Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT jobs within the Berkshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBusiness Analyst
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank8356
Rank change on same period last yearDown-27
Matching permanent IT job ads181417
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.123 %0.190 %
As % of the category below2.521 %3.712 %
Salaries quoted154340
Average minimum salary£41,312£39,399
Average salary£44,789£43,553
% change on same period last year+2.83 %
Average maximum salary£48,266£47,708
UK excluding London average salary£40,227£41,174
% change on same period last year-2.29 %
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads717911233
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled4.860 %5.105 %
Salaries quoted59779197
Average minimum salary£38,762£38,242
Average salary£42,139£41,904
% change on same period last year+0.56 %
Average maximum salary£45,516£45,566
UK excluding London average salary£38,498£39,065
% change on same period last year-1.44 %
Business Analyst South EastBusiness Analyst
South East

Business Analyst
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Business Analyst across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Berkshire Business Analyst Demand Trend

Business Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire Business Analyst Salary Trend

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Business Analyst across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008.

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ReadingDown-2031£39,288-8.04 %
SloughDown-2823£42,265-3.87 %
BracknellUp+220£48,650+19.38 %
WindsorNo change018£49,231+36.06 %
MaidenheadUp+218£68,125+22.47 %
NewburyUp+47£33,357-4.69 %
WokinghamDown-52£42,500-29.16 %
Business Analyst South EastBusiness Analyst
South East

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

1180 (34.75 %)Finance
2139 (26.83 %)Business Analysis
381 (15.64 %)Business Intelligence
472 (13.90 %)Project Management
570 (13.51 %)UML
664 (12.36 %)Telecoms
762 (11.97 %)Cognos
859 (11.39 %)SAP
859 (11.39 %)Insurance
958 (11.20 %)SQL
1050 (9.653 %)Datawarehouse
1146 (8.880 %)User Acceptance Testing
1242 (8.108 %)Siebel
1242 (8.108 %)Oracle
1340 (7.722 %)Pensions
1437 (7.143 %)RUP
1536 (6.950 %)CRM
1633 (6.371 %)Data Analysis
1732 (6.178 %)ERP
1732 (6.178 %)Data Modelling
1831 (5.985 %)Microsoft
1831 (5.985 %)Marketing
1930 (5.792 %)ETL
2029 (5.598 %)Banking
2029 (5.598 %)Risk Management
2128 (5.405 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
2227 (5.212 %)BusinessObjects
2227 (5.212 %)Business Objects
2326 (5.019 %)Migration
2326 (5.019 %)Retail

