Business Analysis Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Business Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West 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 North West 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 52 64 50
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -14
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 68 79 93
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 2.935% 2.488% 3.090%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.156% 4.033% 4.738%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 52 48
Average daily rate £325 £350 £348
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +0.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £221 £289 £243
10% offered a daily rate of more than £478 £450 £433
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £16.00 £42.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-62.35% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 1636 1959 1963
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 70.61% 61.70% 65.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 796 1011 1025
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £499 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 84 97
Average hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £20.15
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -0.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £13.35 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.00 £37.50 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Business Analysis
England

Business Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West 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
Manchester +16 31 £325 -10.95%
Cheshire +5 15 £338 -7.53%
Lancashire +11 7 £275 -29.03%
Merseyside -9 6 £500 +53.84%
Business Analysis
England

Business Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 22 (16.42%) Project Management
2 21 (15.67%) Finance
2 21 (15.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 17 (12.69%) Retail
4 16 (11.94%) Oracle
4 16 (11.94%) PRINCE2
5 15 (11.19%) Microsoft
6 14 (10.45%) SAP
7 13 (9.701%) SQL
7 13 (9.701%) Management Information System
7 13 (9.701%) Data Integration
8 12 (8.955%) Business Intelligence
8 12 (8.955%) Banking
9 11 (8.209%) .NET
9 11 (8.209%) Windows
9 11 (8.209%) Change Management
10 10 (7.463%) BPR
10 10 (7.463%) NHS
10 10 (7.463%) CRM
10 10 (7.463%) Data Modelling
10 10 (7.463%) Data Management
11 9 (6.716%) Agile Software Development
11 9 (6.716%) B2B
11 9 (6.716%) UML
11 9 (6.716%) Data Security
11 9 (6.716%) Manufacturing
12 8 (5.970%) Migration
12 8 (5.970%) SQL Server
12 8 (5.970%) ERP
12 8 (5.970%) MS Visio

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 11 (8.209%) .NET
2 7 (5.224%) XML
3 4 (2.985%) Web Services
3 4 (2.985%) XML Schema
4 3 (2.239%) HTML
5 2 (1.493%) RESTful
5 2 (1.493%) REST
5 2 (1.493%) JAX-RS
5 2 (1.493%) Spring
5 2 (1.493%) WebSphere
5 2 (1.493%) JSON
5 2 (1.493%) Application Packaging
6 1 (0.746%) jQuery
6 1 (0.746%) Middleware
6 1 (0.746%) ODBC
6 1 (0.746%) COM
6 1 (0.746%) CSS
6 1 (0.746%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 8 (5.970%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.239%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (0.746%) IIS
3 1 (0.746%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (0.746%) CMS
3 1 (0.746%) Amazon S3
3 1 (0.746%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 8 (5.970%) MS Visio
2 6 (4.478%) MS Office
2 6 (4.478%) MS Excel
3 3 (2.239%) MS Project
4 2 (1.493%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.746%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (5.970%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (3.731%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (2.239%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (1.493%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (0.746%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.746%) SAP APO
5 1 (0.746%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.746%) SAP WM
5 1 (0.746%) SAP LE
5 1 (0.746%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.985%) WAN
1 4 (2.985%) Internet
2 3 (2.239%) HTTP
2 3 (2.239%) LDAP
3 2 (1.493%) LAN
4 1 (0.746%) PBX
4 1 (0.746%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.970%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.478%) Oracle BI EE
3 5 (3.731%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (2.985%) Oracle 8/8i
4 4 (2.985%) Oracle 11g
4 4 (2.985%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (1.493%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (1.493%) SQL Server 2000
5 2 (1.493%) Essbase
5 2 (1.493%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.493%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (1.493%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.493%) QlikView
5 2 (1.493%) Oracle Discoverer
5 2 (1.493%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (1.493%) DB2
5 2 (1.493%) Informix
5 2 (1.493%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.746%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.746%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 2 (1.493%) MSI
1 2 (1.493%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.746%) RequisitePro
General
1 21 (15.67%) Finance
2 17 (12.69%) Retail
3 12 (8.955%) Banking
4 9 (6.716%) Manufacturing
5 8 (5.970%) Marketing
6 3 (2.239%) Publishing
7 2 (1.493%) Local Government
7 2 (1.493%) Retail Banking
7 2 (1.493%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.493%) Legal
8 1 (0.746%) Advertising
8 1 (0.746%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.746%) Law
8 1 (0.746%) Front Office
8 1 (0.746%) Back Office
8 1 (0.746%) Dutch Language
8 1 (0.746%) French Language
8 1 (0.746%) German Language
8 1 (0.746%) Italian Language
8 1 (0.746%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 98 (73.13%) Analyst
2 89 (66.42%) Business Analyst
3 16 (11.94%) Architect
4 11 (8.209%) Senior Business Analyst
4 11 (8.209%) Senior Analyst
5 9 (6.716%) Solutions Architect
6 8 (5.970%) Business Systems Analyst
6 8 (5.970%) Systems Analyst
7 6 (4.478%) Developer
7 6 (4.478%) Consultant
7 6 (4.478%) Functional Analyst
7 6 (4.478%) NHS Business Analyst
8 5 (3.731%) Senior Architect
8 5 (3.731%) Functional Architect
8 5 (3.731%) IT Business Analyst
8 5 (3.731%) Information Architect
8 5 (3.731%) Integration Architect
8 5 (3.731%) Technical Analyst
9 4 (2.985%) Oracle Developer
9 4 (2.985%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.701%) Management Information System
1 13 (9.701%) Data Integration
2 10 (7.463%) NHS
3 4 (2.985%) Computer Science
4 3 (2.239%) Streaming Video
4 3 (2.239%) Interactive TV
4 3 (2.239%) Web 2.0
4 3 (2.239%) Mainframe
4 3 (2.239%) Social Network
4 3 (2.239%) New Media
5 2 (1.493%) CMDB
6 1 (0.746%) Smartcard
6 1 (0.746%) SaaS
6 1 (0.746%) IIBA
6 1 (0.746%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.209%) Windows
2 6 (4.478%) Linux
3 5 (3.731%) HPUX
4 3 (2.239%) Solaris
4 3 (2.239%) AIX
4 3 (2.239%) UNIX
5 2 (1.493%) Mac OS X
5 2 (1.493%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (1.493%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.746%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.746%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (16.42%) Project Management
2 21 (15.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 16 (11.94%) PRINCE2
4 12 (8.955%) Business Intelligence
5 11 (8.209%) Change Management
6 10 (7.463%) Data Modelling
6 10 (7.463%) BPR
6 10 (7.463%) CRM
6 10 (7.463%) Data Management
7 9 (6.716%) UML
7 9 (6.716%) B2B
7 9 (6.716%) Data Security
7 9 (6.716%) Agile Software Development
8 8 (5.970%) TDD
8 8 (5.970%) ERP
8 8 (5.970%) Migration
8 8 (5.970%) Resource Management
8 8 (5.970%) Use Case
8 8 (5.970%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (5.970%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 13 (9.701%) SQL
2 7 (5.224%) Java
3 4 (2.985%) JavaScript
3 4 (2.985%) PL/SQL
4 2 (1.493%) PHP
4 2 (1.493%) C#
4 2 (1.493%) Ruby
4 2 (1.493%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.746%) ABAP
5 1 (0.746%) VBA
5 1 (0.746%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (3.731%) ISEB
1 5 (3.731%) Degree
2 3 (2.239%) CISSP
2 3 (2.239%) CISA
2 3 (2.239%) GIAC
3 2 (1.493%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (1.493%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (1.493%) SC Cleared
3 2 (1.493%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.746%) CBAP
4 1 (0.746%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.493%) GMP
System Software
1 3 (2.239%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.493%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (1.493%) XenApp
2 2 (1.493%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (2.239%) Tivoli
1 3 (2.239%) Tivoli Identity Manager
1 3 (2.239%) Oracle Identity Manager
2 2 (1.493%) SCCM
Vendors
1 16 (11.94%) Oracle
2 15 (11.19%) Microsoft
3 14 (10.45%) SAP
4 4 (2.985%) IBM
4 4 (2.985%) Baan
4 4 (2.985%) JD Edwards
5 3 (2.239%) Business Objects
6 2 (1.493%) Sun
6 2 (1.493%) Citrix
6 2 (1.493%) Epicor
6 2 (1.493%) Red Hat
6 2 (1.493%) Infor
7 1 (0.746%) Salesforce.com
7 1 (0.746%) VMware
7 1 (0.746%) Google
7 1 (0.746%) HP
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