The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Systems 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 Systems 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 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.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business System Analyst
Rank 391 414 364
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -50
Contract jobs requiring a Business Systems Analyst 140 173 230
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.302% 0.297% 0.377%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.328% 0.321% 0.406%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 87 113
Average daily rate £380 £350 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.57% -15.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £308 £300 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £451 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £328 £395
% change year-on-year
+6.87% -17.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 6
Average hourly rate £28.00 £27.50 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.81% +3.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.40 £23.28 £24.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.50 £32.10 £104.62
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.25 £28.75 £26.25
% change year-on-year
+12.17% +9.52%
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42733 53947 56601
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.11% 92.50% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24507 29722 30764
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2112 2572 2930
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Business Systems Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Business Systems Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Business Systems Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Business Systems Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Business Systems Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Business Systems Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Business Systems Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Business Systems Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Business Systems Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Systems Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Business Systems Analyst Hourly Rate Histogram

Business Systems 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 Systems Analyst within the UK 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
England +14 113 £400 +8.47%
London +43 64 £420 -1.17%
Scotland -7 25 £319 +1.26%
Glasgow -9 21 £319 -
South East -15 19 £350 +1.81%
City of London +19 18 £438 -2.77%
Berkshire +24 12 £401 -11.00%
East of England +20 12 £400 +25.00%
North West +16 9 £310 -24.84%
Hertfordshire +10 8 £388 -
Manchester +9 6 £330 -20.00%
Edinburgh +6 4 £513 +48.55%
Bracknell - 4 £375 -
Reading - 4 £420 -
Surrey +7 3 £350 -
West Yorkshire +2 3 £288 +64.28%
Yorkshire -2 3 £288 +64.28%
Essex -3 3 - -
Hampshire - 3 £325 -
Northamptonshire +13 2 £425 -
Northampton +8 2 £425 -
East Midlands -4 2 £425 +13.20%
Leeds -8 2 £325 +85.71%
Welwyn Garden City - 2 - -
Newcastle upon Tyne - 2 £278 -
North East - 2 £278 -
Tyne and Wear - 2 £278 -
South West +21 1 £388 +3.33%
Birmingham +12 1 £388 +29.16%
Hemel Hempstead +11 1 £300 -14.28%

Business Systems Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Business Systems 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 Systems Analyst in their job title.

1 104 (35.74%) Systems Analysis
2 94 (32.30%) Finance
3 81 (27.84%) Business Analysis
4 74 (25.43%) UML
5 56 (19.24%) SQL
6 42 (14.43%) Banking
7 38 (13.06%) Use Case
8 34 (11.68%) Data Modelling
9 33 (11.34%) Project Management
10 31 (10.65%) ISEB
11 29 (9.966%) Data Analysis
12 27 (9.278%) Oracle
13 24 (8.247%) Stakeholder Management
14 23 (7.904%) Waterfall
15 22 (7.560%) Agile Software Development
15 22 (7.560%) ITIL
15 22 (7.560%) PRINCE2
15 22 (7.560%) E-Commerce
16 21 (7.216%) Retail
16 21 (7.216%) Test Scripting
17 19 (6.529%) Scrum
18 18 (6.186%) Investment Banking
19 17 (5.842%) MS Visio
19 17 (5.842%) Business Intelligence
20 16 (5.498%) DSDM
20 16 (5.498%) RUP
21 15 (5.155%) Microsoft
21 15 (5.155%) Security Cleared
21 15 (5.155%) User Stories
22 14 (4.811%) User Acceptance Testing

