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The table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT jobs within the England region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBusiness Analyst
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3026
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching permanent IT job ads789812543
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled4.610 %5.377 %
As % of the category below5.390 %6.159 %
Salaries quoted63559890
Average minimum salary£44,777£47,124
Average salary£48,651£51,150
% change on same period last year-4.88 %
Average maximum salary£52,525£55,177
UK excluding London average salary£40,173£41,267
% change on same period last year-2.65 %
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
England
Matching permanent IT job ads146529203659
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled85.52 %87.31 %
Salaries quoted123055164516
Average minimum salary£39,032£40,397
Average salary£42,687£44,180
% change on same period last year-3.38 %
Average maximum salary£46,342£47,963
UK excluding London average salary£38,201£39,267
% change on same period last year-2.71 %
Business Analyst UKBusiness Analyst
UK

Business Analyst
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Business Analyst across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England Business Analyst Demand Trend

Business Analyst
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Business Analyst across the England region.

England Business Analyst Salary Trend

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Business Analyst across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

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 England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonDown-54489£55,774-4.72 %
South EastDown-221019£43,299-4.32 %
South WestDown-7515£40,407-6.69 %
East of EnglandDown-14458£45,081+8.76 %
YorkshireDown-4454£35,926-2.84 %
North WestDown-5401£37,303+1.49 %
West MidlandsDown-12299£38,302+5.64 %
East MidlandsUp+13234£35,521-2.54 %
North EastDown-2224£32,000-14.20 %
MidlandsDown-423£40,050+5.97 %
South CoastDown-73£46,667-11.94 %
Business Analyst UKBusiness Analyst
UK

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the 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.

16128 (35.39 %)Finance
25628 (32.50 %)Business Analysis
32757 (15.92 %)Project Management
42577 (14.88 %)UML
52400 (13.86 %)Banking
62005 (11.58 %)SQL
71642 (9.483 %)Retail
81603 (9.258 %)Insurance
91510 (8.721 %)Degree
101399 (8.080 %)Derivative
111308 (7.554 %)User Acceptance Testing
121253 (7.237 %)Front Office
131160 (6.699 %)PRINCE2
141086 (6.272 %)Pensions
151049 (6.058 %)Investment Banking
161043 (6.024 %)Back Office
17996 (5.752 %)Oracle
18943 (5.446 %)SAP
19877 (5.065 %)Business Intelligence
20859 (4.961 %)Use Case
21842 (4.863 %)Systems Analysis
22825 (4.765 %)RUP
23767 (4.430 %)Data Modelling
24763 (4.407 %)E-Commerce
25749 (4.326 %)Fixed Income
26743 (4.291 %)SQL Server
27727 (4.199 %)Microsoft
28709 (4.095 %)MS Visio
29691 (3.991 %)Asset Management
30687 (3.968 %)Datawarehouse

