The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the East of England 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 22 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 East of England region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analyst
Rank 52 67 40
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -27
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 390 324 454
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 4.703% 3.655% 4.837%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.930% 3.782% 5.105%
Number of salaries quoted 354 271 397
Average salary £41,000 £42,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.52% -5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £55,000 £56,750
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £41,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+2.40% +3.75%
All Job Titles
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7911 8567 8894
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 95.39% 96.65% 94.76%
Number of salaries quoted 6899 7165 7627
Average salary £39,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Business Analyst
England

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Business Analyst Salary Trend

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Business Analyst across the East of England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

East of England Business Analyst Salary Histogram

Business Analyst
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the East of England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Hertfordshire +18 156 £47,500 -5.00%
Essex +50 70 £35,250 -29.50%
Cambridgeshire +34 66 £40,000 -8.04%
Bedfordshire +2 65 £40,000 -2.43%
Suffolk -40 18 £42,500 +13.33%
Norfolk -18 14 £35,500 -1.38%
East Anglia - 2 £36,250 -
Business Analyst
England

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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.

1 218 (28.46%) Business Analysis
2 216 (28.20%) Finance
3 145 (18.93%) Agile Software Development
4 131 (17.10%) SQL
5 128 (16.71%) Retail
6 127 (16.58%) Degree
7 104 (13.58%) E-Commerce
7 104 (13.58%) User Stories
8 96 (12.53%) Project Management
9 95 (12.40%) UML
10 94 (12.27%) Use Case
10 94 (12.27%) User Acceptance Testing
11 91 (11.88%) Oracle
12 87 (11.36%) Scrum
13 80 (10.44%) Waterfall
14 69 (9.008%) ITIL
15 62 (8.094%) ISEB
16 61 (7.963%) SAP
16 61 (7.963%) BPMN
17 59 (7.702%) PRINCE2
18 55 (7.180%) ERP
19 52 (6.789%) MS Office
20 50 (6.527%) Business Intelligence
20 50 (6.527%) Microsoft
21 48 (6.266%) Data Modelling
22 47 (6.136%) DSDM
23 44 (5.744%) Stakeholder Management
23 44 (5.744%) Marketing
24 41 (5.352%) Data Analysis
24 41 (5.352%) CRM

