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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analyst
Rank 64 25 21
Rank change year-on-year
-39 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 6 20 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 0.951% 5.587% 8.163%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.000% 5.917% 8.333%
Number of salaries quoted 6 20 28
Average salary £38,000 £38,500 £42,861
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.29% -10.17%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,250 £33,000 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £43,250 £47,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £41,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+2.40% +3.75%
All Job Titles
Coventry
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
600 338 384
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 95.09% 94.41% 97.96%
Number of salaries quoted 495 304 362
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -15.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £24,000 £32,000
10% offered a salary of more than £53,850 £65,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Business Analyst
West Midlands

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry Business Analyst Salary Trend

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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 20 (52.63%) Project Management
2 17 (44.74%) Degree
3 15 (39.47%) Business Analysis
4 14 (36.84%) SQL
5 12 (31.58%) Oracle
5 12 (31.58%) Oracle 11i
5 12 (31.58%) Management Information System
5 12 (31.58%) Computer Science
6 7 (18.42%) Twitter
7 6 (15.79%) SaaS
7 6 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (13.16%) HTML
9 4 (10.53%) JavaScript
9 4 (10.53%) SAP
9 4 (10.53%) Marketing
10 3 (7.895%) Mathematics
10 3 (7.895%) System Testing
10 3 (7.895%) Operations Research
10 3 (7.895%) Economics
10 3 (7.895%) Retail
10 3 (7.895%) Finance
10 3 (7.895%) Process Management
10 3 (7.895%) GIS
10 3 (7.895%) Mapinfo
10 3 (7.895%) Internet
10 3 (7.895%) SAS
10 3 (7.895%) Customer Insight
11 2 (5.263%) Business Transformation
11 2 (5.263%) ISEB
11 2 (5.263%) ERP

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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 5 (13.16%) HTML
2 2 (5.263%) CSS
2 2 (5.263%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (7.895%) SAS
2 1 (2.632%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 12 (31.58%) Oracle 11i
2 2 (5.263%) SAP FI
2 2 (5.263%) SAP CO
2 2 (5.263%) SAP FI/CO
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.895%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.895%) GIS
2 1 (2.632%) QlikView
2 1 (2.632%) SAP BW
General
1 4 (10.53%) Marketing
2 3 (7.895%) Retail
2 3 (7.895%) Finance
3 1 (2.632%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 12 (31.58%) Management Information System
1 12 (31.58%) Computer Science
2 6 (15.79%) SaaS
3 3 (7.895%) Mathematics
3 3 (7.895%) Economics
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (52.63%) Project Management
2 15 (39.47%) Business Analysis
3 6 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (7.895%) System Testing
4 3 (7.895%) Operations Research
4 3 (7.895%) Process Management
4 3 (7.895%) Customer Insight
5 2 (5.263%) Business Transformation
5 2 (5.263%) ERP
5 2 (5.263%) SAP Implementation
6 1 (2.632%) GAP Analysis
6 1 (2.632%) Configuration Management
6 1 (2.632%) UML
6 1 (2.632%) SSADM
6 1 (2.632%) CRM
6 1 (2.632%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 14 (36.84%) SQL
2 4 (10.53%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.632%) C
Qualifications
1 17 (44.74%) Degree
2 2 (5.263%) ISEB
Vendors
1 12 (31.58%) Oracle
2 7 (18.42%) Twitter
3 4 (10.53%) SAP
4 3 (7.895%) Mapinfo