IT Business Analyst Job Trends in the North of England

IT Business Analyst (IT BA)
England > North of England

The median IT Business Analyst (IT BA) salary in the North of England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 251 305
Rank change year-on-year -3 +54 +100
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Business Analyst 8 24 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.070% 0.27% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.079% 0.28% 0.060%
Number of salaries quoted 7 21 6
10th Percentile £47,500 - £40,000
25th Percentile £48,375 £36,250 £44,281
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £37,500 £48,250
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% -22.28% -3.50%
75th Percentile £57,500 £38,750 £50,938
90th Percentile £58,500 £45,000 £55,000
England median annual salary £75,000 £45,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year +66.67% -9.09% -5.71%

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 10,112 8,428 10,013
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.89% 93.50% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 5,995 3,974 8,130
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,255
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £66,000
90th Percentile £81,857 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,173
% change year-on-year -8.33% +8.75% -11.72%

IT Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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 the North of England.

IT Business Analyst job vacancy trend in the North of England

IT Business Analyst
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

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

IT 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 IT Business Analyst within the North of England region over the 6 months to 24 January 2026. 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 East -17 3 £50,000 +33.33%
Yorkshire - 3 £55,000 - 1
North West +19 2 £52,500 +5.00% 1
IT Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 January 2026, 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 North of England region featuring IT Business Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Agile
2 4 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 4 (50.00%) Degree
2 4 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 4 (50.00%) User Stories
3 3 (37.50%) MS Visio
3 3 (37.50%) Project Management
3 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (37.50%) Workshop Facilitation
4 2 (25.00%) Azure
4 2 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (25.00%) Business Case
4 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (25.00%) Data Collection
4 2 (25.00%) DevOps
4 2 (25.00%) Focus Group
4 2 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
4 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
4 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
4 2 (25.00%) Workflow
5 1 (12.50%) Boomi
5 1 (12.50%) BPMN
5 1 (12.50%) Change Management
5 1 (12.50%) Confluence
5 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
5 1 (12.50%) Data Integration
5 1 (12.50%) Data Migration

IT 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 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (12.50%) Boomi
2 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (12.50%) Lucidchart
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Middleware
1 1 (12.50%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (25.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Agile
2 4 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 4 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 4 (50.00%) User Stories
3 3 (37.50%) Project Management
3 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (37.50%) Workshop Facilitation
4 2 (25.00%) Business Case
4 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (25.00%) Data Collection
4 2 (25.00%) DevOps
4 2 (25.00%) Focus Group
4 2 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
4 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
4 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
4 2 (25.00%) Workflow
5 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
5 1 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 1 (12.50%) SDLC
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) MuleSoft
1 1 (12.50%) SAP