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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analysis
Rank 78 56 91
Rank change year-on-year
-22 +35
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 64 102 79
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 2.596% 4.049% 2.342%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.395% 5.553% 3.056%
Number of salaries quoted 62 52 72
Average salary £47,500 £48,750 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.56% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £33,000 £42,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £68,850
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £44,000 £41,500
% change year-on-year
-3.40% +6.02%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1885 1837 2585
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 76.47% 72.93% 76.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1486 1476 2084
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% +5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £31,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Business Analysis
East of England

Business Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Business Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

Business Analysis
Salary Trend

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

Hertfordshire Business Analysis Salary Trend

Business Analysis
Salary Histogram

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

Hertfordshire Business Analysis Salary Histogram

Business Analysis
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Welwyn Garden City - 10 £38,750 -
Hemel Hempstead +2 9 £40,000 +21.21%
Watford +1 6 £52,000 +4.00%
Stevenage +11 2 £35,000 +3.70%
St Albans - 1 £45,000 -
Welwyn - 1 £47,500 -
Business Analysis
East of England

Business Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Business 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 Business Analysis.

1 66 (51.16%) Finance
2 42 (32.56%) Retail
3 34 (26.36%) SQL
4 33 (25.58%) Project Management
4 33 (25.58%) Waterfall
5 27 (20.93%) E-Commerce
6 26 (20.16%) MS Visio
7 23 (17.83%) MS Office
8 22 (17.05%) User Acceptance Testing
9 21 (16.28%) PRINCE2
9 21 (16.28%) Agile Software Development
10 20 (15.50%) ITIL
10 20 (15.50%) Degree
11 18 (13.95%) Microsoft
12 17 (13.18%) MS Excel
12 17 (13.18%) Scrum
12 17 (13.18%) Marketing
13 16 (12.40%) Strategic Planning
13 16 (12.40%) ISEB
14 15 (11.63%) XML
15 14 (10.85%) Oracle
15 14 (10.85%) Web Development
16 13 (10.08%) Service Delivery
17 12 (9.302%) ERP
18 11 (8.527%) JavaScript
18 11 (8.527%) HTML
18 11 (8.527%) Use Case
18 11 (8.527%) User Stories
19 10 (7.752%) Computer Science
19 10 (7.752%) C

