Business Analyst Jobs in England

Business Analyst (BA)
UK > England

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in England is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 181 126 140
Rank change year-on-year -55 +14 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,361 2,555 3,797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.60% 2.74% 2.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.70% 2.99% 3.02%
Number of salaries quoted 973 1,839 3,104
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £39,333
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +7.14% +6.67%
75th Percentile £76,250 £70,600 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £83,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 80,117 85,349 125,598
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.55% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 59,992 53,990 75,607
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in England

Business Analyst
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Business Analyst in England

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Analyst in England

Business Analyst
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
London -30 556 £75,000 +15.38% 170
North of England -44 208 £50,000 -9.09% 57
East of England +40 197 £49,500 -13.91% 14
South East -81 155 £58,250 +5.91% 31
North West -5 138 £50,000 -13.04% 33
Midlands -89 131 £42,500 -15.00% 36
South West -21 101 £50,000 -4.76% 18
West Midlands -76 73 £43,000 -14.00% 20
Yorkshire -21 64 £47,500 -5.00% 20
East Midlands -44 54 £42,500 -11.46% 16
North East -26 6 £50,000 -9.09% 4
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 England region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 559 (41.07%) Business Analysis
2 558 (41.00%) Agile
3 373 (27.41%) Problem-Solving
4 369 (27.11%) Analytical Skills
5 352 (25.86%) Social Skills
6 332 (24.39%) Finance
7 292 (21.45%) Requirements Gathering
8 263 (19.32%) User Stories
9 225 (16.53%) Degree
10 206 (15.14%) Stakeholder Management
11 197 (14.47%) Change Management
12 191 (14.03%) Decision-Making
13 177 (13.01%) SQL
13 177 (13.01%) Retail
14 170 (12.49%) Product Ownership
15 168 (12.34%) Roadmaps
16 167 (12.27%) Project Management
17 155 (11.39%) Workshop Facilitation
18 151 (11.09%) JIRA
19 148 (10.87%) Coaching
20 141 (10.36%) Waterfall
21 126 (9.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
22 114 (8.38%) Scrum
23 109 (8.01%) Security Cleared
24 104 (7.64%) Business Case
24 104 (7.64%) Process Improvement
25 103 (7.57%) Project Delivery
26 101 (7.42%) Microsoft
27 96 (7.05%) SDLC
28 88 (6.47%) Analytics

