Business Analysis Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Business Analysis
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Business Analysis skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 - 81
Rank change year-on-year - - -50
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 7 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 1.17% - 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.57% - 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26,750 - £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.67%
75th Percentile £45,000 - £38,750
90th Percentile £47,250 - -
Yorkshire median annual salary £40,000 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year -23.81% +7.14% -2.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Yorkshire

Business Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in South Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 446 791 660
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 74.46% 75.98% 96.92%
Number of salaries quoted 304 420 497
10th Percentile £25,255 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,978 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.38% +16.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,875 £77,500 £70,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% -

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Job postings citing Business Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analysis in South Yorkshire

Business Analysis
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Business Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Business Analysis

Business Analysis
Salary Histogram in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Analysis in South Yorkshire

Business Analysis
Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 17 September 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
Sheffield - 6 £33,750 - 8
Barnsley - 1 £47,500 - 4
Business Analysis
Yorkshire

Business Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 (14.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (14.29%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Lucidchart
1 1 (14.29%) Power Automate
1 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
1 1 (14.29%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Data Mining
1 2 (28.57%) Tableau
2 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (14.29%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Analyst
2 4 (57.14%) Trainee
2 4 (57.14%) Trainee Analyst
3 3 (42.86%) Business Analyst
4 2 (28.57%) Data Analyst
4 2 (28.57%) Systems Analyst
4 2 (28.57%) Trainee Business Analyst
4 2 (28.57%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) OAuth
1 1 (14.29%) OpenID
1 1 (14.29%) SAML
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Change Management
1 4 (57.14%) Data Analysis
1 4 (57.14%) Project Management
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Analytics
3 2 (28.57%) Data Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Data Transformation
4 1 (14.29%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 1 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (14.29%) Inventory Management
4 1 (14.29%) Privileged Access Management
4 1 (14.29%) RBAC
4 1 (14.29%) Remediation Plan
4 1 (14.29%) SDLC
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
1 1 (14.29%) COBIT
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft