2 1 (1.042%) PHP
2 1 (1.042%) T-SQL
2 1 (1.042%) VB
2 1 (1.042%) VBA
Qualifications
1 7 (7.292%) Six Sigma Green Belt
1 7 (7.292%) Six Sigma Black Belt
2 5 (5.208%) Degree
3 4 (4.167%) PMP
3 4 (4.167%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.042%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.083%) PCI DSS
1 2 (2.083%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (6.250%) SAP
2 5 (5.208%) Business Objects
3 4 (4.167%) Microsoft
4 3 (3.125%) Ericsson
4 3 (3.125%) Teradata
5 2 (2.083%) Brio
5 2 (2.083%) PeopleSoft
6 1 (1.042%) Oracle
6 1 (1.042%) MicroStrategy
6 1 (1.042%) Zend
Potters Bar, South East
Business Analyst.My property/ construction client are going through an extremely exciting period of change involving a huge transformation and change programme within their organisation.This restructure is...
Mint
Rate: £350 - £375 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
Hitchin, South East
We are currently working with a client in Hitchin to recruit a Business Analyst on a fixed term contract basis-This is an excellent opportunity to join an...
GSA Techsource
Rate: Negotiable DOE + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013