Business Analyst Jobs in the South East

Business Analyst (BA)
England > South East

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in the South East is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 261 242 158
Rank change year-on-year -19 -84 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 54 155 289
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.56% 0.88% 2.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 0.94% 2.31%
Number of salaries quoted 32 115 168
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £40,984
25th Percentile £41,875 £47,375 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £58,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.75% +1.30% +9.52%
75th Percentile £59,063 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £70,600
England median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% -8.33% +7.48%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 8,425 16,577 12,528
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.99% 94.08% 90.09%
Number of salaries quoted 4,513 11,781 7,967
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in the South East

Business Analyst
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in the South East.

Salary trend for Business Analyst 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 31 May 2025.

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 31 May 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
Surrey +49 27 £45,000 -16.86% 7
Thames Valley +14 9 £53,750 -7.73% 20
Kent +25 8 - - 3
Berkshire +24 4 £62,500 -7.41% 8
Buckinghamshire +19 4 £51,250 +2.50% 11
Hampshire +35 3 £48,000 -11.11% 11
West Sussex +35 3 £55,000 +37.50% 1
Middlesex - 3 - - 1
Oxfordshire +15 1 £55,000 -5.58% 2
Business Analyst
England

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 31 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 South East region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 37 (68.52%) Social Skills
2 27 (50.00%) Finance
3 26 (48.15%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (40.74%) Business Analysis
5 21 (38.89%) Requirements Gathering
6 19 (35.19%) Power Platform
6 19 (35.19%) Business Intelligence
7 18 (33.33%) Microsoft
7 18 (33.33%) Power BI
8 17 (31.48%) Microsoft Excel
9 13 (24.07%) Visualisation
9 13 (24.07%) Process Improvement
9 13 (24.07%) Project Management
9 13 (24.07%) Decision-Making
10 12 (22.22%) Agile
11 11 (20.37%) Microsoft Office
11 11 (20.37%) Analytical Skills
12 10 (18.52%) Anaplan
12 10 (18.52%) Data Protection
12 10 (18.52%) Storytelling
12 10 (18.52%) Roadmaps
13 9 (16.67%) Degree
13 9 (16.67%) Wireframes
14 7 (12.96%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (12.96%) Scenario Testing
14 7 (12.96%) Business Development
14 7 (12.96%) JIRA
15 6 (11.11%) BT
16 5 (9.26%) ACCA
16 5 (9.26%) CIMA

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (9.26%) Confluence
2 2 (3.70%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.85%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 17 (31.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (20.37%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (3.70%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Eloqua
1 1 (1.85%) NetSuite
1 1 (1.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 19 (35.19%) Power Platform
2 5 (9.26%) Azure
3 4 (7.41%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (5.56%) SaaS
5 1 (1.85%) AWS
5 1 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.85%) iPaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (33.33%) Power BI
2 3 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (5.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (5.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (3.70%) Big Data
4 1 (1.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (12.96%) JIRA
General
1 37 (68.52%) Social Skills
2 27 (50.00%) Finance
3 11 (20.37%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (12.96%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (7.41%) Law
6 3 (5.56%) Advertising
6 3 (5.56%) Banking
6 3 (5.56%) Investment Banking
6 3 (5.56%) Marketing
7 2 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (3.70%) Legal
7 2 (3.70%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.85%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.85%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.70%) Gherkin
1 2 (3.70%) Pandas
1 2 (3.70%) Swagger
2 1 (1.85%) JSON
2 1 (1.85%) REST
2 1 (1.85%) SOAP
2 1 (1.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.70%) PMI
1 2 (3.70%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (1.85%) Low-Code
2 1 (1.85%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (48.15%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (40.74%) Business Analysis
3 21 (38.89%) Requirements Gathering
4 19 (35.19%) Business Intelligence
5 13 (24.07%) Decision-Making
5 13 (24.07%) Process Improvement
5 13 (24.07%) Project Management
5 13 (24.07%) Visualisation
6 12 (22.22%) Agile
7 10 (18.52%) Data Protection
7 10 (18.52%) Roadmaps
7 10 (18.52%) Storytelling
8 9 (16.67%) Wireframes
9 7 (12.96%) Business Development
9 7 (12.96%) Scenario Testing
10 5 (9.26%) Data Analysis
10 5 (9.26%) Scrum
10 5 (9.26%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (9.26%) Waterfall
11 4 (7.41%) Financial Modelling
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.26%) SQL
2 4 (7.41%) PowerShell
3 3 (5.56%) Bash
3 3 (5.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (5.56%) Python
4 1 (1.85%) ABAP
4 1 (1.85%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 9 (16.67%) Degree
2 5 (9.26%) ACCA
2 5 (9.26%) CIMA
3 2 (3.70%) CBAP
3 2 (3.70%) Master's Degree
3 2 (3.70%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.85%) CFA
4 1 (1.85%) IIBA
4 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.85%) PMP
4 1 (1.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.70%) GDPR
2 1 (1.85%) GRC
2 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.85%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 18 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 10 (18.52%) Anaplan
3 6 (11.11%) BT
4 2 (3.70%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.85%) HubSpot
5 1 (1.85%) OneTrust
5 1 (1.85%) Oracle
5 1 (1.85%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.85%) SAP