Business Analyst Job Trends in the North of England

Business Analyst (BA)
England > North of England

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in the North of England is £41,000 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 108 129 134
Rank change year-on-year +21 +5 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 180 161 153
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.72% 1.70% 2.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.94% 1.80% 2.14%
Number of salaries quoted 138 102 122
10th Percentile - - £40,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £45,564 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.02% -17.16% +10.00%
75th Percentile £54,688 £53,750 £65,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £63,920 £70,000
England median annual salary £56,250 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -13.46% +4.00% +4.17%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 9,292 8,946 7,134
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.62% 94.19% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 5,301 4,308 5,636
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £50,055 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.11% -2.81% -1.90%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,642 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Business Analyst job vacancy trend in the North of England

Business Analyst
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in the North of England

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in the North of England over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Analyst in the North of England

Business Analyst
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the North of England 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
North West +24 81 £45,000 -14.29% 94
Yorkshire +53 76 £42,750 -18.57% 62
North East -23 23 £30,500 -18.67% 18
Business Analyst
England

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, 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 North of England region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 100 (55.56%) Business Analysis
2 77 (42.78%) Degree
3 75 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
4 74 (41.11%) Change Management
5 72 (40.00%) Project Management
6 42 (23.33%) Agile
7 30 (16.67%) Mentoring
8 28 (15.56%) Microsoft
9 25 (13.89%) Coaching
10 22 (12.22%) Workshop Facilitation
11 20 (11.11%) Salesforce
12 19 (10.56%) Analytics
12 19 (10.56%) Requirements Gathering
12 19 (10.56%) User Stories
13 18 (10.00%) Cisco
13 18 (10.00%) Software Engineering
14 17 (9.44%) Process Improvement
15 16 (8.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 15 (8.33%) Security Cleared
17 14 (7.78%) Project Delivery
18 12 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
18 12 (6.67%) Decision-Making
19 11 (6.11%) Stakeholder Management
20 10 (5.56%) DevOps
20 10 (5.56%) Roadmaps
20 10 (5.56%) User Acceptance Testing
21 9 (5.00%) Azure
21 9 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
21 9 (5.00%) Data Modelling
21 9 (5.00%) Focus Group

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 8 (4.44%) Confluence
2 2 (1.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (3.89%) MS Visio
2 4 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 9 (5.00%) Azure
1 9 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
1 9 (5.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (0.56%) Amazon Cognito
2 1 (0.56%) Amazon S3
2 1 (0.56%) AWS
2 1 (0.56%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (0.56%) Lucidchart
2 1 (0.56%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (0.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.56%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.00%) Power BI
2 2 (1.11%) GIS
2 2 (1.11%) Tableau
3 1 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.56%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 9 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 93 (51.67%) Finance
2 24 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (12.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 22 (12.22%) Social Skills
5 12 (6.67%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.33%) Retail
7 5 (2.78%) Banking
7 5 (2.78%) Law
8 4 (2.22%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.22%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.67%) Marketing
9 3 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.67%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.11%) Electronics
10 2 (1.11%) Legal
11 1 (0.56%) Advertising
11 1 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.56%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.56%) OpenAPI
1 1 (0.56%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 4 (2.22%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 3 (1.67%) Product Ownership
3 2 (1.11%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.11%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.56%) Contactless
4 1 (0.56%) Data Structures
4 1 (0.56%) EMV
4 1 (0.56%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.56%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (55.56%) Business Analysis
2 75 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
3 74 (41.11%) Change Management
4 72 (40.00%) Project Management
5 42 (23.33%) Agile
6 30 (16.67%) Mentoring
7 25 (13.89%) Coaching
8 22 (12.22%) Workshop Facilitation
9 19 (10.56%) Analytics
9 19 (10.56%) Requirements Gathering
9 19 (10.56%) User Stories
10 18 (10.00%) Software Engineering
11 17 (9.44%) Process Improvement
12 16 (8.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 14 (7.78%) Project Delivery
14 12 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
14 12 (6.67%) Decision-Making
15 11 (6.11%) Stakeholder Management
16 10 (5.56%) Roadmaps
16 10 (5.56%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.33%) SQL
2 3 (1.67%) Python
3 1 (0.56%) VBA
Qualifications
1 77 (42.78%) Degree
2 15 (8.33%) Security Cleared
3 5 (2.78%) DV Cleared
4 3 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (1.67%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.11%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.56%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.56%) IIBA
6 1 (0.56%) ISEB
6 1 (0.56%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.89%) Accessibility
2 4 (2.22%) SEPA
2 4 (2.22%) TARGET2
3 3 (1.67%) QA
4 2 (1.11%) PMO
5 1 (0.56%) COBIT
5 1 (0.56%) GDPR
5 1 (0.56%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 28 (15.56%) Microsoft
2 20 (11.11%) Salesforce
3 18 (10.00%) Cisco
4 7 (3.89%) SAP
5 2 (1.11%) Oracle
6 1 (0.56%) ESRI
6 1 (0.56%) ServiceNow