The first table below looks at the demand for Business Analysis skills in IT jobs advertised for the Preston region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Analysis 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Preston region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analysis
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 2 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Preston 1.695% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.041% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Average salary £32,250 - -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £44,000 £41,500
% change year-on-year
-3.40% +6.02%
All Processes & Methodologies
Preston
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
98 92 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Preston 83.05% 76.03% 55.32%
Number of salaries quoted 90 90 22
Average salary £35,000 £31,500 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% -13.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £21,150 £14,500
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £46,000 £36,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Business Analysis
Lancashire

Business Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Preston 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 Preston region.

Preston Business Analysis Salary Trend

Business Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Preston 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 6 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 5 (62.50%) System Testing
2 5 (62.50%) Project Management
2 5 (62.50%) Project Planning
2 5 (62.50%) Risk Management
3 1 (12.50%) JIRA
3 1 (12.50%) Lean Six Sigma
3 1 (12.50%) Document Management
3 1 (12.50%) Automated Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Mobile App
3 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
3 1 (12.50%) Process Management
3 1 (12.50%) Regression Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Workflow
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Validation
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) Bugzilla
3 1 (12.50%) .NET
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
3 1 (12.50%) Web Services
3 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
3 1 (12.50%) UML
3 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
3 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) ISEB

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Preston 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 1 (12.50%) .NET
1 1 (12.50%) Web Services
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
1 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
1 1 (12.50%) Bugzilla
General
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Project Manager
2 3 (37.50%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Change Manager
2 3 (37.50%) Business Change Manager
2 3 (37.50%) IT Project Manager
2 3 (37.50%) Business Project Manager
2 3 (37.50%) Business Manager
2 3 (37.50%) Change Project Manager
2 3 (37.50%) Business Change Project Manager
3 2 (25.00%) Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Mobile App
1 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 5 (62.50%) System Testing
2 5 (62.50%) Project Management
2 5 (62.50%) Project Planning
2 5 (62.50%) Risk Management
3 1 (12.50%) Lean Six Sigma
3 1 (12.50%) Document Management
3 1 (12.50%) Automated Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
3 1 (12.50%) Process Management
3 1 (12.50%) Regression Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Workflow
3 1 (12.50%) Validation
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
3 1 (12.50%) UML
3 1 (12.50%) Six Sigma
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) ISEB
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) Citrix