Business Analyst Jobs in the Thames Valley

Business Analyst (BA)
South East > Thames Valley

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in the Thames Valley is £58,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 188 144 128
Rank change year-on-year -44 -16 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 60 116 164
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.89% 1.89% 2.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.94% 2.10% 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 43 55 122
10th Percentile £37,000 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,250 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £71,250 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £70,600 £70,000
South East median annual salary £57,875 £55,000 £54,320
% change year-on-year +5.23% +1.25% +10.86%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,373 5,528 6,493
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 89.94% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 4,571 3,223 4,190
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £28,725
25th Percentile £36,500 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% -3.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in the Thames Valley

Business Analyst
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Business Analyst in the Thames Valley

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Analyst in the Thames Valley

Business Analyst
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. 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
Oxfordshire -3 23 £60,000 +12.15% 1
Buckinghamshire -24 19 £49,500 -1.00% 7
Berkshire -19 18 £67,500 +22.73% 7
Business Analyst
South East

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, 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 Thames Valley region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 32 (53.33%) Agile
2 25 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (38.33%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (35.00%) Social Skills
5 17 (28.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (25.00%) Waterfall
6 15 (25.00%) Business Analysis
6 15 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
7 14 (23.33%) Product Ownership
7 14 (23.33%) JIRA
7 14 (23.33%) ERP
8 13 (21.67%) Project Management
8 13 (21.67%) Degree
8 13 (21.67%) Project Delivery
9 12 (20.00%) Roadmaps
9 12 (20.00%) QA
9 12 (20.00%) User Stories
9 12 (20.00%) Scenario Testing
10 10 (16.67%) Security Cleared
10 10 (16.67%) Retail
10 10 (16.67%) SAP
11 9 (15.00%) Pharmaceutical
11 9 (15.00%) MS Visio
11 9 (15.00%) Tech Ops
11 9 (15.00%) Neuroscience
11 9 (15.00%) Virtual Team
11 9 (15.00%) Confluence
11 9 (15.00%) SC Cleared
11 9 (15.00%) Biopharmaceutical
12 8 (13.33%) Public Sector

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 9 (15.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (15.00%) MS Visio
2 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.67%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.00%) Miro
2 3 (5.00%) OCI
2 3 (5.00%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 3 (5.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 2 (3.33%) Mavenlink
4 1 (1.67%) Azure
4 1 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.67%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.67%) PaaS
4 1 (1.67%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.67%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.67%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (23.33%) JIRA
2 1 (1.67%) Cypress.io
2 1 (1.67%) Maven
2 1 (1.67%) Protractor
General
1 23 (38.33%) Analytical Skills
2 21 (35.00%) Social Skills
3 10 (16.67%) Retail
4 9 (15.00%) Pharmaceutical
5 8 (13.33%) Public Sector
6 6 (10.00%) Finance
7 5 (8.33%) Manufacturing
8 3 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (5.00%) Law
8 3 (5.00%) Marketing
9 1 (1.67%) Billing
9 1 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.67%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.67%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.67%) Jest
2 1 (1.67%) Node.js
2 1 (1.67%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 14 (23.33%) Product Ownership
2 9 (15.00%) Biopharmaceutical
2 9 (15.00%) Virtual Team
3 5 (8.33%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.33%) Educational Technology
5 1 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.67%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (53.33%) Agile
2 25 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (28.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (25.00%) Business Analysis
4 15 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 15 (25.00%) Waterfall
5 14 (23.33%) ERP
6 13 (21.67%) Project Delivery
6 13 (21.67%) Project Management
7 12 (20.00%) Roadmaps
7 12 (20.00%) Scenario Testing
7 12 (20.00%) User Stories
8 9 (15.00%) Neuroscience
8 9 (15.00%) Tech Ops
9 8 (13.33%) User Research
10 7 (11.67%) Backlog Management
10 7 (11.67%) Collaborative Working
10 7 (11.67%) Decision-Making
11 6 (10.00%) Actionable Insight
11 6 (10.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.67%) Java
1 1 (1.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (21.67%) Degree
2 10 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 9 (15.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (20.00%) QA
2 5 (8.33%) GxP
2 5 (8.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 10 (16.67%) SAP
2 3 (5.00%) Oracle
2 3 (5.00%) Salesforce
2 3 (5.00%) YouTube
3 2 (3.33%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.67%) Alteryx