Business IT Analyst
UK

The median Business IT Analyst salary in the UK is £49,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 788 827 885
Rank change year-on-year +39 +58 -172
Permanent jobs requiring a Business IT Analyst 114 145 354
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.14% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.16% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 108 122 302
10th Percentile £36,960 £38,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,750 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £53,500 £63,438 £60,000
90th Percentile £58,250 £73,500 £72,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,500 £45,000 £44,250
% change year-on-year +10.00% +1.69% +4.12%

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 93,776 92,678 150,788
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,209 58,362 84,200
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Business IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business IT Analyst in the UK

Business IT Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Business IT Analyst in the UK

Business IT Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business IT Analyst over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Business IT Analyst in the UK

Business IT Analyst
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business IT Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
England +75 110 £49,500 -1.00% 17
UK excluding London +20 83 £49,500 +10.00% 12
Work from Home +61 56 £49,500 +4.21% 8
London +67 30 £53,000 -11.67% 7
East of England +37 22 £48,500 +19.75% 1
South East -4 20 £50,500 +9.19% 2
Midlands -2 16 £49,500 +7.03% 4
South West -13 15 £46,500 +12.05%
East Midlands -6 13 £49,500 +10.00% 2
North of England +39 6 £55,000 +22.22% 3
North West +14 5 £60,000 +21.21% 2
Scotland -62 4 £37,800 -20.42% 2
West Midlands +10 3 £43,000 -9.47% 2
Yorkshire +78 1 £40,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, Business IT 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 IT Analyst in the job title.

1 56 (49.12%) Agile
2 46 (40.35%) Project Management
3 43 (37.72%) Requirements Gathering
4 34 (29.82%) Business Analysis
5 31 (27.19%) Social Skills
6 28 (24.56%) Waterfall
7 22 (19.30%) PRINCE2
7 22 (19.30%) SDLC
7 22 (19.30%) Analytical Skills
8 21 (18.42%) Kanban
9 19 (16.67%) Product Ownership
10 18 (15.79%) Lean Software Development
10 18 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
11 17 (14.91%) Self-Motivation
11 17 (14.91%) Degree
11 17 (14.91%) Stakeholder Management
12 15 (13.16%) User Acceptance Testing
13 14 (12.28%) Scrum
14 13 (11.40%) ERP
15 12 (10.53%) Workshop Facilitation
15 12 (10.53%) Business Case
16 11 (9.65%) Process Improvement
17 10 (8.77%) Continuous Improvement
17 10 (8.77%) SQL
17 10 (8.77%) Finance
18 9 (7.89%) Law
18 9 (7.89%) Business Intelligence
18 9 (7.89%) Security Cleared
19 8 (7.02%) SC Cleared
19 8 (7.02%) Maximo

Business IT 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 1 (0.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (4.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (7.02%) Maximo
2 1 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.88%) Endur
2 1 (0.88%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.88%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (7.02%) Power Platform
2 4 (3.51%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (1.75%) SaaS
3 2 (1.75%) WhatsApp
4 1 (0.88%) Azure
4 1 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.88%) Miro
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.02%) Power BI
2 2 (1.75%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.88%) Spotfire
3 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.88%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.88%) JIRA
General
1 31 (27.19%) Social Skills
2 22 (19.30%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (8.77%) Finance
4 9 (7.89%) Law
5 8 (7.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (6.14%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (4.39%) Manufacturing
8 4 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (3.51%) Legal
8 4 (3.51%) Local Government
9 2 (1.75%) Advertising
9 2 (1.75%) Back Office
9 2 (1.75%) Banking
9 2 (1.75%) Retail
10 1 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.88%) Marketing
10 1 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.88%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.75%) .NET
2 1 (0.88%) XML
2 1 (0.88%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 19 (16.67%) Product Ownership
2 17 (14.91%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (4.39%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (3.51%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.51%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (0.88%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.88%) Derivative
5 1 (0.88%) Equities
5 1 (0.88%) Equity Derivative
5 1 (0.88%) Fixed Income
5 1 (0.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.88%) Hedge funds
5 1 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (49.12%) Agile
2 46 (40.35%) Project Management
3 43 (37.72%) Requirements Gathering
4 34 (29.82%) Business Analysis
5 28 (24.56%) Waterfall
6 22 (19.30%) PRINCE2
6 22 (19.30%) SDLC
7 21 (18.42%) Kanban
8 18 (15.79%) Lean Software Development
8 18 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
9 17 (14.91%) Stakeholder Management
10 15 (13.16%) User Acceptance Testing
11 14 (12.28%) Scrum
12 13 (11.40%) ERP
13 12 (10.53%) Business Case
13 12 (10.53%) Workshop Facilitation
14 11 (9.65%) Process Improvement
15 10 (8.77%) Continuous Improvement
16 9 (7.89%) Business Intelligence
17 8 (7.02%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (8.77%) SQL
2 2 (1.75%) C#
3 1 (0.88%) VB
3 1 (0.88%) VBA
Qualifications
1 17 (14.91%) Degree
2 9 (7.89%) Security Cleared
3 8 (7.02%) SC Cleared
4 6 (5.26%) ISEB
5 4 (3.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.88%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.88%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.75%) QA
2 1 (0.88%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.88%) EMIR
2 1 (0.88%) MiFID
2 1 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 7 (6.14%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.75%) IFS
2 2 (1.75%) SAP
3 1 (0.88%) Bloomberg
3 1 (0.88%) Oracle
3 1 (0.88%) Triple Point