Business Analyst Jobs in Wales

Business Analyst (BA)
UK > Wales

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in Wales is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 102 93 63
Rank change year-on-year -9 -30 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 19 35 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 0.93% 2.13% 4.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.01% 2.48% 4.49%
Number of salaries quoted 9 33 75
10th Percentile £42,240 £36,293 £32,790
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £44,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% - +17.33%
75th Percentile £51,500 £57,931 £56,250
90th Percentile £55,040 £68,730 £60,577
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +6.80%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 1,888 1,411 1,827
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.55% 85.83% 94.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,285 806 1,148
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,391 £30,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in Wales

Business Analyst
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Business Analyst in Wales

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in Wales over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Analyst in Wales

Business Analyst
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the Wales region over the 6 months to 11 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
South Wales -6 18 £45,000 +5.88% 3
North Wales +8 1 - -
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 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 Wales region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 15 (78.95%) Agile
2 12 (63.16%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (57.89%) Business Analysis
3 11 (57.89%) User Stories
4 10 (52.63%) SC Cleared
4 10 (52.63%) Security Cleared
5 9 (47.37%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (47.37%) Requirements Gathering
6 8 (42.11%) Acceptance Criteria
6 8 (42.11%) JIRA
7 6 (31.58%) Business Process Modelling
7 6 (31.58%) Degree
7 6 (31.58%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (26.32%) Actionable Insight
8 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
9 4 (21.05%) Epics
9 4 (21.05%) Public Sector
9 4 (21.05%) Business Strategy
9 4 (21.05%) Mentoring
9 4 (21.05%) QA
9 4 (21.05%) Confluence
9 4 (21.05%) Scrum
10 3 (15.79%) Migration
10 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
10 3 (15.79%) BPMN
10 3 (15.79%) Data Migration
10 3 (15.79%) Process Improvement
10 3 (15.79%) Roadmaps
10 3 (15.79%) Product Ownership
10 3 (15.79%) User Research

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 4 (21.05%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.53%) Miro
2 1 (5.26%) Azure
2 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) DSL
1 2 (10.53%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 8 (42.11%) JIRA
2 2 (10.53%) Git
2 2 (10.53%) Postman
General
1 6 (31.58%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
3 4 (21.05%) Public Sector
4 2 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (10.53%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Games
5 1 (5.26%) Police
5 1 (5.26%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) Gherkin
1 2 (10.53%) JSON
1 2 (10.53%) JSON Schema
1 2 (10.53%) REST
1 2 (10.53%) RESTful
1 2 (10.53%) Swagger
1 2 (10.53%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Product Ownership
2 2 (10.53%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.26%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (78.95%) Agile
2 12 (63.16%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (57.89%) Business Analysis
3 11 (57.89%) User Stories
4 9 (47.37%) Requirements Gathering
4 9 (47.37%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (42.11%) Acceptance Criteria
6 6 (31.58%) Business Process Modelling
7 5 (26.32%) Actionable Insight
8 4 (21.05%) Business Strategy
8 4 (21.05%) Epics
8 4 (21.05%) Mentoring
8 4 (21.05%) Scrum
9 3 (15.79%) BPMN
9 3 (15.79%) Data Migration
9 3 (15.79%) Migration
9 3 (15.79%) Process Improvement
9 3 (15.79%) Roadmaps
9 3 (15.79%) User Research
9 3 (15.79%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (52.63%) SC Cleared
1 10 (52.63%) Security Cleared
2 6 (31.58%) Degree
3 2 (10.53%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (5.26%) CBAP
4 1 (5.26%) IIBA
4 1 (5.26%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) QA
2 1 (5.26%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) Blue Prism
2 1 (5.26%) UiPath