Business Systems Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Business Systems 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 Systems Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (2.405%) .NET
2 5 (1.718%) FpML
3 3 (1.031%) ASP.NET
3 3 (1.031%) XML
4 2 (0.687%) EDI
4 2 (0.687%) CSS
4 2 (0.687%) HTML
4 2 (0.687%) MDX
5 1 (0.344%) Web Services
5 1 (0.344%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 5 (1.718%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.344%) ESB
2 1 (0.344%) CMS
2 1 (0.344%) LiveLink
2 1 (0.344%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (0.344%) SAS
2 1 (0.344%) Documentum
2 1 (0.344%) MS Exchange
2 1 (0.344%) FileNet
Applications
1 17 (5.842%) MS Visio
2 12 (4.124%) MS Excel
3 8 (2.749%) MS Office
4 7 (2.405%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (0.687%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 5 (1.718%) MFGPRO
2 2 (0.687%) Oracle 11i
2 2 (0.687%) Oracle Retail
3 1 (0.344%) Loan IQ
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.405%) Intranet
2 4 (1.375%) Internet
3 2 (0.687%) Wireless
4 1 (0.344%) NFC
4 1 (0.344%) ATM
4 1 (0.344%) HTTP
4 1 (0.344%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.436%) RDBMS
2 9 (3.093%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (2.749%) SQL Server
4 6 (2.062%) MS Access
5 5 (1.718%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (1.375%) Crystal Reports
6 4 (1.375%) GIS
7 3 (1.031%) OLAP
8 2 (0.687%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.687%) Oracle 8/8i
8 2 (0.687%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.344%) Data Mart
9 1 (0.344%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.344%) MySQL
9 1 (0.344%) TOAD
9 1 (0.344%) OLTP
9 1 (0.344%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 3 (1.031%) Subversion
2 2 (0.687%) JIRA
2 2 (0.687%) Talend Open Studio
3 1 (0.344%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.344%) MagicDraw
3 1 (0.344%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.344%) RequisitePro
General
1 94 (32.30%) Finance
2 42 (14.43%) Banking
3 21 (7.216%) Retail
4 18 (6.186%) Investment Banking
5 10 (3.436%) Front Office
6 9 (3.093%) Back Office
7 6 (2.062%) Retail Banking
8 5 (1.718%) Legal
9 4 (1.375%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.375%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.375%) Marketing
10 3 (1.031%) Automotive
10 3 (1.031%) Advertising
11 2 (0.687%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.344%) Music
12 1 (0.344%) German Language
12 1 (0.344%) Spanish Language
12 1 (0.344%) Online Betting
12 1 (0.344%) Publishing
12 1 (0.344%) General Ledger
Miscellaneous
1 12 (4.124%) Credit Risk
2 10 (3.436%) Derivative
3 8 (2.749%) NHS
3 8 (2.749%) Market Risk
4 7 (2.405%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.062%) Computer Science
5 6 (2.062%) IIBA
6 5 (1.718%) Credit Derivative
6 5 (1.718%) Mainframe
7 4 (1.375%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (1.375%) Reference Data
7 4 (1.375%) Mobile Payment
8 3 (1.031%) iPad
8 3 (1.031%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.031%) iPhone
8 3 (1.031%) FMCG
8 3 (1.031%) Chip and PIN
8 3 (1.031%) EPoS
9 2 (0.687%) Mobile Computing
10 1 (0.344%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.093%) Windows
2 4 (1.375%) Apple iOS
2 4 (1.375%) Android
2 4 (1.375%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (1.031%) Windows 7
4 2 (0.687%) UNIX
4 2 (0.687%) HPUX
4 2 (0.687%) Linux
4 2 (0.687%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (35.74%) Systems Analysis
2 81 (27.84%) Business Analysis
3 74 (25.43%) UML
4 38 (13.06%) Use Case
5 34 (11.68%) Data Modelling
6 33 (11.34%) Project Management
7 29 (9.966%) Data Analysis
8 24 (8.247%) Stakeholder Management
9 23 (7.904%) Waterfall
10 22 (7.560%) Agile Software Development
10 22 (7.560%) ITIL
10 22 (7.560%) PRINCE2
10 22 (7.560%) E-Commerce
11 21 (7.216%) Test Scripting
12 19 (6.529%) Scrum
13 17 (5.842%) Business Intelligence
14 16 (5.498%) DSDM
14 16 (5.498%) RUP
15 15 (5.155%) User Stories
16 14 (4.811%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 56 (19.24%) SQL
2 11 (3.780%) Java
3 8 (2.749%) C#
4 6 (2.062%) VBA
5 4 (1.375%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.687%) C++
7 1 (0.344%) COBOL
7 1 (0.344%) VB
7 1 (0.344%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.344%) PHP
7 1 (0.344%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.344%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 31 (10.65%) ISEB
2 15 (5.155%) Security Cleared
3 12 (4.124%) Degree
4 10 (3.436%) SC Cleared
5 4 (1.375%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.375%) Six Sigma Black Belt
5 4 (1.375%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 3 (1.031%) GSAE
7 2 (0.687%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.687%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.344%) MCSE
8 1 (0.344%) PMP
8 1 (0.344%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.436%) QA
2 5 (1.718%) Basel III
3 3 (1.031%) PCI DSS
3 3 (1.031%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.344%) Solvency II
4 1 (0.344%) COBIT
System Software
1 2 (0.687%) Microsoft App-V
1 2 (0.687%) XenApp
2 1 (0.344%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.344%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (1.031%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.344%) SCOM
Vendors
1 27 (9.278%) Oracle
2 15 (5.155%) Microsoft
3 4 (1.375%) HP
4 3 (1.031%) Yardi
4 3 (1.031%) QAD
4 3 (1.031%) Citrix
5 2 (0.687%) Mapinfo
5 2 (0.687%) Red Hat
5 2 (0.687%) Apple
5 2 (0.687%) IBM
5 2 (0.687%) Business Objects
5 2 (0.687%) Sybase
5 2 (0.687%) Civica
5 2 (0.687%) Talend
6 1 (0.344%) Cadis
6 1 (0.344%) BI-SAM
6 1 (0.344%) Tableau
6 1 (0.344%) RedPrairie
6 1 (0.344%) thinkFolio
6 1 (0.344%) VMware
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