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

LinkBusiness Analyst
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank128
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads29
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.009 %
As % of the category below2.667 %10.59 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£320£280
Average daily rate£338£315
% change on same period last year+7.14 %
Average maximum daily rate£355£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£383
% change on same period last year-2.03 %
Hourly rates quoted03
Average minimum hourly rate-£36.67
Average hourly rate-£38.33
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.07£29.13
% change on same period last year+6.67 %
Preston IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Preston
Matching contract IT job ads7585
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.105 %0.085 %
Daily rates quoted2213
Average minimum daily rate£244£349
Average daily rate£255£361
% change on same period last year-29.26 %
Average maximum daily rate£266£372
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year+0.09 %
Hourly rates quoted2918
Average minimum hourly rate£20.63£25.67
Average hourly rate£22.94£26.59
% change on same period last year-13.69 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.26£27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.74£25.24
% change on same period last year-5.93 %
Business Analyst LancashireBusiness Analyst
Lancashire

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 Analyst
Demand Trend

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

Preston Business Analyst Demand Trend

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Preston Business Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Analyst across the Preston region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Preston Business Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Preston Business Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Preston 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.

13 (42.86 %)Data Modelling
22 (28.57 %)Finance
31 (14.29 %)Government
31 (14.29 %)Management Information System
31 (14.29 %)Back Office
31 (14.29 %)SQL
31 (14.29 %)VBA
31 (14.29 %)Oracle
31 (14.29 %)SQL Server
31 (14.29 %)Crystal Reports
31 (14.29 %)Business Objects
31 (14.29 %)MS Project
31 (14.29 %)Oracle Reports
31 (14.29 %)MS Excel
31 (14.29 %)MS Access
31 (14.29 %)CRM
31 (14.29 %)Datawarehouse
31 (14.29 %)MS Visio
31 (14.29 %)BusinessObjects
31 (14.29 %)BPR
31 (14.29 %)Local Government
31 (14.29 %)Pensions
31 (14.29 %)Use Case
31 (14.29 %)Data Extraction
31 (14.29 %)Insurance
31 (14.29 %)Business Analysis

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Preston 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.

Preston IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (14.29 %)MS Project
11 (14.29 %)MS Excel
11 (14.29 %)MS Visio
Preston IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (14.29 %)SQL Server
11 (14.29 %)Crystal Reports
11 (14.29 %)Oracle Reports
11 (14.29 %)MS Access
11 (14.29 %)Datawarehouse
11 (14.29 %)BusinessObjects
Preston IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (28.57 %)Finance
21 (14.29 %)Government
21 (14.29 %)Insurance
21 (14.29 %)Local Government
21 (14.29 %)Pensions
21 (14.29 %)Back Office
Preston IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (14.29 %)Management Information System
11 (14.29 %)Data Extraction
Preston IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (42.86 %)Data Modelling
21 (14.29 %)BPR
21 (14.29 %)Business Analysis
21 (14.29 %)Use Case
21 (14.29 %)CRM
Preston IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (14.29 %)SQL
11 (14.29 %)VBA
Preston IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (14.29 %)Oracle
11 (14.29 %)Business Objects