The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Lincolnshire 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 23 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 Lincolnshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analyst
Rank 4 12 4
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 8 1 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lincolnshire 14.81% 2.326% 20.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.00% 2.326% 23.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
Average daily rate £140 - £400
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 £31.25 £30.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +15.38%
All Job Titles
Lincolnshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
50 43 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lincolnshire 92.59% 100.00% 87.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 17 8
Average daily rate £263 £250 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £183 £110 £172
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £350 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 5
Average hourly rate £17.50 £13.75 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+27.27% -31.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.50 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.00 £25.50 £20.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Analyst
East Midlands

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lincolnshire 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 Lincolnshire region.

Lincolnshire 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 Lincolnshire region.

Lincolnshire 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 Lincolnshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Lincoln - 3 - -
Business Analyst
East Midlands

Business Analyst
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lincolnshire 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 8 (53.33%) Finance
2 7 (46.67%) BPR
3 6 (40.00%) Workflow
4 5 (33.33%) Management Information System
5 4 (26.67%) Business Analysis
6 3 (20.00%) Local Government
6 3 (20.00%) Migration
6 3 (20.00%) MS Visio
6 3 (20.00%) MS Project
6 3 (20.00%) MS Office
7 2 (13.33%) Open Text
7 2 (13.33%) LiveLink
7 2 (13.33%) Data Migration
8 1 (6.667%) Security Cleared
8 1 (6.667%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 1 (6.667%) Content Management
8 1 (6.667%) Information Management
8 1 (6.667%) Document Management
8 1 (6.667%) PRINCE2
8 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
8 1 (6.667%) Microsoft
8 1 (6.667%) Six Sigma
8 1 (6.667%) Project Management
8 1 (6.667%) Legal
8 1 (6.667%) Service Delivery

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lincolnshire 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 Platforms
1 2 (13.33%) LiveLink
Applications
1 3 (20.00%) MS Visio
1 3 (20.00%) MS Project
1 3 (20.00%) MS Office
2 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
General
1 8 (53.33%) Finance
2 3 (20.00%) Local Government
3 1 (6.667%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) BPR
2 6 (40.00%) Workflow
3 4 (26.67%) Business Analysis
4 3 (20.00%) Migration
5 2 (13.33%) Data Migration
6 1 (6.667%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (6.667%) Content Management
6 1 (6.667%) Information Management
6 1 (6.667%) Document Management
6 1 (6.667%) PRINCE2
6 1 (6.667%) Six Sigma
6 1 (6.667%) Project Management
6 1 (6.667%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (6.667%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Open Text
2 1 (6.667%) Microsoft