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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analyst
Rank 28 51 33
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -18
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 15 7 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 7.009% 1.733% 2.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.177% 1.828% 2.110%
Number of salaries quoted 14 7 3
Average salary £25,000 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-44.44% +12.50%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £41,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+2.40% +3.75%
All Job Titles
Cheltenham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
209 383 237
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 97.66% 94.80% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 202 287 178
Average salary £33,500 £38,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.84% +1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £28,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Business Analyst
Gloucestershire

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham Business Analyst Salary Trend

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram

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

Cheltenham Business Analyst Salary Histogram

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 11 (50.00%) SQL
2 10 (45.45%) .NET
2 10 (45.45%) JavaScript
3 9 (40.91%) UML
4 8 (36.36%) Finance
5 7 (31.82%) Project Management
6 6 (27.27%) Business Analysis
6 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
7 5 (22.73%) ISEB
7 5 (22.73%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 5 (22.73%) PMI
7 5 (22.73%) PMI Certification
7 5 (22.73%) PRINCE2
7 5 (22.73%) MS Excel
7 5 (22.73%) ISEB Practitioner
7 5 (22.73%) Risk Assessment
7 5 (22.73%) QA
7 5 (22.73%) Mobile App
8 3 (13.64%) System Testing
9 1 (4.545%) Systems Analysis
9 1 (4.545%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (4.545%) Data Mining
9 1 (4.545%) ETL
9 1 (4.545%) Business Intelligence
9 1 (4.545%) SQL Server
9 1 (4.545%) XML
9 1 (4.545%) T-SQL
9 1 (4.545%) Dimensional Modelling
9 1 (4.545%) Web Application Development
9 1 (4.545%) Kimball Methodology

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 10 (45.45%) .NET
2 1 (4.545%) XML
Applications
1 5 (22.73%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.545%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (4.545%) Data Mining
1 1 (4.545%) SQL Server
1 1 (4.545%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (4.545%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 8 (36.36%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) PMI
1 5 (22.73%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) UML
2 7 (31.82%) Project Management
3 6 (27.27%) Business Analysis
4 5 (22.73%) PRINCE2
4 5 (22.73%) Risk Assessment
5 3 (13.64%) System Testing
6 1 (4.545%) Systems Analysis
6 1 (4.545%) ETL
6 1 (4.545%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (4.545%) Dimensional Modelling
6 1 (4.545%) Web Application Development
6 1 (4.545%) Kimball Methodology
Programming Languages
1 11 (50.00%) SQL
2 10 (45.45%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.545%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) ISEB
1 5 (22.73%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 5 (22.73%) PMI Certification
1 5 (22.73%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
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Posted: 21 May 2013