South West Business Analysis Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Business Analysis skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Analysis over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Business Analysis
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Andover Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chatham Chelmsford Cheshire Chester City of London Clevedon Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dover Dundee East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Feltham Gatwick Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Guildford Halifax Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Hinckley Home Counties Hounslow Hove Hull Ipswich Isle of Wight Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leamington Spa Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool Livingston London Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Pudsey Reading Redhill Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport Staines Stevenage Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Sussex Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Whyteleafe Wigan Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wokingham Worthing Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	36	55
Rank change on same period last year	+19
Matching contract IT job ads	136	139
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.181 %	0.141 %
As % of the category below	5.331 %	4.481 %
Daily rates quoted	82	62
Average minimum daily rate	£381	£358
Average daily rate	£412	£389
% change on same period last year	+5.95 %
Average maximum daily rate	£443	£420
UK excluding London average daily rate	£384	£369
% change on same period last year	+4.19 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	3
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.43	£43.33
Average hourly rate	£28.00	£44.17
% change on same period last year	-36.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.57	£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.45	£29.85
% change on same period last year	-1.33 %
Processes & Methodologies South West
Matching contract IT job ads	2551	3102
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.400 %	3.138 %
Daily rates quoted	961	998
Average minimum daily rate	£372	£362
Average daily rate	£399	£383
% change on same period last year	+4.16 %
Average maximum daily rate	£426	£404
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£376
% change on same period last year	+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	271	366
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.93	£28.91
Average hourly rate	£33.62	£30.63
% change on same period last year	+9.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.31	£32.34
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.33	£30.16
% change on same period last year	-2.72 %
Business Analysis 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 Analysis
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Business Analysis across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

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

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Analysis across the South West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Business Analysis
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the South West 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
Wiltshire	+5	61	£436	+6.49 %
Dorset	+16	19	£372	-0.88 %
Bristol	-1	12	£315	-21.14 %
Gloucestershire	0	7	£450	-
Somerset	+3	6	£313	-8.75 %
Devon	+8	3	-	-

Business Analysis England

Business Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

1 130 (47.45 %) Finance 2 62 (22.63 %) UML 3 61 (22.26 %) Banking 4 58 (21.17 %) Retail 5 53 (19.34 %) Pensions 6 46 (16.79 %) Requirements Analysis 7 45 (16.42 %) Retail Banking 7 45 (16.42 %) GAP Analysis 8 43 (15.69 %) SSADM 9 41 (14.96 %) CA Clarity 10 39 (14.23 %) DSDM 11 37 (13.50 %) Project Management 12 36 (13.14 %) Data Modelling 13 32 (11.68 %) Migration 14 31 (11.31 %) Data Analysis

15 28 (10.22 %) Data Migration 16 26 (9.489 %) Security Cleared 17 24 (8.759 %) Marketing 18 23 (8.394 %) Oracle 19 22 (8.029 %) PRINCE2 20 21 (7.664 %) BPR 20 21 (7.664 %) Change Management 20 21 (7.664 %) Insurance 21 19 (6.934 %) SC Cleared 22 18 (6.569 %) CRM 23 17 (6.204 %) Government 24 15 (5.474 %) Stakeholder Management 25 14 (5.109 %) SQL 25 14 (5.109 %) MS Visio 26 12 (4.380 %) Construction

