Business Analyst Jobs in London

Business Analyst (BA)
England > London

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in London is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 145 142 110
Rank change year-on-year -3 -32 +54
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 303 530 1,021
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 2.37% 2.21% 3.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.63% 2.34% 3.34%
Number of salaries quoted 242 434 851
10th Percentile £52,750 £46,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £55,000 £53,017
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +15.38% -
75th Percentile £102,500 £90,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £128,750 £101,200 £90,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% -8.33% +7.48%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 11,537 22,689 30,597
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.27% 94.43% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 6,970 16,827 22,863
10th Percentile £41,000 £37,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in London

Business Analyst
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in London.

Salary trend for Business Analyst in London

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Analyst in London

Business Analyst
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 31 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
Central London +9 64 £77,500 +3.33% 27
South London -10 5 £72,500 +56.76% 8
West London +15 2 £59,500 -17.93% 5
East London -17 1 - - 3
Business Analyst
England

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 31 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 London region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 168 (55.45%) Business Analysis
2 160 (52.81%) Agile
3 159 (52.48%) Finance
4 108 (35.64%) Social Skills
5 97 (32.01%) SQL
6 79 (26.07%) Analytical Skills
7 77 (25.41%) Requirements Gathering
8 74 (24.42%) Business Intelligence
9 72 (23.76%) Data Analysis
10 71 (23.43%) Front Office
11 64 (21.12%) Derivative
12 63 (20.79%) User Stories
13 62 (20.46%) Problem-Solving
13 62 (20.46%) Asset Management
14 59 (19.47%) Python
15 56 (18.48%) Fixed Income
16 54 (17.82%) Hedge funds
16 54 (17.82%) Portfolio Management
17 53 (17.49%) Degree
18 52 (17.16%) Investment Management
18 52 (17.16%) Data Mapping
18 52 (17.16%) Stakeholder Management
19 51 (16.83%) Onboarding
20 49 (16.17%) Aladdin
20 49 (16.17%) Project Management
21 46 (15.18%) BISAM
21 46 (15.18%) Charles River
22 40 (13.20%) thinkFolio
23 39 (12.87%) SimCorp
23 39 (12.87%) Calypso

