IT Business Analyst Job Trends in England

IT Business Analyst (IT BA)
UK > England

The median IT Business Analyst (IT BA) salary in England is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 December 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 576 564 596
Rank change year-on-year -12 +32 +231
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Business Analyst 33 111 71
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.063% 0.22% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.070% 0.24% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 27 85 62
10th Percentile £49,750 - £42,025
25th Percentile £54,375 £36,250 £47,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £42,500 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year +111.76% -24.44% +3.69%
75th Percentile £95,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £76,250 £70,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £43,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year +71.43% -20.45% +1.38%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 47,242 46,225 43,242
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.66% 93.21% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 29,630 24,644 33,926
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,199 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

IT Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

IT Business Analyst job vacancy trend in England

IT Business Analyst
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for IT Business Analyst job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for IT Business Analyst job vacancies in England

IT Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Business Analyst in England over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Business Analyst in England

IT Business Analyst
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Business Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 30 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
London +49 23 £95,000 +90.00% 6
North of England -32 6 £52,500 +40.00%
North West +26 2 £52,500 +10.53%
North East -47 2 £50,000 +33.33%
Yorkshire - 2 £55,000 -
Midlands +17 1 £55,000 -0.90% 3
East Midlands - 1 £55,000 - 3
IT Business Analyst
UK

IT Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 30 December 2025, IT 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 England region featuring IT Business Analyst in the job title.

1 18 (54.55%) Agile
2 15 (45.45%) Business Analysis
3 13 (39.39%) Microsoft
3 13 (39.39%) User Stories
4 12 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (30.30%) Degree
5 10 (30.30%) Project Management
5 10 (30.30%) Use Case
6 9 (27.27%) Azure
7 8 (24.24%) Coaching
7 8 (24.24%) Requirements Gathering
7 8 (24.24%) Waterfall
8 7 (21.21%) AI
8 7 (21.21%) Decision-Making
8 7 (21.21%) Generative AI
8 7 (21.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (18.18%) Computer Science
9 6 (18.18%) Process Improvement
9 6 (18.18%) Translating Business Requirements
9 6 (18.18%) UML
9 6 (18.18%) Workflow
10 5 (15.15%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (15.15%) Business Strategy
10 5 (15.15%) Change Management
10 5 (15.15%) COREP
10 5 (15.15%) Data Analysis
10 5 (15.15%) DevOps
10 5 (15.15%) Guidewire
10 5 (15.15%) Mentoring
10 5 (15.15%) Project Delivery

IT Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (12.12%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (6.06%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 9 (27.27%) Azure
2 5 (15.15%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (12.12%) Azure Data Factory
3 4 (12.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 4 (12.12%) ChatGPT
3 4 (12.12%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Copilot
3 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Purview
3 4 (12.12%) PaaS
3 4 (12.12%) Power Platform
3 4 (12.12%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.12%) Data Lake
1 4 (12.12%) Power BI
2 2 (6.06%) Relational Database
2 2 (6.06%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) JIRA
General
1 17 (51.52%) Social Skills
2 10 (30.30%) Finance
3 9 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (21.21%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (12.12%) Banking
6 3 (9.09%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (9.09%) Public Sector
6 3 (9.09%) Publishing
7 2 (6.06%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) AI Agents
1 4 (12.12%) Enterprise Cloud
2 3 (9.09%) Digital Media
3 2 (6.06%) Credit Derivative
3 2 (6.06%) Derivative
3 2 (6.06%) Equities
3 2 (6.06%) Interest Rate Derivative
3 2 (6.06%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.06%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.03%) Credit Risk
4 1 (3.03%) Market Risk
4 1 (3.03%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (54.55%) Agile
2 15 (45.45%) Business Analysis
3 13 (39.39%) User Stories
4 12 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (30.30%) Project Management
5 10 (30.30%) Use Case
6 8 (24.24%) Coaching
6 8 (24.24%) Requirements Gathering
6 8 (24.24%) Waterfall
7 7 (21.21%) AI
7 7 (21.21%) Decision-Making
7 7 (21.21%) Generative AI
7 7 (21.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 6 (18.18%) Computer Science
8 6 (18.18%) Process Improvement
8 6 (18.18%) Translating Business Requirements
8 6 (18.18%) UML
8 6 (18.18%) Workflow
9 5 (15.15%) DevOps
9 5 (15.15%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.15%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (30.30%) Degree
2 4 (12.12%) IIBA
2 4 (12.12%) PMI Certification
2 4 (12.12%) PMP
3 3 (9.09%) SC Cleared
3 3 (9.09%) Security Cleared
4 2 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.15%) COREP
2 1 (3.03%) Basel II
Systems Management
1 4 (12.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (39.39%) Microsoft
2 5 (15.15%) Guidewire
3 4 (12.12%) Alteryx
3 4 (12.12%) Anaplan