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

Berkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
120 (3.861 %).NET
212 (2.317 %)WebSphere
39 (1.737 %)ASP.NET
48 (1.544 %)HTML
56 (1.158 %)SAP ALE
56 (1.158 %)SAP Smart Forms
56 (1.158 %)BAPI
62 (0.386 %)XML
62 (0.386 %).NET Framework
71 (0.193 %)EDI
71 (0.193 %)JMS
71 (0.193 %)AJAX
71 (0.193 %)WebServices
71 (0.193 %)ASP
Berkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (1.158 %)SharePoint
16 (1.158 %)SharePoint Server 2007
21 (0.193 %)IIS
Berkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
123 (4.440 %)MS Visio
222 (4.247 %)MS Excel
38 (1.544 %)MS Office
45 (0.965 %)CA Clarity
53 (0.579 %)MS PowerPoint
61 (0.193 %)MS Project
Berkshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
122 (4.247 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
219 (3.668 %)SAP SD
314 (2.703 %)SAP FI
314 (2.703 %)SAP FI/CO
314 (2.703 %)SAP CO
412 (2.317 %)SAP R/3
510 (1.931 %)SAP MM
69 (1.737 %)ZaiNet
78 (1.544 %)Dynamics CRM
78 (1.544 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
87 (1.351 %)Oracle Financials
87 (1.351 %)SAP PP
96 (1.158 %)Microsoft CRM
104 (0.772 %)SAP WM
104 (0.772 %)SAP QM
112 (0.386 %)BPCS
121 (0.193 %)JDE OneWorld
121 (0.193 %)Oracle 11i
121 (0.193 %)WebTrends
121 (0.193 %)JDE EnterpriseOne
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
126 (5.019 %)BSS
217 (3.282 %)Wireless
39 (1.737 %)Internet
44 (0.772 %)ADSL
53 (0.579 %)3G
61 (0.193 %)Broadband
61 (0.193 %)TCP/IP
61 (0.193 %)Intranet
Berkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
150 (9.653 %)Datawarehouse
230 (5.792 %)ETL
327 (5.212 %)BusinessObjects
419 (3.668 %)SQL Server
516 (3.089 %)Data Mining
615 (2.896 %)TOAD
79 (1.737 %)OLAP
79 (1.737 %)DecisionStream
87 (1.351 %)Data Cleansing
87 (1.351 %)Star Schema
95 (0.965 %)Cognos Powerplay
95 (0.965 %)Cognos Impromptu
95 (0.965 %)SQL Server 2005
104 (0.772 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
104 (0.772 %)RDBMS
104 (0.772 %)SQL Server 2000
104 (0.772 %)ReportNet
113 (0.579 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
113 (0.579 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
113 (0.579 %)SQL Server Integration Services
Berkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
110 (1.931 %)LSMW
22 (0.386 %)Visual Studio
31 (0.193 %)QuickTest Pro
31 (0.193 %)LoadRunner
Berkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1180 (34.75 %)Finance
264 (12.36 %)Telecoms
359 (11.39 %)Insurance
440 (7.722 %)Pensions
531 (5.985 %)Marketing
629 (5.598 %)Banking
726 (5.019 %)Retail
824 (4.633 %)Health
921 (4.054 %)Manufacturing
1018 (3.475 %)Automotive
1112 (2.317 %)Pharmaceutical
1112 (2.317 %)Billing
1112 (2.317 %)FMCG
1211 (2.124 %)Financial Institution
136 (1.158 %)Front Office
145 (0.965 %)Construction
145 (0.965 %)International Banking
154 (0.772 %)Retail Banking
154 (0.772 %)Legal
163 (0.579 %)Games
Berkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
120 (3.861 %)Handset
214 (2.703 %)Management Information System
39 (1.737 %)Credit Risk
47 (1.351 %)Pharmacovigilance
47 (1.351 %)Client/Server
56 (1.158 %)Fixed Income
56 (1.158 %)Equities
65 (0.965 %)Market Risk
73 (0.579 %)EPoS
73 (0.579 %)Computer Science
82 (0.386 %)Statistics
82 (0.386 %)Mathematics
91 (0.193 %)Life Science
91 (0.193 %)Data Extraction
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (1.158 %)UNIX
23 (0.579 %)Windows
31 (0.193 %)Windows Server 2003
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1139 (26.83 %)Business Analysis
281 (15.64 %)Business Intelligence
372 (13.90 %)Project Management
470 (13.51 %)UML
546 (8.880 %)User Acceptance Testing
637 (7.143 %)RUP
736 (6.950 %)CRM
833 (6.371 %)Data Analysis
932 (6.178 %)ERP
932 (6.178 %)Data Modelling
1029 (5.598 %)Risk Management
1126 (5.019 %)Migration
1126 (5.019 %)Data Migration
1126 (5.019 %)Use Case
1225 (4.826 %)Systems Analysis
1322 (4.247 %)Change Management
1418 (3.475 %)Stakeholder Management
1517 (3.282 %)Six Sigma
1616 (3.089 %)OO
1616 (3.089 %)Enterprise Architecture
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
158 (11.20 %)SQL
212 (2.317 %)Java
212 (2.317 %)ABAP
39 (1.737 %)C#
48 (1.544 %)PL/SQL
57 (1.351 %)JavaScript
57 (1.351 %)C
66 (1.158 %)SAPscript
73 (0.579 %)Transact-SQL
81 (0.193 %)VB
81 (0.193 %)RPG
81 (0.193 %)C++
81 (0.193 %)VC++
Berkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
123 (4.440 %)Degree
29 (1.737 %)ISEB
38 (1.544 %)Citrix Certification
43 (0.579 %)ITIL Certification
52 (0.386 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Berkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
128 (5.405 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
217 (3.282 %)QA
31 (0.193 %)ISO9001
31 (0.193 %)SLA
Berkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
162 (11.97 %)Cognos
259 (11.39 %)SAP
342 (8.108 %)Siebel
342 (8.108 %)Oracle
431 (5.985 %)Microsoft
527 (5.212 %)Business Objects
625 (4.826 %)JD Edwards
717 (3.282 %)PeopleSoft
89 (1.737 %)Sage
89 (1.737 %)Triple Point
98 (1.544 %)OpenLink
107 (1.351 %)Charles River
107 (1.351 %)LatentZero
114 (0.772 %)Accenture
114 (0.772 %)Informatica
114 (0.772 %)CA
123 (0.579 %)Murex
132 (0.386 %)Manugistics
132 (0.386 %)Retek
132 (0.386 %)Epiphany