The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role 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 Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 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 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analyst
Rank 24 25 16
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 154 177 225
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 6.390% 5.813% 7.392%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.826% 6.344% 8.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 104 118
Average daily rate £325 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £287 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 4
Average hourly rate £49.25 £40.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+23.12% +33.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.65 £36.25 £20.51
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £75.85 £41.25 £37.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.25 £31.83 £27.00
% change year-on-year
+1.33% +17.87%
All Job Titles
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2256 2790 2804
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 93.61% 91.63% 92.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1063 1420 1441
Average daily rate £338 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 172 208
Average hourly rate £17.50 £19.00 £18.40
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.89% +3.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.80 £9.98
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £36.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Analyst
England

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

North West 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 North West region.

North West Business Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Analyst across the North West region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

North West Business Analyst Hourly Rate Histogram

Business Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the North West region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Manchester +4 79 £325 -7.14% 22
Cheshire +1 27 £331 -10.16% 6
Merseyside +7 14 £375 +15.38% 4
Lancashire +3 14 £275 -25.17% 4
Business Analyst
England

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 88 (32.96%) Business Analysis
2 66 (24.72%) Finance
3 57 (21.35%) Stakeholder Management
4 39 (14.61%) Retail
5 26 (9.738%) Microsoft
6 25 (9.363%) Banking
7 21 (7.865%) CRM
8 20 (7.491%) Project Management
9 18 (6.742%) Business Intelligence
10 17 (6.367%) NHS
10 17 (6.367%) Change Management
10 17 (6.367%) Migration
11 16 (5.993%) SQL
11 16 (5.993%) UML
11 16 (5.993%) Agile Software Development
12 15 (5.618%) Dynamics CRM
12 15 (5.618%) SQL Server
12 15 (5.618%) E-Commerce
13 13 (4.869%) MS Visio
13 13 (4.869%) Data Analysis
13 13 (4.869%) User Acceptance Testing
14 12 (4.494%) Use Case
14 12 (4.494%) Systems Analysis
14 12 (4.494%) Retail Banking
14 12 (4.494%) Windows
15 11 (4.120%) MS Excel
15 11 (4.120%) BPR
16 10 (3.745%) PRINCE2
17 9 (3.371%) .NET
17 9 (3.371%) Oracle

