The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Staffordshire 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 24 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 Job Titles advertised for the Staffordshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analyst
Rank 17 31 35
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 2 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 2.381% 1.389% 1.382%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.532% 1.422% 1.449%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 2
Average daily rate £425 £238 £287
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+78.94% -17.24%
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £30.00 £26.25
% change year-on-year
+5.00% +14.28%
All Job Titles
Staffordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
79 211 207
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 94.05% 97.69% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 86 90
Average daily rate £325 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £238 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £368 £371 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 20 13
Average hourly rate £15.26 £17.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.81% +25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.13 £13.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.29 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Analyst
West Midlands

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Business Analyst across the Staffordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Staffordshire Business Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Staffordshire Business Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Staffordshire Business Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

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 Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Burton-upon-Trent - 1 £425 -
Business Analyst
West Midlands

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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.

1 6 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (33.33%) NHS
3 3 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (25.00%) CRM
3 3 (25.00%) ERP
3 3 (25.00%) Retail
3 3 (25.00%) Business Analysis
4 2 (16.67%) Business Transformation
4 2 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (16.67%) Process Management
4 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
4 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 2 (16.67%) Extranet
4 2 (16.67%) UML
4 2 (16.67%) MS Excel
5 1 (8.333%) PRINCE
5 1 (8.333%) Sage
5 1 (8.333%) SQL
5 1 (8.333%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (8.333%) Business Objects
5 1 (8.333%) SAP
5 1 (8.333%) ITIL
5 1 (8.333%) Workflow
5 1 (8.333%) Manufacturing
5 1 (8.333%) Change Management
5 1 (8.333%) TOGAF
5 1 (8.333%) Document Management
5 1 (8.333%) Logistics

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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.

Applications
1 2 (16.67%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) Crystal Reports
General
1 3 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 3 (25.00%) Retail
2 1 (8.333%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) NHS
2 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (25.00%) CRM
2 3 (25.00%) ERP
2 3 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (16.67%) Business Transformation
3 2 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (16.67%) Process Management
3 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (16.67%) UML
4 1 (8.333%) PRINCE
4 1 (8.333%) ITIL
4 1 (8.333%) Workflow
4 1 (8.333%) Change Management
4 1 (8.333%) TOGAF
4 1 (8.333%) Document Management
4 1 (8.333%) Logistics
4 1 (8.333%) Use Case
4 1 (8.333%) Time Management
4 1 (8.333%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.333%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.333%) Sage
2 1 (8.333%) Business Objects
2 1 (8.333%) SAP
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Posted: 23 May 2013