The first table below looks at the demand for Business Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire 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 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analysis
Rank 65 34 47
Rank change year-on-year
-31 +13
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 49 101 49
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 2.597% 4.389% 2.736%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.775% 6.215% 4.332%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 65 25
Average daily rate £363 £375 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.20% +10.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £255 £325 £194
10% offered a daily rate of more than £418 £445 £465
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 - £25.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £25.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year
-12.00% +4.16%
All Processes & Methodologies
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1298 1625 1131
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 68.79% 70.62% 63.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 714 895 537
Average daily rate £325 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £459 £457 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 43 59
Average hourly rate £26.00 £16.50 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+57.57% -28.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.85 £12.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £128.00 £32.50 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Business Analysis
England

Business Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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
West Yorkshire -28 36 £364 -3.00%
South Yorkshire -2 5 £325 -
North Yorkshire +4 4 £294 -
Business Analysis
England

Business Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 32 (27.83%) Stakeholder Management
2 30 (26.09%) Finance
3 18 (15.65%) Retail
4 13 (11.30%) Agile Software Development
4 13 (11.30%) Project Management
5 12 (10.43%) Business Intelligence
5 12 (10.43%) ISEB
5 12 (10.43%) Banking
5 12 (10.43%) Migration
6 9 (7.826%) GAP Analysis
6 9 (7.826%) E-Commerce
6 9 (7.826%) SQL
6 9 (7.826%) UML
6 9 (7.826%) User Acceptance Testing
7 8 (6.957%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 8 (6.957%) Use Case
7 8 (6.957%) Oracle
7 8 (6.957%) PRINCE2
8 7 (6.087%) Change Management
8 7 (6.087%) Systems Analysis
8 7 (6.087%) Scrum
8 7 (6.087%) Data Migration
9 6 (5.217%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (4.348%) T-SQL
10 5 (4.348%) MS Visio
10 5 (4.348%) TDD
10 5 (4.348%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (4.348%) Telecoms
10 5 (4.348%) QA
11 4 (3.478%) Degree

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 (3.478%) .NET
2 3 (2.609%) NHibernate
3 1 (0.870%) Middleware
3 1 (0.870%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.870%) SOAP
3 1 (0.870%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (1.739%) CMS
2 1 (0.870%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (0.870%) ESB
Applications
1 5 (4.348%) MS Visio
2 4 (3.478%) MS Office
3 3 (2.609%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (1.739%) MS Project
5 1 (0.870%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.739%) Maximo
2 1 (0.870%) SAP CRM
2 1 (0.870%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.739%) GPRS
1 2 (1.739%) CTI
2 1 (0.870%) SAN
2 1 (0.870%) Internet
2 1 (0.870%) LAN
2 1 (0.870%) WAN
2 1 (0.870%) FTP
2 1 (0.870%) HTTP
2 1 (0.870%) VLAN
2 1 (0.870%) NAS
2 1 (0.870%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.217%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (4.348%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.870%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.870%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 3 (2.609%) NUnit
1 3 (2.609%) MSTest
General
1 30 (26.09%) Finance
2 18 (15.65%) Retail
3 12 (10.43%) Banking
4 5 (4.348%) Telecoms
5 4 (3.478%) Retail Banking
6 3 (2.609%) Legal
6 3 (2.609%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.739%) Marketing
7 2 (1.739%) Games
7 2 (1.739%) Multimedia
8 1 (0.870%) Online Betting
8 1 (0.870%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 90 (78.26%) Analyst
2 88 (76.52%) Business Analyst
3 9 (7.826%) Agile Business Analyst
4 5 (4.348%) Architect
5 4 (3.478%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 3 (2.609%) Project Manager
6 3 (2.609%) Developer
6 3 (2.609%) Change Analyst
6 3 (2.609%) Systems Analyst
6 3 (2.609%) Telecoms Business Analyst
7 2 (1.739%) Business Change Analyst
7 2 (1.739%) Development Analyst
7 2 (1.739%) Consultant
7 2 (1.739%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (1.739%) Development Manager
7 2 (1.739%) Technical Analyst
7 2 (1.739%) IT Business Analyst
7 2 (1.739%) Technical Business Analyst
7 2 (1.739%) Applications Architect
8 1 (0.870%) Business Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.478%) Smart Meter
1 4 (3.478%) Mobile App
1 4 (3.478%) NHS
2 3 (2.609%) E-Learning
2 3 (2.609%) Learning Management System
3 2 (1.739%) IIBA
3 2 (1.739%) IVR
4 1 (0.870%) EMV
4 1 (0.870%) EFT
4 1 (0.870%) Mainframe
4 1 (0.870%) NPfIT
4 1 (0.870%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.870%) IBM Mainframe
4 1 (0.870%) Data Integration
4 1 (0.870%) Online Games
4 1 (0.870%) Online Gambling
4 1 (0.870%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.609%) Windows
2 1 (0.870%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (0.870%) Solaris
2 1 (0.870%) Linux
2 1 (0.870%) SUSE
2 1 (0.870%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (27.83%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (11.30%) Agile Software Development
2 13 (11.30%) Project Management
3 12 (10.43%) Business Intelligence
3 12 (10.43%) Migration
4 9 (7.826%) GAP Analysis
4 9 (7.826%) E-Commerce
4 9 (7.826%) UML
4 9 (7.826%) User Acceptance Testing
5 8 (6.957%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 8 (6.957%) Use Case
5 8 (6.957%) PRINCE2
6 7 (6.087%) Change Management
6 7 (6.087%) Systems Analysis
6 7 (6.087%) Scrum
6 7 (6.087%) Data Migration
7 5 (4.348%) TDD
8 4 (3.478%) Test Scripting
8 4 (3.478%) Data Modelling
8 4 (3.478%) OO
Programming Languages
1 9 (7.826%) SQL
2 5 (4.348%) T-SQL
3 4 (3.478%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.609%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.870%) C
5 1 (0.870%) C#
5 1 (0.870%) VBA
Qualifications
1 12 (10.43%) ISEB
2 4 (3.478%) Degree
3 2 (1.739%) SC Cleared
3 2 (1.739%) BC Cleared
3 2 (1.739%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.348%) QA
2 1 (0.870%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (0.870%) Veritas Volume Manager
1 1 (0.870%) Veritas Cluster Server
1 1 (0.870%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (0.870%) HP SiteScope
Vendors
1 8 (6.957%) Oracle
2 4 (3.478%) IBM
3 3 (2.609%) Microsoft
4 2 (1.739%) HP
4 2 (1.739%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.870%) Citrix
5 1 (0.870%) Veritas
5 1 (0.870%) SAP
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