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

Application Development
1 9 (3.371%) .NET
2 4 (1.498%) WebSphere
3 3 (1.124%) Application Packaging
3 3 (1.124%) XML
4 2 (0.749%) MDX
4 2 (0.749%) XML Schema
5 1 (0.375%) ODBC
5 1 (0.375%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.375%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 9 (3.371%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.247%) Magento
3 2 (0.749%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (0.749%) Windows Azure
4 1 (0.375%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (0.375%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.375%) CMS
4 1 (0.375%) Amazon S3
Applications
1 13 (4.869%) MS Visio
2 11 (4.120%) MS Excel
3 7 (2.622%) MS Office
4 3 (1.124%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (0.749%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.375%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 15 (5.618%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.498%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.749%) Oracle 11i
3 2 (0.749%) SAP APO
3 2 (0.749%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.749%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.375%) SAP R/3
4 1 (0.375%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.375%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.375%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.375%) SAP GRC
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.873%) WAN
2 4 (1.498%) Internet
3 3 (1.124%) Broadband
4 2 (0.749%) HTTP
5 1 (0.375%) PBX
5 1 (0.375%) VoIP
5 1 (0.375%) Firewall
5 1 (0.375%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.375%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.618%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.371%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 6 (2.247%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (1.873%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 4 (1.498%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.124%) BusinessObjects XI
6 3 (1.124%) SQL Server 2008
7 2 (0.749%) QlikView
7 2 (0.749%) SQL Server 2005
7 2 (0.749%) DB2
7 2 (0.749%) Informix
7 2 (0.749%) Oracle 8/8i
7 2 (0.749%) MS Access
8 1 (0.375%) DTS
8 1 (0.375%) Oracle 10g
8 1 (0.375%) EDRMS
8 1 (0.375%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
8 1 (0.375%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 2 (0.749%) MSI
2 1 (0.375%) Axure RP
2 1 (0.375%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.375%) RequisitePro
General
1 66 (24.72%) Finance
2 39 (14.61%) Retail
3 25 (9.363%) Banking
4 12 (4.494%) Retail Banking
5 8 (2.996%) Marketing
6 6 (2.247%) Local Government
7 5 (1.873%) Legal
8 4 (1.498%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.498%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.124%) Billing
9 3 (1.124%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.749%) Back Office
10 2 (0.749%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.749%) Publishing
11 1 (0.375%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.375%) Front Office
11 1 (0.375%) Dutch Language
11 1 (0.375%) Polish Language
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.367%) NHS
2 9 (3.371%) Management Information System
3 3 (1.124%) Smartcard
4 2 (0.749%) Streaming Video
4 2 (0.749%) Interactive TV
4 2 (0.749%) Web 2.0
4 2 (0.749%) Social Network
4 2 (0.749%) Computer Science
4 2 (0.749%) New Media
5 1 (0.375%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.375%) CMDB
5 1 (0.375%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (0.375%) Smart Meter
5 1 (0.375%) SaaS
5 1 (0.375%) IIBA
5 1 (0.375%) Mathematics
5 1 (0.375%) IVR
5 1 (0.375%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.375%) EMV
5 1 (0.375%) EFT
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.494%) Windows
2 4 (1.498%) HPUX
2 4 (1.498%) Linux
2 4 (1.498%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (0.749%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.749%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.749%) Android
3 2 (0.749%) Solaris
3 2 (0.749%) AIX
4 1 (0.375%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (32.96%) Business Analysis
2 57 (21.35%) Stakeholder Management
3 21 (7.865%) CRM
4 20 (7.491%) Project Management
5 18 (6.742%) Business Intelligence
6 17 (6.367%) Change Management
6 17 (6.367%) Migration
7 16 (5.993%) Agile Software Development
7 16 (5.993%) UML
8 15 (5.618%) E-Commerce
9 13 (4.869%) Data Analysis
9 13 (4.869%) User Acceptance Testing
10 12 (4.494%) Systems Analysis
10 12 (4.494%) Use Case
11 11 (4.120%) BPR
12 10 (3.745%) PRINCE2
13 9 (3.371%) B2B
13 9 (3.371%) Scrum
14 8 (2.996%) Workflow
14 8 (2.996%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 16 (5.993%) SQL
2 2 (0.749%) T-SQL
2 2 (0.749%) Java
3 1 (0.375%) C
3 1 (0.375%) ABAP
3 1 (0.375%) VBA
Qualifications
1 7 (2.622%) Degree
2 6 (2.247%) Security Cleared
3 5 (1.873%) SC Cleared
3 5 (1.873%) ISEB
4 1 (0.375%) CISSP
4 1 (0.375%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.375%) ACCA
4 1 (0.375%) CISA
4 1 (0.375%) CIMA
4 1 (0.375%) GIAC
4 1 (0.375%) HND
4 1 (0.375%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (0.375%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.124%) QA
2 2 (0.749%) Solvency II
3 1 (0.375%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (1.873%) XenApp
2 4 (1.498%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (0.749%) XenDesktop
4 1 (0.375%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.375%) Tivoli
1 1 (0.375%) Tivoli Identity Manager
1 1 (0.375%) SCCM
1 1 (0.375%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 26 (9.738%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.371%) Oracle
3 8 (2.996%) SAP
4 6 (2.247%) Citrix
4 6 (2.247%) IBM
5 3 (1.124%) BT
5 3 (1.124%) Business Objects
6 2 (0.749%) Cognos
6 2 (0.749%) Siebel
6 2 (0.749%) Red Hat
6 2 (0.749%) Baan
6 2 (0.749%) JD Edwards
6 2 (0.749%) Sage
6 2 (0.749%) Remedy
6 2 (0.749%) Sun
7 1 (0.375%) HP
7 1 (0.375%) Fundtech
7 1 (0.375%) TSYS
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