The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Kent 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 22 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 Kent 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analyst
Rank 31 27 33
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 7 10 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 2.349% 3.731% 3.311%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.545% 4.098% 3.413%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 2
Average daily rate £475 £400 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.75% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £55.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.25 £30.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +15.38%
All Job Titles
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
275 244 293
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 92.28% 91.04% 97.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 117 169
Average daily rate £300 £313 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.00% +4.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £138 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £388
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 25 23
Average hourly rate £16.00 £15.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.22% +3.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £10.00 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.75 £27.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Analyst
South East

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent 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 Kent region over the 3 months to 22 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
Maidstone - 1 - -
Business Analyst
South East

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 5 (22.73%) PRINCE2
1 5 (22.73%) Migration
1 5 (22.73%) Asset Management
2 4 (18.18%) ITIL
2 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 4 (18.18%) ISEB
2 4 (18.18%) Use Case
3 3 (13.64%) Fund Accounting
3 3 (13.64%) Windows 7
3 3 (13.64%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (13.64%) Lotus
3 3 (13.64%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (13.64%) Windows
3 3 (13.64%) MySQL
3 3 (13.64%) Lotus Notes
3 3 (13.64%) Management Information System
3 3 (13.64%) AS400
3 3 (13.64%) Finance
3 3 (13.64%) Billing
3 3 (13.64%) Data Management
3 3 (13.64%) Systems Analysis
4 2 (9.091%) Data Analysis
4 2 (9.091%) Investment Banking
4 2 (9.091%) Business Analysis
4 2 (9.091%) Banking
4 2 (9.091%) MS Office
4 2 (9.091%) Project Management
4 2 (9.091%) Service Management
4 2 (9.091%) GAP Analysis

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 1 (4.545%) ASP.NET
1 1 (4.545%) COM
1 1 (4.545%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (13.64%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (4.545%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (9.091%) MS Office
1 2 (9.091%) MS Visio
2 1 (4.545%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.545%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (4.545%) SAP SD
1 1 (4.545%) Dynamics AX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) MySQL
2 1 (4.545%) DataStage
2 1 (4.545%) EDMS
2 1 (4.545%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.545%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (4.545%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (4.545%) LSMW
General
1 3 (13.64%) Finance
1 3 (13.64%) Billing
2 2 (9.091%) Investment Banking
2 2 (9.091%) Banking
3 1 (4.545%) Advertising
3 1 (4.545%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Management Information System
1 3 (13.64%) AS400
2 2 (9.091%) NHS
3 1 (4.545%) Smart Meter
3 1 (4.545%) Fixed Income
3 1 (4.545%) Equities
3 1 (4.545%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.64%) Windows 7
1 3 (13.64%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (13.64%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (13.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (22.73%) PRINCE2
1 5 (22.73%) Migration
1 5 (22.73%) Asset Management
2 4 (18.18%) ITIL
2 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (18.18%) Use Case
3 3 (13.64%) Fund Accounting
3 3 (13.64%) Data Management
3 3 (13.64%) Systems Analysis
4 2 (9.091%) Data Analysis
4 2 (9.091%) Business Analysis
4 2 (9.091%) Project Management
4 2 (9.091%) Service Management
4 2 (9.091%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (9.091%) Data Migration
5 1 (4.545%) Fund Management
5 1 (4.545%) Business Development
5 1 (4.545%) Test Scripting
5 1 (4.545%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.545%) C
1 1 (4.545%) SQL
1 1 (4.545%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.545%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.64%) Lotus
3 1 (4.545%) IBM
3 1 (4.545%) SAP
3 1 (4.545%) Cognos
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