The first 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 20 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 Bristol 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analyst
Rank 12 12 4
Rank change year-on-year
0 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 39 81 94
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 7.386% 9.654% 15.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.769% 10.34% 16.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 58 66
Average daily rate £375 £378 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.66% -8.48%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £319 £290 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £451 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £30.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+5.00% +15.38%
All Job Titles
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
502 783 586
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 95.08% 93.33% 94.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 290 525 317
Average daily rate £325 £350 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -3.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £454 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 36 35
Average hourly rate £13.50 £21.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.71% +31.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.00 £14.75 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £37.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Analyst
South West

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 Bristol region.

Bristol 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 Bristol region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol Business Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, 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.

1 49 (44.55%) Business Analysis
2 47 (42.73%) Finance
3 32 (29.09%) Banking
4 30 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
5 25 (22.73%) Retail
6 21 (19.09%) Retail Banking
7 20 (18.18%) Data Warehouse
8 17 (15.45%) SQL
9 14 (12.73%) SAS
9 14 (12.73%) Business Intelligence
9 14 (12.73%) ISEB
10 13 (11.82%) SAP
11 12 (10.91%) MS Excel
12 10 (9.091%) Change Management
12 10 (9.091%) Migration
13 9 (8.182%) Data Analysis
13 9 (8.182%) Project Management
13 9 (8.182%) User Acceptance Testing
14 8 (7.273%) CRM
14 8 (7.273%) E-Commerce
14 8 (7.273%) Business Objects
15 7 (6.364%) MS Visio
16 6 (5.455%) Data Modelling
16 6 (5.455%) SQL Server
17 5 (4.545%) UML
17 5 (4.545%) Teradata
18 4 (3.636%) Degree
18 4 (3.636%) Marketing
18 4 (3.636%) Scrum
18 4 (3.636%) PRINCE2

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 1 (0.909%) COM
Application Platforms
1 14 (12.73%) SAS
2 1 (0.909%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (0.909%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (10.91%) MS Excel
2 7 (6.364%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.727%) MS Office
4 2 (1.818%) MS Project
4 2 (1.818%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.909%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.727%) SAP Payroll
1 3 (2.727%) SAP HR
2 2 (1.818%) Teamcenter
2 2 (1.818%) SAP HCM
2 2 (1.818%) SAP FI-GL
3 1 (0.909%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.909%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.818%) ATM
2 1 (0.909%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (18.18%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (5.455%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.636%) MS Access
4 2 (1.818%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 2 (1.818%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.909%) Oracle Discoverer
5 1 (0.909%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.909%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.909%) BODI
5 1 (0.909%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.909%) Oracle OLAP
5 1 (0.909%) Oracle BI EE
5 1 (0.909%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.909%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 1 (0.909%) ERwin
General
1 47 (42.73%) Finance
2 32 (29.09%) Banking
3 25 (22.73%) Retail
4 21 (19.09%) Retail Banking
5 4 (3.636%) Marketing
6 3 (2.727%) Corporate Banking
6 3 (2.727%) General Ledger
7 2 (1.818%) Wholesale Banking
7 2 (1.818%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.818%) Legal
7 2 (1.818%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.909%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.909%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.909%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (2.727%) Mainframe
2 2 (1.818%) Management Information System
2 2 (1.818%) Online Banking
2 2 (1.818%) SWIFT
2 2 (1.818%) Mobile App
2 2 (1.818%) EFT
3 1 (0.909%) Reference Data
3 1 (0.909%) Telematics
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (44.55%) Business Analysis
2 30 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (12.73%) Business Intelligence
4 10 (9.091%) Change Management
4 10 (9.091%) Migration
5 9 (8.182%) Project Management
5 9 (8.182%) Data Analysis
5 9 (8.182%) User Acceptance Testing
6 8 (7.273%) CRM
6 8 (7.273%) E-Commerce
7 6 (5.455%) Data Modelling
8 5 (4.545%) UML
9 4 (3.636%) ETL
9 4 (3.636%) BPR
9 4 (3.636%) PRINCE2
9 4 (3.636%) Scrum
9 4 (3.636%) BPMN
9 4 (3.636%) Data Migration
9 4 (3.636%) Data Governance
9 4 (3.636%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 17 (15.45%) SQL
2 2 (1.818%) PHP
3 1 (0.909%) T-SQL
3 1 (0.909%) VB
3 1 (0.909%) VBA
Qualifications
1 14 (12.73%) ISEB
2 4 (3.636%) Degree
3 3 (2.727%) ISTQB
4 2 (1.818%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.818%) ACCA
4 2 (1.818%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.727%) QA
2 1 (0.909%) PCI DSS
2 1 (0.909%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.909%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.909%) TickIT
Vendors
1 13 (11.82%) SAP
2 8 (7.273%) Business Objects
3 5 (4.545%) Teradata
4 4 (3.636%) Oracle
4 4 (3.636%) Microsoft
5 2 (1.818%) Casewise
5 2 (1.818%) Fundtech
6 1 (0.909%) Infor
6 1 (0.909%) ION Trading
6 1 (0.909%) Siebel
Bristol, Avon
The successful candidate will possess the following: - Excellent business focussed analysis skills with experience working within a finance environment within Financial Services (Life & Pensions experience preferred) - Excellent team...
Sanderson
Rate: £375 - £425 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, South West
SAS Business Analyst - Bristol - Up to £350/day! Our Client, a Major Financial Services Organisation, are currently looking for a SAS Business Analyst to work in their Bristol...
Orgtel
Rate: £350 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Regulatory Business Analyst, Bristol, £450 My client, a leading bank, urgently requires a Finance Regulatory Business Analyst to be responsible for owning, analysising and driving the Regulatory Reporting...
Orgtel
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
My client requires a Business Analyst to work on a major change programme in Bristol. The suitable Business Analyst will be responsible for: Providing analysis, scope, requirements and...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £380.00 per day
Posted: 13 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Pays attention to detail and has good interpersonal skills Desirable *Experience with Business Analysis and Computer Aided Software Engineering tools such as CaseWise and Visio, *Experience with Project...
Spring Technology
Rate: £300.00 - £330 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013