Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Business Analysis skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Analysis over the 3 months to 12 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category.

LinkBusiness Analysis
Location
3 months to
12 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank667468
Rank change year-on-year
Up+8Down-6
Matching permanent IT job ads254923415629
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK3.046 %2.723 %2.792 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category4.722 %4.549 %4.975 %
Salaries quoted206419004504
Average salary£47,500£45,000£47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.550 %-5.260 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£31,000£30,000£32,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£70,000£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£41,000£40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.430 %+2.500 %
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5398451462113155
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK64.50 %59.86 %56.12 %
Salaries quoted445864212291836
Average salary£45,000£42,500£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.880 %-5.550 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,500£28,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£70,000£70,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000

Business Analysis
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Business Analysis within 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 citing Business Analysis within the UK.

Business Analysis Salary Trend

Business Analysis
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Business Analysis over the 3 months to 12 March 2010 within the UK.

Business Analysis Salary Histogram

Business Analysis
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the UK over the 3 months to 12 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+82436£47,500+5.55 %
LondonUp+81473£59,000+12.38 %
City of LondonUp+11554£65,000+18.18 %
South EastDown-6390£45,000-
South WestUp+2116£35,000-9.09 %
West MidlandsUp+24105£37,000-1.33 %
East MidlandsUp+46101£37,500+7.14 %
North WestDown-397£34,000-15.00 %
SurreyUp+1394£42,500-5.55 %
BerkshireUp+277£40,000-11.11 %
East of EnglandDown-2574£44,000-5.37 %
YorkshireDown-2171£37,500-
ScotlandUp+3363£38,750+19.23 %
Docklands, LondonUp+1660£62,500-7.40 %
ManchesterUp+751£33,500+3.07 %
NorthamptonshireUp+2050£40,000+45.45 %
BuckinghamshireUp+345£40,000-8.57 %
West SussexUp+1342£47,500+35.71 %
HertfordshireDown-542£47,500-
West YorkshireDown-542£39,750-0.62 %
WiltshireDown-842£35,000-12.50 %
GlasgowUp+2537£37,500+3.44 %
KentUp+2137£45,000+5.88 %
NorthamptonUp+1637£40,000+45.45 %
LeedsDown-1226£45,000+12.50 %
HampshireDown-2526£40,000-11.11 %
MiddlesexUp+2125£51,000+17.91 %
SwindonUp+425£35,000-12.50 %
LancashireUp+4124£27,500-11.29 %
SomersetUp+2923£32,500-45.83 %

Business Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

11445 (30.65 %)Finance
21265 (26.83 %)Project Management
3762 (16.16 %)SQL
4653 (13.85 %)Banking
5461 (9.779 %).NET
6457 (9.695 %)Insurance
7411 (8.719 %)PRINCE2
8404 (8.570 %)SQL Server
9400 (8.485 %)Degree
10396 (8.401 %)UML
11360 (7.637 %)Front Office
12353 (7.488 %)Investment Banking
13331 (7.022 %)Derivative
13331 (7.022 %)Pensions
14323 (6.852 %)Retail
15319 (6.767 %)C#
16317 (6.725 %)CRM
17307 (6.513 %)Microsoft
18287 (6.088 %)Oracle
19285 (6.046 %)E-Commerce
20281 (5.961 %)Agile Software Development
21275 (5.834 %)Data Analysis
22264 (5.600 %)Java
23256 (5.431 %)Data Modelling
24250 (5.303 %)Stakeholder Management
25246 (5.218 %)User Acceptance Testing
26244 (5.176 %)MS Excel
27237 (5.028 %)Business Intelligence
28236 (5.006 %)QA
29215 (4.561 %)Marketing

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1461 (9.779 %).NET
2183 (3.882 %)XML
3170 (3.606 %)ASP.NET
4132 (2.800 %)Web Services
5102 (2.164 %)HTML
678 (1.655 %)CSS
755 (1.167 %)J2EE
854 (1.146 %)XHTML
950 (1.061 %).NET Framework
1049 (1.039 %)AJAX
1131 (0.658 %)ASP
1229 (0.615 %)jQuery
1327 (0.573 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1426 (0.552 %)LAMP
1524 (0.509 %)Middleware
1623 (0.488 %)WebSphere
1623 (0.488 %)Flash
1722 (0.467 %)EDI
1820 (0.424 %)FpML
1919 (0.403 %)XSLT
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1172 (3.649 %)SharePoint
288 (1.867 %)CMS
337 (0.785 %)EPiServer
436 (0.764 %)SharePoint Server 2007
524 (0.509 %)Apache
619 (0.403 %)MS Exchange
619 (0.403 %)SAS
713 (0.276 %)IIS
713 (0.276 %)Oracle Workflow
811 (0.233 %)SharePoint Portal Server
811 (0.233 %)ESB
811 (0.233 %)Lotus Domino
99 (0.191 %)WebSphere Portal
108 (0.170 %)Documentum
108 (0.170 %)NetWeaver
108 (0.170 %)BizTalk Server
117 (0.148 %)Lotus Notes
117 (0.148 %)Force.com
117 (0.148 %)WordPress
117 (0.148 %)Office Communications Server
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1244 (5.176 %)MS Excel
2120 (2.546 %)MS Visio
399 (2.100 %)MS Project
498 (2.079 %)MS Office
576 (1.612 %)MS PowerPoint
642 (0.891 %)Photoshop
729 (0.615 %)Fireworks
815 (0.318 %)SPSS
910 (0.212 %)Adobe Illustrator
108 (0.170 %)CA Clarity
116 (0.127 %)Spreadsheet
122 (0.042 %)FastStats
122 (0.042 %)InfoPath
131 (0.021 %)ProjectWise
131 (0.021 %)RoboHelp
131 (0.021 %)MATLAB
131 (0.021 %)Stata
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
153 (1.124 %)Dynamics CRM
238 (0.806 %)Microsoft CRM
323 (0.488 %)LongView
419 (0.403 %)Oracle EBS
419 (0.403 %)Oracle Applications
518 (0.382 %)SAP SD
616 (0.339 %)Great Plains
616 (0.339 %)Oracle ERP
616 (0.339 %)SAP CO
714 (0.297 %)SAP CRM
714 (0.297 %)Remedy ITSM
813 (0.276 %)SAP FI/CO
813 (0.276 %)Summit
813 (0.276 %)SAP FI
912 (0.255 %)SAP SEM
912 (0.255 %)Endur
912 (0.255 %)SAP R/3
912 (0.255 %)SAP IS-U
1011 (0.233 %)SAP HR
1011 (0.233 %)Oracle EBS R12
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1125 (2.652 %)Internet
284 (1.782 %)Intranet
359 (1.252 %)Extranet
416 (0.339 %)BSS
58 (0.170 %)Broadband
64 (0.085 %)FTP
64 (0.085 %)VPN
73 (0.064 %)HTTP
73 (0.064 %)TCP/IP
73 (0.064 %)MPLS
73 (0.064 %)VoIP
82 (0.042 %)ATM
82 (0.042 %)UMTS
82 (0.042 %)CDMA
82 (0.042 %)GSM
82 (0.042 %)RFID
82 (0.042 %)Network Security
82 (0.042 %)Wireless
91 (0.021 %)2G
91 (0.021 %)VLAN
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1404 (8.570 %)SQL Server
2214 (4.540 %)Datawarehouse
3115 (2.440 %)BusinessObjects
497 (2.058 %)ETL
580 (1.697 %)SQL Server Integration Services
661 (1.294 %)SQL Server 2005
749 (1.039 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
839 (0.827 %)Oracle Reports
937 (0.785 %)RDBMS
1036 (0.764 %)Crystal Reports
1134 (0.721 %)OLAP
1231 (0.658 %)Data Cleansing
1328 (0.594 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1328 (0.594 %)SAP BW
1328 (0.594 %)SQL Server 2000
1427 (0.573 %)Oracle 10g
1526 (0.552 %)DB2
1625 (0.530 %)Data Mining
1724 (0.509 %)Oracle Discoverer
1823 (0.488 %)DTS
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
147 (0.997 %)Visual Studio
218 (0.382 %)Oracle Forms
315 (0.318 %)Rational Rose
315 (0.318 %)RequisitePro
410 (0.212 %)Dreamweaver
59 (0.191 %)Team Foundation Server
68 (0.170 %)Eclipse
75 (0.106 %)TestDirector
75 (0.106 %)WebLOAD
75 (0.106 %)JIRA
84 (0.085 %)Oracle APEX
84 (0.085 %)Bugzilla
84 (0.085 %)QuickTest Pro
84 (0.085 %)ERwin
84 (0.085 %)Ant
93 (0.064 %)ClearCase
93 (0.064 %)ProC
93 (0.064 %)LoadRunner
93 (0.064 %)WinRunner
93 (0.064 %)Expression Blend
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11445 (30.65 %)Finance
2653 (13.85 %)Banking
3457 (9.695 %)Insurance
4360 (7.637 %)Front Office
5353 (7.488 %)Investment Banking
6331 (7.022 %)Pensions
7323 (6.852 %)Retail
8215 (4.561 %)Marketing
9169 (3.585 %)Back Office
10139 (2.949 %)Health
11124 (2.630 %)Government
1299 (2.100 %)Telecoms
1392 (1.952 %)Education
1465 (1.379 %)Legal
1550 (1.061 %)Publishing
1648 (1.018 %)Financial Institution
1738 (0.806 %)Billing
1830 (0.636 %)Automotive
1929 (0.615 %)Pharmaceutical
2028 (0.594 %)Law
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
12932 (62.20 %)Analyst
22515 (53.35 %)Business Analyst
3503 (10.67 %)Project Manager
4450 (9.546 %)Developer
5404 (8.570 %)Senior Analyst
6381 (8.082 %)Consultant
7357 (7.573 %)Senior Business Analyst
8247 (5.240 %)Business Manager
9144 (3.055 %)Business Project Manager
10143 (3.034 %)Systems Analyst
11132 (2.800 %)Architect
12127 (2.694 %)Banking Business Analyst
13115 (2.440 %)Support Analyst
14101 (2.143 %)Insurance Business Analyst
1591 (1.930 %)Senior Developer
1690 (1.909 %).NET Developer
1690 (1.909 %)Investment Banking Business Analyst
1786 (1.824 %)Business Systems Analyst
1882 (1.739 %)Business Consultant
1978 (1.655 %)Data Analyst
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1331 (7.022 %)Derivative
2203 (4.306 %)Fixed Income
3154 (3.267 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
4134 (2.843 %)Management Information System
5119 (2.524 %)Equities
6100 (2.121 %)Mathematics
772 (1.527 %)Computer Science
871 (1.506 %)Interest Rate Derivative
959 (1.252 %)Equity Derivative
1058 (1.230 %)Credit Risk
1151 (1.082 %)Social Network
1249 (1.039 %)Market Risk
1249 (1.039 %)Credit Derivative
1341 (0.870 %)Client/Server
1435 (0.742 %)PMI
1533 (0.700 %)Physics
1626 (0.552 %)FMCG
1724 (0.509 %)Open Source
1724 (0.509 %)Statistics
1724 (0.509 %)Taxonomies
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1156 (3.309 %)UNIX
2124 (2.630 %)Windows
3101 (2.143 %)Linux
414 (0.297 %)Windows NT
58 (0.170 %)Windows 2000
58 (0.170 %)Windows Server 2003
66 (0.127 %)Solaris
66 (0.127 %)AIX
73 (0.064 %)Red Hat Linux
82 (0.042 %)HPUX
91 (0.021 %)Windows XP
91 (0.021 %)NetWare
