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This section looks at the demand for Business Analysis skills across the UK with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Analysis over the last 3 months to 13 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBusiness Analysis
Location
3 months to 13 May 2008Same period last year
Rank6756
Rank change on same period last yearDown-11
Matching permanent IT job ads60147352
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.942 %3.157 %
As % of the category below5.276 %5.815 %
Salaries quoted48955814
Average minimum salary£46,151£48,383
Average salary£49,994£52,577
% change on same period last year-4.91 %
Average maximum salary£53,836£56,771
UK excluding London average salary£41,768£41,907
% change on same period last year-0.33 %
Processes & Methodologies UKProcesses & Methodologies
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads113995126436
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled55.77 %54.30 %
Salaries quoted9256299914
Average minimum salary£43,631£44,803
Average salary£47,758£48,845
% change on same period last year-2.22 %
Average maximum salary£51,884£52,888
UK excluding London average salary£42,900£44,043
% change on same period last year-2.59 %

Business Analysis
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing Business Analysis across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Business Analysis Demand Trend

Business Analysis
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing Business Analysis across the UK.

Business Analysis Salary Trend

Business Analysis
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Business Analysis across the UK over the past 3 months.

Business Analysis Salary Histogram

Business Analysis
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandDown-105742£50,355-4.76 %
2LondonDown-153069£58,617-2.57 %
3South EastUp+12999£45,383-1.31 %
4City of LondonDown-21858£57,362-9.72 %
5East of EnglandDown-2368£45,286+6.61 %
6South WestDown-15362£36,782-13.98 %
7HampshireUp+70306£45,393+9.15 %
8North WestUp+11305£36,794-6.90 %
9West MidlandsUp+6242£39,531+2.84 %
10BerkshireNo change0231£45,061-6.15 %
11SurreyUp+4217£45,124-6.17 %
12YorkshireDown-49209£36,583+6.63 %
13EssexUp+20165£46,852+17.47 %
14ScotlandUp+26156£40,196-2.32 %
15ManchesterUp+6126£35,801-11.32 %
16HertfordshireDown-14120£44,449-5.11 %
17West YorkshireDown-59106£35,482+6.83 %
18BirminghamUp+39105£40,941+11.53 %
19East MidlandsDown-8104£40,142+8.74 %
20SouthamptonUp+2688£44,012+29.81 %
21WiltshireDown-785£39,878-3.04 %
22North YorkshireUp+183£37,266+2.34 %
23EdinburghUp+1981£39,444-4.52 %
24BuckinghamshireUp+1178£47,154+10.83 %
25DorsetDown-2275£37,981-23.29 %
25Docklands, LondonUp+975£67,107+4.35 %
26GloucestershireUp+1468£36,984-2.67 %
26BristolDown-2668£32,317-13.19 %
27ReadingUp+365£46,559-16.77 %
27YorkDown-865£38,162+3.55 %

Business Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing Business Analysis also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Business Analysis.

13880 (33.62 %)Finance
22963 (25.68 %)Project Management
31797 (15.57 %)SQL
41649 (14.29 %)Banking
51417 (12.28 %)UML
61169 (10.13 %)Degree
71165 (10.10 %)Derivative
81063 (9.211 %).NET
9956 (8.284 %)SQL Server
10949 (8.224 %)Front Office
11917 (7.946 %)Oracle
12877 (7.600 %)Microsoft
13873 (7.565 %)Investment Banking
14864 (7.487 %)Insurance
15790 (6.846 %)PRINCE2
16697 (6.040 %)Retail
17661 (5.728 %)User Acceptance Testing
18617 (5.347 %)SAP
19609 (5.277 %)Pensions
20584 (5.061 %)Business Intelligence
21582 (5.043 %)Risk Management
22550 (4.766 %)Java
23549 (4.757 %)Change Management
24547 (4.740 %)C#
25540 (4.679 %)CRM
26532 (4.610 %)MS Excel
27531 (4.601 %)Equities
28528 (4.575 %)Data Modelling
29525 (4.549 %)Systems Analysis
30495 (4.289 %)Unix

