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 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 92 100 66
Rank change year-on-year +8 -34 +53
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 84 141 315
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 2.49% 3.00% 4.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.60% 3.12% 4.62%
Number of salaries quoted 53 127 277
10th Percentile £48,278 £51,883 £49,789
25th Percentile £59,000 £56,750 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - +3.85%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £87,500
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £65,625 £65,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +0.96% +4.00%

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 3,236 4,526 6,819
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.91% 96.32% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2,577 3,799 5,663
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £53,000 £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 £108,750
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £74,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -2.03% +2.07% +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 6 May 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 6 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 City of London region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 28 (33.33%) Agile
1 28 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 21 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 19 (22.62%) Finance
4 18 (21.43%) Requirements Gathering
5 16 (19.05%) Workshop Facilitation
6 15 (17.86%) Change Management
7 13 (15.48%) SQL
8 12 (14.29%) Back Office
9 11 (13.10%) Social Skills
9 11 (13.10%) Law
9 11 (13.10%) MS Visio
9 11 (13.10%) User Stories
10 10 (11.90%) Electronic Trading
11 9 (10.71%) GAP Analysis
11 9 (10.71%) Banking
12 8 (9.52%) Migration
12 8 (9.52%) Legal
12 8 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
12 8 (9.52%) Degree
12 8 (9.52%) Data Analysis
12 8 (9.52%) Roadmaps
13 7 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
13 7 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 7 (8.33%) Waterfall
13 7 (8.33%) Scrum
14 6 (7.14%) Oracle
14 6 (7.14%) Data Modelling
14 6 (7.14%) SC Cleared
14 6 (7.14%) 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 (2.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (13.10%) MS Visio
2 8 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.19%) Elite 3E
1 1 (1.19%) Loan IQ
1 1 (1.19%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (1.19%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.76%) OCI
2 3 (3.57%) Azure
2 3 (3.57%) WhatsApp
3 2 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (2.38%) Miro
4 1 (1.19%) AWS
4 1 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.19%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.19%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (5.95%) JIRA
2 1 (1.19%) JMeter
2 1 (1.19%) LoadRunner
General
1 19 (22.62%) Finance
2 12 (14.29%) Back Office
3 11 (13.10%) Law
3 11 (13.10%) Social Skills
4 9 (10.71%) Banking
5 8 (9.52%) Legal
6 6 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (5.95%) Front Office
8 3 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (3.57%) Retail
9 2 (2.38%) Advertising
9 2 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.19%) Automotive
10 1 (1.19%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.19%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.19%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.19%) Marketing
10 1 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.19%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.19%) .NET
1 1 (1.19%) .NET Framework
1 1 (1.19%) Entity Framework
1 1 (1.19%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (1.19%) React
1 1 (1.19%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.95%) Fixed Income
2 2 (2.38%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.38%) Reinsurance
3 1 (1.19%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (1.19%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.19%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (33.33%) Agile
1 28 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 21 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 18 (21.43%) Requirements Gathering
4 16 (19.05%) Workshop Facilitation
5 15 (17.86%) Change Management
6 11 (13.10%) User Stories
7 10 (11.90%) Electronic Trading
8 9 (10.71%) GAP Analysis
9 8 (9.52%) Data Analysis
9 8 (9.52%) Migration
9 8 (9.52%) Roadmaps
10 7 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (8.33%) Scrum
10 7 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 7 (8.33%) Waterfall
11 6 (7.14%) Acceptance Criteria
11 6 (7.14%) Data Modelling
11 6 (7.14%) Mentoring
11 6 (7.14%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 13 (15.48%) SQL
2 1 (1.19%) Java
2 1 (1.19%) Python
2 1 (1.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (9.52%) Degree
2 6 (7.14%) SC Cleared
2 6 (7.14%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.38%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.38%) PMP
4 1 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.19%) ISEB
4 1 (1.19%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.19%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.38%) Data Quality
1 2 (2.38%) EMIR
1 2 (2.38%) MiFID
1 2 (2.38%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (1.19%) Grafana
Vendors
1 6 (7.14%) Oracle
2 4 (4.76%) Bloomberg
2 4 (4.76%) ION Trading
2 4 (4.76%) Salesforce
3 2 (2.38%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.19%) Temenos