The first table below looks at the demand for Business Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Slough region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Analysis over the 3 months to 22 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 Slough 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analysis
Rank 32 23 18
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -5
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 9 6 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 3.659% 2.830% 6.369%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.164% 4.839% 9.756%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 14
Average daily rate £450 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+38.46% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £304 £277 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £800 £325 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £25.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year
-12.00% +4.16%
All Processes & Methodologies
Slough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
146 124 205
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 59.35% 58.49% 65.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 73 111
Average daily rate £365 £413 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.51% +26.92%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £255 £290 £226
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 14
Average hourly rate £22.50 £14.40 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+56.25% -64.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Business Analysis
Berkshire

Business Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough Business Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Business Analysis across the Slough region.

Slough Business Analysis Daily Rate Trend

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Analysis across the Slough region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Slough Business Analysis Daily Rate Histogram

Business Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough region citing Business Analysis 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 Analysis.

1 14 (70.00%) Telecoms
2 5 (25.00%) Smart Meter
3 3 (15.00%) Six Sigma
3 3 (15.00%) Project Management
3 3 (15.00%) Advertising
4 2 (10.00%) Mason
4 2 (10.00%) Process Architecture
4 2 (10.00%) Waterfall
4 2 (10.00%) Salesforce.com
4 2 (10.00%) CRM
4 2 (10.00%) HTML
4 2 (10.00%) JavaScript
4 2 (10.00%) SQL
4 2 (10.00%) SAP
4 2 (10.00%) XML
4 2 (10.00%) Process Management
4 2 (10.00%) Marketing
5 1 (5.000%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (5.000%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (5.000%) Retail
5 1 (5.000%) Workflow
5 1 (5.000%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.000%) Change Management
5 1 (5.000%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (5.000%) ITIL
5 1 (5.000%) DSDM
5 1 (5.000%) MS Project
5 1 (5.000%) MS Office
5 1 (5.000%) MS Visio
5 1 (5.000%) Business Intelligence

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough region citing Business Analysis 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 Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (10.00%) Mason
1 2 (10.00%) HTML
1 2 (10.00%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.000%) LiveCycle
Applications
1 1 (5.000%) MS Project
1 1 (5.000%) MS Office
1 1 (5.000%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.000%) Wi-Fi
General
1 14 (70.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (15.00%) Advertising
3 2 (10.00%) Marketing
4 1 (5.000%) Retail
4 1 (5.000%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 15 (75.00%) Business Analyst
1 15 (75.00%) Analyst
2 6 (30.00%) Senior Analyst
2 6 (30.00%) Senior Business Analyst
3 4 (20.00%) Architect
4 3 (15.00%) Telecoms Business Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Technical Architect
5 2 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (10.00%) Technical Solutions Architect
6 1 (5.000%) IT Business Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) Developer
6 1 (5.000%) Front-End Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (15.00%) Six Sigma
1 3 (15.00%) Project Management
2 2 (10.00%) Process Architecture
2 2 (10.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (10.00%) CRM
2 2 (10.00%) Process Management
3 1 (5.000%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (5.000%) Workflow
3 1 (5.000%) Change Management
3 1 (5.000%) ITIL
3 1 (5.000%) DSDM
3 1 (5.000%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (5.000%) Mobile Marketing
3 1 (5.000%) Lean Six Sigma
3 1 (5.000%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (10.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.000%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Salesforce.com
1 2 (10.00%) SAP
2 1 (5.000%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.000%) Adobe
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