The first table below looks at the demand for Business Analysis skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Analysis over the 3 months to 20 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 Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analysis
Rank 47 67 64
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -3
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 113 72 64
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 4.346% 3.409% 3.548%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.534% 4.322% 4.834%
Number of salaries quoted 90 62 49
Average salary £36,750 £35,750 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.79% -4.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,100 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £44,250 £41,500
% change year-on-year
-3.95% +6.62%
All Processes & Methodologies
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2042 1666 1324
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 78.54% 78.88% 73.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1611 1428 1133
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Business Analysis
West Yorkshire

Business Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Business Analysis Salary Trend

Business Analysis
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Business Analysis across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Leeds Business Analysis Salary Histogram

Business Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 76 (32.76%) Agile Software Development
2 58 (25.00%) User Stories
3 52 (22.41%) Microsoft
4 49 (21.12%) Project Management
4 49 (21.12%) Finance
5 44 (18.97%) SQL
5 44 (18.97%) OO
6 38 (16.38%) QA
7 35 (15.09%) Data Modelling
8 31 (13.36%) Scrum
9 30 (12.93%) MS Excel
10 27 (11.64%) DSDM
10 27 (11.64%) PL/SQL
10 27 (11.64%) Oracle
11 26 (11.21%) Systems Analysis
12 23 (9.914%) .NET
13 22 (9.483%) SOAP
13 22 (9.483%) Web Services
14 21 (9.052%) Change Management
15 20 (8.621%) GAP Analysis
15 20 (8.621%) Logistics
15 20 (8.621%) Team Foundation Server
16 19 (8.190%) UML
17 18 (7.759%) ASP.NET
17 18 (7.759%) VB.NET
17 18 (7.759%) C#
18 17 (7.328%) PRINCE2
18 17 (7.328%) BDD
19 16 (6.897%) SQL Server
19 16 (6.897%) E-Commerce