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 66 (4.85%) Confluence
2 5 (0.37%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.37%) WordPress
3 2 (0.15%) Apache
3 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.073%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.073%) Appian
4 1 (0.073%) CMS
4 1 (0.073%) EPiServer
Applications
1 86 (6.32%) Microsoft Office
2 84 (6.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 80 (5.88%) MS Visio
4 41 (3.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.44%) Trello
7 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.073%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 16 (1.18%) Endur
2 14 (1.03%) Aladdin
3 9 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.59%) Salesforce CRM
5 7 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
6 6 (0.44%) Maximo
7 3 (0.22%) Magento
7 3 (0.22%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.22%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.15%) SAP BPC
8 2 (0.15%) SAP CRM
8 2 (0.15%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.15%) SAP PP
8 2 (0.15%) Shopify
9 1 (0.073%) Loan IQ
9 1 (0.073%) Oracle Assets
9 1 (0.073%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.073%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 72 (5.29%) Azure
2 63 (4.63%) AWS
3 57 (4.19%) Power Platform
4 44 (3.23%) SaaS
5 32 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
7 16 (1.18%) Miro
8 12 (0.88%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (0.66%) OCI
10 7 (0.51%) Figma
10 7 (0.51%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 6 (0.44%) GCP
11 6 (0.44%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 4 (0.29%) Amazon EMR
12 4 (0.29%) PowerApps
13 3 (0.22%) Asana
13 3 (0.22%) Intacct
13 3 (0.22%) Mavenlink
13 3 (0.22%) Power Automate
13 3 (0.22%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 10 (0.73%) Broadband
1 10 (0.73%) Internet
1 10 (0.73%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (3.67%) Power BI
2 37 (2.72%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (1.84%) Tableau
4 15 (1.10%) Relational Database
5 10 (0.73%) Electronic Patient Records
6 8 (0.59%) Big Data
7 6 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
7 6 (0.44%) Snowflake Schema
7 6 (0.44%) Star Schema
8 5 (0.37%) Qlik Sense
9 4 (0.29%) PowerPivot
9 4 (0.29%) QlikView
9 4 (0.29%) SQL Server
10 3 (0.22%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.22%) SAP BW
11 2 (0.15%) Amazon Athena
11 2 (0.15%) Apache Ignite
11 2 (0.15%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.15%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.15%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 151 (11.09%) JIRA
2 2 (0.15%) Balsamiq
2 2 (0.15%) PowerBuilder
3 1 (0.073%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.073%) JMeter
3 1 (0.073%) LoadRunner
3 1 (0.073%) Maven
3 1 (0.073%) Postman
3 1 (0.073%) Protractor
3 1 (0.073%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 369 (27.11%) Analytical Skills
2 352 (25.86%) Social Skills
3 332 (24.39%) Finance
4 177 (13.01%) Retail
5 126 (9.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 82 (6.02%) Law
7 74 (5.44%) Banking
8 71 (5.22%) Public Sector
9 65 (4.78%) Front Office
10 64 (4.70%) Influencing Skills
11 55 (4.04%) Legal
12 43 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
13 34 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
14 32 (2.35%) Manufacturing
15 28 (2.06%) Investment Banking
16 26 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
17 23 (1.69%) Back Office
18 17 (1.25%) Advertising
19 16 (1.18%) Marketing
19 16 (1.18%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (0.88%) .NET
2 11 (0.81%) XML
3 10 (0.73%) Lightning Web Components
4 8 (0.59%) .NET Framework
5 6 (0.44%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (0.37%) FIX Protocol
6 5 (0.37%) React
7 4 (0.29%) Django
7 4 (0.29%) JSON
7 4 (0.29%) Laravel
7 4 (0.29%) Next.js
7 4 (0.29%) React Native
7 4 (0.29%) Web Services
8 3 (0.22%) EDI
8 3 (0.22%) HTML
9 2 (0.15%) ADO
9 2 (0.15%) FpML
9 2 (0.15%) Murex MxML
9 2 (0.15%) RESTful
9 2 (0.15%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 170 (12.49%) Product Ownership
2 67 (4.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 63 (4.63%) Fixed Income
4 60 (4.41%) Management Information System
5 59 (4.34%) Equities
6 52 (3.82%) Derivative
7 51 (3.75%) Self-Motivation
8 50 (3.67%) Hedge funds
9 32 (2.35%) Reinsurance
10 20 (1.47%) Onboarding
11 19 (1.40%) Virtual Team
12 18 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
13 14 (1.03%) NHS
14 12 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
15 9 (0.66%) Biopharmaceutical
16 6 (0.44%) Analytical Mindset
16 6 (0.44%) Data Centre
16 6 (0.44%) Housing Association
17 5 (0.37%) Data Structures
17 5 (0.37%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 10 (0.73%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.15%) Android
2 2 (0.15%) Linux
2 2 (0.15%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 559 (41.07%) Business Analysis
2 558 (41.00%) Agile
3 373 (27.41%) Problem-Solving
4 292 (21.45%) Requirements Gathering
5 263 (19.32%) User Stories
6 206 (15.14%) Stakeholder Management
7 197 (14.47%) Change Management
8 191 (14.03%) Decision-Making
9 168 (12.34%) Roadmaps
10 167 (12.27%) Project Management
11 155 (11.39%) Workshop Facilitation
12 148 (10.87%) Coaching
13 141 (10.36%) Waterfall
14 114 (8.38%) Scrum
15 104 (7.64%) Business Case
15 104 (7.64%) Process Improvement
16 103 (7.57%) Project Delivery
17 96 (7.05%) SDLC
18 88 (6.47%) Analytics
19 86 (6.32%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 177 (13.01%) SQL
2 70 (5.14%) Python
3 12 (0.88%) Java
3 12 (0.88%) R
4 7 (0.51%) C#
4 7 (0.51%) T-SQL
4 7 (0.51%) VBA
5 4 (0.29%) PHP
6 3 (0.22%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.073%) ABAP
7 1 (0.073%) JCL
7 1 (0.073%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.073%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.073%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 225 (16.53%) Degree
2 109 (8.01%) Security Cleared
3 83 (6.10%) SC Cleared
4 23 (1.69%) DV Cleared
5 20 (1.47%) Master's Degree
6 18 (1.32%) ISEB
7 15 (1.10%) DBS Check
8 14 (1.03%) IIBA
9 11 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (0.73%) CBAP
11 8 (0.59%) PMI Certification
12 7 (0.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 6 (0.44%) PMP
14 5 (0.37%) HND
14 5 (0.37%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 4 (0.29%) CFA
15 4 (0.29%) CIMA
16 3 (0.22%) NVQ Level 4
17 2 (0.15%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (3.23%) QA
2 17 (1.25%) PMO
3 14 (1.03%) Data Quality
4 7 (0.51%) ISO 20022
5 6 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (0.37%) GxP
6 5 (0.37%) IFRS
6 5 (0.37%) PSD2
6 5 (0.37%) SEPA
6 5 (0.37%) SLA
6 5 (0.37%) TARGET2
7 4 (0.29%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.29%) GDPR
7 4 (0.29%) IFRS 17
8 3 (0.22%) EMIR
8 3 (0.22%) MiFID
9 1 (0.073%) GRC
9 1 (0.073%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.073%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.073%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (0.37%) Graphite
2 2 (0.15%) Data Guard
2 2 (0.15%) Kibana
3 1 (0.073%) Grafana
3 1 (0.073%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.073%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 101 (7.42%) Microsoft
2 51 (3.75%) Salesforce
3 39 (2.87%) SAP
4 28 (2.06%) Oracle
5 22 (1.62%) Bloomberg
6 13 (0.96%) BISAM
7 9 (0.66%) Atlassian
8 7 (0.51%) F5
9 6 (0.44%) Google
9 6 (0.44%) MicroStrategy
10 5 (0.37%) ION Trading
10 5 (0.37%) YouTube
11 4 (0.29%) IFS
11 4 (0.29%) Sage
11 4 (0.29%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.22%) Alteryx
12 3 (0.22%) Conga
12 3 (0.22%) Intapp
12 3 (0.22%) Marketo
13 2 (0.15%) UiPath