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the 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.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1536 (3.096 %).NET
2497 (2.870 %)XML
3121 (0.699 %)J2EE
4107 (0.618 %)HTML
4107 (0.618 %)ASP.NET
574 (0.427 %)ASP
673 (0.422 %)WebServices
747 (0.271 %)FpML
840 (0.231 %)EDI
840 (0.231 %)FIX Protocol
935 (0.202 %)SAP XI
935 (0.202 %)WebSphere
1031 (0.179 %)SOAP
1130 (0.173 %)BAPI
1225 (0.144 %)CSS
1324 (0.139 %).NET Framework
1324 (0.139 %)AJAX
1324 (0.139 %)SAP ALE
1423 (0.133 %)XSL
1519 (0.110 %)Middleware
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1153 (0.884 %)SharePoint
2136 (0.785 %)SAS
384 (0.485 %)CMS
481 (0.468 %)SharePoint Server 2007
556 (0.323 %)IIS
642 (0.243 %)Lotus Notes
734 (0.196 %)NetWeaver
829 (0.167 %)Oracle Workflow
918 (0.104 %)WebLogic
1013 (0.075 %)Office Project Server
1112 (0.069 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1211 (0.064 %)Rendezvous
1310 (0.058 %)ColdFusion
1310 (0.058 %)LiveLink
1310 (0.058 %)Apache
149 (0.052 %)WorkSite
157 (0.040 %)MTS
157 (0.040 %)Lotus Domino
157 (0.040 %)Documentum
163 (0.017 %)BizTalk Server
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1709 (4.095 %)MS Visio
2606 (3.500 %)MS Excel
3487 (2.813 %)MS Office
4272 (1.571 %)MS Project
5138 (0.797 %)MS PowerPoint
686 (0.497 %)Spreadsheet
777 (0.445 %)CA Clarity
820 (0.116 %)SPSS
95 (0.029 %)MATLAB
103 (0.017 %)InfoPath
112 (0.012 %)Photoshop
121 (0.006 %)DeltaView
121 (0.006 %)QuarkXPress
England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1150 (0.866 %)SAP FI
2145 (0.837 %)SAP FI/CO
2145 (0.837 %)SAP CO
3111 (0.641 %)Endur
3111 (0.641 %)Oracle Financials
4105 (0.606 %)SAP SD
571 (0.410 %)Oracle EBS
669 (0.398 %)SAP R/3
766 (0.381 %)SAP MM
862 (0.358 %)Summit
961 (0.352 %)SAP CRM
1050 (0.289 %)Oracle Applications
1146 (0.266 %)Temenos T24
1245 (0.260 %)Capstone
1343 (0.248 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
1440 (0.231 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
1539 (0.225 %)SAP HR
1539 (0.225 %)SAP PP
1637 (0.214 %)PeopleSoft Financials
1736 (0.208 %)Dynamics CRM
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1453 (2.616 %)Internet
286 (0.497 %)Intranet
373 (0.422 %)Extranet
468 (0.393 %)BSS
526 (0.150 %)Broadband
624 (0.139 %)WAN
723 (0.133 %)CTI
822 (0.127 %)LAN
921 (0.121 %)TCP/IP
1019 (0.110 %)HTTP
1117 (0.098 %)Wireless
1212 (0.069 %)FTP
1310 (0.058 %)VoIP
148 (0.046 %)SMS
148 (0.046 %)SAN
154 (0.023 %)LLU
163 (0.017 %)3G
163 (0.017 %)Firewall
163 (0.017 %)GSM
163 (0.017 %)ATM
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1743 (4.291 %)SQL Server
2687 (3.968 %)Datawarehouse
3552 (3.188 %)BusinessObjects
4208 (1.201 %)ETL
5158 (0.913 %)Crystal Reports
6133 (0.768 %)Data Mining
7125 (0.722 %)Reference Data
8122 (0.705 %)SQL Server 2005
9104 (0.601 %)MS Access
10102 (0.589 %)RDBMS
11100 (0.578 %)SQL Server 2000
1288 (0.508 %)Oracle Reports
1288 (0.508 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1384 (0.485 %)SAP BW
1464 (0.370 %)Oracle 8/8i
1562 (0.358 %)OLAP
1648 (0.277 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1743 (0.248 %)GIS
1840 (0.231 %)Oracle Discoverer
1937 (0.214 %)BusinessObjects XI
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1108 (0.624 %)Rational Rose
285 (0.491 %)RequisitePro
348 (0.277 %)Visual Studio
437 (0.214 %)TestDirector
529 (0.167 %)Oracle Forms
624 (0.139 %)ERwin
720 (0.116 %)Flash
818 (0.104 %)ClearCase
915 (0.087 %)QuickTest Pro
1012 (0.069 %)Eclipse
1111 (0.064 %)JIRA
1210 (0.058 %)VSS/SourceSafe
139 (0.052 %)MagicDraw
148 (0.046 %)WinRunner
157 (0.040 %)PVCS
157 (0.040 %)QALoad
166 (0.035 %)ClearQuest
166 (0.035 %)Synon
174 (0.023 %)PowerBuilder
174 (0.023 %)Subversion
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16128 (35.39 %)Finance
22400 (13.86 %)Banking
31642 (9.483 %)Retail
41603 (9.258 %)Insurance
51253 (7.237 %)Front Office
61086 (6.272 %)Pensions
71049 (6.058 %)Investment Banking
81043 (6.024 %)Back Office
9635 (3.667 %)Health
10609 (3.517 %)Marketing
11421 (2.431 %)Telecoms
12317 (1.831 %)Legal
13304 (1.756 %)Manufacturing
14291 (1.681 %)Financial Institution
