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 £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 December 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 578 604 599
Rank change year-on-year +26 -5 +231
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Business Analyst 34 110 81
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.069% 0.20% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.077% 0.21% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 26 86 71
10th Percentile £48,375 - £43,750
25th Percentile £53,438 £36,250 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £42,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +94.12% -29.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £95,000 £58,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £75,625 £75,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £42,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +76.47% -29.17% +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 44,402 52,240 42,852
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.21% 93.83% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 28,028 29,074 33,507
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% -3.33% -

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 8 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 8 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 +66 24 £95,000 +76.74% 5
North of England -22 6 £52,500 +40.00% 1
North West +43 2 £52,500 +10.53% 1
North East -42 2 £50,000 +33.33%
Yorkshire - 2 £55,000 -
South West +23 1 £48,500 +14.12% 2
IT Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 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 (52.94%) Agile
2 15 (44.12%) Business Analysis
3 13 (38.24%) User Stories
4 12 (35.29%) Microsoft
5 11 (32.35%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (29.41%) Degree
6 10 (29.41%) Use Case
7 9 (26.47%) Azure
7 9 (26.47%) Project Management
7 9 (26.47%) Waterfall
8 8 (23.53%) Coaching
9 7 (20.59%) AI
9 7 (20.59%) Decision-Making
9 7 (20.59%) Generative AI
9 7 (20.59%) Requirements Gathering
9 7 (20.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 6 (17.65%) Computer Science
10 6 (17.65%) Process Improvement
10 6 (17.65%) Translating Business Requirements
10 6 (17.65%) UML
10 6 (17.65%) Workflow
11 5 (14.71%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (14.71%) Business Strategy
11 5 (14.71%) Change Management
11 5 (14.71%) COREP
11 5 (14.71%) Data Analysis
11 5 (14.71%) DevOps
11 5 (14.71%) Guidewire
11 5 (14.71%) Mentoring
11 5 (14.71%) 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 3 (8.82%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (5.88%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 9 (26.47%) Azure
2 5 (14.71%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (11.76%) Azure Data Factory
3 4 (11.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 4 (11.76%) ChatGPT
3 4 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Copilot
3 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Purview
3 4 (11.76%) PaaS
3 4 (11.76%) Power Platform
3 4 (11.76%) SaaS
4 3 (8.82%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.76%) Data Lake
1 4 (11.76%) Power BI
2 2 (5.88%) Relational Database
2 2 (5.88%) SQL Server
General
1 17 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (32.35%) Finance
3 10 (29.41%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (23.53%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (11.76%) Public Sector
6 3 (8.82%) Banking
6 3 (8.82%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (8.82%) Publishing
7 2 (5.88%) Marketing
8 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.76%) AI Agents
1 4 (11.76%) Enterprise Cloud
2 3 (8.82%) Digital Media
3 2 (5.88%) Credit Derivative
3 2 (5.88%) Derivative
3 2 (5.88%) Equities
3 2 (5.88%) Interest Rate Derivative
3 2 (5.88%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.88%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (52.94%) Agile
2 15 (44.12%) Business Analysis
3 13 (38.24%) User Stories
4 11 (32.35%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (29.41%) Use Case
6 9 (26.47%) Project Management
6 9 (26.47%) Waterfall
7 8 (23.53%) Coaching
8 7 (20.59%) AI
8 7 (20.59%) Decision-Making
8 7 (20.59%) Generative AI
8 7 (20.59%) Requirements Gathering
8 7 (20.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (17.65%) Computer Science
9 6 (17.65%) Process Improvement
9 6 (17.65%) Translating Business Requirements
9 6 (17.65%) UML
9 6 (17.65%) Workflow
10 5 (14.71%) DevOps
10 5 (14.71%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 5 (14.71%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (29.41%) Degree
2 4 (11.76%) IIBA
2 4 (11.76%) PMI Certification
2 4 (11.76%) PMP
2 4 (11.76%) SC Cleared
2 4 (11.76%) Security Cleared
3 2 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.94%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.71%) COREP
Systems Management
1 4 (11.76%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (35.29%) Microsoft
2 5 (14.71%) Guidewire
3 4 (11.76%) Alteryx
3 4 (11.76%) Anaplan