91 (0.021 %)Windows Server 2008
91 (0.021 %)Windows 2000 Server
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
11265 (26.83 %)Project Management
2411 (8.719 %)PRINCE2
3396 (8.401 %)UML
4317 (6.725 %)CRM
5285 (6.046 %)E-Commerce
6281 (5.961 %)Agile Software Development
7275 (5.834 %)Data Analysis
8256 (5.431 %)Data Modelling
9250 (5.303 %)Stakeholder Management
10246 (5.218 %)User Acceptance Testing
11237 (5.028 %)Business Intelligence
12210 (4.455 %)Change Management
13204 (4.328 %)Asset Management
14195 (4.137 %)Investment Management
15186 (3.946 %)Workflow
16174 (3.691 %)Systems Analysis
17169 (3.585 %)Risk Management
18164 (3.479 %)Use Case
19117 (2.482 %)GAP Analysis
20115 (2.440 %)ITIL
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1762 (16.16 %)SQL
2319 (6.767 %)C#
3264 (5.600 %)Java
4107 (2.270 %)JavaScript
599 (2.100 %)VBA
689 (1.888 %)C
786 (1.824 %)C++
869 (1.464 %)PL/SQL
967 (1.421 %)VB.NET
1059 (1.252 %)T-SQL
1153 (1.124 %)VB
1250 (1.061 %)PHP
1325 (0.530 %)Perl
1414 (0.297 %)Apex Code
1512 (0.255 %)ActionScript
1512 (0.255 %)RPG
169 (0.191 %)Delphi
177 (0.148 %)ActionScript 2.0
177 (0.148 %)VB6
186 (0.127 %)VBScript
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1400 (8.485 %)Degree
2197 (4.179 %)ISEB
356 (1.188 %)PMI Certification
455 (1.167 %)PRINCE2 Certification
547 (0.997 %)PMP
643 (0.912 %)Security Cleared
723 (0.488 %)Microsoft Certification
817 (0.361 %)ACCA
915 (0.318 %)MCSD
1013 (0.276 %)CIMA
1112 (0.255 %)ITIL Certification
1112 (0.255 %)DV Cleared
1210 (0.212 %)SC Cleared
1210 (0.212 %)MBA
138 (0.170 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
138 (0.170 %)MCTS
147 (0.148 %)MCAD
155 (0.106 %)MCP
155 (0.106 %)CFA
155 (0.106 %)APMP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1236 (5.006 %)QA
234 (0.721 %)SLA
327 (0.573 %)Basel II
415 (0.318 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
59 (0.191 %)COBIT
65 (0.106 %)ISO9001
73 (0.064 %)TickIT
82 (0.042 %)GAAP
82 (0.042 %)MiFID
82 (0.042 %)ISO27001
82 (0.042 %)HL7
91 (0.021 %)ISO9000
91 (0.021 %)IAS 39
91 (0.021 %)GxP
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
122 (0.467 %)Active Directory
21 (0.021 %)Terminal Server
21 (0.021 %)Terminal Services
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
15 (0.106 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
15 (0.106 %)AutoSys
22 (0.042 %)SCOM
31 (0.021 %)ZENworks
31 (0.021 %)ServiceCenter
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1307 (6.513 %)Microsoft
2287 (6.088 %)Oracle
3201 (4.264 %)SAP
4115 (2.440 %)Business Objects
579 (1.676 %)Charles River
678 (1.655 %)Siebel
777 (1.633 %)Sybase
865 (1.379 %)Cognos
939 (0.827 %)Bloomberg
1037 (0.785 %)thinkFolio
1136 (0.764 %)LatentZero
1234 (0.721 %)Salesforce.com
1333 (0.700 %)Remedy
1432 (0.679 %)Calypso
1530 (0.636 %)Adobe
1625 (0.530 %)IBM
1722 (0.467 %)Informatica
1821 (0.445 %)BMC
1920 (0.424 %)Hyperion
2016 (0.339 %)CODA