The first table below looks at the demand for Systems Analysis skills in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Systems Analysis over the 3 months to 20 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Systems Analysis
Rank 75 85 93
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +8
Permanent jobs citing Systems Analysis 12 7 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 1.131% 0.516% 0.197%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.508% 0.711% 0.249%
Number of salaries quoted 10 6 3
Average salary £63,750 £41,250 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+54.54% +37.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,400 £31,500 £27,600
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £45,000 £32,400
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £37,689
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +12.76%
All Processes & Methodologies
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
796 984 1205
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 75.02% 72.57% 79.07%
Number of salaries quoted 466 691 848
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -3.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Systems Analysis
Scotland

Systems Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Systems Analysis across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Edinburgh Systems Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Analysis
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Systems Analysis across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Systems Analysis Salary Trend

Systems Analysis
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Systems Analysis across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Edinburgh Systems Analysis Salary Histogram

Systems Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Systems Analysis also 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 that cited Systems Analysis.

1 16 (47.06%) Business Analysis
2 13 (38.24%) Finance
3 12 (35.29%) Asset Management
4 11 (32.35%) Investment Management
5 9 (26.47%) Banking
6 8 (23.53%) MS Excel
6 8 (23.53%) Microsoft
7 6 (17.65%) Six Sigma
7 6 (17.65%) Change Management
7 6 (17.65%) Use Case
7 6 (17.65%) MS PowerPoint
7 6 (17.65%) Enterprise Architecture
8 5 (14.71%) Investment Banking
8 5 (14.71%) .NET
8 5 (14.71%) MS Office
9 4 (11.76%) SQL
9 4 (11.76%) MS Project
9 4 (11.76%) Data Analysis
9 4 (11.76%) Management Information System
9 4 (11.76%) Front Office
9 4 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
9 4 (11.76%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
10 3 (8.824%) ERD
10 3 (8.824%) Requirements Analysis
10 3 (8.824%) Data Modelling
10 3 (8.824%) PRINCE2
10 3 (8.824%) UML
10 3 (8.824%) Oracle
11 2 (5.882%) DB2
11 2 (5.882%) Crystal Reports

Systems Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Systems Analysis also 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 that cited Systems Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (14.71%) .NET
2 2 (5.882%) ASP.NET
2 2 (5.882%) CSS
2 2 (5.882%) XML
2 2 (5.882%) XSLT
2 2 (5.882%) DHTML
2 2 (5.882%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.882%) SAS
1 2 (5.882%) OpenROAD
2 1 (2.941%) TeamSite
Applications
1 8 (23.53%) MS Excel
2 6 (17.65%) MS PowerPoint
3 5 (14.71%) MS Office
4 4 (11.76%) MS Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.882%) DB2
1 2 (5.882%) Crystal Reports
1 2 (5.882%) Informix
1 2 (5.882%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (5.882%) Ingres
1 2 (5.882%) RDBMS
2 1 (2.941%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (5.882%) Oracle Forms
General
1 13 (38.24%) Finance
2 9 (26.47%) Banking
3 5 (14.71%) Investment Banking
4 4 (11.76%) Front Office
5 2 (5.882%) Telecoms
5 2 (5.882%) Retail
Job Titles
1 29 (85.29%) Analyst
2 22 (64.71%) Business Analyst
3 6 (17.65%) Systems Analyst
3 6 (17.65%) IT Business Analyst
4 4 (11.76%) Consultant
4 4 (11.76%) Business Consultant
4 4 (11.76%) IT Consultant
5 3 (8.824%) Business Systems Analyst
5 3 (8.824%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (8.824%) Senior Systems Analyst
6 2 (5.882%) Developer
7 1 (2.941%) Software Developer
7 1 (2.941%) Project Manager
7 1 (2.941%) Test Manager
7 1 (2.941%) Change Manager
7 1 (2.941%) Analyst Developer
7 1 (2.941%) IT Project Manager
7 1 (2.941%) Analyst Programmer
7 1 (2.941%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.76%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.882%) UNIX
1 2 (5.882%) Windows
1 2 (5.882%) HPUX
1 2 (5.882%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (47.06%) Business Analysis
2 12 (35.29%) Asset Management
3 11 (32.35%) Investment Management
4 6 (17.65%) Enterprise Architecture
4 6 (17.65%) Use Case
4 6 (17.65%) Change Management
4 6 (17.65%) Six Sigma
5 4 (11.76%) Data Analysis
5 4 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (11.76%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
6 3 (8.824%) Requirements Analysis
6 3 (8.824%) ERD
6 3 (8.824%) Data Modelling
6 3 (8.824%) PRINCE2
6 3 (8.824%) UML
7 2 (5.882%) OOA/OOD
7 2 (5.882%) OO
7 2 (5.882%) SOA
7 2 (5.882%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.76%) SQL
2 2 (5.882%) VB
2 2 (5.882%) C
2 2 (5.882%) Java
2 2 (5.882%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.941%) C#
3 1 (2.941%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (5.882%) Degree
Vendors
1 8 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.824%) Oracle
3 2 (5.882%) Sun