The first part of the table below 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 16 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

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.

Business Analyst
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank976
Rank change year-on-year
Down-2Down-1
Matching contract IT job ads578871206267
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK9.779 %11.60 %11.38 %
As % of the Job Titles category10.57 %12.52 %12.38 %
Number of daily rates quoted393748463594
Average daily rate£425£500£475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.00 %+5.26 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£313£325£310
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£628£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£375£350
% change year-on-year
-+7.14 %
Number of hourly rates quoted436262
Average hourly rate£30.00£26.75£29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.14 %-9.32 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£19.00£23.00£16.01
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£43.66£54.75£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.00£26.00£26.50
% change year-on-year
+15.38 %-1.88 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
547785688250613
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK92.55 %92.70 %91.92 %
Number of daily rates quoted302013092924313
Average daily rate£400£425£410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.88 %+3.65 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£240£250£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£575£600£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£350£325
% change year-on-year
-+7.69 %
Number of hourly rates quoted259529252766
Average hourly rate£18.75£20.00£19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.25 %+2.56 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£11.00£10.75
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£40.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.00£20.00£18.00
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %+11.11 %

Business Analyst
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total 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 16 May 2012.

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 16 May 2012.

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 16 May 2012. 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
EnglandDown-25317£450-10.00 %
LondonUp+13408£499-7.68 %
City of LondonNo change01198£500-9.09 %
South EastUp+3708£375-1.31 %
ScotlandDown-1344£350-
YorkshireUp+7267£375-
South WestDown-9231£378-4.43 %
West YorkshireUp+3220£375-
East of EnglandDown-4219£375-
North WestDown-8185£342+5.23 %
BerkshireUp+6151£425+21.42 %
West MidlandsDown-8147£358-0.69 %
GlasgowUp+10132£361-3.66 %
EdinburghDown-4130£325-
SurreyUp+1124£350-17.64 %
East MidlandsDown-2124£365-8.75 %
West SussexUp+4102£313-21.87 %
HalifaxUp+499£380-3.49 %
BuckinghamshireDown-498£350-
ManchesterDown-995£342+14.00 %
BristolDown-592£380-7.87 %
Canary WharfDown-386£550-8.33 %
HampshireDown-686£425+6.25 %
LeedsDown-283£352-5.00 %
HertfordshireDown-579£375-
CrawleyUp+768£313-21.87 %
Milton KeynesNo change066£340-4.56 %
NorthamptonshireUp+260£370-12.94 %
EssexDown-151£363+9.02 %
OxfordshireUp+1650£400+31.14 %

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, 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.

14149 (38.16 %)Finance
23494 (32.14 %)Business Analysis
32970 (27.32 %)Banking
41596 (14.68 %)Stakeholder Management
51304 (11.99 %)Retail
61129 (10.38 %)Investment Banking
71078 (9.915 %)SQL
81049 (9.649 %)Project Management
9877 (8.067 %)UML
10755 (6.944 %)Migration
11753 (6.926 %)Use Case
12746 (6.862 %)User Acceptance Testing
13693 (6.374 %)Change Management
14657 (6.043 %)Data Analysis
15642 (5.905 %)MS Visio
16634 (5.831 %)Front Office
17597 (5.491 %)Derivative
18581 (5.344 %)Oracle
19577 (5.307 %)Retail Banking
20551 (5.068 %)Asset Management
21537 (4.939 %)MS Excel
22531 (4.884 %)Data Modelling
23497 (4.571 %)Microsoft
24494 (4.544 %)Agile Software Development
25489 (4.498 %)CRM
26469 (4.314 %)E-Commerce
27458 (4.213 %)Back Office
28449 (4.130 %)GAP Analysis
29444 (4.084 %)Credit Risk
30440 (4.047 %)PRINCE2

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
1183 (1.683 %)XML
2175 (1.610 %).NET
377 (0.708 %)HTML
461 (0.561 %)WebSphere
542 (0.386 %)ASP
639 (0.359 %)Web Services
729 (0.267 %)Middleware
824 (0.221 %)FpML
923 (0.212 %)ASP.NET
1019 (0.175 %)EDI
1117 (0.156 %)CSS
1216 (0.147 %)Flash
1314 (0.129 %)J2EE
1413 (0.120 %)DAO
1512 (0.110 %)SOAP
1611 (0.101 %)Motif
1710 (0.092 %)Data Analytics Architect
1710 (0.092 %)Murex MxML
188 (0.074 %)Murex Flex
197 (0.064 %)JMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1207 (1.904 %)SharePoint
2129 (1.187 %)SAS
3113 (1.039 %)CMS
442 (0.386 %)SharePoint 2010
532 (0.294 %)BizTalk Server
627 (0.248 %)LiveLink
726 (0.239 %)Documentum
813 (0.120 %)Lotus Notes
911 (0.101 %)SharePoint Server
911 (0.101 %)MS Exchange
911 (0.101 %)Adobe CQ
1010 (0.092 %)Oracle Workflow
1010 (0.092 %)IIS
116 (0.055 %)Progress Apama
116 (0.055 %)Apache
125 (0.046 %)Tomcat
125 (0.046 %)Rendezvous
134 (0.037 %)Force.com
134 (0.037 %)WebLogic
134 (0.037 %)MQSeries
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1642 (5.905 %)MS Visio
2537 (4.939 %)MS Excel
3418 (3.845 %)MS Office
4288 (2.649 %)MS PowerPoint
5184 (1.692 %)MS Project
666 (0.607 %)Spreadsheet
713 (0.120 %)SPSS
83 (0.028 %)Fireworks
83 (0.028 %)MATLAB
83 (0.028 %)Google Apps
92 (0.018 %)Acrobat
92 (0.018 %)ArcView
101 (0.009 %)Photoshop
101 (0.009 %)Office 365
101 (0.009 %)MicroStation
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
181 (0.745 %)Dynamics CRM
263 (0.579 %)Endur
358 (0.533 %)Oracle EBS R12
454 (0.497 %)Oracle EBS
544 (0.405 %)Oracle Financials
640 (0.368 %)SAP HR
738 (0.350 %)Temenos T24
831 (0.285 %)Temenos Globus
831 (0.285 %)Summit
929 (0.267 %)Algo Collateral
1026 (0.239 %)HFM
1124 (0.221 %)SAP FI
1223 (0.212 %)ZaiNet
1322 (0.202 %)Dynamics AX
1421 (0.193 %)SunGard Stream Clearvision
1520 (0.184 %)Aligne
1520 (0.184 %)SAP FI/CO
1520 (0.184 %)SAP CRM
1520 (0.184 %)SAP CO
1617 (0.156 %)PeopleSoft Financials
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1114 (1.049 %)Internet
268 (0.625 %)Radio Access Network
354 (0.497 %)Intranet
437 (0.340 %)ATM
530 (0.276 %)Broadband
626 (0.239 %)Firewall
721 (0.193 %)BSS
820 (0.184 %)Network Security
918 (0.166 %)VPN
1017 (0.156 %)Wireless
1017 (0.156 %)IPsec
1017 (0.156 %)3G
1116 (0.147 %)SSL
1215 (0.138 %)VoIP
1314 (0.129 %)WAN
1412 (0.110 %)FTP
1412 (0.110 %)LAN
1511 (0.101 %)NFC
1511 (0.101 %)SMS
167 (0.064 %)SAN
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1333 (3.063 %)Data Warehouse
2208 (1.913 %)SQL Server
3118 (1.085 %)ETL
4107 (0.984 %)Data Mining
573 (0.671 %)MS Access
660 (0.552 %)Oracle BI EE
755 (0.506 %)QlikView
851 (0.469 %)SQL Server Integration Services
947 (0.432 %)Oracle Reports
1039 (0.359 %)OLAP
1039 (0.359 %)Crystal Reports
1137 (0.340 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1236 (0.331 %)SQL Server 2005
1329 (0.267 %)TOAD