15290 (1.675 %)Education
16279 (1.611 %)Billing
17223 (1.288 %)Law
18207 (1.195 %)Pharmaceutical
19169 (0.976 %)Government
19169 (0.976 %)Retail Banking
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11399 (8.080 %)Derivative
2749 (4.326 %)Fixed Income
3640 (3.696 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
4629 (3.633 %)Equities
5353 (2.039 %)Equity Derivative
6318 (1.837 %)Management Information System
7230 (1.328 %)Credit Risk
8201 (1.161 %)Credit Derivative
9193 (1.115 %)Market Risk
10109 (0.630 %)Interest Rate Derivative
11106 (0.612 %)AS400
12100 (0.578 %)Mathematics
1397 (0.560 %)EPoS
1472 (0.416 %)Computer Science
1571 (0.410 %)Mainframe
1669 (0.398 %)Statistics
1760 (0.347 %)German Language
1760 (0.347 %)Client/Server
1856 (0.323 %)DTCC
1954 (0.312 %)French Language
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1317 (1.831 %)UNIX
2177 (1.022 %)Windows
363 (0.364 %)Linux
439 (0.225 %)Windows Server 2003
525 (0.144 %)Windows NT
618 (0.104 %)MVS
716 (0.092 %)Solaris
89 (0.052 %)Windows 2000
89 (0.052 %)Windows 2000 Server
97 (0.040 %)Windows XP
106 (0.035 %)VMS
106 (0.035 %)AIX
115 (0.029 %)OpenVMS
124 (0.023 %)HPUX
124 (0.023 %)CentOS
131 (0.006 %)Red Hat Linux
131 (0.006 %)Windows Vista
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15628 (32.50 %)Business Analysis
22757 (15.92 %)Project Management
32577 (14.88 %)UML
41308 (7.554 %)User Acceptance Testing
51160 (6.699 %)PRINCE2
6877 (5.065 %)Business Intelligence
7859 (4.961 %)Use Case
8842 (4.863 %)Systems Analysis
9825 (4.765 %)RUP
10767 (4.430 %)Data Modelling
11763 (4.407 %)E-Commerce
12691 (3.991 %)Asset Management
13678 (3.916 %)CRM
14632 (3.650 %)Change Management
15539 (3.113 %)Risk Management
16531 (3.067 %)ERP
17520 (3.003 %)Workflow
18502 (2.899 %)Investment Management
19478 (2.761 %)GAP Analysis
20426 (2.460 %)Data Analysis
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12005 (11.58 %)SQL
2513 (2.963 %)Java
3225 (1.299 %)C#
4202 (1.167 %)VBA
5192 (1.109 %)C
6175 (1.011 %)VB
7124 (0.716 %)PL/SQL
8106 (0.612 %)ABAP
9102 (0.589 %)Transact-SQL
1094 (0.543 %)VB.NET
1186 (0.497 %)JavaScript
1279 (0.456 %)C++
1341 (0.237 %)COBOL
1438 (0.219 %)Perl
1521 (0.121 %)VB6
1620 (0.116 %)PHP
1620 (0.116 %)RPG
1717 (0.098 %)SAPscript
1814 (0.081 %)VBScript
1913 (0.075 %)Python
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11510 (8.721 %)Degree
2387 (2.235 %)ISEB
3167 (0.964 %)PRINCE2 Certification
464 (0.370 %)CIMA
552 (0.300 %)ISTQB
643 (0.248 %)ACCA
740 (0.231 %)MBA
835 (0.202 %)CFA
934 (0.196 %)PMP
934 (0.196 %)PMI Certification
1029 (0.167 %)ITIL Certification
1128 (0.162 %)Microsoft Certification
1220 (0.116 %)SAS Certification
1319 (0.110 %)HND
1416 (0.092 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
1513 (0.075 %)SAP Certification
1611 (0.064 %)Siebel Certification
179 (0.052 %)MCP
188 (0.046 %)MCSE
188 (0.046 %)MCDBA
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1457 (2.639 %)QA
2163 (0.941 %)Basel II
381 (0.468 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
468 (0.393 %)SLA
554 (0.312 %)MiFID
630 (0.173 %)GxP
720 (0.116 %)GAAP
815 (0.087 %)ISO9001
99 (0.052 %)TickIT
108 (0.046 %)IAS 39
116 (0.035 %)HL7
124 (0.023 %)PCI DSS
132 (0.012 %)BS25999
141 (0.006 %)ISO27001
141 (0.006 %)EFQM
141 (0.006 %)GMP
141 (0.006 %)ISO9000
England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
112 (0.069 %)Active Directory
21 (0.006 %)ISA Server
21 (0.006 %)AquaLogic
21 (0.006 %)Cronacle
England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (0.040 %)AutoSys
24 (0.023 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
31 (0.006 %)ServiceCenter
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1996 (5.752 %)Oracle
2943 (5.446 %)SAP
3727 (4.199 %)Microsoft
4552 (3.188 %)Business Objects
5279 (1.611 %)Cognos
6205 (1.184 %)Siebel
7161 (0.930 %)Murex
8130 (0.751 %)OpenLink
9126 (0.728 %)Calypso
10106 (0.612 %)JD Edwards
11105 (0.606 %)PeopleSoft
12102 (0.589 %)Reuters
1392 (0.531 %)Bloomberg
1488 (0.508 %)LatentZero
1580 (0.462 %)Sybase
1665 (0.375 %)Fundtech
1761 (0.352 %)Hyperion
1761 (0.352 %)Charles River
1859 (0.341 %)Retek
1954 (0.312 %)ProClarity