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The table looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. 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 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

LinkBusiness Analyst
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank1011
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads28936471
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK8.422 %8.405 %
As % of the Job Titles category9.482 %9.279 %
Daily rates quoted14973063
Average daily rate£425£448
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-5.020 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£288£311
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£575£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£400
% change on same period last year-12.50 %
Hourly rates quoted4472
Average hourly rate£26.25£30.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-12.50 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£20.00£17.80
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£49.25£45.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.35£26.50
% change on same period last year-4.330 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesAll Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3051169739
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK88.82 %90.58 %
Daily rates quoted1179222223
Average daily rate£375£400
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£205£230
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350
% change on same period last year-7.140 %
Hourly rates quoted23755970
Average hourly rate£19.50£20.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-2.500 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.25£11.25
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£35.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.50£20.00
% change on same period last year-2.500 %

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.

Business Analyst
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Business Analyst within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Business Analyst Demand Trend

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Business Analyst within the UK.

Business Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

Business Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Business Analyst within the UK.

Business Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

Business Analyst Hourly Rate Histogram

Business Analyst
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+12690£438-2.77 %
LondonDown-11809£475-5.00 %
City of LondonNo change0721£475-9.52 %
South EastDown-4291£350-12.50 %
ScotlandUp+2162£325-
North WestUp+16133£300-14.28 %
South WestDown-10133£400-
YorkshireDown-295£375+3.44 %
HampshireDown-378£340-20.00 %
West YorkshireUp+476£380+8.57 %
East of EnglandDown-1074£300-25.00 %
EdinburghUp+172£288+25.00 %
ManchesterUp+3069£173-53.37 %
LeedsUp+1366£373+6.42 %
BerkshireDown-866£388+3.33 %
Docklands, LondonDown-158£450-18.18 %
West MidlandsDown-1349£325-7.14 %
East MidlandsUp+447£425+3.65 %
BristolUp+845£406+25.00 %
GlasgowUp+345£319+2.00 %
SurreyDown-335£375-
EssexUp+832£338+8.00 %
MiddlesexUp+526£300-20.00 %
North EastUp+1725£324-5.81 %
Canary WharfUp+324£450+7.14 %
MidlandsUp+1023£398-6.47 %
SomersetUp+2122£325-
HertfordshireDown-821£300-20.52 %
NorthamptonshireUp+520£425-2.85 %
BuckinghamshireUp+120£261-34.75 %

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

11665 (27.18 %)Finance
21551 (25.32 %)Banking
31489 (24.31 %)Business Analysis
4999 (16.31 %)Investment Banking
5712 (11.62 %)Derivative
6533 (8.702 %)UML
7511 (8.343 %)Front Office
8499 (8.147 %)Back Office
9483 (7.886 %)Project Management
10432 (7.053 %)SQL
11391 (6.384 %)Retail
12389 (6.351 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
13384 (6.269 %)Migration
14380 (6.204 %)Insurance
15359 (5.861 %)PRINCE2
16338 (5.518 %)Change Management
17317 (5.176 %)Risk Management
18315 (5.143 %)User Acceptance Testing
19312 (5.094 %)Government
20310 (5.061 %)Stakeholder Management
21301 (4.914 %)Credit Risk
22300 (4.898 %)Fixed Income
23285 (4.653 %)Oracle
24268 (4.376 %)MS Visio
25264 (4.310 %)Data Modelling
26261 (4.261 %)Use Case
27257 (4.196 %)Equities
28220 (3.592 %)Workflow
29203 (3.314 %)NHS
30200 (3.265 %)GAP Analysis

