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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analyst
Rank 21 13 15
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 27 47 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 9.408% 13.66% 9.375%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.15% 15.16% 10.23%
Number of salaries quoted 4 43 12
Average salary £80,000 £70,000 £75,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £69,000 £57,500 £60,500
10% offered a salary of more than £87,500 £72,500 £90,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £41,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+2.40% +3.75%
All Job Titles
Canary Wharf
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
266 310 176
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 92.68% 90.12% 91.67%
Number of salaries quoted 201 258 131
Average salary £75,000 £70,000 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £45,000 £42,550
10% offered a salary of more than £100,000 £90,000 £85,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Business Analyst
London

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf Business Analyst Salary Trend

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram

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

Canary Wharf Business Analyst Salary Histogram

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Canary Wharf 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 67 (85.90%) Banking
2 50 (64.10%) SQL
3 38 (48.72%) UML
4 36 (46.15%) Project Management
5 33 (42.31%) Data Modelling
6 31 (39.74%) Finance
7 29 (37.18%) Degree
8 28 (35.90%) Market Risk
9 27 (34.62%) Integration Testing
10 25 (32.05%) Risk Management
10 25 (32.05%) Stress Testing
11 23 (29.49%) Investment Banking
12 22 (28.21%) Business Analysis
13 13 (16.67%) Credit Risk
14 11 (14.10%) User Acceptance Testing
14 11 (14.10%) Data Analysis
14 11 (14.10%) RUP
15 9 (11.54%) Derivative
16 8 (10.26%) MS Visio
16 8 (10.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 7 (8.974%) MS Office
17 7 (8.974%) Equities
18 5 (6.410%) CFA
18 5 (6.410%) MS PowerPoint
18 5 (6.410%) Use Case
18 5 (6.410%) Agile Software Development
18 5 (6.410%) Workflow
18 5 (6.410%) Oracle
19 4 (5.128%) OO
19 4 (5.128%) PRINCE2

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Canary Wharf 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 (3.846%) XML
2 1 (1.282%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 4 (5.128%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (1.282%) WebSphere MQ
2 1 (1.282%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (10.26%) MS Visio
2 7 (8.974%) MS Office
3 5 (6.410%) MS PowerPoint
4 4 (5.128%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.564%) SunGard GMI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.282%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.128%) TOAD
2 2 (2.564%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.282%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (5.128%) Rational Rose
1 4 (5.128%) JIRA
General
1 67 (85.90%) Banking
2 31 (39.74%) Finance
3 23 (29.49%) Investment Banking
4 4 (5.128%) Corporate Banking
5 2 (2.564%) Front Office
5 2 (2.564%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 28 (35.90%) Market Risk
2 13 (16.67%) Credit Risk
3 9 (11.54%) Derivative
4 8 (10.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 7 (8.974%) Equities
6 4 (5.128%) Fixed Income
6 4 (5.128%) Data Conversion
7 3 (3.846%) SWIFT
7 3 (3.846%) PMI
8 2 (2.564%) Credit Derivative
9 1 (1.282%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.282%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (48.72%) UML
2 36 (46.15%) Project Management
3 33 (42.31%) Data Modelling
4 27 (34.62%) Integration Testing
5 25 (32.05%) Risk Management
5 25 (32.05%) Stress Testing
6 22 (28.21%) Business Analysis
7 11 (14.10%) User Acceptance Testing
7 11 (14.10%) Data Analysis
7 11 (14.10%) RUP
8 5 (6.410%) Use Case
8 5 (6.410%) Agile Software Development
8 5 (6.410%) Workflow
9 4 (5.128%) OO
9 4 (5.128%) PRINCE2
9 4 (5.128%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (5.128%) Data Management
9 4 (5.128%) BPMN
9 4 (5.128%) Waterfall
9 4 (5.128%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 50 (64.10%) SQL
2 1 (1.282%) Java
Qualifications
1 29 (37.18%) Degree
2 5 (6.410%) CFA
3 4 (5.128%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.282%) PMP
4 1 (1.282%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.282%) Basel II
Systems Management
1 4 (5.128%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (6.410%) Oracle
2 4 (5.128%) HP
2 4 (5.128%) Pega
3 2 (2.564%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.564%) SunGard
3 2 (2.564%) FatWire
3 2 (2.564%) Cadis
4 1 (1.282%) Mantas
4 1 (1.282%) Actimize
4 1 (1.282%) Informatica