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

The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role 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 Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 North West region.

Location
 3 months to
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analyst
Rank 73 99 64
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -35
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 231 169 241
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 3.215% 2.381% 3.510%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.365% 2.483% 3.674%
Number of salaries quoted 180 155 220
Average salary £38,500 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.75% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,750 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £41,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+2.40% +3.75%
All Job Titles
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 6864 6805 6559
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 95.53% 95.87% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 5816 6001 5810
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £22,807 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West Business Analyst Salary Trend

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Business Analyst across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West Business Analyst Salary Histogram

Business Analyst
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 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 -1 107 £37,500 -
Cheshire +26 68 £38,500 -9.41%
Lancashire -1 18 £40,000 +14.28%
Merseyside +12 10 £40,000 -5.88%
Business Analyst
England

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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.

1 197 (38.25%) Business Analysis
2 132 (25.63%) Finance
3 119 (23.11%) UML
4 109 (21.17%) Agile Software Development
5 100 (19.42%) Scrum
6 88 (17.09%) SQL
7 74 (14.37%) Project Management
8 71 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
9 62 (12.04%) E-Commerce
10 58 (11.26%) ERP
10 58 (11.26%) Java
10 58 (11.26%) User Stories
11 57 (11.07%) Microsoft
11 57 (11.07%) Degree
12 53 (10.29%) Business Intelligence
13 51 (9.903%) Manufacturing
13 51 (9.903%) Use Case
14 47 (9.126%) Waterfall
14 47 (9.126%) SAP
15 46 (8.932%) Oracle
16 42 (8.155%) SQL Server
17 40 (7.767%) Retail
18 38 (7.379%) Systems Analysis
18 38 (7.379%) ISEB
18 38 (7.379%) MS Excel
19 36 (6.990%) Migration
20 35 (6.796%) TDD
21 34 (6.602%) Data Migration
21 34 (6.602%) User Acceptance Testing
22 33 (6.408%) Computer Science

