The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire 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 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 Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analyst
Rank 28 33 39
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 71 49 41
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 6.520% 5.152% 4.670%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.907% 5.373% 4.887%
Number of salaries quoted 68 39 40
Average salary £40,000 £41,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.43% +9.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £60,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £41,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+2.40% +3.75%
All Job Titles
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1028 912 839
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 94.40% 95.90% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 915 775 789
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £58,500 £55,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Business Analyst
East of England

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Business Analyst Salary Trend

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Business Analyst across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bedfordshire Business Analyst Salary Histogram

Business Analyst
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the Bedfordshire 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bedford +10 36 £40,000 +12.67%
Luton -6 14 £47,500 -12.03%
Business Analyst
East of England

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 61 (38.13%) User Stories
2 60 (37.50%) Scrum
3 56 (35.00%) Business Analysis
4 54 (33.75%) BPMN
5 49 (30.63%) UML
6 47 (29.38%) DSDM
6 47 (29.38%) Agile Software Development
7 37 (23.13%) E-Commerce
8 29 (18.13%) Use Case
9 27 (16.88%) Retail
10 25 (15.63%) Degree
10 25 (15.63%) ERP
11 24 (15.00%) SAP
12 20 (12.50%) Marketing
13 19 (11.88%) ITIL
14 16 (10.00%) Microsoft
14 16 (10.00%) ISEB
15 15 (9.375%) SAP SD
16 14 (8.750%) Incident Management
17 13 (8.125%) Finance
18 12 (7.500%) Project Management
19 11 (6.875%) Oracle
20 10 (6.250%) Data Modelling
20 10 (6.250%) Salesforce.com
20 10 (6.250%) Service Management
20 10 (6.250%) Team Foundation Server
20 10 (6.250%) Android
20 10 (6.250%) iPad
21 9 (5.625%) CBAP
21 9 (5.625%) Business Intelligence

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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.

Application Development
1 3 (1.875%) SAP PI
1 3 (1.875%) EDI
1 3 (1.875%) .NET
2 2 (1.250%) HTML
2 2 (1.250%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.625%) CSS
3 1 (0.625%) XML
Application Platforms
1 4 (2.500%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.625%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 8 (5.000%) MS Office
2 5 (3.125%) MS Excel
3 3 (1.875%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.250%) MS Project
5 1 (0.625%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 15 (9.375%) SAP SD
2 7 (4.375%) SAP MM
3 6 (3.750%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (3.750%) Oracle iRecruitment
3 6 (3.750%) SAP ERP
3 6 (3.750%) Oracle EBS R12
4 3 (1.875%) Oracle HRMS
4 3 (1.875%) Oracle Applications
4 3 (1.875%) SAP CRM
5 2 (1.250%) SiteCatalyst
6 1 (0.625%) Oracle Payroll
6 1 (0.625%) JDE World
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.875%) GIS
1 3 (1.875%) SAP BW
2 2 (1.250%) Data Mining
2 2 (1.250%) SAP BI
3 1 (0.625%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (0.625%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.625%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.625%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.625%) MS Access
3 1 (0.625%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (6.250%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (1.875%) JIRA
General
1 27 (16.88%) Retail
2 20 (12.50%) Marketing
3 13 (8.125%) Finance
4 2 (1.250%) Law
4 2 (1.250%) Manufacturing
4 2 (1.250%) Back Office
5 1 (0.625%) Banking
5 1 (0.625%) Local Government
5 1 (0.625%) Investment Banking
5 1 (0.625%) Aerospace
5 1 (0.625%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.250%) iPad
2 8 (5.000%) SaaS
3 4 (2.500%) Client/Server
3 4 (2.500%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.875%) Wiki
4 3 (1.875%) NHS
5 2 (1.250%) FMCG
5 2 (1.250%) iSeries
6 1 (0.625%) Online Games
6 1 (0.625%) Data Integration
6 1 (0.625%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 10 (6.250%) Android
2 1 (0.625%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (38.13%) User Stories
2 60 (37.50%) Scrum
3 56 (35.00%) Business Analysis
4 54 (33.75%) BPMN
5 49 (30.63%) UML
6 47 (29.38%) DSDM
6 47 (29.38%) Agile Software Development
7 37 (23.13%) E-Commerce
8 29 (18.13%) Use Case
9 25 (15.63%) ERP
10 19 (11.88%) ITIL
11 14 (8.750%) Incident Management
12 12 (7.500%) Project Management
13 10 (6.250%) Data Modelling
13 10 (6.250%) Service Management
14 9 (5.625%) Business Intelligence
14 9 (5.625%) Logistics
15 8 (5.000%) CRM
16 7 (4.375%) User Acceptance Testing
16 7 (4.375%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 9 (5.625%) SQL
2 2 (1.250%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.625%) Java
3 1 (0.625%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.625%) VB
3 1 (0.625%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 25 (15.63%) Degree
2 16 (10.00%) ISEB
3 9 (5.625%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.250%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.625%) SCOM
Vendors
1 24 (15.00%) SAP
2 16 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 11 (6.875%) Oracle
4 10 (6.250%) Salesforce.com
5 3 (1.875%) Pegasus
6 2 (1.250%) Adobe
7 1 (0.625%) ATG
7 1 (0.625%) JD Edwards
7 1 (0.625%) Hyperion
7 1 (0.625%) hybris
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The Business will have significant experience in delivery of bespoke and off the shelf Finance/ERP Systems to set time frames and budgets.Business Analyst (Finance Transformation/IT/...
Streamline IT Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Ideally you will be able to bring experience of working on local authority and government - multi agency areas such as Social Care, NHS, Police, Schools, Councils, ContactPoint, Charity...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
You will ideally be very familiar with producing and understanding User Stories, Process Flows (BPMN), Data Models and have an understanding of the Agile / Scrum methodologies. Previous experience...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Bupa, 23days
Posted: 18 May 2013
Bedfordshire
The ideal Business Systems Analyst will be degree qualified in a business or commercial discipline, have excellent communication skills and be a car driver (for travel to other...
Parallel Consulting
Salary: £27000 - £32000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Business Analyst - SAP SD (Supply Chain & Logistics modules MM, WM desirable) - Bedford. Essential Experience: 2 - 4 years of relevant work experience as a Business Analyst on SAP CRM...
MAPP Ltd - IT & Business Management Recruitment Specialists
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum circa £40,000 + Good Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013