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This section looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT jobs across the UK compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Analyst in their job title over the last 3 months to 9 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBusiness Analyst
Location
3 months to 9 May 2008Same period last year
Rank3028
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching permanent IT job ads1036513013
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled5.052 %5.815 %
As % of the category below5.451 %6.255 %
Salaries quoted823010116
Average minimum salary£45,372£47,513
Average salary£49,273£51,463
% change on same period last year-4.25 %
Average maximum salary£53,174£55,414
UK excluding London average salary£40,174£40,471
% change on same period last year-0.73 %
Job Titles UKJob Titles
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads190154208054
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled92.69 %92.97 %
Salaries quoted155180163985
Average minimum salary£39,656£40,853
Average salary£43,408£44,624
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
Average maximum salary£47,161£48,395
UK excluding London average salary£38,630£39,089
% change on same period last year-1.17 %

Business Analyst
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing Business Analyst across 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 ads citing Business Analyst across the UK.

Business Analyst Salary Trend

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram

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

Business Analyst Salary Histogram

Business Analyst
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst 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-39941£49,581-4.30 %
2LondonDown-35564£57,620-1.71 %
3South EastDown-11547£43,429+0.10 %
4City of LondonDown-111531£56,616-8.61 %
5South WestUp+9776£38,915-3.32 %
6East of EnglandDown-12530£43,797+2.60 %
7YorkshireDown-18465£34,895+0.67 %
8BerkshireUp+4420£42,472-4.30 %
9North WestDown-14417£35,368-5.96 %
10HampshireUp+15365£43,545+4.43 %
11West MidlandsDown-8344£36,079-4.00 %
12SurreyDown-8307£44,593+2.33 %
13ScotlandUp+27266£38,781+6.38 %
14HertfordshireUp+7254£45,826+3.69 %
15Docklands, LondonUp+10242£65,935+4.32 %
16West YorkshireDown-21239£34,219+3.77 %
17ManchesterUp+12195£35,395-5.78 %
18DorsetUp+7185£38,255-13.58 %
19GloucestershireUp+17178£38,440+1.39 %
20BuckinghamshireDown-9175£42,728-0.56 %
21East MidlandsDown-15173£37,644+0.08 %
22WiltshireUp+9168£43,880+4.20 %
23North YorkshireDown-1152£35,983-0.24 %
24CambridgeshireDown-5146£42,229+4.83 %
25EdinburghUp+33133£39,113+11.37 %
26LeedsDown-38131£31,577-7.05 %
27BirminghamUp+6125£35,976+2.77 %
28BournemouthDown-6116£44,145-0.68 %
29EssexDown-22101£40,703-6.70 %
30SloughUp+2398£42,099-15.86 %

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing Business Analyst 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 Analyst.

17118 (34.79 %)Finance
26245 (30.52 %)Business Analysis
33110 (15.20 %)Banking
42979 (14.56 %)Project Management
52869 (14.02 %)UML
62433 (11.89 %)SQL
72121 (10.37 %)Derivative
81646 (8.044 %)Insurance
91641 (8.020 %)Front Office
101636 (7.995 %)Retail
111630 (7.966 %)Investment Banking
111630 (7.966 %)Degree
121340 (6.549 %)User Acceptance Testing
131231 (6.016 %)Oracle
141105 (5.400 %)Pensions
151094 (5.346 %)Back Office
161018 (4.975 %)SAP
171016 (4.965 %)Use Case
18988 (4.828 %)Asset Management
19956 (4.672 %)PRINCE2
20953 (4.657 %)Equities
21942 (4.604 %)Business Intelligence
22912 (4.457 %)Systems Analysis
23911 (4.452 %)Risk Management
24872 (4.262 %)RUP
25867 (4.237 %)Data Modelling
26853 (4.169 %)Fixed Income
27814 (3.978 %)SQL Server
28773 (3.778 %)Microsoft
29759 (3.709 %)E-Commerce

