The first table below looks at the demand for the Financial Business Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Financial Business Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 South West 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial Business Analyst
Rank 107 130 104
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -26
Contract jobs requiring a Financial Business Analyst 10 12 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.480% 0.368% 0.582%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.509% 0.396% 0.616%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 10
Average daily rate £406 £353 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.24% +0.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £365 £318 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £407 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1964 3033 2599
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 94.24% 92.89% 94.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1174 1821 1288
Average daily rate £350 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £228 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 190 241
Average hourly rate £15.40 £22.50 £21.40
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.55% +5.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £37.50 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Financial Business Analyst
England

Financial Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Financial Business Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Financial Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Financial Business Analyst across the South West region.

South West Financial Business Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Financial Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Financial Business Analyst across the South West region.

South West Financial Business Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Financial 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 Financial Business Analyst within the South West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
Bristol +13 4 £380 -6.17%
Wiltshire - 3 £388 -
Gloucestershire +32 2 £440 +27.53%
Dorset +3 1 - -
Financial Business Analyst
England

Financial Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Financial 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 Financial Business Analyst in their job title.

1 13 (100.00%) Finance
2 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (23.08%) Banking
3 3 (23.08%) Business Analysis
4 2 (15.38%) Requirements Analysis
4 2 (15.38%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (15.38%) Migration
4 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (15.38%) ISEB
4 2 (15.38%) BPR
4 2 (15.38%) SQL
4 2 (15.38%) Business Objects
4 2 (15.38%) UML
4 2 (15.38%) SSADM
4 2 (15.38%) DSDM
4 2 (15.38%) CRM
4 2 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (15.38%) MS Visio
4 2 (15.38%) SAS
4 2 (15.38%) Data Governance
4 2 (15.38%) Business Transformation
5 1 (7.692%) User Stories
5 1 (7.692%) ISO 9001
5 1 (7.692%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (7.692%) Legal
5 1 (7.692%) Scrum
5 1 (7.692%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (7.692%) Retail Banking
5 1 (7.692%) Retail
5 1 (7.692%) Data Migration

Financial Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Financial 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 Financial Business Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
General
1 13 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (23.08%) Banking
3 1 (7.692%) Legal
3 1 (7.692%) Retail Banking
3 1 (7.692%) Retail
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (23.08%) Business Analysis
3 2 (15.38%) Requirements Analysis
3 2 (15.38%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (15.38%) Migration
3 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (15.38%) BPR
3 2 (15.38%) UML
3 2 (15.38%) SSADM
3 2 (15.38%) DSDM
3 2 (15.38%) CRM
3 2 (15.38%) Data Governance
3 2 (15.38%) Business Transformation
4 1 (7.692%) User Stories
4 1 (7.692%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (7.692%) Scrum
4 1 (7.692%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (7.692%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.692%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Business Objects
Gloucestershire
The suitable Business Analyst will have the following experience: Strong Excel skills including making pivot tables Documentation experience. Diagrams Analysis and Design excellent stakeholder management Communication Presentations Requirements...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £440.00 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
You will have experience of business change, business transformation, BPR backgrounds with process mapping experience, requirements gathering, gap analysis, requirements capture, workshop facilitation, etc... Very experienced in requirements...
Clarity Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £375 - £400 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013