Business Analyst Jobs in the North West

Business Analyst (BA)
England > North West

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in the North West is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 157 137 89
Rank change year-on-year -20 -48 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 139 189 338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.43% 2.39% 3.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.51% 2.69% 3.73%
Number of salaries quoted 103 162 233
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £35,850
25th Percentile £43,750 £48,313 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +21.05% +9.20%
75th Percentile £57,500 £70,600 £61,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £81,250 £65,800
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +7.14% +6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 the North West with a recognized job title 9,209 7,038 9,052
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 89.02% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 7,081 4,099 5,482
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,525
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,500 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in the North West

Business Analyst
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in the North West.

Salary trend for Business Analyst in the North West

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in the North West over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Analyst in the North West

Business Analyst
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the North West region over the 6 months to 2 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
Manchester -14 73 £50,750 -13.62% 23
Merseyside +18 31 £46,250 -7.04% 2
Cheshire -11 27 £60,000 +14.29% 5
Cumbria -7 4 £52,500 -25.64%
Lancashire -39 4 £46,250 -19.57% 5
Business Analyst
England

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 2 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 North West region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 64 (46.04%) Agile
2 58 (41.73%) Business Analysis
3 47 (33.81%) Social Skills
4 43 (30.94%) Workshop Facilitation
5 40 (28.78%) Problem-Solving
6 39 (28.06%) Requirements Gathering
6 39 (28.06%) User Stories
7 36 (25.90%) Analytical Skills
8 30 (21.58%) Roadmaps
9 27 (19.42%) Stakeholder Management
10 25 (17.99%) Acceptance Criteria
11 23 (16.55%) JIRA
12 22 (15.83%) Degree
13 19 (13.67%) Finance
13 19 (13.67%) Decision-Making
14 18 (12.95%) Power Platform
15 17 (12.23%) Business Case
15 17 (12.23%) Power BI
15 17 (12.23%) GAP Analysis
16 16 (11.51%) Change Management
16 16 (11.51%) Project Management
17 15 (10.79%) Legal
17 15 (10.79%) Migration
18 14 (10.07%) User Acceptance Testing
18 14 (10.07%) Continuous Improvement
19 13 (9.35%) Requirements Workshops
19 13 (9.35%) UML
20 12 (8.63%) Law
21 11 (7.91%) ERP
21 11 (7.91%) MS Visio

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (7.19%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (7.91%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.44%) SAP BPC
1 2 (1.44%) SAP CO
1 2 (1.44%) SAP FI
1 2 (1.44%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (0.72%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 18 (12.95%) Power Platform
2 11 (7.91%) Azure
3 6 (4.32%) SaaS
4 5 (3.60%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (2.88%) Miro
6 1 (0.72%) Asana
6 1 (0.72%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.72%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.72%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (12.23%) Power BI
2 5 (3.60%) Qlik Sense
2 5 (3.60%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (16.55%) JIRA
General
1 47 (33.81%) Social Skills
2 36 (25.90%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (13.67%) Finance
4 15 (10.79%) Legal
5 12 (8.63%) Law
6 9 (6.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (6.47%) Retail
7 7 (5.04%) Health Technology
7 7 (5.04%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (5.04%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (5.04%) Public Sector
8 6 (4.32%) Manufacturing
9 5 (3.60%) Retail Finance
10 4 (2.88%) Games
11 3 (2.16%) Social Housing
12 2 (1.44%) Banking
12 2 (1.44%) Front Office
12 2 (1.44%) Investment Banking
12 2 (1.44%) Local Government
12 2 (1.44%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.60%) .NET
2 3 (2.16%) HTML
2 3 (2.16%) Web Services
2 3 (2.16%) XML
3 2 (1.44%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.72%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.76%) Product Ownership
2 7 (5.04%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.60%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.16%) Blog
4 3 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (2.16%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.72%) LIMS
5 1 (0.72%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (46.04%) Agile
2 58 (41.73%) Business Analysis
3 43 (30.94%) Workshop Facilitation
4 40 (28.78%) Problem-Solving
5 39 (28.06%) Requirements Gathering
5 39 (28.06%) User Stories
6 30 (21.58%) Roadmaps
7 27 (19.42%) Stakeholder Management
8 25 (17.99%) Acceptance Criteria
9 19 (13.67%) Decision-Making
10 17 (12.23%) Business Case
10 17 (12.23%) GAP Analysis
11 16 (11.51%) Change Management
11 16 (11.51%) Project Management
12 15 (10.79%) Migration
13 14 (10.07%) Continuous Improvement
13 14 (10.07%) User Acceptance Testing
14 13 (9.35%) Requirements Workshops
14 13 (9.35%) UML
15 11 (7.91%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.76%) SQL
2 3 (2.16%) C#
Qualifications
1 22 (15.83%) Degree
2 11 (7.91%) Security Cleared
3 8 (5.76%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.16%) DBS Check
4 3 (2.16%) HND
4 3 (2.16%) NVQ Level 4
5 2 (1.44%) ISEB
6 1 (0.72%) CBAP
6 1 (0.72%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.04%) QA
2 3 (2.16%) PMO
3 2 (1.44%) EMIR
3 2 (1.44%) MiFID
Vendors
1 7 (5.04%) F5
2 6 (4.32%) Microsoft
3 3 (2.16%) SAP
4 2 (1.44%) Intapp
4 2 (1.44%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.72%) Alteryx
5 1 (0.72%) Google
5 1 (0.72%) IFS
5 1 (0.72%) Oracle
5 1 (0.72%) Workday
5 1 (0.72%) YouTube