Business Analyst Jobs in London

Business Analyst (BA)
England > London

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in London is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 152 107 147
Rank change year-on-year -45 +40 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 468 842 2,180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 2.26% 3.10% 2.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.38% 3.26% 3.03%
Number of salaries quoted 391 745 1,850
10th Percentile £50,138 £47,500 £46,988
25th Percentile £62,500 £52,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £65,750
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -1.14% +5.20%
75th Percentile £92,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £91,250 £95,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% - +9.52%

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 19,628 25,813 71,873
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 95.17% 95.81%
Number of salaries quoted 13,829 20,517 35,752
10th Percentile £38,500 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £117,500 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 82 £75,000 +11.11% 8
South London -12 10 £55,000 +6.02%
West London -28 3 £70,000 +40.00% 1
East London +18 1 £70,000 +33.33% 1
Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, 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.

1 204 (43.59%) Agile
2 161 (34.40%) Business Analysis
3 158 (33.76%) Finance
4 155 (33.12%) SQL
5 120 (25.64%) Social Skills
6 116 (24.79%) Product Ownership
7 108 (23.08%) Python
8 98 (20.94%) Front Office
9 97 (20.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 95 (20.30%) Equities
10 95 (20.30%) Banking
11 94 (20.09%) Fixed Income
12 91 (19.44%) Investment Management
13 87 (18.59%) AWS
13 87 (18.59%) Hedge funds
14 86 (18.38%) Asset Management
15 85 (18.16%) Derivative
16 84 (17.95%) Analytics
17 77 (16.45%) Roadmaps
17 77 (16.45%) Analytical Skills
18 74 (15.81%) Requirements Gathering
19 71 (15.17%) Artificial Intelligence
20 69 (14.74%) Machine Learning
21 64 (13.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
22 62 (13.25%) Degree
22 62 (13.25%) Investment Banking
22 62 (13.25%) User Stories
23 54 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
24 51 (10.90%) Stakeholder Management
25 50 (10.68%) Bloomberg

