The first table below looks at the demand for Business Analysis skills in IT jobs advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Analysis over the 3 months to 24 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Watford region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analysis
Rank 42 43 60
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +17
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 6 19 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 2.069% 5.507% 1.790%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.655% 6.786% 2.162%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 4
Average salary £52,000 £50,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.00% +25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £34,300
10% offered a salary of more than £56,800 £58,750 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £44,000 £41,500
% change year-on-year
-3.40% +6.02%
All Processes & Methodologies
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
226 280 370
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 77.93% 81.16% 82.77%
Number of salaries quoted 179 181 267
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £30,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Business Analysis
Hertfordshire

Business Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Business Analysis across the Watford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Watford Business Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

Business Analysis
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Business Analysis across the Watford region.

Watford Business Analysis Salary Trend

Business Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford region 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.

1 17 (73.91%) Retail
2 12 (52.17%) Finance
3 10 (43.48%) Project Management
4 6 (26.09%) Degree
4 6 (26.09%) Use Case
4 6 (26.09%) ERP
4 6 (26.09%) .NET
4 6 (26.09%) Oracle
5 5 (21.74%) Oracle EBS R12
6 4 (17.39%) QA
6 4 (17.39%) Performance Management
6 4 (17.39%) Waterfall
6 4 (17.39%) Test Strategy
6 4 (17.39%) Oracle Financials
6 4 (17.39%) HTML
6 4 (17.39%) Java
6 4 (17.39%) JavaScript
6 4 (17.39%) SQL
7 3 (13.04%) C#
7 3 (13.04%) CSS
7 3 (13.04%) Web Services
7 3 (13.04%) XML
7 3 (13.04%) E-Commerce
7 3 (13.04%) EPoS
7 3 (13.04%) Logistics
7 3 (13.04%) Supply Chain Management
7 3 (13.04%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (13.04%) Oracle iProcurement
7 3 (13.04%) Cash Management
8 2 (8.696%) HP Quality Center

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford region 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.

Application Development
1 6 (26.09%) .NET
2 4 (17.39%) HTML
3 3 (13.04%) CSS
3 3 (13.04%) Web Services
3 3 (13.04%) XML
4 1 (4.348%) ASP
4 1 (4.348%) ASP.NET
4 1 (4.348%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.348%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.696%) MS Visio
1 2 (8.696%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 5 (21.74%) Oracle EBS R12
2 4 (17.39%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (13.04%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (13.04%) Oracle iProcurement
4 1 (4.348%) Oracle Retail
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.348%) SQL Server
General
1 17 (73.91%) Retail
2 12 (52.17%) Finance
3 2 (8.696%) Marketing
3 2 (8.696%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 12 (52.17%) Business Analyst
1 12 (52.17%) Analyst
2 5 (21.74%) Development Manager
3 4 (17.39%) Head of Development
3 4 (17.39%) IT Business Analyst
4 3 (13.04%) Business Manager
4 3 (13.04%) Business Analysis Manager
5 2 (8.696%) Business Systems Analyst
5 2 (8.696%) Systems Analyst
6 1 (4.348%) Senior Manager
6 1 (4.348%) Senior Business Analyst
6 1 (4.348%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (4.348%) Software Development Manager
6 1 (4.348%) Pre Sales Engineer
6 1 (4.348%) Software Manager
6 1 (4.348%) Senior Development Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) EPoS
2 2 (8.696%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (43.48%) Project Management
2 6 (26.09%) Use Case
2 6 (26.09%) ERP
3 4 (17.39%) Performance Management
3 4 (17.39%) Waterfall
3 4 (17.39%) Test Strategy
4 3 (13.04%) E-Commerce
4 3 (13.04%) Logistics
4 3 (13.04%) Supply Chain Management
4 3 (13.04%) Cash Management
5 2 (8.696%) Requirements Management
5 2 (8.696%) Change Management
5 2 (8.696%) PRINCE
5 2 (8.696%) PRINCE2
6 1 (4.348%) Process Management
6 1 (4.348%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) Java
1 4 (17.39%) JavaScript
1 4 (17.39%) SQL
2 3 (13.04%) C#
3 1 (4.348%) C++
3 1 (4.348%) C
Qualifications
1 6 (26.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (8.696%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (26.09%) Oracle
2 2 (8.696%) HP
2 2 (8.696%) SAP
3 1 (4.348%) Microsoft
Watford, Hertfordshire
Business Analyst - IT - Retail background desirable - London - 40k + bens The client requires a strong business analysis with a broad range of skills for the EMEA region. The are...
Vertical IT
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013