Business Analyst Jobs in the South East

Business Analyst (BA)
England > South East

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in the South East is £58,250 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 236 148 133
Rank change year-on-year -88 -15 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 157 329 523
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.94% 2.20% 2.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.00% 2.43% 2.73%
Number of salaries quoted 117 195 408
10th Percentile £39,000 £41,250 £41,000
25th Percentile £48,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.91% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £71,250 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £70,600 £70,000
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
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 15,697 13,541 19,129
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.91% 90.51% 96.44%
Number of salaries quoted 11,361 8,490 12,618
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in the South East

Business Analyst
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in the South East.

Salary trend for Business Analyst in the South East

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Business Analyst in the South East

Business Analyst
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the South East 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
Thames Valley -23 62 £58,250 +15.35% 10
Hampshire -13 43 £60,000 +20.00% 5
Surrey -67 27 £57,500 - 10
Oxfordshire +13 23 £58,250 +0.43% 3
Buckinghamshire -26 20 £49,750 -0.50% 2
Berkshire -2 19 £67,500 +22.73% 5
Kent -8 18 £62,250 -11.83% 4
West Sussex +17 3 £40,000 -27.27% 1
East Sussex -6 3 £67,500 +30.30%
Business Analyst
England

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

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 South East region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 90 (57.32%) Agile
2 59 (37.58%) Analytical Skills
3 58 (36.94%) Problem-Solving
4 48 (30.57%) Social Skills
5 45 (28.66%) Business Analysis
6 39 (24.84%) User Stories
7 37 (23.57%) Project Management
8 34 (21.66%) Waterfall
8 34 (21.66%) Product Ownership
9 32 (20.38%) Degree
9 32 (20.38%) Requirements Gathering
10 29 (18.47%) Continuous Improvement
10 29 (18.47%) Finance
11 27 (17.20%) JIRA
12 26 (16.56%) Security Cleared
13 24 (15.29%) SC Cleared
13 24 (15.29%) Microsoft
14 23 (14.65%) Microsoft Excel
14 23 (14.65%) Public Sector
15 21 (13.38%) ERP
15 21 (13.38%) Microsoft Office
15 21 (13.38%) Scaled Agile Framework
16 20 (12.74%) Project Delivery
16 20 (12.74%) SAP
16 20 (12.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
17 18 (11.46%) Roadmaps
18 17 (10.83%) Stakeholder Management
18 17 (10.83%) Scenario Testing
19 16 (10.19%) Identity Access Management
19 16 (10.19%) MS Visio

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (6.37%) Confluence
2 4 (2.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 23 (14.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (13.38%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (12.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (10.19%) MS Visio
5 5 (3.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (2.55%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (1.91%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (6.37%) Azure
2 8 (5.10%) SaaS
3 6 (3.82%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 5 (3.18%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (2.55%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (2.55%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.91%) Miro
6 3 (1.91%) OCI
6 3 (1.91%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 2 (1.27%) Figma
7 2 (1.27%) Mavenlink
8 1 (0.64%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.64%) GCP
8 1 (0.64%) Google Docs
8 1 (0.64%) PaaS
8 1 (0.64%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.64%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.64%) Zapier
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.91%) Power BI
1 3 (1.91%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.64%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.64%) Looker
2 1 (0.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 27 (17.20%) JIRA
2 2 (1.27%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.64%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.64%) Maven
3 1 (0.64%) Protractor
General
1 59 (37.58%) Analytical Skills
2 48 (30.57%) Social Skills
3 29 (18.47%) Finance
4 23 (14.65%) Public Sector
5 15 (9.55%) Retail
6 9 (5.73%) Pharmaceutical
7 8 (5.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (5.10%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (4.46%) Manufacturing
9 6 (3.82%) Law
10 5 (3.18%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (2.55%) Advertising
11 4 (2.55%) Legal
12 3 (1.91%) Automotive
12 3 (1.91%) Marketing
13 2 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.64%) Billing
14 1 (0.64%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.91%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.27%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.64%) Jest
3 1 (0.64%) Node.js
3 1 (0.64%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 34 (21.66%) Product Ownership
2 10 (6.37%) Virtual Team
3 9 (5.73%) Biopharmaceutical
3 9 (5.73%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.55%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (1.91%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.27%) Educational Technology
6 2 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.64%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (57.32%) Agile
2 58 (36.94%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (28.66%) Business Analysis
4 39 (24.84%) User Stories
5 37 (23.57%) Project Management
6 34 (21.66%) Waterfall
7 32 (20.38%) Requirements Gathering
8 29 (18.47%) Continuous Improvement
9 21 (13.38%) ERP
9 21 (13.38%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 20 (12.74%) Project Delivery
11 18 (11.46%) Roadmaps
12 17 (10.83%) Scenario Testing
12 17 (10.83%) Stakeholder Management
13 16 (10.19%) Identity Access Management
14 15 (9.55%) Technical Architecture
15 14 (8.92%) Customer Experience
16 13 (8.28%) Change Management
16 13 (8.28%) Decision-Making
16 13 (8.28%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.91%) SQL
2 2 (1.27%) Java
3 1 (0.64%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (20.38%) Degree
2 26 (16.56%) Security Cleared
3 24 (15.29%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.55%) CBAP
4 4 (2.55%) IIBA
5 1 (0.64%) CCA
5 1 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.64%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (10.19%) QA
2 5 (3.18%) GxP
2 5 (3.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (2.55%) PMO
4 3 (1.91%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.64%) GDPR
5 1 (0.64%) IFRS
Vendors
1 24 (15.29%) Microsoft
2 20 (12.74%) SAP
3 7 (4.46%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.91%) Oracle
4 3 (1.91%) YouTube
5 2 (1.27%) IFS
5 2 (1.27%) MicroStrategy
6 1 (0.64%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.64%) Google
6 1 (0.64%) iManage
6 1 (0.64%) Intapp
6 1 (0.64%) Reuters
6 1 (0.64%) Sage