The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior Business Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Business Analyst
Rank 100 124 107
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -17
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Business Analyst 8 12 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.397% 0.371% 0.530%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.422% 0.398% 0.562%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 11 13
Average daily rate £425 £427 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.52% -2.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £331 £380 £361
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £475 £502
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £420 £413
% change year-on-year
+1.19% +1.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £46.50 £29.00
% change year-on-year
- +60.34%
All Job Titles
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1895 3012 2668
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 93.95% 93.11% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1138 1803 1328
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 £230 £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 137 186 243
Average hourly rate £15.40 £22.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.55% +2.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.70 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £37.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Senior Business Analyst
England

Senior Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Senior Business Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Senior Business Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Senior Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Senior Business Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Senior 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 Senior Business Analyst within the South West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Wiltshire +5 5 £425 -5.55%
Bristol +9 3 £338 -13.46%
Senior Business Analyst
England

Senior Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Senior 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 Senior Business Analyst in their job title.

1 10 (50.00%) Finance
2 8 (40.00%) Banking
3 7 (35.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (35.00%) Business Analysis
4 6 (30.00%) MS Visio
5 4 (20.00%) SAP
5 4 (20.00%) Data Analysis
6 3 (15.00%) Oracle
6 3 (15.00%) SAP HR
6 3 (15.00%) Project Management
6 3 (15.00%) SAP Payroll
7 2 (10.00%) BPR
7 2 (10.00%) GAP Analysis
7 2 (10.00%) MS Project
7 2 (10.00%) SQL
7 2 (10.00%) EFT
7 2 (10.00%) PRINCE2
7 2 (10.00%) UML
7 2 (10.00%) SSADM
7 2 (10.00%) DSDM
7 2 (10.00%) MS Excel
7 2 (10.00%) SAS
7 2 (10.00%) SAP HCM
7 2 (10.00%) Software Engineering
7 2 (10.00%) Systems Analysis
7 2 (10.00%) Casewise
7 2 (10.00%) Requirements Analysis
7 2 (10.00%) Fundtech
7 2 (10.00%) SWIFT
7 2 (10.00%) Business Transformation

Senior Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Senior 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 Senior Business Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (10.00%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (30.00%) MS Visio
2 2 (10.00%) MS Project
2 2 (10.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (15.00%) SAP HR
1 3 (15.00%) SAP Payroll
2 2 (10.00%) SAP HCM
3 1 (5.000%) PeopleSoft HRMS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.000%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.000%) Oracle Discoverer
General
1 10 (50.00%) Finance
2 8 (40.00%) Banking
3 1 (5.000%) Retail Banking
3 1 (5.000%) Corporate Banking
3 1 (5.000%) Investment Banking
3 1 (5.000%) General Ledger
3 1 (5.000%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) EFT
1 2 (10.00%) SWIFT
2 1 (5.000%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.000%) Online Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 7 (35.00%) Business Analysis
2 4 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 3 (15.00%) Project Management
4 2 (10.00%) BPR
4 2 (10.00%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (10.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (10.00%) UML
4 2 (10.00%) SSADM
4 2 (10.00%) DSDM
4 2 (10.00%) Software Engineering
4 2 (10.00%) Systems Analysis
4 2 (10.00%) Requirements Analysis
4 2 (10.00%) Business Transformation
5 1 (5.000%) Mobile Application Development
5 1 (5.000%) Data Transformation
5 1 (5.000%) Test Scripting
5 1 (5.000%) Time Management
5 1 (5.000%) Data Migration
5 1 (5.000%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.000%) ISEB
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) SAP
2 3 (15.00%) Oracle
3 2 (10.00%) Casewise
3 2 (10.00%) Fundtech
4 1 (5.000%) PeopleSoft
Bournemouth, Dorset
A highly skilled, ideally ISEB certified, Senior Business Analyst with strong leadership skills as well as a track record of delivering significant business benefit, through your application of...
Ageas 50
Rate: Up to £450 per day depending upon experience
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bournemouth
The skills and experience you'll bring A highly skilled, ideally ISEB certified, Senior Business Analyst with strong leadership skills as well as a track record of delivering...
Ageas 50
Rate: Up to £450 per day depending upon experience
Posted: 25 May 2013