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The table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT contracts within the Bristol region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBusiness Analyst
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank89
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads7699
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.106 %0.099 %
As % of the category below9.632 %9.420 %
Daily rates quoted3647
Average minimum daily rate£353£388
Average daily rate£374£400
% change on same period last year-6.46 %
Average maximum daily rate£395£412
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£383
% change on same period last year-2.03 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£15.00
Average hourly rate-£18.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.07£29.13
% change on same period last year+6.67 %
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads7891051
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.102 %1.056 %
Daily rates quoted240375
Average minimum daily rate£317£320
Average daily rate£343£338
% change on same period last year+1.39 %
Average maximum daily rate£369£356
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year+0.09 %
Hourly rates quoted131147
Average minimum hourly rate£27.91£25.84
Average hourly rate£29.45£28.70
% change on same period last year+2.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.99£31.56
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.74£25.24
% change on same period last year-5.93 %
Business Analyst South WestBusiness Analyst
South West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily 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 6 October 2008.

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 6 October 2008, 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.

167 (54.47 %)Finance
246 (37.40 %)Pensions
326 (21.14 %)SAP
421 (17.07 %)Banking
518 (14.63 %)Insurance
615 (12.20 %)Business Analysis
713 (10.57 %)SAP HR
88 (6.504 %)MS Office
97 (5.691 %)Data Modelling
97 (5.691 %)BPR
105 (4.065 %)SAP SRM
105 (4.065 %)Thunderhead
105 (4.065 %)Microsoft
105 (4.065 %)MS Excel
105 (4.065 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
105 (4.065 %)PeopleSoft
105 (4.065 %)PRINCE2
105 (4.065 %)Oracle
114 (3.252 %)MS Visio
114 (3.252 %)E-Commerce
114 (3.252 %)SSADM
114 (3.252 %)ISEB
114 (3.252 %)GAP Analysis
114 (3.252 %)Migration
114 (3.252 %)Stakeholder Management
114 (3.252 %)Enterprise Architecture
114 (3.252 %)Systems Analysis
114 (3.252 %)Test Scripting
123 (2.439 %)Use Case
123 (2.439 %)Asset Management

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (1.626 %)XML
12 (1.626 %)XML Messaging
21 (0.813 %)jBPM
21 (0.813 %).NET
21 (0.813 %)ASP
21 (0.813 %)ASP.NET
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (1.626 %)SharePoint
21 (0.813 %)SAS
21 (0.813 %)Alfresco
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
18 (6.504 %)MS Office
25 (4.065 %)MS Excel
34 (3.252 %)MS Visio
41 (0.813 %)Casewise Corporate Modeler Suite
41 (0.813 %)MS Project
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
113 (10.57 %)SAP HR
25 (4.065 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
25 (4.065 %)SAP SRM
31 (0.813 %)SAP CCM
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (0.813 %)DSL
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (2.439 %)Datawarehouse
22 (1.626 %)ETL
22 (1.626 %)OLAP
31 (0.813 %)MS Access
31 (0.813 %)SQL Server
31 (0.813 %)OLTP
31 (0.813 %)RDBMS
31 (0.813 %)BusinessObjects
31 (0.813 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (0.813 %)ERwin
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
167 (54.47 %)Finance
246 (37.40 %)Pensions
321 (17.07 %)Banking
418 (14.63 %)Insurance
53 (2.439 %)Government
61 (0.813 %)Legal
61 (0.813 %)Retail
61 (0.813 %)Education
61 (0.813 %)Financial Institution
61 (0.813 %)Telecoms
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (2.439 %)Management Information System
22 (1.626 %)Mainframe
22 (1.626 %)Data Conversion
31 (0.813 %)Tandem
31 (0.813 %)Spread Betting
31 (0.813 %)IBM Mainframe
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
115 (12.20 %)Business Analysis
27 (5.691 %)BPR
27 (5.691 %)Data Modelling
35 (4.065 %)PRINCE2
44 (3.252 %)SSADM
44 (3.252 %)E-Commerce
44 (3.252 %)GAP Analysis
44 (3.252 %)Migration
44 (3.252 %)Stakeholder Management
44 (3.252 %)Test Scripting
44 (3.252 %)Systems Analysis
44 (3.252 %)Enterprise Architecture
53 (2.439 %)Asset Management
53 (2.439 %)Use Case
53 (2.439 %)Scrum
53 (2.439 %)E-Procurement
53 (2.439 %)Workflow
53 (2.439 %)UML
53 (2.439 %)Project Management
62 (1.626 %)Extreme Programming
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (0.813 %)SQL
11 (0.813 %)VB
11 (0.813 %)VB.NET
11 (0.813 %)VBA
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (3.252 %)ISEB
22 (1.626 %)Degree
31 (0.813 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.626 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
21 (0.813 %)QA
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
126 (21.14 %)SAP
25 (4.065 %)Oracle
25 (4.065 %)Microsoft
25 (4.065 %)Thunderhead
25 (4.065 %)PeopleSoft
32 (1.626 %)IBM
41 (0.813 %)Intalio
41 (0.813 %)Casewise
41 (0.813 %)Business Objects
41 (0.813 %)Siebel