The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. 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 21 May 2012 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

Business Analyst
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank493026
Rank change year-on-year
Down-19Down-4
Matching permanent IT job ads564169375527
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK4.655 %5.685 %5.804 %
As % of the Job Titles category4.914 %6.035 %6.219 %
Number of salaries quoted488157594459
Average salary£48,500£50,000£50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.00 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£34,000£33,500£32,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£72,500£80,000£77,500
UK excluding London average salary£41,000£40,000£40,000
% change year-on-year
+2.50 %-
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
11478411495588866
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK94.71 %94.21 %93.33 %
Number of salaries quoted984679705973610
Average salary£42,500£42,500£42,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£75,000£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£38,000£37,500£36,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33 %+2.73 %

Business Analyst
Demand Trend

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

Business Analyst Demand Trend

Business Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Business Analyst Salary Trend

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Business Analyst over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 within the UK.

Business Analyst Salary Histogram

Business Analyst
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 Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012. 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
EnglandDown-225371£50,000-
LondonDown-83230£57,000-5.00 %
City of LondonDown-71007£62,500-3.84 %
South EastDown-10942£45,000-
East of EnglandDown-27327£42,250-6.11 %
SurreyDown-12260£45,000-
YorkshireDown-7198£39,000+6.84 %
West MidlandsNo change0194£38,500-3.75 %
BerkshireDown-6177£45,000-10.00 %
West SussexUp+33173£45,000+18.42 %
North WestDown-36169£40,000+14.28 %
ScotlandDown-8156£40,500-4.70 %
South WestDown-44147£40,000-1.23 %
East MidlandsDown-32140£40,000-
HampshireDown-19135£43,500+10.82 %
West YorkshireDown-13134£37,500+1.35 %
HertfordshireDown-9116£50,000+5.26 %
LeedsDown-294£37,500+7.14 %
ManchesterDown-2892£37,500+7.14 %
BuckinghamshireDown-180£45,000+12.50 %
ReadingUp+4177£40,000-15.78 %
CrawleyUp+1176£48,000+26.31 %
WalesUp+374£34,000+4.61 %
EdinburghDown-974£39,000-13.33 %
South WalesDown-161£33,000+1.53 %
NorthamptonshireDown-555£42,000+9.09 %
Milton KeynesUp+1354£45,000+20.00 %
GatwickUp+853£55,000+44.73 %
BirminghamUp+653£45,000+28.57 %
SuffolkUp+852£37,500-16.66 %

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

14608 (41.01 %)Finance
24273 (38.03 %)Business Analysis
31777 (15.81 %)UML
41756 (15.63 %)Banking
51712 (15.24 %)SQL
61634 (14.54 %)Project Management
71406 (12.51 %)Retail
81166 (10.38 %)E-Commerce
91111 (9.887 %)Degree
101049 (9.335 %)Agile Software Development
111045 (9.300 %)User Acceptance Testing
12998 (8.881 %)Stakeholder Management
13943 (8.392 %)Use Case
14819 (7.288 %)Scrum
15811 (7.217 %)Microsoft
16781 (6.950 %)ISEB
16781 (6.950 %)Business Intelligence
17767 (6.826 %)Investment Banking
18719 (6.399 %)PRINCE2
19692 (6.158 %)MS Visio
20683 (6.078 %)CRM
21678 (6.034 %)Derivative
22674 (5.998 %)Change Management
23665 (5.918 %)Data Modelling
24649 (5.776 %)MS Excel
25639 (5.687 %)Systems Analysis
26625 (5.562 %)Oracle
27617 (5.491 %)Front Office
28597 (5.313 %)SAP
29580 (5.162 %)Data Analysis

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1445 (3.960 %).NET
2369 (3.284 %)XML
3179 (1.593 %)HTML
4109 (0.970 %)Web Services
574 (0.659 %)WebSphere
667 (0.596 %)CSS
751 (0.454 %)ASP
847 (0.418 %)ASP.NET
946 (0.409 %)J2EE
1039 (0.347 %)Middleware
1138 (0.338 %)EDI
1229 (0.258 %)FpML
1326 (0.231 %)SOAP
1326 (0.231 %)XSLT
1425 (0.222 %).NET Framework
1425 (0.222 %)WSDL
1517 (0.151 %)XSL
1616 (0.142 %)REST
1715 (0.133 %)COM
1813 (0.116 %)WCF
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1260 (2.314 %)SharePoint
285 (0.756 %)SAS
384 (0.748 %)CMS
432 (0.285 %)Lotus Notes
432 (0.285 %)SharePoint Server
523 (0.205 %)SharePoint 2010
622 (0.196 %)IIS
719 (0.169 %)Force.com
815 (0.133 %)Drupal
815 (0.133 %)BizTalk Server
913 (0.116 %)Joomla!
913 (0.116 %)Documentum
1012 (0.107 %)Apache
1012 (0.107 %)Oracle Workflow
1012 (0.107 %)ESB
1111 (0.098 %)WebLogic
1210 (0.089 %)MS Exchange
139 (0.080 %)Confluence
146 (0.053 %)WordPress
146 (0.053 %)ColdFusion
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1692 (6.158 %)MS Visio
2649 (5.776 %)MS Excel
3445 (3.960 %)MS Office
4223 (1.985 %)MS PowerPoint
5197 (1.753 %)MS Project
641 (0.365 %)Spreadsheet
711 (0.098 %)SPSS
88 (0.071 %)Acrobat
97 (0.062 %)Google Apps
104 (0.036 %)Photoshop
104 (0.036 %)Pro/ENGINEER
104 (0.036 %)MATLAB
113 (0.027 %)InfoPath
113 (0.027 %)Mingle
122 (0.018 %)PowerPivot
122 (0.018 %)Maple
131 (0.009 %)AutoCAD
131 (0.009 %)Stata
131 (0.009 %)Windchill
131 (0.009 %)MicroStation
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1102 (0.908 %)Dynamics CRM
282 (0.730 %)Oracle EBS
376 (0.676 %)LatentZero
475 (0.667 %)SAP FI
573 (0.650 %)SAP CO
573 (0.650 %)SAP FI/CO
666 (0.587 %)Summit
754 (0.481 %)Oracle EBS R12
848 (0.427 %)Endur
944 (0.392 %)SAP ERP
1038 (0.338 %)Oracle Applications
1137 (0.329 %)Oracle Financials
1137 (0.329 %)SAP MM
1137 (0.329 %)SAP R/3
1235 (0.311 %)Dynamics AX
1333 (0.294 %)SAP CRM
1430 (0.267 %)LongView
1525 (0.222 %)SAP SD
1624 (0.214 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
1722 (0.196 %)Dynamics NAV
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1267 (2.376 %)Internet
2104 (0.926 %)Intranet
352 (0.463 %)Broadband
431 (0.276 %)BSS
529 (0.258 %)HTTP
618 (0.160 %)Extranet
715 (0.133 %)Wi-Fi
813 (0.116 %)ATM
99 (0.080 %)TCP/IP
108 (0.071 %)FTP
117 (0.062 %)SSL
117 (0.062 %)SMS
117 (0.062 %)Unified Communications
126 (0.053 %)VoIP
126 (0.053 %)VPN
126 (0.053 %)SAN
126 (0.053 %)Firewall
135 (0.044 %)LAN
144 (0.036 %)SWIFTNet
144 (0.036 %)WAN
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1564 (5.019 %)SQL Server
2493 (4.387 %)Data Warehouse
3223 (1.985 %)ETL
4184 (1.637 %)SQL Server Integration Services
5181 (1.611 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
6137 (1.219 %)Crystal Reports
799 (0.881 %)MS Access
888 (0.783 %)Data Mining
