The first table below looks at the demand for Business Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Analysis over the 3 months to 22 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 Oxfordshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analysis
Rank 44 31 40
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +9
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 9 25 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 1.987% 3.968% 2.004%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.885% 6.757% 3.614%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 12 0
Average daily rate £383 £388 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.29% -
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 £22.00 £25.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year
-12.00% +4.16%
All Processes & Methodologies
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
312 370 249
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 68.87% 58.73% 55.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 193 133
Average daily rate £350 £400 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +28.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £227 £253 £183
10% offered a daily rate of more than £498 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 35 9
Average hourly rate £12.50 £22.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.44% -10.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Business Analysis
South East

Business Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Oxford -10 1 £350 -11.11%
Banbury - 1 £415 -
Business Analysis
South East

Business Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 10 (43.48%) Finance
1 10 (43.48%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (26.09%) Migration
3 5 (21.74%) Business Transformation
3 5 (21.74%) Publishing
3 5 (21.74%) SQL Server
4 4 (17.39%) Change Management
4 4 (17.39%) GAP Analysis
4 4 (17.39%) MS Visio
4 4 (17.39%) Business Process Improvement
4 4 (17.39%) Requirements Analysis
5 3 (13.04%) MOS
5 3 (13.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (13.04%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (13.04%) E-Commerce
5 3 (13.04%) ERP
5 3 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
6 2 (8.696%) SAP HR
6 2 (8.696%) .NET
6 2 (8.696%) SharePoint
6 2 (8.696%) C#
6 2 (8.696%) SAP
6 2 (8.696%) ASP.NET
6 2 (8.696%) Project Management
6 2 (8.696%) Risk Management
6 2 (8.696%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (8.696%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (8.696%) Data Migration
6 2 (8.696%) JIRA

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 2 (8.696%) .NET
1 2 (8.696%) ASP.NET
2 1 (4.348%) Mason
2 1 (4.348%) Visualforce
Application Platforms
1 2 (8.696%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.348%) Force.com
Applications
1 4 (17.39%) MS Visio
2 1 (4.348%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (8.696%) SAP HR
2 1 (4.348%) Epicor iScala
2 1 (4.348%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (21.74%) SQL Server
2 3 (13.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (13.04%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (8.696%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (8.696%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (4.348%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (8.696%) JIRA
General
1 10 (43.48%) Finance
2 5 (21.74%) Publishing
3 1 (4.348%) Banking
3 1 (4.348%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 17 (73.91%) Business Analyst
1 17 (73.91%) Analyst
2 6 (26.09%) Project Manager
3 4 (17.39%) Technical Project Manager
3 4 (17.39%) Technical Manager
4 2 (8.696%) Contracts Manager
5 1 (4.348%) Salesforce.com Business Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) SQL Developer
5 1 (4.348%) SQL DBA
5 1 (4.348%) Project Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) DBA
5 1 (4.348%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.348%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (4.348%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (43.48%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (26.09%) Migration
3 5 (21.74%) Business Transformation
4 4 (17.39%) Change Management
4 4 (17.39%) GAP Analysis
4 4 (17.39%) Business Process Improvement
4 4 (17.39%) Requirements Analysis
5 3 (13.04%) E-Commerce
5 3 (13.04%) ERP
5 3 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (8.696%) Project Management
6 2 (8.696%) Risk Management
6 2 (8.696%) Data Migration
6 2 (8.696%) Use Case
7 1 (4.348%) Test Scripting
7 1 (4.348%) Resource Management
7 1 (4.348%) Data Modelling
7 1 (4.348%) CRM
7 1 (4.348%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.696%) C#
2 1 (4.348%) Apex Code
2 1 (4.348%) Java
2 1 (4.348%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) MOS
2 1 (4.348%) Six Sigma Green Belt
2 1 (4.348%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (4.348%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.696%) SAP
2 2 (8.696%) Tableau
3 1 (4.348%) Siebel
3 1 (4.348%) PeopleSoft
3 1 (4.348%) Salesforce.com
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