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 17 (5.61%) Confluence
2 11 (3.63%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.99%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 33 (10.89%) MS Visio
2 27 (8.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (5.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (5.28%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (2.64%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.66%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.33%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 49 (16.17%) Aladdin
2 40 (13.20%) thinkFolio
3 6 (1.98%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.66%) Adaptiv
4 2 (0.66%) Endur
5 1 (0.33%) Magento
5 1 (0.33%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.33%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 20 (6.60%) Power Platform
2 15 (4.95%) Azure
3 8 (2.64%) AWS
4 7 (2.31%) Lucidchart
4 7 (2.31%) SaaS
5 4 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (1.32%) Miro
6 3 (0.99%) Figma
7 2 (0.66%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.66%) Google Sheets
7 2 (0.66%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (0.66%) PaaS
8 1 (0.33%) Amazon EMR
8 1 (0.33%) Amazon Kinesis
8 1 (0.33%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.33%) Azure AI
8 1 (0.33%) BigCommerce
8 1 (0.33%) Google Analytics
8 1 (0.33%) Matillion
8 1 (0.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.99%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.27%) Power BI
2 11 (3.63%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.32%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.32%) Tableau
4 3 (0.99%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.33%) Big Data
5 1 (0.33%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.33%) KDB
5 1 (0.33%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.33%) NonStop SQL
5 1 (0.33%) Pentaho
5 1 (0.33%) PowerCenter
5 1 (0.33%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 29 (9.57%) JIRA
General
1 159 (52.48%) Finance
2 108 (35.64%) Social Skills
3 79 (26.07%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (23.43%) Front Office
5 31 (10.23%) Banking
6 16 (5.28%) Presentation Skills
6 16 (5.28%) Retail
7 12 (3.96%) Legal
8 11 (3.63%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (3.30%) Back Office
10 8 (2.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (2.64%) Law
10 8 (2.64%) Marketing
10 8 (2.64%) Public Sector
11 5 (1.65%) Advertising
11 5 (1.65%) German Language
11 5 (1.65%) Italian Language
11 5 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.32%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.66%) CSS
1 2 (0.66%) GraphQL
1 2 (0.66%) HTML
1 2 (0.66%) LDAP
1 2 (0.66%) OAuth
1 2 (0.66%) XML
2 1 (0.33%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (0.33%) Kafka
2 1 (0.33%) MDX
2 1 (0.33%) Middleware
2 1 (0.33%) Node.js
2 1 (0.33%) React
2 1 (0.33%) REST
2 1 (0.33%) RESTful
2 1 (0.33%) SOAP
2 1 (0.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 64 (21.12%) Derivative
2 56 (18.48%) Fixed Income
3 54 (17.82%) Hedge funds
4 51 (16.83%) Onboarding
5 21 (6.93%) Product Ownership
6 13 (4.29%) Management Information System
7 12 (3.96%) Analytical Mindset
7 12 (3.96%) Market Risk
8 7 (2.31%) OTC Derivatives
8 7 (2.31%) Reinsurance
9 6 (1.98%) Equities
9 6 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 3 (0.99%) PMI
12 2 (0.66%) Cloud Native
12 2 (0.66%) Credit Risk
12 2 (0.66%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.66%) Operational Technology
12 2 (0.66%) Pricing Data
12 2 (0.66%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.66%) Windows
2 1 (0.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (55.45%) Business Analysis
2 160 (52.81%) Agile
3 77 (25.41%) Requirements Gathering
4 74 (24.42%) Business Intelligence
5 72 (23.76%) Data Analysis
6 63 (20.79%) User Stories
7 62 (20.46%) Asset Management
7 62 (20.46%) Problem-Solving
8 54 (17.82%) Portfolio Management
9 52 (17.16%) Data Mapping
9 52 (17.16%) Investment Management
9 52 (17.16%) Stakeholder Management
10 49 (16.17%) Project Management
11 34 (11.22%) Analytics
11 34 (11.22%) Decision-Making
12 31 (10.23%) Workshop Facilitation
13 28 (9.24%) Process Improvement
14 27 (8.91%) Project Delivery
14 27 (8.91%) Scrum
14 27 (8.91%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 97 (32.01%) SQL
2 59 (19.47%) Python
3 4 (1.32%) Java
4 2 (0.66%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.33%) C++
5 1 (0.33%) COBOL
5 1 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.33%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 53 (17.49%) Degree
2 8 (2.64%) CBAP
2 8 (2.64%) PMI Certification
3 7 (2.31%) Security Cleared
4 5 (1.65%) PMP
5 4 (1.32%) CFA
5 4 (1.32%) Master's Degree
5 4 (1.32%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.66%) CCA
6 2 (0.66%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.66%) MBA
6 2 (0.66%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.33%) ACCA
7 1 (0.33%) CIMA
7 1 (0.33%) IIBA
7 1 (0.33%) ISEB
7 1 (0.33%) PhD
7 1 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.33%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 1 (0.33%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.27%) QA
2 11 (3.63%) PMO
3 7 (2.31%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (1.65%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.65%) MiFID
5 4 (1.32%) COREP
6 3 (0.99%) EMIR
7 2 (0.66%) GDPR
7 2 (0.66%) Solvency II
8 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.33%) Dodd-Frank
8 1 (0.33%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.33%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.33%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (0.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 46 (15.18%) BISAM
1 46 (15.18%) Charles River
2 39 (12.87%) Calypso
2 39 (12.87%) SimCorp
3 18 (5.94%) Microsoft
3 18 (5.94%) Salesforce
4 13 (4.29%) Murex
5 7 (2.31%) Guidewire
5 7 (2.31%) SAP
6 4 (1.32%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.99%) Adobe
7 3 (0.99%) Google
8 2 (0.66%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.66%) Bloomberg
8 2 (0.66%) FIS
9 1 (0.33%) Informatica
9 1 (0.33%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.33%) Refinitiv
9 1 (0.33%) Reuters
9 1 (0.33%) Talend