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing Business Analysis also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Business Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
11063 (9.211 %).NET
2443 (3.839 %)XML
3288 (2.496 %)ASP.NET
4193 (1.672 %)ASP
5174 (1.508 %)WebServices
6155 (1.343 %)J2EE
7142 (1.231 %)HTML
890 (0.780 %)SOAP
976 (0.659 %)WinForms
1068 (0.589 %)WebSphere
1160 (0.520 %)AJAX
1249 (0.425 %)XSLT
1346 (0.399 %)CSS
1438 (0.329 %)Spring
1438 (0.329 %)Hibernate
1537 (0.321 %)SAP XI
1636 (0.312 %)Middleware
1734 (0.295 %)Struts
1827 (0.234 %)EDI
1926 (0.225 %)XML Schema
Application Platforms
1170 (1.473 %)SharePoint
2130 (1.127 %)MS Exchange
3127 (1.101 %)IIS
4116 (1.005 %)SAS
551 (0.442 %)CMS
646 (0.399 %)SharePoint Server 2007
742 (0.364 %)BizTalk Server
838 (0.329 %)Lotus Notes
930 (0.260 %)Apache
1028 (0.243 %)NetWeaver
1127 (0.234 %)CICS
1222 (0.191 %)Exchange Server 2007
1318 (0.156 %)WebLogic
1416 (0.139 %)JBoss
1416 (0.139 %)LiveLink
1513 (0.113 %)Tomcat
1611 (0.095 %)Oracle Workflow
1611 (0.095 %)Exchange Server 2003
179 (0.078 %)Documentum
188 (0.069 %)ArcGIS
Applications
1532 (4.610 %)MS Excel
2451 (3.908 %)MS Office
3413 (3.579 %)MS Visio
4318 (2.756 %)MS Project
574 (0.641 %)MS PowerPoint
640 (0.347 %)SPSS
731 (0.269 %)CA Clarity
84 (0.035 %)Photoshop
84 (0.035 %)Acrobat
92 (0.017 %)PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1122 (1.057 %)Dynamics AX
299 (0.858 %)Axapta
385 (0.737 %)SAP FI
477 (0.667 %)Oracle Applications
575 (0.650 %)SAP FI/CO
575 (0.650 %)SAP CO
674 (0.641 %)Dynamics CRM
772 (0.624 %)Navision
868 (0.589 %)Microsoft CRM
966 (0.572 %)Summit
1062 (0.537 %)Endur
1152 (0.451 %)Oracle Financials
1251 (0.442 %)Capstone
1345 (0.390 %)Dynamics NAV
1345 (0.390 %)SAP SD
1345 (0.390 %)SAP MM
1444 (0.381 %)SAP HR
1536 (0.312 %)MarketView
1633 (0.286 %)Oracle 11i
1732 (0.277 %)Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1318 (2.756 %)Internet
288 (0.763 %)Intranet
361 (0.529 %)TCP/IP
455 (0.477 %)Extranet
551 (0.442 %)WAN
649 (0.425 %)LAN
748 (0.416 %)WINS
830 (0.260 %)Broadband
925 (0.217 %)BSS
1022 (0.191 %)Firewall
1120 (0.173 %)LDAP
1213 (0.113 %)HTTP
1312 (0.104 %)VoIP
1411 (0.095 %)DHCP
1510 (0.087 %)VPN
167 (0.061 %)SMS
167 (0.061 %)Frame Relay
176 (0.052 %)PPP
185 (0.043 %)Ethernet
185 (0.043 %)ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1956 (8.284 %)SQL Server
2383 (3.319 %)Datawarehouse
3322 (2.790 %)BusinessObjects
4155 (1.343 %)Crystal Reports
5136 (1.179 %)SQL Server 2005
6114 (0.988 %)RDBMS
7113 (0.979 %)ETL
8112 (0.971 %)OLAP
9103 (0.893 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
10102 (0.884 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1196 (0.832 %)SQL Server 2000
1291 (0.789 %)Oracle Reports
1384 (0.728 %)Data Mining
1476 (0.659 %)SQL Server 7
1569 (0.598 %)Reference Data
1668 (0.589 %)DTS
