The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Salford 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 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 Job Titles advertised for the Salford 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 Analyst
Rank 6 8 3
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 5 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Salford 20.00% 8.108% 14.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 20.00% 8.571% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 1
Average daily rate £325 £375 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% -11.76%
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 £26.25
% change year-on-year
+5.00% +14.28%
All Job Titles
Salford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
25 35 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Salford 100.00% 94.59% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 25 2
Average daily rate £325 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -13.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 1
Average hourly rate £15.00 £17.50 £10.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% +66.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Analyst
Manchester

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Salford 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 Salford region.

Salford Business Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Salford 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 4 (66.67%) Business Analysis
1 4 (66.67%) User Stories
2 3 (50.00%) BDD
2 3 (50.00%) Use Case
2 3 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (50.00%) TDD
3 2 (33.33%) Content Management
3 2 (33.33%) Interactive TV
3 2 (33.33%) Publishing
3 2 (33.33%) UML
3 2 (33.33%) Internet
3 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 2 (33.33%) Streaming Video
3 2 (33.33%) Scrum
3 2 (33.33%) Competitor Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Web 2.0
3 2 (33.33%) Social Network
3 2 (33.33%) New Media
4 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
4 1 (16.67%) Android
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Salford 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.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Internet
General
1 2 (33.33%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Interactive TV
1 2 (33.33%) Streaming Video
1 2 (33.33%) Web 2.0
1 2 (33.33%) Social Network
1 2 (33.33%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
1 1 (16.67%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Business Analysis
1 4 (66.67%) User Stories
2 3 (50.00%) BDD
2 3 (50.00%) Use Case
2 3 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (50.00%) TDD
3 2 (33.33%) Content Management
3 2 (33.33%) UML
3 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 2 (33.33%) Scrum
3 2 (33.33%) Competitor Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management