The first table below looks at the demand for Business Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes 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 30 41 27
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -14
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 24 24 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 4.624% 3.343% 4.882%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.400% 5.031% 8.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 13 8
Average daily rate £325 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £303 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £358 £375 £369
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
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
375 477 348
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 72.25% 66.43% 58.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 219 156
Average daily rate £345 £325 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.15% -4.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £210 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £413 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 28 34
Average hourly rate £18.45 £15.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.96% -40.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £10.58 £10.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £17.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Business Analysis
Buckinghamshire

Business Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Business Analysis Daily Rate Trend

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Analysis across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Milton Keynes Business Analysis Daily Rate Histogram

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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Business Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 18 (35.29%) ISEB
2 13 (25.49%) Data Modelling
2 13 (25.49%) Finance
3 12 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (17.65%) Systems Analysis
4 9 (17.65%) SC Cleared
4 9 (17.65%) Security Cleared
4 9 (17.65%) Requirements Engineering
5 8 (15.69%) DV Cleared
5 8 (15.69%) Technical Architecture
6 7 (13.73%) Automotive
6 7 (13.73%) MS Visio
6 7 (13.73%) UML
7 5 (9.804%) BPR
7 5 (9.804%) PRINCE2
7 5 (9.804%) Banking
7 5 (9.804%) Retail
7 5 (9.804%) GSAE
8 4 (7.843%) User Acceptance Testing
8 4 (7.843%) Time Management
8 4 (7.843%) Oracle
8 4 (7.843%) E-Procurement
9 3 (5.882%) MS Office
9 3 (5.882%) C#
9 3 (5.882%) CRM
9 3 (5.882%) Project Management
9 3 (5.882%) Microsoft
9 3 (5.882%) EPoS
9 3 (5.882%) Requirements Analysis
9 3 (5.882%) Change Management

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 1 (1.961%) .NET
1 1 (1.961%) XML
Applications
1 7 (13.73%) MS Visio
2 3 (5.882%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.961%) Oracle Retail
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.961%) PowerCenter
1 1 (1.961%) BusinessObjects XI
General
1 13 (25.49%) Finance
2 7 (13.73%) Automotive
3 5 (9.804%) Banking
3 5 (9.804%) Retail
4 2 (3.922%) Retail Banking
4 2 (3.922%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 46 (90.20%) Analyst
2 41 (80.39%) Business Analyst
3 6 (11.76%) Systems Analyst
4 5 (9.804%) Business Systems Analyst
4 5 (9.804%) Business Process Analyst
4 5 (9.804%) Process Analyst
5 3 (5.882%) EPoS Business Analyst
6 2 (3.922%) Banking Business Analyst
6 2 (3.922%) Financial Services Business Analyst
6 2 (3.922%) Telecoms Business Analyst
6 2 (3.922%) Financial Business Analyst
7 1 (1.961%) Functional Analyst
7 1 (1.961%) Technical Business Analyst
7 1 (1.961%) IT Business Analyst
7 1 (1.961%) Oracle Team Leader
7 1 (1.961%) Report Developer
7 1 (1.961%) Business Developer
7 1 (1.961%) Consultant
7 1 (1.961%) Principal Consultant
7 1 (1.961%) Business Objects Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.882%) EPoS
2 2 (3.922%) Tandem
3 1 (1.961%) Credit Risk
3 1 (1.961%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.961%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.961%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (25.49%) Data Modelling
2 12 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (17.65%) Systems Analysis
3 9 (17.65%) Requirements Engineering
4 8 (15.69%) Technical Architecture
5 7 (13.73%) UML
6 5 (9.804%) BPR
6 5 (9.804%) PRINCE2
7 4 (7.843%) E-Procurement
7 4 (7.843%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (7.843%) Time Management
8 3 (5.882%) Requirements Analysis
8 3 (5.882%) Project Management
8 3 (5.882%) Change Management
8 3 (5.882%) CRM
9 1 (1.961%) E-Commerce
9 1 (1.961%) OO
9 1 (1.961%) GAP Analysis
9 1 (1.961%) Strategic Planning
9 1 (1.961%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.882%) C#
2 1 (1.961%) Java
2 1 (1.961%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (35.29%) ISEB
2 9 (17.65%) SC Cleared
2 9 (17.65%) Security Cleared
3 8 (15.69%) DV Cleared
4 5 (9.804%) GSAE
5 1 (1.961%) CCIE
5 1 (1.961%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.961%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 4 (7.843%) Oracle
2 3 (5.882%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.922%) Salesforce.com
4 1 (1.961%) VMware
4 1 (1.961%) Informatica
4 1 (1.961%) Business Objects
4 1 (1.961%) Cisco