The first table below looks at the demand for Business Analysis skills in IT jobs advertised for the Ipswich region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Analysis over the 3 months to 17 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 Ipswich region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analysis
Rank 53 38 37
Rank change year-on-year
-15 -1
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 1 4 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 0.319% 1.581% 5.051%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.474% 1.942% 6.494%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 14
Average salary £23,000 £48,750 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-52.82% -2.50%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £44,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year
-4.49% +7.22%
All Processes & Methodologies
Ipswich
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
211 206 231
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 67.41% 81.42% 77.78%
Number of salaries quoted 192 184 217
Average salary £40,000 £38,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Business Analysis
Suffolk

Business Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Ipswich 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 Ipswich region.

Ipswich Business Analysis Salary Trend

Business Analysis
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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 5 (83.33%) Finance
2 4 (66.67%) Use Case
3 3 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (50.00%) Data Modelling
4 2 (33.33%) Service Management
4 2 (33.33%) SAP BW
4 2 (33.33%) ClearQuest
4 2 (33.33%) Degree
4 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
4 2 (33.33%) Systems Analysis
4 2 (33.33%) SAP
4 2 (33.33%) Mathematics
4 2 (33.33%) Data Mapping
5 1 (16.67%) BPMN
5 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
5 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
5 1 (16.67%) ISEB
5 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
5 1 (16.67%) MS Visio

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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.

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) ClearQuest
General
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Business Analyst
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) Graduate
3 2 (33.33%) SAP Manager
3 2 (33.33%) Service Manager
4 1 (16.67%) Financial Business Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Insurance Business Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Financial Services Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Use Case
2 3 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (50.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (33.33%) Service Management
3 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Systems Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Data Mapping
4 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 1 (16.67%) BPMN
4 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) ISEB
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) SAP