The first table below looks at the demand for Business Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire 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 27 25 34
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +9
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 5 7 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 1.916% 2.622% 1.042%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.809% 4.545% 1.935%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 2
Average daily rate £325 £325 £306
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +6.12%
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £25.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £25.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year
-12.00% +4.16%
All Processes & Methodologies
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
178 154 155
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 68.20% 57.68% 53.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 82 95
Average daily rate £325 £310 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.83% -4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 8 19
Average hourly rate £26.00 £26.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -38.82%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.44 £20.57 £20.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £107.00 £30.00 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Business Analysis
Yorkshire

Business Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire Business Analysis Daily Rate Trend

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Yorkshire Business Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analysis
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
Sheffield +1 4 £325 -
Business Analysis
Yorkshire

Business Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 6 (54.55%) Finance
2 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (36.36%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (36.36%) Scrum
3 3 (27.27%) E-Learning
3 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
3 3 (27.27%) MS Office
3 3 (27.27%) Use Case
3 3 (27.27%) Financial Modelling
3 3 (27.27%) Learning Management System
4 2 (18.18%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (18.18%) Degree
4 2 (18.18%) QA
4 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (18.18%) TDD
4 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
4 2 (18.18%) Windows
4 2 (18.18%) Data Modelling
4 2 (18.18%) ISEB
4 2 (18.18%) Project Management
5 1 (9.091%) Change Management
5 1 (9.091%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (9.091%) Risk Management
5 1 (9.091%) HP
5 1 (9.091%) SAN
5 1 (9.091%) Veritas
5 1 (9.091%) Red Hat
5 1 (9.091%) EFT
5 1 (9.091%) IBM
5 1 (9.091%) Oracle

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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.

Applications
1 3 (27.27%) MS Office
2 1 (9.091%) MS Project
2 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
2 1 (9.091%) MS Visio
2 1 (9.091%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) SAN
1 1 (9.091%) NAS
General
1 6 (54.55%) Finance
2 1 (9.091%) Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (81.82%) Analyst
2 8 (72.73%) Business Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (9.091%) Administrator
4 1 (9.091%) Process Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Implementation Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Solaris Systems Administrator
4 1 (9.091%) Linux Systems Administrator
4 1 (9.091%) Linux Administrator
4 1 (9.091%) Solaris Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) E-Learning
1 3 (27.27%) Learning Management System
2 1 (9.091%) EFT
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
2 1 (9.091%) Solaris
2 1 (9.091%) Linux
2 1 (9.091%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (36.36%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (36.36%) Scrum
2 3 (27.27%) Use Case
2 3 (27.27%) Financial Modelling
3 2 (18.18%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (18.18%) TDD
3 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
3 2 (18.18%) Data Modelling
3 2 (18.18%) Project Management
4 1 (9.091%) Change Management
4 1 (9.091%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (9.091%) Risk Management
4 1 (9.091%) SSADM
4 1 (9.091%) DSDM
4 1 (9.091%) Systems Analysis
4 1 (9.091%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
4 1 (9.091%) Project Planning
4 1 (9.091%) Release Management
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
1 2 (18.18%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) QA
System Software
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (9.091%) Veritas Volume Manager
1 1 (9.091%) Veritas Cluster Server
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.091%) HP
2 1 (9.091%) Veritas
2 1 (9.091%) Red Hat
2 1 (9.091%) IBM
2 1 (9.091%) Oracle
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