The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Reading 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 20 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 Reading region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analyst
Rank 64 60 97
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +37
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 68 77 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 3.200% 3.398% 0.816%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.371% 3.570% 0.873%
Number of salaries quoted 50 75 8
Average salary £50,000 £40,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -15.78%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £32,900 £31,100
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,000 £56,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+3.65% +2.50%
All Job Titles
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2017 2157 1719
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 94.92% 95.19% 93.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1650 1853 1380
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Business Analyst
Berkshire

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Business Analyst Salary Trend

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Business Analyst across the Reading region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Reading Business Analyst Salary Histogram

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 61 (46.56%) Business Analysis
2 40 (30.53%) Finance
3 24 (18.32%) Stakeholder Management
4 20 (15.27%) Project Management
4 20 (15.27%) Telecoms
4 20 (15.27%) Aerospace
4 20 (15.27%) Systems Analysis
5 19 (14.50%) E-Commerce
6 17 (12.98%) Data Modelling
6 17 (12.98%) SQL
6 17 (12.98%) Windows
6 17 (12.98%) Agile Software Development
7 15 (11.45%) Retail
7 15 (11.45%) Degree
7 15 (11.45%) N-Tier
8 14 (10.69%) Business Intelligence
9 11 (8.397%) Client/Server
10 10 (7.634%) SQL Server
10 10 (7.634%) Change Management
10 10 (7.634%) Marketing
11 9 (6.870%) Statistics
11 9 (6.870%) Workflow
11 9 (6.870%) SaaS
12 8 (6.107%) Oracle
12 8 (6.107%) Data Management
13 7 (5.344%) PRINCE2
13 7 (5.344%) UML
13 7 (5.344%) PRINCE
13 7 (5.344%) Master Data Management
14 6 (4.580%) Team Foundation Server

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 5 (3.817%) .NET
2 1 (0.763%) COM
2 1 (0.763%) CSS
2 1 (0.763%) XML
2 1 (0.763%) LAMP
2 1 (0.763%) WebSphere
2 1 (0.763%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (0.763%) Apache
1 1 (0.763%) SharePoint
1 1 (0.763%) SAS
1 1 (0.763%) Magento
Applications
1 4 (3.053%) MS Visio
2 3 (2.290%) MS Project
2 3 (2.290%) MS Office
2 3 (2.290%) MS Excel
3 2 (1.527%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.763%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.053%) ATM
2 2 (1.527%) Internet
3 1 (0.763%) HTTP
3 1 (0.763%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.634%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.817%) RDBMS
3 4 (3.053%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.290%) QlikView
4 3 (2.290%) Xcelsius
5 1 (0.763%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.763%) MySQL
5 1 (0.763%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (4.580%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.763%) JIRA
General
1 40 (30.53%) Finance
2 20 (15.27%) Aerospace
2 20 (15.27%) Telecoms
3 15 (11.45%) Retail
4 10 (7.634%) Marketing
5 4 (3.053%) Banking
6 1 (0.763%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.45%) N-Tier
2 11 (8.397%) Client/Server
3 9 (6.870%) Statistics
3 9 (6.870%) SaaS
4 5 (3.817%) Economics
4 5 (3.817%) Computer Science
4 5 (3.817%) PMI
5 4 (3.053%) Visualisation
5 4 (3.053%) Data Extraction
6 3 (2.290%) Mathematics
7 2 (1.527%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.763%) NHS
8 1 (0.763%) RIA
8 1 (0.763%) Reference Data
8 1 (0.763%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 17 (12.98%) Windows
2 5 (3.817%) UNIX
3 1 (0.763%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (46.56%) Business Analysis
2 24 (18.32%) Stakeholder Management
3 20 (15.27%) Project Management
3 20 (15.27%) Systems Analysis
4 19 (14.50%) E-Commerce
5 17 (12.98%) Data Modelling
5 17 (12.98%) Agile Software Development
6 14 (10.69%) Business Intelligence
7 10 (7.634%) Change Management
8 9 (6.870%) Workflow
9 8 (6.107%) Data Management
10 7 (5.344%) PRINCE
10 7 (5.344%) PRINCE2
10 7 (5.344%) UML
10 7 (5.344%) Master Data Management
11 6 (4.580%) Information Management
11 6 (4.580%) Asset Management
12 5 (3.817%) Statistical Analysis
12 5 (3.817%) Business Development
12 5 (3.817%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 17 (12.98%) SQL
2 3 (2.290%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.763%) PHP
Qualifications
1 15 (11.45%) Degree
2 5 (3.817%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 5 (3.817%) PMI Certification
3 1 (0.763%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.763%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (6.107%) Oracle
2 6 (4.580%) CODA
2 6 (4.580%) Salesforce.com
3 5 (3.817%) ATG
3 5 (3.817%) Sybase
3 5 (3.817%) hybris
4 4 (3.053%) Microsoft
4 4 (3.053%) Business Objects
5 2 (1.527%) SAP
6 1 (0.763%) Cognos
6 1 (0.763%) Siebel
6 1 (0.763%) IBM
6 1 (0.763%) Omniture
6 1 (0.763%) Endeca
6 1 (0.763%) Avaya
6 1 (0.763%) Genesys
Reading, Berkshire
An exciting opportunity has just opened up to join one of UK’s largest organisations in the role of Business Solutions - Senior Business Analyst. This is a brilliant...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £45,000 to £52,000 per annum + bonus + benefits package
Posted: 15 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
An exciting opportunity has just opened up to join one of UK’s largest organisations in the role of Business Solutions - Senior Business Analyst. This is a brilliant...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £50,000 to £55,000 per annum + bonus + benefits package
Posted: 15 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
At least 2- 3 years' Business Analysis (BA) experience supporting systems within the leasing, lending and Asset Finance industry... The following would be DESIRABLE: - Economics, Finance, Business or...
I.T. Skillfinder
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus & Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
The role of the Lead Business Analyst will be able to work independently to apply the appropriate tools and techniques of business analysis (regardless of project type or...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £40000.00 - £45000.00 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Structure, analyze and report on product performance (core product and commercial sell through) from data extraction, to statistical analysis to visualization. Develop and implement best practice methodologies for...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £60000 per annum
Posted: 25 April 2013