1426 (0.239 %)SQL Server 2008
1524 (0.221 %)Data Mart
1623 (0.212 %)BusinessObjects
1722 (0.202 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1821 (0.193 %)DB2
1920 (0.184 %)Oracle 8/8i
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
156 (0.515 %)Rational Rose
247 (0.432 %)JIRA
340 (0.368 %)RequisitePro
420 (0.184 %)ClearCase
516 (0.147 %)Team Foundation Server
615 (0.138 %)PeopleTools
713 (0.120 %)Rational DOORS
812 (0.110 %)TestDirector
911 (0.101 %)Visual Studio
1010 (0.092 %)ERwin
118 (0.074 %)MagicDraw
126 (0.055 %)ClearQuest
135 (0.046 %)Ant
135 (0.046 %)Axure RP
144 (0.037 %)Oracle Forms
144 (0.037 %)Subversion
153 (0.028 %)PowerDesigner
162 (0.018 %)Balsamiq Mockups
162 (0.018 %)QuickTest Pro
162 (0.018 %)Eclipse
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14149 (38.16 %)Finance
22970 (27.32 %)Banking
31304 (11.99 %)Retail
41129 (10.38 %)Investment Banking
5634 (5.831 %)Front Office
6577 (5.307 %)Retail Banking
7458 (4.213 %)Back Office
8364 (3.348 %)Telecoms
9276 (2.539 %)Marketing
10210 (1.932 %)Financial Institution
11196 (1.803 %)Legal
12133 (1.223 %)General Ledger
1399 (0.911 %)Billing
1489 (0.819 %)Corporate Banking
1574 (0.681 %)Publishing
1669 (0.635 %)Manufacturing
1755 (0.506 %)Pharmaceutical
1852 (0.478 %)Private Banking
1950 (0.460 %)Automotive
2043 (0.396 %)Law
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1597 (5.491 %)Derivative
2444 (4.084 %)Credit Risk
3379 (3.486 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
4349 (3.210 %)Fixed Income
5288 (2.649 %)Market Risk
6242 (2.226 %)Management Information System
7215 (1.978 %)Equities
8149 (1.370 %)Reference Data
9120 (1.104 %)Hedge funds
10100 (0.920 %)SWIFT
1175 (0.690 %)FMCG
1274 (0.681 %)NHS
1365 (0.598 %)Smart Meter
1463 (0.579 %)Mainframe
1557 (0.524 %)Digital Media
1656 (0.515 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1754 (0.497 %)Online Banking
1754 (0.497 %)Credit Derivative
1852 (0.478 %)SaaS
1947 (0.432 %)Equity Derivative
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1111 (1.021 %)Windows
286 (0.791 %)UNIX
331 (0.285 %)Windows 7
430 (0.276 %)Linux
519 (0.175 %)Android
65 (0.046 %)Windows NT
65 (0.046 %)Solaris
73 (0.028 %)Windows Server 2008
82 (0.018 %)Windows Server 2003
82 (0.018 %)Mac OS X
82 (0.018 %)AIX
82 (0.018 %)Windows XP
91 (0.009 %)Windows Mobile
91 (0.009 %)Windows Vista
91 (0.009 %)OpenVMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13494 (32.14 %)Business Analysis
21596 (14.68 %)Stakeholder Management
31049 (9.649 %)Project Management
4877 (8.067 %)UML
5755 (6.944 %)Migration
6753 (6.926 %)Use Case
7746 (6.862 %)User Acceptance Testing
8693 (6.374 %)Change Management
9657 (6.043 %)Data Analysis
10551 (5.068 %)Asset Management
11531 (4.884 %)Data Modelling
12494 (4.544 %)Agile Software Development
13489 (4.498 %)CRM
14469 (4.314 %)E-Commerce
15449 (4.130 %)GAP Analysis
16440 (4.047 %)PRINCE2
