The first table below looks at the demand for Business Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Analysis over the 3 months to 20 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Lancashire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analysis
Rank 25 36 30
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -6
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 7 8 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 3.483% 1.856% 0.901%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.645% 3.200% 1.724%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 2
Average daily rate £275 £388 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-29.03% +29.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £268 £338 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £410 £320
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Processes & Methodologies
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
124 250 116
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 61.69% 58.00% 52.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 142 53
Average daily rate £315 £375 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.00% +14.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £421 £499 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 12 16
Average hourly rate £21.00 £20.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -42.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.90 £16.80 £21.94
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £65.07 £26.60 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Business Analysis
North West

Business Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Preston +15 3 £295 -23.87%
Business Analysis
North West

Business Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 6 (40.00%) Retail
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (13.33%) CRM
3 2 (13.33%) System Testing
3 2 (13.33%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (13.33%) TDD
3 2 (13.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (13.33%) Marketing
4 1 (6.667%) JSON
4 1 (6.667%) Google Analytics
4 1 (6.667%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (6.667%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (6.667%) Pair Programming
4 1 (6.667%) Kanban
4 1 (6.667%) SC Cleared
4 1 (6.667%) Security Cleared
4 1 (6.667%) Test Automation
4 1 (6.667%) RESTful
4 1 (6.667%) Amazon S3
4 1 (6.667%) Windows Azure
4 1 (6.667%) BDD
4 1 (6.667%) REST
4 1 (6.667%) Digital Media
4 1 (6.667%) JAX-RS
4 1 (6.667%) Analytics
4 1 (6.667%) User Stories
4 1 (6.667%) E-Commerce
4 1 (6.667%) MS Visio
4 1 (6.667%) HTTP
4 1 (6.667%) RDF

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 1 (6.667%) HTML
1 1 (6.667%) .NET
1 1 (6.667%) Web Services
1 1 (6.667%) XML
1 1 (6.667%) Spring
1 1 (6.667%) JSON
1 1 (6.667%) RESTful
1 1 (6.667%) REST
1 1 (6.667%) JAX-RS
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.667%) CMS
1 1 (6.667%) Amazon S3
1 1 (6.667%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
1 1 (6.667%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (6.667%) Google Analytics
2 1 (6.667%) SAP SD
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.667%) HTTP
General
1 6 (40.00%) Retail
2 2 (13.33%) Marketing
3 1 (6.667%) Local Government
3 1 (6.667%) Telecoms
3 1 (6.667%) Aerospace
3 1 (6.667%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (86.67%) Analyst
1 13 (86.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (6.667%) Software Engineer
2 1 (6.667%) Project Manager
2 1 (6.667%) Consultant
2 1 (6.667%) Technical Project Manager
2 1 (6.667%) Senior Business Analyst
2 1 (6.667%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (6.667%) SAP SD Consultant
2 1 (6.667%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (6.667%) Java Software Engineer
2 1 (6.667%) Technical Manager
2 1 (6.667%) SAP Business Analyst
2 1 (6.667%) IT Business Analyst
2 1 (6.667%) Telecoms Business Analyst
2 1 (6.667%) SAP Analyst
2 1 (6.667%) Designer
2 1 (6.667%) SAP SD Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.667%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.667%) Windows
1 1 (6.667%) Linux
1 1 (6.667%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (13.33%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (13.33%) TDD
1 2 (13.33%) CRM
1 2 (13.33%) System Testing
2 1 (6.667%) Kanban
2 1 (6.667%) Test Automation
2 1 (6.667%) BDD
2 1 (6.667%) Analytics
2 1 (6.667%) User Stories
2 1 (6.667%) E-Commerce
2 1 (6.667%) RDF
2 1 (6.667%) Benchmarking
2 1 (6.667%) BPR
2 1 (6.667%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (6.667%) SEO
2 1 (6.667%) Pair Programming
2 1 (6.667%) Asset Management
2 1 (6.667%) Data Analysis
2 1 (6.667%) Supplier Management
2 1 (6.667%) Web Analytics
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.667%) C
1 1 (6.667%) Java
1 1 (6.667%) JavaScript
1 1 (6.667%) PHP
1 1 (6.667%) SQL
1 1 (6.667%) ABAP
1 1 (6.667%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1 (6.667%) SC Cleared
1 1 (6.667%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.667%) Google
2 1 (6.667%) SAP