The first table below looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 18 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 Lancashire region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Analyst
Rank 12 15 16
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 77 64 49
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 16.59% 12.52% 12.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.46% 13.09% 12.73%
Number of salaries quoted 63 55 47
Average salary £27,750 £30,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.50% +9.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £19,000 £19,400
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £38,400 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
441 489 385
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 95.04% 95.69% 97.72%
Number of salaries quoted 398 445 328
Average salary £31,500 £31,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -3.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £21,500 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £43,000 £43,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Analyst
North West

Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Lancashire Analyst Salary Trend

Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Analyst across the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Lancashire Analyst Salary Histogram

Analyst
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 18 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Preston +8 19 £30,000 - 8
Blackburn +2 19 £22,500 -30.76% 1
Chorley +7 12 £26,250 +14.13%
Lancaster +4 7 £33,000 -17.50%
Blackpool 0 5 £32,000 -14.66% 5
Ormskirk - 2 £37,500 -
Skelmersdale +1 1 £27,500 +10.00%
Burnley -5 1 - -
Analyst
North West

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire region that cited 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 Analyst in their job title.

1 31 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 30 (24.19%) Microsoft
2 30 (24.19%) VMware
3 29 (23.39%) SQL
4 22 (17.74%) Windows
5 19 (15.32%) Business Analysis
6 18 (14.52%) .NET
6 18 (14.52%) E-Commerce
7 17 (13.71%) ERP
8 16 (12.90%) UML
9 15 (12.10%) Finance
9 15 (12.10%) Retail
10 14 (11.29%) Java
11 13 (10.48%) Business Intelligence
11 13 (10.48%) Marketing
11 13 (10.48%) Windows Server 2008
12 12 (9.677%) CRM
12 12 (9.677%) SQL Server
13 11 (8.871%) Project Management
13 11 (8.871%) ITIL
13 11 (8.871%) ISEB
13 11 (8.871%) Software Testing
14 10 (8.065%) Citrix
15 9 (7.258%) MS Excel
15 9 (7.258%) SharePoint
15 9 (7.258%) Windows Server 2003
15 9 (7.258%) Mobile App
16 8 (6.452%) ASP.NET
16 8 (6.452%) CSS
16 8 (6.452%) XML

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire region that cited 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 Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (14.52%) .NET
2 8 (6.452%) ASP.NET
2 8 (6.452%) CSS
2 8 (6.452%) XML
3 7 (5.645%) Web Services
4 5 (4.032%) Ajax
4 5 (4.032%) .NET Framework
4 5 (4.032%) jQuery
4 5 (4.032%) XSLT
4 5 (4.032%) SOAP
5 4 (3.226%) WCF
5 4 (3.226%) HTML
6 3 (2.419%) Spring
6 3 (2.419%) J2EE
7 1 (0.806%) ASP
7 1 (0.806%) WSDL
7 1 (0.806%) Hibernate
7 1 (0.806%) WPF
7 1 (0.806%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 9 (7.258%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.839%) SharePoint 2010
3 5 (4.032%) MS Exchange
4 4 (3.226%) SAS
4 4 (3.226%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (1.613%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (1.613%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.806%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.806%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 9 (7.258%) MS Excel
2 6 (4.839%) MS Office
3 2 (1.613%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.806%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (5.645%) Google Analytics
2 2 (1.613%) SAP PP
3 1 (0.806%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.806%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.806%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.806%) SAP PP-PI
3 1 (0.806%) BPCS
3 1 (0.806%) SAP MM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.839%) Internet
2 5 (4.032%) Intranet
3 4 (3.226%) LAN
3 4 (3.226%) WAN
3 4 (3.226%) Extranet
4 2 (1.613%) Firewall
4 2 (1.613%) iSCSI
4 2 (1.613%) SAN
4 2 (1.613%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.613%) VPN
5 1 (0.806%) DNS
5 1 (0.806%) DHCP
5 1 (0.806%) VoIP
5 1 (0.806%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.806%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.677%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.032%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (3.226%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (3.226%) RDBMS
4 3 (2.419%) QlikView
5 2 (1.613%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (1.613%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (1.613%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.613%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.613%) OLAP
6 1 (0.806%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 7 (5.645%) Visual Studio
2 2 (1.613%) Ant
2 2 (1.613%) JUnit
2 2 (1.613%) Maven
3 1 (0.806%) Eclipse
General
1 15 (12.10%) Finance
1 15 (12.10%) Retail
2 13 (10.48%) Marketing
3 4 (3.226%) Automotive
3 4 (3.226%) Manufacturing
4 3 (2.419%) Back Office
5 2 (1.613%) Telecoms
5 2 (1.613%) Advertising
5 2 (1.613%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.258%) Mobile App
2 4 (3.226%) Psychology
3 3 (2.419%) Digital Media
4 2 (1.613%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.613%) Statistics
4 2 (1.613%) Mathematics
5 1 (0.806%) AS400
5 1 (0.806%) Economics
5 1 (0.806%) Computer Science
5 1 (0.806%) Fat Client
5 1 (0.806%) FMCG
5 1 (0.806%) Thin Client
5 1 (0.806%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 22 (17.74%) Windows
2 13 (10.48%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (7.258%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (3.226%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.806%) Windows 8
5 1 (0.806%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.806%) UNIX
5 1 (0.806%) Linux
5 1 (0.806%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (15.32%) Business Analysis
2 18 (14.52%) E-Commerce
3 17 (13.71%) ERP
4 16 (12.90%) UML
5 13 (10.48%) Business Intelligence
6 12 (9.677%) CRM
7 11 (8.871%) Project Management
7 11 (8.871%) ITIL
7 11 (8.871%) Software Testing
8 7 (5.645%) Systems Analysis
8 7 (5.645%) Analytics
9 6 (4.839%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (4.839%) Regression Testing
10 5 (4.032%) PRINCE
10 5 (4.032%) RUP
10 5 (4.032%) Data Modelling
10 5 (4.032%) Agile Software Development
10 5 (4.032%) TDD
10 5 (4.032%) Web Analytics
10 5 (4.032%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 29 (23.39%) SQL
2 14 (11.29%) Java
3 8 (6.452%) C#
4 4 (3.226%) PowerShell
5 3 (2.419%) VB
5 3 (2.419%) VB.NET
5 3 (2.419%) VB6
6 2 (1.613%) Ruby
6 2 (1.613%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.613%) Groovy
6 2 (1.613%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.806%) PHP
7 1 (0.806%) C++
7 1 (0.806%) XPath
Qualifications
1 11 (8.871%) ISEB
2 6 (4.839%) Degree
3 3 (2.419%) ISTQB
3 3 (2.419%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.613%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (1.613%) MCSA
5 1 (0.806%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.613%) QA
2 1 (0.806%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.645%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 2 (1.613%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.806%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.806%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.806%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.806%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 2 (1.613%) SCCM
1 2 (1.613%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.806%) SCOM
Vendors
1 30 (24.19%) Microsoft
1 30 (24.19%) VMware
2 10 (8.065%) Citrix
3 7 (5.645%) Google
4 4 (3.226%) Oracle
4 4 (3.226%) SAP
4 4 (3.226%) Cognos
4 4 (3.226%) Cisco
4 4 (3.226%) ClickTale
5 3 (2.419%) HP
6 2 (1.613%) Remedy
7 1 (0.806%) McAfee
7 1 (0.806%) BT
7 1 (0.806%) EMC
7 1 (0.806%) LANDesk
7 1 (0.806%) Veeam
7 1 (0.806%) Business Objects
7 1 (0.806%) Avaya
7 1 (0.806%) Lotus
7 1 (0.806%) JD Edwards
Lancashire, North West
The business analyst will work on Interesting multi channel, web based projects in an Agile environment... The business analyst will build up a user stories for the development...
Hudson
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus and excellent benefits
Posted: 6 June 2013
Lancashire, North West
Business AnalystA fantastic permanent opportunity for a Business Analyst working within the finance industry to be based in Lancashire.The Role:- To be the key point of contact...
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 10 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, Blackpool,...
Sharepoint 2010 Developer - Company growth has created this role for an experienced Sharepoint Analyst / Developer to join a well established and successful Retailer based in Lancashire.PERSON SKILLS•...
Actis Recruitment Ltd
Salary: to £37,000 + bonus + excellent bens
Posted: 24 May 2013
Newton-Le-Willows, Merseyside
Ideal candidates will have experience of the following: Java, SQL databases, testing client and server side web applications using restful api’s. Selenium WebDriver, Unix scripting and testing...
Trader Media Group Ltd
Salary: From £26,000 to £31,000 per annum plus bonus and great benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Newton-Le-Willows, Merseyside
Continuously assess and improve your business analysis activities - Be customer focussed, commercially aware & preferably possess awareness of domains such as Web Analytics, Display Advertising, User Experience design, Classified...
Trader Media Group Ltd
Salary: Up to £38,000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Preston, Lancashire
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Blackpool, North West
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £26000 - £30000 per annum + +Bonus +Pension +Health
Posted: 13 June 2013
Preston, North West
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £20000.00 - £21000.00 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
Preston, Lancashire
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Salary: £20000.00 - £21000.00 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
Blackpool, Lancashire
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £26000 - £30000 per annum + +Bonus +Pension +Health
Posted: 13 June 2013
Preston, North West
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £20000.00 - £30000.00 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Preston, Lancashire
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £20000.00 - £30000.00 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Preston, Lancashire
Intapeople
Salary: £32000 - £36000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013