Business Analyst Job Trends in the South West

Business Analyst (BA)
England > South West

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in the South West is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 October 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 133 180
Rank change year-on-year +23 +47 -22
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 153 39 50
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.45% 1.10% 0.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.56% 1.18% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 109 32 44
10th Percentile £38,750 £30,075 £34,525
25th Percentile £46,250 £38,438 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% +2.15% -2.11%
75th Percentile £70,000 £55,000 £51,000
90th Percentile £130,446 £62,000 £58,327
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.78% -9.23% +5.69%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 9,793 3,311 6,260
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.53% 93.03% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 6,727 2,147 3,869
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,125 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,522 £55,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year +8.22% -2.65% -5.83%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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 West.

Business Analyst job vacancy trend in the South West

Business Analyst
Salary Trend in the South West

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

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

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in the South West over the 6 months to 13 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Analyst in the South West

Business Analyst
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 13 October 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
Gloucestershire -20 52 £80,000 +72.97% 11
Bristol -13 39 £55,000 +8.91% 8
Somerset -14 26 £45,000 +12.50% 8
Wiltshire -10 15 £60,000 +14.29% 6
Dorset -2 7 £45,000 - 1
Devon -19 5 £42,500 -10.53% 4
Avon - 2 £48,750 -
Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 October 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 West region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 46 (30.07%) Business Analysis
2 41 (26.80%) Agile
3 25 (16.34%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (15.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 22 (14.38%) Requirements Gathering
5 22 (14.38%) Security Cleared
5 22 (14.38%) Stakeholder Management
6 21 (13.73%) SQL
6 21 (13.73%) User Stories
7 19 (12.42%) DV Cleared
8 18 (11.76%) Project Delivery
9 17 (11.11%) Business Strategy
9 17 (11.11%) Scrum
9 17 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
10 16 (10.46%) Kanban
11 15 (9.80%) Project Management
12 13 (8.50%) Relational Database
13 12 (7.84%) Acceptance Criteria
13 12 (7.84%) Wealth Management
14 11 (7.19%) MS Visio
14 11 (7.19%) Process Improvement
15 10 (6.54%) Collaborative Culture
15 10 (6.54%) Continuous Improvement
16 9 (5.88%) Degree
16 9 (5.88%) Translating Business Requirements
17 8 (5.23%) AI
17 8 (5.23%) SaaS
17 8 (5.23%) Salesforce
18 7 (4.58%) Business Process Analysis
18 7 (4.58%) Change Management

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 5 (3.27%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (7.19%) MS Visio
2 7 (4.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.31%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.65%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (5.23%) SaaS
2 4 (2.61%) Azure
2 4 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (2.61%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.65%) Lucidchart
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.50%) Relational Database
2 4 (2.61%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (4.58%) JIRA
General
1 38 (24.84%) Social Skills
2 27 (17.65%) Finance
3 16 (10.46%) Aerospace
4 12 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (5.23%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (4.58%) Public Sector
7 6 (3.92%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.61%) Retail
9 3 (1.96%) Law
10 2 (1.31%) Banking
10 2 (1.31%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.31%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.65%) Military
11 1 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.65%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.96%) XML
2 1 (0.65%) EDI
2 1 (0.65%) JSON
2 1 (0.65%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.19%) Product Ownership
2 4 (2.61%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (1.96%) Onboarding
3 3 (1.96%) Operational Technology
4 2 (1.31%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.31%) PMI
5 1 (0.65%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.65%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.65%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.65%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (30.07%) Business Analysis
2 41 (26.80%) Agile
3 25 (16.34%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (15.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 22 (14.38%) Requirements Gathering
5 22 (14.38%) Stakeholder Management
6 21 (13.73%) User Stories
7 18 (11.76%) Project Delivery
8 17 (11.11%) Business Strategy
8 17 (11.11%) Scrum
8 17 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
9 16 (10.46%) Kanban
10 15 (9.80%) Project Management
11 12 (7.84%) Acceptance Criteria
11 12 (7.84%) Wealth Management
12 11 (7.19%) Process Improvement
13 10 (6.54%) Collaborative Culture
13 10 (6.54%) Continuous Improvement
14 9 (5.88%) Translating Business Requirements
15 8 (5.23%) AI
Programming Languages
1 21 (13.73%) SQL
2 1 (0.65%) Python
Qualifications
1 22 (14.38%) Security Cleared
2 19 (12.42%) DV Cleared
3 9 (5.88%) Degree
4 3 (1.96%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.31%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.65%) CBAP
6 1 (0.65%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.61%) QA
2 2 (1.31%) PMO
3 1 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 8 (5.23%) Salesforce
2 4 (2.61%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.31%) Sage