The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Macclesfield 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 24 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 Macclesfield 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analyst
Rank 10 10 19
Rank change year-on-year
0 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 2 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Macclesfield 4.878% 4.444% 3.175%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.128% 4.762% 3.390%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £358 £275 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.00% -
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 £31.50 £30.00 £26.25
% change year-on-year
+5.00% +14.28%
All Job Titles
Macclesfield
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
39 42 59
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Macclesfield 95.12% 93.33% 93.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 19 33
Average daily rate £350 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.56% -14.21%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 1
Average hourly rate £40.00 £34.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.64% +13.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Analyst
Cheshire

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Macclesfield 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 Macclesfield region.

Macclesfield 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 Macclesfield region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Macclesfield Business Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Business Analyst
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Macclesfield 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 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
1 1 (50.00%) Information Management
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (50.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) SAP APO

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Macclesfield 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.

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP APO
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
1 1 (50.00%) Information Management
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (50.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SAP