The first table below looks at the demand for Business Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Analysis 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Wales region.

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
Business Analysis
Rank 29 38 44
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +6
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 14 16 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 3.465% 2.883% 2.315%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.072% 4.360% 3.750%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 15 5
Average daily rate £380 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.57% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £309 £285 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £447 £415 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.00 £25.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+12.00% +4.16%
All Processes & Methodologies
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
276 367 400
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 68.32% 66.13% 61.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 178 176
Average daily rate £365 £375 £374
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.66% +0.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £216 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £505 £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 12 20
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -65.88%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Business Analysis
UK

Business Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales Business Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Business Analysis across the Wales region.

Wales Business Analysis Daily Rate Trend

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Analysis across the Wales region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Wales Business Analysis Daily Rate Histogram

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Business Analysis across the Wales region.

Wales Business Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analysis
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the Wales region 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
South Wales 0 13 £380 +8.57%
West Wales +7 1 £400 +100.00%
Business Analysis
UK

Business Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing Business Analysis 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 Analysis.

1 19 (47.50%) Finance
2 14 (35.00%) Project Management
3 12 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (27.50%) Banking
5 7 (17.50%) Retail
5 7 (17.50%) Requirements Analysis
5 7 (17.50%) Change Management
5 7 (17.50%) Microsoft
6 6 (15.00%) MS Office
6 6 (15.00%) Retail Banking
7 5 (12.50%) Degree
7 5 (12.50%) Security Cleared
7 5 (12.50%) .NET
7 5 (12.50%) OO
7 5 (12.50%) ISEB
7 5 (12.50%) Migration
8 4 (10.00%) Management Information System
8 4 (10.00%) AS400
8 4 (10.00%) Mainframe
8 4 (10.00%) MS Project
8 4 (10.00%) PRINCE2
8 4 (10.00%) Multimedia
9 3 (7.500%) Content Management
9 3 (7.500%) Use Case
9 3 (7.500%) SAP
9 3 (7.500%) J2EE
9 3 (7.500%) TestDirector
9 3 (7.500%) E-Commerce
9 3 (7.500%) UML
10 2 (5.000%) BPR

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing Business Analysis 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 Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (12.50%) .NET
2 3 (7.500%) J2EE
3 2 (5.000%) HTML
4 1 (2.500%) ASP
4 1 (2.500%) ASP.NET
4 1 (2.500%) COM
4 1 (2.500%) CSS
4 1 (2.500%) XML
4 1 (2.500%) Ajax
4 1 (2.500%) WebSphere
4 1 (2.500%) .NET Framework
4 1 (2.500%) JSON
4 1 (2.500%) jQuery
4 1 (2.500%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (2.500%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.500%) SharePoint
1 1 (2.500%) MS Exchange
1 1 (2.500%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 6 (15.00%) MS Office
2 4 (10.00%) MS Project
3 1 (2.500%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.500%) Maximo
1 1 (2.500%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.500%) HTTP
1 1 (2.500%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.500%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.500%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (7.500%) TestDirector
2 1 (2.500%) CruiseControl
2 1 (2.500%) Subversion
2 1 (2.500%) WATIR
2 1 (2.500%) Selenium
2 1 (2.500%) Firebug
2 1 (2.500%) TeamCity
2 1 (2.500%) Git (software)
2 1 (2.500%) Cucumber
2 1 (2.500%) Hudson
2 1 (2.500%) Capybara
2 1 (2.500%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.500%) Visual Studio
General
1 19 (47.50%) Finance
2 11 (27.50%) Banking
3 7 (17.50%) Retail
4 6 (15.00%) Retail Banking
5 4 (10.00%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 31 (77.50%) Analyst
2 30 (75.00%) Business Analyst
3 4 (10.00%) Banking Business Analyst
4 3 (7.500%) Business Manager
4 3 (7.500%) Senior Business Analyst
4 3 (7.500%) Senior Analyst
4 3 (7.500%) Change Manager
4 3 (7.500%) Business Change Manager
4 3 (7.500%) Financial Business Analyst
5 2 (5.000%) Senior Manager
5 2 (5.000%) Project Manager
5 2 (5.000%) Financial Services Business Analyst
5 2 (5.000%) Senior Project Manager
6 1 (2.500%) .NET Developer
6 1 (2.500%) C# Developer
6 1 (2.500%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (2.500%) Implementation Manager
6 1 (2.500%) Data Migration Analyst
6 1 (2.500%) Senior C# Developer
6 1 (2.500%) Senior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.00%) Mainframe
1 4 (10.00%) Management Information System
1 4 (10.00%) AS400
2 1 (2.500%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.000%) Windows
2 1 (2.500%) Linux
2 1 (2.500%) Windows XP
2 1 (2.500%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (35.00%) Project Management
2 12 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (17.50%) Change Management
3 7 (17.50%) Requirements Analysis
4 5 (12.50%) Migration
4 5 (12.50%) OO
5 4 (10.00%) PRINCE2
6 3 (7.500%) UML
6 3 (7.500%) E-Commerce
6 3 (7.500%) Content Management
6 3 (7.500%) Use Case
7 2 (5.000%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (5.000%) Data Migration
7 2 (5.000%) Data Analysis
7 2 (5.000%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (5.000%) BPR
8 1 (2.500%) Configuration Management
8 1 (2.500%) MVC
8 1 (2.500%) OOD
8 1 (2.500%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.000%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.500%) SQL
2 1 (2.500%) Ruby
2 1 (2.500%) C#
2 1 (2.500%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (12.50%) ISEB
1 5 (12.50%) Degree
1 5 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.000%) ISEB Practitioner
System Software
1 1 (2.500%) Terminal Server
Vendors
1 7 (17.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.500%) SAP
3 1 (2.500%) Cisco
3 1 (2.500%) HP
3 1 (2.500%) Sage
3 1 (2.500%) Perforce
3 1 (2.500%) WatchGuard
South Wales
My client is looking to recruit a Solid Business Analyst to join them on an exciting new contract project. You will be joining a team working on a...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Rate: NEG
Posted: 14 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
To provide business architecture expertise aligned to technical architecture across multiple business areas... The successful candidate must have a solid background in Business Analysis with demonstrable experience of...
Sanderson
Rate: £300 - £350 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
South Wales
Experience Required: - Extensive experience as a Business Analyst - Background in media or broadcasting organisations - Industry recognised qualification in Business Analysis (e.g. ISEB Business Analysis Practitioner) - Understanding of...
Sanderson
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
ISEB Business Analysis Practitioner) or have substantial commercial experience, an understanding of Prince 2 project management methodology and be able to demonstrate the following: - Understanding of process mapping...
Intapeople
Rate: £250 - £330 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013