Business Analyst Job Trends in Surrey

Business Analyst (BA)
South East > Surrey

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in Surrey is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 87 62
Rank change year-on-year 0 -25 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 12 15 28
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 0.73% 1.24% 2.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.83% 1.40% 2.76%
Number of salaries quoted 10 10 15
10th Percentile £39,000 £35,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £48,250 £42,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £45,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -45.45% +43.48%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £64,000 £77,500 £98,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £60,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.71% +9.55% +4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Surrey. 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 Surrey with a recognized job title 1,454 1,072 1,013
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.77% 88.96% 92.51%
Number of salaries quoted 912 542 713
10th Percentile £28,000 £36,000 £28,821
25th Percentile £34,250 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £62,500 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £73,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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 Surrey.

Business Analyst job vacancy trend in Surrey

Business Analyst
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in Surrey.

Salary distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in Surrey

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in Surrey over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Analyst in Surrey

Business Analyst
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Guildford +1 4 £50,500 -32.67%
Camberley +6 3 £40,000 +14.29% 3
Thames Ditton - 1 - -
Business Analyst
South East

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey

For the 6 months to 14 January 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 Surrey region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (58.33%) Business Analysis
1 7 (58.33%) Workshop Facilitation
2 5 (41.67%) Agile
2 5 (41.67%) JIRA
2 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (33.33%) BPMN
3 4 (33.33%) Confluence
3 4 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 4 (33.33%) Epics
3 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (33.33%) Target Operating Model
3 4 (33.33%) Use Case
3 4 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (33.33%) Waterfall
4 3 (25.00%) .NET
4 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (8.33%) Anaplan
5 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (8.33%) Business Transformation
5 1 (8.33%) Decision-Making
5 1 (8.33%) Insurtech
5 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (8.33%) PeopleSoft
5 1 (8.33%) PeopleSoft HRMS
5 1 (8.33%) Power BI
5 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
5 1 (8.33%) Process Improvement
5 1 (8.33%) Roadmaps
5 1 (8.33%) SaaS

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 4 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) PeopleSoft HRMS
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
1 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (41.67%) JIRA
General
1 6 (50.00%) Finance
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Retail
3 1 (8.33%) Police
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (25.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Business Analysis
1 7 (58.33%) Workshop Facilitation
2 5 (41.67%) Agile
2 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (33.33%) BPMN
3 4 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 4 (33.33%) Epics
3 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (33.33%) Target Operating Model
3 4 (33.33%) Use Case
3 4 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (33.33%) Waterfall
4 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (8.33%) Business Transformation
5 1 (8.33%) Decision-Making
5 1 (8.33%) Process Improvement
5 1 (8.33%) SDLC
5 1 (8.33%) Service Design
5 1 (8.33%) Visualisation
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Anaplan
2 1 (8.33%) PeopleSoft