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 £53,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 172 186 146
Rank change year-on-year +14 -40 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 9 61 105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.26% 0.87% 1.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.91% 2.03%
Number of salaries quoted 8 43 50
10th Percentile £44,075 £40,000 £40,305
25th Percentile £47,188 £48,250 £42,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £58,250 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.73% +9.91% -3.64%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £65,625 £73,750 £70,600
South East median annual salary £45,000 £58,250 £57,500
% change year-on-year -22.75% +1.30% +9.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 2,917 6,671 5,179
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.29% 94.60% 89.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,231 4,565 3,069
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £36,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,614 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

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 31 May 2025.

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 31 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
Berkshire +24 4 £62,500 -7.41% 8
Buckinghamshire +19 4 £51,250 +2.50% 12
Oxfordshire +15 1 £55,000 -5.58% 2
Business Analyst
South East

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 Thames Valley region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (66.67%) Agile
2 5 (55.56%) Business Analysis
3 4 (44.44%) Scrum
3 4 (44.44%) JIRA
3 4 (44.44%) User Stories
4 3 (33.33%) Product Backlog
4 3 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 2 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
5 2 (22.22%) Backlog Management
5 2 (22.22%) Product Ownership
5 2 (22.22%) Azure
5 2 (22.22%) Gherkin
5 2 (22.22%) SaaS
5 2 (22.22%) Confluence
5 2 (22.22%) API Integration
5 2 (22.22%) Swagger
5 2 (22.22%) Acceptance Criteria
5 2 (22.22%) Epics
5 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (22.22%) Requirements Analysis
5 2 (22.22%) ERP
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
5 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (11.11%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (11.11%) Salesforce
6 1 (11.11%) Workflow
6 1 (11.11%) Legal

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 2 (22.22%) Confluence
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Eloqua
1 1 (11.11%) NetSuite
1 1 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
1 2 (22.22%) SaaS
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (11.11%) iPaaS
2 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) JIRA
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (11.11%) Legal
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) Gherkin
1 2 (22.22%) Swagger
2 1 (11.11%) JSON
2 1 (11.11%) REST
2 1 (11.11%) SOAP
2 1 (11.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Product Ownership
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (11.11%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Agile
2 5 (55.56%) Business Analysis
3 4 (44.44%) Scrum
3 4 (44.44%) User Stories
4 3 (33.33%) Product Backlog
4 3 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (22.22%) Acceptance Criteria
5 2 (22.22%) API Integration
5 2 (22.22%) Backlog Management
5 2 (22.22%) Epics
5 2 (22.22%) ERP
5 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
5 2 (22.22%) Requirements Analysis
5 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (11.11%) CRM
6 1 (11.11%) Data Analysis
6 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
6 1 (11.11%) ITIL
6 1 (11.11%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) ABAP
1 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
1 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) HubSpot
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) Salesforce
2 1 (11.11%) SAP
2 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow