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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the South East 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 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the South East region.

 Business Analyst
Location
3 months to
17 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank202721
Rank change year-on-year
Up+7Down-6
Matching contract IT job ads410310799
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East5.538 %4.092 %5.327 %
As % of the Job Titles category6.108 %4.506 %5.780 %
Daily rates quoted17299306
Average daily rate£350£375£386
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.660 %-2.910 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£238£295£290
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£465£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£375£375
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-
Hourly rates quoted837
Average hourly rate£29.25£42.50£22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.17 %+88.88 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£14.55£36.90£21.48
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£41.50£44.50£30.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.50£20.00£30.00
% change year-on-year
+7.500 %-33.33 %
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6712688013823
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East90.67 %90.81 %92.15 %
Daily rates quoted232917013091
Average daily rate£350£345£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.440 %-1.420 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£213£213£203
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£340£350
% change year-on-year
-4.410 %-2.850 %
Hourly rates quoted6307191734
Average hourly rate£18.75£21.25£22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.76 %-5.550 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.16£10.50£10.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£42.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.60£20.00£22.00
% change year-on-year
-12.00 %-9.090 %
Business Analyst EnglandBusiness Analyst
England

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.

Business Analyst
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Business Analyst across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South East Business Analyst Demand Trend

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Business Analyst across the South East region.

South East Business Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Analyst across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010.

South East Business Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Business Analyst across the South East region.

South East Business Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Analyst across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010.

South East Business Analyst Hourly Rate Histogram

Business Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the South East region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BerkshireUp+19131£369+17.06 %
SurreyUp+1785£338-10.00 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1759£380-13.14 %
HampshireDown-2629£338-11.18 %
MiddlesexDown-1520£330-4.69 %
Home CountiesUp+915£388+3.33 %
West SussexUp+19£325-12.16 %
OxfordshireUp+38£315+5.00 %
Thames ValleyUp+77--
KentUp+26£225-35.71 %
M4 CorridorDown-23£415-2.35 %
East SussexDown-123--
SussexDown-32--
Business Analyst EnglandBusiness Analyst
England

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1156 (22.51 %)Business Analysis
2149 (21.50 %)Finance
387 (12.55 %)UML
472 (10.39 %)SAP
568 (9.812 %)Project Management
665 (9.380 %)Retail
764 (9.235 %)Telecoms
852 (7.504 %)E-Commerce
949 (7.071 %)Business Intelligence
1046 (6.638 %)Use Case
1143 (6.205 %)MS Visio
1242 (6.061 %)ERP
1341 (5.916 %)PRINCE2
1341 (5.916 %)Migration
1341 (5.916 %)Insurance
1439 (5.628 %)Microsoft
1538 (5.483 %)GAP Analysis
1637 (5.339 %)MS Excel
1637 (5.339 %)FMCG
1735 (5.051 %)Systems Analysis
1834 (4.906 %)User Acceptance Testing
1933 (4.762 %)Marketing
1933 (4.762 %)CRM
1933 (4.762 %)SQL
1933 (4.762 %)Oracle
2031 (4.473 %)Stakeholder Management
2129 (4.185 %)Pharmaceutical
2129 (4.185 %)Security Cleared
2129 (4.185 %)Data Analysis
2228 (4.040 %)Pensions

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
116 (2.309 %).NET
26 (0.866 %)HTML
26 (0.866 %)ASP.NET
35 (0.722 %)Web Services
44 (0.577 %)LAMP
53 (0.433 %)AJAX
53 (0.433 %)XML
62 (0.289 %)Middleware
62 (0.289 %)Silverlight
62 (0.289 %)WebSphere
62 (0.289 %)Windows SharePoint Services
62 (0.289 %)Spring
71 (0.144 %)Adobe Flex
71 (0.144 %)EDI
71 (0.144 %)COM
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
122 (3.175 %)SharePoint
27 (1.010 %)SAS
36 (0.866 %)Documentum
36 (0.866 %)CMS
45 (0.722 %)Drupal
53 (0.433 %)SharePoint Server 2007
53 (0.433 %)Apache
62 (0.289 %)ColdFusion
62 (0.289 %)Lotus Notes
71 (0.144 %)SugarCRM
71 (0.144 %)LiveLink
71 (0.144 %)ColdFusion MX
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
143 (6.205 %)MS Visio
237 (5.339 %)MS Excel
323 (3.319 %)MS PowerPoint
417 (2.453 %)MS Office
58 (1.154 %)MS Project
63 (0.433 %)CA Clarity
63 (0.433 %)Spreadsheet
72 (0.289 %)SPSS
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
119 (2.742 %)SAP HR
27 (1.010 %)VisionPLUS
36 (0.866 %)Pivotal CRM
44 (0.577 %)SAP SD
44 (0.577 %)SAP CO
44 (0.577 %)SAP HCM
44 (0.577 %)SAP Oil and Gas
53 (0.433 %)SAP ERP
53 (0.433 %)Endur
53 (0.433 %)SAP FI/CO
53 (0.433 %)Navision
53 (0.433 %)SAP FI
53 (0.433 %)SAP MM
53 (0.433 %)SAP WM
62 (0.289 %)SAP R/3
62 (0.289 %)WebTrends
62 (0.289 %)Oracle 11i
62 (0.289 %)Oracle Financials
62 (0.289 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
62 (0.289 %)SAP CRM
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
113 (1.876 %)Internet
210 (1.443 %)BSS
38 (1.154 %)Ethernet
46 (0.866 %)VPN
55 (0.722 %)Extranet
55 (0.722 %)Intranet
64 (0.577 %)VLAN
73 (0.433 %)ATM
73 (0.433 %)SDH
73 (0.433 %)3G
73 (0.433 %)MPLS
81 (0.144 %)SSH
81 (0.144 %)NAS
81 (0.144 %)xDSL
81 (0.144 %)Firewall
81 (0.144 %)PBX
81 (0.144 %)FTP
81 (0.144 %)TCP/IP
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
128 (4.040 %)Datawarehouse
211 (1.587 %)ETL
211 (1.587 %)SQL Server
39 (1.299 %)BusinessObjects
47 (1.010 %)DB2
56 (0.866 %)SQL Server 2005
56 (0.866 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
65 (0.722 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
65 (0.722 %)Crystal Reports
65 (0.722 %)OLTP
65 (0.722 %)SQL Server 2000
74 (0.577 %)Data Mining
74 (0.577 %)SQL Server 2008
74 (0.577 %)Xcelsius
83 (0.433 %)SQL Server Integration Services
83 (0.433 %)PerformancePoint
83 (0.433 %)MySQL
92 (0.289 %)SAP BW
92 (0.289 %)PowerCenter
92 (0.289 %)OLAP
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
15 (0.722 %)Visual Studio
23 (0.433 %)RequisitePro
32 (0.289 %)WinRunner
32 (0.289 %)QARun
41 (0.144 %)Subversion
41 (0.144 %)Selenium
41 (0.144 %)Rational Rose
South East IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1149 (21.50 %)Finance
265 (9.380 %)Retail
364 (9.235 %)Telecoms
441 (5.916 %)Insurance
533 (4.762 %)Marketing
629 (4.185 %)Pharmaceutical
728 (4.040 %)Pensions
728 (4.040 %)Banking
821 (3.030 %)Back Office
821 (3.030 %)Government
916 (2.309 %)Manufacturing
1014 (2.020 %)General Ledger
1111 (1.587 %)Billing
1111 (1.587 %)Health
1210 (1.443 %)Education
139 (1.299 %)Retail Banking
146 (0.866 %)Electric
155 (0.722 %)Local Government
155 (0.722 %)Legal
155 (0.722 %)Games
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
137 (5.339 %)FMCG
215 (2.165 %)Management Information System
310 (1.443 %)NGOSS
49 (1.299 %)AS400
58 (1.154 %)LIMS
67 (1.010 %)Data Integration
67 (1.010 %)NHS
67 (1.010 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
75 (0.722 %)Statistics
84 (0.577 %)PDA
93 (0.433 %)CMDB
93 (0.433 %)iSeries
93 (0.433 %)IIBA
93 (0.433 %)Open Source
93 (0.433 %)Client/Server
102 (0.289 %)EPoS
102 (0.289 %)IVR
102 (0.289 %)Informatics
102 (0.289 %)Computer Science
102 (0.289 %)Derivative
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
111 (1.587 %)Windows
24 (0.577 %)Linux
24 (0.577 %)UNIX
32 (0.289 %)Windows Vista
41 (0.144 %)Ubuntu
41 (0.144 %)Red Hat Linux
41 (0.144 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
41 (0.144 %)Debian
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1156 (22.51 %)Business Analysis
287 (12.55 %)UML
368 (9.812 %)Project Management
452 (7.504 %)E-Commerce
549 (7.071 %)Business Intelligence
646 (6.638 %)Use Case
742 (6.061 %)ERP
841 (5.916 %)PRINCE2
841 (5.916 %)Migration
938 (5.483 %)GAP Analysis
1035 (5.051 %)Systems Analysis
1134 (4.906 %)User Acceptance Testing
1233 (4.762 %)CRM
1331 (4.473 %)Stakeholder Management
1429 (4.185 %)Data Analysis
1528 (4.040 %)Data Modelling
1622 (3.175 %)Logistics
1622 (3.175 %)Agile Software Development
1721 (3.030 %)BPR
1819 (2.742 %)Test Scripting
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
133 (4.762 %)SQL
216 (2.309 %)C
38 (1.154 %)Java
45 (0.722 %)VB
45 (0.722 %)C#
54 (0.577 %)COBOL
54 (0.577 %)VB6
63 (0.433 %)PHP
63 (0.433 %)PL/SQL
63 (0.433 %)VB.NET
63 (0.433 %)VBA
72 (0.289 %)T-SQL
72 (0.289 %)Delphi
81 (0.144 %)Shell Script
81 (0.144 %)PowerHouse
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
129 (4.185 %)Security Cleared
222 (3.175 %)ISEB
321 (3.030 %)Degree
321 (3.030 %)SC Cleared
413 (1.876 %)DV Cleared
55 (0.722 %)PRINCE2 Certification
63 (0.433 %)MCTS
72 (0.289 %)CIW
81 (0.144 %)BC Cleared
81 (0.144 %)CIMA
81 (0.144 %)Citrix Certification
81 (0.144 %)ACCA
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
113 (1.876 %)QA
29 (1.299 %)Basel II
34 (0.577 %)SLA
43 (0.433 %)PCI DSS
52 (0.289 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
61 (0.144 %)21 CFR Part 11
South East IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (0.144 %)OpenLDAP
11 (0.144 %)Postfix
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (0.433 %)BMC PATROL
22 (0.289 %)SCOM
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
172 (10.39 %)SAP
239 (5.628 %)Microsoft
333 (4.762 %)Oracle
424 (3.463 %)Siebel
512 (1.732 %)Amdocs
69 (1.299 %)Business Objects
78 (1.154 %)Cramer
87 (1.010 %)PeopleSoft
96 (0.866 %)Lotus
96 (0.866 %)Infor
105 (0.722 %)Accenture
114 (0.577 %)MicroStrategy
114 (0.577 %)IBM
114 (0.577 %)Sun
114 (0.577 %)Omniture
123 (0.433 %)Casewise
123 (0.433 %)Cognos
123 (0.433 %)BMC
132 (0.289 %)Remedy
132 (0.289 %)Informatica