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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analyst
Rank 70 84 40
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -44
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 177 152 256
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 3.374% 2.746% 4.243%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.495% 2.876% 4.470%
Number of salaries quoted 159 111 214
Average salary £38,750 £40,000 £40,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.12% -1.23%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,500 £30,400
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £41,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+2.40% +3.75%
All Job Titles
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5064 5285 5727
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 96.53% 95.48% 94.91%
Number of salaries quoted 4455 4564 4906
Average salary £35,500 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.38% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South 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 South West region.

South West Business Analyst Salary Trend

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram

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

South 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 South 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
Wiltshire +29 60 £40,000 -1.23%
Bristol +8 49 £39,500 -9.19%
Gloucestershire +8 30 £35,000 -7.28%
Somerset -4 18 £40,000 -
Dorset -7 13 £37,500 -6.83%
Cornwall - 3 £37,500 -
Business Analyst
England

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 193 (44.37%) Finance
2 142 (32.64%) Business Analysis
3 85 (19.54%) SQL
4 76 (17.47%) Project Management
5 75 (17.24%) Business Intelligence
6 59 (13.56%) SAP
7 58 (13.33%) ISEB
8 53 (12.18%) Business Objects
9 48 (11.03%) ERP
10 47 (10.80%) UML
11 45 (10.34%) Oracle
12 34 (7.816%) CRM
13 33 (7.586%) Microsoft
14 32 (7.356%) Degree
14 32 (7.356%) Change Management
15 31 (7.126%) SQL Server
16 30 (6.897%) BusinessObjects
16 30 (6.897%) Retail
17 29 (6.667%) E-Commerce
17 29 (6.667%) Manufacturing
18 27 (6.207%) Use Case
19 25 (5.747%) Management Information System
19 25 (5.747%) SAP BW
20 24 (5.517%) MS Excel
20 24 (5.517%) Data Warehouse
21 23 (5.287%) PRINCE2
21 23 (5.287%) Oracle EBS
21 23 (5.287%) Information Management
22 21 (4.828%) TOAD
23 20 (4.598%) Data Modelling