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 24 (3.133%) XML
2 17 (2.219%) .NET
3 6 (0.783%) HTML
3 6 (0.783%) CSS
3 6 (0.783%) Web Services
4 5 (0.653%) jQuery
5 3 (0.392%) WSH
5 3 (0.392%) EDI
5 3 (0.392%) XML Messaging
5 3 (0.392%) FIX Protocol
5 3 (0.392%) SAP PI
6 2 (0.261%) Mason
6 2 (0.261%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.261%) ASP
7 1 (0.131%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.131%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 7 (0.914%) SharePoint
1 7 (0.914%) SharePoint Server
2 2 (0.261%) CMS
3 1 (0.131%) NetWeaver
3 1 (0.131%) IIS
3 1 (0.131%) MS Project Server
3 1 (0.131%) Kentico
3 1 (0.131%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (0.131%) Magento
Applications
1 52 (6.789%) MS Office
2 39 (5.091%) MS Excel
3 38 (4.961%) MS Visio
4 17 (2.219%) MS Project
5 6 (0.783%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (0.131%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 19 (2.480%) Oracle EBS R12
2 17 (2.219%) SAP SD
3 13 (1.697%) Oracle EBS
3 13 (1.697%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 9 (1.175%) Oracle Financials
4 9 (1.175%) Dynamics NAV
5 7 (0.914%) SAP MM
5 7 (0.914%) Oracle iProcurement
6 6 (0.783%) SAP ERP
6 6 (0.783%) Oracle iRecruitment
7 5 (0.653%) Oracle ERP
8 4 (0.522%) Oracle Applications
9 3 (0.392%) SAP CRM
9 3 (0.392%) Oracle HRMS
10 2 (0.261%) SAP BPC
10 2 (0.261%) Oracle BPM
10 2 (0.261%) SiteCatalyst
10 2 (0.261%) JDE World
11 1 (0.131%) SAP FI
11 1 (0.131%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.392%) HTTP
2 2 (0.261%) Internet
3 1 (0.131%) SAN
3 1 (0.131%) ATM
3 1 (0.131%) Broadband
3 1 (0.131%) WAN
3 1 (0.131%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (4.569%) SQL Server
2 33 (4.308%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (2.089%) BusinessObjects XI
4 14 (1.828%) SQL Server 2008
5 11 (1.436%) Oracle 8/8i
6 9 (1.175%) Oracle Reports
6 9 (1.175%) SQL Server 2005
7 8 (1.044%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 7 (0.914%) SAP BW
9 6 (0.783%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.522%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 4 (0.522%) Oracle BI EE
10 4 (0.522%) Xcelsius
11 3 (0.392%) GIS
11 3 (0.392%) MS Access
11 3 (0.392%) MySQL
12 2 (0.261%) Data Mining
12 2 (0.261%) SAP BI
13 1 (0.131%) Oracle 9i
13 1 (0.131%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 10 (1.305%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (0.392%) JIRA
2 3 (0.392%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.131%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 216 (28.20%) Finance
2 128 (16.71%) Retail
3 44 (5.744%) Marketing
4 19 (2.480%) Automotive
5 18 (2.350%) Manufacturing
6 14 (1.828%) Banking
7 7 (0.914%) Law
8 6 (0.783%) Pharmaceutical
8 6 (0.783%) Back Office
9 5 (0.653%) Advertising
9 5 (0.653%) Games
10 4 (0.522%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.392%) Legal
11 3 (0.392%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.392%) German Language
12 2 (0.261%) French Language
12 2 (0.261%) Retail Banking
12 2 (0.261%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.261%) Publishing
13 1 (0.131%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 18 (2.350%) FMCG
2 17 (2.219%) Mainframe
3 16 (2.089%) Management Information System
4 15 (1.958%) Client/Server
5 13 (1.697%) Computer Science
6 10 (1.305%) Smart Meter
6 10 (1.305%) Mathematics
6 10 (1.305%) iPad
7 8 (1.044%) SaaS
8 7 (0.914%) NHS
9 5 (0.653%) N-Tier
10 3 (0.392%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.392%) Wiki
11 2 (0.261%) Data Conversion
11 2 (0.261%) iSeries
11 2 (0.261%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 2 (0.261%) PMI
12 1 (0.131%) EPoS
12 1 (0.131%) Replication
12 1 (0.131%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.305%) Android
2 8 (1.044%) Windows
3 3 (0.392%) UNIX
4 2 (0.261%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (28.46%) Business Analysis
2 145 (18.93%) Agile Software Development
3 104 (13.58%) E-Commerce
3 104 (13.58%) User Stories
4 96 (12.53%) Project Management
5 95 (12.40%) UML
6 94 (12.27%) Use Case
6 94 (12.27%) User Acceptance Testing
7 87 (11.36%) Scrum
8 80 (10.44%) Waterfall
9 69 (9.008%) ITIL
10 61 (7.963%) BPMN
11 59 (7.702%) PRINCE2
12 55 (7.180%) ERP
13 50 (6.527%) Business Intelligence
14 48 (6.266%) Data Modelling
15 47 (6.136%) DSDM
16 44 (5.744%) Stakeholder Management
17 41 (5.352%) Data Analysis
17 41 (5.352%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 131 (17.10%) SQL
2 16 (2.089%) PL/SQL
2 16 (2.089%) Java
3 13 (1.697%) VB
4 9 (1.175%) T-SQL
5 8 (1.044%) JavaScript
5 8 (1.044%) C
6 7 (0.914%) C#
7 5 (0.653%) VB.NET
8 2 (0.261%) ABAP
8 2 (0.261%) VBA
9 1 (0.131%) PHP
9 1 (0.131%) VB6
Qualifications
1 127 (16.58%) Degree
2 62 (8.094%) ISEB
3 13 (1.697%) CBAP
3 13 (1.697%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 13 (1.697%) IBM Certification
4 7 (0.914%) MBCS
5 4 (0.522%) ACCA
5 4 (0.522%) CIMA
6 3 (0.392%) Security Cleared
7 2 (0.261%) APMP
7 2 (0.261%) ISEB Practitioner
7 2 (0.261%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.131%) MBA
8 1 (0.131%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (2.611%) QA
2 4 (0.522%) ISO 9001
3 3 (0.392%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (0.261%) SLA
5 1 (0.131%) Solvency II
Systems Management
1 2 (0.261%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 91 (11.88%) Oracle
2 61 (7.963%) SAP
3 50 (6.527%) Microsoft
4 21 (2.742%) Salesforce.com
5 18 (2.350%) Business Objects
5 18 (2.350%) Cognos
6 16 (2.089%) Sage
7 13 (1.697%) IBM
8 10 (1.305%) CODA
9 5 (0.653%) PeopleSoft
10 4 (0.522%) Dell
10 4 (0.522%) Apple
11 3 (0.392%) HP
11 3 (0.392%) JD Edwards
11 3 (0.392%) Hyperion
11 3 (0.392%) Pegasus
11 3 (0.392%) Siebel
11 3 (0.392%) Guidewire
12 2 (0.261%) ComArch
12 2 (0.261%) Adobe
Watford, Hertfordshire
This is a varied role and offers an exciting opportunity for the right individuals to develop their career in the Professional Services area of software development The role...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: Bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire
Business Analyst with Further Education Experience. We are currently recruiting for an experience Business Analyst for our client, an IT business that sells finance and HR software solutions...
Meridian Business Support
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + bonus, pension, PHI +
Posted: 16 May 2013
Watford, Hertfordshire
Business Analyst - IT - Retail background desirable - London - 40k + bens The client requires a strong business analysis with a broad range of skills for the EMEA region. The are...
Vertical IT
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cambridgeshire, East Anglia
You will have a good level of experience in Oracle and a proven record in software development as you will also be responsible for troubleshooting business systems and...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £44000 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 21 May 2013
Welwyn Garden City, Herts, South East
This has enabled us to become a market leader in what we do, with stores spanning across multiple countries worldwide. Here at Tesco, the philosophy behind Every Little...
Tesco
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 22 May 2013
Saffron Walden, Essex
Business Analyst |Systems/Change Life Cycle, ITIL, 3rd Party Suppliers| Essex... As a successful Business Analyst you will posses as many of the following skills: *Ability to work...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bedfordshire
The Business will have significant experience in delivery of bespoke and off the shelf Finance/ERP Systems to set time frames and budgets... The environment is informal, friendly,...
Streamline Connections
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bedfordshire, South East
The Business will have significant experience in delivery of bespoke and off the shelf Finance/ERP Systems to set time frames and budgets.Business Analyst (Finance Transformation/IT/...
Streamline IT Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Ipswich, East Anglia
Scope of the role: You will be allocated to specific analytical tasks from the project and change portfolio and will adhere to the client's Project Management method.....
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £28000.00 - £31000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Ipswich, Suffolk
Scope of the role: You will be allocated to specific analytical tasks from the project and change portfolio and will adhere to the client's Project Management method.....
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £28000.00 - £31000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Ideally you will be able to bring experience of working on local authority and government - multi agency areas such as Social Care, NHS, Police, Schools, Councils, ContactPoint, Charity...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
The successful candidate will be working in an exciting and fast paced environment. The ideal candidate will be holding strong commercial experience and be an excellent communicator who...
Cooper Lomaz Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £45k - 60k per year
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
The purpose of the role is to provide in-depth analysis on all business systems, producing specification briefs and system testing criteria, providing impact analysis for systems development...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £450000 - £480000 per annum + bens
Posted: 15 May 2013
Hertfordshire
Multiple Business Analyst roles - Agile - Retail - Hertfordshire - £40k-£55k - Permanent - Strong benefits... My client, a Global Leading Dotcom looking to cement their place as the world’s elite...
Testing Circle Ltd
