The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role 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 Analyst in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised 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 Analyst
Rank 17 9 15
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 132 257 129
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 6.995% 11.17% 7.203%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.412% 11.81% 7.683%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 157 60
Average daily rate £363 £378 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.97% +0.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £280 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £401 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -
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
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1781 2177 1679
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 94.38% 94.61% 93.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 907 1163 786
Average daily rate £320 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £188 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 116 121
Average hourly rate £13.00 £14.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.30 £10.30 £7.83
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.45 £30.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Analyst
England

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 Yorkshire region.

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

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 Yorkshire region.

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 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 -9 105 £363 -4.60%
South Yorkshire -1 12 £325 -
North Yorkshire +2 8 £338 +35.00%
Business Analyst
England

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

1 128 (36.68%) Finance
2 103 (29.51%) Stakeholder Management
3 88 (25.21%) Business Analysis
4 49 (14.04%) User Acceptance Testing
4 49 (14.04%) UML
5 48 (13.75%) Retail
6 40 (11.46%) Banking
7 38 (10.89%) Migration
8 33 (9.456%) Use Case
9 24 (6.877%) Systems Analysis
9 24 (6.877%) Business Intelligence
10 23 (6.590%) ISEB
10 23 (6.590%) Project Management
10 23 (6.590%) SAP
11 22 (6.304%) E-Commerce
11 22 (6.304%) Legal
12 21 (6.017%) Data Warehouse
12 21 (6.017%) MS Visio
12 21 (6.017%) Data Migration
13 19 (5.444%) Data Analysis
14 18 (5.158%) BPMN
14 18 (5.158%) Microsoft
15 17 (4.871%) Smart Meter
15 17 (4.871%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 17 (4.871%) Agile Software Development
16 16 (4.585%) Retail Banking
16 16 (4.585%) MS Excel
16 16 (4.585%) Workflow
16 16 (4.585%) Scrum
17 15 (4.298%) Oracle

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 8 (2.292%) .NET
2 2 (0.573%) EDI
3 1 (0.287%) Middleware
3 1 (0.287%) SOAP
3 1 (0.287%) MDX
3 1 (0.287%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 10 (2.865%) CMS
2 4 (1.146%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.146%) SAS
2 4 (1.146%) StreamWeaver
3 1 (0.287%) Magento
3 1 (0.287%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 21 (6.017%) MS Visio
2 16 (4.585%) MS Excel
3 13 (3.725%) MS Office
4 11 (3.152%) MS Project
5 4 (1.146%) MS PowerPoint
6 2 (0.573%) SPSS
7 1 (0.287%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.287%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (2.865%) Maximo
1 10 (2.865%) SAP Payroll
2 9 (2.579%) SAP HR
3 6 (1.719%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.860%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.287%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.287%) SAP IS-U
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.860%) Internet
2 2 (0.573%) GPRS
3 1 (0.287%) LAN
3 1 (0.287%) WAN
3 1 (0.287%) FTP
3 1 (0.287%) HTTP
3 1 (0.287%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.017%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (2.579%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.146%) Oracle BI EE
4 3 (0.860%) Data Mining
4 3 (0.860%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (0.860%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (0.573%) Big Data
5 2 (0.573%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (0.287%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.287%) Oracle 10g
6 1 (0.287%) MS Access
6 1 (0.287%) Base SAS
6 1 (0.287%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 1 (0.287%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 1 (0.287%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.287%) Oracle 11g
6 1 (0.287%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (0.287%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.287%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 1 (0.287%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (0.860%) JIRA
2 1 (0.287%) Visual Studio
General
1 128 (36.68%) Finance
2 48 (13.75%) Retail
3 40 (11.46%) Banking
4 22 (6.304%) Legal
5 16 (4.585%) Retail Banking
6 12 (3.438%) Telecoms
7 5 (1.433%) Front Office
7 5 (1.433%) Back Office
7 5 (1.433%) Marketing
7 5 (1.433%) Billing
8 4 (1.146%) Publishing
8 4 (1.146%) Games
9 3 (0.860%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.573%) Law
11 1 (0.287%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.287%) Private Banking
11 1 (0.287%) Online Betting
11 1 (0.287%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.871%) Smart Meter
2 12 (3.438%) NHS
3 10 (2.865%) Credit Risk
4 4 (1.146%) Data Extraction
4 4 (1.146%) E-Learning
4 4 (1.146%) Mobile App
5 3 (0.860%) Learning Management System
6 2 (0.573%) Online Games
6 2 (0.573%) IIBA
6 2 (0.573%) FMCG
6 2 (0.573%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.287%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.287%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.287%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.287%) Data Integration
7 1 (0.287%) Reference Data
7 1 (0.287%) Statistics
7 1 (0.287%) Online Banking
7 1 (0.287%) Online Gambling
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.152%) Windows
2 2 (0.573%) UNIX
3 1 (0.287%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (29.51%) Stakeholder Management
2 88 (25.21%) Business Analysis
3 49 (14.04%) User Acceptance Testing
3 49 (14.04%) UML
4 38 (10.89%) Migration
5 33 (9.456%) Use Case
6 24 (6.877%) Systems Analysis
6 24 (6.877%) Business Intelligence
7 23 (6.590%) Project Management
8 22 (6.304%) E-Commerce
9 21 (6.017%) Data Migration
10 19 (5.444%) Data Analysis
11 18 (5.158%) BPMN
12 17 (4.871%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 17 (4.871%) Agile Software Development
13 16 (4.585%) Workflow
13 16 (4.585%) Scrum
14 15 (4.298%) Test Scripting
15 14 (4.011%) Logistics
15 14 (4.011%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 10 (2.865%) SQL
2 5 (1.433%) Java
3 2 (0.573%) C
3 2 (0.573%) VBA
4 1 (0.287%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.287%) VB
4 1 (0.287%) VB.NET
4 1 (0.287%) ActionScript
4 1 (0.287%) SAS Macro
4 1 (0.287%) ActionScript 2.0
4 1 (0.287%) VB6
Qualifications
1 23 (6.590%) ISEB
2 6 (1.719%) Degree
3 2 (0.573%) SC Cleared
3 2 (0.573%) BC Cleared
3 2 (0.573%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.287%) CCAB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.292%) QA
2 3 (0.860%) Basel II
2 3 (0.860%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.573%) SLA
4 1 (0.287%) GAAP
System Software
1 1 (0.287%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.860%) Opalis
2 1 (0.287%) Oracle Identity Manager
2 1 (0.287%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 23 (6.590%) SAP
2 18 (5.158%) Microsoft
3 15 (4.298%) Oracle
4 4 (1.146%) Pega
4 4 (1.146%) TIBCO
4 4 (1.146%) IBM
5 2 (0.573%) HP
6 1 (0.287%) Hyperion
6 1 (0.287%) Business Objects
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
Yorkshire
We are currently looking for a Business Analyst to work at a large Acute NHS Trust in Yorkshire UK... Ideal Health Consultants is the UK's leading health...
Ideal Training
Rate: Excellent Daily Rate Negotiable
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