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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analyst
Rank 46 35 40
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 61 57 48
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 4.732% 5.377% 5.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.892% 5.752% 5.405%
Number of salaries quoted 56 43 39
Average salary £41,500 £45,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.77% +20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,500 £35,000 £33,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £56,200 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £41,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+3.03% +3.12%
All Job Titles
Milton Keynes
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1247 991 888
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 96.74% 93.49% 93.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1059 816 770
Average salary £40,500 £37,500 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.00% +2.73%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Business Analyst
Buckinghamshire

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Business Analyst Salary Trend

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Business Analyst across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Milton Keynes Business Analyst Salary Histogram

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 53 (42.06%) Business Analysis
2 51 (40.48%) Finance
3 44 (34.92%) Project Management
4 43 (34.13%) Use Case
5 39 (30.95%) PRINCE2
6 35 (27.78%) ISEB
7 30 (23.81%) Degree
8 27 (21.43%) Agile Software Development
9 24 (19.05%) SQL
10 22 (17.46%) UML
11 19 (15.08%) ITIL
11 19 (15.08%) Data Modelling
12 17 (13.49%) Scrum
13 16 (12.70%) OO
14 15 (11.90%) Automotive
15 13 (10.32%) Data Analysis
16 12 (9.524%) Stakeholder Management
16 12 (9.524%) Microsoft
17 11 (8.730%) SharePoint
18 10 (7.937%) MS Excel
19 9 (7.143%) Process Management
19 9 (7.143%) Management Information System
20 7 (5.556%) Change Management
20 7 (5.556%) Retail
20 7 (5.556%) Systems Analysis
20 7 (5.556%) .NET
20 7 (5.556%) MS Office
20 7 (5.556%) SAP
20 7 (5.556%) Business Intelligence
20 7 (5.556%) BPR

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 7 (5.556%) .NET
2 4 (3.175%) SAP XI
3 3 (2.381%) XML
3 3 (2.381%) CSS
4 2 (1.587%) Web Services
4 2 (1.587%) ADO.NET
4 2 (1.587%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.587%) XSLT
4 2 (1.587%) MDX
4 2 (1.587%) WCF
4 2 (1.587%) jQuery
4 2 (1.587%) HTML5
5 1 (0.794%) HTML
5 1 (0.794%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 11 (8.730%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.762%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (0.794%) Apache
3 1 (0.794%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (7.937%) MS Excel
2 7 (5.556%) MS Office
3 4 (3.175%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (1.587%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.794%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.587%) SAP CRM
2 1 (0.794%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.794%) SNMP
1 1 (0.794%) TCP/IP
1 1 (0.794%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.762%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (3.968%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.175%) Xcelsius
3 4 (3.175%) SAP Data Services
3 4 (3.175%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (3.175%) BusinessObjects XI
3 4 (3.175%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 2 (1.587%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (1.587%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (1.587%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (1.587%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (1.587%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.794%) MS Access
5 1 (0.794%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.587%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 51 (40.48%) Finance
2 15 (11.90%) Automotive
3 7 (5.556%) Retail
4 6 (4.762%) Banking
5 4 (3.175%) Investment Banking
6 1 (0.794%) Marketing
6 1 (0.794%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.143%) Management Information System
2 4 (3.175%) Computer Science
3 1 (0.794%) Mobile App
3 1 (0.794%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.175%) Windows
2 1 (0.794%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (42.06%) Business Analysis
2 44 (34.92%) Project Management
3 43 (34.13%) Use Case
4 39 (30.95%) PRINCE2
5 27 (21.43%) Agile Software Development
6 22 (17.46%) UML
7 19 (15.08%) Data Modelling
7 19 (15.08%) ITIL
8 17 (13.49%) Scrum
9 16 (12.70%) OO
10 13 (10.32%) Data Analysis
11 12 (9.524%) Stakeholder Management
12 9 (7.143%) Process Management
13 7 (5.556%) Change Management
13 7 (5.556%) Business Intelligence
13 7 (5.556%) BPR
13 7 (5.556%) Systems Analysis
13 7 (5.556%) Continuous Improvement
14 6 (4.762%) User Acceptance Testing
15 5 (3.968%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 24 (19.05%) SQL
2 4 (3.175%) T-SQL
3 3 (2.381%) C#
3 3 (2.381%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.587%) Java
5 1 (0.794%) VBA
5 1 (0.794%) Perl
5 1 (0.794%) C++
Qualifications
1 35 (27.78%) ISEB
2 30 (23.81%) Degree
3 4 (3.175%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (3.175%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 4 (3.175%) MCDBA
4 2 (1.587%) CBAP
5 1 (0.794%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.762%) QA
Vendors
1 12 (9.524%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.556%) SAP
3 6 (4.762%) Sage
4 5 (3.968%) Business Objects
5 2 (1.587%) Oracle
5 2 (1.587%) Red Gate
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
software sold as a product to multiple customers, worked within a software based environment within their last 2 positions, carry at least 3+ years exposure to a business...
Interact Consulting
Salary: 40-45k
Posted: 14 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
A well established and progressive thinking organisation is currently going through extensive and exciting change after the appointment of a new CEO and also a new Head of...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Pension, Health + 25 Days Holiday
Posted: 14 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
A well established and progressive thinking data capture and imaging organisation is currently going through extensive and exciting change after the appointment of a new CEO and also...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Pension, Health + 25 Days Holiday
Posted: 3 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
A well established and progressive thinking organisation is currently going through extensive and exciting change after the appointment of a new CEO and also a new Head of...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Pension, Health + 25 Days Holiday
Posted: 15 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
This will require strong skills relating to eliciting and extracting requirements and holding workshop sessions.Having worked on CRM systems in the past will be a huge benefit,...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 8 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Mixture of skills required in Business analysis, pre-sales, systems analysis, data analysis , testing experience... The company provides leading financial institutions with a workflow product that helps them...
IT Executive Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + discretionary bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013