Hertfordshire Business Analysis Jobs

This section looks at the demand for Business Analysis skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Analysis over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Business Analysis
Location Aberdeen Amersham Aylesbury Banbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bathgate Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Burnley Bury Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chippenham Chorley Cirencester City of London Clapham Colchester Cornwall County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Darlington Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Dunfermline Durham Ealing East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Ellesmere Port Enfield England Epsom Essex Exeter Farnborough Feltham Fife Folkestone Gateshead Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Greenford Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Harrow Havant Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertford Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Hove Hull Huntingdon Isle of Man Jersey Kent Kingston Upon Thames Kingswinford Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Liversedge Livingston London Loughton Luton Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Market Drayton Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newry Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northallerton Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Northumbria Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redditch Redhill Retford Rickmansworth Romford Rotherham Rugby Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Skipton Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South Croydon South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans St Ives St Neots Staffordshire Staines Stamford Stevenage Stirling Stockport Stroud Surrey Swindon Telford Tewkesbury Thames Valley Thatcham Tipton Trowbridge Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear Tyneside UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walsall Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wellingborough Welwyn Garden City West Bromwich West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Whyteleafe Wigan Wiltshire Wimbledon Windsor Winsford Wirral Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worksop Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	66	64
Rank change on same period last year	-2
Matching permanent IT job ads	126	146
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.069 %	0.061 %
As % of the category below	4.855 %	5.401 %
Salaries quoted	115	124
Average minimum salary	£40,426	£38,363
Average salary	£45,839	£41,419
% change on same period last year	+10.67 %
Average maximum salary	£51,252	£44,476
UK excluding London average salary	£41,343	£41,750
% change on same period last year	-0.97 %
Processes & Methodologies Hertfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads	2595	2703
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	1.417 %	1.135 %
Salaries quoted	2242	2289
Average minimum salary	£41,631	£41,434
Average salary	£46,141	£44,755
% change on same period last year	+3.09 %
Average maximum salary	£50,652	£48,075
UK excluding London average salary	£42,478	£44,432
% change on same period last year	-4.39 %
Business Analysis East of England

Business Analysis
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Business Analysis across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Business Analysis
Salary Trend

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

Business Analysis
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Business Analysis across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Business Analysis
Job Locations

This section 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 29 August 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.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Watford	+10	19	£47,467	+26.20 %
Stevenage	+9	7	£44,214	-
Rickmansworth	-	1	£29,000	-
Hertford	-	1	£52,500	-
Letchworth	-	1	£32,500	-
Welwyn Garden City	-23	1	£60,000	+60.00 %
St Albans	-18	1	£57,500	+33.78 %

Business Analysis East of England

Business Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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 97 (41.63 %) Retail 2 56 (24.03 %) Project Management 3 39 (16.74 %) UML 4 38 (16.31 %) Finance 5 35 (15.02 %) SQL 6 32 (13.73 %) User Acceptance Testing 7 30 (12.88 %) Degree 7 30 (12.88 %) ERP 8 29 (12.45 %) E-Commerce 9 25 (10.73 %) Oracle 9 25 (10.73 %) Use Case 10 19 (8.155 %) MS Excel 11 18 (7.725 %) Education 12 17 (7.296 %) Requirements Analysis 13 16 (6.867 %) Construction

13 16 (6.867 %) PRINCE2 13 16 (6.867 %) Business Objects 13 16 (6.867 %) COBOL 13 16 (6.867 %) BusinessObjects 14 15 (6.438 %) SQL Server 14 15 (6.438 %) Migration 15 14 (6.009 %) CRM 15 14 (6.009 %) Systems Analysis 16 13 (5.579 %) Data Modelling 16 13 (5.579 %) Telecoms 17 12 (5.150 %) Pensions 18 11 (4.721 %) Data Analysis 18 11 (4.721 %) Management Information System 18 11 (4.721 %) Manufacturing 18 11 (4.721 %) Internet

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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 8 (3.433 %) .NET 2 6 (2.575 %) XML 3 5 (2.146 %) XML Schema 4 3 (1.288 %) J2EE 5 2 (0.858 %) EDI 6 1 (0.429 %) ASP.NET 6 1 (0.429 %) WebServices 6 1 (0.429 %) AJAX 6 1 (0.429 %) XSLT	Application Platforms 1 7 (3.004 %) Office Project Server 2 5 (2.146 %) SharePoint Server 2007 3 4 (1.717 %) SharePoint 3 4 (1.717 %) BizTalk Server 4 1 (0.429 %) CMS
Applications 1 19 (8.155 %) MS Excel 2 9 (3.863 %) MS Project 3 8 (3.433 %) MS Visio 4 7 (3.004 %) MS PowerPoint 5 4 (1.717 %) Spreadsheet 6 2 (0.858 %) Photoshop 7 1 (0.429 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 7 (3.004 %) Oracle Applications 2 5 (2.146 %) Microsoft CRM 3 4 (1.717 %) SAP Retail 4 3 (1.288 %) Dynamics AX 4 3 (1.288 %) Axapta 5 2 (0.858 %) Movex 5 2 (0.858 %) BPCS 6 1 (0.429 %) Oracle Financials 6 1 (0.429 %) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking 1 11 (4.721 %) Internet 2 2 (0.858 %) BSS 3 1 (0.429 %) VoIP 3 1 (0.429 %) SAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 16 (6.867 %) BusinessObjects 2 15 (6.438 %) SQL Server 3 7 (3.004 %) Oracle Reports 3 7 (3.004 %) MS Access 3 7 (3.004 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 3 7 (3.004 %) SQL Server 2005 3 7 (3.004 %) SQL Server Integration Services 4 2 (0.858 %) Text Mining 4 2 (0.858 %) Datawarehouse 5 1 (0.429 %) Informix 5 1 (0.429 %) MySQL
Development Applications 1 5 (2.146 %) Rational Rose 1 5 (2.146 %) RequisitePro	General 1 97 (41.63 %) Retail 2 38 (16.31 %) Finance 3 18 (7.725 %) Education 4 16 (6.867 %) Construction 5 13 (5.579 %) Telecoms 6 12 (5.150 %) Pensions 7 11 (4.721 %) Manufacturing 8 9 (3.863 %) Billing 9 7 (3.004 %) Health 9 7 (3.004 %) Back Office 10 6 (2.575 %) FMCG 11 5 (2.146 %) Banking 12 4 (1.717 %) Publishing 13 3 (1.288 %) Legal 14 2 (0.858 %) Auditing 15 1 (0.429 %) Financial Institution 15 1 (0.429 %) Aerospace 15 1 (0.429 %) Police 15 1 (0.429 %) Games 15 1 (0.429 %) Insurance
Job Titles 1 181 (77.68 %) Analyst 2 146 (62.66 %) Business Analyst 3 51 (21.89 %) Systems Analyst 4 28 (12.02 %) Project Manager 4 28 (12.02 %) Business Systems Analyst 5 13 (5.579 %) Analyst Programmer 5 13 (5.579 %) Programmer 6 11 (4.721 %) Senior Analyst 6 11 (4.721 %) Senior Business Analyst 7 9 (3.863 %) Consultant 8 8 (3.433 %) Business Manager 9 5 (2.146 %) RPG Programmer 9 5 (2.146 %) RPG Analyst Programmer 9 5 (2.146 %) AS400 Analyst Programmer 9 5 (2.146 %) Telecoms Project Manager 9 5 (2.146 %) Support Analyst 9 5 (2.146 %) Implementation Consultant 10 4 (1.717 %) Process Analyst 10 4 (1.717 %) Systems Manager 10 4 (1.717 %) Applications Support	Miscellaneous 1 11 (4.721 %) Management Information System 2 9 (3.863 %) AS400 2 9 (3.863 %) iDTV 3 4 (1.717 %) Mathematics 4 3 (1.288 %) Computer Science 4 3 (1.288 %) Mainframe 5 2 (0.858 %) EPoS 6 1 (0.429 %) Data Conversion 6 1 (0.429 %) BBC 6 1 (0.429 %) IPTV 6 1 (0.429 %) Derivative
Operating Systems 1 10 (4.292 %) UNIX 2 9 (3.863 %) MVS 3 7 (3.004 %) Windows Server 2003 3 7 (3.004 %) Windows 4 2 (0.858 %) Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 56 (24.03 %) Project Management 2 39 (16.74 %) UML 3 32 (13.73 %) User Acceptance Testing 4 30 (12.88 %) ERP 5 29 (12.45 %) E-Commerce 6 25 (10.73 %) Use Case 7 17 (7.296 %) Requirements Analysis 8 16 (6.867 %) PRINCE2 9 15 (6.438 %) Migration 10 14 (6.009 %) Systems Analysis 10 14 (6.009 %) CRM 11 13 (5.579 %) Data Modelling 12 11 (4.721 %) Data Analysis 13 10 (4.292 %) Workflow 14 9 (3.863 %) RUP 15 7 (3.004 %) Agile Software Development 15 7 (3.004 %) Performance Management 16 6 (2.575 %) ERD 16 6 (2.575 %) Change Management 16 6 (2.575 %) Six Sigma
Programming Languages 1 35 (15.02 %) SQL 2 16 (6.867 %) COBOL 3 9 (3.863 %) Java 4 7 (3.004 %) Transact-SQL 5 6 (2.575 %) RPG 6 3 (1.288 %) VB 6 3 (1.288 %) X++ 7 2 (0.858 %) C# 8 1 (0.429 %) JavaScript 8 1 (0.429 %) FoxPro (VFP)	Qualifications 1 30 (12.88 %) Degree 2 3 (1.288 %) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (0.858 %) Sarbanes-Oxley	Vendors 1 25 (10.73 %) Oracle 2 16 (6.867 %) Business Objects 3 10 (4.292 %) Microsoft 4 9 (3.863 %) Micro Focus 5 6 (2.575 %) SAP 6 3 (1.288 %) Sun 6 3 (1.288 %) JD Edwards 7 2 (0.858 %) Quark 7 2 (0.858 %) PeopleSoft 7 2 (0.858 %) Siebel 7 2 (0.858 %) Yantra 8 1 (0.429 %) ATG 8 1 (0.429 %) Ab Initio 8 1 (0.429 %) Cognos 8 1 (0.429 %) Primavera