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 33 (6.408%) .NET
2 23 (4.466%) Ruby on Rails
2 23 (4.466%) Grails
3 9 (1.748%) ASP.NET
4 5 (0.971%) Web Services
5 4 (0.777%) Velocity
6 2 (0.388%) J2EE
6 2 (0.388%) XML
6 2 (0.388%) EDI
6 2 (0.388%) Windows SharePoint Services
7 1 (0.194%) FpML
Application Platforms
1 22 (4.272%) SAS
2 15 (2.913%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.777%) CMS
4 2 (0.388%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (0.388%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 38 (7.379%) MS Excel
2 22 (4.272%) MS Visio
3 12 (2.330%) MS Office
4 5 (0.971%) MS Project
5 4 (0.777%) MS PowerPoint
6 3 (0.583%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.194%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 24 (4.660%) Dynamics AX
2 7 (1.359%) Dynamics GP
2 7 (1.359%) Dynamics NAV
2 7 (1.359%) Agresso
2 7 (1.359%) SAP SD
2 7 (1.359%) Sage 200
3 6 (1.165%) HFM
4 4 (0.777%) Google Analytics
4 4 (0.777%) SAP R/3
4 4 (0.777%) SAP QM
5 3 (0.583%) SAP PM
5 3 (0.583%) SAP PP
6 2 (0.388%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.388%) SAP APO
6 2 (0.388%) Bond Adapt
7 1 (0.194%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.194%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.194%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.194%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.194%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.689%) HTTP
2 16 (3.107%) Internet
3 6 (1.165%) Intranet
4 2 (0.388%) LAN
4 2 (0.388%) WAN
4 2 (0.388%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (8.155%) SQL Server
2 24 (4.660%) Data Warehouse
3 19 (3.689%) QlikView
4 15 (2.913%) Essbase
4 15 (2.913%) Informix
4 15 (2.913%) DB2
4 15 (2.913%) Oracle BI EE
5 9 (1.748%) SQL Server 2008
6 8 (1.553%) SQL Server 2005
6 8 (1.553%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 8 (1.553%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (1.359%) MS Access
7 7 (1.359%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 4 (0.777%) SAP BW
9 3 (0.583%) OLAP
9 3 (0.583%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.194%) BODI
10 1 (0.194%) Oracle OWB
10 1 (0.194%) DataStage
10 1 (0.194%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 2 (0.388%) Balsamiq Mockups
2 1 (0.194%) Talend Open Studio
General
1 132 (25.63%) Finance
2 51 (9.903%) Manufacturing
3 40 (7.767%) Retail
4 19 (3.689%) Telecoms
5 13 (2.524%) Back Office
6 12 (2.330%) Banking
7 8 (1.553%) Automotive
8 7 (1.359%) Marketing
9 6 (1.165%) Law
9 6 (1.165%) Legal
9 6 (1.165%) Games
10 3 (0.583%) Publishing
11 2 (0.388%) German Language
11 2 (0.388%) Front Office
11 2 (0.388%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.194%) French Language
12 1 (0.194%) Billing
12 1 (0.194%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.194%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.194%) Russian Language
Miscellaneous
1 33 (6.408%) Computer Science
2 24 (4.660%) Management Information System
3 17 (3.301%) Neural Network
4 13 (2.524%) Client/Server
5 8 (1.553%) Mobile App
6 6 (1.165%) BBC
6 6 (1.165%) Interactive TV
7 5 (0.971%) FMCG
8 4 (0.777%) Data Integration
8 4 (0.777%) Online Gambling
8 4 (0.777%) Digital Media
8 4 (0.777%) NHS
9 3 (0.583%) Social Network
9 3 (0.583%) Mathematics
9 3 (0.583%) Web 2.0
9 3 (0.583%) Streaming Video
9 3 (0.583%) New Media
9 3 (0.583%) Social Media
10 2 (0.388%) Data Conversion
11 1 (0.194%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.078%) Windows
2 15 (2.913%) AIX
2 15 (2.913%) HPUX
2 15 (2.913%) Solaris
2 15 (2.913%) Linux
3 2 (0.388%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (38.25%) Business Analysis
2 119 (23.11%) UML
3 109 (21.17%) Agile Software Development
4 100 (19.42%) Scrum
5 74 (14.37%) Project Management
6 71 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
7 62 (12.04%) E-Commerce
8 58 (11.26%) ERP
8 58 (11.26%) User Stories
9 53 (10.29%) Business Intelligence
10 51 (9.903%) Use Case
11 47 (9.126%) Waterfall
12 38 (7.379%) Systems Analysis
13 36 (6.990%) Migration
14 35 (6.796%) TDD
15 34 (6.602%) Data Migration
15 34 (6.602%) User Acceptance Testing
16 32 (6.214%) PRINCE2
16 32 (6.214%) Data Modelling
17 30 (5.825%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 88 (17.09%) SQL
2 58 (11.26%) Java
3 23 (4.466%) Ruby
4 10 (1.942%) C#
5 8 (1.553%) T-SQL
6 7 (1.359%) PL/SQL
7 4 (0.777%) ABAP
8 2 (0.388%) VBA
8 2 (0.388%) VB.NET
8 2 (0.388%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.194%) PHP
9 1 (0.194%) C
9 1 (0.194%) VB
Qualifications
1 57 (11.07%) Degree
2 38 (7.379%) ISEB
3 6 (1.165%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 4 (0.777%) SAP Certification
5 3 (0.583%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (0.388%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.388%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.388%) ISEB Practitioner
7 1 (0.194%) PMP
7 1 (0.194%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (5.437%) QA
2 4 (0.777%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.388%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (0.388%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.388%) SCOM
1 2 (0.388%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 57 (11.07%) Microsoft
2 47 (9.126%) SAP
3 46 (8.932%) Oracle
4 24 (4.660%) JD Edwards
5 21 (4.078%) Hyperion
6 15 (2.913%) Baan
6 15 (2.913%) IBM
6 15 (2.913%) Sun
7 11 (2.136%) Cognos
8 9 (1.748%) PeopleSoft
9 7 (1.359%) Sage
9 7 (1.359%) Infor
10 6 (1.165%) Business Objects
11 4 (0.777%) Google
12 2 (0.388%) Cisco
12 2 (0.388%) Citrix
12 2 (0.388%) Salesforce.com
12 2 (0.388%) Kofax
13 1 (0.194%) Ab Initio
13 1 (0.194%) Cognizant
Business Analyst - North Manchester £40-£50k+bonus
Lancashire, North West
The business analyst will work on Interesting multi channel, web based projects in an Agile environment... The business analyst will build up a user stories for the development...
Hudson
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus and excellent benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
IT Business Analyst - Manchester
Manchester, Lancashire
Key skills - Business Analyst, Business Analysis, IT Analyst, A new opportunity has become available to join a top 20 law firm based in Manchester, we are currently looking...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £27000 - £30000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Business Analyst / Change / IT / Merseyside / up to £40k
Merseyside, North West
You will be responsible for working with the business to explore all the business change required and assess what's needed to achieve the company targets and goals...
Mint
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + pension, bonus, progression
Posted: 7 May 2013
Business Applications Analyst
Lancaster, North West
Proven experience of initiating, analysing and solving business system change/development needs and capacity planning... * Strong experience across the full application lifecycle for large enterprise applications including HR,...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Business Analyst - (Utilities, UML, Use Cases) - Manchester
