The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire 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 23 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 Yorkshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analyst
Rank 17 8 10
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 103 208 104
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 8.227% 13.16% 9.083%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.707% 13.92% 9.656%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 142 55
Average daily rate £363 £380 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.60% +1.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £289 £292 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £423 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £22.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.25 £30.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +15.38%
All Job Titles
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1183 1494 1077
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 94.49% 94.56% 94.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 600 835 501
Average daily rate £313 £338 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £200 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 67 76
Average hourly rate £12.75 £12.50 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.53 £10.30 £7.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £32.50 £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Analyst
Yorkshire

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Leeds -18 50 £340 -3.68%
Halifax -4 22 £370 -2.63%
Bradford +7 7 £370 -
Huddersfield - 2 £363 -
Batley - 1 £325 -
Pontefract - 1 - -
Wakefield - 1 £250 -
Business Analyst
Yorkshire

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 97 (39.43%) Finance
2 79 (32.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 60 (24.39%) Business Analysis
4 40 (16.26%) UML
5 37 (15.04%) Retail
5 37 (15.04%) User Acceptance Testing
6 33 (13.41%) Banking
6 33 (13.41%) Migration
7 21 (8.537%) SAP
8 20 (8.130%) Data Migration
8 20 (8.130%) Systems Analysis
9 19 (7.724%) Use Case
9 19 (7.724%) Legal
10 16 (6.504%) Data Analysis
10 16 (6.504%) BPMN
10 16 (6.504%) Smart Meter
11 15 (6.098%) MS Visio
12 14 (5.691%) Data Warehouse
12 14 (5.691%) E-Commerce
12 14 (5.691%) Business Intelligence
13 13 (5.285%) Logistics
13 13 (5.285%) Agile Software Development
13 13 (5.285%) GAP Analysis
13 13 (5.285%) Test Scripting
14 12 (4.878%) Retail Banking
14 12 (4.878%) Root Cause Analysis
14 12 (4.878%) ISEB
14 12 (4.878%) Data Modelling
15 11 (4.472%) MS Excel
15 11 (4.472%) Microsoft

