IT Business Analyst (IT BA)
UK

The median IT Business Analyst (IT BA) salary in the UK is £49,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 785 846 885
Rank change year-on-year +61 +39 -157
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Business Analyst 109 139 320
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.13% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.14% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 103 112 282
10th Percentile £40,100 £39,270 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,750 £43,025 £41,429
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £53,750 £61,250 £60,938
90th Percentile £59,500 £71,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - +5.88%

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 92,682 96,623 147,884
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,673 60,571 85,427
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 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

IT Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Business Analyst in the UK

IT Business Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IT Business Analyst in the UK

IT Business Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Business Analyst over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Business Analyst in the UK

IT Business 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 IT Business Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 24 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 +106 108 £49,500 -1.00% 13
UK excluding London +36 78 £49,500 +10.00% 8
Work from Home +95 56 £50,000 +5.26% 10
London +127 30 £53,000 -9.01% 6
East of England +47 22 £48,500 +14.12%
South East +20 21 £50,500 +6.32% 3
Midlands +11 14 £49,500 +4.21% 1
South West -7 14 £50,000 +15.61%
East Midlands -7 12 £49,500 +10.00%
North of England +36 6 £55,000 +22.22% 3
North West +11 5 £60,000 +21.21% 3
West Midlands +29 2 £43,000 -14.00% 1
Yorkshire +77 1 £40,000 -
Scotland -58 1 £40,000 -15.79% 1

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, IT 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 featuring IT Business Analyst in the job title.

1 54 (49.54%) Agile
2 47 (43.12%) Project Management
3 41 (37.61%) Requirements Gathering
4 36 (33.03%) Business Analysis
5 29 (26.61%) Waterfall
5 29 (26.61%) Social Skills
6 23 (21.10%) SDLC
7 22 (20.18%) PRINCE2
8 21 (19.27%) Kanban
9 19 (17.43%) Analytical Skills
9 19 (17.43%) Product Ownership
10 18 (16.51%) Lean Software Development
11 17 (15.60%) Self-Motivation
12 16 (14.68%) Stakeholder Management
13 15 (13.76%) User Acceptance Testing
14 14 (12.84%) Problem-Solving
15 13 (11.93%) Degree
16 12 (11.01%) Business Case
16 12 (11.01%) Workshop Facilitation
17 11 (10.09%) Process Improvement
17 11 (10.09%) Law
18 10 (9.17%) Project Delivery
19 9 (8.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 9 (8.26%) Scrum
19 9 (8.26%) ERP
20 8 (7.34%) Finance
21 7 (6.42%) Change Management
21 7 (6.42%) Continuous Improvement
21 7 (6.42%) Security Cleared
21 7 (6.42%) Presentation Skills

IT Business 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 (0.92%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (3.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (5.50%) Maximo
2 1 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.92%) Endur
2 1 (0.92%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.92%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (4.59%) Power Platform
2 2 (1.83%) SaaS
2 2 (1.83%) WhatsApp
3 1 (0.92%) Azure
3 1 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (0.92%) Miro
3 1 (0.92%) Oracle Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.59%) Power BI
2 1 (0.92%) Spotfire
2 1 (0.92%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.92%) JIRA
General
1 29 (26.61%) Social Skills
2 19 (17.43%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (10.09%) Law
4 9 (8.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (7.34%) Finance
6 7 (6.42%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (4.59%) Manufacturing
8 4 (3.67%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (3.67%) Legal
8 4 (3.67%) Local Government
9 2 (1.83%) Advertising
9 2 (1.83%) Back Office
9 2 (1.83%) Retail
10 1 (0.92%) Banking
10 1 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.92%) Marketing
10 1 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.92%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.92%) .NET
1 1 (0.92%) XML
1 1 (0.92%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 19 (17.43%) Product Ownership
2 17 (15.60%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (3.67%) Data Centre
3 4 (3.67%) Freedom of Information
4 2 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.92%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.92%) Derivative
5 1 (0.92%) Equities
5 1 (0.92%) Equity Derivative
5 1 (0.92%) Fixed Income
5 1 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.92%) Hedge funds
5 1 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (49.54%) Agile
2 47 (43.12%) Project Management
3 41 (37.61%) Requirements Gathering
4 36 (33.03%) Business Analysis
5 29 (26.61%) Waterfall
6 23 (21.10%) SDLC
7 22 (20.18%) PRINCE2
8 21 (19.27%) Kanban
9 18 (16.51%) Lean Software Development
10 16 (14.68%) Stakeholder Management
11 15 (13.76%) User Acceptance Testing
12 14 (12.84%) Problem-Solving
13 12 (11.01%) Business Case
13 12 (11.01%) Workshop Facilitation
14 11 (10.09%) Process Improvement
15 10 (9.17%) Project Delivery
16 9 (8.26%) ERP
16 9 (8.26%) Scrum
17 7 (6.42%) Change Management
17 7 (6.42%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.50%) SQL
2 1 (0.92%) C#
2 1 (0.92%) VBA
Qualifications
1 13 (11.93%) Degree
2 7 (6.42%) Security Cleared
3 6 (5.50%) ISEB
3 6 (5.50%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (0.92%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (0.92%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.92%) Data Quality
1 1 (0.92%) QA
1 1 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 3 (2.75%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.83%) IFS
2 2 (1.83%) SAP
3 1 (0.92%) Bloomberg
3 1 (0.92%) Oracle
3 1 (0.92%) Triple Point