984 (0.748 %)SQL Server 2008
1072 (0.641 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1169 (0.614 %)SQL Server 2005
1268 (0.605 %)BusinessObjects
1366 (0.587 %)RDBMS
1460 (0.534 %)Oracle Reports
1460 (0.534 %)TOAD
1460 (0.534 %)SAP BW
1558 (0.516 %)QlikView
1652 (0.463 %)Oracle 8/8i
1745 (0.400 %)SQL Server 2000
1745 (0.400 %)BusinessObjects XI
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
193 (0.828 %)Rational Rose
257 (0.507 %)JIRA
342 (0.374 %)XDE
429 (0.258 %)RequisitePro
522 (0.196 %)Visual Studio
522 (0.196 %)Oracle Forms
617 (0.151 %)Subversion
715 (0.133 %)ClearCase
811 (0.098 %)QuickTest Pro
811 (0.098 %)JDeveloper
99 (0.080 %)Rational DOORS
108 (0.071 %)CaliberRM
108 (0.071 %)ERwin
117 (0.062 %)Synon
126 (0.053 %)Axure RP
135 (0.044 %)MagicDraw
135 (0.044 %)PeopleTools
135 (0.044 %)Dreamweaver
144 (0.036 %)TestDirector
144 (0.036 %)Oracle APEX
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14608 (41.01 %)Finance
21756 (15.63 %)Banking
31406 (12.51 %)Retail
4767 (6.826 %)Investment Banking
5617 (5.491 %)Front Office
6488 (4.343 %)Marketing
7438 (3.898 %)Back Office
8376 (3.346 %)Telecoms
9271 (2.412 %)Retail Banking
10258 (2.296 %)Games
11217 (1.931 %)Legal
12172 (1.531 %)Law
13166 (1.477 %)Manufacturing
14147 (1.308 %)Financial Institution
15146 (1.299 %)Advertising
16112 (0.997 %)Publishing
17111 (0.988 %)Billing
1899 (0.881 %)General Ledger
1978 (0.694 %)Pharmaceutical
2059 (0.525 %)Music
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1678 (6.034 %)Derivative
2369 (3.284 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
3359 (3.195 %)Management Information System
4326 (2.901 %)Equities
5300 (2.670 %)Fixed Income
6166 (1.477 %)Computer Science
7161 (1.433 %)Credit Risk
8137 (1.219 %)Reference Data
9127 (1.130 %)Mathematics
10126 (1.121 %)Online Games
11124 (1.103 %)Equity Derivative
12114 (1.015 %)EPoS
13113 (1.006 %)Market Risk
14109 (0.970 %)Data Integration
15100 (0.890 %)FMCG
1697 (0.863 %)Hedge funds
1795 (0.845 %)SWIFT
1892 (0.819 %)Credit Derivative
1982 (0.730 %)Digital Media
2081 (0.721 %)Interest Rate Derivative
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1133 (1.184 %)Windows
2121 (1.077 %)UNIX
346 (0.409 %)Linux
431 (0.276 %)Windows Server 2008
528 (0.249 %)Windows 7
626 (0.231 %)Windows Server 2003
716 (0.142 %)Android
813 (0.116 %)MVS
911 (0.098 %)Windows XP
911 (0.098 %)Apple iOS
107 (0.062 %)Solaris
107 (0.062 %)Windows NT
115 (0.044 %)VMS
124 (0.036 %)OS/400
133 (0.027 %)Oracle Linux
142 (0.018 %)AIX
151 (0.009 %)Windows Vista
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
14273 (38.03 %)Business Analysis
21777 (15.81 %)UML
31634 (14.54 %)Project Management
41166 (10.38 %)E-Commerce
51049 (9.335 %)Agile Software Development
61045 (9.300 %)User Acceptance Testing
7998 (8.881 %)Stakeholder Management
