The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Swindon 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 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 Swindon 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
Business Analyst
Rank 25 31 9
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -22
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 15 11 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 5.000% 3.030% 9.464%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.376% 3.284% 10.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 11 24
Average daily rate £410 £418 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.79% +4.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £370 £330 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £475 £490
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 £26.25
% change year-on-year
+5.00% +14.28%
All Job Titles
Swindon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
279 335 299
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 93.00% 92.29% 94.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 237 174
Average daily rate £413 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £238 £220
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 16 9 21
Average hourly rate £13.50 £15.50 £23.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.90% -34.04%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.49 £12.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £23.50 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Analyst
Wiltshire

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon Business Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 30 (96.77%) Finance
2 19 (61.29%) Banking
3 17 (54.84%) Stakeholder Management
4 15 (48.39%) GAP Analysis
4 15 (48.39%) Requirements Analysis
4 15 (48.39%) Business Transformation
5 14 (45.16%) BPR
6 13 (41.94%) UML
6 13 (41.94%) SSADM
6 13 (41.94%) DSDM
6 13 (41.94%) MS Visio
7 9 (29.03%) Basel II
7 9 (29.03%) Basel III
8 8 (25.81%) Solvency II
8 8 (25.81%) Business Analysis
9 3 (9.677%) Disaster Recovery
10 2 (6.452%) Data Modelling
10 2 (6.452%) PeopleSoft
10 2 (6.452%) PeopleSoft HRMS
10 2 (6.452%) Marketing
11 1 (3.226%) Local Government
11 1 (3.226%) Requirements Management
11 1 (3.226%) Root Cause Analysis
11 1 (3.226%) User Stories
11 1 (3.226%) Mobile App
11 1 (3.226%) Mobile Application Development
11 1 (3.226%) User Acceptance Testing
11 1 (3.226%) Stress Testing
11 1 (3.226%) Test Scripting
11 1 (3.226%) BPMN

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 1 (3.226%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (41.94%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.226%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (6.452%) PeopleSoft HRMS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.226%) Internet
General
1 30 (96.77%) Finance
2 19 (61.29%) Banking
3 2 (6.452%) Marketing
4 1 (3.226%) Local Government
4 1 (3.226%) Retail Banking
4 1 (3.226%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.226%) Mobile App
1 1 (3.226%) Online Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (54.84%) Stakeholder Management
2 15 (48.39%) GAP Analysis
2 15 (48.39%) Requirements Analysis
2 15 (48.39%) Business Transformation
3 14 (45.16%) BPR
4 13 (41.94%) UML
4 13 (41.94%) SSADM
4 13 (41.94%) DSDM
5 8 (25.81%) Business Analysis
6 3 (9.677%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (6.452%) Data Modelling
8 1 (3.226%) Requirements Management
8 1 (3.226%) Root Cause Analysis
8 1 (3.226%) User Stories
8 1 (3.226%) Mobile Application Development
8 1 (3.226%) User Acceptance Testing
8 1 (3.226%) Stress Testing
8 1 (3.226%) Test Scripting
8 1 (3.226%) BPMN
8 1 (3.226%) Requirements Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.226%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.226%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (29.03%) Basel II
1 9 (29.03%) Basel III
2 8 (25.81%) Solvency II
3 1 (3.226%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 2 (6.452%) PeopleSoft
2 1 (3.226%) Business Objects
2 1 (3.226%) Microsoft
Swindon, South West
You will work closely with internal and external stakeholders.Role Responsibilities:*To gain a quick understanding of the business issues and data challenges*To gather business requirements via...
Sand Resources
Rate: £300 - £500 per day + Negotiable, depending on experience
Posted: 24 May 2013
Swindon, South West
BPMN*Experience delivering and managing requirements specifications *Business Analyst studies and where possible qualifications e.g... Sand Resources is an equal opportunity employer committed to a policy of...
Sand Resources
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
Business Analyst or Senior Business Analyst, process modelling, BPR, process mapping, process analysis, process transformation with financial services experience -insurance, banking or building societies... We are seeking experienced...
Clarity Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £390 - £475 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013