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 4 (1.460 %) XML 2 1 (0.365 %) .NET 2 1 (0.365 %) ASP 2 1 (0.365 %) WebServices	Application Platforms 1 1 (0.365 %) WebLogic 1 1 (0.365 %) SAS 1 1 (0.365 %) LiveLink
Applications 1 41 (14.96 %) CA Clarity 2 14 (5.109 %) MS Visio 3 10 (3.650 %) MS Office 4 4 (1.460 %) MS Project 5 3 (1.095 %) MS Excel 6 1 (0.365 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 4 (1.460 %) SAP CRM 2 3 (1.095 %) Summit 3 2 (0.730 %) Staffware 4 1 (0.365 %) Oracle Applications 4 1 (0.365 %) Oracle Financials 4 1 (0.365 %) HiPortfolio 4 1 (0.365 %) INSURE/90
Communications & Networking 1 2 (0.730 %) DSL 2 1 (0.365 %) HSDPA 2 1 (0.365 %) Intranet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 9 (3.285 %) TOAD 2 8 (2.920 %) Oracle 10g 3 7 (2.555 %) Datawarehouse 4 5 (1.825 %) Oracle 9i 4 5 (1.825 %) BusinessObjects 5 4 (1.460 %) Oracle Discoverer 5 4 (1.460 %) Oracle Reports 6 3 (1.095 %) Oracle 8/8i 6 3 (1.095 %) ETL 7 2 (0.730 %) Data Mining 7 2 (0.730 %) SAP BW 7 2 (0.730 %) DataStage 7 2 (0.730 %) SQLPlus 8 1 (0.365 %) GIS
Development Applications 1 4 (1.460 %) Rational Rose 2 1 (0.365 %) RequisitePro 2 1 (0.365 %) Telelogic DOORS	General 1 130 (47.45 %) Finance 2 61 (22.26 %) Banking 3 58 (21.17 %) Retail 4 53 (19.34 %) Pensions 5 45 (16.42 %) Retail Banking 6 24 (8.759 %) Marketing 7 21 (7.664 %) Insurance 8 17 (6.204 %) Government 9 12 (4.380 %) Construction 10 8 (2.920 %) Health 11 7 (2.555 %) Military 11 7 (2.555 %) Back Office 12 3 (1.095 %) Telecoms 12 3 (1.095 %) Local Government 12 3 (1.095 %) Investment Banking 13 2 (0.730 %) Billing 13 2 (0.730 %) Legal 13 2 (0.730 %) Front Office 13 2 (0.730 %) Education 14 1 (0.365 %) Electric
Job Titles 1 224 (81.75 %) Analyst 2 206 (75.18 %) Business Analyst 3 30 (10.95 %) Banking Business Analyst 4 26 (9.489 %) Project Manager 5 15 (5.474 %) Financial Business Analyst 6 14 (5.109 %) Financial Services Business Analyst 7 12 (4.380 %) Developer 8 11 (4.015 %) Project Analyst 9 9 (3.285 %) Systems Analyst 9 9 (3.285 %) Oracle Developer 10 8 (2.920 %) Business Manager 10 8 (2.920 %) Business Project Manager 11 7 (2.555 %) Business Systems Analyst 12 6 (2.190 %) DBA 12 6 (2.190 %) Senior Business Analyst 12 6 (2.190 %) Senior Analyst 12 6 (2.190 %) Oracle DBA 13 5 (1.825 %) Architect 13 5 (1.825 %) Workstream Manager 13 5 (1.825 %) Insurance Business Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 8 (2.920 %) Management Information System 2 7 (2.555 %) NHS 3 5 (1.825 %) APACS 4 3 (1.095 %) Client/Server 5 1 (0.365 %) CMDB 5 1 (0.365 %) Credit Risk 5 1 (0.365 %) Market Risk 5 1 (0.365 %) Data Integration
Operating Systems 1 7 (2.555 %) UNIX 2 2 (0.730 %) HPUX	Processes & Methodologies 1 62 (22.63 %) UML 2 46 (16.79 %) Requirements Analysis 3 45 (16.42 %) GAP Analysis 4 43 (15.69 %) SSADM 5 39 (14.23 %) DSDM 6 37 (13.50 %) Project Management 7 36 (13.14 %) Data Modelling 8 32 (11.68 %) Migration 9 31 (11.31 %) Data Analysis 10 28 (10.22 %) Data Migration 11 26 (9.489 %) Security Cleared 12 22 (8.029 %) PRINCE2 13 21 (7.664 %) BPR 13 21 (7.664 %) Change Management 14 19 (6.934 %) SC Cleared 15 18 (6.569 %) CRM 16 15 (5.474 %) Stakeholder Management 17 11 (4.015 %) User Acceptance Testing 18 10 (3.650 %) Systems Analysis 19 9 (3.285 %) Use Case
Programming Languages 1 14 (5.109 %) SQL 2 7 (2.555 %) Shell Script 3 3 (1.095 %) Java 3 3 (1.095 %) PL/SQL 4 2 (0.730 %) RPG 5 1 (0.365 %) VB 5 1 (0.365 %) C	Qualifications 1 6 (2.190 %) ISEB 2 4 (1.460 %) Citrix Certification 3 3 (1.095 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 3 (1.095 %) Degree 4 1 (0.365 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 4 1 (0.365 %) ACCA 4 1 (0.365 %) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 8 (2.920 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 2 1 (0.365 %) Basel II 2 1 (0.365 %) QA 2 1 (0.365 %) PCI DSS 2 1 (0.365 %) SLA	System Software 1 7 (2.555 %) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management 1 7 (2.555 %) Oracle Enterprise Manager	Vendors 1 23 (8.394 %) Oracle 2 11 (4.015 %) SAP 3 5 (1.825 %) IBM 3 5 (1.825 %) Microsoft 3 5 (1.825 %) Business Objects 3 5 (1.825 %) Lagan 4 4 (1.460 %) Thunderhead 5 1 (0.365 %) Casewise 5 1 (0.365 %) Agresso 5 1 (0.365 %) CheckPoint 5 1 (0.365 %) TIBCO 5 1 (0.365 %) ATG 5 1 (0.365 %) Telelogic 5 1 (0.365 %) Cognos 5 1 (0.365 %) Siebel 5 1 (0.365 %) Progress