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This section looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT jobs within the London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBusiness Analyst
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank2422
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching permanent IT job ads50018125
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.730 %3.412 %
As % of the category below7.386 %8.112 %
Salaries quoted39526167
Average minimum salary£50,825£53,697
Average salary£55,143£58,448
% change on same period last year-5.65 %
Average maximum salary£59,461£63,199
UK excluding London average salary£40,556£40,507
% change on same period last year+0.12 %
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
London
Matching permanent IT job ads67712100164
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled36.97 %42.06 %
Salaries quoted5640877161
Average minimum salary£45,798£47,393
Average salary£49,981£51,876
% change on same period last year-3.65 %
Average maximum salary£54,163£56,359
UK excluding London average salary£38,060£39,458
% change on same period last year-3.54 %
Business Analyst EnglandBusiness Analyst
England

Business Analyst
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Business Analyst across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London Business Analyst Demand Trend

Business Analyst
Salary Trend

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

London Business Analyst Salary Trend

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram

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

London Business Analyst Salary Histogram

Business Analyst
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the London 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.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonDown-51404£56,940-7.28 %
Docklands, LondonUp+9187£57,150-15.12 %
Canary WharfUp+6123£61,056-7.04 %
CroydonUp+2266£45,885+17.90 %
LutonUp+1425£40,810-2.05 %
HammersmithUp+2219£41,176-14.43 %
EalingUp+617£57,706+15.41 %
HarrowUp+613£48,231+28.61 %
RomfordDown-712£36,800-3.39 %
EnfieldNew entry-10£55,850-
OsterleyNew entry-8--
IlfordNew entry-7--
WimbledonUp+76£38,333-5.34 %
PaddingtonDown-134--
ClaphamNew entry-3£60,167-
TwickenhamNew entry-3£43,667-
UxbridgeUp+33£40,000-8.11 %
FelthamDown-72£51,250-4.20 %
HounslowUp+32£42,500-
Kingston Upon ThamesNo change02£28,750-39.26 %
South CroydonNew entry-2£48,750-
WembleyUp+112£47,500-3.28 %
BeckenhamNew entry-1£50,000-
BromleyNew entry-1£45,000-
HayesNo change01--
SouthwarkNew entry-1£40,000-
Business Analyst EnglandBusiness Analyst
England

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the London 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.

13694 (36.00 %)Finance
23213 (31.31 %)Business Analysis
32182 (21.26 %)Banking
41704 (16.60 %)Project Management
51577 (15.37 %)Derivative
61385 (13.50 %)UML
71377 (13.42 %)Front Office
81352 (13.17 %)SQL
91062 (10.35 %)Investment Banking
101003 (9.774 %)Insurance
11941 (9.170 %)Back Office
12813 (7.922 %)Retail
13795 (7.747 %)Degree
14763 (7.435 %)User Acceptance Testing
15746 (7.270 %)Fixed Income
16682 (6.646 %)Asset Management
16682 (6.646 %)Equities
17640 (6.237 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
18599 (5.837 %)Risk Management
19570 (5.554 %)PRINCE2
20506 (4.931 %)Oracle
20506 (4.931 %)RUP
21489 (4.765 %)Investment Management
22483 (4.707 %)Use Case
23445 (4.336 %)Equity Derivative
24436 (4.249 %)Data Modelling
25421 (4.103 %)E-Commerce
26419 (4.083 %)SQL Server
27398 (3.878 %)Business Intelligence
28397 (3.869 %)Systems Analysis

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the London 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.