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 24 (5.13%) Apache
2 9 (1.92%) Confluence
3 2 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.43%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.21%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.21%) Appian
4 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 32 (6.84%) MS Visio
2 25 (5.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (4.91%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.64%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 39 (8.33%) Aladdin
2 13 (2.78%) Endur
3 5 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.85%) Eagle PACE
4 4 (0.85%) Magento
4 4 (0.85%) Markit EDM
5 3 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.64%) Shopify
6 2 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.43%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.21%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.21%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.21%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.21%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.21%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.21%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 87 (18.59%) AWS
2 39 (8.33%) Power Platform
3 24 (5.13%) dbt
4 17 (3.63%) Azure
5 7 (1.50%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (1.50%) SaaS
6 5 (1.07%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (1.07%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (0.64%) Miro
8 2 (0.43%) BigCommerce
8 2 (0.43%) Salesforce Einstein
9 1 (0.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.21%) Figma
9 1 (0.21%) GCP
9 1 (0.21%) Google Sheets
9 1 (0.21%) OCI
9 1 (0.21%) Oracle Service Cloud
9 1 (0.21%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 1 (0.21%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.21%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (8.33%) Power BI
2 24 (5.13%) Apache Arrow
2 24 (5.13%) Dremio
2 24 (5.13%) Tableau
3 19 (4.06%) Data Lake
4 18 (3.85%) Big Data
5 11 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (1.28%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.43%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.43%) Apache Ignite
8 1 (0.21%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.21%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.21%) Metadata
8 1 (0.21%) MySQL
8 1 (0.21%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.21%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.21%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 26 (5.56%) JIRA
2 1 (0.21%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 158 (33.76%) Finance
2 120 (25.64%) Social Skills
3 98 (20.94%) Front Office
4 95 (20.30%) Banking
5 77 (16.45%) Analytical Skills
6 64 (13.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 62 (13.25%) Investment Banking
8 25 (5.34%) Legal
9 22 (4.70%) Law
10 20 (4.27%) Back Office
11 16 (3.42%) Retail
12 15 (3.21%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (2.99%) Public Sector
14 11 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
15 9 (1.92%) Publishing
16 7 (1.50%) Marketing
17 6 (1.28%) Retail Banking
18 5 (1.07%) Advertising
18 5 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
19 4 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.07%) XML
2 4 (0.85%) Laravel
2 4 (0.85%) Next.js
2 4 (0.85%) React
2 4 (0.85%) React Native
2 4 (0.85%) XSLT
3 2 (0.43%) .NET
3 2 (0.43%) ADO
3 2 (0.43%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (0.21%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.21%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (0.21%) Kafka
4 1 (0.21%) PySpark
4 1 (0.21%) REST
4 1 (0.21%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 116 (24.79%) Product Ownership
2 97 (20.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 95 (20.30%) Equities
4 94 (20.09%) Fixed Income
5 87 (18.59%) Hedge funds
6 85 (18.16%) Derivative
7 23 (4.91%) Reinsurance
8 8 (1.71%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.28%) Reference Data
10 4 (0.85%) Equity Derivative
10 4 (0.85%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (0.85%) Management Information System
10 4 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.64%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.64%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 2 (0.43%) Mainframe
12 2 (0.43%) Market Risk
12 2 (0.43%) PMI
12 2 (0.43%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (43.59%) Agile
2 161 (34.40%) Business Analysis
3 91 (19.44%) Investment Management
4 86 (18.38%) Asset Management
5 84 (17.95%) Analytics
6 77 (16.45%) Roadmaps
7 74 (15.81%) Requirements Gathering
8 71 (15.17%) Artificial Intelligence
9 69 (14.74%) Machine Learning
10 62 (13.25%) User Stories
11 54 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
12 51 (10.90%) Stakeholder Management
13 50 (10.68%) Business Intelligence
14 48 (10.26%) Fintech
15 47 (10.04%) Workshop Facilitation
16 38 (8.12%) Project Management
17 37 (7.91%) Change Management
18 35 (7.48%) Portfolio Management
19 34 (7.26%) Project Delivery
20 32 (6.84%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 155 (33.12%) SQL
2 108 (23.08%) Python
3 7 (1.50%) Java
4 5 (1.07%) VBA
5 4 (0.85%) PHP
6 1 (0.21%) C#
6 1 (0.21%) JCL
6 1 (0.21%) R
6 1 (0.21%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 62 (13.25%) Degree
2 17 (3.63%) Security Cleared
3 12 (2.56%) SC Cleared
4 8 (1.71%) CBAP
5 7 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (0.85%) ISEB
7 3 (0.64%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.64%) IIBA
7 3 (0.64%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.64%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (0.43%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.21%) ACCA
9 1 (0.21%) APMP
9 1 (0.21%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.21%) CFA
9 1 (0.21%) CIMA
9 1 (0.21%) CSPO
9 1 (0.21%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.21%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (1.92%) QA
2 7 (1.50%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.07%) EMIR
4 4 (0.85%) IFRS
4 4 (0.85%) IFRS 17
5 3 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (0.64%) MiFID
5 3 (0.64%) PMO
6 2 (0.43%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.43%) SEPA
7 1 (0.21%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.21%) PSD2
7 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.21%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.21%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.21%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 50 (10.68%) Bloomberg
2 35 (7.48%) BISAM
3 22 (4.70%) Microsoft
4 18 (3.85%) Salesforce
5 11 (2.35%) Oracle
6 5 (1.07%) Reuters
6 5 (1.07%) SAP
7 4 (0.85%) ION Trading
8 3 (0.64%) Marketo
8 3 (0.64%) Murex
8 3 (0.64%) OpenLink
9 2 (0.43%) Adobe
9 2 (0.43%) Conga
9 2 (0.43%) Google
9 2 (0.43%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.43%) Triple Point
10 1 (0.21%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.21%) eFront
10 1 (0.21%) FIS
10 1 (0.21%) YouTube