The first table below looks at the demand for Systems Analysis skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Systems Analysis over the 3 months to 20 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Systems Analysis
Rank 90 53 61
Rank change year-on-year
-37 +8
Permanent jobs citing Systems Analysis 5 31 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 0.462% 3.150% 1.794%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.590% 4.559% 2.158%
Number of salaries quoted 5 27 15
Average salary £39,500 £42,500 £51,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.05% -16.66%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £37,689
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +12.76%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
847 680 695
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 78.21% 69.11% 83.13%
Number of salaries quoted 763 590 656
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +9.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,600 £27,500 £32,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Systems Analysis
East of England

Systems Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Systems Analysis across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Bedfordshire Systems Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Analysis
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Systems Analysis across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Systems Analysis Salary Trend

Systems Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Systems Analysis also 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 that cited Systems Analysis.

1 10 (52.63%) Business Analysis
2 7 (36.84%) Project Management
3 6 (31.58%) Agile Software Development
3 6 (31.58%) Microsoft
3 6 (31.58%) ISEB
3 6 (31.58%) SQL
4 5 (26.32%) Finance
5 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (21.05%) MS Excel
5 4 (21.05%) Supplier Management
5 4 (21.05%) Degree
5 4 (21.05%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (15.79%) Test Scripting
6 3 (15.79%) Performance Management
6 3 (15.79%) BPMN
6 3 (15.79%) Matrix Management
6 3 (15.79%) Use Case
6 3 (15.79%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (15.79%) SQL Server 2005
6 3 (15.79%) ISTQB
6 3 (15.79%) CBAP
6 3 (15.79%) User Stories
6 3 (15.79%) FogBugz
6 3 (15.79%) CRM
6 3 (15.79%) Client/Server
6 3 (15.79%) Oracle
6 3 (15.79%) SQL Server
6 3 (15.79%) Web Services
6 3 (15.79%) UML
6 3 (15.79%) DSDM

Systems Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Systems Analysis also 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 that cited Systems Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (15.79%) Web Services
Applications
1 4 (21.05%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.263%) MS Visio
2 1 (5.263%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (5.263%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.79%) SQL Server
1 3 (15.79%) RDBMS
1 3 (15.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 3 (15.79%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Bugzilla
1 3 (15.79%) Team Foundation Server
1 3 (15.79%) FogBugz
General
1 5 (26.32%) Finance
2 1 (5.263%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 12 (63.16%) Analyst
2 9 (47.37%) Business Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Systems Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Systems Manager
3 3 (15.79%) Business Systems Manager
3 3 (15.79%) Business Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Development Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Test Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Business Systems Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Tester
5 1 (5.263%) Test Manager
5 1 (5.263%) Head of Development
5 1 (5.263%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Client/Server
1 3 (15.79%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) Business Analysis
2 7 (36.84%) Project Management
3 6 (31.58%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (21.05%) Supplier Management
4 4 (21.05%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (15.79%) Test Scripting
5 3 (15.79%) Performance Management
5 3 (15.79%) BPMN
5 3 (15.79%) Matrix Management
5 3 (15.79%) Use Case
5 3 (15.79%) Scrum
5 3 (15.79%) Document Management
5 3 (15.79%) Software Engineering
5 3 (15.79%) UML
5 3 (15.79%) DSDM
5 3 (15.79%) CRM
5 3 (15.79%) User Stories
6 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (5.263%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 6 (31.58%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) ISEB
2 4 (21.05%) Degree
3 3 (15.79%) CBAP
3 3 (15.79%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.263%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) Oracle