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South 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 20 (4.598%) .NET
2 13 (2.989%) XML
3 8 (1.839%) CGI
4 5 (1.149%) WSDL
5 4 (0.920%) Web Services
6 2 (0.460%) Django
6 2 (0.460%) EDI
6 2 (0.460%) CSS
6 2 (0.460%) HTML
7 1 (0.230%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 9 (2.069%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.609%) SharePoint 2010
3 6 (1.379%) CMS
4 5 (1.149%) SAS
4 5 (1.149%) SharePoint 2013
5 2 (0.460%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (0.460%) Oracle Coherence
6 1 (0.230%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.230%) MS Exchange
6 1 (0.230%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 24 (5.517%) MS Excel
2 13 (2.989%) MS PowerPoint
3 11 (2.529%) MS Visio
4 10 (2.299%) MS Office
5 5 (1.149%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 23 (5.287%) Oracle EBS
2 20 (4.598%) Oracle Applications
3 13 (2.989%) SAP CRM
4 6 (1.379%) Dynamics AX
5 5 (1.149%) Cognos Business Intelligence
6 4 (0.920%) SAP MM
6 4 (0.920%) SAP APO
7 2 (0.460%) Sage 1000
7 2 (0.460%) Oracle SCM
7 2 (0.460%) Oracle Manufacturing
7 2 (0.460%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.460%) Agresso
8 1 (0.230%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.230%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.230%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.149%) Internet
2 3 (0.690%) Intranet
3 2 (0.460%) Extranet
4 1 (0.230%) SAN
4 1 (0.230%) Firewall
4 1 (0.230%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (7.126%) SQL Server
2 30 (6.897%) BusinessObjects
3 25 (5.747%) SAP BW
4 24 (5.517%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (4.828%) TOAD
6 18 (4.138%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 16 (3.678%) Oracle Discoverer
8 13 (2.989%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 13 (2.989%) BusinessObjects XI
9 12 (2.759%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (2.069%) Crystal Reports
10 9 (2.069%) SQL Server 2008
11 7 (1.609%) SQL Server 2012
12 6 (1.379%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 5 (1.149%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
14 4 (0.920%) Xcelsius
14 4 (0.920%) OLAP
15 3 (0.690%) OLTP
15 3 (0.690%) MS Access
15 3 (0.690%) Base SAS
Development Applications
1 1 (0.230%) Oracle Forms
General
1 193 (44.37%) Finance
2 30 (6.897%) Retail
3 29 (6.667%) Manufacturing
4 19 (4.368%) Banking
5 18 (4.138%) Legal
6 8 (1.839%) Marketing
6 8 (1.839%) Billing
6 8 (1.839%) Advertising
7 7 (1.609%) Aerospace
7 7 (1.609%) Front Office
7 7 (1.609%) Military
8 6 (1.379%) Telecoms
9 3 (0.690%) Law
9 3 (0.690%) Retail Banking
10 2 (0.460%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.230%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.230%) Publishing
11 1 (0.230%) Games
11 1 (0.230%) Czech Language
11 1 (0.230%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 25 (5.747%) Management Information System
2 5 (1.149%) PMI
2 5 (1.149%) Mobile App
3 4 (0.920%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (0.690%) Client/Server
4 3 (0.690%) Digital Media
5 2 (0.460%) Open Source
5 2 (0.460%) SaaS
6 1 (0.230%) NHS
6 1 (0.230%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.230%) Statistics
6 1 (0.230%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.460%) Windows
2 1 (0.230%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (32.64%) Business Analysis
2 76 (17.47%) Project Management
3 75 (17.24%) Business Intelligence
4 48 (11.03%) ERP
5 47 (10.80%) UML
6 34 (7.816%) CRM
7 32 (7.356%) Change Management
8 29 (6.667%) E-Commerce
9 27 (6.207%) Use Case
10 23 (5.287%) PRINCE2
10 23 (5.287%) Information Management
11 20 (4.598%) Data Modelling
12 19 (4.368%) Time Management
12 19 (4.368%) Performance Management
13 18 (4.138%) Service Delivery
13 18 (4.138%) Requirements Analysis
13 18 (4.138%) Systems Analysis
13 18 (4.138%) Waterfall
14 17 (3.908%) User Stories
14 17 (3.908%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 85 (19.54%) SQL
2 10 (2.299%) JavaScript
3 9 (2.069%) VBA
4 5 (1.149%) C
5 4 (0.920%) PL/SQL
6 2 (0.460%) Python
6 2 (0.460%) PHP
6 2 (0.460%) Java
7 1 (0.230%) C#
7 1 (0.230%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.230%) VBScript
7 1 (0.230%) VB
Qualifications
1 58 (13.33%) ISEB
2 32 (7.356%) Degree
3 20 (4.598%) Security Cleared
4 11 (2.529%) DV Cleared
5 9 (2.069%) SC Cleared
6 6 (1.379%) ISEB Practitioner
6 6 (1.379%) HND
6 6 (1.379%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 5 (1.149%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.690%) CISMP
9 2 (0.460%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.230%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.230%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.230%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.678%) Solvency II
2 7 (1.609%) QA
3 4 (0.920%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.230%) Basel II
4 1 (0.230%) SLA
4 1 (0.230%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (0.920%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.230%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 59 (13.56%) SAP
2 53 (12.18%) Business Objects
3 45 (10.34%) Oracle
4 33 (7.586%) Microsoft
5 7 (1.609%) Cognos
6 2 (0.460%) Siebel
6 2 (0.460%) Sage
7 1 (0.230%) Citrix
7 1 (0.230%) Sybase
7 1 (0.230%) Progress
7 1 (0.230%) VMware
7 1 (0.230%) Sitecore
Swindon, Wiltshire
An excellent opportunity has become available for a Business Analyst to join a manufacturing company as part of a brand new development. This opportunity will need experience in...
Sanderson
Salary: £36000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Somerset
An understanding of software development approaches (Agile, Waterfall) This is a great opportunity to join a leading company in their field, working on multiple and large scale projects,...
Sanderson
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
You will have clear demonstrable experience as a Business Analyst and ideally, though not essential, be certified in a relevant qualification (ITIL/ Prince2/ etc.) Strong communication skills on...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Gloucestershire
The right person will have demonstrable commercial experience in a Business Analysis role, and will ideally have a systems rather than business process bias to their experience... Key...
