Business Analyst Jobs in the East Midlands

Business Analyst (BA)
England > East Midlands

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in the East Midlands is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 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
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 136 94
Rank change year-on-year +8 -42 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 27 57 87
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 1.01% 1.30% 3.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.07% 1.37% 3.48%
Number of salaries quoted 26 40 52
10th Percentile £34,250 £31,200 £36,825
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,625 £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,500 £48,972
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -13.22% +5.79%
75th Percentile £66,500 £51,541 £59,063
90th Percentile £70,000 £54,975 £69,915
England median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 2,534 4,160 2,503
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.91% 94.55% 88.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,034 3,019 1,342
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £58,750 £55,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in the East Midlands

Business Analyst
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for Business Analyst in the East Midlands

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Analyst in the East Midlands

Business Analyst
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 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
Northamptonshire -12 14 £59,000 +21.03% 10
Lincolnshire +9 7 £35,500 -5.33%
Derbyshire +5 3 £45,000 +5.88% 3
Leicestershire +18 1 £70,000 +43.78% 3
Nottinghamshire +17 1 £31,000 -58.67% 5
Business Analyst
England

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 15 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 East Midlands region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 16 (59.26%) Requirements Gathering
2 11 (40.74%) Finance
3 10 (37.04%) Law
4 9 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (33.33%) Business Analysis
4 9 (33.33%) User Stories
5 8 (29.63%) Agile
6 7 (25.93%) Software Delivery
6 7 (25.93%) Degree
6 7 (25.93%) JIRA
6 7 (25.93%) Confluence
6 7 (25.93%) Product Backlog
7 6 (22.22%) Social Skills
7 6 (22.22%) Salesforce
8 5 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (14.81%) Lean Six Sigma
9 4 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (14.81%) Six Sigma
10 3 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (11.11%) SQL
10 3 (11.11%) Project Management
10 3 (11.11%) Banking
10 3 (11.11%) Software Engineering
10 3 (11.11%) Visualisation
10 3 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
10 3 (11.11%) SDLC
11 2 (7.41%) Target Operating Model
11 2 (7.41%) QMS
11 2 (7.41%) Business Transformation

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 7 (25.93%) Confluence
2 2 (7.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (7.41%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.41%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.41%) CHAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (25.93%) JIRA
General
1 11 (40.74%) Finance
2 10 (37.04%) Law
3 6 (22.22%) Social Skills
4 5 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (11.11%) Banking
6 2 (7.41%) Marketing
7 1 (3.70%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (7.41%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (59.26%) Requirements Gathering
2 9 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 9 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (33.33%) User Stories
3 8 (29.63%) Agile
4 7 (25.93%) Product Backlog
4 7 (25.93%) Software Delivery
5 4 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (14.81%) Lean Six Sigma
5 4 (14.81%) Six Sigma
6 3 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (11.11%) Project Management
6 3 (11.11%) SDLC
6 3 (11.11%) Software Engineering
6 3 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (11.11%) Visualisation
7 2 (7.41%) Business Transformation
7 2 (7.41%) Requirements Workshops
7 2 (7.41%) Target Operating Model
7 2 (7.41%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (25.93%) Degree
2 2 (7.41%) ISEB
2 2 (7.41%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 1 (3.70%) CBAP
3 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.41%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (22.22%) Salesforce
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft