The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex 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 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 advertised for the West Sussex 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analyst
Rank 15 2 7
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 25 121 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 6.757% 18.39% 13.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.205% 19.21% 14.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 86 42
Average daily rate £369 £325 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.46% -18.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £278 £303 £293
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £425 £415
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £14.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £30.00 £26.25
% change year-on-year
+5.00% +14.28%
All Job Titles
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
347 630 407
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 93.78% 95.74% 92.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 372 198
Average daily rate £375 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £275 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £490 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 25 46
Average hourly rate £24.00 £22.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% +4.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.75 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £32.70 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Analyst
South East

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex 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 Sussex region.

West Sussex 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 Sussex region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Sussex 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 Sussex region.

West Sussex 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 Sussex region 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
Crawley -10 13 £380 +21.60%
Gatwick -7 2 £338 -
East Grinstead - 2 £366 -
Horsham +4 1 - -
Business Analyst
South East

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 23 (32.86%) Business Analysis
2 14 (20.00%) Finance
3 13 (18.57%) Project Management
3 13 (18.57%) Smart Meter
4 12 (17.14%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (15.71%) PRINCE2
6 8 (11.43%) Performance Improvement
7 7 (10.00%) ISEB
8 6 (8.571%) MS Visio
8 6 (8.571%) Migration
8 6 (8.571%) Data Security
9 5 (7.143%) MS PowerPoint
9 5 (7.143%) Data Modelling
9 5 (7.143%) ERP
9 5 (7.143%) Degree
9 5 (7.143%) Use Case
10 4 (5.714%) Mathematics
10 4 (5.714%) Financial Modelling
10 4 (5.714%) Data Management
10 4 (5.714%) Economics
10 4 (5.714%) Telecoms
10 4 (5.714%) GAP Analysis
11 3 (4.286%) Data Analysis
11 3 (4.286%) VoIP
11 3 (4.286%) Business Intelligence
11 3 (4.286%) CRM
11 3 (4.286%) C
11 3 (4.286%) SAP
11 3 (4.286%) PCI DSS
11 3 (4.286%) Time Management

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 1 (1.429%) .NET
1 1 (1.429%) Middleware
Applications
1 6 (8.571%) MS Visio
2 5 (7.143%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (1.429%) MS Office
3 1 (1.429%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.286%) VoIP
2 1 (1.429%) IP Telephony
2 1 (1.429%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.857%) Data Mining
2 1 (1.429%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (1.429%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (1.429%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.429%) Data Warehouse
General
1 14 (20.00%) Finance
2 4 (5.714%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.429%) French Language
Miscellaneous
1 13 (18.57%) Smart Meter
2 4 (5.714%) Mathematics
2 4 (5.714%) Economics
3 3 (4.286%) IIBA
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.429%) Windows XP
1 1 (1.429%) Windows
1 1 (1.429%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (32.86%) Business Analysis
2 13 (18.57%) Project Management
3 12 (17.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (15.71%) PRINCE2
5 8 (11.43%) Performance Improvement
6 6 (8.571%) Migration
6 6 (8.571%) Data Security
7 5 (7.143%) Data Modelling
7 5 (7.143%) ERP
7 5 (7.143%) Use Case
8 4 (5.714%) Financial Modelling
8 4 (5.714%) Data Management
8 4 (5.714%) GAP Analysis
9 3 (4.286%) Data Analysis
9 3 (4.286%) Business Intelligence
9 3 (4.286%) CRM
9 3 (4.286%) Time Management
10 2 (2.857%) Test Strategy
10 2 (2.857%) Data Migration
10 2 (2.857%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.286%) C
2 2 (2.857%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (10.00%) ISEB
2 5 (7.143%) Degree
3 1 (1.429%) MBA
3 1 (1.429%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (1.429%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.286%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.429%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 3 (4.286%) SAP
2 1 (1.429%) Orchard
2 1 (1.429%) Oracle