Business Data Analyst
UK

The median Business Data Analyst salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 857 930 1150
Rank change year-on-year +73 +220 -304
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Data Analyst 32 48 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.033% 0.045% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% 0.050% 0.044%
Number of salaries quoted 29 43 42
10th Percentile £52,500 £35,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £44,666 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.33% -18.79% +22.22%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,250 - £79,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,067 £39,000 £46,250
% change year-on-year +36.07% -15.68% +23.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 92,477 96,786 147,852
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.57% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 66,588 60,676 85,408
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,075
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Business Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Data Analyst in the UK

Business Data Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Business Data Analyst in the UK

Business Data Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Data Analyst over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Data Analyst in the UK

Business Data Analyst
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Data Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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
England +95 29 £60,000 +34.33% 9
London +135 23 £66,250 +15.22% 5
Work from Home +89 13 £57,500 +28.73% 4
UK excluding London -16 9 £53,067 +36.07% 3
West Midlands +17 2 £55,000 +41.03%
Midlands +7 2 £55,000 +41.03%
South West -14 2 £53,067 +41.09%
Scotland - 2 - -
North of England +40 1 £39,500 -25.47% 2
South East +12 1 £30,000 -29.41% 1
North West - 1 £39,500 - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 £65,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Business Data 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 featuring Business Data Analyst in the job title.

1 20 (62.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (59.38%) Management Information System
3 18 (56.25%) SQL
4 13 (40.63%) Data Quality
5 12 (37.50%) Power BI
5 12 (37.50%) Power Platform
6 10 (31.25%) Data Governance
6 10 (31.25%) Data Mapping
7 9 (28.13%) Data Analysis
7 9 (28.13%) Business Intelligence
8 8 (25.00%) Analytics
8 8 (25.00%) Social Skills
8 8 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (25.00%) Data Lineage
9 6 (18.75%) Visualisation
9 6 (18.75%) Data Management
10 5 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (15.63%) Finance
11 4 (12.50%) Degree
11 4 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
12 3 (9.38%) Azure
12 3 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
12 3 (9.38%) Data Analytics
12 3 (9.38%) Process Improvement
13 2 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
13 2 (6.25%) Tableau
13 2 (6.25%) Data Architecture
13 2 (6.25%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
13 2 (6.25%) Data Migration
13 2 (6.25%) Data Cleansing

Business Data Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (62.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (37.50%) Power Platform
2 3 (9.38%) Azure
3 2 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (6.25%) PowerApps
3 2 (6.25%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (3.13%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (3.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (37.50%) Power BI
2 2 (6.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (6.25%) Tableau
3 1 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.13%) Power Query
3 1 (3.13%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 8 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (15.63%) Finance
3 2 (6.25%) Banking
3 2 (6.25%) General Ledger
3 2 (6.25%) Investment Banking
3 2 (6.25%) Law
3 2 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (59.38%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.13%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.13%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (3.13%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (31.25%) Data Governance
1 10 (31.25%) Data Mapping
2 9 (28.13%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (28.13%) Data Analysis
3 8 (25.00%) Analytics
3 8 (25.00%) Data Lineage
4 6 (18.75%) Data Management
4 6 (18.75%) Visualisation
5 5 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (9.38%) Data Analytics
7 3 (9.38%) Process Improvement
8 2 (6.25%) Data Governance Strategy
8 2 (6.25%) Data Privacy
8 2 (6.25%) Data Transformation
8 2 (6.25%) Project Delivery
8 2 (6.25%) Requirements Gathering
8 2 (6.25%) Translating Business Requirements
8 2 (6.25%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 18 (56.25%) SQL
2 1 (3.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (3.13%) Python
2 1 (3.13%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (12.50%) Degree
2 2 (6.25%) Master's Degree
2 2 (6.25%) MBA
3 1 (3.13%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (40.63%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.13%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (6.25%) CA
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft