Business Analyst Jobs in the City of London

Business Analyst (BA)
Central London > City of London

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in the City of London is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 104 91 70
Rank change year-on-year -13 -21 +48
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 80 160 296
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 2.38% 3.25% 4.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.49% 3.37% 4.41%
Number of salaries quoted 50 142 258
10th Percentile £47,825 £50,987 £50,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £56,500 £56,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £101,750 £94,875 £84,125
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% +3.85% +1.96%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 3,213 4,744 6,706
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.74% 96.46% 95.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,578 4,010 5,661
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £53,164 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,750 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £110,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +3.57%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in the City of London

Business Analyst
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in the City of London.

Salary trend for Business Analyst in the City of London

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in the City of London over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Analyst in the City of London

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 19 April 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 City of London region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 27 (33.75%) Business Analysis
2 24 (30.00%) Agile
3 22 (27.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (22.50%) Finance
4 18 (22.50%) Workshop Facilitation
5 17 (21.25%) Requirements Gathering
6 15 (18.75%) Social Skills
7 14 (17.50%) Change Management
8 12 (15.00%) GAP Analysis
8 12 (15.00%) User Stories
9 11 (13.75%) SQL
9 11 (13.75%) MS Visio
10 10 (12.50%) Banking
10 10 (12.50%) Law
10 10 (12.50%) Back Office
10 10 (12.50%) Electronic Trading
11 8 (10.00%) Roadmaps
11 8 (10.00%) Degree
11 8 (10.00%) Data Analysis
11 8 (10.00%) Legal
11 8 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
12 7 (8.75%) Migration
12 7 (8.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 7 (8.75%) Waterfall
12 7 (8.75%) Problem-Solving
12 7 (8.75%) Acceptance Criteria
13 6 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
13 6 (7.50%) Mentoring
13 6 (7.50%) SC Cleared
13 6 (7.50%) Security Cleared

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 2 (2.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (13.75%) MS Visio
2 8 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.25%) Elite 3E
1 1 (1.25%) Loan IQ
1 1 (1.25%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (1.25%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.00%) OCI
2 3 (3.75%) WhatsApp
3 2 (2.50%) Azure
3 2 (2.50%) Miro
4 1 (1.25%) AWS
4 1 (1.25%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.25%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (6.25%) JIRA
2 1 (1.25%) JMeter
2 1 (1.25%) LoadRunner
General
1 18 (22.50%) Finance
2 15 (18.75%) Social Skills
3 10 (12.50%) Back Office
3 10 (12.50%) Banking
3 10 (12.50%) Law
4 8 (10.00%) Legal
5 6 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (6.25%) Front Office
7 3 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.50%) Advertising
8 2 (2.50%) Marketing
8 2 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.25%) Automotive
9 1 (1.25%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.25%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.25%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.25%) Police
9 1 (1.25%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.25%) Retail
9 1 (1.25%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.25%) .NET
1 1 (1.25%) .NET Framework
1 1 (1.25%) Entity Framework
1 1 (1.25%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (1.25%) React
1 1 (1.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.50%) Fixed Income
2 2 (2.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (2.50%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.50%) Reinsurance
3 1 (1.25%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.25%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (33.75%) Business Analysis
2 24 (30.00%) Agile
3 22 (27.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (22.50%) Workshop Facilitation
5 17 (21.25%) Requirements Gathering
6 14 (17.50%) Change Management
7 12 (15.00%) GAP Analysis
7 12 (15.00%) User Stories
8 10 (12.50%) Electronic Trading
9 8 (10.00%) Data Analysis
9 8 (10.00%) Roadmaps
10 7 (8.75%) Acceptance Criteria
10 7 (8.75%) Migration
10 7 (8.75%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (8.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 7 (8.75%) Waterfall
11 6 (7.50%) Mentoring
11 6 (7.50%) Requirements Analysis
11 6 (7.50%) Workflow
12 5 (6.25%) UML
Programming Languages
1 11 (13.75%) SQL
2 1 (1.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (10.00%) Degree
2 6 (7.50%) SC Cleared
2 6 (7.50%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.50%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.50%) PMP
4 1 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.25%) ISEB
4 1 (1.25%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.25%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.50%) Data Quality
1 2 (2.50%) PMO
2 1 (1.25%) EMIR
2 1 (1.25%) MiFID
Systems Management
1 1 (1.25%) Grafana
Vendors
1 5 (6.25%) Oracle
2 4 (5.00%) Bloomberg
2 4 (5.00%) ION Trading
2 4 (5.00%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.25%) Calypso
3 1 (1.25%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.25%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.25%) Temenos