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 £76,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 99 97
Rank change year-on-year +14 -2 -34
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 54 80 139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 2.76% 2.39% 3.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.96% 2.49% 3.23%
Number of salaries quoted 48 51 124
10th Percentile £49,250 £51,143 £50,287
25th Percentile £64,375 £64,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,250 £75,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £90,938 £87,500 £85,313
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £105,000
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £66,250
% change year-on-year +3.33% +13.21% -1.85%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 1,823 3,216 4,309
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.20% 96.11% 96.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,381 2,519 3,594
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% -2.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year - -3.33% +3.45%

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 31 May 2025.

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 31 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 City of London region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 25 (46.30%) Requirements Gathering
2 24 (44.44%) Finance
3 23 (42.59%) Business Analysis
4 22 (40.74%) Agile
5 14 (25.93%) Social Skills
6 13 (24.07%) Degree
7 11 (20.37%) Systems Analysis
7 11 (20.37%) SQL
7 11 (20.37%) User Stories
8 10 (18.52%) DevOps
8 10 (18.52%) Analytics
8 10 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (18.52%) Project Management
8 10 (18.52%) Data Analysis
8 10 (18.52%) Azure
9 8 (14.81%) JIRA
9 8 (14.81%) QA
9 8 (14.81%) Microsoft Excel
9 8 (14.81%) SharePoint
9 8 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
10 7 (12.96%) Risk Management
10 7 (12.96%) Banking
10 7 (12.96%) User Acceptance Testing
11 6 (11.11%) Waterfall
11 6 (11.11%) Document Management
11 6 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (11.11%) Scrum
11 6 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
11 6 (11.11%) Reinsurance
11 6 (11.11%) Process Improvement

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 8 (14.81%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (14.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (7.41%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Adaptiv
2 1 (1.85%) Aladdin
2 1 (1.85%) Magento
2 1 (1.85%) Shopify
2 1 (1.85%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 10 (18.52%) Azure
2 3 (5.56%) AWS
2 3 (5.56%) SaaS
3 2 (3.70%) Lucidchart
3 2 (3.70%) PaaS
4 1 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.85%) BigCommerce
4 1 (1.85%) Google Analytics
4 1 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.85%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.41%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (7.41%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
2 2 (3.70%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.85%) NonStop SQL
3 1 (1.85%) Power BI
3 1 (1.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (14.81%) JIRA
General
1 24 (44.44%) Finance
2 14 (25.93%) Social Skills
3 8 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (12.96%) Banking
5 4 (7.41%) Advertising
5 4 (7.41%) Front Office
5 4 (7.41%) General Ledger
6 3 (5.56%) Back Office
7 2 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (3.70%) Financial Institution
7 2 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (3.70%) Retail
8 1 (1.85%) French Language
8 1 (1.85%) Law
8 1 (1.85%) Legal
8 1 (1.85%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.85%) GraphQL
1 1 (1.85%) LDAP
1 1 (1.85%) OAuth
1 1 (1.85%) REST
1 1 (1.85%) RESTful
1 1 (1.85%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.11%) Reinsurance
2 4 (7.41%) Market Risk
3 3 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (3.70%) Credit Risk
4 2 (3.70%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.70%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.85%) Derivative
5 1 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.85%) Equities
5 1 (1.85%) Fixed Income
5 1 (1.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.85%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.85%) Reference Data
5 1 (1.85%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.85%) Unix
1 1 (1.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (46.30%) Requirements Gathering
2 23 (42.59%) Business Analysis
3 22 (40.74%) Agile
4 11 (20.37%) Systems Analysis
4 11 (20.37%) User Stories
5 10 (18.52%) Analytics
5 10 (18.52%) Data Analysis
5 10 (18.52%) DevOps
5 10 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (18.52%) Project Management
6 7 (12.96%) Risk Management
6 7 (12.96%) User Acceptance Testing
7 6 (11.11%) Document Management
7 6 (11.11%) Process Improvement
7 6 (11.11%) Scrum
7 6 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (11.11%) Waterfall
8 5 (9.26%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (9.26%) Decision-Making
8 5 (9.26%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 11 (20.37%) SQL
2 2 (3.70%) Python
3 1 (1.85%) C++
3 1 (1.85%) COBOL
3 1 (1.85%) Java
Qualifications
1 13 (24.07%) Degree
2 4 (7.41%) CFA
2 4 (7.41%) PMI Certification
2 4 (7.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (14.81%) QA
2 3 (5.56%) PMO
3 2 (3.70%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.85%) Dodd-Frank
4 1 (1.85%) GDPR
4 1 (1.85%) MiFID
4 1 (1.85%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 6 (11.11%) Guidewire
2 5 (9.26%) Murex
3 3 (5.56%) Salesforce
4 2 (3.70%) FIS
5 1 (1.85%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.85%) Bloomberg
5 1 (1.85%) Charles River
5 1 (1.85%) Google
5 1 (1.85%) ION Trading
5 1 (1.85%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.85%) SAP
5 1 (1.85%) Splunk