Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

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 19 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

LinkBusiness Analyst
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank284330
Rank change year-on-year
Up+15Down-13
Matching permanent IT job ads4670354510331
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK5.435 %4.180 %5.062 %
As % of the Job Titles category5.833 %4.460 %5.362 %
Salaries quoted367928438189
Average salary£49,500£45,000£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£32,000£32,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£80,000£70,000£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
8006179487192657
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK93.18 %93.72 %94.40 %
Salaries quoted6618965376157185
Average salary£41,500£38,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.790 %-3.750 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-

Business Analyst
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 19 March 2010 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 19 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+144520£50,000+11.11 %
LondonUp+42969£57,500+9.52 %
City of LondonUp+101146£65,000+23.80 %
South EastUp+10631£42,500-
North WestUp+16203£35,000-12.50 %
SurreyUp+31201£45,000-
South WestDown-3167£36,000-10.00 %
YorkshireUp+1162£35,000-6.66 %
East of EnglandDown-15147£47,500+5.55 %
BerkshireUp+22121£42,500+3.65 %
ManchesterUp+26120£35,000-8.49 %
Docklands, LondonUp+11113£62,500-10.71 %
West MidlandsUp+20112£35,000-6.66 %
East MidlandsUp+30104£36,000+2.85 %
West YorkshireUp+16100£37,000-1.33 %
HertfordshireDown-495£47,500-
ScotlandUp+4992£36,750+0.68 %
LeedsUp+863£35,000-7.28 %
BuckinghamshireDown-1356£37,500-16.66 %
KentUp+3751£43,750+25.00 %
WiltshireDown-1448£35,000-12.50 %
GlasgowUp+1947£36,000-10.00 %
HampshireDown-146£42,500-5.55 %
West SussexDown-541£42,500+10.38 %
CheshireDown-1440£37,500-10.71 %
BristolUp+2038£36,500+4.28 %
OxfordshireUp+1933£40,000-3.61 %
NottinghamshireUp+1833£32,000-1.53 %
MiddlesexDown-133£50,000+16.27 %
NottinghamUp+3131£33,750+3.84 %

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

12679 (31.99 %)Finance
22610 (31.16 %)Business Analysis
31470 (17.55 %)Banking
41330 (15.88 %)Project Management
51085 (12.96 %)SQL
6946 (11.30 %)Front Office
7923 (11.02 %)UML
8907 (10.83 %)Derivative
9872 (10.41 %)Investment Banking
10728 (8.693 %)Insurance
11657 (7.845 %)Retail
12604 (7.212 %)Degree
13549 (6.555 %)E-Commerce
13549 (6.555 %)Business Intelligence
14502 (5.994 %)User Acceptance Testing
15501 (5.982 %)PRINCE2
16461 (5.504 %)Pensions
17454 (5.421 %)Fixed Income
18443 (5.290 %)Data Analysis
19434 (5.182 %)Use Case
20428 (5.110 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
21406 (4.848 %)CRM
22394 (4.704 %)Oracle
23383 (4.573 %)Data Modelling
24379 (4.525 %)Agile Software Development
25368 (4.394 %)Stakeholder Management
26361 (4.310 %)SQL Server
27360 (4.299 %)Microsoft
28354 (4.227 %)Equities
29348 (4.155 %)Systems Analysis

