The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Reading 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 17 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 Job Titles advertised for the Reading 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analyst
Rank 37 36 50
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +14
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 34 46 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 4.096% 4.323% 2.933%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.456% 4.723% 3.326%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 26 18
Average daily rate £425 £370 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.86% +13.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £327 £235 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £600 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £30.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+5.00% +15.38%
All Job Titles
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
763 974 932
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 91.93% 91.54% 88.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 344 323 416
Average daily rate £375 £350 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -3.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £188 £215 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 55 39
Average hourly rate £17.50 £15.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.90% +10.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.70 £11.00 £10.34
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £20.40 £33.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Business Analyst
Berkshire

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading 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 Reading region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Business Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 23 (34.85%) Finance
2 22 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 14 (21.21%) MS Excel
4 13 (19.70%) Project Management
5 11 (16.67%) ISEB
5 11 (16.67%) SQL
6 10 (15.15%) Analytics
7 9 (13.64%) CRM
7 9 (13.64%) GIS
8 8 (12.12%) Microsoft
9 7 (10.61%) Management Information System
10 6 (9.091%) Degree
11 5 (7.576%) Photography
11 5 (7.576%) Resource Management
11 5 (7.576%) MS PowerPoint
11 5 (7.576%) Business Analytics
11 5 (7.576%) Migration
11 5 (7.576%) Agile Software Development
11 5 (7.576%) Business Intelligence
11 5 (7.576%) SharePoint
11 5 (7.576%) UML
12 4 (6.061%) PRINCE2
12 4 (6.061%) C#
12 4 (6.061%) SQL Server
12 4 (6.061%) OLAP
12 4 (6.061%) SAP
12 4 (6.061%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (6.061%) SPSS
12 4 (6.061%) Stakeholder Management
12 4 (6.061%) Telecoms

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 4 (6.061%) MDX
2 1 (1.515%) Mason
2 1 (1.515%) Visualforce
2 1 (1.515%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 5 (7.576%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.030%) SAS
3 1 (1.515%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (1.515%) Force.com
Applications
1 14 (21.21%) MS Excel
2 5 (7.576%) MS PowerPoint
3 4 (6.061%) SPSS
4 2 (3.030%) MS Office
5 1 (1.515%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (4.545%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (3.030%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (1.515%) SyteLine
3 1 (1.515%) Agresso
3 1 (1.515%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.515%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.515%) SAP CO
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.515%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (13.64%) GIS
2 4 (6.061%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (6.061%) SQL Server
2 4 (6.061%) OLAP
3 2 (3.030%) Data Mining
4 1 (1.515%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.515%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 2 (3.030%) Axure RP
General
1 23 (34.85%) Finance
2 4 (6.061%) Pharmaceutical
2 4 (6.061%) Telecoms
3 3 (4.545%) Banking
4 2 (3.030%) Marketing
4 2 (3.030%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.515%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.61%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.576%) Photography
3 1 (1.515%) Computer Science
3 1 (1.515%) Data Integration
3 1 (1.515%) FMCG
3 1 (1.515%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.515%) SaaS
3 1 (1.515%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.515%) Mobile Payment
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 13 (19.70%) Project Management
3 10 (15.15%) Analytics
4 9 (13.64%) CRM
5 5 (7.576%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (7.576%) Migration
5 5 (7.576%) UML
5 5 (7.576%) Resource Management
5 5 (7.576%) Agile Software Development
5 5 (7.576%) Business Analytics
6 4 (6.061%) Data Migration
6 4 (6.061%) Data Analysis
6 4 (6.061%) Predictive Analytics
6 4 (6.061%) Use Case
6 4 (6.061%) Systems Analysis
6 4 (6.061%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (6.061%) PRINCE2
7 3 (4.545%) ITIL
7 3 (4.545%) GAP Analysis
7 3 (4.545%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (16.67%) SQL
2 4 (6.061%) C#
3 1 (1.515%) Java
3 1 (1.515%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 11 (16.67%) ISEB
2 6 (9.091%) Degree
3 1 (1.515%) CISSP
3 1 (1.515%) CISA
3 1 (1.515%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.515%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.515%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.515%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (12.12%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.061%) SAP
3 3 (4.545%) Metastorm
4 2 (3.030%) Salesforce.com
4 2 (3.030%) iRise
5 1 (1.515%) Infor
5 1 (1.515%) Oracle
5 1 (1.515%) HP
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