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing Business Analyst 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 Analyst. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1685 (3.348 %).NET
2449 (2.194 %)XML
3215 (1.051 %)J2EE
4163 (0.797 %)ASP.NET
5138 (0.674 %)HTML
697 (0.474 %)ASP
791 (0.445 %)WebSphere
877 (0.376 %)WebServices
956 (0.274 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1054 (0.264 %)Middleware
1152 (0.254 %)FpML
1249 (0.239 %)XSLT
1346 (0.225 %)EDI
1433 (0.161 %).NET Framework
1532 (0.156 %)FIX Protocol
1631 (0.152 %)CSS
1730 (0.147 %)XML Schema
1826 (0.127 %)Struts
1925 (0.122 %)XSL
2024 (0.117 %)JSP
Application Platforms
1157 (0.767 %)SharePoint
2143 (0.699 %)SAS
377 (0.376 %)CMS
432 (0.156 %)Apache
529 (0.142 %)IIS
626 (0.127 %)CICS
724 (0.117 %)WebLogic
823 (0.112 %)Lotus Notes
922 (0.108 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1021 (0.103 %)Oracle Workflow
1117 (0.083 %)MS Exchange
1214 (0.068 %)Documentum
1312 (0.059 %)Lotus Domino
1411 (0.054 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1510 (0.049 %)LiveLink
1510 (0.049 %)NetWeaver
1510 (0.049 %)BizTalk Server
169 (0.044 %)JBoss
178 (0.039 %)ColdFusion
178 (0.039 %)Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1721 (3.524 %)MS Visio
2649 (3.172 %)MS Excel
3578 (2.825 %)MS Office
4318 (1.554 %)MS Project
5159 (0.777 %)MS PowerPoint
630 (0.147 %)CA Clarity
723 (0.112 %)SPSS
86 (0.029 %)MATLAB
95 (0.024 %)Adobe Illustrator
103 (0.015 %)Acrobat
103 (0.015 %)Photoshop
112 (0.010 %)FrameMaker
112 (0.010 %)InfoPath
Business Applications
1180 (0.880 %)SAP FI
2160 (0.782 %)Summit
3151 (0.738 %)Endur
4148 (0.723 %)SAP CO
4148 (0.723 %)SAP FI/CO
592 (0.450 %)Oracle Financials
690 (0.440 %)Oracle EBS
788 (0.430 %)Oracle Applications
871 (0.347 %)SAP SD
970 (0.342 %)Capstone
1069 (0.337 %)SAP R/3
1154 (0.264 %)SAP MM
1252 (0.254 %)SAP CRM
1349 (0.239 %)Fidessa
1448 (0.235 %)SAP HR
1544 (0.215 %)Minerva
1643 (0.210 %)SAP ERP
1740 (0.195 %)Oracle 11i
1837 (0.181 %)Dynamics CRM
1935 (0.171 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1441 (2.155 %)Internet
288 (0.430 %)Intranet
360 (0.293 %)Broadband
441 (0.200 %)BSS
539 (0.191 %)Extranet
628 (0.137 %)WINS
715 (0.073 %)TCP/IP
715 (0.073 %)Wireless
715 (0.073 %)WAN
811 (0.054 %)LAN
811 (0.054 %)CTI
910 (0.049 %)VoIP
107 (0.034 %)HTTP
107 (0.034 %)GSM
116 (0.029 %)VPN
125 (0.024 %)RFID
125 (0.024 %)Firewall
125 (0.024 %)ATM
125 (0.024 %)Ethernet
125 (0.024 %)SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1814 (3.978 %)SQL Server
2673 (3.289 %)Datawarehouse
3614 (3.001 %)BusinessObjects
4242 (1.183 %)Crystal Reports
5164 (0.801 %)RDBMS
6154 (0.753 %)Data Mining
7142 (0.694 %)Reference Data
8138 (0.674 %)SQL Server 2005
9120 (0.586 %)ETL
10118 (0.577 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
11108 (0.528 %)SAP BW
11108 (0.528 %)SQL Server 2000
1292 (0.450 %)MS Access
1383 (0.406 %)DTS
1383 (0.406 %)Oracle Reports
1463 (0.308 %)Oracle 8/8i
1561 (0.298 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1659 (0.288 %)GIS
1758 (0.283 %)OLAP
1856 (0.274 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1122 (0.596 %)Rational Rose
266 (0.323 %)TestDirector
350 (0.244 %)RequisitePro
448 (0.235 %)Oracle Forms
541 (0.200 %)ERwin
632 (0.156 %)Visual Studio
725 (0.122 %)ClearCase
814 (0.068 %)Eclipse
913 (0.064 %)PowerBuilder
1012 (0.059 %)Flash
1111 (0.054 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1210 (0.049 %)LSMW
139 (0.044 %)PeopleTools
148 (0.039 %)ARTiSAN
156 (0.029 %)PVCS
165 (0.024 %)Ant
174 (0.020 %)LoadRunner
174 (0.020 %)ClearQuest
174 (0.020 %)MSI
174 (0.020 %)FrontPage
General
17118 (34.79 %)Finance
23110 (15.20 %)Banking
31646 (8.044 %)Insurance
41641 (8.020 %)Front Office
51636 (7.995 %)Retail
61630 (7.966 %)Investment Banking
71105 (5.400 %)Pensions
81094 (5.346 %)Back Office
9663 (3.240 %)Health
10631 (3.084 %)Marketing
11491 (2.400 %)Telecoms
12353 (1.725 %)Manufacturing
13340 (1.662 %)Financial Institution
14286 (1.398 %)Education