8943 (8.392 %)Use Case
9819 (7.288 %)Scrum
10781 (6.950 %)Business Intelligence
11719 (6.399 %)PRINCE2
12683 (6.078 %)CRM
13674 (5.998 %)Change Management
14665 (5.918 %)Data Modelling
15639 (5.687 %)Systems Analysis
16580 (5.162 %)Data Analysis
17521 (4.636 %)Waterfall
18506 (4.503 %)ERP
19467 (4.156 %)Workflow
20423 (3.764 %)Requirements Analysis
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11712 (15.24 %)SQL
2412 (3.666 %)Java
3181 (1.611 %)C#
4156 (1.388 %)VBA
5120 (1.068 %)T-SQL
6114 (1.015 %)PL/SQL
785 (0.756 %)C++
876 (0.676 %)JavaScript
975 (0.667 %)VB
1068 (0.605 %)ABAP
1161 (0.543 %)C
1237 (0.329 %)VB.NET
1335 (0.311 %)PHP
1417 (0.151 %)Delphi
1516 (0.142 %)Perl
1614 (0.125 %)R
1712 (0.107 %)PL/1
1811 (0.098 %)VBScript
1910 (0.089 %)Apex Code
1910 (0.089 %)X++
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11111 (9.887 %)Degree
2781 (6.950 %)ISEB
397 (0.863 %)Security Cleared
468 (0.605 %)CBAP
563 (0.561 %)CIMA
660 (0.534 %)PRINCE2 Certification
754 (0.481 %)PMI Certification
844 (0.392 %)MBA
941 (0.365 %)SC Cleared
941 (0.365 %)ACCA
1036 (0.320 %)PMP
1127 (0.240 %)CFA
1223 (0.205 %)ISTQB
1322 (0.196 %)ITIL Certification
1322 (0.196 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
1421 (0.187 %)DV Cleared
1513 (0.116 %)MCTS
1513 (0.116 %)PhD
1513 (0.116 %)Microsoft Certification
1612 (0.107 %)HND
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1476 (4.236 %)QA
289 (0.792 %)Solvency II
386 (0.765 %)Basel II
468 (0.605 %)ISO 9001
546 (0.409 %)Data Quality
640 (0.356 %)SLA
736 (0.320 %)Basel III
736 (0.320 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
817 (0.151 %)ISO/IEC 27001
912 (0.107 %)MiFID
109 (0.080 %)IAS 39
117 (0.062 %)PCI DSS
117 (0.062 %)BS25999
123 (0.027 %)COBIT
123 (0.027 %)GCP
132 (0.018 %)FATCA
141 (0.009 %)BS7666
141 (0.009 %)TickIT
141 (0.009 %)GAMP
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
118 (0.160 %)Active Directory
25 (0.044 %)VMware Infrastructure
34 (0.036 %)vSphere
41 (0.009 %)VMware ESX
41 (0.009 %)Terminal Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
127 (0.240 %)HP Quality Center
210 (0.089 %)WMI
34 (0.036 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
42 (0.018 %)Tivoli
51 (0.009 %)EMC NetWorker
51 (0.009 %)SCCM
51 (0.009 %)Netcool
51 (0.009 %)BMC PATROL
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1811 (7.217 %)Microsoft
2625 (5.562 %)Oracle
3597 (5.313 %)SAP
4297 (2.643 %)Business Objects
5154 (1.370 %)Cognos
6113 (1.006 %)Charles River
7112 (0.997 %)Siebel
8111 (0.988 %)Salesforce.com
972 (0.641 %)IBM
1069 (0.614 %)OpenLink
1164 (0.570 %)thinkFolio
1260 (0.534 %)Murex
1358 (0.516 %)JD Edwards
1457 (0.507 %)Informatica
1547 (0.418 %)Bloomberg
1646 (0.409 %)Fidessa
1742 (0.374 %)SunGard
1841 (0.365 %)Cadis
1934 (0.303 %)PeopleSoft
2033 (0.294 %)Lotus