The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Portsmouth 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 17 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 Portsmouth 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analyst
Rank 14 18 27
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 2 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Portsmouth 2.439% 2.804% 1.911%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.667% 2.804% 2.113%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
Average daily rate £325 £438 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.71% +43.44%
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
Portsmouth
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
75 107 142
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Portsmouth 91.46% 100.00% 90.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 42 48
Average daily rate £370 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.71% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 28 50
Average hourly rate £26.98 £21.75 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.02% -5.43%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.88 £14.18 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Business Analyst
Hampshire

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth region.

Portsmouth Business Analyst Daily Rate Trend

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 Portsmouth region.

Portsmouth Business Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth 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 3 (42.86%) Retail
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (28.57%) E-Commerce
3 1 (14.29%) MS Visio
3 1 (14.29%) B2C
3 1 (14.29%) ISEB
3 1 (14.29%) NHS
3 1 (14.29%) BPR
3 1 (14.29%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) MS Project
3 1 (14.29%) MS Office
3 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (14.29%) Law
3 1 (14.29%) Change Management
3 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) BPMN
3 1 (14.29%) User Experience Design
3 1 (14.29%) Data Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) User Stories

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth 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.

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Project
1 1 (14.29%) MS Office
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
1 1 (14.29%) MS Visio
General
1 3 (42.86%) Retail
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (28.57%) E-Commerce
2 1 (14.29%) B2C
2 1 (14.29%) BPR
2 1 (14.29%) Change Management
2 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) BPMN
2 1 (14.29%) User Experience Design
2 1 (14.29%) Data Analytics
2 1 (14.29%) Analytics
2 1 (14.29%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) ISEB
Portsmouth, Hampshire
An understanding of the end to end project lifecycle, Prince2 or equivalent PM discipline would be an advantage... ISEB or equivalent would be an advantage. *Strong Stakeholder Management...
E-synergy Solutions
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013