The first table below looks at the demand for Business Analysis skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Analysis over the 3 months to 20 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 West Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analysis
Rank 61 83 76
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -7
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 140 95 82
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 3.832% 2.930% 2.802%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.940% 3.802% 3.922%
Number of salaries quoted 114 84 63
Average salary £37,000 £39,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.12% +1.29%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £44,250 £41,500
% change year-on-year
-3.95% +6.62%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2834 2499 2091
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 77.58% 77.08% 71.46%
Number of salaries quoted 2195 2058 1749
Average salary £37,500 £37,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.35% +5.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Business Analysis
Yorkshire

Business Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Business Analysis Salary Trend

Business Analysis
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Business Analysis across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

West Yorkshire Business Analysis Salary Histogram

Business Analysis
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Leeds +20 113 £36,750 +2.79%
Bradford +12 20 £39,250 -5.42%
Huddersfield -1 6 £35,000 +7.69%
Halifax 0 3 £30,000 -40.00%
Business Analysis
Yorkshire

Business Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 77 (26.37%) Finance
2 76 (26.03%) Agile Software Development
3 61 (20.89%) Microsoft
4 58 (19.86%) SQL
4 58 (19.86%) Project Management
4 58 (19.86%) User Stories
5 47 (16.10%) QA
6 44 (15.07%) OO
7 41 (14.04%) Data Modelling
8 35 (11.99%) MS Excel
9 32 (10.96%) Scrum
10 30 (10.27%) UML
10 30 (10.27%) Oracle
11 29 (9.932%) .NET
11 29 (9.932%) PL/SQL
11 29 (9.932%) ISEB
12 28 (9.589%) Systems Analysis
13 27 (9.247%) DSDM
13 27 (9.247%) SQL Server
14 24 (8.219%) T-SQL
15 23 (7.877%) Change Management
16 22 (7.534%) SOAP
16 22 (7.534%) Web Services
17 20 (6.849%) PRINCE2
17 20 (6.849%) GAP Analysis
17 20 (6.849%) Logistics
17 20 (6.849%) Team Foundation Server
18 18 (6.164%) ASP.NET
18 18 (6.164%) VB.NET
18 18 (6.164%) C#