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 23 (9.914%) .NET
2 22 (9.483%) SOAP
2 22 (9.483%) Web Services
3 18 (7.759%) ASP.NET
4 3 (1.293%) XML
4 3 (1.293%) HTML
5 2 (0.862%) soapUI
5 2 (0.862%) WSDL
5 2 (0.862%) XSD
5 2 (0.862%) CSS
5 2 (0.862%) J2EE
6 1 (0.431%) ASP
6 1 (0.431%) Flash
6 1 (0.431%) NHibernate
6 1 (0.431%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 1 (0.431%) IIS
1 1 (0.431%) Lotus Notes
1 1 (0.431%) SharePoint
1 1 (0.431%) MS Exchange
1 1 (0.431%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (0.431%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 30 (12.93%) MS Excel
2 3 (1.293%) MS Office
3 2 (0.862%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (3.017%) Visualfiles
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.862%) HTTP
1 2 (0.862%) Internet
1 2 (0.862%) BSS
2 1 (0.431%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.431%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.897%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.293%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (0.862%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.431%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 20 (8.621%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (0.862%) Selenium
2 2 (0.862%) FitNesse
2 2 (0.862%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (0.862%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (0.862%) Cucumber
2 2 (0.862%) SpecFlow
3 1 (0.431%) NUnit
3 1 (0.431%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.431%) TestDirector
3 1 (0.431%) MSTest
General
1 49 (21.12%) Finance
2 9 (3.879%) Retail
2 9 (3.879%) Marketing
3 8 (3.448%) Legal
4 3 (1.293%) Telecoms
4 3 (1.293%) Banking
5 2 (0.862%) Manufacturing
5 2 (0.862%) Law
5 2 (0.862%) Back Office
5 2 (0.862%) Billing
6 1 (0.431%) Retail Banking
6 1 (0.431%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (0.431%) Games
Job Titles
1 134 (57.76%) Analyst
2 116 (50.00%) Business Analyst
3 50 (21.55%) Developer
4 44 (18.97%) Consultant
5 36 (15.52%) Agile Business Analyst
6 28 (12.07%) Senior Business Analyst
6 28 (12.07%) Senior Analyst
7 26 (11.21%) Oracle Developer
8 24 (10.34%) Oracle Consultant
8 24 (10.34%) Programmer
9 15 (6.466%) Software Developer
9 15 (6.466%) .NET Developer
10 14 (6.034%) Software Consultant
11 13 (5.603%) Agile Coach
11 13 (5.603%) ScrumMaster
12 10 (4.310%) Support Analyst
13 8 (3.448%) Product Manager
13 8 (3.448%) E-Commerce Manager
14 6 (2.586%) Test Analyst
14 6 (2.586%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (2.155%) NHS
2 3 (1.293%) Management Information System
3 2 (0.862%) Equities
3 2 (0.862%) Derivative
3 2 (0.862%) N-Tier
4 1 (0.431%) Mainframe
4 1 (0.431%) Online Banking
4 1 (0.431%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.431%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.431%) Windows
1 1 (0.431%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (0.431%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (32.76%) Agile Software Development
2 58 (25.00%) User Stories
3 49 (21.12%) Project Management
4 44 (18.97%) OO
5 35 (15.09%) Data Modelling
6 31 (13.36%) Scrum
7 27 (11.64%) DSDM
8 26 (11.21%) Systems Analysis
9 21 (9.052%) Change Management
10 20 (8.621%) GAP Analysis
10 20 (8.621%) Logistics
11 19 (8.190%) UML
12 17 (7.328%) PRINCE2
12 17 (7.328%) BDD
13 16 (6.897%) E-Commerce
14 15 (6.466%) TDD
15 13 (5.603%) Pair Programming
15 13 (5.603%) Unit Testing
15 13 (5.603%) Time Management
15 13 (5.603%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 44 (18.97%) SQL
2 27 (11.64%) PL/SQL
3 18 (7.759%) VB.NET
3 18 (7.759%) C#
4 14 (6.034%) T-SQL
5 4 (1.724%) Java
6 3 (1.293%) VB
6 3 (1.293%) VB6
7 2 (0.862%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.431%) Perl
8 1 (0.431%) VBA
Qualifications
1 10 (4.310%) ISEB
2 4 (1.724%) Degree
3 2 (0.862%) Six Sigma Black Belt
4 1 (0.431%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.431%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.431%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.431%) ISEB Practitioner
4 1 (0.431%) MCTS
4 1 (0.431%) ISTQB
4 1 (0.431%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (16.38%) QA
2 1 (0.431%) SLA
2 1 (0.431%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (0.431%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (0.431%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.431%) ISA Server
1 1 (0.431%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 2 (0.862%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 52 (22.41%) Microsoft
2 27 (11.64%) Oracle
3 2 (0.862%) HP
4 1 (0.431%) Lotus
4 1 (0.431%) Reuters
4 1 (0.431%) Cognos
4 1 (0.431%) Siebel
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Previous involvement in large scale IT projects is essential as well as structured business analysis techniques. The ability to understand system architecture blueprints using UML techniques is also...
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Skills: Business Analysis, Requirement Gathering, Design, UML, ISEB, SOA (desirable)... Working in a development environment it is important that the BA has solid UML, SOA and business improvement...
Sanderson
Salary: £32000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Business Analyst, Systems Analyst, BA, Business Information Analyst, Business Change, Requirement Gathering, Workshops, Agile, Waterfall, Prince2, UML, QA, Gap Analysis, Business Logic- Central Leeds... Due to the IT...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £32000 - £40000 per annum + + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Linux; Relational database design and programming using e.g. Microsoft SQL Server; Microsoft Excel spreadsheet design and VBA programming; Use of data tools e.g... Java, Python, Perl,...
Oliver James Associates
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Preferred: - Experience of BDD/ATDD techniques... Preferred: - Use of test management tools (eg HP Quality Center, Microsoft TFS 2010) - Use of automated test tools (eg HP QTP, Selenium,...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum + Bonus + Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
An understanding of SQL databases will be required together with experience of workflow development... *Experience using MS Visio for mapping workflows *Any experience of Filestream or Vectus *Experience...
Fruition IT Resources Limited
Salary: Plus benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
C, C++ Developer with T-SQL and good financial/numerical trends knowledge to join a successful financial services company based in Leeds Key Skills:Experience of providing maintenance...
E-Resourcing
Salary: £27500 - £37500 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
As a specialist Agile practitioner or Scrum Master you will look to achieve results through coaching project teams and individuals, including all specialisms (Development, QA, Business Analysis, Project...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
As a .Net, C# Developer you will support Technical Leads in the development of world class applications... Key skills and experience: Commercial experience of software development using Microsoft ...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
C, C++ Developer with T-SQL and good financial/numerical trends knowledge to join a successful financial services company based in LeedsKey Skills:Experience of providing maintenance and...
E-Resourcing
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The successful candidate will be working on a number of internet and mobile banking applications usingobject oriented languages and web/mobile application frameworks... Experience with object oriented development...
Sandstone Technology
Salary: From £17,000 to £20,000 per annum
Posted: 9 May 2013