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 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 247 250 149
Rank change year-on-year +3 -101 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 50 152 313
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.52% 0.91% 2.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% 0.96% 2.42%
Number of salaries quoted 29 113 186
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £58,250 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -22.75% +3.56% +7.14%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £63,438
90th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £70,600
England median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% +9.09%

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 8,254 15,768 12,916
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.53% 94.01% 90.27%
Number of salaries quoted 4,528 11,302 8,136
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,000 £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 £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

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 16 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 16 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 +47 22 £45,000 -20.00% 9
Thames Valley +10 10 £58,750 +0.86% 22
Kent +25 9 - - 4
Berkshire +22 4 £50,750 -24.81% 9
West Sussex +38 3 £55,000 +37.50%
Buckinghamshire +20 3 £52,500 +5.53% 11
Oxfordshire +16 3 £62,500 +7.30% 3
Middlesex - 3 - - 1
Hampshire +29 2 £45,500 -20.18% 18
Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 31 (62.00%) Social Skills
2 26 (52.00%) Finance
3 24 (48.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 21 (42.00%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (36.00%) Business Analysis
6 15 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
7 14 (28.00%) Project Management
7 14 (28.00%) Power BI
7 14 (28.00%) Power Platform
8 13 (26.00%) Microsoft Excel
9 12 (24.00%) Microsoft
10 10 (20.00%) Process Improvement
10 10 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
11 9 (18.00%) Agile
11 9 (18.00%) Degree
11 9 (18.00%) Data Protection
11 9 (18.00%) Visualisation
11 9 (18.00%) Wireframes
11 9 (18.00%) Analytical Skills
11 9 (18.00%) Decision-Making
12 7 (14.00%) Storytelling
12 7 (14.00%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (14.00%) Roadmaps
12 7 (14.00%) User Stories
12 7 (14.00%) Anaplan
12 7 (14.00%) Business Development
13 6 (12.00%) BT
13 6 (12.00%) Scenario Testing
14 5 (10.00%) Banking
14 5 (10.00%) 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 2 (4.00%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (26.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Eloqua
1 1 (2.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 14 (28.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (4.00%) Azure
2 2 (4.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (4.00%) SaaS
3 1 (2.00%) AWS
3 1 (2.00%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (28.00%) Power BI
2 2 (4.00%) Big Data
2 2 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (4.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (4.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (2.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (6.00%) JIRA
General
1 31 (62.00%) Social Skills
2 26 (52.00%) Finance
3 9 (18.00%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (14.00%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (10.00%) Banking
6 4 (8.00%) Law
7 3 (6.00%) Advertising
7 3 (6.00%) Investment Banking
7 3 (6.00%) Marketing
8 2 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (2.00%) Legal
9 1 (2.00%) Manufacturing
9 1 (2.00%) Public Sector
9 1 (2.00%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.00%) Gherkin
1 2 (4.00%) Pandas
1 2 (4.00%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (48.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 21 (42.00%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (36.00%) Business Analysis
4 15 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
5 14 (28.00%) Project Management
6 10 (20.00%) Process Improvement
7 9 (18.00%) Agile
7 9 (18.00%) Data Protection
7 9 (18.00%) Decision-Making
7 9 (18.00%) Visualisation
7 9 (18.00%) Wireframes
8 7 (14.00%) Business Development
8 7 (14.00%) Roadmaps
8 7 (14.00%) Storytelling
8 7 (14.00%) User Stories
9 6 (12.00%) Scenario Testing
10 5 (10.00%) Storyboarding
11 4 (8.00%) Business Strategy
11 4 (8.00%) Financial Modelling
11 4 (8.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.00%) SQL
2 2 (4.00%) Bash
2 2 (4.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 2 (4.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.00%) Python
3 1 (2.00%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 9 (18.00%) Degree
2 5 (10.00%) ACCA
2 5 (10.00%) CIMA
3 3 (6.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.00%) CBAP
4 1 (2.00%) CFA
4 1 (2.00%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.00%) PMP
4 1 (2.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.00%) QA
2 1 (2.00%) GRC
2 1 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.00%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 12 (24.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (14.00%) Anaplan
3 6 (12.00%) BT
4 1 (2.00%) OneTrust
4 1 (2.00%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.00%) SAP
4 1 (2.00%) ServiceNow