The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Luton 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 22 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 Luton 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analyst
Rank 7 4 6
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 11 9 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton 13.58% 14.29% 11.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.10% 15.52% 12.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 4
Average daily rate £425 £363 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.24% +3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £353 £283
10% offered a daily rate of more than £490 £425 £393
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -
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
Luton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
78 58 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton 96.30% 92.06% 94.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 37 27
Average daily rate £375 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £258 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £425 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
Average hourly rate £12.42 £27.75 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-55.24% +152.27%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Analyst
Bedfordshire

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton 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 Luton region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton Business Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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 11 (55.00%) Finance
2 9 (45.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (45.00%) E-Commerce
3 8 (40.00%) Business Analysis
4 5 (25.00%) PCI DSS
5 4 (20.00%) Use Case
6 3 (15.00%) Retail
6 3 (15.00%) Change Management
6 3 (15.00%) Management Information System
7 2 (10.00%) ERP
7 2 (10.00%) Workflow
7 2 (10.00%) Banking
7 2 (10.00%) Games
7 2 (10.00%) ISEB
7 2 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (10.00%) Document Management
8 1 (5.000%) Test Scripting
8 1 (5.000%) SAP PI
8 1 (5.000%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (5.000%) SaaS
8 1 (5.000%) Project Management
8 1 (5.000%) Manufacturing
8 1 (5.000%) Agile Software Development
8 1 (5.000%) Supplier Management
8 1 (5.000%) ISTQB
8 1 (5.000%) Requirements Analysis
8 1 (5.000%) Degree
8 1 (5.000%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (5.000%) EDI
8 1 (5.000%) Oracle

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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 1 (5.000%) SAP PI
1 1 (5.000%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.000%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (5.000%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (5.000%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (5.000%) Oracle EBS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.000%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (5.000%) GIS
General
1 11 (55.00%) Finance
2 3 (15.00%) Retail
3 2 (10.00%) Banking
3 2 (10.00%) Games
4 1 (5.000%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.000%) Back Office
4 1 (5.000%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.000%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 9 (45.00%) E-Commerce
2 8 (40.00%) Business Analysis
3 4 (20.00%) Use Case
4 3 (15.00%) Change Management
5 2 (10.00%) ERP
5 2 (10.00%) Workflow
5 2 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (10.00%) Document Management
6 1 (5.000%) Test Scripting
6 1 (5.000%) Project Management
6 1 (5.000%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (5.000%) Supplier Management
6 1 (5.000%) Requirements Analysis
6 1 (5.000%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (5.000%) PRINCE2
6 1 (5.000%) CRM
6 1 (5.000%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) ISEB
2 1 (5.000%) ISTQB
2 1 (5.000%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (25.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (5.000%) Oracle
1 1 (5.000%) SAP
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