The first table below looks at the demand for Business Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Analysis over the 3 months to 22 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 Wiltshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analysis
Rank 31 52 33
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -19
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 17 5 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 3.704% 0.797% 3.315%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.060% 1.211% 4.663%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 4 14
Average daily rate £388 £396 £381
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.20% +3.93%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £351 £340 £326
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £458 £493
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 £22.00 £25.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year
-12.00% +4.16%
All Processes & Methodologies
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
336 413 386
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 73.20% 65.87% 71.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 261 211
Average daily rate £425 £380 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.84% -5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £318 £238 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 21 23
Average hourly rate £15.75 £26.50 £31.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-40.56% -14.51%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £19.95 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.25 £41.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Business Analysis
South West

Business Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Swindon +4 7 £370 -11.37%
Salisbury -1 4 £450 +20.00%
Business Analysis
South West

Business Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 11 (39.29%) Finance
2 8 (28.57%) Project Management
3 6 (21.43%) SAP
3 6 (21.43%) ITIL
3 6 (21.43%) PRINCE2
3 6 (21.43%) Service Management
3 6 (21.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 4 (14.29%) SQL
4 4 (14.29%) VB.NET
4 4 (14.29%) .NET
5 3 (10.71%) BMC
5 3 (10.71%) SAP SD
5 3 (10.71%) SAP MM
5 3 (10.71%) Remedy
5 3 (10.71%) Process Management
5 3 (10.71%) Migration
5 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (10.71%) Banking
5 3 (10.71%) Billing
5 3 (10.71%) TOGAF
5 3 (10.71%) Data Analysis
5 3 (10.71%) Enterprise Architecture
5 3 (10.71%) Data Migration
5 3 (10.71%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (7.143%) LSMW
6 2 (7.143%) SC Cleared
6 2 (7.143%) Security Cleared
6 2 (7.143%) SharePoint 2010
6 2 (7.143%) Logistics
6 2 (7.143%) Publishing

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 4 (14.29%) .NET
2 1 (3.571%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (7.143%) SharePoint 2010
1 2 (7.143%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.571%) MS Visio
1 1 (3.571%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (10.71%) SAP SD
1 3 (10.71%) SAP MM
1 3 (10.71%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (3.571%) PeopleSoft HRMS
2 1 (3.571%) SAP HR
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.571%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.143%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 2 (7.143%) LSMW
General
1 11 (39.29%) Finance
2 3 (10.71%) Banking
2 3 (10.71%) Billing
3 2 (7.143%) Publishing
3 2 (7.143%) Back Office
4 1 (3.571%) Retail
4 1 (3.571%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 17 (60.71%) Analyst
2 15 (53.57%) Business Analyst
3 6 (21.43%) Project Manager
4 3 (10.71%) Technical Architect
4 3 (10.71%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (10.71%) Architect
4 3 (10.71%) SAP Business Analyst
5 2 (7.143%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
5 2 (7.143%) SAP Analyst
5 2 (7.143%) IT Project Manager
5 2 (7.143%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (7.143%) Business Process Analyst
5 2 (7.143%) Senior Business Analyst
5 2 (7.143%) Process Analyst
6 1 (3.571%) Development Manager
6 1 (3.571%) Service Manager
6 1 (3.571%) Software Development Manager
6 1 (3.571%) Software Project Manager
6 1 (3.571%) Financial Business Analyst
6 1 (3.571%) Development Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (28.57%) Project Management
2 6 (21.43%) ITIL
2 6 (21.43%) PRINCE2
2 6 (21.43%) Service Management
3 3 (10.71%) Process Management
3 3 (10.71%) Migration
3 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (10.71%) TOGAF
3 3 (10.71%) Data Analysis
3 3 (10.71%) Enterprise Architecture
3 3 (10.71%) Data Migration
4 2 (7.143%) Logistics
4 2 (7.143%) ITSM
4 2 (7.143%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (7.143%) ERP
5 1 (3.571%) Service Delivery
5 1 (3.571%) Change Management
5 1 (3.571%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (3.571%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (3.571%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.29%) SQL
1 4 (14.29%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 6 (21.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 2 (7.143%) SC Cleared
2 2 (7.143%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.143%) SLA
2 1 (3.571%) ISO 9001
2 1 (3.571%) Basel II
2 1 (3.571%) Basel III
Vendors
1 6 (21.43%) SAP
2 3 (10.71%) BMC
2 3 (10.71%) Remedy
3 1 (3.571%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.571%) PeopleSoft