North West Business Process Analyst Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Business Process Analyst role in IT contracts within the North West region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Process Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Business Process Analyst
Location Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Brighton Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire City of London County Antrim Docklands, London Dorset East of England East Sussex England Essex Farnborough Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Huntingdon Leeds London Manchester Middlesex Milton Keynes Newbury Norfolk North West Northern Ireland Norwich Reading Somerset South East South West Staines Street Surrey Sussex Swindon UK West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	125	124
Rank change on same period last year	-1
Matching contract IT job ads	2	19
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.020 %
As % of the category below	0.066 %	0.468 %
Daily rates quoted	1	10
Average minimum daily rate	£400	£425
Average daily rate	£425	£440
% change on same period last year	-3.40 %
Average maximum daily rate	£450	£455
UK excluding London average daily rate	£409	£378
% change on same period last year	+8.19 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.00	£28.00
% change on same period last year	+14.28 %
Job Titles North West
Matching contract IT job ads	3033	4058
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.873 %	4.358 %
Daily rates quoted	676	805
Average minimum daily rate	£320	£326
Average daily rate	£339	£342
% change on same period last year	-0.63 %
Average maximum daily rate	£359	£357
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£352
% change on same period last year	+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	437	479
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.06	£19.41
Average hourly rate	£21.74	£21.18
% change on same period last year	+2.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.43	£22.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.10	£24.04
% change on same period last year	-3.88 %
Business Process Analyst England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Business Process Analyst
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Business Process Analyst across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Business Process Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Business Process Analyst across the North West region.

Business Process Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Business Process Analyst across the North West region.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Process Analyst within the North West region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Manchester	-6	2	£425	-15.00 %

Business Process Analyst England

Business Process Analyst
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Business Process 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 Process Analyst in their job title.

1 7 (58.33 %) Finance 1 7 (58.33 %) Government 2 6 (50.00 %) Health 2 6 (50.00 %) Retail 2 6 (50.00 %) Local Government 3 4 (33.33 %) Project Management 4 1 (8.333 %) PRINCE2 4 1 (8.333 %) MS Visio 4 1 (8.333 %) NHS 4 1 (8.333 %) PRINCE 4 1 (8.333 %) BPR 4 1 (8.333 %) Systems Analysis 4 1 (8.333 %) Management Information System 4 1 (8.333 %) Risk Management 4 1 (8.333 %) Business Analysis

4 1 (8.333 %) Casewise 4 1 (8.333 %) Requirements Analysis 4 1 (8.333 %) System Testing

Business Process Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Business Process 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 Process Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 1 (8.333 %) MS Visio	General 1 7 (58.33 %) Finance 1 7 (58.33 %) Government 2 6 (50.00 %) Health 2 6 (50.00 %) Retail 2 6 (50.00 %) Local Government
Miscellaneous 1 1 (8.333 %) NHS 1 1 (8.333 %) Management Information System	Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (33.33 %) Project Management 2 1 (8.333 %) Risk Management 2 1 (8.333 %) Systems Analysis 2 1 (8.333 %) Business Analysis 2 1 (8.333 %) Requirements Analysis 2 1 (8.333 %) System Testing 2 1 (8.333 %) PRINCE2 2 1 (8.333 %) PRINCE 2 1 (8.333 %) BPR
Vendors 1 1 (8.333 %) Casewise