The first table below looks at the demand for Business Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Analysis over the 3 months to 20 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Merseyside 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analysis
Rank 27 18 29
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +11
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 6 17 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 2.791% 6.564% 1.200%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.110% 10.97% 1.961%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 11 3
Average daily rate £500 £325 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+53.84% -27.77%
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 £25.00 £25.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Processes & Methodologies
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
146 155 153
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 67.91% 59.85% 61.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 84 74
Average daily rate £350 £313 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.66% -3.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £243 £263 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £485 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 11 14
Average hourly rate - £21.86 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.84%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Business Analysis
North West

Business Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Business Analysis across the Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Merseyside Business Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Business Analysis across the Merseyside region.

Merseyside Business Analysis Daily Rate Trend

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Business Analysis across the Merseyside region.

Merseyside Business Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analysis
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 20 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
Liverpool -5 5 £500 +60.00%
Business Analysis
North West

Business Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside region citing Business Analysis also 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 that cited Business Analysis.

1 4 (57.14%) Baan
1 4 (57.14%) Java
1 4 (57.14%) ERP
1 4 (57.14%) .NET
1 4 (57.14%) Manufacturing
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
1 4 (57.14%) Resource Management
1 4 (57.14%) Computer Science
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Systems Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Strategic Planning
3 2 (28.57%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (28.57%) Process Management
3 2 (28.57%) Oracle
3 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
3 2 (28.57%) DB2
3 2 (28.57%) SAP
3 2 (28.57%) Windows
3 2 (28.57%) AIX
3 2 (28.57%) HPUX
3 2 (28.57%) Solaris
3 2 (28.57%) Linux
3 2 (28.57%) Informix
3 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
3 2 (28.57%) IBM
3 2 (28.57%) Sun
3 2 (28.57%) SQL
3 2 (28.57%) JD Edwards
3 2 (28.57%) Project Management
3 2 (28.57%) Infor

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside region citing Business Analysis also 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 that cited Business Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (57.14%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Dynamics AX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
1 2 (28.57%) DB2
1 2 (28.57%) Informix
General
1 4 (57.14%) Manufacturing
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Analyst
2 4 (57.14%) Business Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Analyst Programmer
3 2 (28.57%) Programmer
4 1 (14.29%) Business Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Change Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Business Change Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
1 2 (28.57%) AIX
1 2 (28.57%) HPUX
1 2 (28.57%) Solaris
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) ERP
1 4 (57.14%) Resource Management
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Process Management
2 2 (28.57%) Systems Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (14.29%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) System Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (14.29%) Demand Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) Java
2 2 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Baan
2 2 (28.57%) JD Edwards
2 2 (28.57%) Infor
2 2 (28.57%) Oracle
2 2 (28.57%) SAP
2 2 (28.57%) IBM
2 2 (28.57%) Sun