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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analysis
Rank 66 71 52
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -19
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 52 29 39
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 3.059% 1.957% 2.902%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.101% 2.835% 4.503%
Number of salaries quoted 42 19 34
Average salary £42,500 £47,000 £36,495
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.57% +28.78%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,250 £34,000 £25,150
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £59,250
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £44,000 £41,500
% change year-on-year
-3.40% +6.02%
All Processes & Methodologies
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1268 1023 866
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 74.59% 69.03% 64.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1072 893 744
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Business Analysis
West Midlands

Business Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Business Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

Business Analysis
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham Business Analysis Salary Trend

Business Analysis
Salary Histogram

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

Birmingham Business Analysis Salary Histogram

Business Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing Business 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 Business Analysis.

1 39 (33.91%) Project Management
2 38 (33.04%) Finance
3 31 (26.96%) Degree
4 24 (20.87%) Data Analysis
5 19 (16.52%) SQL
5 19 (16.52%) Oracle
5 19 (16.52%) SAS
6 18 (15.65%) ERP
6 18 (15.65%) Business Development
7 17 (14.78%) Analytics
7 17 (14.78%) SAP
7 17 (14.78%) Risk Management
8 16 (13.91%) CISA
8 16 (13.91%) Practice Management
8 16 (13.91%) SQL Server
8 16 (13.91%) HTML
8 16 (13.91%) Financial Modelling
8 16 (13.91%) Knowledge Management
9 15 (13.04%) Windows
10 14 (12.17%) User Acceptance Testing
11 11 (9.565%) PRINCE2
12 10 (8.696%) UNIX
12 10 (8.696%) C
12 10 (8.696%) Microsoft
13 9 (7.826%) UML
13 9 (7.826%) Logistics
14 8 (6.957%) NoSQL
14 8 (6.957%) Internet
14 8 (6.957%) Python
14 8 (6.957%) Linux

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing Business 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 Business Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 16 (13.91%) HTML
2 8 (6.957%) .NET
3 6 (5.217%) XML
4 5 (4.348%) ASP.NET
4 5 (4.348%) Web Services
5 3 (2.609%) WF
5 3 (2.609%) .NET Framework
5 3 (2.609%) DHTML
5 3 (2.609%) CGI
6 1 (0.870%) MDX
6 1 (0.870%) J2EE
6 1 (0.870%) WDK
6 1 (0.870%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 19 (16.52%) SAS
2 5 (4.348%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.609%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.870%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (0.870%) Captiva
4 1 (0.870%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.870%) Lotus Notes
4 1 (0.870%) Lotus Domino
4 1 (0.870%) Apache
4 1 (0.870%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.870%) Documentum
4 1 (0.870%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 5 (4.348%) MS Excel
2 3 (2.609%) MS Office
3 2 (1.739%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.870%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 5 (4.348%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.739%) Agresso
2 2 (1.739%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (1.739%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (1.739%) Visualfiles
3 1 (0.870%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.957%) Internet
2 3 (2.609%) DMZ
3 1 (0.870%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.870%) SMS
3 1 (0.870%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (13.91%) SQL Server
2 8 (6.957%) NoSQL
3 6 (5.217%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (3.478%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (2.609%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (1.739%) SQL Server 2000
7 1 (0.870%) SQL Server 2005
7 1 (0.870%) DB2
Development Applications
1 3 (2.609%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.870%) Axure RP
2 1 (0.870%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.870%) RequisitePro
General
1 38 (33.04%) Finance
2 5 (4.348%) Legal
3 4 (3.478%) Retail
4 3 (2.609%) Banking
4 3 (2.609%) Marketing
4 3 (2.609%) Advertising
5 2 (1.739%) General Ledger
6 1 (0.870%) Billing
6 1 (0.870%) Investment Banking
6 1 (0.870%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.870%) Front Office
6 1 (0.870%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 58 (50.43%) Analyst
2 49 (42.61%) Business Analyst
3 17 (14.78%) Consultant
4 16 (13.91%) IT Assistant
5 14 (12.17%) Project Manager
6 13 (11.30%) Systems Analyst
7 9 (7.826%) Support Consultant
8 8 (6.957%) Applications Support Consultant
8 8 (6.957%) Applications Support
8 8 (6.957%) Applications Consultant
8 8 (6.957%) Developer
8 8 (6.957%) Systems Manager
9 6 (5.217%) Operations Manager
9 6 (5.217%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (5.217%) Senior Business Analyst
9 6 (5.217%) Agile Business Analyst
9 6 (5.217%) Business Manager
10 5 (4.348%) IT Business Analyst
10 5 (4.348%) Business Systems Analyst
11 4 (3.478%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.087%) Management Information System
2 4 (3.478%) SaaS
3 3 (2.609%) Credit Risk
4 2 (1.739%) PMI
4 2 (1.739%) Derivative
4 2 (1.739%) Computer Science
4 2 (1.739%) Economics
4 2 (1.739%) Digital Media
5 1 (0.870%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.870%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.870%) iSeries
5 1 (0.870%) N-Tier
5 1 (0.870%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.870%) Fixed Income
5 1 (0.870%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 15 (13.04%) Windows
2 10 (8.696%) UNIX
3 8 (6.957%) Linux
4 3 (2.609%) Windows 7
4 3 (2.609%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.870%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (33.91%) Project Management
2 24 (20.87%) Data Analysis
3 18 (15.65%) ERP
3 18 (15.65%) Business Development
4 17 (14.78%) Analytics
4 17 (14.78%) Risk Management
5 16 (13.91%) Practice Management
5 16 (13.91%) Financial Modelling
5 16 (13.91%) Knowledge Management
6 14 (12.17%) User Acceptance Testing
7 11 (9.565%) PRINCE2
8 9 (7.826%) UML
8 9 (7.826%) Logistics
9 7 (6.087%) Scrum
10 6 (5.217%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (5.217%) Use Case
11 5 (4.348%) Project Planning
11 5 (4.348%) CRM
11 5 (4.348%) ITIL
11 5 (4.348%) Process Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (16.52%) SQL
2 10 (8.696%) C
3 8 (6.957%) Python
3 8 (6.957%) Perl
3 8 (6.957%) PHP
4 6 (5.217%) VB.NET
4 6 (5.217%) C#
5 5 (4.348%) JavaScript
6 4 (3.478%) Java
7 3 (2.609%) VBScript
8 2 (1.739%) VB
9 1 (0.870%) RPG
Qualifications
1 31 (26.96%) Degree
2 16 (13.91%) CISA
3 4 (3.478%) CIMA
3 4 (3.478%) ACCA
4 3 (2.609%) ISEB
5 2 (1.739%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.739%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.870%) MCP
6 1 (0.870%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.870%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.609%) SLA
2 1 (0.870%) QA
System Software
1 4 (3.478%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (2.609%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 19 (16.52%) Oracle
2 17 (14.78%) SAP
3 10 (8.696%) Microsoft
4 4 (3.478%) VMware
5 3 (2.609%) Business Objects
6 1 (0.870%) Digital Fuel
6 1 (0.870%) iRise
6 1 (0.870%) Lombardi
6 1 (0.870%) Software AG
6 1 (0.870%) Lotus
6 1 (0.870%) Citrix
6 1 (0.870%) EMC
6 1 (0.870%) IBM
6 1 (0.870%) TIBCO
6 1 (0.870%) Salesforce.com
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