Business Analyst Jobs in Sheffield

Business Analyst (BA)
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in Sheffield is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 May 2025.

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

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 78 81
Rank change year-on-year +37 +3 -14
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 3 9 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 1.08% 0.82% 2.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.12% 0.85% 2.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2 9 19
10th Percentile £52,750 £40,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £56,875 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +4.76% +20.00%
75th Percentile £74,375 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £79,250 £65,000 £66,120
South Yorkshire median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +18.18% +4.76% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 268 1,058 794
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.40% 95.83% 88.52%
Number of salaries quoted 180 849 401
10th Percentile £26,225 £27,500 £24,150
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £70,000
South Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +5.56% -10.00%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in Sheffield

Business Analyst
Salary Trend in Sheffield

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in Sheffield.

Salary trend for Business Analyst in Sheffield

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in Sheffield

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in Sheffield over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Analyst in Sheffield

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

For the 6 months to 22 May 2025, 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 Sheffield region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) SDLC
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Tech for Good
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Business Process Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (33.33%) Process Management
3 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (33.33%) PMP
3 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Google
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) JIRA
3 1 (33.33%) Kanban

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) GCP
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Tech for Good
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) SDLC
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Business Process Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Kanban
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) Process Management
3 1 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 1 (33.33%) PMP
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Google