The first table below looks at the demand for Business Analytics skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Analytics over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category.

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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analytics
Rank 528 567 566
Rank change year-on-year
+39 -1
Contract jobs citing Business Analytics 26 22 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.053% 0.038% 0.034%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.075% 0.056% 0.050%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 8 11
Average daily rate £325 £450 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-27.77% +5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £293 £400
10% offered a daily rate of more than £429 £499 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £200 £375 £425
% change year-on-year
-46.66% -11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £37.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 - -
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
34628 39600 41874
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 71.14% 68.19% 67.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 20769 22604 23882
Average daily rate £413 £400 £430
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.12% -6.97%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £580 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 996 1271 1448
Average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.11 £13.00 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £45.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%

Business Analytics
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Business Analytics within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Business Analytics Jobs Demand Trend

Business Analytics
Daily Rate Trend

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

Business Analytics Daily Rate Trend

Business Analytics
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Analytics within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Business Analytics Daily Rate Histogram

Business Analytics
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Business Analytics Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analytics
Top 28 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analytics within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +20 23 £375 -16.89% 18
London +29 14 £375 -16.66% 7
South East +20 9 £175 - 7
Surrey - 7 £175 - 1
City of London +10 4 £375 +36.36% 4
Berkshire +22 2 - -
Bracknell - 2 - -
Scotland -16 1 £275 -26.66% 4
Bolton - - - -
Chatham - - - -
Derby - - - - 1
Feltham - - - -
Glasgow - - - - 4
Leeds - - - -
Maidstone - - - -
Manchester - - - -
Milton Keynes - - - -
Nottingham - - - - 1
Reading - - - -
Sunbury-on-Thames - - - -
Buckinghamshire - - - - 1
Derbyshire - - - - 1
Kent - - - -
Nottinghamshire - - - - 1
East Midlands - - - - 2
North West - - - -
West Yorkshire - - - -
Yorkshire - - - -

Business Analytics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Business Analytics 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 Analytics.

1 46 (100.00%) Analytics
2 23 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
3 18 (39.13%) SQL
4 14 (30.43%) Microsoft
5 11 (23.91%) SAP
5 11 (23.91%) SAS
5 11 (23.91%) MS Excel
5 11 (23.91%) Finance
6 10 (21.74%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (21.74%) OLAP
7 9 (19.57%) Business Objects
7 9 (19.57%) BusinessObjects
7 9 (19.57%) SAP BW
7 9 (19.57%) Degree
7 9 (19.57%) SAP HANA
7 9 (19.57%) Computer Science
7 9 (19.57%) Visualisation
8 8 (17.39%) Mathematics
9 7 (15.22%) Predictive Modelling
9 7 (15.22%) Customer Insight
9 7 (15.22%) Statistical Modelling
9 7 (15.22%) Marketing
9 7 (15.22%) Business Analysis
10 6 (13.04%) SAP BI
10 6 (13.04%) CHAID
10 6 (13.04%) SQL Server
10 6 (13.04%) ETL
10 6 (13.04%) Economics
10 6 (13.04%) Statistics
10 6 (13.04%) SQL Server Integration Services