1765 (0.563 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1864 (0.555 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1952 (0.451 %)MS Access
2051 (0.442 %)Oracle 10g
Development Applications
188 (0.763 %)Oracle Forms
277 (0.667 %)TestDirector
350 (0.433 %)Visual Studio
442 (0.364 %)Rational Rose
530 (0.260 %)RequisitePro
622 (0.191 %)JUnit
622 (0.191 %)JIRA
712 (0.104 %)Flash
810 (0.087 %)VSS/SourceSafe
810 (0.087 %)Eclipse
810 (0.087 %)ClearQuest
99 (0.078 %)JMeter
99 (0.078 %)PowerBuilder
99 (0.078 %)QuickTest Pro
99 (0.078 %)ClearCase
107 (0.061 %)LoadRunner
107 (0.061 %)WinRunner
107 (0.061 %)ERwin
115 (0.043 %)MSI
124 (0.035 %)WATIR
General
13880 (33.62 %)Finance
21649 (14.29 %)Banking
3949 (8.224 %)Front Office
4873 (7.565 %)Investment Banking
5864 (7.487 %)Insurance
6697 (6.040 %)Retail
7609 (5.277 %)Pensions
8465 (4.029 %)Back Office
9445 (3.856 %)Marketing
10348 (3.016 %)Health
11314 (2.721 %)Telecoms
12245 (2.123 %)Manufacturing
13182 (1.577 %)Financial Institution
14139 (1.205 %)Education
15126 (1.092 %)Law
16123 (1.066 %)Legal
17117 (1.014 %)Advertising
18100 (0.867 %)Billing
1997 (0.841 %)Government
2085 (0.737 %)Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
17411 (64.22 %)Analyst
26241 (54.08 %)Business Analyst
31304 (11.30 %)Consultant
41149 (9.957 %)Project Manager
5878 (7.608 %)Senior Analyst
6805 (6.976 %)Developer
7710 (6.153 %)Senior Business Analyst
8566 (4.905 %)Systems Analyst
9419 (3.631 %)Business Manager
10359 (3.111 %)Banking Business Analyst
11332 (2.877 %)Business Consultant
12294 (2.548 %)Business Systems Analyst
13283 (2.452 %)Investment Banking Business Analyst
14270 (2.340 %)Business Project Manager
15267 (2.314 %)Architect
15267 (2.314 %)Programmer
16259 (2.244 %)Insurance Business Analyst
17243 (2.106 %)Support Analyst
18237 (2.054 %)Analyst Programmer
19225 (1.950 %)Financial Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
11165 (10.10 %)Derivative
2531 (4.601 %)Equities
3472 (4.090 %)Asset Management
4370 (3.206 %)Fixed Income
5303 (2.626 %)Equity Derivative
6282 (2.444 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
7247 (2.140 %)Credit Derivative
8224 (1.941 %)Management Information System
9181 (1.568 %)Fund Management
10119 (1.031 %)Credit Risk
11111 (0.962 %)Market Risk
12108 (0.936 %)Computer Science
1399 (0.858 %)Mainframe
1482 (0.711 %)AS400
1575 (0.650 %)Mathematics
1666 (0.572 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1764 (0.555 %)Data Integration
1851 (0.442 %)Spread Betting
1945 (0.390 %)Client/Server
2042 (0.364 %)EPoS
Operating Systems
1495 (4.289 %)Unix
2349 (3.024 %)Windows
351 (0.442 %)Linux
420 (0.173 %)Windows Server 2003
519 (0.165 %)Windows NT
617 (0.147 %)Solaris
710 (0.087 %)Windows 2000
89 (0.078 %)MVS
97 (0.061 %)AIX
104 (0.035 %)HPUX
104 (0.035 %)Windows XP
104 (0.035 %)OS/400
112 (0.017 %)VMS
121 (0.009 %)OpenVMS
121 (0.009 %)SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
12963 (25.68 %)Project Management
21417 (12.28 %)UML
3790 (6.846 %)PRINCE2
4661 (5.728 %)User Acceptance Testing
5584 (5.061 %)Business Intelligence
6582 (5.043 %)Risk Management
7549 (4.757 %)Change Management
8540 (4.679 %)CRM
9528 (4.575 %)Data Modelling
10525 (4.549 %)Systems Analysis
11448 (3.882 %)ERP
12422 (3.657 %)Use Case
13401 (3.475 %)RUP
14374 (3.241 %)Investment Management
15355 (3.076 %)E-Commerce
16325 (2.816 %)Data Analysis
17282 (2.444 %)Requirements Analysis
18275 (2.383 %)Migration
19270 (2.340 %)Project Planning
20228 (1.976 %)ITIL
Programming Languages
11797 (15.57 %)SQL
2550 (4.766 %)Java
3547 (4.740 %)C#
4420 (3.640 %)VB
5293 (2.539 %)VBA
6194 (1.681 %)VB.NET
7185 (1.603 %)C
8166 (1.438 %)PL/SQL
9146 (1.265 %)JavaScript
10128 (1.109 %)Transact-SQL
11115 (0.997 %)Perl
1297 (0.841 %)C++
1359 (0.511 %)VB6
1454 (0.468 %)COBOL
1548 (0.416 %)RPG
1645 (0.390 %)ABAP
1742 (0.364 %)VBScript
1839 (0.338 %)PHP
1935 (0.303 %)Shell Script
2022 (0.191 %)NATURAL
Qualifications
11169 (10.13 %)Degree
2289 (2.504 %)ISEB
3152 (1.317 %)PRINCE2 Certification
4131 (1.135 %)Microsoft Certification
599 (0.858 %)MCSD
649 (0.425 %)PMI Certification
745 (0.390 %)ACCA
843 (0.373 %)MBA
942 (0.364 %)CIMA
1038 (0.329 %)PMP
1131 (0.269 %)ITIL Certification
1227 (0.234 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
1319 (0.165 %)HND
1416 (0.139 %)CFA
1514 (0.121 %)SAP Certification
1514 (0.121 %)CISA
1613 (0.113 %)MCSE
178 (0.069 %)MCP
187 (0.061 %)QiCA
196 (0.052 %)Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1270 (2.340 %)QA
277 (0.667 %)Basel II
340 (0.347 %)SLA
419 (0.165 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
419 (0.165 %)MiFID
512 (0.104 %)COBIT
69 (0.078 %)GAMP
76 (0.052 %)BS7799
85 (0.043 %)ISO9000
93 (0.026 %)ISO27001
102 (0.017 %)GAAP
111 (0.009 %)IAS 39
111 (0.009 %)ISO9001
System Software
1148 (1.282 %)Active Directory
218 (0.156 %)Oracle RAC
33 (0.026 %)AquaLogic
42 (0.017 %)MSMQ
51 (0.009 %)NDS
Systems Management
130 (0.260 %)AutoSys
215 (0.130 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
38 (0.069 %)Tivoli
45 (0.043 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
54 (0.035 %)Netcool
54 (0.035 %)CONTROL-M
54 (0.035 %)OpenView
54 (0.035 %)Netcool/Proviso
63 (0.026 %)Unicenter
63 (0.026 %)MOM
72 (0.017 %)MIIS
81 (0.009 %)SCOM
Vendors
1917 (7.946 %)Oracle
2877 (7.600 %)Microsoft
3617 (5.347 %)SAP
4322 (2.790 %)Business Objects
5220 (1.906 %)Cognos
6184 (1.594 %)Siebel
7137 (1.187 %)Murex
8132 (1.144 %)PeopleSoft
9123 (1.066 %)Sybase
10115 (0.997 %)IBM
11104 (0.901 %)Sage
1298 (0.849 %)LatentZero
1388 (0.763 %)Baan
1482 (0.711 %)Charles River
1568 (0.589 %)OpenLink
1568 (0.589 %)Informatica
1663 (0.546 %)Bloomberg
1755 (0.477 %)Reuters
1853 (0.459 %)Hyperion
1948 (0.416 %)JD Edwards
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