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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analyst
Rank 77 106 105
Rank change year-on-year
+29 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 46 17 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 2.534% 0.846% 0.887%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.662% 0.878% 0.936%
Number of salaries quoted 43 14 17
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £32,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,800 £50,700 £60,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £41,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+2.40% +3.75%
All Job Titles
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1728 1936 2029
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 95.21% 96.32% 94.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1538 1644 1847
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £49,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Business Analyst
Cambridgeshire

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Business Analyst Salary Trend

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram

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

Cambridge Business Analyst Salary Histogram

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 34 (40.96%) Degree
2 31 (37.35%) Business Analysis
3 23 (27.71%) Agile Software Development
4 21 (25.30%) Finance
5 17 (20.48%) Data Analysis
5 17 (20.48%) Project Management
6 16 (19.28%) SQL
6 16 (19.28%) SAP
7 14 (16.87%) PRINCE2
7 14 (16.87%) Oracle
7 14 (16.87%) ISEB
8 13 (15.66%) User Acceptance Testing
9 12 (14.46%) QA
10 11 (13.25%) User Stories
11 10 (12.05%) Stakeholder Management
11 10 (12.05%) Data Modelling
11 10 (12.05%) SQL Server
12 9 (10.84%) CRM
12 9 (10.84%) Use Case
13 8 (9.639%) System Testing
13 8 (9.639%) Salesforce.com
14 7 (8.434%) Manufacturing
14 7 (8.434%) Computer Science
14 7 (8.434%) Smart Meter
15 6 (7.229%) Change Management
15 6 (7.229%) ITIL
15 6 (7.229%) MS Visio
16 5 (6.024%) Scrum
16 5 (6.024%) Systems Analysis
17 4 (4.819%) Release Management

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 (3.614%) XML
2 2 (2.410%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.205%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (7.229%) MS Visio
2 4 (4.819%) MS Office
3 2 (2.410%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.410%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.205%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (12.05%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.819%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (3.614%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (3.614%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (3.614%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (2.410%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (1.205%) OLAP
5 1 (1.205%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (1.205%) Oracle OLAP
5 1 (1.205%) QlikView
General
1 21 (25.30%) Finance
2 7 (8.434%) Manufacturing
3 3 (3.614%) Financial Institution
4 2 (2.410%) Back Office
4 2 (2.410%) Publishing
4 2 (2.410%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (1.205%) Electronics
5 1 (1.205%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.434%) Computer Science
1 7 (8.434%) Smart Meter
2 1 (1.205%) Data Extraction
2 1 (1.205%) Credit Risk
2 1 (1.205%) IIBA
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.205%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (37.35%) Business Analysis
2 23 (27.71%) Agile Software Development
3 17 (20.48%) Data Analysis
3 17 (20.48%) Project Management
4 14 (16.87%) PRINCE2
5 13 (15.66%) User Acceptance Testing
6 11 (13.25%) User Stories
7 10 (12.05%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (12.05%) Data Modelling
8 9 (10.84%) CRM
8 9 (10.84%) Use Case
9 8 (9.639%) System Testing
10 6 (7.229%) Change Management
10 6 (7.229%) ITIL
11 5 (6.024%) Scrum
11 5 (6.024%) Systems Analysis
12 4 (4.819%) Release Management
12 4 (4.819%) Business Intelligence
13 3 (3.614%) E-Commerce
13 3 (3.614%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 16 (19.28%) SQL
2 3 (3.614%) T-SQL
3 2 (2.410%) C#
3 2 (2.410%) PL/SQL
3 2 (2.410%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 34 (40.96%) Degree
2 14 (16.87%) ISEB
3 2 (2.410%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (1.205%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (14.46%) QA
2 4 (4.819%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 16 (19.28%) SAP
2 14 (16.87%) Oracle
3 8 (9.639%) Salesforce.com
4 2 (2.410%) Cognos
4 2 (2.410%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.410%) Hyperion
5 1 (1.205%) Business Objects
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