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 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 243 149 141
Rank change year-on-year -94 -8 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 153 332 513
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.91% 2.23% 2.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.97% 2.46% 2.68%
Number of salaries quoted 114 197 400
10th Percentile £38,250 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,688 £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 £70,000 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £70,600 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +8.11% +5.71%

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 15,759 13,491 19,158
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.93% 90.50% 96.42%
Number of salaries quoted 11,363 8,459 12,571
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 6 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 6 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 -29 61 £58,250 +13.11% 18
Hampshire -18 41 £57,000 +14.00% 6
Surrey -64 26 £56,250 -2.17% 9
Oxfordshire +7 23 £58,250 +0.43% 5
Buckinghamshire -25 20 £49,750 -0.50% 6
Kent -9 18 £62,250 -9.85% 5
Berkshire -14 18 £67,500 +17.39% 7
West Sussex +17 3 £40,000 -27.27% 1
East Sussex -10 3 £67,500 +32.61%
Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 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 87 (56.86%) Agile
2 59 (38.56%) Analytical Skills
3 57 (37.25%) Problem-Solving
4 47 (30.72%) Social Skills
5 45 (29.41%) Business Analysis
6 37 (24.18%) Project Management
7 36 (23.53%) User Stories
8 34 (22.22%) Waterfall
9 32 (20.92%) Degree
9 32 (20.92%) Requirements Gathering
10 31 (20.26%) Product Ownership
11 29 (18.95%) Continuous Improvement
12 28 (18.30%) Finance
13 26 (16.99%) JIRA
14 24 (15.69%) Microsoft
15 23 (15.03%) Microsoft Excel
15 23 (15.03%) Security Cleared
16 21 (13.73%) SC Cleared
16 21 (13.73%) ERP
16 21 (13.73%) Microsoft Office
16 21 (13.73%) Public Sector
17 20 (13.07%) Project Delivery
17 20 (13.07%) SAP
17 20 (13.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
18 18 (11.76%) Scaled Agile Framework
19 17 (11.11%) Scenario Testing
19 17 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
20 16 (10.46%) QA
20 16 (10.46%) Roadmaps
21 15 (9.80%) 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 9 (5.88%) Confluence
2 3 (1.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 23 (15.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (13.73%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (13.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (9.80%) MS Visio
5 5 (3.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (2.61%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (1.96%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (6.54%) Azure
2 8 (5.23%) SaaS
3 6 (3.92%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 5 (3.27%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (2.61%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.96%) Miro
6 3 (1.96%) OCI
6 3 (1.96%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 2 (1.31%) Figma
7 2 (1.31%) Mavenlink
8 1 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.65%) GCP
8 1 (0.65%) Google Docs
8 1 (0.65%) PaaS
8 1 (0.65%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.65%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.65%) Zapier
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.96%) Power BI
1 3 (1.96%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.65%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.65%) Looker
2 1 (0.65%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 26 (16.99%) JIRA
2 2 (1.31%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.65%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.65%) Maven
3 1 (0.65%) Protractor
General
1 59 (38.56%) Analytical Skills
2 47 (30.72%) Social Skills
3 28 (18.30%) Finance
4 21 (13.73%) Public Sector
5 14 (9.15%) Retail
6 9 (5.88%) Pharmaceutical
7 8 (5.23%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (4.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (4.58%) Manufacturing
9 6 (3.92%) Law
10 5 (3.27%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (2.61%) Advertising
11 4 (2.61%) Legal
12 3 (1.96%) Automotive
12 3 (1.96%) Marketing
13 2 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.65%) Billing
14 1 (0.65%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.96%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.31%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.65%) Jest
3 1 (0.65%) Node.js
3 1 (0.65%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 31 (20.26%) Product Ownership
2 10 (6.54%) Virtual Team
3 9 (5.88%) Biopharmaceutical
3 9 (5.88%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.61%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (1.96%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.31%) Educational Technology
6 2 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.65%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (56.86%) Agile
2 57 (37.25%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (29.41%) Business Analysis
4 37 (24.18%) Project Management
5 36 (23.53%) User Stories
6 34 (22.22%) Waterfall
7 32 (20.92%) Requirements Gathering
8 29 (18.95%) Continuous Improvement
9 21 (13.73%) ERP
10 20 (13.07%) Project Delivery
11 18 (11.76%) Scaled Agile Framework
12 17 (11.11%) Scenario Testing
12 17 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
13 16 (10.46%) Roadmaps
14 14 (9.15%) Identity Access Management
14 14 (9.15%) Technical Architecture
15 13 (8.50%) Change Management
15 13 (8.50%) Customer Experience
15 13 (8.50%) Decision-Making
15 13 (8.50%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.96%) SQL
2 2 (1.31%) Java
3 1 (0.65%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (20.92%) Degree
2 23 (15.03%) Security Cleared
3 21 (13.73%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.61%) CBAP
4 4 (2.61%) IIBA
5 1 (0.65%) CCA
5 1 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.65%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (10.46%) QA
2 5 (3.27%) GxP
2 5 (3.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (2.61%) PMO
4 3 (1.96%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.65%) GDPR
5 1 (0.65%) IFRS
Vendors
1 24 (15.69%) Microsoft
2 20 (13.07%) SAP
3 7 (4.58%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.96%) Oracle
4 3 (1.96%) YouTube
5 2 (1.31%) IFS
5 2 (1.31%) MicroStrategy
6 1 (0.65%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.65%) Google
6 1 (0.65%) iManage
6 1 (0.65%) Intapp
6 1 (0.65%) Reuters
6 1 (0.65%) Sage