Business Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 29 (9.932%) .NET
2 22 (7.534%) SOAP
2 22 (7.534%) Web Services
3 18 (6.164%) ASP.NET
4 7 (2.397%) HTML
5 4 (1.370%) CSS
6 3 (1.027%) Flash
6 3 (1.027%) ASP
6 3 (1.027%) XML
7 2 (0.685%) XSD
7 2 (0.685%) J2EE
7 2 (0.685%) WSDL
7 2 (0.685%) soapUI
8 1 (0.342%) NHibernate
8 1 (0.342%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 11 (3.767%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.712%) Lotus Notes
3 1 (0.342%) IIS
3 1 (0.342%) MS Exchange
3 1 (0.342%) SAS
3 1 (0.342%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (0.342%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 35 (11.99%) MS Excel
2 12 (4.110%) MS Office
3 7 (2.397%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.685%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 7 (2.397%) Visualfiles
2 2 (0.685%) SAP Retail
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.685%) HTTP
1 2 (0.685%) Internet
1 2 (0.685%) BSS
2 1 (0.342%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.342%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (9.247%) SQL Server
2 11 (3.767%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 8 (2.740%) SQL Server 2005
4 6 (2.055%) QlikView
4 6 (2.055%) Crystal Reports
4 6 (2.055%) BusinessObjects
5 5 (1.712%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 5 (1.712%) DTS
5 5 (1.712%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 5 (1.712%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (1.712%) SQL Server 2008
6 4 (1.370%) Data Mining
7 2 (0.685%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.685%) Oracle 8/8i
8 1 (0.342%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 20 (6.849%) Team Foundation Server
2 5 (1.712%) TestDirector
3 2 (0.685%) QuickTest Pro
3 2 (0.685%) Selenium
3 2 (0.685%) FitNesse
3 2 (0.685%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.685%) SpecFlow
3 2 (0.685%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.342%) MSTest
4 1 (0.342%) NUnit
4 1 (0.342%) Oracle APEX
General
1 77 (26.37%) Finance
2 14 (4.795%) Retail
3 12 (4.110%) Banking
4 9 (3.082%) Marketing
5 8 (2.740%) Legal
6 4 (1.370%) Telecoms
7 3 (1.027%) Retail Banking
8 2 (0.685%) Billing
8 2 (0.685%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.685%) Advertising
8 2 (0.685%) Law
8 2 (0.685%) Back Office
9 1 (0.342%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.342%) Games
Job Titles
1 176 (60.27%) Analyst
2 155 (53.08%) Business Analyst
3 52 (17.81%) Developer
4 44 (15.07%) Consultant
5 43 (14.73%) Senior Business Analyst
5 43 (14.73%) Senior Analyst
6 36 (12.33%) Agile Business Analyst
7 28 (9.589%) Oracle Developer
8 24 (8.219%) Programmer
8 24 (8.219%) Oracle Consultant
9 15 (5.137%) .NET Developer
9 15 (5.137%) Software Developer
10 14 (4.795%) Software Consultant
11 13 (4.452%) Agile Coach
11 13 (4.452%) ScrumMaster
12 10 (3.425%) Support Analyst
13 9 (3.082%) Systems Analyst
14 8 (2.740%) Business Systems Analyst
14 8 (2.740%) E-Commerce Manager
14 8 (2.740%) Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 11 (3.767%) NHS
2 10 (3.425%) Management Information System
3 5 (1.712%) Replication
3 5 (1.712%) Statistics
3 5 (1.712%) Mainframe
4 2 (0.685%) N-Tier
4 2 (0.685%) Equities
4 2 (0.685%) Derivative
5 1 (0.342%) Online Banking
5 1 (0.342%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.342%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.342%) Windows
1 1 (0.342%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (0.342%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (26.03%) Agile Software Development
2 58 (19.86%) Project Management
2 58 (19.86%) User Stories
3 44 (15.07%) OO
4 41 (14.04%) Data Modelling
5 32 (10.96%) Scrum
6 30 (10.27%) UML
7 28 (9.589%) Systems Analysis
8 27 (9.247%) DSDM
9 23 (7.877%) Change Management
10 20 (6.849%) GAP Analysis
10 20 (6.849%) PRINCE2
10 20 (6.849%) Logistics
11 17 (5.822%) Stakeholder Management
11 17 (5.822%) User Acceptance Testing
11 17 (5.822%) E-Commerce
11 17 (5.822%) BDD
12 16 (5.479%) Business Intelligence
13 15 (5.137%) TDD
14 13 (4.452%) Pair Programming
Programming Languages
1 58 (19.86%) SQL
2 29 (9.932%) PL/SQL
3 24 (8.219%) T-SQL
4 18 (6.164%) VB.NET
4 18 (6.164%) C#
5 8 (2.740%) Java
6 4 (1.370%) VB
7 3 (1.027%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.027%) Perl
7 3 (1.027%) VB6
8 2 (0.685%) VBA
Qualifications
1 29 (9.932%) ISEB
2 9 (3.082%) Degree
3 3 (1.027%) ISTQB
4 2 (0.685%) Six Sigma Black Belt
4 2 (0.685%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (0.342%) ISEB Practitioner
5 1 (0.342%) MCTS
5 1 (0.342%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.342%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.342%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.342%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (16.10%) QA
2 1 (0.342%) SLA
2 1 (0.342%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (0.342%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (0.342%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.342%) ISA Server
1 1 (0.342%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 2 (0.685%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 61 (20.89%) Microsoft
2 30 (10.27%) Oracle
3 8 (2.740%) Business Objects
3 8 (2.740%) SAP
4 7 (2.397%) Cognos
5 5 (1.712%) Lotus
6 2 (0.685%) HP
7 1 (0.342%) Reuters
7 1 (0.342%) Siebel
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Previous involvement in large scale IT projects is essential as well as structured business analysis techniques. The ability to understand system architecture blueprints using UML techniques is also...
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Skills: Business Analysis, Requirement Gathering, Design, UML, ISEB, SOA (desirable)... Working in a development environment it is important that the BA has solid UML, SOA and business improvement...
Sanderson
Salary: £32000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Business Analyst, Systems Analyst, BA, Business Information Analyst, Business Change, Requirement Gathering, Workshops, Agile, Waterfall, Prince2, UML, QA, Gap Analysis, Business Logic- Central Leeds... Due to the IT...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £32000 - £40000 per annum + + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
West Yorkshire
Performs cost benefit analysis for proposals - Seeks cost effective solutions to problems - Communicates regularly regarding the status of all business analysis activity... - Ensures Business Analysis processes are continually...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: From £30,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
You will currently be working as an Application Developer in C# .NET... - Experience of WPF / Silverlight would be an advantage for this role... You will be involved in...
Hotfoot Resourcing.
Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Linux; Relational database design and programming using e.g. Microsoft SQL Server; Microsoft Excel spreadsheet design and VBA programming; Use of data tools e.g... Java, Python, Perl,...
Oliver James Associates
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bradford, West Yorkshire
Significant element of supporting Strategic Programmes -Act as project lead or provide support to a project leader by providing technical and project management advice to enable delivery of...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £45000 per annum + + car /allowance + benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Preferred: - Experience of BDD/ATDD techniques... HP Quality Center, Microsoft TFS 2010) - Use of automated test tools (e.g. HP QTP, Selenium, SoapUI) - Use of agile acceptance test...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: From £27,000 to £34,000 per annum + Bonus + Bens
Posted: 13 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Preferred: - Experience of BDD/ATDD techniques... Preferred: - Use of test management tools (eg HP Quality Center, Microsoft TFS 2010) - Use of automated test tools (eg HP QTP, Selenium,...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum + Bonus + Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
An understanding of SQL databases will be required together with experience of workflow development... *Experience using MS Visio for mapping workflows *Any experience of Filestream or Vectus *Experience...
Fruition IT Resources Limited
Salary: Plus benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
C, C++ Developer with T-SQL and good financial/numerical trends knowledge to join a successful financial services company based in Leeds Key Skills:Experience of providing maintenance...
E-Resourcing
Salary: £27500 - £37500 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
As a specialist Agile practitioner or Scrum Master you will look to achieve results through coaching project teams and individuals, including all specialisms (Development, QA, Business Analysis, Project...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
As a .Net, C# Developer you will support Technical Leads in the development of world class applications... Key skills and experience: Commercial experience of software development using Microsoft ...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
C, C++ Developer with T-SQL and good financial/numerical trends knowledge to join a successful financial services company based in LeedsKey Skills:Experience of providing maintenance and...
E-Resourcing
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Creating and owning ongoing, the Test Strategy. Definition and communication of appropriate tests and testing procedures, ensuring these are properly understood, carried out and evaluated in accordance with...
Latcom Ltd
Salary: From £35,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The successful candidate will be working on a number of internet and mobile banking applications usingobject oriented languages and web/mobile application frameworks... Experience with object oriented development...
Sandstone Technology
Salary: From £17,000 to £20,000 per annum
Posted: 9 May 2013