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 leading to 12 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 98 94
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 -30
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 49 82 142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 2.39% 2.44% 3.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.57% 2.55% 3.19%
Number of salaries quoted 44 51 128
10th Percentile £50,500 £48,000 £52,037
25th Percentile £66,875 £60,750 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £103,250
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £65,625
% change year-on-year - +14.29% +0.96%

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 1,910 3,217 4,454
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.03% 95.86% 96.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,458 2,556 3,739
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,125 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.69% -1.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £74,000
% change year-on-year - -2.03% +2.07%

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 12 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 12 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 24 (48.98%) Finance
1 24 (48.98%) Requirements Gathering
2 19 (38.78%) Business Analysis
3 18 (36.73%) Agile
4 14 (28.57%) SQL
5 12 (24.49%) Degree
5 12 (24.49%) Azure
6 11 (22.45%) DevOps
6 11 (22.45%) Systems Analysis
7 10 (20.41%) Data Analysis
8 9 (18.37%) User Acceptance Testing
8 9 (18.37%) JIRA
8 9 (18.37%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (16.33%) Social Skills
9 8 (16.33%) QA
9 8 (16.33%) SharePoint
10 7 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
10 7 (14.29%) Reinsurance
10 7 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
11 6 (12.24%) Process Improvement
11 6 (12.24%) User Stories
11 6 (12.24%) Data Modelling
11 6 (12.24%) Business Intelligence
11 6 (12.24%) Microsoft Project
11 6 (12.24%) Project Management
11 6 (12.24%) Document Management
12 5 (10.20%) Decision-Making
12 5 (10.20%) Stakeholder Management
12 5 (10.20%) Scrum
12 5 (10.20%) Waterfall

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 (16.33%) SharePoint
2 3 (6.12%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (12.24%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (6.12%) MS Visio
4 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Aladdin
1 1 (2.04%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 12 (24.49%) Azure
2 4 (8.16%) PaaS
3 3 (6.12%) AWS
3 3 (6.12%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (6.12%) SaaS
4 1 (2.04%) Lucidchart
4 1 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.16%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (8.16%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
2 2 (4.08%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.04%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 9 (18.37%) JIRA
General
1 24 (48.98%) Finance
2 8 (16.33%) Social Skills
3 7 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (8.16%) Front Office
4 4 (8.16%) General Ledger
4 4 (8.16%) Retail
5 3 (6.12%) Banking
6 2 (4.08%) Advertising
6 2 (4.08%) Back Office
6 2 (4.08%) Financial Institution
6 2 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.04%) French Language
7 1 (2.04%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.08%) .NET
2 1 (2.04%) LDAP
2 1 (2.04%) OAuth
2 1 (2.04%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.29%) Reinsurance
2 3 (6.12%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (6.12%) Equities
3 2 (4.08%) Derivative
3 2 (4.08%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.04%) Fixed Income
4 1 (2.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (2.04%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.04%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.04%) Reference Data
4 1 (2.04%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.04%) Unix
1 1 (2.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (48.98%) Requirements Gathering
2 19 (38.78%) Business Analysis
3 18 (36.73%) Agile
4 11 (22.45%) DevOps
4 11 (22.45%) Systems Analysis
5 10 (20.41%) Data Analysis
6 9 (18.37%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (18.37%) User Acceptance Testing
7 6 (12.24%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (12.24%) Data Modelling
7 6 (12.24%) Document Management
7 6 (12.24%) Process Improvement
7 6 (12.24%) Project Management
7 6 (12.24%) User Stories
8 5 (10.20%) Data Mapping
8 5 (10.20%) Decision-Making
8 5 (10.20%) Scrum
8 5 (10.20%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (10.20%) Use Case
8 5 (10.20%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 14 (28.57%) SQL
2 2 (4.08%) Python
3 1 (2.04%) C++
3 1 (2.04%) COBOL
3 1 (2.04%) Java
Qualifications
1 12 (24.49%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (16.33%) QA
2 2 (4.08%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.08%) PMO
3 1 (2.04%) Dodd-Frank
3 1 (2.04%) GDPR
3 1 (2.04%) MiFID
3 1 (2.04%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 5 (10.20%) Guidewire
2 2 (4.08%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.04%) Atlassian
3 1 (2.04%) Bloomberg
3 1 (2.04%) Charles River
3 1 (2.04%) ION Trading
3 1 (2.04%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.04%) Murex
3 1 (2.04%) SAP
3 1 (2.04%) Splunk