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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role 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 Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Leeds region.

 Business Analyst
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank151514
Rank change year-on-year
No change0Down-1
Matching contract IT job ads5054105
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds8.929 %9.122 %9.589 %
As % of the Job Titles category9.653 %9.926 %10.08 %
Daily rates quoted292025
Average daily rate£360£388£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.090 %+10.71 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£282£314£285
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£459£425£417
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£375£375
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.89£20.50£30.00
% change year-on-year
+6.780 %-31.66 %
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5185441042
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds92.50 %91.89 %95.16 %
Daily rates quoted234172261
Average daily rate£325£350£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.140 %+7.690 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£225£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£350
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %-3.570 %
Hourly rates quoted383077
Average hourly rate£17.00£18.89£18.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.00 %+0.740 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£9.00£12.95£11.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£25.00£32.50£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.00£20.00£22.00
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %-9.090 %
Business Analyst West YorkshireBusiness Analyst
West Yorkshire

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.

Business Analyst
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Business Analyst across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Leeds Business Analyst Demand Trend

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Business Analyst across the Leeds region.

Leeds Business Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Analyst across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Leeds Business Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Business Analyst across the Leeds region.

Leeds Business Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

137 (36.27 %)Business Analysis
231 (30.39 %)NHS
330 (29.41 %)PRINCE2
429 (28.43 %)UML
429 (28.43 %)Health
520 (19.61 %)Finance
617 (16.67 %)Project Management
716 (15.69 %)MS Visio
811 (10.78 %)Systems Analysis
910 (9.804 %)Data Analysis
109 (8.824 %)Microsoft
118 (7.843 %)Stakeholder Management
127 (6.863 %)Use Case
127 (6.863 %)Government
127 (6.863 %)Data Modelling
136 (5.882 %)MS Excel
136 (5.882 %)C
136 (5.882 %).NET
136 (5.882 %)Banking
136 (5.882 %)Retail
145 (4.902 %)Programme Management
145 (4.902 %)QA
145 (4.902 %)Requirements Analysis
145 (4.902 %).NET Framework
145 (4.902 %)BPMN
145 (4.902 %)RESTful
145 (4.902 %)SQL Server
145 (4.902 %)SAP
145 (4.902 %)SharePoint
145 (4.902 %)E-Commerce

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
16 (5.882 %).NET
25 (4.902 %).NET Framework
25 (4.902 %)RESTful
34 (3.922 %)WCF
41 (0.980 %)COM
41 (0.980 %)J2EE
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
15 (4.902 %)SharePoint
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
116 (15.69 %)MS Visio
26 (5.882 %)MS Excel
32 (1.961 %)MS PowerPoint
41 (0.980 %)MS Project
41 (0.980 %)MS Office
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (1.961 %)Internet
21 (0.980 %)Intranet
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (4.902 %)SQL Server
22 (1.961 %)Datawarehouse
31 (0.980 %)ETL
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
129 (28.43 %)Health
220 (19.61 %)Finance
37 (6.863 %)Government
46 (5.882 %)Banking
46 (5.882 %)Retail
54 (3.922 %)Insurance
63 (2.941 %)Retail Banking
63 (2.941 %)Telecoms
72 (1.961 %)Back Office
81 (0.980 %)Pensions
81 (0.980 %)Local Government
81 (0.980 %)Games
81 (0.980 %)Law
81 (0.980 %)Online Games
81 (0.980 %)Education
81 (0.980 %)Electric
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
131 (30.39 %)NHS
23 (2.941 %)Informatics
23 (2.941 %)Management Information System
32 (1.961 %)Smartcard
32 (1.961 %)EMV
32 (1.961 %)N-Tier
41 (0.980 %)Credit Risk
41 (0.980 %)W3C
41 (0.980 %)NPfIT
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
14 (3.922 %)Windows
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
137 (36.27 %)Business Analysis
230 (29.41 %)PRINCE2
329 (28.43 %)UML
417 (16.67 %)Project Management
511 (10.78 %)Systems Analysis
610 (9.804 %)Data Analysis
78 (7.843 %)Stakeholder Management
87 (6.863 %)Use Case
87 (6.863 %)Data Modelling
95 (4.902 %)Programme Management
95 (4.902 %)Requirements Analysis
95 (4.902 %)BPMN
95 (4.902 %)E-Commerce
95 (4.902 %)Service Delivery
95 (4.902 %)MVC
104 (3.922 %)Six Sigma
104 (3.922 %)Business Intelligence
104 (3.922 %)Workflow
104 (3.922 %)Service Management
104 (3.922 %)ERP
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
16 (5.882 %)C
21 (0.980 %)Java
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
14 (3.922 %)PRINCE2 Certification
22 (1.961 %)ISEB
22 (1.961 %)Security Cleared
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (4.902 %)QA
22 (1.961 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
31 (0.980 %)Basel II
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
19 (8.824 %)Microsoft
25 (4.902 %)SAP
33 (2.941 %)Siebel
41 (0.980 %)Casewise
41 (0.980 %)Unisys
41 (0.980 %)PeopleSoft