South East Senior Business Analyst Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Senior Business 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 job ads that have cited Senior Business Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Senior Business Analyst
Location Belfast Berkshire Bradford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf Cheltenham City of London County Antrim Darlington Docklands, London Durham East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Glasgow Gloucestershire Gosport Halifax Hampshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Leeds London Luton Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Norfolk North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Reading Scotland Somerset South East South West South Yorkshire Surrey Swindon UK Watford West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yeovil Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	248	267
Rank change on same period last year	+19
Matching contract IT job ads	18	31
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.024 %	0.033 %
As % of the category below	0.149 %	0.195 %
Daily rates quoted	10	8
Average minimum daily rate	£425	£336
Average daily rate	£438	£359
% change on same period last year	+21.95 %
Average maximum daily rate	£450	£381
UK excluding London average daily rate	£430	£381
% change on same period last year	+12.96 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£41.25
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles South East
Matching contract IT job ads	12108	15860
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	15.97 %	16.82 %
Daily rates quoted	2922	3672
Average minimum daily rate	£339	£332
Average daily rate	£359	£350
% change on same period last year	+2.62 %
Average maximum daily rate	£379	£368
UK excluding London average daily rate	£361	£352
% change on same period last year	+2.55 %
Hourly rates quoted	1596	1854
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.92	£26.64
Average hourly rate	£23.55	£27.93
% change on same period last year	-15.68 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.17	£29.21
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.28	£26.07
% change on same period last year	-10.69 %
Senior Business 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.

Senior Business Analyst
Demand Trend

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

Senior Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior Business Analyst across the South East region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Senior Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Senior Business Analyst
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Senior Business Analyst within the South East region over the 3 months to 4 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	6	£450	+210.34 %
Buckinghamshire	+9	2	£450	-
Hampshire	+13	2	£500	+6.10 %
Home Counties	-	2	£388	-
Surrey	+1	2	£400	-27.27 %
Oxfordshire	-7	1	£425	-
East Sussex	+9	1	£425	-
Middlesex	0	1	£475	-

Senior Business Analyst England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Senior 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 Senior Business Analyst in their job title.

1 15 (32.61 %) Finance 2 7 (15.22 %) Business Analysis 3 5 (10.87 %) Use Case 4 4 (8.696 %) Service Management 4 4 (8.696 %) Project Management 4 4 (8.696 %) ITIL 4 4 (8.696 %) OO 5 3 (6.522 %) Datawarehouse 5 3 (6.522 %) E-Learning 5 3 (6.522 %) Government 5 3 (6.522 %) Retail 5 3 (6.522 %) Logistics 6 2 (4.348 %) Systems Analysis 6 2 (4.348 %) Insurance 6 2 (4.348 %) Content Management

6 2 (4.348 %) Agile Software Development 6 2 (4.348 %) STB 6 2 (4.348 %) Telecoms 6 2 (4.348 %) Information Security 6 2 (4.348 %) Education 6 2 (4.348 %) Publishing 6 2 (4.348 %) Cerner 6 2 (4.348 %) LDAP 6 2 (4.348 %) Oracle 6 2 (4.348 %) MS Office 6 2 (4.348 %) BS7799 6 2 (4.348 %) DTV 6 2 (4.348 %) GIS 6 2 (4.348 %) ESRI 6 2 (4.348 %) Marketing

Senior Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Senior 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 Senior Business Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (2.174 %) .NET 1 1 (2.174 %) Java EE	Applications 1 2 (4.348 %) MS Office 2 1 (2.174 %) MS Excel
Business Applications 1 1 (2.174 %) SAP SCM 1 1 (2.174 %) Eagle PACE 1 1 (2.174 %) Eagle STAR	Communications & Networking 1 2 (4.348 %) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (6.522 %) Datawarehouse 2 2 (4.348 %) GIS 3 1 (2.174 %) BusinessObjects	General 1 15 (32.61 %) Finance 2 3 (6.522 %) Government 2 3 (6.522 %) Retail 3 2 (4.348 %) Publishing 3 2 (4.348 %) Banking 3 2 (4.348 %) Insurance 3 2 (4.348 %) Pensions 3 2 (4.348 %) Telecoms 3 2 (4.348 %) Education 3 2 (4.348 %) Marketing 4 1 (2.174 %) Auditing 4 1 (2.174 %) Health 4 1 (2.174 %) Automotive 4 1 (2.174 %) Pharmaceutical 4 1 (2.174 %) Back Office 4 1 (2.174 %) Retail Banking 4 1 (2.174 %) Local Government 4 1 (2.174 %) Billing 4 1 (2.174 %) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous 1 3 (6.522 %) E-Learning 2 2 (4.348 %) DTV 2 2 (4.348 %) STB 2 2 (4.348 %) Web 2.0 3 1 (2.174 %) Derivative 3 1 (2.174 %) French Language 3 1 (2.174 %) Fund Management 3 1 (2.174 %) NHS 3 1 (2.174 %) Asset Management	Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (15.22 %) Business Analysis 2 5 (10.87 %) Use Case 3 4 (8.696 %) OO 3 4 (8.696 %) Project Management 3 4 (8.696 %) Service Management 3 4 (8.696 %) ITIL 4 3 (6.522 %) Logistics 5 2 (4.348 %) Content Management 5 2 (4.348 %) Information Security 5 2 (4.348 %) Agile Software Development 5 2 (4.348 %) Investment Management 5 2 (4.348 %) Systems Analysis 6 1 (2.174 %) Cost-Benefit Analysis 6 1 (2.174 %) Time Management 6 1 (2.174 %) QMS 6 1 (2.174 %) SC Cleared 6 1 (2.174 %) BC Cleared 6 1 (2.174 %) Security Cleared 6 1 (2.174 %) Data Management 6 1 (2.174 %) UML
Qualifications 1 1 (2.174 %) Degree	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (4.348 %) BS7799 2 1 (2.174 %) Basel II
Vendors 1 2 (4.348 %) Oracle 1 2 (4.348 %) Cerner 1 2 (4.348 %) ESRI 2 1 (2.174 %) GoldenSource 2 1 (2.174 %) Business Objects 2 1 (2.174 %) SAP