The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Sheffield 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 Sheffield 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 12 10 27
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +17
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 10 10 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Sheffield 6.667% 7.194% 0.662%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.353% 7.519% 0.685%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 1
Average daily rate £340 £325 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% +12.06%
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
Sheffield
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
136 133 146
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Sheffield 90.67% 95.68% 96.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 70 65
Average daily rate £300 £275 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% -14.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £175 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 8 23
Average hourly rate £12.44 £20.06 £34.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-37.98% -41.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.74 £11.33 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £30.00 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Business Analyst
South Yorkshire

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sheffield 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 Sheffield region.

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

Sheffield 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 Sheffield region.

Sheffield 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 Sheffield 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 7 (29.17%) Finance
2 6 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 4 (16.67%) Supplier Management
3 4 (16.67%) Scrum
3 4 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (12.50%) TDD
4 3 (12.50%) E-Learning
4 3 (12.50%) Requirements Analysis
4 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 3 (12.50%) Basel II
4 3 (12.50%) MS Office
4 3 (12.50%) Windows
4 3 (12.50%) QA
4 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (8.333%) Time Management
5 2 (8.333%) Financial Modelling
5 2 (8.333%) Stress Testing
5 2 (8.333%) Learning Management System
5 2 (8.333%) Java
5 2 (8.333%) Data Modelling
5 2 (8.333%) ETL
5 2 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (8.333%) Project Management
5 2 (8.333%) Publishing
5 2 (8.333%) Banking
6 1 (4.167%) Systems Analysis
6 1 (4.167%) Degree
6 1 (4.167%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
6 1 (4.167%) Enterprise Architecture

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Sheffield 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 1 (4.167%) EDI
Applications
1 3 (12.50%) MS Office
General
1 7 (29.17%) Finance
2 2 (8.333%) Publishing
2 2 (8.333%) Banking
3 1 (4.167%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) E-Learning
2 2 (8.333%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 4 (16.67%) Supplier Management
2 4 (16.67%) Scrum
2 4 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (12.50%) TDD
3 3 (12.50%) Requirements Analysis
3 3 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (8.333%) Stress Testing
4 2 (8.333%) Time Management
4 2 (8.333%) Financial Modelling
4 2 (8.333%) Data Modelling
4 2 (8.333%) ETL
4 2 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (8.333%) Project Management
5 1 (4.167%) Migration
5 1 (4.167%) Systems Analysis
5 1 (4.167%) Use Case
5 1 (4.167%) DSDM
5 1 (4.167%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.333%) Java
2 1 (4.167%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (4.167%) ISEB
1 1 (4.167%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) Basel II
1 3 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft