South East Business Process Analyst Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Business Process Analyst role in IT contracts within the South East region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Process Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Business Process Analyst
Location Berkshire Birmingham Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire Chester City of London Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Glasgow Guildford Hampshire Hertfordshire Huntingdon Ipswich Lancashire Leeds Lincolnshire London M4 Corridor Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Peterborough Reading Scotland South East South Wales South West Suffolk Surrey Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warwickshire Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	213	244
Rank change on same period last year	+31
Matching contract IT job ads	35	51
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.047 %	0.052 %
As % of the category below	0.293 %	0.309 %
Daily rates quoted	18	30
Average minimum daily rate	£351	£406
Average daily rate	£371	£436
% change on same period last year	-14.82 %
Average maximum daily rate	£391	£466
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£405
% change on same period last year	-11.84 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.00	£16.00
Average hourly rate	£25.25	£16.50
% change on same period last year	+53.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.50	£17.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.00	£29.30
% change on same period last year	-14.67 %
Job Titles South East
Matching contract IT job ads	11958	16482
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	15.94 %	16.68 %
Daily rates quoted	2991	4002
Average minimum daily rate	£336	£334
Average daily rate	£356	£352
% change on same period last year	+1.09 %
Average maximum daily rate	£376	£370
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£353
% change on same period last year	+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	1480	1956
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.78	£26.68
Average hourly rate	£23.27	£28.01
% change on same period last year	-16.91 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.77	£29.34
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.51	£25.99
% change on same period last year	-9.54 %
Business Process Analyst England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Business Process Analyst
Demand Trend

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

Business Process Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Business Process Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Process Analyst across the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Process Analyst within the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Berkshire	+40	11	£413	+18.53 %
Surrey	+7	10	£329	-17.63 %
Middlesex	-	4	£331	-
Buckinghamshire	-4	3	£483	+4.10 %
Hampshire	+1	2	-	-
Thames Valley	-	2	£350	-
M4 Corridor	-	1	-	-

Business Process Analyst England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Business Process 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 Process Analyst in their job title.

1 22 (36.07 %) Finance 2 15 (24.59 %) MS Visio 3 9 (14.75 %) Change Management 4 8 (13.11 %) ITIL 5 6 (9.836 %) PRINCE2 5 6 (9.836 %) SAP 5 6 (9.836 %) Government 5 6 (9.836 %) Business Analysis 6 5 (8.197 %) SOA 6 5 (8.197 %) SAP HR 7 4 (6.557 %) ERP 7 4 (6.557 %) Project Management 7 4 (6.557 %) General Ledger 7 4 (6.557 %) Local Government 7 4 (6.557 %) Telecoms

8 3 (4.918 %) Security Cleared 8 3 (4.918 %) Pensions 8 3 (4.918 %) Retail 8 3 (4.918 %) Back Office 8 3 (4.918 %) Validation 8 3 (4.918 %) Police 8 3 (4.918 %) Six Sigma 8 3 (4.918 %) NHS 8 3 (4.918 %) BPR 9 2 (3.279 %) GAP Analysis 9 2 (3.279 %) Front Office 9 2 (3.279 %) Banking 9 2 (3.279 %) Test Scripting 9 2 (3.279 %) SC Cleared 9 2 (3.279 %) Problem Management

Business Process Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Business Process 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 Process Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 1 (1.639 %) Lotus Notes	Applications 1 15 (24.59 %) MS Visio 2 1 (1.639 %) MS PowerPoint 2 1 (1.639 %) MS Office 2 1 (1.639 %) MS Excel
Business Applications 1 5 (8.197 %) SAP HR 2 1 (1.639 %) SAP HCM 2 1 (1.639 %) Oracle Financials	Communications & Networking 1 1 (1.639 %) 3G
General 1 22 (36.07 %) Finance 2 6 (9.836 %) Government 3 4 (6.557 %) General Ledger 3 4 (6.557 %) Local Government 3 4 (6.557 %) Telecoms 4 3 (4.918 %) Pensions 4 3 (4.918 %) Retail 4 3 (4.918 %) Back Office 4 3 (4.918 %) Police 5 2 (3.279 %) Banking 5 2 (3.279 %) Front Office 6 1 (1.639 %) Health 6 1 (1.639 %) Law 6 1 (1.639 %) Legal 6 1 (1.639 %) Criminal Justice 6 1 (1.639 %) Billing 6 1 (1.639 %) Insurance 6 1 (1.639 %) Retail Banking 6 1 (1.639 %) Marketing	Miscellaneous 1 3 (4.918 %) NHS 2 1 (1.639 %) EPoS
Processes & Methodologies 1 9 (14.75 %) Change Management 2 8 (13.11 %) ITIL 3 6 (9.836 %) PRINCE2 3 6 (9.836 %) Business Analysis 4 5 (8.197 %) SOA 5 4 (6.557 %) Project Management 5 4 (6.557 %) ERP 6 3 (4.918 %) Six Sigma 6 3 (4.918 %) Validation 6 3 (4.918 %) BPR 6 3 (4.918 %) Security Cleared 7 2 (3.279 %) Test Scripting 7 2 (3.279 %) SC Cleared 7 2 (3.279 %) Problem Management 7 2 (3.279 %) GAP Analysis 8 1 (1.639 %) Disaster Recovery 8 1 (1.639 %) Stakeholder Management 8 1 (1.639 %) Incident Management 8 1 (1.639 %) Requirements Analysis 8 1 (1.639 %) Benchmarking	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (1.639 %) SLA 1 1 (1.639 %) QA
Vendors 1 6 (9.836 %) SAP 2 1 (1.639 %) Lotus 2 1 (1.639 %) Casewise 2 1 (1.639 %) Oracle