IT Business Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

IT Business Analyst (IT BA)
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Business Analyst (IT BA) salary in the UK excluding London is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 565 682 691
Rank change year-on-year +117 +9 -22
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Business Analyst 14 81 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.036% 0.11% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.040% 0.12% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 13 79 49
10th Percentile £43,000 £41,250 £37,408
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,750 £39,271
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £52,500 £51,250
90th Percentile £63,750 £55,500 £57,500
UK median annual salary £58,750 £49,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.69% -1.00% -

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 35,324 67,152 53,648
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.60% 94.79% 89.25%
Number of salaries quoted 18,511 47,504 30,595
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -

IT Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Business Analyst in the UK excluding London

IT Business Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for IT Business Analyst in the UK excluding London

IT Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Business Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Business Analyst in the UK excluding London

IT 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 IT Business Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
South West +94 4 £50,000 +7.53% 6
West Midlands +56 4 £49,250 +14.53% 2
Midlands +51 4 £49,250 -0.51% 2
North of England +50 4 £57,500 +4.55% 1
North West +4 3 £57,500 -4.17% 1
South East +83 2 £62,500 +23.76% 5
North East - 1 - -
IT Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 2025, IT 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 IT Business Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (42.86%) Finance
1 6 (42.86%) Business Analysis
2 5 (35.71%) User Stories
3 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (21.43%) QA
4 3 (21.43%) SDLC
4 3 (21.43%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (21.43%) SQL
5 2 (14.29%) Project Management
5 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
5 2 (14.29%) Agile
5 2 (14.29%) Banking
5 2 (14.29%) Asset Management
5 2 (14.29%) Law
5 2 (14.29%) Change Management
5 2 (14.29%) Business Case
5 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery
5 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (14.29%) WhatsApp
5 2 (14.29%) Fintech
5 2 (14.29%) Use Case
5 2 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (14.29%) Degree
5 2 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (14.29%) Storyboarding
6 1 (7.14%) Impact Assessments
6 1 (7.14%) Business Strategy
6 1 (7.14%) Customer Service

IT 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:

Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (7.14%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 6 (42.86%) Finance
2 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Banking
3 2 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (14.29%) Law
4 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Business Analysis
2 5 (35.71%) User Stories
3 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (21.43%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (21.43%) SDLC
4 2 (14.29%) Agile
4 2 (14.29%) Asset Management
4 2 (14.29%) Business Case
4 2 (14.29%) Change Management
4 2 (14.29%) Fintech
4 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
4 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 2 (14.29%) Project Management
4 2 (14.29%) Storyboarding
4 2 (14.29%) Use Case
4 2 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (7.14%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (7.14%) Service Delivery
5 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) QA
2 1 (7.14%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle