Business Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Business Analyst (BA)
UK > UK excluding London

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in the UK excluding London is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 318 221 148
Rank change year-on-year -97 -73 -36
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 301 931 1,392
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.77% 1.31% 2.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.85% 1.38% 2.61%
Number of salaries quoted 222 552 922
10th Percentile £36,368 £36,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £42,552
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% -5.71% +7.91%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £64,292
90th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £70,600
UK median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +13.64% -4.35% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 35,502 67,301 53,387
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.58% 94.80% 89.17%
Number of salaries quoted 18,783 47,644 30,431
10th Percentile £27,377 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £57,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.57% -12.50% -

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Business Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in the UK excluding London

Business Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Business Analyst in the UK excluding London

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Analyst in the UK excluding London

Business Analyst
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
Midlands +24 90 £55,000 +29.41% 63
North of England -44 77 £50,000 - 72
West Midlands +45 62 £55,000 +29.41% 45
North West -68 56 £52,500 +5.00% 45
South East +1 52 £45,000 -22.75% 166
South West +31 31 £50,697 +2.42% 37
East Midlands +12 27 £55,000 +29.41% 16
Scotland +46 25 £67,500 +58.82% 20
East of England -88 19 £60,000 +21.21% 36
Yorkshire +29 18 £50,000 +5.26% 22
Northern Ireland +30 6 £30,000 -55.56% 11
North East +43 3 £42,500 -15.00% 6
Wales +24 2 £55,000 +22.22% 6
Business Analyst
UK

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 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 UK excluding London region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 118 (39.20%) Business Analysis
2 116 (38.54%) Agile
3 106 (35.22%) Finance
4 105 (34.88%) Social Skills
5 103 (34.22%) Requirements Gathering
6 96 (31.89%) Analytical Skills
7 83 (27.57%) Problem-Solving
8 79 (26.25%) Stakeholder Management
9 70 (23.26%) User Stories
10 66 (21.93%) Degree
11 54 (17.94%) Project Management
12 41 (13.62%) Data Analysis
13 39 (12.96%) Business Intelligence
13 39 (12.96%) Decision-Making
14 38 (12.62%) Workshop Facilitation
14 38 (12.62%) Law
15 34 (11.30%) Microsoft
16 33 (10.96%) Process Improvement
17 32 (10.63%) JIRA
17 32 (10.63%) SQL
17 32 (10.63%) Power Platform
18 31 (10.30%) Power BI
19 30 (9.97%) SDLC
19 30 (9.97%) Change Management
19 30 (9.97%) QA
20 29 (9.63%) CRM
20 29 (9.63%) Business Case
21 28 (9.30%) Continuous Improvement
22 26 (8.64%) User Acceptance Testing
22 26 (8.64%) Product Ownership

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 20 (6.64%) Confluence
2 6 (1.99%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.66%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 20 (6.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (6.31%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (3.99%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (2.33%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.33%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.33%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.33%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.33%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.33%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.33%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.33%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.33%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.33%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.33%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.33%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 32 (10.63%) Power Platform
2 15 (4.98%) SaaS
3 12 (3.99%) Azure
4 9 (2.99%) AWS
5 8 (2.66%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (1.33%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (0.66%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (0.66%) Miro
7 2 (0.66%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.33%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.33%) Figma
8 1 (0.33%) GCP
8 1 (0.33%) Matillion
8 1 (0.33%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
8 1 (0.33%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.66%) CHAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (10.30%) Power BI
2 10 (3.32%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (1.66%) SAP BW
4 4 (1.33%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (1.33%) Tableau
5 2 (0.66%) Big Data
5 2 (0.66%) Data Mining
5 2 (0.66%) Looker
5 2 (0.66%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.66%) OLAP
5 2 (0.66%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.66%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.33%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.33%) GIS
Development Applications
1 32 (10.63%) JIRA
2 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 106 (35.22%) Finance
2 105 (34.88%) Social Skills
3 96 (31.89%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (12.62%) Law
5 23 (7.64%) Manufacturing
6 21 (6.98%) Banking
7 18 (5.98%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (4.65%) Legal
8 14 (4.65%) Marketing
9 11 (3.65%) Public Sector
10 10 (3.32%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (2.66%) Retail
12 5 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.33%) Advertising
14 3 (1.00%) Billing
14 3 (1.00%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.66%) Back Office
15 2 (0.66%) General Ledger
15 2 (0.66%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.00%) .NET
1 3 (1.00%) ADO
2 2 (0.66%) Gherkin
2 2 (0.66%) Middleware
2 2 (0.66%) Pandas
2 2 (0.66%) Swagger
3 1 (0.33%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.33%) REST
3 1 (0.33%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.64%) Product Ownership
2 23 (7.64%) Analytical Mindset
3 12 (3.99%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (2.33%) Social Media
4 7 (2.33%) Taxonomies
5 5 (1.66%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.66%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 4 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.33%) Driving Licence
6 4 (1.33%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.00%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.00%) Legacy Applications
7 3 (1.00%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.66%) Smart Meter
9 1 (0.33%) CMDB
9 1 (0.33%) Housing Association
9 1 (0.33%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.33%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.66%) Windows
1 5 (1.66%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (39.20%) Business Analysis
2 116 (38.54%) Agile
3 103 (34.22%) Requirements Gathering
4 83 (27.57%) Problem-Solving
5 79 (26.25%) Stakeholder Management
6 70 (23.26%) User Stories
7 54 (17.94%) Project Management
8 41 (13.62%) Data Analysis
9 39 (12.96%) Business Intelligence
9 39 (12.96%) Decision-Making
10 38 (12.62%) Workshop Facilitation
11 33 (10.96%) Process Improvement
12 30 (9.97%) Change Management
12 30 (9.97%) SDLC
13 29 (9.63%) Business Case
13 29 (9.63%) CRM
14 28 (9.30%) Continuous Improvement
15 26 (8.64%) Scenario Testing
15 26 (8.64%) User Acceptance Testing
16 24 (7.97%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 32 (10.63%) SQL
2 4 (1.33%) Python
3 2 (0.66%) Bash
3 2 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (0.66%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.66%) T-SQL
3 2 (0.66%) VBA
4 1 (0.33%) ABAP
4 1 (0.33%) R
Qualifications
1 66 (21.93%) Degree
2 18 (5.98%) CBAP
3 14 (4.65%) Security Cleared
4 8 (2.66%) IIBA
5 7 (2.33%) DBS Check
5 7 (2.33%) DV Cleared
5 7 (2.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 6 (1.99%) ACCA
6 6 (1.99%) CIMA
7 5 (1.66%) ISEB
8 4 (1.33%) SC Cleared
9 3 (1.00%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 2 (0.66%) CCA
10 2 (0.66%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.66%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.66%) PMP
10 2 (0.66%) Six Sigma Black Belt
11 1 (0.33%) CFA
11 1 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (9.97%) QA
2 8 (2.66%) SLA
3 4 (1.33%) PMO
4 3 (1.00%) ISO 20022
4 3 (1.00%) SEPA
5 1 (0.33%) GDPR
5 1 (0.33%) GRC
5 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.33%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.33%) Solvency II
Systems Management
1 1 (0.33%) Ansible
Vendors
1 34 (11.30%) Microsoft
2 21 (6.98%) Salesforce
3 11 (3.65%) SAP
4 7 (2.33%) Anaplan
5 6 (1.99%) BT
5 6 (1.99%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.00%) Bloomberg
6 3 (1.00%) JD Edwards
6 3 (1.00%) QAD
7 2 (0.66%) Oracle
8 1 (0.33%) Databricks
8 1 (0.33%) ESRI
8 1 (0.33%) Google
8 1 (0.33%) Guidewire
8 1 (0.33%) IBM
8 1 (0.33%) JDA
8 1 (0.33%) OneTrust
8 1 (0.33%) RedPrairie
8 1 (0.33%) Siebel
8 1 (0.33%) YouTube