IT Business Analyst Job Trends in London

IT Business Analyst (IT BA)
England > London

The median IT Business Analyst (IT BA) salary in London is £95,000 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 356 408 400
Rank change year-on-year +52 -8 +232
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Business Analyst 23 30 39
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.17% 0.19% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.20% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 18 25 35
10th Percentile £56,250 £42,500 £48,750
25th Percentile £90,000 £43,125 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £50,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +90.00% -23.08% +13.04%
75th Percentile - £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £80,000 £77,000
England median annual salary £90,000 £42,500 £56,250
% change year-on-year +111.76% -24.44% +2.27%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 12,433 14,742 16,770
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 93.00% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 8,215 8,650 13,551
10th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

IT Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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 London.

IT Business Analyst job vacancy trend in London

IT Business Analyst
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary distribution trend for IT Business Analyst job vacancies in London

IT Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for IT Business Analyst in London

IT 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 IT Business Analyst within the London 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
Central London +33 7 £95,000 +31.03% 1
IT Business Analyst
England

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

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

1 13 (56.52%) Agile
2 12 (52.17%) Microsoft
3 11 (47.83%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (43.48%) Use Case
5 9 (39.13%) User Stories
6 8 (34.78%) Business Analysis
7 7 (30.43%) Azure
7 7 (30.43%) Project Management
8 6 (26.09%) Degree
8 6 (26.09%) Translating Business Requirements
8 6 (26.09%) UML
8 6 (26.09%) Waterfall
9 5 (21.74%) Business Strategy
9 5 (21.74%) Change Management
9 5 (21.74%) Coaching
9 5 (21.74%) COREP
9 5 (21.74%) Data Analysis
9 5 (21.74%) Guidewire
9 5 (21.74%) Mentoring
9 5 (21.74%) Requirements Analysis
9 5 (21.74%) Requirements Gathering
9 5 (21.74%) SQL
9 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 5 (21.74%) User Acceptance Testing
10 4 (17.39%) AI
10 4 (17.39%) AI Transformation
10 4 (17.39%) Alteryx
10 4 (17.39%) Analytics
10 4 (17.39%) Anaplan
10 4 (17.39%) Azure Data Factory

IT Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (17.39%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 7 (30.43%) Azure
2 4 (17.39%) Azure Data Factory
2 4 (17.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 4 (17.39%) ChatGPT
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Copilot
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Purview
2 4 (17.39%) PaaS
2 4 (17.39%) Power Platform
2 4 (17.39%) SaaS
3 3 (13.04%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (13.04%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (17.39%) Data Lake
1 4 (17.39%) Power BI
2 2 (8.70%) Relational Database
2 2 (8.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 17 (73.91%) Social Skills
2 10 (43.48%) Finance
3 7 (30.43%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (30.43%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (17.39%) Banking
5 3 (13.04%) Publishing
6 2 (8.70%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) AI Agents
1 4 (17.39%) Enterprise Cloud
2 3 (13.04%) Digital Media
3 2 (8.70%) Credit Derivative
3 2 (8.70%) Derivative
3 2 (8.70%) Equities
3 2 (8.70%) Interest Rate Derivative
4 1 (4.35%) Credit Risk
4 1 (4.35%) Market Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (56.52%) Agile
2 11 (47.83%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (43.48%) Use Case
4 9 (39.13%) User Stories
5 8 (34.78%) Business Analysis
6 7 (30.43%) Project Management
7 6 (26.09%) Translating Business Requirements
7 6 (26.09%) UML
7 6 (26.09%) Waterfall
8 5 (21.74%) Business Strategy
8 5 (21.74%) Change Management
8 5 (21.74%) Coaching
8 5 (21.74%) Data Analysis
8 5 (21.74%) Mentoring
8 5 (21.74%) Requirements Analysis
8 5 (21.74%) Requirements Gathering
8 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (21.74%) User Acceptance Testing
9 4 (17.39%) Migration
9 4 (17.39%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (21.74%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (26.09%) Degree
2 4 (17.39%) IIBA
2 4 (17.39%) PMI Certification
2 4 (17.39%) PMP
3 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (21.74%) COREP
2 1 (4.35%) Basel II
Systems Management
1 4 (17.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (52.17%) Microsoft
2 5 (21.74%) Guidewire
3 4 (17.39%) Alteryx
3 4 (17.39%) Anaplan