The first table below looks at the demand for the IT 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 IT Business Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Business Analyst
Rank 698 742 674
Rank change year-on-year
+44 -68
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Business Analyst 166 158 196
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.153% 0.129% 0.160%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.162% 0.136% 0.170%
Number of salaries quoted 143 129 161
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% +5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £77,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £41,250 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+9.09% +10.00%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102708 116230 115193
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.43% 94.76% 94.23%
Number of salaries quoted 85414 99672 97379
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

IT Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

IT Business Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

IT Business Analyst
Salary Trend

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

IT Business Analyst Salary Trend

IT Business Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IT Business Analyst over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 within the UK.

IT Business Analyst Salary Histogram

IT 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 IT Business Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +37 160 £45,000 -5.26%
London +41 75 £52,000 -5.45%
South East +33 51 £45,000 +12.50%
Berkshire +11 18 £52,500 -
City of London +14 15 £58,750 -2.08%
East of England +7 14 £42,500 -10.52%
Slough - 14 £52,500 -
Surrey +17 10 £41,000 +2.50%
Oxfordshire -7 9 £45,000 +21.62%
Hampshire +10 8 £45,000 +12.50%
West Midlands -3 7 £42,500 +6.25%
Hertfordshire -2 6 £37,500 -21.05%
South West +3 5 £36,000 -20.00%
Edinburgh +2 5 £57,500 +27.77%
Scotland 0 5 £57,500 +24.32%
Birmingham -8 5 £42,500 +6.25%
North West -10 5 £28,500 -43.00%
Essex +25 4 £40,250 -
Buckinghamshire - 4 £37,750 -
Woking - 4 £42,500 -
Manchester -4 3 £28,500 -24.00%
Southampton - 3 £45,000 -
Cambridgeshire - 3 £42,500 -
Cambridge - 3 £42,500 -
Bristol - 3 £32,500 -
Reading - 3 £52,500 -
Milton Keynes - 3 £40,500 -
Harlow +37 2 £50,000 -
Fareham +8 2 £45,000 -
West Yorkshire -1 2 £35,750 -4.66%

IT Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited IT 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 IT Business Analyst in their job title.

1 159 (48.92%) Business Analysis
2 124 (38.15%) Finance
3 73 (22.46%) Project Management
4 59 (18.15%) Degree
5 49 (15.08%) Retail
6 43 (13.23%) Agile Software Development
6 43 (13.23%) ISEB
7 39 (12.00%) Banking
8 37 (11.38%) E-Commerce
9 36 (11.08%) SQL
10 34 (10.46%) Use Case
11 33 (10.15%) User Acceptance Testing
12 32 (9.846%) Waterfall
12 32 (9.846%) PRINCE2
13 28 (8.615%) Data Analysis
13 28 (8.615%) Marketing
13 28 (8.615%) UML
14 25 (7.692%) CRM
15 23 (7.077%) Stakeholder Management
16 22 (6.769%) MS Excel
17 21 (6.462%) Business Intelligence
17 21 (6.462%) Fixed Income
17 21 (6.462%) Systems Analysis
18 20 (6.154%) Investment Banking
18 20 (6.154%) Derivative
19 19 (5.846%) Microsoft
20 18 (5.538%) Equities
20 18 (5.538%) QA
21 17 (5.231%) Change Management
22 16 (4.923%) Workflow

