The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Job Titles advertised for the West Midlands 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analyst
Rank 17 17 14
Rank change year-on-year
0 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 123 150 134
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 7.218% 6.628% 7.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.854% 7.156% 7.635%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 99 57
Average daily rate £375 £360 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.16% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £275 £256
10% offered a daily rate of more than £428 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 3
Average hourly rate £31.50 £38.25 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.64% +31.89%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £32.15 £27.00
% change year-on-year
-2.02% +19.07%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1566 2096 1755
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 91.90% 92.62% 92.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 716 985 751
Average daily rate £325 £325 £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 131 158 147
Average hourly rate £19.00 £16.20 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.28% -11.23%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £33.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Analyst
England

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Business Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Business Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Analyst across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 June 2013.

West Midlands Business Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Business Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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
Birmingham +1 53 £375 +2.04% 11
Coventry +3 15 £363 - 2
Warwickshire -13 15 £313 -7.40% 5
Worcestershire 0 8 £375 +7.14%
Solihull +5 5 £375 +3.44% 1
Staffordshire +11 3 £413 +78.37% 1
Sutton Coldfield - 2 - - 2
Walsall -1 1 £370 +13.84%
West Bromwich - 1 £305 - 3
Wolverhampton - 1 £310 -
Shropshire - - - -
Business Analyst
England

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited 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 Business Analyst in their job title.

1 94 (33.69%) Business Analysis
2 74 (26.52%) Finance
3 51 (18.28%) Stakeholder Management
4 42 (15.05%) Business Intelligence
5 39 (13.98%) Project Management
6 33 (11.83%) User Acceptance Testing
7 32 (11.47%) UML
8 22 (7.885%) Retail
9 21 (7.527%) SAP
9 21 (7.527%) Data Warehouse
10 20 (7.168%) Microsoft
10 20 (7.168%) NHS
10 20 (7.168%) Migration
10 20 (7.168%) Data Analysis
10 20 (7.168%) Logistics
11 19 (6.810%) GAP Analysis
11 19 (6.810%) Oracle
11 19 (6.810%) SQL
11 19 (6.810%) CRM
12 18 (6.452%) Change Management
13 17 (6.093%) Data Migration
14 16 (5.735%) MS Excel
15 15 (5.376%) IBM
15 15 (5.376%) Management Information System
16 14 (5.018%) Workflow
16 14 (5.018%) Business Objects
16 14 (5.018%) Use Case
16 14 (5.018%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 13 (4.659%) Systems Analysis
17 13 (4.659%) Requirements Analysis

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited 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 Business Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (1.434%) Ruby on Rails
2 2 (0.717%) EDI
2 2 (0.717%) HTML
2 2 (0.717%) .NET
2 2 (0.717%) J2EE
2 2 (0.717%) Web Services
3 1 (0.358%) XML
3 1 (0.358%) Flash
3 1 (0.358%) CGI
3 1 (0.358%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 11 (3.943%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.075%) IBM Notes
3 2 (0.717%) SAS
3 2 (0.717%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (0.358%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.358%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 16 (5.735%) MS Excel
2 13 (4.659%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.434%) MS Office
4 2 (0.717%) MS Project
4 2 (0.717%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.358%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (3.226%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.792%) Maximo
3 4 (1.434%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 3 (1.075%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.717%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.358%) Line 500
6 1 (0.358%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.358%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.717%) Intranet
1 2 (0.717%) Extranet
2 1 (0.358%) HTTP
2 1 (0.358%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (7.527%) Data Warehouse
2 14 (5.018%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 10 (3.584%) BusinessObjects XI
3 10 (3.584%) Oracle 10g
3 10 (3.584%) SQL Server
3 10 (3.584%) Oracle Reports
4 7 (2.509%) QlikView
5 2 (0.717%) EDRMS
5 2 (0.717%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (0.717%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.717%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.358%) Xcelsius
6 1 (0.358%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (0.358%) IBM InfoSphere
6 1 (0.358%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 1 (0.358%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.358%) DataStage
6 1 (0.358%) SAP BI
6 1 (0.358%) Crystal Reports
General
1 74 (26.52%) Finance
2 22 (7.885%) Retail
3 13 (4.659%) Manufacturing
4 12 (4.301%) Automotive
5 10 (3.584%) Banking
6 8 (2.867%) Marketing
7 6 (2.151%) Investment Banking
7 6 (2.151%) Back Office
8 4 (1.434%) Electronics
8 4 (1.434%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.434%) Local Government
9 3 (1.075%) Retail Banking
10 2 (0.717%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.717%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.717%) Legal
11 1 (0.358%) Advertising
11 1 (0.358%) Games
11 1 (0.358%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.168%) NHS
2 15 (5.376%) Management Information System
3 10 (3.584%) Smart Meter
4 5 (1.792%) Reference Data
5 4 (1.434%) DTV
5 4 (1.434%) PMI
6 2 (0.717%) Statistics
6 2 (0.717%) Taxonomies
6 2 (0.717%) Mathematics
6 2 (0.717%) iSeries
7 1 (0.358%) iPad
7 1 (0.358%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.358%) Fixed Income
7 1 (0.358%) IVR
7 1 (0.358%) EPoS
7 1 (0.358%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.717%) Windows
1 2 (0.717%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (33.69%) Business Analysis
2 51 (18.28%) Stakeholder Management
3 42 (15.05%) Business Intelligence
4 39 (13.98%) Project Management
5 33 (11.83%) User Acceptance Testing
6 32 (11.47%) UML
7 20 (7.168%) Migration
7 20 (7.168%) Data Analysis
7 20 (7.168%) Logistics
8 19 (6.810%) GAP Analysis
8 19 (6.810%) CRM
9 18 (6.452%) Change Management
10 17 (6.093%) Data Migration
11 14 (5.018%) Use Case
11 14 (5.018%) Workflow
12 13 (4.659%) PRINCE2
12 13 (4.659%) Systems Analysis
12 13 (4.659%) Requirements Analysis
13 12 (4.301%) Test Scripting
14 11 (3.943%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (6.810%) SQL
2 4 (1.434%) Ruby
3 3 (1.075%) C
3 3 (1.075%) Java
4 2 (0.717%) VB.NET
5 1 (0.358%) VB
5 1 (0.358%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.358%) C#
Qualifications
1 10 (3.584%) ISEB
1 10 (3.584%) SC Cleared
1 10 (3.584%) Security Cleared
2 5 (1.792%) Degree
3 4 (1.434%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.358%) HNC
4 1 (0.358%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.075%) Data Quality
2 2 (0.717%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.358%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.358%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (1.792%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.717%) RACF
Systems Management
1 2 (0.717%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.358%) Oracle Identity Manager
2 1 (0.358%) Tivoli
2 1 (0.358%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 21 (7.527%) SAP
2 20 (7.168%) Microsoft
3 19 (6.810%) Oracle
4 15 (5.376%) IBM
5 14 (5.018%) Business Objects
6 4 (1.434%) Epicor
7 3 (1.075%) Lotus
7 3 (1.075%) Syclo
8 2 (0.717%) Northgate
8 2 (0.717%) Google
8 2 (0.717%) Cognos
8 2 (0.717%) Sage
9 1 (0.358%) Teradata
9 1 (0.358%) KANA
9 1 (0.358%) Casewise
9 1 (0.358%) Lagan
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