The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Ipswich 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 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 Job Titles advertised for the Ipswich 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 Analyst
Rank 10 25 15
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -10
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 7 3 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Ipswich 10.61% 2.381% 10.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.94% 2.479% 10.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 7
Average daily rate £425 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £375 £335
10% offered a daily rate of more than £429 £375 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.25 £32.83 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-1.75% +19.36%
All Job Titles
Ipswich
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
64 121 137
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Ipswich 96.97% 96.03% 95.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 61 76
Average daily rate £351 £325 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.84% -3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £260 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £435 £395 £558
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 27 7
Average hourly rate £15.58 £17.50 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.97% +29.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.25 £12.25 £13.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.00 £25.00 £21.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Business Analyst
Suffolk

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Ipswich 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 Ipswich region.

Ipswich Business Analyst Daily Rate Trend

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 Ipswich region.

Ipswich Business Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Ipswich 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 11 (29.73%) Finance
2 10 (27.03%) System Testing
3 8 (21.62%) Migration
3 8 (21.62%) UML
4 6 (16.22%) SQL
4 6 (16.22%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (16.22%) Use Case
5 4 (10.81%) Degree
5 4 (10.81%) Data Analysis
5 4 (10.81%) MS Visio
5 4 (10.81%) MS Office
6 3 (8.108%) Requirements Analysis
6 3 (8.108%) Data Migration
6 3 (8.108%) Test Scripting
7 2 (5.405%) QA
7 2 (5.405%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (5.405%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (5.405%) Business Analysis
7 2 (5.405%) Project Management
7 2 (5.405%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (2.703%) Microsoft
8 1 (2.703%) Salesforce.com
8 1 (2.703%) Configuration Management
8 1 (2.703%) ITIL
8 1 (2.703%) MySQL
8 1 (2.703%) C
8 1 (2.703%) CRM
8 1 (2.703%) Change Management
8 1 (2.703%) GCOS
8 1 (2.703%) Agile Software Development

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Ipswich 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.

Applications
1 4 (10.81%) MS Visio
1 4 (10.81%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (16.22%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.703%) MySQL
General
1 11 (29.73%) Finance
2 1 (2.703%) Retail
2 1 (2.703%) German Language
2 1 (2.703%) Marketing
2 1 (2.703%) General Ledger
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.703%) GCOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.03%) System Testing
2 8 (21.62%) Migration
2 8 (21.62%) UML
3 6 (16.22%) Use Case
4 4 (10.81%) Data Analysis
5 3 (8.108%) Requirements Analysis
5 3 (8.108%) Data Migration
5 3 (8.108%) Test Scripting
6 2 (5.405%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (5.405%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (5.405%) Business Analysis
6 2 (5.405%) Project Management
6 2 (5.405%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (2.703%) Configuration Management
7 1 (2.703%) ITIL
7 1 (2.703%) CRM
7 1 (2.703%) Change Management
7 1 (2.703%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (2.703%) Asset Management
7 1 (2.703%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (16.22%) SQL
2 1 (2.703%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (10.81%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.405%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (2.703%) Microsoft
1 1 (2.703%) Salesforce.com