IT Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited IT 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 IT Business Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (1.846%) .NET
2 3 (0.923%) XML
3 1 (0.308%) HTML
3 1 (0.308%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.308%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 4 (1.231%) Progress Apama
1 4 (1.231%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.615%) SAS
2 2 (0.615%) MTS
2 2 (0.615%) CMS
3 1 (0.308%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (0.308%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.308%) MS Exchange
3 1 (0.308%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (0.308%) Magento
3 1 (0.308%) Umbraco
Applications
1 22 (6.769%) MS Excel
2 15 (4.615%) MS Office
3 13 (4.000%) MS Visio
4 11 (3.385%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.308%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.923%) Dynamics NAV
1 3 (0.923%) MFGPRO
1 3 (0.923%) BPCS
1 3 (0.923%) Oracle Financials
1 3 (0.923%) Oracle BPM
1 3 (0.923%) Oracle iProcurement
1 3 (0.923%) Oracle EBS R12
1 3 (0.923%) Google Analytics
2 2 (0.615%) Agresso
2 2 (0.615%) SAP CRM
2 2 (0.615%) Summit
2 2 (0.615%) Cognos Business Intelligence
3 1 (0.308%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.308%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.308%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.308%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.308%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.308%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.308%) SAP PP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.231%) Internet
1 4 (1.231%) HTTP
2 1 (0.308%) GSM
2 1 (0.308%) SMS
2 1 (0.308%) VoIP
2 1 (0.308%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.308%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.000%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (3.077%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.538%) RDBMS
4 4 (1.231%) Oracle BI EE
5 2 (0.615%) OLAP
6 1 (0.308%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.308%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.308%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (0.308%) TOAD
6 1 (0.308%) GIS
6 1 (0.308%) SAP BW
General
1 124 (38.15%) Finance
2 49 (15.08%) Retail
3 39 (12.00%) Banking
4 28 (8.615%) Marketing
5 20 (6.154%) Investment Banking
6 15 (4.615%) Front Office
6 15 (4.615%) Legal
7 13 (4.000%) Back Office
8 9 (2.769%) Law
9 7 (2.154%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (1.846%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.538%) General Ledger
11 5 (1.538%) Military
11 5 (1.538%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.538%) Automotive
12 4 (1.231%) French Language
12 4 (1.231%) German Language
12 4 (1.231%) Italian Language
13 3 (0.923%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.308%) Music
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.462%) Fixed Income
2 20 (6.154%) Derivative
3 18 (5.538%) Equities
4 13 (4.000%) Management Information System
5 11 (3.385%) FMCG
5 11 (3.385%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 8 (2.462%) Computer Science
7 7 (2.154%) Credit Risk
7 7 (2.154%) IIBA
8 6 (1.846%) Digital Media
9 5 (1.538%) Credit Derivative
9 5 (1.538%) EPoS
9 5 (1.538%) SaaS
10 4 (1.231%) Interest Rate Derivative
11 3 (0.923%) Contract for Difference
11 3 (0.923%) E-Learning
11 3 (0.923%) N-Tier
11 3 (0.923%) Client/Server
11 3 (0.923%) Social Media
11 3 (0.923%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.462%) Windows
2 4 (1.231%) Windows XP
3 2 (0.615%) Linux
3 2 (0.615%) UNIX
4 1 (0.308%) VMS
4 1 (0.308%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (0.308%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (48.92%) Business Analysis
2 73 (22.46%) Project Management
3 43 (13.23%) Agile Software Development
4 37 (11.38%) E-Commerce
5 34 (10.46%) Use Case
6 33 (10.15%) User Acceptance Testing
7 32 (9.846%) Waterfall
7 32 (9.846%) PRINCE2
8 28 (8.615%) Data Analysis
8 28 (8.615%) UML
9 25 (7.692%) CRM
10 23 (7.077%) Stakeholder Management
11 21 (6.462%) Business Intelligence
11 21 (6.462%) Systems Analysis
12 17 (5.231%) Change Management
13 16 (4.923%) Workflow
14 14 (4.308%) ERP
14 14 (4.308%) Continuous Improvement
15 13 (4.000%) User Stories
15 13 (4.000%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 36 (11.08%) SQL
2 2 (0.615%) Java
3 1 (0.308%) PHP
3 1 (0.308%) C
3 1 (0.308%) VB
3 1 (0.308%) VB.NET
3 1 (0.308%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 59 (18.15%) Degree
2 43 (13.23%) ISEB
3 8 (2.462%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 4 (1.231%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (0.923%) CBAP
6 2 (0.615%) CFA
7 1 (0.308%) MBCS
7 1 (0.308%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.538%) QA
2 4 (1.231%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 4 (1.231%) MiFID
3 3 (0.923%) FATCA
4 2 (0.615%) Basel III
System Software
1 1 (0.308%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.308%) Backup Exec
1 1 (0.308%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 19 (5.846%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.923%) SAP
3 13 (4.000%) Oracle
4 9 (2.769%) Cognos
5 8 (2.462%) Calypso
6 6 (1.846%) JD Edwards
6 6 (1.846%) Siebel
7 4 (1.231%) Salesforce.com
7 4 (1.231%) Murex
8 3 (0.923%) Google
8 3 (0.923%) IBM
8 3 (0.923%) Adobe
8 3 (0.923%) Metastorm
8 3 (0.923%) Pega
9 2 (0.615%) Remedy
9 2 (0.615%) Charles River
9 2 (0.615%) Sage
9 2 (0.615%) Interwoven
9 2 (0.615%) Sophis
10 1 (0.308%) GoldenSource
Manchester, Lancashire
Key skills - Business Analyst, Business Analysis, IT Analyst, A new opportunity has become available to join a top 20 law firm based in Manchester, we are currently looking...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £27000 - £30000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Due to expansion they are urgently seeking a Senior IT Business Analyst to join their expanding London office. You will work as senior business analyst within their head...
Timothy James Consulting Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus, Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
This will require strong skills relating to eliciting and extracting requirements and holding workshop sessions.Having worked on CRM systems in the past will be a huge benefit,...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 8 May 2013
London
Required experience - Hands-on experience of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) either within development or test - Experience capturing and documenting requirements and use cases, business rules, requirements traceability,...
Accenture
Salary: £34,915 to £41,000
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
Will also work with the business to manage the User Acceptance testing process for new functionality including documentation, training, issue management, metrics and analytics in support of Technology...
Lawrence Harvey IT & Change
Salary: £60000 - £80000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
As a business they work with clients in a variety of sectors - successfully winning new projects with blue chip organisations in financial services, retail, e-commerce and telecoms...
Timothy James Consulting Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + 10% Bonus and benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Leading blue chip client offering excellent benefits are looking for a IT Business Analyst with some experience with SAP BW. This role is very much an analyst role...
KDR
Salary: £37000 - £42000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
The IT Advisory Consultant (Business Analyst / Enterprise Architecture / Service Management) will join a n award winning consultancy, last year my client won ‘Best Overall Consultancy Project’ and ‘Most...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £30,000 to £45,000 per annum plus competitive package
Posted: 16 May 2013
London, South East
Our IT department is 20 strong and made up of a project management and planning team, a software development team and an operations/helpdesk team. The majority of...
Shelter
Salary: £37,509 per annum, plus excellent benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Redditch, Worcestershire
In support of our continued expansion, we are looking to recruit a hybrid IT Project Manager Business Analyst to join our delivery team, working in an agile environment.....
Candidate Source
Salary: £30,000 - £44,000 per annum DOE
Posted: 16 May 2013
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
We are looking to appoint a degree educated ambitious entry level IT Business Analyst with a background in MRP/EDI, Warehousing, Logistics, despatch systems to work for a...
Bullit Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: From £40,000 to £40,000 per annum Company car, pension, 33 days holida
Posted: 20 May 2013
Central London / West End
You will be joining a highly successful and very experienced web development team operating a SCRUM development environment and using the latest Microsoft ASP.Net related tools and...
Reed Business Information Ltd
Salary: From £40,000 to £51,000 per annum + 29 days holiday + pension + more
Posted: 9 May 2013