The first table below looks at the demand for Business Analytics skills 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 Analytics over the 3 months to 24 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analytics
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Business Analytics 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £363 £400
% change year-on-year
-24.13% -9.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 - -
All Processes & Methodologies
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
552 702 692
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 66.11% 62.96% 66.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 270 310
Average daily rate £390 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.40% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £264 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 24 18
Average hourly rate £16.00 £14.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.34% -47.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £23.80 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Business Analytics
Berkshire

Business Analytics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading Business Analytics Jobs Demand Trend

Business Analytics
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Business Analytics 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 Analytics.

1 5 (100.00%) Analytics
2 4 (80.00%) SQL
2 4 (80.00%) MS Excel
3 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (40.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (20.00%) Data Analytics

Business Analytics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Business Analytics 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 Analytics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (80.00%) MS Excel
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 5 (100.00%) Analyst
2 3 (60.00%) Operations Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Business Systems Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree