The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton 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 22 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 Southampton 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analyst
Rank 30 14 13
Rank change year-on-year
-16 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 7 18 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 2.326% 7.627% 8.152%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.448% 8.072% 8.475%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 13 10
Average daily rate £600 £400 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% +10.34%
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 £31.25 £30.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +15.38%
All Job Titles
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
286 223 177
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 95.02% 94.49% 96.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 115 75
Average daily rate £320 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.18% -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £250 £198
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 51 31
Average hourly rate £14.00 £17.50 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +9.37%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.00 £7.88
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £41.50 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
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 Southampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Business Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 9 (52.94%) Manufacturing
2 8 (47.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 7 (41.18%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (23.53%) Pharmaceutical
4 4 (23.53%) Content Management
4 4 (23.53%) Finance
5 3 (17.65%) CMS
5 3 (17.65%) Retail
5 3 (17.65%) SharePoint
5 3 (17.65%) E-Commerce
6 2 (11.76%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (11.76%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
6 2 (11.76%) Requirements Management
6 2 (11.76%) Data Analytics
6 2 (11.76%) Analytics
7 1 (5.882%) Informatics
7 1 (5.882%) Use Case
7 1 (5.882%) QMS
7 1 (5.882%) Data Migration
7 1 (5.882%) Business Analysis
7 1 (5.882%) Document Management
7 1 (5.882%) Scrum
7 1 (5.882%) Unified Process
7 1 (5.882%) SAS
7 1 (5.882%) Java
7 1 (5.882%) UML
7 1 (5.882%) OOA/OOD
7 1 (5.882%) RAD
7 1 (5.882%) RUP

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 Platforms
1 3 (17.65%) CMS
1 3 (17.65%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.882%) SAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Data Warehouse
General
1 9 (52.94%) Manufacturing
2 4 (23.53%) Pharmaceutical
2 4 (23.53%) Finance
3 3 (17.65%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.882%) Informatics
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 7 (41.18%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (23.53%) Content Management
4 3 (17.65%) E-Commerce
5 2 (11.76%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (11.76%) Requirements Management
5 2 (11.76%) Data Analytics
5 2 (11.76%) Analytics
6 1 (5.882%) Use Case
6 1 (5.882%) QMS
6 1 (5.882%) Data Migration
6 1 (5.882%) Business Analysis
6 1 (5.882%) Document Management
6 1 (5.882%) Scrum
6 1 (5.882%) Unified Process
6 1 (5.882%) UML
6 1 (5.882%) OOA/OOD
6 1 (5.882%) RAD
6 1 (5.882%) RUP
6 1 (5.882%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.882%) Java
Vendors
1 1 (5.882%) ATG
Southampton, South East
The client is looking for someone who has Content Management System experience and is familiar with Sharepoint, groupware collaborative working environments.This is a long term programme of...
Montash Associates
Rate: £500 - £650 per day + negotiable
Posted: 10 May 2013