Business Analyst Jobs in the North of England

Business Analyst (BA)
England > North of England

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in the North of England is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 204 147 95
Rank change year-on-year -57 -52 +33
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 210 416 631
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.22% 2.39% 3.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.28% 2.67% 3.63%
Number of salaries quoted 152 304 444
10th Percentile £37,625 £37,800 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,678 £42,688 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,125 £68,750 £56,063
90th Percentile £67,500 £73,000 £64,106
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,826
% change year-on-year -8.33% +7.48% +6.34%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 16,413 15,570 17,368
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.02% 89.41% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 12,704 8,236 11,132
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,000 £65,225
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% +0.95% +9.09%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in the North of England

Business Analyst
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in the North of England.

Salary trend for Business Analyst 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 29 April 2024.

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 29 April 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
North West -14 139 £50,000 -13.04% 34
Yorkshire -19 65 £47,500 -5.00% 21
North East -28 6 £50,000 -9.09% 5
Business Analyst
England

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 29 April 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 North of England region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 101 (48.10%) Agile
2 79 (37.62%) Business Analysis
3 74 (35.24%) Requirements Gathering
4 66 (31.43%) User Stories
5 64 (30.48%) Social Skills
6 53 (25.24%) Stakeholder Management
7 52 (24.76%) Problem-Solving
8 49 (23.33%) Workshop Facilitation
9 47 (22.38%) Analytical Skills
10 43 (20.48%) Acceptance Criteria
11 37 (17.62%) Roadmaps
12 32 (15.24%) Finance
13 31 (14.76%) JIRA
14 30 (14.29%) Degree
15 24 (11.43%) Business Case
16 23 (10.95%) Scrum
17 21 (10.00%) Decision-Making
17 21 (10.00%) Power Platform
18 20 (9.52%) Requirements Workshops
18 20 (9.52%) Power BI
19 18 (8.57%) Change Management
19 18 (8.57%) MS Visio
19 18 (8.57%) Migration
20 17 (8.10%) User Acceptance Testing
20 17 (8.10%) GAP Analysis
20 17 (8.10%) Project Management
20 17 (8.10%) Process Improvement
20 17 (8.10%) Security Cleared
21 15 (7.14%) Legal
21 15 (7.14%) Salesforce

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 12 (5.71%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (8.57%) MS Visio
2 8 (3.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.95%) SAP BPC
1 2 (0.95%) SAP CO
1 2 (0.95%) SAP FI
1 2 (0.95%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (0.48%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 21 (10.00%) Power Platform
2 14 (6.67%) Azure
3 7 (3.33%) SaaS
4 6 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (2.86%) Miro
5 2 (0.95%) OCI
6 1 (0.48%) Asana
6 1 (0.48%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.48%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.48%) Intacct
6 1 (0.48%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.48%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.76%) Broadband
1 10 (4.76%) Internet
1 10 (4.76%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (9.52%) Power BI
2 7 (3.33%) Tableau
3 5 (2.38%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.48%) GIS
Development Applications
1 31 (14.76%) JIRA
General
1 64 (30.48%) Social Skills
2 47 (22.38%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (15.24%) Finance
4 15 (7.14%) Legal
5 14 (6.67%) Law
6 12 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (4.29%) Manufacturing
7 9 (4.29%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (4.29%) Retail
8 8 (3.81%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (3.33%) Health Technology
9 7 (3.33%) Public Sector
10 5 (2.38%) Retail Finance
11 4 (1.90%) Games
11 4 (1.90%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.43%) Banking
12 3 (1.43%) Local Government
12 3 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.43%) Social Housing
13 2 (0.95%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.76%) Lightning Web Components
2 6 (2.86%) .NET
3 3 (1.43%) HTML
3 3 (1.43%) Web Services
3 3 (1.43%) XML
4 2 (0.95%) .NET Framework
4 2 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.48%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.24%) Product Ownership
2 10 (4.76%) NHS
3 7 (3.33%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (2.86%) Virtual Team
5 4 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.43%) Blog
6 3 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.95%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.48%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.48%) IoT
8 1 (0.48%) Life Science
8 1 (0.48%) LIMS
8 1 (0.48%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.48%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (48.10%) Agile
2 79 (37.62%) Business Analysis
3 74 (35.24%) Requirements Gathering
4 66 (31.43%) User Stories
5 53 (25.24%) Stakeholder Management
6 52 (24.76%) Problem-Solving
7 49 (23.33%) Workshop Facilitation
8 43 (20.48%) Acceptance Criteria
9 37 (17.62%) Roadmaps
10 24 (11.43%) Business Case
11 23 (10.95%) Scrum
12 21 (10.00%) Decision-Making
13 20 (9.52%) Requirements Workshops
14 18 (8.57%) Change Management
14 18 (8.57%) Migration
15 17 (8.10%) GAP Analysis
15 17 (8.10%) Process Improvement
15 17 (8.10%) Project Management
15 17 (8.10%) User Acceptance Testing
16 15 (7.14%) UML
Programming Languages
1 13 (6.19%) SQL
2 3 (1.43%) C#
3 1 (0.48%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 30 (14.29%) Degree
2 17 (8.10%) Security Cleared
3 14 (6.67%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.43%) DBS Check
4 3 (1.43%) HND
4 3 (1.43%) NVQ Level 4
5 2 (0.95%) IIBA
5 2 (0.95%) ISEB
6 1 (0.48%) CBAP
6 1 (0.48%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.81%) QA
2 3 (1.43%) PMO
3 2 (0.95%) EMIR
3 2 (0.95%) MiFID
4 1 (0.48%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.48%) GRC
Vendors
1 15 (7.14%) Salesforce
2 8 (3.81%) Microsoft
3 7 (3.33%) F5
4 5 (2.38%) SAP
5 2 (0.95%) Intapp
5 2 (0.95%) Oracle
5 2 (0.95%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.48%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.48%) Google
6 1 (0.48%) IFS
6 1 (0.48%) Sage
6 1 (0.48%) Workday
6 1 (0.48%) YouTube