The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex 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 Middlesex 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 16 20 7
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -13
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 11 11 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 5.340% 3.537% 14.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.759% 4.104% 16.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 32
Average daily rate £350 £349 £371
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.35% -6.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £290 £313
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £50.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.25 £30.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +15.38%
All Job Titles
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
191 268 310
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 92.72% 86.17% 89.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 135 143
Average daily rate £388 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.33% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 18 20
Average hourly rate £32.50 £31.50 £28.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.17% +11.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.63 £15.90 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £39.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Analyst
South East

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex 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 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 4 (20.00%) Data Mapping
2 4 (20.00%) BPR
2 4 (20.00%) Ariba
3 3 (15.00%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (15.00%) Finance
3 3 (15.00%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (15.00%) Use Case
3 3 (15.00%) Degree
4 2 (10.00%) Cognos
4 2 (10.00%) Data Management
4 2 (10.00%) Data Analysis
4 2 (10.00%) SQL Server
4 2 (10.00%) Business Objects
4 2 (10.00%) SAP
4 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (10.00%) Service Delivery
4 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (10.00%) Data Modelling
4 2 (10.00%) Master Data Management
5 1 (5.000%) HTTP
5 1 (5.000%) Pegasus
5 1 (5.000%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (5.000%) ISEB
5 1 (5.000%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (5.000%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (5.000%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (5.000%) Scrum
5 1 (5.000%) ITIL
5 1 (5.000%) PRINCE2

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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.

Applications
1 1 (5.000%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.000%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (5.000%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (5.000%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (5.000%) Oracle 11i
1 1 (5.000%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (5.000%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.000%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (10.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (5.000%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (5.000%) OLAP
3 1 (5.000%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (5.000%) BusinessObjects XI
3 1 (5.000%) SQL Server Analysis Services
General
1 3 (15.00%) Finance
2 1 (5.000%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.000%) iPad
1 1 (5.000%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 4 (20.00%) Data Mapping
2 4 (20.00%) BPR
3 3 (15.00%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (15.00%) Use Case
4 2 (10.00%) Data Management
4 2 (10.00%) Data Analysis
4 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (10.00%) Service Delivery
4 2 (10.00%) Data Modelling
4 2 (10.00%) Master Data Management
5 1 (5.000%) Scrum
5 1 (5.000%) ITIL
5 1 (5.000%) PRINCE2
5 1 (5.000%) CRM
5 1 (5.000%) ERP
5 1 (5.000%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (5.000%) Asset Management
5 1 (5.000%) Systems Analysis
5 1 (5.000%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.000%) Java
1 1 (5.000%) SQL
1 1 (5.000%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.000%) ISEB
2 1 (5.000%) ITIL Certification
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Ariba
2 2 (10.00%) Cognos
2 2 (10.00%) Business Objects
2 2 (10.00%) SAP
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.000%) Pegasus
3 1 (5.000%) Oracle
3 1 (5.000%) Twitter