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
198 (1.600 %)XML
283 (1.355 %).NET
319 (0.310 %)J2EE
418 (0.294 %)ASP.NET
418 (0.294 %)WebServices
418 (0.294 %)Middleware
517 (0.278 %)FIX Protocol
616 (0.261 %)FpML
616 (0.261 %)EDI
712 (0.196 %)WebSphere
811 (0.180 %)HTML
96 (0.098 %)MDX
105 (0.082 %)XSL
114 (0.065 %)XSD
114 (0.065 %)WinForms
123 (0.049 %)WSDL
123 (0.049 %).NET Framework
123 (0.049 %)RSS
123 (0.049 %)JSF
123 (0.049 %)AJAX
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
161 (0.996 %)SharePoint
248 (0.784 %)SAS
346 (0.751 %)CMS
424 (0.392 %)Documentum
521 (0.343 %)SharePoint Server 2007
615 (0.245 %)MQSeries
710 (0.163 %)LiveLink
89 (0.147 %)SAP Portal
97 (0.114 %)Drupal
97 (0.114 %)Rendezvous
106 (0.098 %)Lotus Notes
106 (0.098 %)EPiServer
115 (0.082 %)Oracle Workflow
115 (0.082 %)Liferay
123 (0.049 %)eRoom
123 (0.049 %)WebSphere Application Server
123 (0.049 %)WebLogic
132 (0.033 %)Lotus Domino
132 (0.033 %)MTS
132 (0.033 %)WebSphere Portal
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1268 (4.376 %)MS Visio
2154 (2.514 %)MS Excel
3110 (1.796 %)MS Office
4103 (1.682 %)MS Project
559 (0.963 %)MS PowerPoint
653 (0.865 %)CA Clarity
727 (0.441 %)Spreadsheet
810 (0.163 %)Casewise Corporate Modeler Suite
97 (0.114 %)MATLAB
103 (0.049 %)MicroStation
111 (0.016 %)SPSS
111 (0.016 %)Acrobat
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1172 (2.808 %)Endur
236 (0.588 %)Summit
322 (0.359 %)SAP FI
421 (0.343 %)Oracle Financials
421 (0.343 %)SAP CO
421 (0.343 %)SAP FI/CO
516 (0.261 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
615 (0.245 %)Oracle 11i
615 (0.245 %)HiPortfolio
615 (0.245 %)Loan IQ
714 (0.229 %)Oracle EBS
714 (0.229 %)Oracle ERP
813 (0.212 %)SAP HR
912 (0.196 %)HiInvest
912 (0.196 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
1010 (0.163 %)SunGard GMI
1010 (0.163 %)SimCorp Dimension
1010 (0.163 %)VisionPLUS
1010 (0.163 %)SAP MM
1010 (0.163 %)Interwoven Scrittura
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
190 (1.469 %)Internet
228 (0.457 %)Intranet
314 (0.229 %)BSS
413 (0.212 %)VoIP
413 (0.212 %)Broadband
510 (0.163 %)GSM
68 (0.131 %)Extranet
77 (0.114 %)Wireless
77 (0.114 %)UMTS
85 (0.082 %)CTI
85 (0.082 %)GPRS
85 (0.082 %)Nokia NetAct
94 (0.065 %)VLAN
94 (0.065 %)3G
94 (0.065 %)SAN
94 (0.065 %)Ethernet
103 (0.049 %)ATM
103 (0.049 %)SDH
103 (0.049 %)IP Telephony
112 (0.033 %)DAB
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1194 (3.167 %)Datawarehouse
2153 (2.498 %)BusinessObjects
3131 (2.139 %)SQL Server
458 (0.947 %)Reference Data
545 (0.735 %)EDRMS
641 (0.669 %)ETL
738 (0.620 %)MS Access
833 (0.539 %)SQL Server 2005
929 (0.473 %)BusinessObjects XI
1024 (0.392 %)Oracle Reports
1123 (0.376 %)Crystal Reports
1219 (0.310 %)GIS
1317 (0.278 %)Data Mining
1415 (0.245 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1415 (0.245 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1514 (0.229 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1613 (0.212 %)OLAP
1613 (0.212 %)Essbase
1712 (0.196 %)DTS
1712 (0.196 %)Data Cleansing
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
161 (0.996 %)Rational Rose
236 (0.588 %)RequisitePro
328 (0.457 %)TestDirector
418 (0.294 %)ClearCase
512 (0.196 %)ERwin
611 (0.180 %)Eclipse
710 (0.163 %)JIRA
87 (0.114 %)Oracle Forms
94 (0.065 %)ClearQuest
103 (0.049 %)ARTiSAN
103 (0.049 %)PeopleTools
103 (0.049 %)JCAPS
112 (0.033 %)Oracle APEX
112 (0.033 %)Borland Together
112 (0.033 %)Telelogic DOORS
112 (0.033 %)MagicDraw
112 (0.033 %)Visual Studio
121 (0.016 %)XDE
121 (0.016 %)Team Foundation Server
121 (0.016 %)Build Forge
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11665 (27.18 %)Finance
21551 (25.32 %)Banking
3999 (16.31 %)Investment Banking
4511 (8.343 %)Front Office
5499 (8.147 %)Back Office
6391 (6.384 %)Retail
7380 (6.204 %)Insurance
8312 (5.094 %)Government
9171 (2.792 %)Retail Banking
10162 (2.645 %)Telecoms
11107 (1.747 %)Health
1288 (1.437 %)Pensions
1384 (1.371 %)Legal
1483 (1.355 %)Marketing
1576 (1.241 %)Local Government
