Business Analyst Jobs in Central London

Business Analyst (BA)
London > Central London

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in Central London is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 107 95 75
Rank change year-on-year -12 -20 +45
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 85 157 344
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 2.26% 3.06% 4.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.37% 3.19% 4.33%
Number of salaries quoted 54 143 306
10th Percentile £48,150 £50,522 £48,750
25th Percentile £59,875 £55,225 £56,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £66,250 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.21% -1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £99,250 £105,000 £83,750
London median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +15.38% - +4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Central London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Central London with a recognized job title 3,585 4,917 7,950
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.37% 95.94% 95.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,772 4,090 6,463
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,938 £54,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,480 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% +1.35% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £108,750
London median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings that featured Business Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in Central London

Business Analyst
Salary Trend in Central London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in Central London.

Salary trend for Business Analyst in Central London

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in Central London over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Analyst in Central London

Business Analyst
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the Central London region over the 6 months to 21 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +2 82 £75,000 +11.11% 13
West End of London +11 1 £49,000 -24.62% 3
Kensington and Chelsea +2 1 £50,000 -9.09%
Business Analyst
London

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 21 May 2024, Business Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Central London region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 29 (34.12%) Agile
2 27 (31.76%) Business Analysis
3 22 (25.88%) Stakeholder Management
4 19 (22.35%) Requirements Gathering
5 17 (20.00%) Finance
6 16 (18.82%) Change Management
6 16 (18.82%) Workshop Facilitation
7 13 (15.29%) SQL
8 12 (14.12%) Law
8 12 (14.12%) Back Office
9 11 (12.94%) User Stories
10 10 (11.76%) Electronic Trading
10 10 (11.76%) MS Visio
11 9 (10.59%) GAP Analysis
11 9 (10.59%) Social Skills
12 8 (9.41%) Microsoft Office
12 8 (9.41%) Banking
13 7 (8.24%) Scrum
13 7 (8.24%) Legal
13 7 (8.24%) Mentoring
13 7 (8.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 7 (8.24%) Waterfall
13 7 (8.24%) Roadmaps
14 6 (7.06%) SC Cleared
14 6 (7.06%) Security Cleared
14 6 (7.06%) Analytical Skills
14 6 (7.06%) Data Analysis
14 6 (7.06%) Requirements Analysis
14 6 (7.06%) Degree
14 6 (7.06%) Migration

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (11.76%) MS Visio
2 8 (9.41%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (3.53%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.18%) Elite 3E
1 1 (1.18%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.71%) OCI
2 3 (3.53%) Azure
3 2 (2.35%) AWS
3 2 (2.35%) Miro
4 1 (1.18%) Amazon S3
4 1 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.18%) GCP
4 1 (1.18%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.18%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
1 1 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.18%) Power BI
1 1 (1.18%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (5.88%) JIRA
2 1 (1.18%) JMeter
2 1 (1.18%) LoadRunner
General
1 17 (20.00%) Finance
2 12 (14.12%) Back Office
2 12 (14.12%) Law
3 9 (10.59%) Social Skills
4 8 (9.41%) Banking
5 7 (8.24%) Legal
6 6 (7.06%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (5.88%) Front Office
8 3 (3.53%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (3.53%) Retail
9 2 (2.35%) Advertising
9 2 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.18%) Automotive
10 1 (1.18%) Billing
10 1 (1.18%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.18%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.18%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.18%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.18%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.18%) .NET
1 1 (1.18%) .NET Framework
1 1 (1.18%) Entity Framework
1 1 (1.18%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (1.18%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.88%) Fixed Income
2 2 (2.35%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.35%) Reinsurance
3 1 (1.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (1.18%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (1.18%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (34.12%) Agile
2 27 (31.76%) Business Analysis
3 22 (25.88%) Stakeholder Management
4 19 (22.35%) Requirements Gathering
5 16 (18.82%) Change Management
5 16 (18.82%) Workshop Facilitation
6 11 (12.94%) User Stories
7 10 (11.76%) Electronic Trading
8 9 (10.59%) GAP Analysis
9 7 (8.24%) Mentoring
9 7 (8.24%) Roadmaps
9 7 (8.24%) Scrum
9 7 (8.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 7 (8.24%) Waterfall
10 6 (7.06%) Data Analysis
10 6 (7.06%) Migration
10 6 (7.06%) Requirements Analysis
11 5 (5.88%) Analytics
11 5 (5.88%) Data Analytics
11 5 (5.88%) UML
Programming Languages
1 13 (15.29%) SQL
2 2 (2.35%) Python
3 1 (1.18%) Java
3 1 (1.18%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (7.06%) Degree
1 6 (7.06%) SC Cleared
1 6 (7.06%) Security Cleared
2 2 (2.35%) PMI Certification
2 2 (2.35%) PMP
3 1 (1.18%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.18%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.35%) EMIR
1 2 (2.35%) MiFID
1 2 (2.35%) PMO
2 1 (1.18%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (1.18%) Grafana
Vendors
1 5 (5.88%) Oracle
2 4 (4.71%) Bloomberg
2 4 (4.71%) ION Trading
2 4 (4.71%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.18%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.18%) Temenos