Business Analysis Jobs in the North West
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Business Analysis skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Analysis over the 3 months to 21 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 North West region.

Location
 3 months to
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analysis
Rank 119 127 81
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -46
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 145 123 196
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 2.010% 1.736% 2.896%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.632% 2.378% 4.228%
Number of salaries quoted 125 114 174
Average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.66% -0.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £27,097 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £50,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £44,000 £41,500
% change year-on-year
-3.40% +6.02%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 5509 5172 4636
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 76.38% 72.99% 68.49%
Number of salaries quoted 4624 4529 4067
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% -2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Business Analysis
England

Business Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Business Analysis Salary Trend

Business Analysis
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Business Analysis across the North West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

North West Business Analysis Salary Histogram

Business Analysis
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the North West region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Manchester +6 95 £37,500 -
Cheshire -4 13 £43,250 +15.33%
Lancashire +9 11 £33,000 -22.35%
Merseyside +15 6 £40,000 -5.88%
Cumbria -9 1 - -
Business Analysis
England

Business Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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.

1 103 (27.91%) Project Management
2 101 (27.37%) Finance
3 88 (23.85%) Scrum
4 83 (22.49%) Microsoft
5 76 (20.60%) .NET
5 76 (20.60%) UML
6 71 (19.24%) SQL
7 70 (18.97%) SQL Server
8 67 (18.16%) Java
9 51 (13.82%) ERP
10 50 (13.55%) MS Excel
11 49 (13.28%) Degree
12 44 (11.92%) Oracle
13 43 (11.65%) SAP
14 41 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
15 39 (10.57%) Manufacturing
15 39 (10.57%) C#
16 37 (10.03%) Stakeholder Management
17 36 (9.756%) TDD
17 36 (9.756%) Windows
18 35 (9.485%) OO
19 33 (8.943%) E-Commerce
19 33 (8.943%) ASP.NET
19 33 (8.943%) Computer Science
20 31 (8.401%) User Acceptance Testing
21 30 (8.130%) Use Case
22 29 (7.859%) Business Intelligence
22 29 (7.859%) HTML
23 28 (7.588%) PRINCE2
23 28 (7.588%) Ruby

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 76 (20.60%) .NET
2 33 (8.943%) ASP.NET
3 29 (7.859%) HTML
4 26 (7.046%) Ruby on Rails
4 26 (7.046%) Grails
5 22 (5.962%) jQuery
6 21 (5.691%) Web Services
7 20 (5.420%) WPF
8 19 (5.149%) CSS
9 16 (4.336%) EDI
10 15 (4.065%) XML
11 12 (3.252%) Zend Framework
12 11 (2.981%) .NET Framework
13 10 (2.710%) WCF
14 7 (1.897%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
14 7 (1.897%) JSON
14 7 (1.897%) CGI
15 3 (0.813%) REST
15 3 (0.813%) ASP.NET MVC 3
15 3 (0.813%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 26 (7.046%) SharePoint
2 17 (4.607%) Magento
3 12 (3.252%) Apache
4 8 (2.168%) BizTalk Server
5 5 (1.355%) SAS
6 3 (0.813%) LiveLink
7 2 (0.542%) CMS
7 2 (0.542%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (0.271%) RabbitMQ
8 1 (0.271%) MS Exchange
8 1 (0.271%) IIS
Applications
1 50 (13.55%) MS Excel
2 12 (3.252%) MS Visio
3 8 (2.168%) MS Project
3 8 (2.168%) MS Office
4 3 (0.813%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.271%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.271%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.271%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 28 (7.588%) Dynamics AX
2 11 (2.981%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (2.168%) SAP CRM
4 6 (1.626%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (1.084%) Google Analytics
6 3 (0.813%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.813%) SAP SD
7 2 (0.542%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.542%) SAP LE
8 1 (0.271%) SAP HCM
8 1 (0.271%) Temenos T24
8 1 (0.271%) Hyperion Planning
8 1 (0.271%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 1 (0.271%) Cognos Planning
8 1 (0.271%) Cognos Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.271%) SAP BPC
8 1 (0.271%) SAP WM
Communications & Networking
1 20 (5.420%) Internet
2 9 (2.439%) Intranet
3 7 (1.897%) HTTP
4 6 (1.626%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.813%) LAN
5 3 (0.813%) WAN
5 3 (0.813%) Extranet
6 1 (0.271%) AMQP
6 1 (0.271%) SAN
6 1 (0.271%) FTP
6 1 (0.271%) VPN
6 1 (0.271%) DNS
6 1 (0.271%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (18.97%) SQL Server
2 23 (6.233%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 18 (4.878%) SQL Server 2008
4 17 (4.607%) MySQL
5 15 (4.065%) Informix
5 15 (4.065%) DB2
6 11 (2.981%) SQL Server 2005
7 8 (2.168%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (1.897%) Oracle 8/8i
8 7 (1.897%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.084%) MS Access
9 4 (1.084%) Oracle BI EE
9 4 (1.084%) Oracle 11g
10 3 (0.813%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 3 (0.813%) PerformancePoint
11 2 (0.542%) OLAP
11 2 (0.542%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (0.542%) Oracle Reports
12 1 (0.271%) BusinessObjects XI
12 1 (0.271%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 17 (4.607%) Subversion
2 12 (3.252%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 12 (3.252%) Git (software)
3 7 (1.897%) MorphX
4 3 (0.813%) Selenium
4 3 (0.813%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.542%) MSTest
5 2 (0.542%) Balsamiq Mockups
5 2 (0.542%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.542%) Capybara
5 2 (0.542%) WATIR
6 1 (0.271%) jMock
6 1 (0.271%) QALoad
6 1 (0.271%) EasyMock
6 1 (0.271%) SilkPerformer
6 1 (0.271%) JIRA
6 1 (0.271%) Hudson
6 1 (0.271%) QuickTest Pro
6 1 (0.271%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.271%) JUnit
General
1 101 (27.37%) Finance
2 39 (10.57%) Manufacturing
3 20 (5.420%) Retail
4 18 (4.878%) Back Office
5 16 (4.336%) Telecoms
6 12 (3.252%) Banking
7 10 (2.710%) Front Office
8 8 (2.168%) Marketing
9 7 (1.897%) Advertising
10 6 (1.626%) Publishing
10 6 (1.626%) Legal
11 5 (1.355%) Law
12 4 (1.084%) Automotive
13 3 (0.813%) Music
14 2 (0.542%) Games
14 2 (0.542%) German Language
15 1 (0.271%) French Language
15 1 (0.271%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.271%) Aerospace
15 1 (0.271%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 219 (59.35%) Analyst
2 198 (53.66%) Business Analyst
3 55 (14.91%) Consultant
4 53 (14.36%) Developer
5 33 (8.943%) Project Manager
6 18 (4.878%) Systems Analyst
7 17 (4.607%) Senior Business Analyst
7 17 (4.607%) Senior Analyst
7 17 (4.607%) PHP Developer
8 13 (3.523%) Lead Developer
8 13 (3.523%) Implementation Consultant
9 12 (3.252%) Software Engineer
9 12 (3.252%) Lead Software Engineer
10 11 (2.981%) Financial Services Business Analyst
10 11 (2.981%) Senior Consultant
10 11 (2.981%) IT Business Analyst
10 11 (2.981%) Financial Business Analyst
10 11 (2.981%) Business Consultant
10 11 (2.981%) Business Systems Analyst
11 10 (2.710%) Software Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 33 (8.943%) Computer Science
2 24 (6.504%) Management Information System
3 16 (4.336%) Mobile App
4 11 (2.981%) BBC
5 9 (2.439%) Client/Server
6 8 (2.168%) Interactive TV
6 8 (2.168%) New Media
7 7 (1.897%) Digital Media
8 6 (1.626%) Streaming Video
8 6 (1.626%) Web 2.0
8 6 (1.626%) Social Network
9 4 (1.084%) NHS
9 4 (1.084%) Data Integration
9 4 (1.084%) Online Gambling
10 2 (0.542%) Neural Network
11 1 (0.271%) Market Risk
11 1 (0.271%) Credit Risk
11 1 (0.271%) Online Games
11 1 (0.271%) Data Extraction
11 1 (0.271%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 36 (9.756%) Windows
2 27 (7.317%) Linux
3 15 (4.065%) AIX
3 15 (4.065%) HPUX
3 15 (4.065%) Solaris
4 6 (1.626%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (1.355%) Windows 8
6 1 (0.271%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.271%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.271%) UNIX
6 1 (0.271%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (27.91%) Project Management
2 88 (23.85%) Scrum
3 76 (20.60%) UML
4 51 (13.82%) ERP
5 41 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
6 37 (10.03%) Stakeholder Management
7 36 (9.756%) TDD
8 35 (9.485%) OO
9 33 (8.943%) E-Commerce
10 31 (8.401%) User Acceptance Testing
11 30 (8.130%) Use Case
12 29 (7.859%) Business Intelligence
13 28 (7.588%) PRINCE2
14 27 (7.317%) Service Delivery
15 26 (7.046%) Logistics
16 24 (6.504%) Waterfall
16 24 (6.504%) User Stories
17 23 (6.233%) Kanban
17 23 (6.233%) Systems Analysis
17 23 (6.233%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 71 (19.24%) SQL
2 67 (18.16%) Java
3 39 (10.57%) C#
4 28 (7.588%) Ruby
5 27 (7.317%) JavaScript
6 17 (4.607%) PHP
7 15 (4.065%) C
7 15 (4.065%) VB.NET
8 13 (3.523%) C++
9 12 (3.252%) T-SQL
10 7 (1.897%) X++
10 7 (1.897%) ABAP
11 5 (1.355%) VBScript
11 5 (1.355%) VB
12 3 (0.813%) VBA
12 3 (0.813%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 49 (13.28%) Degree
2 26 (7.046%) ISEB
3 9 (2.439%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (0.542%) ISEB Practitioner
4 2 (0.542%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (0.542%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (0.542%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.271%) NVQ Level 3
5 1 (0.271%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.271%) MCTS
5 1 (0.271%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.271%) Six Sigma Black Belt
5 1 (0.271%) PMP
5 1 (0.271%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.271%) CISSP
5 1 (0.271%) MCSE
5 1 (0.271%) CISM
5 1 (0.271%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.336%) QA
2 1 (0.271%) HMG Infosec
2 1 (0.271%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.271%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (0.271%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (0.271%) vSphere
1 1 (0.271%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.542%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 83 (22.49%) Microsoft
2 44 (11.92%) Oracle
3 43 (11.65%) SAP
4 27 (7.317%) Baan
5 25 (6.775%) JD Edwards
6 15 (4.065%) IBM
6 15 (4.065%) Sun
7 12 (3.252%) Zend
8 7 (1.897%) PeopleSoft
9 5 (1.355%) SYSPRO
9 5 (1.355%) Infor
9 5 (1.355%) Avaya
10 4 (1.084%) VMware
10 4 (1.084%) HP
10 4 (1.084%) Google
11 3 (0.813%) Salesforce.com
11 3 (0.813%) Kofax
12 2 (0.542%) Business Objects
12 2 (0.542%) Cognos
12 2 (0.542%) Epicor
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