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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
1287 (3.427 %).NET
2217 (2.591 %)XML
366 (0.788 %)HTML
457 (0.681 %)ASP.NET
536 (0.430 %)J2EE
536 (0.430 %)Web Services
635 (0.418 %)EDI
731 (0.370 %)FpML
830 (0.358 %)AJAX
928 (0.334 %)ASP
1023 (0.275 %)CSS
1023 (0.275 %)Middleware
1120 (0.239 %)LAMP
1217 (0.203 %)WebCenter
1315 (0.179 %)MDX
1315 (0.179 %)WebSphere
1315 (0.179 %)XML Schema
1414 (0.167 %)XSLT
1513 (0.155 %).NET Framework
1611 (0.131 %)Oracle Fusion
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1125 (1.493 %)SharePoint
260 (0.716 %)CMS
358 (0.693 %)SAS
427 (0.322 %)SharePoint Server 2007
518 (0.215 %)Apache
69 (0.107 %)IIS
69 (0.107 %)Oracle Workflow
78 (0.096 %)Documentum
85 (0.060 %)EPiServer
85 (0.060 %)MS Exchange
85 (0.060 %)BizTalk Server
94 (0.048 %)Drupal
94 (0.048 %)Office Project Server
103 (0.036 %)Community Server
103 (0.036 %)WebLogic Portal
103 (0.036 %)WebLogic
103 (0.036 %)MQSeries
112 (0.024 %)LiveLink
112 (0.024 %)TeamSite
112 (0.024 %)NetWeaver
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1331 (3.952 %)MS Excel
2284 (3.391 %)MS Visio
3178 (2.125 %)MS Office
4138 (1.648 %)MS PowerPoint
5126 (1.504 %)MS Project
636 (0.430 %)CA Clarity
735 (0.418 %)SPSS
817 (0.203 %)Spreadsheet
912 (0.143 %)FastStats
1010 (0.119 %)InfoPath
114 (0.048 %)Photoshop
122 (0.024 %)MATLAB
131 (0.012 %)Vensim
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
156 (0.669 %)Dynamics CRM
252 (0.621 %)Endur
345 (0.537 %)Oracle EBS
444 (0.525 %)Summit
532 (0.382 %)SAP SD
629 (0.346 %)SAP FI
725 (0.299 %)SAP R/3
725 (0.299 %)SAP CO
725 (0.299 %)SAP CRM
725 (0.299 %)SAP FI/CO
823 (0.275 %)LongView
921 (0.251 %)Oracle 11i
1020 (0.239 %)Oracle Financials
1119 (0.227 %)Microsoft CRM
1119 (0.227 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
1215 (0.179 %)Dynamics NAV
1314 (0.167 %)SAP HR
1314 (0.167 %)Oracle ERP
1412 (0.143 %)Great Plains
1412 (0.143 %)JDE OneWorld
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1159 (1.899 %)Internet
261 (0.728 %)Intranet
314 (0.167 %)LAN
412 (0.143 %)Extranet
412 (0.143 %)TCP/IP
412 (0.143 %)Wireless
412 (0.143 %)BSS
511 (0.131 %)Broadband
65 (0.060 %)VoIP
74 (0.048 %)WAN
83 (0.036 %)ATM
83 (0.036 %)GSM
83 (0.036 %)VPN
83 (0.036 %)TETRA
92 (0.024 %)UMTS
92 (0.024 %)SSL
92 (0.024 %)CDMA
101 (0.012 %)DHCP
101 (0.012 %)SMS
101 (0.012 %)DNS
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1361 (4.310 %)SQL Server
2326 (3.893 %)Datawarehouse
3181 (2.161 %)BusinessObjects
487 (1.039 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
585 (1.015 %)ETL
681 (0.967 %)SQL Server Integration Services
780 (0.955 %)Reference Data
874 (0.884 %)Crystal Reports
973 (0.872 %)SQL Server 2005
1045 (0.537 %)Oracle Reports
1143 (0.513 %)OLAP
1143 (0.513 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1239 (0.466 %)Data Mining
1338 (0.454 %)SQL Server 2000
1433 (0.394 %)SAP BW
1532 (0.382 %)RDBMS
1532 (0.382 %)MySQL
1625 (0.299 %)SAP BI
1723 (0.275 %)Data Mart
1820 (0.239 %)BusinessObjects XI
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
123 (0.275 %)Visual Studio
220 (0.239 %)RequisitePro
318 (0.215 %)Rational Rose
49 (0.107 %)QuickTest Pro
49 (0.107 %)LoadRunner
58 (0.096 %)Eclipse
58 (0.096 %)ERwin
67 (0.084 %)Oracle Forms
67 (0.084 %)TestDirector
76 (0.072 %)Synon
84 (0.048 %)WinRunner
84 (0.048 %)ProC
93 (0.036 %)Team Foundation Server
102 (0.024 %)Dreamweaver
111 (0.012 %)ClearCase
111 (0.012 %)PowerBuilder
111 (0.012 %)LSMW
111 (0.012 %)Subversion
111 (0.012 %)Visual Studio Team System
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
12679 (31.99 %)Finance
21470 (17.55 %)Banking
3946 (11.30 %)Front Office
4872 (10.41 %)Investment Banking
5728 (8.693 %)Insurance
6657 (7.845 %)Retail
7461 (5.504 %)Pensions
8334 (3.988 %)Back Office
8334 (3.988 %)Marketing
9212 (2.531 %)Health
10173 (2.066 %)Government
11165 (1.970 %)Financial Institution
12158 (1.887 %)Telecoms
13153 (1.827 %)Legal
14140 (1.672 %)Manufacturing
