Business Analyst Job Trends in the South East

Business Analyst (BA)
England > South East

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in the South East is £54,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 April 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 208 188 233
Rank change year-on-year -20 +45 -92
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 86 56 152
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.61% 0.82% 0.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% 0.97% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 55 32 113
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,400 £38,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £48,750 £58,250
Median % change year-on-year +11.79% -16.31% +5.91%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £68,500 £65,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 13,297 5,777 15,161
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.37% 84.41% 93.82%
Number of salaries quoted 8,784 3,628 11,229
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £66,500 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.37%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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 South East.

Business Analyst job vacancy trend in the South East

Business Analyst
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in the South East.

Salary distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in the South East

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Analyst in the South East

Business Analyst
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the South East region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Thames Valley +8 29 £54,500 -12.80% 16
Kent -28 22 £40,000 -30.43% 3
Berkshire +13 21 £50,250 -0.99% 11
Surrey -30 14 £30,000 -33.33% 6
Buckinghamshire -17 8 £65,000 +8.79% 3
Hampshire -26 8 £55,000 +20.88% 3
West Sussex -20 6 £65,000 +18.18% 2
East Sussex - 5 £55,000 - 5
Sussex - 1 - - 1
Business Analyst
England

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 19 April 2026, 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 South East region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 26 (30.23%) User Stories
2 24 (27.91%) Agile
3 19 (22.09%) Business Analysis
4 15 (17.44%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (15.12%) Project Management
5 13 (15.12%) Requirements Gathering
5 13 (15.12%) Waterfall
5 13 (15.12%) Workshop Facilitation
6 10 (11.63%) Acceptance Criteria
7 9 (10.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 8 (9.30%) Customer Service
8 8 (9.30%) MS Visio
8 8 (9.30%) Translating Business Requirements
9 7 (8.14%) CRM
9 7 (8.14%) Project Delivery
9 7 (8.14%) Salesforce
9 7 (8.14%) Validation
10 6 (6.98%) Case Management
10 6 (6.98%) CMS
10 6 (6.98%) Degree
10 6 (6.98%) Process Improvement
10 6 (6.98%) Roadmaps
10 6 (6.98%) SQL
10 6 (6.98%) User Acceptance Testing
11 5 (5.81%) Analytical Thinking
11 5 (5.81%) Business Strategy
11 5 (5.81%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (5.81%) Epics
11 5 (5.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 5 (5.81%) Logistics

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 6 (6.98%) CMS
2 1 (1.16%) Apache
2 1 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.16%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.16%) Confluence
2 1 (1.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (9.30%) MS Visio
2 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.16%) PeopleSoft HRMS
1 1 (1.16%) SAP MM
1 1 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.65%) AWS
1 4 (4.65%) Azure
1 4 (4.65%) GCP
1 4 (4.65%) Power Platform
2 3 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (3.49%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (3.49%) SaaS
3 1 (1.16%) Amazon S3
3 1 (1.16%) ClickUp
3 1 (1.16%) dbt
3 1 (1.16%) Google Ads
3 1 (1.16%) Lucidchart
3 1 (1.16%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.16%) OpenShift
3 1 (1.16%) Power Automate
3 1 (1.16%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.16%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.65%) Big Data
1 4 (4.65%) Power BI
2 2 (2.33%) Tableau
3 1 (1.16%) Apache Hive
3 1 (1.16%) GIS
3 1 (1.16%) Impala
3 1 (1.16%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.16%) Parquet
3 1 (1.16%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 3 (3.49%) JIRA
2 1 (1.16%) Git
2 1 (1.16%) IBM UrbanCode
General
1 33 (38.37%) Analytical Skills
2 26 (30.23%) Finance
3 17 (19.77%) Social Skills
4 10 (11.63%) Law
5 9 (10.47%) Legal
6 7 (8.14%) Telecoms
7 5 (5.81%) Public Sector
8 4 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (4.65%) Retail
9 3 (3.49%) Banking
10 2 (2.33%) Manufacturing
11 1 (1.16%) Automotive
11 1 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.16%) Investment Banking
11 1 (1.16%) Marketing
11 1 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (1.16%) Police
11 1 (1.16%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.16%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (1.16%) Pandas
1 1 (1.16%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.63%) Analytical Mindset
2 9 (10.47%) Product Ownership
3 4 (4.65%) Cloud Native
4 3 (3.49%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.49%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.33%) FMCG
5 2 (2.33%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.16%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.16%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (30.23%) User Stories
2 24 (27.91%) Agile
3 19 (22.09%) Business Analysis
4 15 (17.44%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (15.12%) Project Management
5 13 (15.12%) Requirements Gathering
5 13 (15.12%) Waterfall
5 13 (15.12%) Workshop Facilitation
6 10 (11.63%) Acceptance Criteria
7 9 (10.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 8 (9.30%) Customer Service
8 8 (9.30%) Translating Business Requirements
9 7 (8.14%) CRM
9 7 (8.14%) Project Delivery
9 7 (8.14%) Validation
10 6 (6.98%) Case Management
10 6 (6.98%) Process Improvement
10 6 (6.98%) Roadmaps
10 6 (6.98%) User Acceptance Testing
11 5 (5.81%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.98%) SQL
2 1 (1.16%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (6.98%) Degree
2 3 (3.49%) SC Cleared
2 3 (3.49%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.16%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.16%) GDPR
2 1 (1.16%) SLA
Vendors
1 7 (8.14%) Salesforce
2 5 (5.81%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.33%) BT
3 2 (2.33%) Oracle
3 2 (2.33%) SAP
4 1 (1.16%) PeopleSoft
4 1 (1.16%) Red Hat