1667 (1.094 %)Financial Institution
1759 (0.963 %)Education
1854 (0.882 %)Billing
1949 (0.800 %)Pharmaceutical
2048 (0.784 %)General Ledger
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1712 (11.62 %)Derivative
2389 (6.351 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
3301 (4.914 %)Credit Risk
4300 (4.898 %)Fixed Income
5257 (4.196 %)Equities
6203 (3.314 %)NHS
7153 (2.498 %)Market Risk
8129 (2.106 %)Credit Derivative
9110 (1.796 %)Equity Derivative
10107 (1.747 %)Management Information System
11105 (1.714 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1226 (0.424 %)AS400
1324 (0.392 %)Mathematics
1419 (0.310 %)Contract for Difference
1517 (0.278 %)Taxonomies
1616 (0.261 %)iSeries
1715 (0.245 %)Data Integration
1715 (0.245 %)DTV
1814 (0.229 %)French Language
1913 (0.212 %)Informatics
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
176 (1.241 %)UNIX
227 (0.441 %)Windows
312 (0.196 %)Linux
410 (0.163 %)Windows XP
57 (0.114 %)OS/400
66 (0.098 %)Windows NT
75 (0.082 %)Windows Server 2003
84 (0.065 %)MVS
84 (0.065 %)VMS
84 (0.065 %)AIX
84 (0.065 %)Solaris
93 (0.049 %)Windows 2000
93 (0.049 %)Red Hat Linux
93 (0.049 %)Windows Vista
101 (0.016 %)Windows Server 2008
101 (0.016 %)SUSE
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11489 (24.31 %)Business Analysis
2533 (8.702 %)UML
3483 (7.886 %)Project Management
4384 (6.269 %)Migration
5359 (5.861 %)PRINCE2
6338 (5.518 %)Change Management
7317 (5.176 %)Risk Management
8315 (5.143 %)User Acceptance Testing
9310 (5.061 %)Stakeholder Management
10264 (4.310 %)Data Modelling
11261 (4.261 %)Use Case
12220 (3.592 %)Workflow
13200 (3.265 %)GAP Analysis
14195 (3.184 %)E-Commerce
15185 (3.020 %)BPR
16173 (2.824 %)Business Intelligence
17157 (2.563 %)Requirements Analysis
18154 (2.514 %)CRM
19152 (2.482 %)Asset Management
19152 (2.482 %)Data Analysis
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1432 (7.053 %)SQL
2105 (1.714 %)Java
370 (1.143 %)VBA
451 (0.833 %)C#
539 (0.637 %)C
623 (0.376 %)VB
721 (0.343 %)C++
721 (0.343 %)PL/SQL
812 (0.196 %)VB6
99 (0.147 %)JavaScript
107 (0.114 %)Euclid
116 (0.098 %)JCL
116 (0.098 %)PeopleCode
124 (0.065 %)VB.NET
124 (0.065 %)T-SQL
124 (0.065 %)Pascal
133 (0.049 %)Perl
133 (0.049 %)COBOL
142 (0.033 %)RPG
142 (0.033 %)Python
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1191 (3.118 %)Security Cleared
2174 (2.841 %)Degree
378 (1.273 %)SC Cleared
378 (1.273 %)ISEB
433 (0.539 %)CTC Cleared
528 (0.457 %)BC Cleared
627 (0.441 %)PRINCE2 Certification
723 (0.376 %)DV Cleared
819 (0.310 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
819 (0.310 %)CIMA
918 (0.294 %)ACCA
918 (0.294 %)ITIL Certification
1014 (0.229 %)PMI Certification
117 (0.114 %)CFA
126 (0.098 %)Microsoft Certification
126 (0.098 %)PMP
135 (0.082 %)MCDBA
143 (0.049 %)ISEB Practitioner
143 (0.049 %)ISTQB
152 (0.033 %)MBA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
179 (1.290 %)QA
261 (0.996 %)Basel II
342 (0.686 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
428 (0.457 %)SLA
514 (0.229 %)HL7
610 (0.163 %)PCI DSS
78 (0.131 %)MiFID
85 (0.082 %)ISO9001
85 (0.082 %)GAAP
92 (0.033 %)EFQM
92 (0.033 %)COBIT
92 (0.033 %)SNOMED CT
101 (0.016 %)IAS 39
101 (0.016 %)GxP
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
111 (0.180 %)Active Directory
21 (0.016 %)Oracle RAC
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (0.082 %)OpenView
15 (0.082 %)Netcool
24 (0.065 %)AutoSys
24 (0.065 %)Tivoli
32 (0.033 %)MIIS
41 (0.016 %)CA SiteMinder
41 (0.016 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
41 (0.016 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1285 (4.653 %)Oracle
2190 (3.102 %)OpenLink
3162 (2.645 %)Microsoft
4154 (2.514 %)SAP
5153 (2.498 %)Business Objects
6127 (2.073 %)Calypso
764 (1.045 %)Cognos
860 (0.980 %)PeopleSoft
950 (0.816 %)Murex
1039 (0.637 %)Siebel
1138 (0.620 %)IBM
1229 (0.473 %)Fidessa
1327 (0.441 %)Wall Street Systems
1424 (0.392 %)Remedy
1424 (0.392 %)Reuters
1522 (0.359 %)TIBCO
1522 (0.359 %)JD Edwards
1621 (0.343 %)Sybase
1720 (0.327 %)SunGard
1720 (0.327 %)iSOFT