15230 (1.124 %)Legal
16229 (1.119 %)Billing
17226 (1.104 %)Government
18197 (0.963 %)Law
19180 (0.880 %)Retail Banking
20123 (0.601 %)Publishing
Miscellaneous
12121 (10.37 %)Derivative
2988 (4.828 %)Asset Management
3953 (4.657 %)Equities
4853 (4.169 %)Fixed Income
5697 (3.406 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
6556 (2.717 %)Equity Derivative
7470 (2.297 %)Credit Derivative
8350 (1.710 %)Management Information System
9317 (1.549 %)Fund Management
10189 (0.924 %)Credit Risk
11188 (0.919 %)Interest Rate Derivative
12182 (0.889 %)Market Risk
13149 (0.728 %)Mainframe
14141 (0.689 %)AS400
15133 (0.650 %)Computer Science
1697 (0.474 %)Client/Server
1793 (0.455 %)Mathematics
1891 (0.445 %)EPoS
1968 (0.332 %)Statistics
2066 (0.323 %)Contract for Difference
Operating Systems
1401 (1.960 %)Unix
2147 (0.718 %)Windows
342 (0.205 %)Linux
417 (0.083 %)Windows 2000
514 (0.068 %)Windows NT
611 (0.054 %)VMS
79 (0.044 %)Solaris
88 (0.039 %)OpenVMS
97 (0.034 %)MVS
106 (0.029 %)Windows XP
114 (0.020 %)OS/400
114 (0.020 %)zOS
114 (0.020 %)AIX
123 (0.015 %)Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
16245 (30.52 %)Business Analysis
22979 (14.56 %)Project Management
32869 (14.02 %)UML
41340 (6.549 %)User Acceptance Testing
51016 (4.965 %)Use Case
6956 (4.672 %)PRINCE2
7942 (4.604 %)Business Intelligence
8912 (4.457 %)Systems Analysis
9911 (4.452 %)Risk Management
10872 (4.262 %)RUP
11867 (4.237 %)Data Modelling
12759 (3.709 %)E-Commerce
13738 (3.607 %)Change Management
14668 (3.265 %)CRM
15631 (3.084 %)Investment Management
16572 (2.795 %)ERP
17495 (2.419 %)GAP Analysis
18486 (2.375 %)Data Analysis
19467 (2.282 %)Requirements Analysis
20466 (2.277 %)Workflow
Programming Languages
12433 (11.89 %)SQL
2680 (3.323 %)Java
3347 (1.696 %)VBA
4330 (1.613 %)C#
5261 (1.276 %)VB
6218 (1.065 %)C
7139 (0.679 %)PL/SQL
8133 (0.650 %)VB.NET
9131 (0.640 %)JavaScript
10126 (0.616 %)Transact-SQL
11115 (0.562 %)C++
1292 (0.450 %)ABAP
1375 (0.367 %)COBOL
1446 (0.225 %)VB6
1545 (0.220 %)Perl
1638 (0.186 %)PHP
1737 (0.181 %)RPG
1826 (0.127 %)NATURAL
1918 (0.088 %)VBScript
2017 (0.083 %)Progress 4GL
Qualifications
11630 (7.966 %)Degree
2316 (1.544 %)ISEB
377 (0.376 %)PRINCE2 Certification
476 (0.371 %)CIMA
570 (0.342 %)ACCA
655 (0.269 %)MBA
739 (0.191 %)Microsoft Certification
824 (0.117 %)CFA
923 (0.112 %)HND
1022 (0.108 %)ITIL Certification
1022 (0.108 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
1119 (0.093 %)PMP
1119 (0.093 %)PMI Certification
1214 (0.068 %)Postgraduate
1312 (0.059 %)MCP
149 (0.044 %)MCSD
149 (0.044 %)SAP Certification
156 (0.029 %)HNC
156 (0.029 %)MCSE
156 (0.029 %)Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1404 (1.974 %)QA
2176 (0.860 %)Basel II
356 (0.274 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
452 (0.254 %)SLA
525 (0.122 %)MiFID
67 (0.034 %)GAAP
67 (0.034 %)TickIT
76 (0.029 %)IAS 39
85 (0.024 %)GCP
85 (0.024 %)GLP
94 (0.020 %)BS25999
102 (0.010 %)GxP
111 (0.005 %)ISO9000
111 (0.005 %)ISO27001
System Software
127 (0.132 %)Active Directory
27 (0.034 %)ISA Server
32 (0.010 %)AquaLogic
32 (0.010 %)Terminal Services
32 (0.010 %)Citrix Presentation Server
41 (0.005 %)NDS
41 (0.005 %)MetaFrame
41 (0.005 %)Cronacle
41 (0.005 %)VMware ESX
Systems Management
128 (0.137 %)AutoSys
28 (0.039 %)Netcool
35 (0.024 %)Netcool/Proviso
42 (0.010 %)OpenView
42 (0.010 %)Tivoli
42 (0.010 %)MOM
42 (0.010 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
51 (0.005 %)AppManager
Vendors
11231 (6.016 %)Oracle
21018 (4.975 %)SAP
3773 (3.778 %)Microsoft
4614 (3.001 %)Business Objects
5396 (1.935 %)Cognos
6250 (1.222 %)Murex
7236 (1.153 %)Siebel
8198 (0.968 %)Calypso
9167 (0.816 %)Sybase
10145 (0.709 %)Bloomberg
11131 (0.640 %)OpenLink
12130 (0.635 %)LatentZero
13113 (0.552 %)IBM
14111 (0.542 %)Reuters
15105 (0.513 %)PeopleSoft
1694 (0.459 %)Charles River
1793 (0.455 %)JD Edwards
1880 (0.391 %)MicroStrategy
1977 (0.376 %)SimCorp
2074 (0.362 %)Hyperion
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