The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Suffolk 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 Suffolk 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 5 23 16
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 29 18 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 20.00% 7.258% 8.947%
As % of the Job Titles category 21.01% 7.469% 9.444%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 11 8
Average daily rate £425 £400 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £350 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £450 £413
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
Suffolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
138 241 180
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 95.17% 97.18% 94.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 127 83
Average daily rate £325 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £258 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £435 £425 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 27 12
Average hourly rate £15.00 £22.88 £18.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.42% +22.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.60 £12.00 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.10 £35.00 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Analyst
East of England

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk Business Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Analyst across the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Suffolk Business Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk 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
Ipswich +11 12 £425 -5.55%
Lowestoft - 1 - -
Bury St Edmunds - 1 £275 -
Business Analyst
East of England

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 27 (32.93%) System Testing
2 20 (24.39%) UML
3 19 (23.17%) Finance
4 16 (19.51%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (18.29%) MS Visio
5 15 (18.29%) MS Office
5 15 (18.29%) Migration
6 12 (14.63%) Test Scripting
6 12 (14.63%) Use Case
7 10 (12.20%) SQL
8 9 (10.98%) Data Analysis
8 9 (10.98%) Data Migration
9 8 (9.756%) Microsoft
10 7 (8.537%) Degree
11 6 (7.317%) Requirements Analysis
12 5 (6.098%) Agile Software Development
12 5 (6.098%) Solvency II
12 5 (6.098%) User Acceptance Testing
12 5 (6.098%) Business Analysis
13 4 (4.878%) General Ledger
13 4 (4.878%) Stakeholder Management
13 4 (4.878%) Data Mining
14 3 (3.659%) Business Intelligence
14 3 (3.659%) Sun
14 3 (3.659%) XBRL
14 3 (3.659%) Disaster Recovery
14 3 (3.659%) GAP Analysis
14 3 (3.659%) German Language
14 3 (3.659%) Change Control
15 2 (2.439%) Waterfall

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (3.659%) XBRL
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.220%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (18.29%) MS Visio
1 15 (18.29%) MS Office
2 1 (1.220%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (19.51%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (4.878%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.220%) MySQL
General
1 19 (23.17%) Finance
2 4 (4.878%) General Ledger
3 3 (3.659%) German Language
4 1 (1.220%) Retail
4 1 (1.220%) Marketing
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.220%) GCOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (32.93%) System Testing
2 20 (24.39%) UML
3 15 (18.29%) Migration
4 12 (14.63%) Test Scripting
4 12 (14.63%) Use Case
5 9 (10.98%) Data Analysis
5 9 (10.98%) Data Migration
6 6 (7.317%) Requirements Analysis
7 5 (6.098%) Agile Software Development
7 5 (6.098%) User Acceptance Testing
7 5 (6.098%) Business Analysis
8 4 (4.878%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (3.659%) Business Intelligence
9 3 (3.659%) Disaster Recovery
9 3 (3.659%) GAP Analysis
9 3 (3.659%) Change Control
10 2 (2.439%) Waterfall
10 2 (2.439%) DMAIC
10 2 (2.439%) Configuration Management
10 2 (2.439%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (12.20%) SQL
2 1 (1.220%) C
Qualifications
1 7 (8.537%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.098%) Solvency II
2 2 (2.439%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.220%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 8 (9.756%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.659%) Sun
3 1 (1.220%) VMware
3 1 (1.220%) SunGard
3 1 (1.220%) Salesforce.com