15122 (1.457 %)Education
1688 (1.051 %)Publishing
1779 (0.943 %)Pharmaceutical
1873 (0.872 %)Games
1971 (0.848 %)Law
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1907 (10.83 %)Derivative
2454 (5.421 %)Fixed Income
3428 (5.110 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
4354 (4.227 %)Equities
5212 (2.531 %)Equity Derivative
6197 (2.352 %)Credit Risk
7192 (2.293 %)Management Information System
8157 (1.875 %)Credit Derivative
9139 (1.660 %)Market Risk
10126 (1.504 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1192 (1.099 %)Mathematics
1273 (0.872 %)FMCG
1369 (0.824 %)Computer Science
1462 (0.740 %)French Language
1545 (0.537 %)German Language
1637 (0.442 %)Statistics
1637 (0.442 %)AS400
1733 (0.394 %)Economics
1831 (0.370 %)EPoS
1930 (0.358 %)Client/Server
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1107 (1.278 %)UNIX
2106 (1.266 %)Windows
334 (0.406 %)Linux
424 (0.287 %)Windows Server 2003
511 (0.131 %)Windows XP
64 (0.048 %)Red Hat Linux
72 (0.024 %)Windows NT
81 (0.012 %)Windows Vista
81 (0.012 %)Windows 2000
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12610 (31.16 %)Business Analysis
21330 (15.88 %)Project Management
3923 (11.02 %)UML
4549 (6.555 %)E-Commerce
4549 (6.555 %)Business Intelligence
5502 (5.994 %)User Acceptance Testing
6501 (5.982 %)PRINCE2
7443 (5.290 %)Data Analysis
8434 (5.182 %)Use Case
9406 (4.848 %)CRM
10383 (4.573 %)Data Modelling
11379 (4.525 %)Agile Software Development
12368 (4.394 %)Stakeholder Management
13348 (4.155 %)Systems Analysis
14324 (3.869 %)Workflow
15316 (3.773 %)Risk Management
16298 (3.558 %)GAP Analysis
17274 (3.272 %)ERP
18262 (3.128 %)Investment Management
19260 (3.104 %)Change Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11085 (12.96 %)SQL
2193 (2.304 %)Java
3145 (1.731 %)VBA
4142 (1.696 %)C
5138 (1.648 %)C#
678 (0.931 %)PL/SQL
775 (0.896 %)C++
869 (0.824 %)VB
954 (0.645 %)T-SQL
1040 (0.478 %)PHP
1136 (0.430 %)JavaScript
1233 (0.394 %)Perl
1330 (0.358 %)VBScript
1428 (0.334 %)VB.NET
1517 (0.203 %)Shell Script
1613 (0.155 %)JCL
1712 (0.143 %)ABAP
189 (0.107 %)XPath
198 (0.096 %)Apex Code
205 (0.060 %)Python
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1604 (7.212 %)Degree
2312 (3.725 %)ISEB
350 (0.597 %)PRINCE2 Certification
443 (0.513 %)PMI Certification
542 (0.501 %)Security Cleared
638 (0.454 %)ACCA
727 (0.322 %)CIMA
826 (0.310 %)PMP
916 (0.191 %)ITIL Certification
1013 (0.155 %)ICAEW
1112 (0.143 %)MBA
129 (0.107 %)SC Cleared
129 (0.107 %)DV Cleared
138 (0.096 %)Siebel Certification
147 (0.084 %)ISEB Practitioner
147 (0.084 %)CFA
155 (0.060 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
155 (0.060 %)PhD
155 (0.060 %)Microsoft Certification
164 (0.048 %)MCSE
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1266 (3.176 %)QA
248 (0.573 %)Basel II
325 (0.299 %)GxP
424 (0.287 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
519 (0.227 %)MiFID
616 (0.191 %)SLA
77 (0.084 %)BS25999
86 (0.072 %)GMP
94 (0.048 %)ISO9001
94 (0.048 %)HL7
94 (0.048 %)IAS 39
94 (0.048 %)Dublin Core
102 (0.024 %)ISO27001
102 (0.024 %)COBIT
111 (0.012 %)IAS 32
111 (0.012 %)PCI DSS
111 (0.012 %)GAAP
111 (0.012 %)TickIT
111 (0.012 %)ISO9000
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
125 (0.299 %)Active Directory
25 (0.060 %)ISA Server
32 (0.024 %)VMware Infrastructure
41 (0.012 %)Terminal Services
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
18 (0.096 %)HP Quality Center
21 (0.012 %)ServiceCenter
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1394 (4.704 %)Oracle
2360 (4.299 %)Microsoft
3315 (3.761 %)SAP
4181 (2.161 %)Business Objects
5128 (1.528 %)Siebel
6121 (1.445 %)Cognos
7116 (1.385 %)Murex
8107 (1.278 %)Charles River
988 (1.051 %)OpenLink
1084 (1.003 %)Calypso
1161 (0.728 %)JD Edwards
1259 (0.704 %)Sybase
1354 (0.645 %)thinkFolio
1452 (0.621 %)Salesforce.com
1452 (0.621 %)Bloomberg
1540 (0.478 %)SunGard
1540 (0.478 %)LatentZero
1637 (0.442 %)Agresso
1735 (0.418 %)Reuters
1828 (0.334 %)ProClarity