The first table below looks at the demand for the Lead 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 Lead Business Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lead Business Analyst
Rank 467 516 515
Rank change year-on-year
+49 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Business Analyst 63 62 73
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.136% 0.106% 0.119%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.147% 0.115% 0.128%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 45 51
Average daily rate £550 £488 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.82% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £399 £397 £400
10% offered a daily rate of more than £700 £650 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42797 53993 56874
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.24% 92.65% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 24561 29781 30909
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 2134 2552 2929
Average hourly rate £18.50 £19.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.63% -5.00%
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 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%

Lead Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lead Business Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Lead Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Lead Business Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Lead Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Lead Business Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Lead Business Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Lead Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Lead Business Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Lead Business Analyst
Top 18 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Business Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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 +44 55 £550 +11.39%
London +30 48 £550 +4.76%
City of London +23 25 £700 +7.69%
Scotland -8 8 £419 +78.19%
Edinburgh - 5 £450 -
South East +20 3 £425 +6.25%
East of England +14 3 £400 -5.88%
Hertfordshire +5 3 £400 -5.88%
Glasgow -18 3 £388 +64.89%
Canary Wharf - 2 £550 -
Berkshire +14 1 £425 -
Hammersmith - 1 - -
Home Counties - 1 - -
South West - 1 £550 -
Hampshire - 1 - -
Dorset - 1 £550 -
Welwyn Garden City - 1 - -
Poole - 1 £550 -

Lead Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Lead 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 Lead Business Analyst in their job title.

1 32 (30.19%) Finance
2 30 (28.30%) Business Analysis
3 26 (24.53%) Asset Management
4 19 (17.92%) Investment Management
5 16 (15.09%) Banking
6 15 (14.15%) Use Case
7 13 (12.26%) UML
8 12 (11.32%) Stakeholder Management
8 12 (11.32%) Derivative
9 10 (9.434%) Migration
10 8 (7.547%) Telecoms
10 8 (7.547%) Retail
11 7 (6.604%) Data Analysis
11 7 (6.604%) Systems Analysis
11 7 (6.604%) SQL
11 7 (6.604%) Project Management
12 6 (5.660%) ISEB
12 6 (5.660%) RUP
13 5 (4.717%) RDBMS
13 5 (4.717%) Microsoft
13 5 (4.717%) Internet
13 5 (4.717%) Workflow
13 5 (4.717%) Change Management
13 5 (4.717%) GAP Analysis
13 5 (4.717%) Back Office
14 4 (3.774%) Data Management
14 4 (3.774%) Marketing
14 4 (3.774%) Agile Software Development
14 4 (3.774%) Security Cleared
14 4 (3.774%) SC Cleared

Lead Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Lead 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 Lead Business Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (0.943%) XML
1 1 (0.943%) FpML
1 1 (0.943%) XML Messaging
Application Platforms
1 1 (0.943%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 3 (2.830%) MS Office
1 3 (2.830%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.943%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.943%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.943%) SAP FI
1 1 (0.943%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.943%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.943%) SAP BPC
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.717%) Internet
2 3 (2.830%) 3G
2 3 (2.830%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.717%) RDBMS
2 3 (2.830%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.943%) TOAD
3 1 (0.943%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 32 (30.19%) Finance
2 16 (15.09%) Banking
3 8 (7.547%) Retail
3 8 (7.547%) Telecoms
4 5 (4.717%) Back Office
5 4 (3.774%) Marketing
6 3 (2.830%) Front Office
6 3 (2.830%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.887%) Legal
7 2 (1.887%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (0.943%) French Language
8 1 (0.943%) Advertising
8 1 (0.943%) General Ledger
8 1 (0.943%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.32%) Derivative
2 4 (3.774%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (2.830%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.887%) Reference Data
5 1 (0.943%) Data Conversion
5 1 (0.943%) FMCG
5 1 (0.943%) IIBA
5 1 (0.943%) SWIFT
5 1 (0.943%) NHS
5 1 (0.943%) Fixed Income
5 1 (0.943%) Informatics
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (28.30%) Business Analysis
2 26 (24.53%) Asset Management
3 19 (17.92%) Investment Management
4 15 (14.15%) Use Case
5 13 (12.26%) UML
6 12 (11.32%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (9.434%) Migration
8 7 (6.604%) Data Analysis
8 7 (6.604%) Project Management
8 7 (6.604%) Systems Analysis
9 6 (5.660%) RUP
10 5 (4.717%) Change Management
10 5 (4.717%) GAP Analysis
10 5 (4.717%) Workflow
11 4 (3.774%) Six Sigma
11 4 (3.774%) BPR
11 4 (3.774%) DSDM
11 4 (3.774%) Data Modelling
11 4 (3.774%) Agile Software Development
11 4 (3.774%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.604%) SQL
2 1 (0.943%) T-SQL
2 1 (0.943%) C
Qualifications
1 6 (5.660%) ISEB
2 4 (3.774%) SC Cleared
2 4 (3.774%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.887%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 2 (1.887%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (0.943%) CBAP
4 1 (0.943%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.943%) ISTQB
4 1 (0.943%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.943%) QA
1 1 (0.943%) FATCA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.943%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (4.717%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.774%) Murex
3 2 (1.887%) SAP
3 2 (1.887%) SimCorp
3 2 (1.887%) Cadis
4 1 (0.943%) Guidewire
4 1 (0.943%) Cognos
4 1 (0.943%) Lotus
4 1 (0.943%) ATG
4 1 (0.943%) Oracle
City, London
The incumbent will have in-depth understanding of Stra.ight-Through Processing (STP), Confirmations, Trade Capture (Derivatives lifecycle) and the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)... Commodities / Derivatives / Trade...
McGregor Boyall
Rate: Circa £550p/d
Posted: 14 May 2013
City, London
The incumbent will have in-depth understanding of Straight-Through Processing (STP), Confirmations, Trade Capture (Derivatives lifecycle) and the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)... Commodities / Derivatives / Trade Capture /...
McGregor Boyall
Rate: Circa £550p/d
Posted: 13 May 2013
City of London
They urgently require a Lead Business Analyst to join the project; the main aspect of the role will be the definition, documentation and management of business requirements globally...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £400.00 - £500.00 per annum
Posted: 23 April 2013
City of London
My client is looking for A Credit risk Business Analyst to come in and work along side the credit risk business to understand and refine requirements... You will...
Real Staffing
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
It is essential that candidates have extensive exposure to working with Anti Money Laundering projects and have proven ability to manage large projects. This project sits within a...
iKas International
Rate: £575 - £650 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
Essential experience in roles defining Use Cases, working with UX teams creating wireframes... Experience working on large (1m+ users) E-commerce systems or Online Digital experience. Experience in...
Reed Professional Services
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013