Business Analyst Jobs in Manchester

Business Analyst (BA)
North West > Manchester

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in Manchester is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 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
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 145 147 110
Rank change year-on-year +2 -37 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 71 99 169
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 1.35% 2.06% 3.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.43% 2.24% 3.10%
Number of salaries quoted 51 86 135
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £35,950
25th Percentile £42,794 £48,375 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £56,250 £79,375 £63,875
90th Percentile £60,250 £81,250 £67,300
North West median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +21.05% +11.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 4,951 4,423 5,450
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.36% 92.24% 96.85%
Number of salaries quoted 3,818 2,600 3,591
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,221 £82,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in Manchester

Business Analyst
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Business Analyst in Manchester

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in Manchester over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Analyst in Manchester

Business Analyst
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 17 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
Rochdale - 2 £45,000 -
Business Analyst
North West

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

For the 6 months to 17 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 Manchester region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 40 (56.34%) Agile
2 32 (45.07%) User Stories
3 31 (43.66%) Workshop Facilitation
4 30 (42.25%) Social Skills
5 27 (38.03%) Business Analysis
6 26 (36.62%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (33.80%) Roadmaps
8 23 (32.39%) Acceptance Criteria
9 22 (30.99%) Analytical Skills
10 21 (29.58%) JIRA
11 18 (25.35%) Power Platform
11 18 (25.35%) Requirements Gathering
12 17 (23.94%) Power BI
13 16 (22.54%) Stakeholder Management
14 12 (16.90%) Degree
15 11 (15.49%) GAP Analysis
16 10 (14.08%) Migration
16 10 (14.08%) Finance
16 10 (14.08%) Analytics
16 10 (14.08%) Confluence
17 9 (12.68%) Azure
17 9 (12.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 9 (12.68%) Product Ownership
18 8 (11.27%) Sprint Backlog
18 8 (11.27%) QA
18 8 (11.27%) Project Management
19 7 (9.86%) Scrum
19 7 (9.86%) BPMN
19 7 (9.86%) Security Cleared
19 7 (9.86%) Wireframes

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 10 (14.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (4.23%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 18 (25.35%) Power Platform
2 9 (12.68%) Azure
3 5 (7.04%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (5.63%) SaaS
5 2 (2.82%) Miro
6 1 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.41%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.82%) DSL
1 2 (2.82%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (23.94%) Power BI
2 5 (7.04%) Qlik Sense
2 5 (7.04%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (29.58%) JIRA
2 2 (2.82%) Git
2 2 (2.82%) Postman
General
1 30 (42.25%) Social Skills
2 22 (30.99%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (14.08%) Finance
4 9 (12.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (8.45%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (8.45%) Retail
6 5 (7.04%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (7.04%) Retail Finance
7 4 (5.63%) Games
7 4 (5.63%) Law
7 4 (5.63%) Legal
7 4 (5.63%) Public Sector
8 3 (4.23%) Social Housing
9 2 (2.82%) Local Government
10 1 (1.41%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.82%) Gherkin
1 2 (2.82%) JSON
1 2 (2.82%) JSON Schema
1 2 (2.82%) REST
1 2 (2.82%) RESTful
1 2 (2.82%) Swagger
1 2 (2.82%) Web Services
2 1 (1.41%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.68%) Product Ownership
2 4 (5.63%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.23%) Blog
3 3 (4.23%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (4.23%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (2.82%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.41%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (56.34%) Agile
2 32 (45.07%) User Stories
3 31 (43.66%) Workshop Facilitation
4 27 (38.03%) Business Analysis
5 26 (36.62%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (33.80%) Roadmaps
7 23 (32.39%) Acceptance Criteria
8 18 (25.35%) Requirements Gathering
9 16 (22.54%) Stakeholder Management
10 11 (15.49%) GAP Analysis
11 10 (14.08%) Analytics
11 10 (14.08%) Migration
12 8 (11.27%) Project Management
12 8 (11.27%) Sprint Backlog
13 7 (9.86%) BPMN
13 7 (9.86%) Scrum
13 7 (9.86%) Wireframes
14 6 (8.45%) DevOps
14 6 (8.45%) User Experience
14 6 (8.45%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (16.90%) Degree
2 7 (9.86%) Security Cleared
3 4 (5.63%) SC Cleared
4 3 (4.23%) DBS Check
4 3 (4.23%) HND
4 3 (4.23%) NVQ Level 4
5 1 (1.41%) CBAP
5 1 (1.41%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.27%) QA
2 1 (1.41%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (1.41%) Alteryx
1 1 (1.41%) IFS
1 1 (1.41%) Microsoft
1 1 (1.41%) Oracle
1 1 (1.41%) SAP
1 1 (1.41%) Workday
1 1 (1.41%) YouTube