The first 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 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 Job Titles advertised 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 Analyst
Rank 26 10 11
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 49 86 55
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 6.473% 9.663% 9.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.825% 10.19% 9.483%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 52 23
Average daily rate £330 £352 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.11% -5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £276 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £22.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.25 £30.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +15.38%
All Job Titles
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
718 844 580
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 94.85% 94.83% 95.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 377 482 272
Average daily rate £300 £335 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.44% -1.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £209 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £434 £460 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 48 45
Average hourly rate £12.50 £12.75 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.96% -15.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.00 £6.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.25 £35.60 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Analyst
West Yorkshire

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Business Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Leeds Business Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

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 Leeds region.

Leeds Business Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

1 49 (38.58%) Stakeholder Management
2 33 (25.98%) Finance
2 33 (25.98%) Business Analysis
3 28 (22.05%) UML
4 17 (13.39%) Migration
5 16 (12.60%) Legal
5 16 (12.60%) Data Migration
6 15 (11.81%) Systems Analysis
7 14 (11.02%) E-Commerce
8 13 (10.24%) User Acceptance Testing
8 13 (10.24%) Logistics
9 11 (8.661%) BPMN
9 11 (8.661%) Agile Software Development
9 11 (8.661%) Telecoms
10 10 (7.874%) CMS
10 10 (7.874%) MS Visio
10 10 (7.874%) Smart Meter
11 9 (7.087%) Asset Management
11 9 (7.087%) NHS
12 8 (6.299%) Banking
12 8 (6.299%) Data Analysis
12 8 (6.299%) Maximo
13 7 (5.512%) Use Case
14 6 (4.724%) Project Management
14 6 (4.724%) Practice Management
14 6 (4.724%) GAP Analysis
14 6 (4.724%) PRINCE2
14 6 (4.724%) Scrum
14 6 (4.724%) Dynamics AX
14 6 (4.724%) Retail

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 2 (1.575%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 10 (7.874%) CMS
2 3 (2.362%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.575%) SAS
4 1 (0.787%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 10 (7.874%) MS Visio
2 5 (3.937%) MS Excel
3 3 (2.362%) MS Office
4 2 (1.575%) SPSS
4 2 (1.575%) MS Project
5 1 (0.787%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.787%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (6.299%) Maximo
2 6 (4.724%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.362%) Internet
2 1 (0.787%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.575%) Big Data
1 2 (1.575%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.787%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (0.787%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (0.787%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.787%) Oracle 10g
2 1 (0.787%) Data Mining
2 1 (0.787%) Data Warehouse
General
1 33 (25.98%) Finance
2 16 (12.60%) Legal
3 11 (8.661%) Telecoms
4 8 (6.299%) Banking
5 6 (4.724%) Retail
6 5 (3.937%) Billing
7 4 (3.150%) Games
8 3 (2.362%) Retail Banking
8 3 (2.362%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.575%) Law
10 1 (0.787%) Private Banking
10 1 (0.787%) Marketing
10 1 (0.787%) Online Betting
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.874%) Smart Meter
2 9 (7.087%) NHS
3 4 (3.150%) Mobile App
4 3 (2.362%) Credit Risk
5 2 (1.575%) Online Games
6 1 (0.787%) Online Gambling
6 1 (0.787%) Reference Data
6 1 (0.787%) Data Integration
6 1 (0.787%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.787%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.575%) UNIX
1 2 (1.575%) Windows
2 1 (0.787%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (38.58%) Stakeholder Management
2 33 (25.98%) Business Analysis
3 28 (22.05%) UML
4 17 (13.39%) Migration
5 16 (12.60%) Data Migration
6 15 (11.81%) Systems Analysis
7 14 (11.02%) E-Commerce
8 13 (10.24%) User Acceptance Testing
8 13 (10.24%) Logistics
9 11 (8.661%) BPMN
9 11 (8.661%) Agile Software Development
10 9 (7.087%) Asset Management
11 8 (6.299%) Data Analysis
12 7 (5.512%) Use Case
13 6 (4.724%) Project Management
13 6 (4.724%) Practice Management
13 6 (4.724%) GAP Analysis
13 6 (4.724%) PRINCE2
13 6 (4.724%) Scrum
14 5 (3.937%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.362%) Java
2 1 (0.787%) C
2 1 (0.787%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (1.575%) ISEB
1 2 (1.575%) SC Cleared
1 2 (1.575%) BC Cleared
1 2 (1.575%) Security Cleared
1 2 (1.575%) Degree
2 1 (0.787%) CCAB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.787%) GAAP
System Software
1 1 (0.787%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.787%) Oracle Identity Management
1 1 (0.787%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 4 (3.150%) IBM
1 4 (3.150%) SAP
2 3 (2.362%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.575%) HP
3 2 (1.575%) Oracle
4 1 (0.787%) Hyperion
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