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1349 (3.401 %)XML
2308 (3.001 %).NET
3101 (0.984 %)J2EE
458 (0.565 %)ASP.NET
549 (0.477 %)HTML
639 (0.380 %)FpML
735 (0.341 %)ASP
833 (0.322 %)WebServices
932 (0.312 %)FIX Protocol
1028 (0.273 %)SOAP
1125 (0.244 %)SAP XI
1223 (0.224 %)AJAX
1223 (0.224 %)EDI
1223 (0.224 %)XSL
1320 (0.195 %)Sophis Toolkit
1416 (0.156 %)CSS
1514 (0.136 %)SAP ALE
1514 (0.136 %)BAPI
1514 (0.136 %)WebSphere
1613 (0.127 %).NET Framework
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
177 (0.750 %)SharePoint
249 (0.477 %)CMS
342 (0.409 %)SAS
428 (0.273 %)SharePoint Server 2007
521 (0.205 %)NetWeaver
615 (0.146 %)Oracle Workflow
713 (0.127 %)IIS
812 (0.117 %)WebLogic
911 (0.107 %)Office Project Server
1010 (0.097 %)ColdFusion
119 (0.088 %)LiveLink
119 (0.088 %)Rendezvous
128 (0.078 %)SharePoint Portal Server
137 (0.068 %)Lotus Notes
146 (0.058 %)Lotus Domino
146 (0.058 %)Apache
146 (0.058 %)Documentum
146 (0.058 %)ESB
146 (0.058 %)WorkSite
153 (0.029 %)MTS
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1365 (3.557 %)MS Visio
2292 (2.845 %)MS Excel
3222 (2.163 %)MS Office
4190 (1.851 %)MS Project
589 (0.867 %)MS PowerPoint
651 (0.497 %)CA Clarity
749 (0.477 %)Spreadsheet
89 (0.088 %)SPSS
95 (0.049 %)MATLAB
102 (0.019 %)InfoPath
111 (0.010 %)DeltaView
111 (0.010 %)Photoshop
London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
197 (0.945 %)Endur
281 (0.789 %)Capstone
368 (0.663 %)Summit
461 (0.594 %)SAP CO
461 (0.594 %)SAP FI/CO
461 (0.594 %)SAP FI
538 (0.370 %)Oracle Financials
634 (0.331 %)Minerva
727 (0.263 %)Murex MxG2000
826 (0.253 %)MultiFonds
924 (0.234 %)Tesseract
1023 (0.224 %)SAP Oil and Gas
1122 (0.214 %)LongView
1122 (0.214 %)Oracle EBS
1219 (0.185 %)SAP CRM
1219 (0.185 %)Beauchamp
1219 (0.185 %)Thomson PORTIA
1318 (0.175 %)Oracle Applications
1417 (0.166 %)SAP HR
1417 (0.166 %)SAP R/3
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1255 (2.485 %)Internet
262 (0.604 %)Extranet
345 (0.439 %)BSS
444 (0.429 %)Intranet
526 (0.253 %)Broadband
615 (0.146 %)CTI
714 (0.136 %)HTTP
714 (0.136 %)TCP/IP
88 (0.078 %)SMS
96 (0.058 %)SAN
105 (0.049 %)FTP
114 (0.039 %)LAN
114 (0.039 %)VoIP
123 (0.029 %)WAN
123 (0.029 %)RFID
123 (0.029 %)Firewall
132 (0.019 %)Wireless
132 (0.019 %)LLU
132 (0.019 %)LDAP
141 (0.010 %)VPN
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1419 (4.083 %)SQL Server
2374 (3.645 %)Datawarehouse
3298 (2.904 %)BusinessObjects
4112 (1.091 %)Reference Data
5104 (1.013 %)ETL
674 (0.721 %)Crystal Reports
674 (0.721 %)RDBMS
759 (0.575 %)Data Mining
851 (0.497 %)SQL Server 2005
950 (0.487 %)MS Access
950 (0.487 %)SAP BW
1040 (0.390 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1138 (0.370 %)GIS
1237 (0.361 %)SQL Server 2000
1237 (0.361 %)OLAP
1334 (0.331 %)Oracle 8/8i
1430 (0.292 %)Oracle Reports
1525 (0.244 %)BusinessObjects XI
1623 (0.224 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1623 (0.224 %)MySQL
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
176 (0.741 %)RequisitePro
272 (0.702 %)Rational Rose
335 (0.341 %)TestDirector
428 (0.273 %)Visual Studio
518 (0.175 %)ClearCase
617 (0.166 %)Eclipse
711 (0.107 %)Oracle Forms
711 (0.107 %)JIRA
89 (0.088 %)ERwin
98 (0.078 %)QuickTest Pro
98 (0.078 %)VSS/SourceSafe
107 (0.068 %)PVCS
116 (0.058 %)Flash
125 (0.049 %)ClearQuest
134 (0.039 %)MSI
134 (0.039 %)WinRunner
143 (0.029 %)ARTiSAN
143 (0.029 %)PowerBuilder
143 (0.029 %)QALoad
152 (0.019 %)Selenium
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13694 (36.00 %)Finance
22182 (21.26 %)Banking
31377 (13.42 %)Front Office
41062 (10.35 %)Investment Banking
51003 (9.774 %)Insurance
6941 (9.170 %)Back Office
7813 (7.922 %)Retail
8342 (3.333 %)Marketing
9310 (3.021 %)Pensions
10246 (2.397 %)Telecoms
11244 (2.378 %)Financial Institution
12239 (2.329 %)Health
13220 (2.144 %)Legal
14184 (1.793 %)Law
15134 (1.306 %)Government
16126 (1.228 %)Education
17116 (1.130 %)Retail Banking
18110 (1.072 %)Billing
1978 (0.760 %)Construction
2075 (0.731 %)Online Banking
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11577 (15.37 %)Derivative
2746 (7.270 %)Fixed Income
3682 (6.646 %)Equities
4640 (6.237 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
5445 (4.336 %)Equity Derivative
6261 (2.543 %)Credit Derivative
7199 (1.939 %)Credit Risk
8185 (1.803 %)Market Risk
9175 (1.705 %)Management Information System
10110 (1.072 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1175 (0.731 %)AS400
1265 (0.633 %)Mathematics
1354 (0.526 %)Contract for Difference
1450 (0.487 %)DTCC
1548 (0.468 %)Spread Betting
1642 (0.409 %)EPoS
1740 (0.390 %)German Language
1836 (0.351 %)Computer Science
1933 (0.322 %)Economics
2027 (0.263 %)French Language
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1258 (2.514 %)UNIX
294 (0.916 %)Windows
348 (0.468 %)Linux
417 (0.166 %)Windows Server 2003
516 (0.156 %)Windows NT
69 (0.088 %)Solaris
76 (0.058 %)VMS
76 (0.058 %)OpenVMS
85 (0.049 %)Windows 2000
92 (0.019 %)AIX
92 (0.019 %)Windows XP
101 (0.010 %)Windows 2000 Server
101 (0.010 %)CentOS
101 (0.010 %)Red Hat Linux
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13213 (31.31 %)Business Analysis
21704 (16.60 %)Project Management
31385 (13.50 %)UML
4763 (7.435 %)User Acceptance Testing
5682 (6.646 %)Asset Management
6599 (5.837 %)Risk Management
7570 (5.554 %)PRINCE2
8506 (4.931 %)RUP
9489 (4.765 %)Investment Management
10483 (4.707 %)Use Case
11436 (4.249 %)Data Modelling
12421 (4.103 %)E-Commerce
13398 (3.878 %)Business Intelligence
14397 (3.869 %)Systems Analysis
15315 (3.070 %)CRM
16306 (2.982 %)Workflow
17300 (2.923 %)Change Management
18261 (2.543 %)Stakeholder Management
19256 (2.495 %)GAP Analysis
20249 (2.426 %)Data Analysis
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11352 (13.17 %)SQL
2354 (3.450 %)Java
3195 (1.900 %)VBA
4122 (1.189 %)C#
5101 (0.984 %)C
677 (0.750 %)C++
771 (0.692 %)VB
865 (0.633 %)JavaScript
959 (0.575 %)VB.NET
1058 (0.565 %)ABAP
1157 (0.555 %)PL/SQL
1243 (0.419 %)Transact-SQL
1334 (0.331 %)Perl
1414 (0.136 %)RPG
1512 (0.117 %)VBScript
1512 (0.117 %)Python
169 (0.088 %)Shell Script
169 (0.088 %)PHP
178 (0.078 %)VB6
186 (0.058 %)VC++
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1795 (7.747 %)Degree
294 (0.916 %)PRINCE2 Certification
381 (0.789 %)ISEB
440 (0.390 %)CIMA
539 (0.380 %)MBA
539 (0.380 %)CFA
623 (0.224 %)ACCA
719 (0.185 %)PMP
719 (0.185 %)PMI Certification
810 (0.097 %)Microsoft Certification
810 (0.097 %)Postgraduate
98 (0.078 %)Siebel Certification
102 (0.019 %)SAP Certification
102 (0.019 %)MCP
102 (0.019 %)PhD
102 (0.019 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
111 (0.010 %)MCSE
111 (0.010 %)Sun Certification
111 (0.010 %)ITIL Certification
111 (0.010 %)ISTQB
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1266 (2.592 %)QA
2159 (1.549 %)Basel II
338 (0.370 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
433 (0.322 %)MiFID
525 (0.244 %)GAAP
614 (0.136 %)SLA
78 (0.078 %)IAS 39
85 (0.049 %)HL7
94 (0.039 %)PCI DSS
94 (0.039 %)ISO9001
101 (0.010 %)GxP
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (0.049 %)Active Directory
21 (0.010 %)ISA Server
21 (0.010 %)AquaLogic
21 (0.010 %)Cronacle
London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.019 %)Tivoli
12 (0.019 %)MOM
12 (0.019 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (0.010 %)AutoSys
21 (0.010 %)ServiceCenter
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1506 (4.931 %)Oracle
2357 (3.479 %)Microsoft
3355 (3.459 %)SAP
4298 (2.904 %)Business Objects
5158 (1.540 %)Murex
6141 (1.374 %)Calypso
7120 (1.169 %)LatentZero
8110 (1.072 %)Cognos
9105 (1.023 %)OpenLink
1088 (0.858 %)Reuters
1185 (0.828 %)Siebel
1280 (0.780 %)Sybase
1378 (0.760 %)Bloomberg
1464 (0.624 %)MicroStrategy
1464 (0.624 %)thinkFolio
1560 (0.585 %)Charles River
1658 (0.565 %)Fundtech
1750 (0.487 %)Hyperion
1843 (0.419 %)Fidessa
1935 (0.341 %)Sophis