Business Analyst Jobs in South Yorkshire

Business Analyst (BA)
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in South Yorkshire is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 80 110
Rank change year-on-year +33 +30 -45
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 4 14 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 0.95% 0.96% 1.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.03% 1.03% 1.80%
Number of salaries quoted 3 12 20
10th Percentile £51,250 £41,875 £37,500
25th Percentile £53,125 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £70,625 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,750 - £65,560
Yorkshire median annual salary £50,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.32% -5.00% +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 South Yorkshire with a recognized job title 390 1,357 1,219
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.20% 92.88% 85.78%
Number of salaries quoted 249 1,079 530
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,913 £37,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,772 £70,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,683 £49,274 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.23% -6.14% +5.00%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in South Yorkshire

Business Analyst
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for Business Analyst in South Yorkshire

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Analyst in South Yorkshire

Business Analyst
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 Analyst within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 30 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
Sheffield +40 4 £57,500 +4.55% 16
Business Analyst
Yorkshire

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 Yorkshire region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) SDLC
2 2 (50.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) Process Management
3 1 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Front Office
3 1 (25.00%) Advertising
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (25.00%) PMP
3 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Benchmarking
3 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Google
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) JIRA
3 1 (25.00%) Electronic Trading
3 1 (25.00%) Kanban
3 1 (25.00%) Data Extraction
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) AWS

Business Analyst Skill Set
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 (25.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) GCP
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Advertising
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Front Office
2 1 (25.00%) Tech for Good
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Scrum
2 2 (50.00%) SDLC
3 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Business Process Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Data Extraction
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (25.00%) Electronic Trading
3 1 (25.00%) Kanban
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Measurement
3 1 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (25.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (25.00%) PMP
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Google