North West Insurance Business Analyst Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Insurance Business 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 Insurance Business Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Insurance Business Analyst
Location Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bristol City of London Croydon Dorset East of England Edinburgh England Essex Halifax Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire Leeds Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Norfolk North West North Yorkshire Norwich Preston Reading Scotland South East South West Staines Suffolk Surrey Swindon UK Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire York Yorkshire	3 months to 6 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	125	136
Rank change on same period last year	+11
Matching contract IT job ads	5	9
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.007 %	0.009 %
As % of the category below	0.149 %	0.225 %
Daily rates quoted	1	1
Average minimum daily rate	£280	£425
Average daily rate	£315	£425
% change on same period last year	-25.88 %
Average maximum daily rate	£350	£425
UK excluding London average daily rate	£376	£402
% change on same period last year	-6.40 %
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	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles North West
Matching contract IT job ads	3366	3996
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.702 %	4.015 %
Daily rates quoted	797	837
Average minimum daily rate	£323	£320
Average daily rate	£341	£338
% change on same period last year	+0.99 %
Average maximum daily rate	£359	£355
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£353
% change on same period last year	+0.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	457	441
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.42	£20.44
Average hourly rate	£23.23	£22.06
% change on same period last year	+5.29 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.04	£23.68
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.74	£25.24
% change on same period last year	-5.93 %
Insurance Business 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.

Insurance Business Analyst
Demand Trend

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

Insurance Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Insurance Business 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 Insurance Business Analyst within the North West region over the 3 months to 6 October 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	-1	3	-	-
Lancashire	-	1	£315	-
Merseyside	-	1	-	-

Insurance Business Analyst England

Insurance Business Analyst
Top 15 Related IT Skills

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

1 7 (100.00 %) Insurance 2 3 (42.86 %) Business Analysis 2 3 (42.86 %) Pensions 2 3 (42.86 %) PRINCE2 2 3 (42.86 %) UML 3 2 (28.57 %) Health 4 1 (14.29 %) Stakeholder Management 4 1 (14.29 %) CRM 4 1 (14.29 %) MS Visio 4 1 (14.29 %) Requirements Analysis 4 1 (14.29 %) Project Planning 4 1 (14.29 %) Use Case 4 1 (14.29 %) Test Scripting 4 1 (14.29 %) QMS 4 1 (14.29 %) MS Project

Insurance Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications 1 1 (14.29 %) MS Project 1 1 (14.29 %) MS Visio	General 1 7 (100.00 %) Insurance 2 3 (42.86 %) Pensions 3 2 (28.57 %) Health
Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (42.86 %) PRINCE2 1 3 (42.86 %) UML 1 3 (42.86 %) Business Analysis 2 1 (14.29 %) Requirements Analysis 2 1 (14.29 %) Project Planning 2 1 (14.29 %) Use Case 2 1 (14.29 %) Test Scripting 2 1 (14.29 %) QMS 2 1 (14.29 %) CRM 2 1 (14.29 %) Stakeholder Management