Business Analyst Job Trends in the East of England

Business Analyst (BA)
England > East of England

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in the East of England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 160 107
Rank change year-on-year +70 -53 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 73 21 29
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.76% 0.58% 1.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.97% 0.65% 1.44%
Number of salaries quoted 65 17 21
10th Percentile £36,750 £33,173 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,875 £42,500 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.28% -7.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile - £70,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £56,500 £76,000 £60,000
England median annual salary £56,250 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -13.46% +4.00% +4.17%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 3,707 3,223 2,016
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.39% 89.63% 94.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2,230 1,492 1,487
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,000 £26,325
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Business Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Business Analyst job vacancy trend in the East of England

Business Analyst
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in the East of England.

Salary distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in the East of England

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in the East of England over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Analyst in the East of England

Business Analyst
Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Suffolk +11 29 £46,750 -10.95% 1
Cambridgeshire +23 16 £55,000 -18.52% 9
Norfolk - 12 £46,250 -
Hertfordshire +18 11 £50,000 -1.48%
Essex -7 10 £55,000 +64.34% 4
Bedfordshire +31 1 £55,000 - 1
Business Analyst
England

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, Business Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the East of England region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 39 (53.42%) Agile
2 36 (49.32%) Problem-Solving
3 33 (45.21%) User Stories
4 28 (38.36%) Change Management
5 27 (36.99%) E-Commerce
6 26 (35.62%) Workshop Facilitation
7 25 (34.25%) Accessibility
7 25 (34.25%) Collaborative Working
7 25 (34.25%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 25 (34.25%) HTML
7 25 (34.25%) User Experience
7 25 (34.25%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 20 (27.40%) Degree
9 18 (24.66%) Business Intelligence
9 18 (24.66%) Power BI
9 18 (24.66%) Power Platform
10 16 (21.92%) Computer Science
11 14 (19.18%) Business Analysis
12 10 (13.70%) Stakeholder Management
13 7 (9.59%) SDLC
14 6 (8.22%) ACCA
14 6 (8.22%) Budgeting
14 6 (8.22%) Budgeting and Forecasting
14 6 (8.22%) Business Strategy
14 6 (8.22%) CIMA
14 6 (8.22%) DevOps
14 6 (8.22%) Process Improvement
14 6 (8.22%) Scrum
14 6 (8.22%) UML
15 5 (6.85%) Data Migration

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 3 (4.11%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.37%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 18 (24.66%) Power Platform
2 4 (5.48%) Azure
3 1 (1.37%) Google Workspace
3 1 (1.37%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (24.66%) Power BI
2 4 (5.48%) SQL Server
General
1 33 (45.21%) Social Skills
2 25 (34.25%) Law
3 12 (16.44%) Finance
4 6 (8.22%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (5.48%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.48%) Health Technology
6 2 (2.74%) Legal
6 2 (2.74%) Online Betting
7 1 (1.37%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (34.25%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (21.92%) Driving Licence
2 2 (2.74%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (2.74%) Virtual Team
3 1 (1.37%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.37%) PMI
3 1 (1.37%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.37%) PropTech
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (53.42%) Agile
2 36 (49.32%) Problem-Solving
3 33 (45.21%) User Stories
4 28 (38.36%) Change Management
5 27 (36.99%) E-Commerce
6 26 (35.62%) Workshop Facilitation
7 25 (34.25%) Collaborative Working
7 25 (34.25%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 25 (34.25%) User Experience
7 25 (34.25%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 18 (24.66%) Business Intelligence
9 16 (21.92%) Computer Science
10 14 (19.18%) Business Analysis
11 10 (13.70%) Stakeholder Management
12 7 (9.59%) SDLC
13 6 (8.22%) Budgeting
13 6 (8.22%) Budgeting and Forecasting
13 6 (8.22%) Business Strategy
13 6 (8.22%) DevOps
13 6 (8.22%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 20 (27.40%) Degree
2 6 (8.22%) ACCA
2 6 (8.22%) CIMA
3 1 (1.37%) IIBA
3 1 (1.37%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.37%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (34.25%) Accessibility
2 5 (6.85%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (6.85%) Salesforce
2 4 (5.48%) Microsoft
3 3 (4.11%) SAP
4 1 (1.37%) Google