Surrey Business Analysis Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Business Analysis skills within the Surrey region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Business Analysis over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Business Analysis
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Andover Aylesbury Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester City of London Clevedon Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon 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 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 Pudsey Reading Renfrewshire Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport Staines Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Sussex Swindon 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 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	47	60
Rank change on same period last year	+13
Matching contract IT job ads	60	46
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.079 %	0.049 %
As % of the category below	4.898 %	3.915 %
Daily rates quoted	22	9
Average minimum daily rate	£362	£350
Average daily rate	£387	£383
% change on same period last year	+1.05 %
Average maximum daily rate	£413	£417
UK excluding London average daily rate	£386	£363
% change on same period last year	+6.36 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.25	£20.00
Average hourly rate	£23.25	£25.00
% change on same period last year	-7.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.25	£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.02	£30.68
% change on same period last year	-5.41 %
Processes & Methodologies Surrey
Matching contract IT job ads	1225	1175
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.615 %	1.246 %
Daily rates quoted	383	326
Average minimum daily rate	£345	£349
Average daily rate	£364	£370
% change on same period last year	-1.45 %
Average maximum daily rate	£384	£391
UK excluding London average daily rate	£384	£374
% change on same period last year	+2.50 %
Hourly rates quoted	110	89
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.42	£31.28
Average hourly rate	£30.02	£32.33
% change on same period last year	-7.12 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.63	£33.37
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.40	£30.19
% change on same period last year	-2.62 %
Business Analysis South East

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 Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Analysis across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 4 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 Surrey region.

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Analysis across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Business Analysis
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Business Analysis within the Surrey 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
Sunbury-on-Thames	+7	14	-	-
Guildford	+12	7	£433	-3.70 %
Staines	-6	4	£400	-
Camberley	-	3	£463	-
Whyteleafe	-	2	£350	-
Chertsey	-	1	£325	-
Walton-on-Thames	-	1	-	-

Business Analysis South East

Business Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 31 (33.70 %) Finance 2 19 (20.65 %) Insurance 3 15 (16.30 %) PRINCE2 3 15 (16.30 %) GAP Analysis 4 14 (15.22 %) Stakeholder Management 5 13 (14.13 %) Banking 5 13 (14.13 %) UML 5 13 (14.13 %) Project Management 6 12 (13.04 %) BPR 6 12 (13.04 %) Data Analysis 7 11 (11.96 %) MS Office 7 11 (11.96 %) Datawarehouse 8 10 (10.87 %) RUP 8 10 (10.87 %) MS Project 8 10 (10.87 %) Java

8 10 (10.87 %) Change Management 9 9 (9.783 %) Investment Banking 9 9 (9.783 %) Derivative 9 9 (9.783 %) SAP 9 9 (9.783 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 10 8 (8.696 %) Microsoft 10 8 (8.696 %) PMP 10 8 (8.696 %) PMI Certification 10 8 (8.696 %) Requirements Management 10 8 (8.696 %) MS PowerPoint 10 8 (8.696 %) Asset Management 10 8 (8.696 %) Risk Assessment 10 8 (8.696 %) E-Procurement 10 8 (8.696 %) Workflow 11 7 (7.609 %) Unified Process