Business Analytics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Business Analytics 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 Analytics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (10.87%) MapReduce
2 4 (8.696%) Velocity
3 2 (4.348%) XML
Application Platforms
1 11 (23.91%) SAS
2 5 (10.87%) Amazon EC2
2 5 (10.87%) Windows Azure
3 2 (4.348%) SharePoint
4 1 (2.174%) Apache
4 1 (2.174%) NetWeaver
4 1 (2.174%) MS Project Server
4 1 (2.174%) Apache Pig
Applications
1 11 (23.91%) MS Excel
2 2 (4.348%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (4.348%) MS Office
3 1 (2.174%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 5 (10.87%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 3 (6.522%) Cognos Business Intelligence
3 2 (4.348%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (4.348%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (4.348%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (2.174%) Google Analytics
4 1 (2.174%) WebTrends
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.174%) WAN
1 1 (2.174%) DNS
1 1 (2.174%) Internet
1 1 (2.174%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (21.74%) OLAP
1 10 (21.74%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (19.57%) BusinessObjects
2 9 (19.57%) SAP BW
2 9 (19.57%) SAP HANA
3 6 (13.04%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (13.04%) Hadoop
3 6 (13.04%) SQL Server
3 6 (13.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 6 (13.04%) Spotfire
3 6 (13.04%) SAP BI
4 5 (10.87%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 5 (10.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (10.87%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 5 (10.87%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 5 (10.87%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (10.87%) Big Data
4 5 (10.87%) SQL Server 2012
5 3 (6.522%) Data Mining
6 2 (4.348%) TOAD
General
1 11 (23.91%) Finance
2 7 (15.22%) Marketing
3 6 (13.04%) Manufacturing
4 5 (10.87%) Games
5 2 (4.348%) Retail
5 2 (4.348%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (4.348%) French Language
5 2 (4.348%) German Language
6 1 (2.174%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.174%) Advertising
6 1 (2.174%) Wholesale Banking
6 1 (2.174%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (2.174%) Banking
Job Titles
1 22 (47.83%) Analyst
2 13 (28.26%) Business Analyst
3 7 (15.22%) Consultant
4 6 (13.04%) Developer
4 6 (13.04%) Senior Analyst
4 6 (13.04%) SAS Analyst
4 6 (13.04%) Senior SAS Analyst
5 5 (10.87%) Customer Analyst
5 5 (10.87%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 5 (10.87%) Business Developer
5 5 (10.87%) SAS Insight Analyst
5 5 (10.87%) Insight Analyst
5 5 (10.87%) Senior Insight Analyst
5 5 (10.87%) Customer Insight Analyst
5 5 (10.87%) Senior Customer Insight Analyst
6 4 (8.696%) SAP Consultant
7 3 (6.522%) Technical Business Analyst
7 3 (6.522%) Technical Analyst
7 3 (6.522%) Business Intelligence Consultant
7 3 (6.522%) Analyst Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (19.57%) Computer Science
1 9 (19.57%) Visualisation
2 8 (17.39%) Mathematics
3 6 (13.04%) Economics
3 6 (13.04%) Statistics
4 3 (6.522%) Management Information System
5 2 (4.348%) Life Science
5 2 (4.348%) NHS
6 1 (2.174%) Data Conversion
6 1 (2.174%) Data Extraction
6 1 (2.174%) Neural Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.348%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (100.00%) Analytics
2 23 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (15.22%) Business Analysis
3 7 (15.22%) Customer Insight
3 7 (15.22%) Statistical Modelling
3 7 (15.22%) Predictive Modelling
4 6 (13.04%) CHAID
4 6 (13.04%) ETL
5 5 (10.87%) Six Sigma
5 5 (10.87%) Scrum
5 5 (10.87%) Lean Six Sigma
5 5 (10.87%) Business Process Improvement
5 5 (10.87%) Process Improvement
6 3 (6.522%) Change Control
6 3 (6.522%) Data Visualisation
6 3 (6.522%) Data Architecture
6 3 (6.522%) Quantitative Analysis
6 3 (6.522%) Enterprise Architecture
6 3 (6.522%) Data Modelling
6 3 (6.522%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 18 (39.13%) SQL
2 5 (10.87%) C
3 4 (8.696%) VBA
4 3 (6.522%) PL/SQL
5 2 (4.348%) Shell Script
6 1 (2.174%) RPG
6 1 (2.174%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (19.57%) Degree
2 4 (8.696%) MCITP
2 4 (8.696%) MCSE
2 4 (8.696%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.174%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.174%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.174%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 1 (2.174%) Oozie
Vendors
1 14 (30.43%) Microsoft
2 11 (23.91%) SAP
3 9 (19.57%) Business Objects
4 4 (8.696%) MicroStrategy
4 4 (8.696%) TIBCO
4 4 (8.696%) Tableau
5 3 (6.522%) Oracle
5 3 (6.522%) Cognos
6 1 (2.174%) IBM
6 1 (2.174%) JD Edwards
6 1 (2.174%) Informatica
6 1 (2.174%) Cloudera
6 1 (2.174%) Guidewire
6 1 (2.174%) Charles River
6 1 (2.174%) Omniture
6 1 (2.174%) Google
6 1 (2.174%) Coremetrics
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Rate: £325 - £350 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
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Posted: 13 June 2013
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