17424 (3.900 %)Systems Analysis
18398 (3.661 %)Business Intelligence
19392 (3.606 %)Workflow
20370 (3.403 %)Risk Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11078 (9.915 %)SQL
2170 (1.564 %)VBA
3153 (1.407 %)Java
476 (0.699 %)VB
564 (0.589 %)Python
660 (0.552 %)C#
753 (0.487 %)C
843 (0.396 %)JavaScript
939 (0.359 %)T-SQL
1031 (0.285 %)PL/SQL
1122 (0.202 %)VB.NET
1218 (0.166 %)C++
1317 (0.156 %)COBOL
1412 (0.110 %)R
159 (0.083 %)PHP
167 (0.064 %)Apex Code
175 (0.046 %)ABAP
175 (0.046 %)Shell Script
184 (0.037 %)JCL
184 (0.037 %)Perl
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1412 (3.790 %)ISEB
2349 (3.210 %)Degree
3120 (1.104 %)Security Cleared
480 (0.736 %)CIMA
572 (0.662 %)SC Cleared
661 (0.561 %)ACCA
754 (0.497 %)PMI Certification
845 (0.414 %)PRINCE2 Certification
937 (0.340 %)Six Sigma Black Belt
1028 (0.258 %)ITIL Certification
1125 (0.230 %)DV Cleared
1224 (0.221 %)Six Sigma Green Belt
1323 (0.212 %)CISSP
1416 (0.147 %)CISM
1515 (0.138 %)PMP
1515 (0.138 %)MBA
1614 (0.129 %)CBAP
1713 (0.120 %)CFA
1810 (0.092 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
198 (0.074 %)PhD
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1190 (1.748 %)QA
2175 (1.610 %)Solvency II
3164 (1.508 %)Basel II
4128 (1.177 %)Basel III
594 (0.865 %)Data Quality
665 (0.598 %)FATCA
760 (0.552 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
833 (0.304 %)SLA
927 (0.248 %)ISO 9001
927 (0.248 %)PCI DSS
1017 (0.156 %)MiFID
117 (0.064 %)ISO/IEC 27001
126 (0.055 %)GAAP
126 (0.055 %)COBIT
133 (0.028 %)GxP
133 (0.028 %)BS7799
142 (0.018 %)HL7
151 (0.009 %)WCAG
151 (0.009 %)BS25999
151 (0.009 %)ISO 9000
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
19 (0.083 %)Active Directory
26 (0.055 %)VMware Infrastructure
26 (0.055 %)XenApp
35 (0.046 %)VMware ESX
44 (0.037 %)Hyper-V
44 (0.037 %)vSphere
51 (0.009 %)Novell eDirectory
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
184 (0.773 %)HP Quality Center
216 (0.147 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
313 (0.120 %)Control-M
47 (0.064 %)Tivoli
55 (0.046 %)Netcool
64 (0.037 %)OpenView
64 (0.037 %)BMC PATROL
72 (0.018 %)Oracle Identity Manager
72 (0.018 %)vCenter
72 (0.018 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
72 (0.018 %)Tivoli License Manager
72 (0.018 %)Unicenter
72 (0.018 %)SCCM
81 (0.009 %)Novell Identity Manager
81 (0.009 %)Oracle Identity Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1581 (5.344 %)Oracle
2497 (4.571 %)Microsoft
3337 (3.100 %)SAP
4202 (1.858 %)Business Objects
5133 (1.223 %)Siebel
6103 (0.947 %)Cognos
7101 (0.929 %)Murex
895 (0.874 %)Salesforce.com
991 (0.837 %)OpenLink
1076 (0.699 %)Calypso
1168 (0.625 %)Charles River
1267 (0.616 %)SunGard
1359 (0.543 %)IBM
1454 (0.497 %)thinkFolio
1552 (0.478 %)PeopleSoft
1650 (0.460 %)Hyperion
1741 (0.377 %)Cadis
1741 (0.377 %)GoldenSource
1840 (0.368 %)Bloomberg
1938 (0.350 %)HP