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 2 (2.174 %) .NET 1 2 (2.174 %) ASP 1 2 (2.174 %) WebServices 1 2 (2.174 %) WebSphere 2 1 (1.087 %) HTML 2 1 (1.087 %) ODBC	Application Platforms 1 1 (1.087 %) IIS
Applications 1 11 (11.96 %) MS Office 2 10 (10.87 %) MS Project 3 8 (8.696 %) MS PowerPoint 4 4 (4.348 %) MS Visio 5 2 (2.174 %) MS Excel 6 1 (1.087 %) Photoshop	Business Applications 1 3 (3.261 %) Eagle PACE 2 2 (2.174 %) SAP Oil and Gas 2 2 (2.174 %) Oracle Financials 3 1 (1.087 %) HiPortfolio
Communications & Networking 1 4 (4.348 %) Internet 2 1 (1.087 %) Extranet 2 1 (1.087 %) LAN 2 1 (1.087 %) WAN 2 1 (1.087 %) SMTP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 11 (11.96 %) Datawarehouse 2 2 (2.174 %) SQL Server 2 2 (2.174 %) BusinessObjects 2 2 (2.174 %) GIS 3 1 (1.087 %) DB2 3 1 (1.087 %) ETL
Development Applications 1 7 (7.609 %) RequisitePro 2 4 (4.348 %) TestDirector 3 2 (2.174 %) Rational Rose 4 1 (1.087 %) Dreamweaver	General 1 31 (33.70 %) Finance 2 19 (20.65 %) Insurance 3 13 (14.13 %) Banking 4 9 (9.783 %) Investment Banking 5 3 (3.261 %) Pensions 5 3 (3.261 %) Retail 5 3 (3.261 %) Health 5 3 (3.261 %) Pharmaceutical 6 2 (2.174 %) Education 6 2 (2.174 %) Electric 6 2 (2.174 %) Billing 6 2 (2.174 %) Back Office 7 1 (1.087 %) Marketing 7 1 (1.087 %) Graphic Design 7 1 (1.087 %) Manufacturing 7 1 (1.087 %) Publishing 7 1 (1.087 %) Financial Institution
Job Titles 1 71 (77.17 %) Analyst 2 60 (65.22 %) Business Analyst 3 16 (17.39 %) Project Manager 4 11 (11.96 %) Systems Analyst 5 8 (8.696 %) Deployment Manager 5 8 (8.696 %) Deployment Project Manager 6 6 (6.522 %) Banking Business Analyst 7 4 (4.348 %) Insurance Business Analyst 7 4 (4.348 %) Business Systems Analyst 7 4 (4.348 %) Support Analyst 7 4 (4.348 %) Investment Banking Business Analyst 8 3 (3.261 %) Business Data Analyst 8 3 (3.261 %) Data Analyst 9 2 (2.174 %) .NET Developer 9 2 (2.174 %) Junior 9 2 (2.174 %) Developer 9 2 (2.174 %) Siebel Analyst 9 2 (2.174 %) UML Business Analyst 9 2 (2.174 %) Siebel Business Analyst 9 2 (2.174 %) Financial Business Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 9 (9.783 %) Derivative 2 8 (8.696 %) Asset Management 3 5 (5.435 %) Fund Management 4 3 (3.261 %) Fixed Income 5 1 (1.087 %) Data Extraction 5 1 (1.087 %) VSAM 5 1 (1.087 %) NHS 5 1 (1.087 %) Mainframe 5 1 (1.087 %) Management Information System 5 1 (1.087 %) AS400
Operating Systems 1 4 (4.348 %) Windows 2 3 (3.261 %) Unix 3 1 (1.087 %) OS/390	Processes & Methodologies 1 15 (16.30 %) PRINCE2 1 15 (16.30 %) GAP Analysis 2 14 (15.22 %) Stakeholder Management 3 13 (14.13 %) Project Management 3 13 (14.13 %) UML 4 12 (13.04 %) BPR 4 12 (13.04 %) Data Analysis 5 10 (10.87 %) RUP 5 10 (10.87 %) Change Management 6 8 (8.696 %) Risk Assessment 6 8 (8.696 %) E-Procurement 6 8 (8.696 %) Workflow 6 8 (8.696 %) Requirements Management 7 7 (7.609 %) Unified Process 8 6 (6.522 %) Migration 8 6 (6.522 %) Systems Analysis 8 6 (6.522 %) Cost-Benefit Analysis 9 5 (5.435 %) Data Migration 9 5 (5.435 %) Data Mapping 10 4 (4.348 %) System Testing
Programming Languages 1 10 (10.87 %) Java 2 6 (6.522 %) SQL 3 2 (2.174 %) C 3 2 (2.174 %) C# 4 1 (1.087 %) COBOL	Qualifications 1 9 (9.783 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 2 8 (8.696 %) PMP 2 8 (8.696 %) PMI Certification 3 5 (5.435 %) ISEB 4 3 (3.261 %) Degree 5 2 (2.174 %) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (1.087 %) Basel II	Vendors 1 9 (9.783 %) SAP 2 8 (8.696 %) Microsoft 3 6 (6.522 %) Oracle 4 3 (3.261 %) Planview 5 2 (2.174 %) Business Objects 5 2 (2.174 %) PeopleSoft 5 2 (2.174 %) Cognos 5 2 (2.174 %) Siebel 6 1 (1.087 %) Plumtree 6 1 (1.087 %) Cerner 6 1 (1.087 %) Hyperion 6 1 (1.087 %) JD Edwards 6 1 (1.087 %) SimCorp