Manchester, Lancashire
Business Analyst, Business Analysis, System Analysis, Functional Architect, Change, Stakeholder management, requirements, UML, Use Cases, Process flow, ERD, Data Models, Software development, Agile, Manchester, North West... - Stakeholder management.
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £28,000 to £35,000 per annum DoE
Posted: 22 May 2013
Business Analyst
Manchester, Lancashire
Manchester £35-£46k A leading Manchester based financial services organisation are looking to grow their department to support a period of sustained growth. This exciting and forward thinking...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Business Change Analyst (Business Process, Change Management
Manchester, Lancashire
The primary focus will be shaping and implementing change management plans that minimize employee resistance and maximize employee engagement. The role will supply the required foundations to ensure...
ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £450.00 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Business Analyst / Retail / FMCG / Wigan / to £40k
Wigan, North West
We need a strong BA who can bring expert knowledge, vision and value to the organisation whilst supporting the PMO team in a retail focused business sector. Brand...
Mint
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + benefits, bonus, training
Posted: 7 May 2013
Business Analyst
Manchester, Lancashire
The successful candidate will have experience of working in a manufacturing environment and, as a preference, will have experience of ERP implementations Business Analysts will be required to...
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: £32000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Business Analyst / Functional Analyst (Agile/eCommerce)
Manchester, North West
You will be responsible for working on the functional needs for high profile eCommerce solutions, working with senior members of the business and development teams, hence the need...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + bonus + bens
Posted: 11 May 2013
Business Objects / BI Business Analyst - Manchester Up to £35K
Manchester, North West
The Company This organisation truly is a Global giant and they are currently looking to enhance their team by taking on an experienced Business Objects Business Analyst... The...
Interquest Group PLC
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Ecommerce Business Analyst
Wigan, Lancashire
Ecommerce BA- based Wigan £35,000-40,000... Strong understanding of business analysis processes and methodologies, including identification of where business intelligence will add value. Knowledge and understanding...
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £35k - 45k per year
Posted: 17 May 2013
Functional Architect/Business Analyst - Manchester
Manchester, Lancashire
Business Analysis, Business Analyst, Functional Architect, Architecture, Energy, B2B, process, transformation, change, BPO, BPR, stakeholder, function, design, requirements, Manchester, Northwest, North West... with B2B energy experience is required...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum DoE
Posted: 17 May 2013
Business Systems Analyst
North West England
The Systems Analyst/Developer position requires strong business skills and would be responsible for reviewing, analysing and occasionally modifying systems including encoding, testing, debugging and installing to support...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000.00 - £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Lead Business Analyst
Manchester, Lancashire
Senior Business Systems Analyst. Manchester Perm £40 - £51k A leading Manchester based financial services organisation are looking to grow their department to support a period of sustained growth...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: £40000 - £51000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Junior Business Analyst
Wigan, Lancashire
Strong understanding of business analysis processes and methodologies, including identification of where business intelligence will add value. Knowledge and understanding of Waterfall and Agile project methodologies... Experience of...
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £30k - 33k per year
Posted: 22 May 2013
Business Analyst (IT)
Altrincham, Cheshire
Business Analyst, Systems Analyst, BA, Business Information Analyst, Business Change, Requirement Gathering, Workshops, Agile, Waterfall, Prince2, UML, QA, Gap Analysis, Business Logic, Altrincham, Cheshire, North West... Working with...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Business Objects Developer / Analyst - Manchester - Up to £35K
Manchester, North West
The Company This organisation truly is a Global giant and they are currently looking to enhance their team by taking on an experienced Business Objects Developer / Analyst... The...
Interquest Group PLC
Salary: £3000 - £35000 per annum + Bonus, Pension + Health
Posted: 18 May 2013
Systems Analyst / Business Analyst (with UML) - Stockport
Stockport, North West
Ideally you will have gained exposure to UML and OOA/D, although training will be provided, and you will have experience of prototyping tools and software development methodologies,...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + bens + flexi time
Posted: 29 April 2013
Senior MIS Analyst - Business Analyst - Reporting Analyst - Liverpool
Liverpool, Merseyside
Develop and maintain databases and reporting using MS Access, SQL servers and Oracle data warehouse... Skills Required : Educated to degree level with a concentration in mathematics and statistics.....
Go IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £28,000 to £35,000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Business Analyst
Manchester, North West
Job Title: Business AnalystLocation: Wilmslow CheshireSalary: to £45,000 plus benefits plus career progressionKey Skills: Business Analyst, Agile, Document Management, Data Capture, Web, System Analysis, Business System Analyst,...
OCC Computing
Salary: £0 - 45k per year + benefits
Posted: 24 April 2013
Business Systems Analyst / Applications Analyst
Greater Manchester, North West
The organisation is currently in the process of major system change and process re-engineering so any experience would be desirable with system replacement/integration, ideally within the...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000.00 - £37500.00 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Business Systems Analyst / Applications Analyst
Greater Manchester
The organisation is currently in the process of major system change and process re-engineering so any experience would be desirable with system replacement/integration, ideally within the...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £30000.00 - £37500.00 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
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