Business Analyst Jobs in Central London

Business Analyst (BA)
London > Central London

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in Central London is £76,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 102 106
Rank change year-on-year +4 +4 -37
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 61 84 150
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 2.56% 2.23% 2.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.79% 2.33% 3.11%
Number of salaries quoted 55 55 135
10th Percentile £51,000 £48,200 £49,700
25th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £55,100
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,000 £75,000 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% +13.21% -1.85%
75th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £106,250 £99,000 £104,000
London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +15.38% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,186 3,603 4,826
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.77% 95.44% 96.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,537 2,766 3,999
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £54,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £74,744
Median % change year-on-year - -3.00% +3.10%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,125
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in Central London

Business Analyst
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Business Analyst in Central London

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in Central London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Analyst in Central London

Business Analyst
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the Central London region over the 6 months to 30 May 2025. 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
City of London +18 52 £75,000 - 25
Business Analyst
London

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

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, 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 Central London region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 30 (49.18%) Requirements Gathering
2 28 (45.90%) Business Analysis
3 27 (44.26%) Agile
4 23 (37.70%) Finance
5 16 (26.23%) Social Skills
6 14 (22.95%) Degree
7 13 (21.31%) JIRA
7 13 (21.31%) Project Management
8 12 (19.67%) User Stories
9 11 (18.03%) SQL
9 11 (18.03%) Stakeholder Management
9 11 (18.03%) Systems Analysis
10 10 (16.39%) Data Analysis
10 10 (16.39%) Azure
10 10 (16.39%) DevOps
10 10 (16.39%) Problem-Solving
11 8 (13.11%) Microsoft Excel
11 8 (13.11%) SharePoint
11 8 (13.11%) Confluence
11 8 (13.11%) User Acceptance Testing
11 8 (13.11%) QA
11 8 (13.11%) Analytical Skills
11 8 (13.11%) Analytics
12 6 (9.84%) Scrum
12 6 (9.84%) Microsoft Project
12 6 (9.84%) Document Management
12 6 (9.84%) Use Case
12 6 (9.84%) Process Improvement
12 6 (9.84%) Waterfall
12 6 (9.84%) Reinsurance

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 8 (13.11%) Confluence
1 8 (13.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (13.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (9.84%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (6.56%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Adaptiv
1 1 (1.64%) Aladdin
1 1 (1.64%) Magento
1 1 (1.64%) Shopify
1 1 (1.64%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 10 (16.39%) Azure
2 3 (4.92%) AWS
2 3 (4.92%) SaaS
3 2 (3.28%) Lucidchart
3 2 (3.28%) PaaS
4 1 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.64%) BigCommerce
4 1 (1.64%) Google Analytics
4 1 (1.64%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.64%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.56%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (6.56%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
2 2 (3.28%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.64%) NonStop SQL
3 1 (1.64%) Power BI
3 1 (1.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (21.31%) JIRA
General
1 23 (37.70%) Finance
2 16 (26.23%) Social Skills
3 8 (13.11%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (8.20%) Banking
4 5 (8.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (6.56%) Advertising
5 4 (6.56%) Front Office
5 4 (6.56%) General Ledger
6 3 (4.92%) Back Office
7 2 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (3.28%) Financial Institution
7 2 (3.28%) Law
7 2 (3.28%) Retail
8 1 (1.64%) French Language
8 1 (1.64%) Legal
8 1 (1.64%) Marketing
8 1 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.64%) GraphQL
1 1 (1.64%) LDAP
1 1 (1.64%) OAuth
1 1 (1.64%) REST
1 1 (1.64%) RESTful
1 1 (1.64%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.84%) Reinsurance
2 3 (4.92%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (3.28%) Market Risk
3 2 (3.28%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.28%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.64%) Credit Risk
4 1 (1.64%) Derivative
4 1 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.64%) Equities
4 1 (1.64%) Fixed Income
4 1 (1.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.64%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.64%) Reference Data
4 1 (1.64%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.64%) Unix
1 1 (1.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (49.18%) Requirements Gathering
2 28 (45.90%) Business Analysis
3 27 (44.26%) Agile
4 13 (21.31%) Project Management
5 12 (19.67%) User Stories
6 11 (18.03%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (18.03%) Systems Analysis
7 10 (16.39%) Data Analysis
7 10 (16.39%) DevOps
7 10 (16.39%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (13.11%) Analytics
8 8 (13.11%) User Acceptance Testing
9 6 (9.84%) Business Process Analysis
9 6 (9.84%) Document Management
9 6 (9.84%) Process Improvement
9 6 (9.84%) Scrum
9 6 (9.84%) Use Case
9 6 (9.84%) Waterfall
10 5 (8.20%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (8.20%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 11 (18.03%) SQL
2 2 (3.28%) Python
3 1 (1.64%) C++
3 1 (1.64%) COBOL
3 1 (1.64%) Java
Qualifications
1 14 (22.95%) Degree
2 2 (3.28%) CFA
2 2 (3.28%) PMI Certification
2 2 (3.28%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (13.11%) QA
2 3 (4.92%) PMO
3 2 (3.28%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.64%) Dodd-Frank
4 1 (1.64%) GDPR
4 1 (1.64%) MiFID
4 1 (1.64%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 6 (9.84%) Guidewire
2 3 (4.92%) Murex
2 3 (4.92%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.64%) Atlassian
3 1 (1.64%) Bloomberg
3 1 (1.64%) Charles River
3 1 (1.64%) FIS
3 1 (1.64%) Google
3 1 (1.64%) ION Trading
3 1 (1.64%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.64%) SAP
3 1 (1.64%) Splunk