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 7 (2.846%) .NET
2 1 (0.407%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 10 (4.065%) CMS
2 4 (1.626%) StreamWeaver
3 3 (1.220%) SAS
4 2 (0.813%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (6.098%) MS Visio
2 11 (4.472%) MS Excel
3 10 (4.065%) MS Project
4 9 (3.659%) MS Office
5 3 (1.220%) MS PowerPoint
6 2 (0.813%) SPSS
7 1 (0.407%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (4.065%) SAP Payroll
2 9 (3.659%) SAP HR
2 9 (3.659%) Maximo
3 6 (2.439%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.813%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.407%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.407%) SAP IS-U
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.220%) Internet
2 2 (0.813%) GPRS
3 1 (0.407%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.691%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.626%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.220%) Oracle BI EE
4 2 (0.813%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (0.813%) Big Data
4 2 (0.813%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.813%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.407%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (0.407%) MS Access
5 1 (0.407%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (0.407%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (0.407%) Oracle 11g
5 1 (0.407%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
General
1 97 (39.43%) Finance
2 37 (15.04%) Retail
3 33 (13.41%) Banking
4 19 (7.724%) Legal
5 12 (4.878%) Retail Banking
6 11 (4.472%) Telecoms
7 5 (2.033%) Billing
7 5 (2.033%) Marketing
8 4 (1.626%) Games
9 2 (0.813%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.813%) Law
10 1 (0.407%) Publishing
10 1 (0.407%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.407%) Front Office
10 1 (0.407%) Back Office
10 1 (0.407%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.407%) Private Banking
10 1 (0.407%) Online Betting
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.504%) Smart Meter
2 10 (4.065%) Credit Risk
3 8 (3.252%) NHS
4 4 (1.626%) Data Extraction
4 4 (1.626%) Mobile App
5 2 (0.813%) Online Games
6 1 (0.407%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.407%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.407%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.407%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.407%) Online Banking
6 1 (0.407%) Online Gambling
6 1 (0.407%) Data Integration
6 1 (0.407%) Reference Data
6 1 (0.407%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.252%) Windows
2 2 (0.813%) UNIX
3 1 (0.407%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (32.11%) Stakeholder Management
2 60 (24.39%) Business Analysis
3 40 (16.26%) UML
4 37 (15.04%) User Acceptance Testing
5 33 (13.41%) Migration
6 20 (8.130%) Data Migration
6 20 (8.130%) Systems Analysis
7 19 (7.724%) Use Case
8 16 (6.504%) Data Analysis
8 16 (6.504%) BPMN
9 14 (5.691%) E-Commerce
9 14 (5.691%) Business Intelligence
10 13 (5.285%) Logistics
10 13 (5.285%) Agile Software Development
10 13 (5.285%) GAP Analysis
10 13 (5.285%) Test Scripting
11 12 (4.878%) Root Cause Analysis
11 12 (4.878%) Data Modelling
12 11 (4.472%) Asset Management
13 10 (4.065%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.252%) SQL
2 3 (1.220%) Java
3 2 (0.813%) VBA
4 1 (0.407%) VB6
4 1 (0.407%) C
4 1 (0.407%) VB
4 1 (0.407%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 12 (4.878%) ISEB
2 4 (1.626%) Degree
3 2 (0.813%) SC Cleared
3 2 (0.813%) BC Cleared
3 2 (0.813%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.407%) CCAB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.220%) Data Quality
1 3 (1.220%) QA
2 1 (0.407%) GAAP
System Software
1 1 (0.407%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (1.220%) Opalis
2 1 (0.407%) Oracle Identity Manager
2 1 (0.407%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 21 (8.537%) SAP
2 11 (4.472%) Microsoft
3 7 (2.846%) Oracle
4 4 (1.626%) Pega
4 4 (1.626%) TIBCO
4 4 (1.626%) IBM
5 2 (0.813%) HP
6 1 (0.407%) Business Objects
6 1 (0.407%) Hyperion
Batley, Yorkshire
My client, a financial based business has an immediate requirement for a Business Analyst to join their team on a 3 months basis. They are about to implement...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £325 per day
Posted: 3 May 2013
West Yorkshire
You will be responsible for requirements definition, stakeholder management, workshops, data quality management and UAT. You must have previous experience of business processes, Utilities, sustainable continuous improvement, business...
Robert Walters
Rate: market rate
Posted: 21 May 2013
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Skills: - Experience within workshop facilitation - Worked across all stages of the lifecycle - Capacity to put together functional specifications, technical specifications - Able to effectively manage stakeholders - Experience in requirements...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £380.00 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Halifax, Yorkshire
You will have Knowledge of marketing in the retail financial services space, producing and working to a structured plan, with the ability to define, refine and amend business...
Interquest Group PLC
Posted: 7 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
This will act as the interface between the business and the solution provider on initiatives delivering full stakeholder engagement and effective communication.The role is responsible for capturing...
Rate: £350 - £400 per day + bens
Posted: 22 May 2013
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Skills: - Experience within workshop facilitation - Worked across all stages of the lifecycle - Capacity to put together functional specifications, technical specifications - Able to effectively manage stakeholders - Experience in requirements...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £450.00 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Located Leeds 3 Month Contract - Market Rate Business Analyst, Agile Scrum, Business Analysis My client are a leading software organisation who are looking for two Business Analysts to...
Fruition IT Resources Limited
Rate: £1 per annum + Market rate
Posted: 20 May 2013
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Halifax £300 - £350 per day Initial 3 Month Contract Skills: Business Analysis, Banking, SAP, Process Simplification, Data Migration, Financial Services Our financial services client requires 2 Business Analysts...
Reed Technology
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Data Business Analyst, Banking, Leeds, Credit Risk, £350-450 per day A key banking client in Leeds is looking for a Data focused Business Analyst to join a...
Orgtel
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013