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Business 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 Business Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (11.63%) XML
2 11 (8.527%) HTML
3 10 (7.752%) .NET
4 9 (6.977%) CSS
5 8 (6.202%) Web Services
6 4 (3.101%) LAMP
7 3 (2.326%) XML Messaging
7 3 (2.326%) FIX Protocol
8 2 (1.550%) .NET Framework
8 2 (1.550%) ASP
8 2 (1.550%) ASP.NET
9 1 (0.775%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 8 (6.202%) SharePoint Server
2 5 (3.876%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.876%) Apache
3 2 (1.550%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (1.550%) Kentico
4 1 (0.775%) IIS
Applications
1 26 (20.16%) MS Visio
2 23 (17.83%) MS Office
3 17 (13.18%) MS Excel
4 5 (3.876%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.775%) Fireworks
5 1 (0.775%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.775%) PaintShop Pro
Business Applications
1 8 (6.202%) Oracle EBS R12
2 5 (3.876%) Oracle iProcurement
3 4 (3.101%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (2.326%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (2.326%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (1.550%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (1.550%) Oracle Retail
6 1 (0.775%) BPCS
6 1 (0.775%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.775%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.326%) Internet
2 1 (0.775%) ATM
2 1 (0.775%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.876%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (3.876%) MySQL
2 4 (3.101%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (3.101%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.550%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (0.775%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.775%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (0.775%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 4 (3.101%) Subversion
2 3 (2.326%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (1.550%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (0.775%) Dreamweaver
4 1 (0.775%) Visual Studio
General
1 66 (51.16%) Finance
2 42 (32.56%) Retail
3 17 (13.18%) Marketing
4 2 (1.550%) Advertising
4 2 (1.550%) Aerospace
4 2 (1.550%) Financial Institution
5 1 (0.775%) Back Office
5 1 (0.775%) Legal
5 1 (0.775%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.775%) Telecoms
5 1 (0.775%) Banking
5 1 (0.775%) Games
Job Titles
1 80 (62.02%) Analyst
2 75 (58.14%) Business Analyst
3 34 (26.36%) Systems Analyst
4 30 (23.26%) Business Systems Analyst
5 13 (10.08%) Service Manager
6 11 (8.527%) Delivery Manager
6 11 (8.527%) Services Delivery Manager
7 10 (7.752%) IT Business Analyst
8 7 (5.426%) Developer
9 6 (4.651%) Development Manager
10 5 (3.876%) Senior Business Analyst
10 5 (3.876%) Senior Analyst
11 4 (3.101%) Business Analysis Manager
11 4 (3.101%) Head of Development
11 4 (3.101%) Senior Business Systems Analyst
11 4 (3.101%) Senior Systems Analyst
11 4 (3.101%) PHP Developer
11 4 (3.101%) Business Manager
11 4 (3.101%) Web Developer
11 4 (3.101%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.752%) Computer Science
2 6 (4.651%) Mainframe
3 4 (3.101%) EPoS
4 2 (1.550%) Wiki
4 2 (1.550%) Social Network
4 2 (1.550%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.775%) EMV
5 1 (0.775%) Chip and PIN
5 1 (0.775%) EFT
5 1 (0.775%) EFTPOS
5 1 (0.775%) Smartcard
5 1 (0.775%) APACS
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.876%) Linux
2 2 (1.550%) UNIX
3 1 (0.775%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (25.58%) Project Management
1 33 (25.58%) Waterfall
2 27 (20.93%) E-Commerce
3 22 (17.05%) User Acceptance Testing
4 21 (16.28%) PRINCE2
4 21 (16.28%) Agile Software Development
5 20 (15.50%) ITIL
6 17 (13.18%) Scrum
7 16 (12.40%) Strategic Planning
8 14 (10.85%) Web Development
9 13 (10.08%) Service Delivery
10 12 (9.302%) ERP
11 11 (8.527%) Use Case
11 11 (8.527%) User Stories
12 9 (6.977%) Validation
12 9 (6.977%) Requirements Management
12 9 (6.977%) System Testing
13 8 (6.202%) Change Control
14 7 (5.426%) Risk Management
14 7 (5.426%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 34 (26.36%) SQL
2 11 (8.527%) JavaScript
3 10 (7.752%) C
4 5 (3.876%) C#
4 5 (3.876%) Java
4 5 (3.876%) PHP
5 3 (2.326%) VB
6 2 (1.550%) T-SQL
6 2 (1.550%) C++
Qualifications
1 20 (15.50%) Degree
2 16 (12.40%) ISEB
3 3 (2.326%) CBAP
4 1 (0.775%) MBCS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.876%) QA
2 3 (2.326%) SLA
3 1 (0.775%) ISO 8583
Systems Management
1 5 (3.876%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 18 (13.95%) Microsoft
2 14 (10.85%) Oracle
3 6 (4.651%) HP
4 5 (3.876%) SAP
5 4 (3.101%) PeopleSoft
6 2 (1.550%) Sage
7 1 (0.775%) Epicor
7 1 (0.775%) JD Edwards
7 1 (0.775%) Salesforce.com
7 1 (0.775%) Adobe
7 1 (0.775%) Telerik
7 1 (0.775%) Wincor Nixdorf
7 1 (0.775%) VocaLink
7 1 (0.775%) TSYS
7 1 (0.775%) VeriFone
7 1 (0.775%) RedPrairie
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
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: 24 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: 24 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: 24 May 2013
Hertfordshire, South East
If you have not heard back from us in 5 working days, your application was unsuccessful.Thank youInformation contained in this email is intended for the use of...
Streamline IT Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Hertfordshire
The key duties of the Product Owner (Agile, Business Analysis) will be to represent stakeholders within the Agile Delivery team, act as Product Owner or go to information...
Streamline Connections
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013