Telecoms Business Analyst Contracts

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Telecoms 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 Telecoms Business Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 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.

Telecommunications Business Analyst (Telecomms Business Analyst)
Location Berkshire Bracknell England Leeds London Middlesex Newbury South East UK West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 19 Mar 2010	Same period 2009	Same period 2008
Rank	480	420	577
Rank change year-on-year	-60 +157
Matching contract IT job ads	13	21	23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK	0.027 %	0.053 %	0.028 %
As % of the Job Titles category	0.029 %	0.058 %	0.030 %
Daily rates quoted	7	5	7
Average daily rate	£350	£450	£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year	-22.22 % +28.57 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than	£325	£226	£286
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than	£450	£515	£428
UK excluding London average daily rate	£413	£280	£350
% change year-on-year	+47.32 % -20.00 %
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	44197	36117	76460
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK	91.49 %	91.56 %	93.02 %
Daily rates quoted	20143	11567	23643
Average daily rate	£400	£375	£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year	+6.660 % -6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than	£225	£213	£238
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than	£600	£550	£600
UK excluding London average daily rate	£325	£338	£350
% change year-on-year	-3.700 % -3.570 %
Hourly rates quoted	2528	3028	6720
Average hourly rate	£20.00	£20.00	£22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year	- -9.090 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than	£10.00	£10.67	£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than	£38.00	£37.50	£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.00	£20.00	£22.00
% change year-on-year	-10.00 % -9.090 %

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.

Telecoms Business Analyst
Demand Trend

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

Telecoms Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Telecoms Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Telecoms Business Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Telecoms Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Telecoms Business Analyst
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms Business Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. 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	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	-52	13	£350	-22.22 %
South East	-8	6	£413	+47.32 %
Berkshire	+3	5	£413	+47.32 %
London	-64	5	£325	-36.58 %
Yorkshire	-	2	-	-
West Yorkshire	-	2	-	-
Bracknell	-4	1	-	-
Middlesex	-6	1	-	-
Newbury	-7	1	£413	-
Leeds	-	1	-	-

Telecoms Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Telecoms 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 Telecoms Business Analyst in their job title.

1 40 (100.00 %) Telecoms 2 7 (17.50 %) Business Analysis 2 7 (17.50 %) Finance 2 7 (17.50 %) UML 3 5 (12.50 %) Agile Software Development 3 5 (12.50 %) Banking 3 5 (12.50 %) Billing 3 5 (12.50 %) Use Case 4 4 (10.00 %) BSS 4 4 (10.00 %) Migration 5 2 (5.000 %) Ethernet 5 2 (5.000 %) VPN 5 2 (5.000 %) Microsoft 5 2 (5.000 %) MS Excel 5 2 (5.000 %) E-Commerce

5 2 (5.000 %) GAP Analysis 5 2 (5.000 %) Retail 5 2 (5.000 %) Legal 5 2 (5.000 %) Project Management 5 2 (5.000 %) Degree 5 2 (5.000 %) eTOM 5 2 (5.000 %) PCI DSS 5 2 (5.000 %) Product Management 5 2 (5.000 %) Systems Analysis 6 1 (2.500 %) xDSL 6 1 (2.500 %) Capacity Planning 6 1 (2.500 %) Business Process Improvement 6 1 (2.500 %) Test Scripting 6 1 (2.500 %) BPMN 6 1 (2.500 %) Data Migration

Telecoms Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Telecoms 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 Telecoms Business Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 2 (5.000 %) MS Excel 2 1 (2.500 %) MS PowerPoint 2 1 (2.500 %) MS Visio 2 1 (2.500 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 1 (2.500 %) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking 1 4 (10.00 %) BSS 2 2 (5.000 %) Ethernet 2 2 (5.000 %) VPN 3 1 (2.500 %) xDSL 3 1 (2.500 %) Bluetooth 3 1 (2.500 %) Broadband 3 1 (2.500 %) GPRS 3 1 (2.500 %) LAN 3 1 (2.500 %) VoIP 3 1 (2.500 %) Internet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (2.500 %) ETL 1 1 (2.500 %) Datawarehouse
General 1 40 (100.00 %) Telecoms 2 7 (17.50 %) Finance 3 5 (12.50 %) Banking 3 5 (12.50 %) Billing 4 2 (5.000 %) Retail 4 2 (5.000 %) Legal 5 1 (2.500 %) Auditing	Miscellaneous 1 1 (2.500 %) NGOSS
Operating Systems 1 1 (2.500 %) Windows Mobile 1 1 (2.500 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (17.50 %) Business Analysis 1 7 (17.50 %) UML 2 5 (12.50 %) Agile Software Development 2 5 (12.50 %) Use Case 3 4 (10.00 %) Migration 4 2 (5.000 %) E-Commerce 4 2 (5.000 %) GAP Analysis 4 2 (5.000 %) Project Management 4 2 (5.000 %) eTOM 4 2 (5.000 %) Product Management 4 2 (5.000 %) Systems Analysis 5 1 (2.500 %) Capacity Planning 5 1 (2.500 %) Business Process Improvement 5 1 (2.500 %) Test Scripting 5 1 (2.500 %) BPMN 5 1 (2.500 %) Data Migration 5 1 (2.500 %) Requirements Analysis 5 1 (2.500 %) Network Design 5 1 (2.500 %) Data Analysis 5 1 (2.500 %) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages 1 1 (2.500 %) Java	Qualifications 1 2 (5.000 %) Degree 2 1 (2.500 %) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (5.000 %) PCI DSS	Vendors 1 2 (5.000 %) Microsoft 2 1 (2.500 %) Cramer 2 1 (2.500 %) Oracle 2 1 (2.500 %) Avaya 2 1 (2.500 %) Genesys 2 1 (2.500 %) Motorola 2 1 (2.500 %) Salesforce.com 2 1 (2.500 %) MetaSolv