The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire 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 19 10 8
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 5 3 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Worcestershire 5.319% 5.357% 8.333%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.376% 6.818% 8.772%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 5
Average daily rate £380 £400 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% +9.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £360 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £396 £440 £407
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £33.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.25 £30.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +15.38%
All Job Titles
Worcestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
93 44 57
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Worcestershire 98.94% 78.57% 95.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 20 27
Average daily rate £325 £350 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £212 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £470 £380
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 11
Average hourly rate £20.00 £32.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-37.50% +16.36%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.80 £10.00 £12.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.50 £35.30 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Analyst
West Midlands

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire Business Analyst Daily Rate Trend

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 Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire 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
Worcester - 4 £375 -
Business Analyst
West Midlands

Business Analyst
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Worcestershire 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 3 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) SAP Implementation
2 2 (22.22%) BPMN
2 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (22.22%) SAP
3 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
3 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
3 1 (11.11%) E-Commerce
3 1 (11.11%) ERP
3 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (11.11%) B2B
3 1 (11.11%) EDRMS
3 1 (11.11%) Retail
3 1 (11.11%) Data Management
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (11.11%) Change Management
3 1 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 1 (11.11%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (11.11%) SQL
3 1 (11.11%) Time Management
3 1 (11.11%) Statistics

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Worcestershire 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 Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) EDRMS
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (11.11%) Retail
1 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Statistics
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) SAP Implementation
2 2 (22.22%) BPMN
2 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
3 1 (11.11%) E-Commerce
3 1 (11.11%) ERP
3 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (11.11%) B2B
3 1 (11.11%) Data Management
3 1 (11.11%) Change Management
3 1 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (11.11%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) SAP