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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 Bristol 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 Bristol region.

 Business Analyst
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank41710
Rank change year-on-year
Up+13Down-7
Matching contract IT job ads762988
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol11.28 %5.311 %9.224 %
As % of the Job Titles category11.88 %5.943 %9.955 %
Daily rates quoted421357
Average daily rate£356£413£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.63 %+17.85 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£275£350£325
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£425£424£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£375£375
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-
Hourly rates quoted251
Average hourly rate£17.00£19.00£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.52 %-45.71 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.89£20.50£30.00
% change year-on-year
+6.780 %-31.66 %
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
640488884
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol94.96 %89.38 %92.66 %
Daily rates quoted318126325
Average daily rate£325£300£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.330 %-7.690 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£154£235
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£449£413£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£350
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %-3.570 %
Hourly rates quoted60104170
Average hourly rate£21.25£30.00£22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-29.16 %+33.33 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.50£10.88£10.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£35.00£37.50£36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.00£20.00£22.00
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %-9.090 %
Business Analyst South WestBusiness Analyst
South West

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 Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol 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 Bristol region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol Business Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

174 (64.35 %)Finance
238 (33.04 %)Banking
334 (29.57 %)Business Analysis
429 (25.22 %)Retail
514 (12.17 %)Stakeholder Management
613 (11.30 %)MS Visio
613 (11.30 %)Pensions
711 (9.565 %)Retail Banking
711 (9.565 %)GAP Analysis
810 (8.696 %)BPR
810 (8.696 %)CRM
99 (7.826 %)MS Office
108 (6.957 %)Insurance
108 (6.957 %)Wealth Management
108 (6.957 %)UML
108 (6.957 %)Back Office
108 (6.957 %)Change Management
117 (6.087 %)Front Office
117 (6.087 %)SAP
117 (6.087 %)C
125 (4.348 %)Oracle
125 (4.348 %)Project Management
125 (4.348 %)Requirements Analysis
134 (3.478 %)Use Case
134 (3.478 %)Legal
134 (3.478 %)ISEB
143 (2.609 %)SQL
143 (2.609 %)CMMI
143 (2.609 %)BPMN
143 (2.609 %)OpenUP

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
12 (1.739 %)XML
21 (0.870 %)Web Services
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (0.870 %)SAS
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
113 (11.30 %)MS Visio
29 (7.826 %)MS Office
32 (1.739 %)MS Project
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (1.739 %)Oracle EBS R12
21 (0.870 %)SAP HR
21 (0.870 %)Oracle EBS
21 (0.870 %)SAP Payroll
21 (0.870 %)SAP FI-GL
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (1.739 %)WAN
21 (0.870 %)Internet
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (1.739 %)SAP BI
21 (0.870 %)BusinessObjects
21 (0.870 %)Oracle 8/8i
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
174 (64.35 %)Finance
238 (33.04 %)Banking
329 (25.22 %)Retail
413 (11.30 %)Pensions
511 (9.565 %)Retail Banking
68 (6.957 %)Insurance
68 (6.957 %)Back Office
77 (6.087 %)Front Office
84 (3.478 %)Legal
92 (1.739 %)Billing
92 (1.739 %)Government
92 (1.739 %)Telecoms
101 (0.870 %)Automotive
101 (0.870 %)Education
101 (0.870 %)Manufacturing
101 (0.870 %)Financial Institution
101 (0.870 %)Investment Banking
101 (0.870 %)General Ledger
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (0.870 %)FMCG
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11 (0.870 %)Windows
11 (0.870 %)Windows 7
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
134 (29.57 %)Business Analysis
214 (12.17 %)Stakeholder Management
311 (9.565 %)GAP Analysis
410 (8.696 %)BPR
410 (8.696 %)CRM
58 (6.957 %)Wealth Management
58 (6.957 %)UML
58 (6.957 %)Change Management
65 (4.348 %)Project Management
65 (4.348 %)Requirements Analysis
74 (3.478 %)Use Case
83 (2.609 %)CMMI
83 (2.609 %)BPMN
83 (2.609 %)OpenUP
92 (1.739 %)Systems Analysis
92 (1.739 %)Matrix Management
92 (1.739 %)User Acceptance Testing
92 (1.739 %)Product Management
92 (1.739 %)TOGAF
92 (1.739 %)Data Analysis
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
17 (6.087 %)C
23 (2.609 %)SQL
31 (0.870 %)VB
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
14 (3.478 %)ISEB
23 (2.609 %)Degree
31 (0.870 %)ACCA
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.870 %)SLA
11 (0.870 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
17 (6.087 %)SAP
25 (4.348 %)Oracle
32 (1.739 %)Telelogic
32 (1.739 %)IBM
32 (1.739 %)Microsoft
41 (0.870 %)HP
41 (0.870 %)Business Objects
41 (0.870 %)Casewise