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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analyst
Rank 29 32 17
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 18 20 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bradford 5.422% 4.926% 7.692%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.788% 5.128% 8.025%
Number of salaries quoted 10 12 10
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £32,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +22.13%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,250 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £41,000 £43,300 £38,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £41,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+2.40% +3.75%
All Job Titles
Bradford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
311 390 324
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bradford 93.67% 96.06% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 217 252 202
Average salary £33,500 £33,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £22,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,000 £47,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Business Analyst
West Yorkshire

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bradford 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 Bradford region.

Bradford Business Analyst Salary Trend

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bradford 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 24 (55.81%) Finance
2 18 (41.86%) Business Analysis
3 12 (27.91%) MS Office
4 11 (25.58%) Business Intelligence
4 11 (25.58%) Cognos
5 10 (23.26%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (18.60%) SOA
6 8 (18.60%) Microsoft
6 8 (18.60%) BPMN
7 7 (16.28%) Analytics
7 7 (16.28%) Cognos Planning
7 7 (16.28%) Cognos Business Intelligence
8 5 (11.63%) UML
9 4 (9.302%) MS Excel
9 4 (9.302%) SAP
9 4 (9.302%) SQL
9 4 (9.302%) T-SQL
9 4 (9.302%) SQL Server
9 4 (9.302%) Crystal Reports
9 4 (9.302%) Business Objects
9 4 (9.302%) BusinessObjects
9 4 (9.302%) NHS
9 4 (9.302%) Management Information System
9 4 (9.302%) Business Continuity
9 4 (9.302%) QlikView
9 4 (9.302%) SQL Server 2005
9 4 (9.302%) Information Management
9 4 (9.302%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (9.302%) SQL Server 2008
10 2 (4.651%) GAP Analysis

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 12 (27.91%) MS Office
2 4 (9.302%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (16.28%) Cognos Planning
1 7 (16.28%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.302%) SQL Server
1 4 (9.302%) Crystal Reports
1 4 (9.302%) BusinessObjects
1 4 (9.302%) QlikView
1 4 (9.302%) SQL Server 2005
1 4 (9.302%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 4 (9.302%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 24 (55.81%) Finance
2 1 (2.326%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.326%) Banking
2 1 (2.326%) Retail
2 1 (2.326%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.302%) NHS
1 4 (9.302%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (41.86%) Business Analysis
2 11 (25.58%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (23.26%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (18.60%) SOA
4 8 (18.60%) BPMN
5 7 (16.28%) Analytics
6 5 (11.63%) UML
7 4 (9.302%) Business Continuity
7 4 (9.302%) Information Management
8 2 (4.651%) GAP Analysis
9 1 (2.326%) E-Commerce
9 1 (2.326%) Direct Marketing
9 1 (2.326%) Test Scripting
9 1 (2.326%) Time Management
9 1 (2.326%) Systems Analysis
9 1 (2.326%) Waterfall
9 1 (2.326%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.302%) SQL
1 4 (9.302%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (4.651%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.326%) QA
Vendors
1 11 (25.58%) Cognos
2 8 (18.60%) Microsoft
3 4 (9.302%) SAP
3 4 (9.302%) Business Objects