The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analyst
Rank 28 28 22
Rank change year-on-year
0 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 20 12 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 8.032% 6.316% 10.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.097% 6.557% 10.90%
Number of salaries quoted 20 12 16
Average salary £40,000 £35,500 £33,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.67% +5.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,250 £35,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £41,000 £37,750
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £41,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+2.40% +3.75%
All Job Titles
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
247 183 156
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 99.20% 96.32% 99.36%
Number of salaries quoted 240 172 148
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £29,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £45,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Business Analyst
Bedfordshire

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedford Business Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Business Analyst
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Business Analyst across the Bedford region.

Bedford Business Analyst Salary Trend

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled with Business Analyst in their job title.

1 39 (62.90%) User Stories
2 38 (61.29%) Scrum
3 36 (58.06%) BPMN
4 29 (46.77%) UML
4 29 (46.77%) DSDM
5 22 (35.48%) Agile Software Development
5 22 (35.48%) Business Analysis
6 16 (25.81%) Use Case
6 16 (25.81%) Incident Management
6 16 (25.81%) Retail
6 16 (25.81%) SAP
6 16 (25.81%) ITIL
6 16 (25.81%) E-Commerce
6 16 (25.81%) ERP
6 16 (25.81%) SAP SD
7 15 (24.19%) Marketing
8 12 (19.35%) Degree
9 11 (17.74%) Service Management
9 11 (17.74%) Salesforce.com
10 10 (16.13%) Logistics
10 10 (16.13%) Android
10 10 (16.13%) iPad
11 8 (12.90%) SaaS
11 8 (12.90%) SAP MM
11 8 (12.90%) Data Modelling
11 8 (12.90%) CRM
12 5 (8.065%) SAP CRM
13 4 (6.452%) SAP ERP
14 3 (4.839%) Wiki
14 3 (4.839%) NHS

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled with Business Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 16 (25.81%) SAP SD
2 8 (12.90%) SAP MM
3 5 (8.065%) SAP CRM
4 4 (6.452%) SAP ERP
Development Applications
1 3 (4.839%) JIRA
2 1 (1.613%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 16 (25.81%) Retail
2 15 (24.19%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.13%) iPad
2 8 (12.90%) SaaS
3 3 (4.839%) Wiki
3 3 (4.839%) NHS
3 3 (4.839%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 10 (16.13%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (62.90%) User Stories
2 38 (61.29%) Scrum
3 36 (58.06%) BPMN
4 29 (46.77%) UML
4 29 (46.77%) DSDM
5 22 (35.48%) Agile Software Development
5 22 (35.48%) Business Analysis
6 16 (25.81%) Use Case
6 16 (25.81%) Incident Management
6 16 (25.81%) ITIL
6 16 (25.81%) E-Commerce
6 16 (25.81%) ERP
7 11 (17.74%) Service Management
8 10 (16.13%) Logistics
9 8 (12.90%) Data Modelling
9 8 (12.90%) CRM
10 1 (1.613%) Performance Management
10 1 (1.613%) Product Management
10 1 (1.613%) Project Management
10 1 (1.613%) Systems Analysis
Qualifications
1 12 (19.35%) Degree
2 2 (3.226%) ISEB
3 1 (1.613%) CBAP
Vendors
1 16 (25.81%) SAP
2 11 (17.74%) Salesforce.com
3 2 (3.226%) Oracle
4 1 (1.613%) Microsoft
Bedford, Bedfordshire
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TD Group
Salary: Excellent opportunity to work for a growing company
Posted: 14 June 2013