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 11 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 185 129 149
Rank change year-on-year -56 +20 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,365 2,420 3,787
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.59% 2.69% 2.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.68% 2.94% 2.96%
Number of salaries quoted 962 1,758 3,087
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £39,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,600 £70,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £82,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +6.80%

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 81,157 82,189 127,880
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.48% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 60,579 52,238 74,819
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,822 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +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 11 May 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 11 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
London -28 556 £75,000 +15.38% 188
North of England -62 199 £50,000 -9.09% 50
East of England +39 198 £49,500 -12.00% 14
South East -100 152 £58,250 +5.91% 45
Midlands -84 139 £42,500 -15.00% 38
North West -22 134 £50,000 -13.04% 22
South West -43 107 £49,500 -5.71% 16
West Midlands -74 78 £42,500 -15.00% 25
Yorkshire -24 59 £47,500 -5.00% 25
East Midlands -46 57 £42,500 -13.22% 13
North East -27 6 £50,000 -9.09% 3
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 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 England region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 552 (40.44%) Business Analysis
2 543 (39.78%) Agile
3 372 (27.25%) Problem-Solving
4 370 (27.11%) Analytical Skills
5 353 (25.86%) Social Skills
6 323 (23.66%) Finance
7 292 (21.39%) Requirements Gathering
8 265 (19.41%) User Stories
9 237 (17.36%) Degree
10 200 (14.65%) Stakeholder Management
11 199 (14.58%) Change Management
12 190 (13.92%) Decision-Making
13 183 (13.41%) SQL
14 182 (13.33%) Retail
15 167 (12.23%) Product Ownership
16 163 (11.94%) Roadmaps
16 163 (11.94%) Project Management
17 158 (11.58%) Coaching
18 153 (11.21%) Workshop Facilitation
19 150 (10.99%) JIRA
20 131 (9.60%) Waterfall
21 123 (9.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
22 116 (8.50%) Scrum
23 110 (8.06%) Process Improvement
24 107 (7.84%) Security Cleared
25 102 (7.47%) Business Case
25 102 (7.47%) Project Delivery
26 101 (7.40%) Microsoft
27 97 (7.11%) SDLC
28 91 (6.67%) 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 67 (4.91%) Confluence
2 5 (0.37%) WordPress
3 4 (0.29%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.15%) Apache
4 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.073%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.073%) Appian
Applications
1 86 (6.30%) Microsoft Office
2 85 (6.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 82 (6.01%) MS Visio
4 41 (3.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.44%) Trello
7 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (1.17%) Endur
2 15 (1.10%) Aladdin
3 10 (0.73%) Maximo
4 9 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
5 8 (0.59%) Salesforce CRM
6 7 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
7 3 (0.22%) Magento
7 3 (0.22%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.15%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.15%) SAP CRM
8 2 (0.15%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.15%) SAP PP
8 2 (0.15%) Shopify
9 1 (0.073%) NEC Housing
9 1 (0.073%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.073%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.073%) SAP WM
9 1 (0.073%) Unit4 Business World
9 1 (0.073%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 72 (5.27%) Azure
2 67 (4.91%) AWS
3 59 (4.32%) Power Platform
4 44 (3.22%) SaaS
5 30 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
6 28 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
7 15 (1.10%) Miro
8 13 (0.95%) 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%) Mavenlink
13 3 (0.22%) Power Automate
14 2 (0.15%) Intacct
14 2 (0.15%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 10 (0.73%) Broadband
1 10 (0.73%) Internet
1 10 (0.73%) WPA
2 2 (0.15%) DSL
2 2 (0.15%) HTTP
3 1 (0.073%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (3.81%) Power BI
2 38 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (1.83%) 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
8 5 (0.37%) SQL Server
9 4 (0.29%) PowerPivot
