The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire 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 19 June 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 Hertfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analyst
Rank 38 51 30
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -21
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 124 113 220
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 5.254% 4.412% 6.051%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.601% 4.593% 6.469%
Number of salaries quoted 113 87 168
Average salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.00% +5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,100 £37,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £53,000 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £41,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+2.40% +3.75%
All Job Titles
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2214 2460 3401
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 93.81% 96.06% 93.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1747 1992 2764
Average salary £42,500 £42,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.19% +2.43%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £25,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £58,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Business Analyst
East of England

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Business Analyst Salary Trend

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Business Analyst across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Welwyn Garden City - 21 £45,000 - 3
Watford +14 15 £52,250 -0.47% 1
Hemel Hempstead +12 13 £38,500 -51.87%
St Albans 0 12 £47,500 -
Rickmansworth 0 8 £50,000 -
Letchworth -2 5 £32,500 -18.75%
Borehamwood -5 1 £30,000 -14.28%
Welwyn - 1 £47,500 -
Business Analyst
East of England

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 90 (31.36%) Finance
2 81 (28.22%) Retail
3 71 (24.74%) Business Analysis
4 68 (23.69%) User Acceptance Testing
5 61 (21.25%) Waterfall
6 55 (19.16%) E-Commerce
7 53 (18.47%) SQL
7 53 (18.47%) Agile Software Development
8 49 (17.07%) Oracle
9 38 (13.24%) Project Management
10 33 (11.50%) MS Office
10 33 (11.50%) PRINCE2
11 28 (9.756%) MS Excel
12 27 (9.408%) MS Visio
13 26 (9.059%) UML
13 26 (9.059%) Scrum
14 24 (8.362%) Degree
15 21 (7.317%) Use Case
15 21 (7.317%) RUP
16 20 (6.969%) Automotive
17 19 (6.620%) CRM
17 19 (6.620%) Business Intelligence
18 18 (6.272%) Microsoft
18 18 (6.272%) ITIL
18 18 (6.272%) Business Objects
18 18 (6.272%) Requirements Analysis
19 17 (5.923%) ISEB
20 16 (5.575%) SQL Server
20 16 (5.575%) Mainframe
20 16 (5.575%) BusinessObjects XI

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 13 (4.530%) XML
2 8 (2.787%) .NET
3 6 (2.091%) Web Services
4 4 (1.394%) HTML
5 3 (1.045%) FIX Protocol
5 3 (1.045%) XML Messaging
6 2 (0.697%) OLE
6 2 (0.697%) ASP
6 2 (0.697%) Mason
7 1 (0.348%) Java EE
7 1 (0.348%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.348%) JSP
7 1 (0.348%) XSLT
7 1 (0.348%) Swing
Application Platforms
1 7 (2.439%) SharePoint Server
2 3 (1.045%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.348%) Magento
3 1 (0.348%) Kentico
3 1 (0.348%) GlassFish
3 1 (0.348%) IIS
3 1 (0.348%) CMS
Applications
1 33 (11.50%) MS Office
2 28 (9.756%) MS Excel
3 27 (9.408%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.394%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.348%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 10 (3.484%) Oracle EBS R12
2 7 (2.439%) Oracle Financials
3 6 (2.091%) Oracle iProcurement
4 5 (1.742%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (1.394%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (1.394%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (1.045%) SAP SD
7 2 (0.697%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.697%) Oracle BPM
8 1 (0.348%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.348%) Oracle Retail
8 1 (0.348%) SAP FS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.045%) HTTP
2 1 (0.348%) SAN
2 1 (0.348%) ATM
2 1 (0.348%) Broadband
2 1 (0.348%) LAN
2 1 (0.348%) WAN
2 1 (0.348%) Intranet
2 1 (0.348%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.575%) SQL Server
1 16 (5.575%) BusinessObjects XI
2 11 (3.833%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (3.484%) SQL Server 2005
3 10 (3.484%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (1.394%) Xcelsius
5 3 (1.045%) MySQL
6 2 (0.697%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.348%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.348%) SQL Server 2012
7 1 (0.348%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (0.348%) Oracle 9i
Development Applications
1 1 (0.348%) Visual Studio
1 1 (0.348%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 90 (31.36%) Finance
2 81 (28.22%) Retail
3 20 (6.969%) Automotive
4 15 (5.226%) Marketing
5 5 (1.742%) Banking
5 5 (1.742%) Law
6 4 (1.394%) Advertising
6 4 (1.394%) Games
7 3 (1.045%) Legal
8 2 (0.697%) Financial Institution
8 2 (0.697%) German Language
9 1 (0.348%) Billing
9 1 (0.348%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.348%) Russian Language
9 1 (0.348%) Spanish Language
9 1 (0.348%) French Language
9 1 (0.348%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.348%) Back Office
9 1 (0.348%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.575%) Mainframe
2 12 (4.181%) FMCG
3 10 (3.484%) Client/Server
3 10 (3.484%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.091%) Mathematics
5 5 (1.742%) Computer Science
6 3 (1.045%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.697%) Data Conversion
8 1 (0.348%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.348%) EPoS
8 1 (0.348%) EMV
8 1 (0.348%) Chip and PIN
8 1 (0.348%) EFT
8 1 (0.348%) EFTPOS
8 1 (0.348%) Smartcard
8 1 (0.348%) APACS
8 1 (0.348%) Clustering
8 1 (0.348%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.697%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (24.74%) Business Analysis
2 68 (23.69%) User Acceptance Testing
3 61 (21.25%) Waterfall
4 55 (19.16%) E-Commerce
5 53 (18.47%) Agile Software Development
6 38 (13.24%) Project Management
7 33 (11.50%) PRINCE2
8 26 (9.059%) UML
8 26 (9.059%) Scrum
9 21 (7.317%) Use Case
9 21 (7.317%) RUP
10 19 (6.620%) CRM
10 19 (6.620%) Business Intelligence
11 18 (6.272%) ITIL
11 18 (6.272%) Requirements Analysis
12 16 (5.575%) QMS
13 15 (5.226%) User Stories
14 14 (4.878%) ERP
14 14 (4.878%) Data Analysis
15 13 (4.530%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 53 (18.47%) SQL
2 11 (3.833%) Java
2 11 (3.833%) VB
3 7 (2.439%) T-SQL
3 7 (2.439%) C
4 6 (2.091%) C#
5 4 (1.394%) VB.NET
6 2 (0.697%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.348%) VB6
7 1 (0.348%) ABAP
7 1 (0.348%) VBA
Qualifications
1 24 (8.362%) Degree
2 17 (5.923%) ISEB
3 12 (4.181%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 7 (2.439%) MBCS
5 4 (1.394%) ACCA
5 4 (1.394%) CIMA
6 3 (1.045%) CBAP
6 3 (1.045%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.348%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.742%) QA
2 1 (0.348%) SLA
2 1 (0.348%) ISO 8583
Systems Management
1 1 (0.348%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (0.348%) SCOM
Vendors
1 49 (17.07%) Oracle
2 18 (6.272%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.272%) Business Objects
3 15 (5.226%) Sage
4 14 (4.878%) SAP
5 10 (3.484%) CODA
6 5 (1.742%) PeopleSoft
7 4 (1.394%) Dell
7 4 (1.394%) Apple
7 4 (1.394%) Salesforce.com
8 2 (0.697%) HP
8 2 (0.697%) ComArch
9 1 (0.348%) Wincor Nixdorf
9 1 (0.348%) VocaLink
9 1 (0.348%) TSYS
9 1 (0.348%) VeriFone
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