ComputerWorld Personnel Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £28000 per annum + overtime, bonus, pension
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Excellent opportunity with one of the worlds leading Employee Benefits providers... JLT is one of the worlds leading Employee Benefits providers and offer a single, centralised source for...
Sanderson
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bath, Avon
A leading player within the financial services space and a specialist software/platform provider our client has a great reputation and is now looking to expand their business...
Resource Management
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
As well as playing a key part in the delivery of business critical change projects, the Lead Business Analyst help improve the organisations Business Analysis Capability and take...
Networking People
Salary: Car Allowance and Others Bens
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bristol, South West
We endeavour to bring our candidates a number of opportunities across a variety of sectors and industries, relevant to what you are looking for.
Mason Frank International
Salary: £40 - £50 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
My client is looking for a Lead Business Analyst to take responsibility for rapidly building a business analysis centre of excellence that will enable them to make the...
Sanderson
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Car, Pension, Health
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bath, Avon
A leading player within the financial services space and a specialist software/platform provider our client has a great reputation and is now looking to expand their business...
Resource Management
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Dorset, South West
As the Lead Business Analyst you will have experience of coaching, managing and leading a team on projects whilst implementing Lean/Six Sigma and Prince 2 methodologies. You...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £37500.00 - £40000.00 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Dorset
As the Lead Business Analyst you will have experience of coaching, managing and leading a team on projects whilst implementing Lean/Six Sigma and Prince 2 methodologies. You...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £37500.00 - £40000.00 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Currently a main priority is the addition of a talanted business analyst with 3+ years experience of writing precisely worded requirements and specifications for V-Model and AGILE...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £25000 - £28000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Gloucestershire
Currently a main priority is the addition of a talanted business analyst with 3+ years experience of writing precisely worded requirements and specifications for V-Model and AGILE...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £25000 - £28000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Wiltshire
Business Analysts (SAP CRM) Keywords: SAP CRM, Business Analyst. Commutable from: Bristol, Bath, Chippenham, Oxford, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Newport, Swindon, Trowbridge. A recognised market leader based in the Wiltshire...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £38000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Wiltshire
Keywords: Business Analyst, Business Intelligence, BI, SAP, Business Objects Commutable from: Bristol, Bath, Chippenham, Swindon, Hungerford, Gloucester, Cheltenham... * Experience of SAP BW 7.0 and/or Business Objects...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £37000 - £42000 per annum + Good Benefits Package
Posted: 24 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
Currently a main priority is the addition of a talanted business analyst with 3+ years experience of writing precisely worded requirements and specifications for V-Model and AGILE...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £25000 - £28000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
Currently a main priority is the addition of a talanted business analyst with 3+ years experience of writing precisely worded requirements and specifications for V-Model and AGILE...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £25000 - £28000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Dorset
The successful applicant will lead a small team of 4 on key projects and programmes, whilst taking responsibilities for all aspects of line management, including workload planning, performance...
Roc Search
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bournemouth, South West
As a result they are currently looking for a Lead Business Analyst, who will be working on some of their key projects and programmes. The Lead Business Analyst...
Salary: £37000 - £40000 per annum + Car Allowance
Posted: 24 May 2013
Gloucester, South West
Analysing, interpreting and communicating complex issues * To support reviewing, configuration and testing software where required.* To provide support for change management process re-engineering where required in order...
Hudson
Salary: £22000 - £28000 per annum + Extensive Benefits
Posted: 8 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) provides a range of services led from our head office in Swindon including: - Oracle based HR, Payroll, Finance and Procurement services -...
UK Shared Business Services Ltd
Posted: 17 May 2013
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Commutable from Swindon, Cheltenham, Gloucester and Worcester this is an ideal position for a Junior Business Analyst 1-2 years experience to join an organisation that is keen...
IT Connections
Salary: £25,000-£28,000 DOE
Posted: 24 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
In order to be considered you must ideally be ISEB and Prince 2 Accredited with knowledge of LEAN / Six Sigma, as well as a strong understanding of WATERFALL...
Executive Resource Group
Salary: From £37,500 to £40,000 per annum + Car Allowance + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Skills: Analysis, SQL, Application Support, ITIL. Commutable from Bristol, Bath, Trowbridge, Radstock, Frome, Weston-Super-Mare A market leading organisation based in Bristol/Bath area requires junior Business...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £27000 per annum + Good Package
Posted: 23 May 2013