9 4 (0.29%) QlikView
9 4 (0.29%) SAP BW
10 3 (0.22%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.22%) SAP HANA
11 2 (0.15%) Apache Ignite
11 2 (0.15%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.15%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.15%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 150 (10.99%) JIRA
2 3 (0.22%) Postman
3 2 (0.15%) Balsamiq
3 2 (0.15%) Git
3 2 (0.15%) PowerBuilder
4 1 (0.073%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.073%) JMeter
4 1 (0.073%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.073%) Maven
4 1 (0.073%) Protractor
4 1 (0.073%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 370 (27.11%) Analytical Skills
2 353 (25.86%) Social Skills
3 323 (23.66%) Finance
4 182 (13.33%) Retail
5 123 (9.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 80 (5.86%) Law
7 74 (5.42%) Banking
8 70 (5.13%) Front Office
9 66 (4.84%) Legal
10 64 (4.69%) Influencing Skills
10 64 (4.69%) Public Sector
11 43 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
12 31 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
12 31 (2.27%) Manufacturing
13 30 (2.20%) Investment Banking
14 25 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
15 22 (1.61%) Back Office
16 17 (1.25%) Advertising
17 15 (1.10%) Retail Banking
18 14 (1.03%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (1.03%) .NET
2 11 (0.81%) Lightning Web Components
2 11 (0.81%) XML
3 8 (0.59%) .NET Framework
4 6 (0.44%) JSON
4 6 (0.44%) Oracle Fusion
4 6 (0.44%) Web Services
5 5 (0.37%) React
6 4 (0.29%) Django
6 4 (0.29%) Laravel
6 4 (0.29%) Next.js
6 4 (0.29%) React Native
6 4 (0.29%) REST
6 4 (0.29%) RESTful
7 3 (0.22%) FIX Protocol
7 3 (0.22%) Gherkin
7 3 (0.22%) HTML
8 2 (0.15%) ADO
8 2 (0.15%) EDI
8 2 (0.15%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 167 (12.23%) Product Ownership
2 68 (4.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 66 (4.84%) Fixed Income
4 64 (4.69%) Equities
5 60 (4.40%) Management Information System
6 57 (4.18%) Derivative
7 55 (4.03%) Hedge funds
8 48 (3.52%) Self-Motivation
9 29 (2.12%) Reinsurance
10 20 (1.47%) Virtual Team
11 19 (1.39%) Onboarding
12 18 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
13 14 (1.03%) NHS
14 12 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
15 10 (0.73%) Biopharmaceutical
16 7 (0.51%) Analytical Mindset
16 7 (0.51%) FMCG
17 6 (0.44%) Data Structures
17 6 (0.44%) Housing Association
18 5 (0.37%) Data Centre
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
1 552 (40.44%) Business Analysis
2 543 (39.78%) Agile
3 372 (27.25%) Problem-Solving
4 292 (21.39%) Requirements Gathering
5 265 (19.41%) User Stories
6 200 (14.65%) Stakeholder Management
7 199 (14.58%) Change Management
8 190 (13.92%) Decision-Making
9 163 (11.94%) Project Management
9 163 (11.94%) Roadmaps
10 158 (11.58%) Coaching
11 153 (11.21%) Workshop Facilitation
12 131 (9.60%) Waterfall
13 116 (8.50%) Scrum
14 110 (8.06%) Process Improvement
15 102 (7.47%) Business Case
15 102 (7.47%) Project Delivery
16 97 (7.11%) SDLC
17 91 (6.67%) Analytics
18 86 (6.30%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 183 (13.41%) SQL
2 76 (5.57%) Python
3 12 (0.88%) R
4 11 (0.81%) Java
5 7 (0.51%) T-SQL
5 7 (0.51%) VBA
6 6 (0.44%) C#
7 4 (0.29%) PHP
8 3 (0.22%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.073%) ABAP
9 1 (0.073%) JCL
9 1 (0.073%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.073%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.073%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 237 (17.36%) Degree
2 107 (7.84%) Security Cleared
3 82 (6.01%) SC Cleared
4 21 (1.54%) DV Cleared
5 19 (1.39%) Master's Degree
6 18 (1.32%) ISEB
7 15 (1.10%) DBS Check
8 14 (1.03%) IIBA
9 12 (0.88%) CBAP
9 12 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
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 57 (4.18%) QA
2 17 (1.25%) PMO
3 11 (0.81%) Data Quality
4 7 (0.51%) ISO 20022
4 7 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (0.44%) GxP
6 5 (0.37%) EMIR
6 5 (0.37%) IFRS
6 5 (0.37%) MiFID
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%) GDPR
7 4 (0.29%) IFRS 17
8 3 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
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 (7.40%) Microsoft
2 52 (3.81%) Salesforce
3 42 (3.08%) SAP
4 27 (1.98%) Oracle
5 23 (1.68%) Bloomberg
6 14 (1.03%) 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%) Marketo
11 4 (0.29%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.22%) Alteryx
12 3 (0.22%) Conga
12 3 (0.22%) Intapp
12 3 (0.22%) Sage
13 2 (0.15%) UiPath