The first table below looks at the demand for Business Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Analysis over the 3 months to 21 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 Leeds 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analysis
Rank 55 33 41
Rank change year-on-year
-22 +8
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 17 38 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 2.246% 4.270% 2.299%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.058% 5.965% 3.415%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 30 8
Average daily rate £375 £372 £351
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.80% +5.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £273 £314 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £441 £458
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
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
556 637 410
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 73.45% 71.57% 67.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 315 374 205
Average daily rate £310 £345 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.14% -1.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £242 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £452 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 16 19
Average hourly rate £33.50 £19.25 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+74.02% +10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.70 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £62.50 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Business Analysis
West Yorkshire

Business Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Business Analysis Daily Rate Trend

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Analysis across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Leeds Business Analysis Daily Rate Histogram

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 Leeds region.

Leeds Business Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 11 (24.44%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
3 7 (15.56%) Project Management
4 6 (13.33%) E-Commerce
4 6 (13.33%) Finance
5 5 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
5 5 (11.11%) Telecoms
5 5 (11.11%) Systems Analysis
5 5 (11.11%) UML
5 5 (11.11%) SQL
5 5 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (8.889%) Mobile App
6 4 (8.889%) Banking
6 4 (8.889%) Retail
6 4 (8.889%) Migration
7 3 (6.667%) TDD
7 3 (6.667%) NUnit
7 3 (6.667%) Manufacturing
7 3 (6.667%) Scrum
7 3 (6.667%) JavaScript
7 3 (6.667%) PL/SQL
7 3 (6.667%) .NET
7 3 (6.667%) Oracle
7 3 (6.667%) OOP
7 3 (6.667%) OO
7 3 (6.667%) RUP
7 3 (6.667%) Logistics
7 3 (6.667%) MSTest
7 3 (6.667%) NHibernate
7 3 (6.667%) Web Development

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 3 (6.667%) .NET
1 3 (6.667%) NHibernate
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.444%) CMS
2 1 (2.222%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (2.222%) ESB
Applications
1 1 (2.222%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (2.222%) MS Project
1 1 (2.222%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.222%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (2.222%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.444%) CTI
2 1 (2.222%) LAN
2 1 (2.222%) WAN
2 1 (2.222%) FTP
2 1 (2.222%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.444%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (2.222%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 3 (6.667%) NUnit
1 3 (6.667%) MSTest
General
1 6 (13.33%) Finance
2 5 (11.11%) Telecoms
3 4 (8.889%) Banking
3 4 (8.889%) Retail
4 3 (6.667%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.444%) Games
5 2 (4.444%) Legal
5 2 (4.444%) Multimedia
6 1 (2.222%) Retail Banking
6 1 (2.222%) Private Banking
6 1 (2.222%) Online Betting
Job Titles
1 33 (73.33%) Analyst
1 33 (73.33%) Business Analyst
2 8 (17.78%) Agile Business Analyst
3 5 (11.11%) Architect
4 3 (6.667%) Telecoms Business Analyst
5 2 (4.444%) Development Analyst
5 2 (4.444%) Project Manager
5 2 (4.444%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (4.444%) Development Manager
5 2 (4.444%) Applications Architect
5 2 (4.444%) IT Business Analyst
6 1 (2.222%) UML Business Analyst
6 1 (2.222%) SQL Developer
6 1 (2.222%) Senior Business Analyst
6 1 (2.222%) Developer
6 1 (2.222%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (2.222%) Business Systems Analyst
6 1 (2.222%) Systems Analyst
6 1 (2.222%) Data Architect
6 1 (2.222%) Report Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.889%) Mobile App
2 2 (4.444%) IVR
3 1 (2.222%) NHS
3 1 (2.222%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.222%) Credit Risk
3 1 (2.222%) Data Integration
3 1 (2.222%) Online Games
3 1 (2.222%) Online Gambling
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (24.44%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
3 7 (15.56%) Project Management
4 6 (13.33%) E-Commerce
5 5 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
5 5 (11.11%) Systems Analysis
5 5 (11.11%) UML
5 5 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (8.889%) Migration
7 3 (6.667%) TDD
7 3 (6.667%) Scrum
7 3 (6.667%) OOP
7 3 (6.667%) OO
7 3 (6.667%) RUP
7 3 (6.667%) Logistics
7 3 (6.667%) Web Development
7 3 (6.667%) Use Case
7 3 (6.667%) Data Migration
8 2 (4.444%) Requirements Analysis
8 2 (4.444%) Requirements Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (11.11%) SQL
2 3 (6.667%) JavaScript
2 3 (6.667%) PL/SQL
3 2 (4.444%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.222%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (4.444%) Degree
1 2 (4.444%) SC Cleared
1 2 (4.444%) BC Cleared
1 2 (4.444%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.222%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 3 (6.667%) Oracle
2 2 (4.444%) IBM
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