Business Analyst Jobs in the South West

Business Analyst (BA)
England > South West

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in the South West is £50,952 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 186 152 125
Rank change year-on-year -34 -27 +58
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 100 133 217
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.11% 1.86% 2.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.15% 2.08% 2.85%
Number of salaries quoted 65 108 188
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,500 £39,638 £39,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,952 £50,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.90% +12.22% +5.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £66,250 £70,600 £64,106
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,637
% change year-on-year -8.33% +7.84% +5.97%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South 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 South West with a recognized job title 8,673 6,404 7,626
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.11% 89.37% 96.43%
Number of salaries quoted 6,398 3,970 5,138
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in the South West

Business Analyst
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Business Analyst in the South West

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in the South West over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Analyst in the South West

Business Analyst
Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Bristol +13 33 £48,500 +1.87% 10
Somerset +14 15 £52,500 -11.02% 1
Dorset -8 14 £61,250 +47.59%
Gloucestershire -32 14 £57,500 +24.32% 2
Cornwall -7 10 £50,028 +17.71%
Wiltshire -29 10 £49,000 -2.00% 1
Devon -14 4 £31,250 -55.74%
Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 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 West region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 48 (48.00%) Business Analysis
2 42 (42.00%) Agile
3 32 (32.00%) Degree
4 30 (30.00%) Social Skills
5 28 (28.00%) Security Cleared
6 23 (23.00%) Finance
7 22 (22.00%) JIRA
7 22 (22.00%) Workshop Facilitation
8 21 (21.00%) Project Delivery
8 21 (21.00%) Requirements Gathering
8 21 (21.00%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (21.00%) User Stories
9 16 (16.00%) Scrum
9 16 (16.00%) Project Management
10 15 (15.00%) SQL
10 15 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
10 15 (15.00%) Law
10 15 (15.00%) Roadmaps
11 14 (14.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 14 (14.00%) ITIL
12 13 (13.00%) SC Cleared
12 13 (13.00%) Master's Degree
12 13 (13.00%) Analytical Skills
13 12 (12.00%) Business Case
13 12 (12.00%) Epics
13 12 (12.00%) Power Platform
14 11 (11.00%) Workflow
14 11 (11.00%) Data Analysis
14 11 (11.00%) Use Case
14 11 (11.00%) Azure

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 3 (3.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (6.00%) Trello
3 5 (5.00%) MS Visio
4 2 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (2.00%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (4.00%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 12 (12.00%) Power Platform
2 11 (11.00%) Azure
3 6 (6.00%) AWS
4 4 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (3.00%) SaaS
6 2 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.00%) Miro
6 2 (2.00%) Smartsheet
7 1 (1.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (11.00%) Relational Database
2 10 (10.00%) Electronic Patient Records
2 10 (10.00%) Power BI
3 7 (7.00%) Tableau
4 6 (6.00%) Big Data
4 6 (6.00%) Snowflake Schema
4 6 (6.00%) Star Schema
5 1 (1.00%) MS Access
5 1 (1.00%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 22 (22.00%) JIRA
General
1 30 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 23 (23.00%) Finance
3 15 (15.00%) Law
4 14 (14.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (13.00%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (11.00%) Public Sector
7 9 (9.00%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (7.00%) Banking
8 7 (7.00%) Investment Banking
8 7 (7.00%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (5.00%) Aerospace
9 5 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (4.00%) Legal
11 1 (1.00%) Manufacturing
11 1 (1.00%) Retail
11 1 (1.00%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.00%) REST
2 1 (1.00%) .NET
2 1 (1.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.00%) Gherkin
2 1 (1.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.00%) Onboarding
2 7 (7.00%) Product Ownership
3 6 (6.00%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (4.00%) Data Centre
4 4 (4.00%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.00%) Housing Association
5 2 (2.00%) NHS
6 1 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.00%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.00%) Android
1 2 (2.00%) Apple iOS
1 2 (2.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (48.00%) Business Analysis
2 42 (42.00%) Agile
3 22 (22.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 21 (21.00%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (21.00%) Project Delivery
4 21 (21.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 21 (21.00%) User Stories
5 16 (16.00%) Project Management
5 16 (16.00%) Scrum
6 15 (15.00%) Roadmaps
6 15 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 14 (14.00%) ITIL
8 12 (12.00%) Business Case
8 12 (12.00%) Epics
9 11 (11.00%) Data Analysis
9 11 (11.00%) Use Case
9 11 (11.00%) Workflow
10 10 (10.00%) Actionable Insight
10 10 (10.00%) Backlog Refinement
10 10 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 15 (15.00%) SQL
2 7 (7.00%) Python
3 6 (6.00%) R
3 6 (6.00%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.00%) VBA
4 1 (1.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 32 (32.00%) Degree
2 28 (28.00%) Security Cleared
3 13 (13.00%) Master's Degree
3 13 (13.00%) SC Cleared
4 6 (6.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (6.00%) DV Cleared
4 6 (6.00%) IIBA
5 5 (5.00%) ISEB
6 4 (4.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 3 (3.00%) DBS Check
8 2 (2.00%) CBAP
8 2 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.00%) HND
8 2 (2.00%) NVQ Level 3
8 2 (2.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.00%) SEPA
1 4 (4.00%) TARGET2
2 2 (2.00%) PMO
3 1 (1.00%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 4 (4.00%) Graphite
2 1 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.00%) Salesforce
3 2 (2.00%) HubSpot
3 2 (2.00%) Oracle
3 2 (2.00%) Zoho
4 1 (1.00%) Alteryx
4 1 (1.00%) Pega
4 1 (1.00%) UiPath