The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Midlands 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 23 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 Job Titles advertised for the Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analyst
Rank 18 42 38
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 8 1 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 3.846% 0.318% 0.958%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.188% 0.341% 0.987%
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 3
Average salary £47,500 £45,000 £43,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.55% +4.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,600 £45,000 £42,600
10% offered a salary of more than £53,000 £45,000 £48,600
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £41,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+2.40% +3.75%
All Job Titles
Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
191 293 304
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 91.83% 93.31% 97.12%
Number of salaries quoted 132 233 226
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £37,500 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £75,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Business Analyst
England

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Business Analyst Salary Trend

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Business Analyst across the Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Midlands Business Analyst Salary Histogram

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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 13 (52.00%) Use Case
2 11 (44.00%) QA
3 10 (40.00%) Waterfall
3 10 (40.00%) ISEB
3 10 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (32.00%) Manufacturing
5 7 (28.00%) Business Analysis
6 5 (20.00%) Oracle EBS R12
6 5 (20.00%) E-Procurement
6 5 (20.00%) Oracle
7 4 (16.00%) SAP
7 4 (16.00%) ERP
7 4 (16.00%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (16.00%) Oracle ASCP
7 4 (16.00%) Systems Analysis
8 3 (12.00%) User Acceptance Testing
8 3 (12.00%) Billing
8 3 (12.00%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (12.00%) GAP Analysis
9 2 (8.000%) SAP WM
9 2 (8.000%) Oracle 11i
9 2 (8.000%) Logistics
9 2 (8.000%) French Language
9 2 (8.000%) German Language
9 2 (8.000%) Hungarian Language
9 2 (8.000%) Spanish Language
10 1 (4.000%) JDE EnterpriseOne
10 1 (4.000%) General Ledger
10 1 (4.000%) Test Scripting
10 1 (4.000%) Groovy

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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.

Business Applications
1 5 (20.00%) Oracle EBS R12
2 4 (16.00%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (16.00%) Oracle ASCP
3 3 (12.00%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (8.000%) SAP WM
4 2 (8.000%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (4.000%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 1 (4.000%) SAP CO
5 1 (4.000%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (4.000%) JDE OneWorld
5 1 (4.000%) SAP FI
General
1 8 (32.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (12.00%) Billing
3 2 (8.000%) French Language
3 2 (8.000%) German Language
3 2 (8.000%) Hungarian Language
3 2 (8.000%) Spanish Language
4 1 (4.000%) General Ledger
4 1 (4.000%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.000%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (52.00%) Use Case
2 10 (40.00%) Waterfall
2 10 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (28.00%) Business Analysis
4 5 (20.00%) E-Procurement
5 4 (16.00%) ERP
5 4 (16.00%) Systems Analysis
6 3 (12.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (12.00%) GAP Analysis
7 2 (8.000%) Logistics
8 1 (4.000%) Test Scripting
8 1 (4.000%) E-Commerce
8 1 (4.000%) B2B
8 1 (4.000%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.000%) Groovy
1 1 (4.000%) Java
1 1 (4.000%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (40.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (44.00%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (20.00%) Oracle
2 4 (16.00%) SAP
3 1 (4.000%) JD Edwards
Midlands
Experience implementing the types of systems that would manage assets, parts / inventory and engineers or someone who has worked with those systems (not necessarily on the IT side)...
Robert Walters
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013