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The first part of the 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 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Yorkshire region.

 Business Analyst
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank5198
Rank change year-on-year
Up+14Down-11
Matching contract IT job ads184111378
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire12.07 %7.322 %10.74 %
As % of the Job Titles category13.17 %7.940 %11.47 %
Daily rates quoted7642126
Average daily rate£350£350£350
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£238£275£300
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£428£425£410
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£375£375
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-
Hourly rates quoted413
Average hourly rate£19.64£21.00£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.470 %-16.00 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.89£20.50£30.00
% change year-on-year
+6.780 %-31.66 %
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
139713983295
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire91.61 %92.22 %93.63 %
Daily rates quoted554386740
Average daily rate£323£325£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.610 %-7.140 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£188£210£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£455£470£475
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£350
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %-3.570 %
Hourly rates quoted127152352
Average hourly rate£15.00£20.50£22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-26.82 %-8.880 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£8.50£10.79£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£25.50£30.50£32.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.00£20.00£22.00
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %-9.090 %
Business Analyst EnglandBusiness Analyst
England

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.

Business Analyst
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Analyst across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Yorkshire Business Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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 YorkshireUp+12132£355-8.38 %
South YorkshireUp+717£306-11.23 %
North YorkshireUp+715£370+23.33 %
Business Analyst EnglandBusiness Analyst
England

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

1103 (32.39 %)Finance
297 (30.50 %)Business Analysis
390 (28.30 %)Banking
459 (18.55 %)Retail
549 (15.41 %)Retail Banking
648 (15.09 %)UML
747 (14.78 %)PRINCE2
833 (10.38 %)NHS
833 (10.38 %)Health
932 (10.06 %)Stakeholder Management
1031 (9.748 %)MS Visio
1127 (8.491 %)C
1127 (8.491 %)Project Management
1225 (7.862 %)Data Modelling
1322 (6.918 %)Migration
1419 (5.975 %)Six Sigma
1518 (5.660 %)Credit Risk
1617 (5.346 %)Systems Analysis
1617 (5.346 %)BPR
1716 (5.031 %)Change Management
1716 (5.031 %)Government
1716 (5.031 %)Business Intelligence
1716 (5.031 %)Insurance
1815 (4.717 %)Data Migration
1913 (4.088 %)GAP Analysis
1913 (4.088 %)ISEB
1913 (4.088 %)Microsoft
1913 (4.088 %)Oracle
1913 (4.088 %)Data Analysis
2011 (3.459 %)Use Case

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
17 (2.201 %).NET
25 (1.572 %).NET Framework
25 (1.572 %)RESTful
34 (1.258 %)WCF
34 (1.258 %)XML
42 (0.629 %)J2EE
51 (0.314 %)ASP
51 (0.314 %)COM
51 (0.314 %)Middleware
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
17 (2.201 %)SharePoint
24 (1.258 %)CMS
32 (0.629 %)SAS
41 (0.314 %)Lotus Notes
41 (0.314 %)Lotus Domino
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
131 (9.748 %)MS Visio
27 (2.201 %)MS Excel
36 (1.887 %)MS Office
44 (1.258 %)MS PowerPoint
52 (0.629 %)MS Project
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (1.572 %)Oracle Financials
21 (0.314 %)SAP HR
21 (0.314 %)Oracle HRMS
21 (0.314 %)Oracle EBS
21 (0.314 %)Dynamics CRM
21 (0.314 %)Temenos T24
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
14 (1.258 %)Internet
22 (0.629 %)Intranet
31 (0.314 %)SNMP
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (1.887 %)Datawarehouse
25 (1.572 %)SQL Server
34 (1.258 %)ETL
41 (0.314 %)DB2
41 (0.314 %)Oracle Discoverer
41 (0.314 %)SAP BW
41 (0.314 %)EDMS
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (0.314 %)TestDirector
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1103 (32.39 %)Finance
290 (28.30 %)Banking
359 (18.55 %)Retail
449 (15.41 %)Retail Banking
533 (10.38 %)Health
616 (5.031 %)Government
616 (5.031 %)Insurance
710 (3.145 %)General Ledger
86 (1.887 %)Local Government
86 (1.887 %)Pensions
86 (1.887 %)Telecoms
95 (1.572 %)Back Office
95 (1.572 %)Private Banking
104 (1.258 %)Financial Institution
113 (0.943 %)Publishing
122 (0.629 %)Marketing
122 (0.629 %)Law
122 (0.629 %)Legal
122 (0.629 %)Education
122 (0.629 %)Games
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
133 (10.38 %)NHS
218 (5.660 %)Credit Risk
35 (1.572 %)Management Information System
44 (1.258 %)N-Tier
53 (0.943 %)Informatics
62 (0.629 %)Smartphone
62 (0.629 %)EMV
62 (0.629 %)Smartcard
71 (0.314 %)W3C
71 (0.314 %)NPfIT
71 (0.314 %)PDA
71 (0.314 %)SCADA
71 (0.314 %)iSeries
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
14 (1.258 %)Windows
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
197 (30.50 %)Business Analysis
248 (15.09 %)UML
347 (14.78 %)PRINCE2
432 (10.06 %)Stakeholder Management
527 (8.491 %)Project Management
625 (7.862 %)Data Modelling
722 (6.918 %)Migration
819 (5.975 %)Six Sigma
917 (5.346 %)Systems Analysis
917 (5.346 %)BPR
1016 (5.031 %)Change Management
1016 (5.031 %)Business Intelligence
1115 (4.717 %)Data Migration
1213 (4.088 %)GAP Analysis
1213 (4.088 %)Data Analysis
1311 (3.459 %)Use Case
1410 (3.145 %)Requirements Analysis
1410 (3.145 %)E-Commerce
158 (2.516 %)CRM
167 (2.201 %)ERP
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
127 (8.491 %)C
22 (0.629 %)C#
22 (0.629 %)SQL
31 (0.314 %)VB.NET
31 (0.314 %)Java
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
113 (4.088 %)ISEB
27 (2.201 %)PRINCE2 Certification
27 (2.201 %)Security Cleared
31 (0.314 %)HNC
31 (0.314 %)ITIL Certification
31 (0.314 %)Degree
31 (0.314 %)SC Cleared
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (2.830 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
26 (1.887 %)QA
32 (0.629 %)Basel II
32 (0.629 %)SLA
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
113 (4.088 %)Microsoft
113 (4.088 %)Oracle
28 (2.516 %)SAP
37 (2.201 %)Casewise
45 (1.572 %)Siebel
53 (0.943 %)Remedy
62 (0.629 %)Netezza
62 (0.629 %)Teradata
71 (0.314 %)PeopleSoft
71 (0.314 %)IBM
71 (0.314 %)Unisys
71 (0.314 %)Lotus
71 (0.314 %)Temenos
71 (0.314 %)Ab Initio