Salary: From £40,000 to £55,000 per annum plus strong benefits package
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
You will ideally be very familiar with producing and understanding User Stories, Process Flows (BPMN), Data Models and have an understanding of the Agile / Scrum methodologies. Previous experience...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Bupa, 23days
Posted: 18 May 2013
Watford, London, West Midlands
You should have solid technical understanding of technologies such as SQL, web and possibly ecommerce with the ability to work closely with technical teams and provide requirements gathering...
ITS Ingenium
Salary: £0 - £43,000 per year + Benefits Package
Posted: 21 May 2013
Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Jake Phillips is recruiting for a Business Intelligence Application Analyst to join a leading Pharmaceutical company based in Hertfordshire. The successful Business Intelligence Application Analyst duties will include: -...
CK Group
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 16 May 2013
Welwyn Garden City, Herts, South East
Business Analysis - Project Management - Testing - Experience of gathering and refining business requirements - Working within a retail environment Skills Desired of the Business Analyst: - Working within an agile environment...
Tesco
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Ensure that solutions implemented support the requirements and meet quality expectations of all stakeholders.* Prepare test scenarios and execute and support the user community during acceptance testing* Act...
WorldPay
Salary: Competitive + Bens
Posted: 22 May 2013
Hertfordshire
You will be required to analyse business functions, processes and information flows, and identify, define and implement requirements for supporting or improving business processes and systems... Key Words:...
Computer People
Salary: £28000.00 - £30000.00 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Gather and analyse dataCreate reports based on the above data, and highlight any possible systems issues, along with solutions to those problemsPrototype new systems and lead design sessionsReview...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £42000 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire
You should have experience of developing new systems strategies, motivating and training staff on systems and ideally programming experience in SQL / VB / .Net... Key skills: Business Analyst, Software,...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + be - pens, health 27 days +
Posted: 19 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
You will have: - A highly numerate background with a top education (mostly As at A-level, including maths, and a 1st / 2.1 degree from a top university)...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to c£40k + bonus
Posted: 24 April 2013
Bedfordshire
The ideal Business Systems Analyst will be degree qualified in a business or commercial discipline, have excellent communication skills and be a car driver (for travel to other...
Parallel Consulting
Salary: £27000 - £32000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
An international technology company, have engaged the Ashdown Group to find an SAP Business Analyst with knowledge of the SD and SM modules. The company has over 30,...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £40000 - £48000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Welwyn Garden City, Herts
Operate as part of a scrum team following an Agile methodology... Epics and User Stories 2... UAT test scenarios and scripts 4... - Minimum of BSc or a BA (...
Tesco
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 22 May 2013
Essex, South East
You will also generate BI based on the findings. Main tasks for Cognos BI Analyst: Gather data from BI steering committee and decision makers/ data owners to define...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £42000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
Welwyn Garden City, Herts, South East
This is a strategic transformation project for Tesco developing upon the recently launched platform for the Tesco Marketplace in General Merchandising and expanding as we roll out ecommerce...
Tesco
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 22 May 2013
Luton, Bedfordshire
This role will also be responsible to continually review how system users are working within SAP to ensure that they are adhering to agreed processes and that business...
Goldteam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000.00 - £60000.00 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Watford, South East
My client a market leading, European, retail organisation is looking for Oracle Financials Functional Analyst to join their large team of exceptional Oracle experts. The Oracle Financials guru...
Hudson
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + package and bonus
Posted: 10 May 2013