Business Analyst (BA)
UK
The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 December 2023.
The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 5 Dec 2023 |
Same period 2022 | Same period 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 140 | 119 | 142 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -21 | +23 | +10 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst | 1,311 | 3,737 | 3,436 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 2.45% | 3.01% | 2.70% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 2.57% | 3.16% | 2.84% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,052 | 2,815 | 2,890 |
| 10th Percentile | £40,500 | £41,250 | £37,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,500 | £46,750 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £59,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.69% | +7.27% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £73,750 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £85,000 | £80,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £47,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | +5.26% | +5.56% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 50,985 | 118,425 | 121,174 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 95.43% | 95.37% | 95.14% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 37,346 | 74,222 | 83,417 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £32,750 | £32,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £60,000 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +4.35% | +4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £81,250 | £77,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £98,750 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,500 | £52,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +5.00% | +5.26% |
Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Business Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Business Analyst
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst.
Business Analyst
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst over the 6 months to 5 December 2023.
Business Analyst
Top 19 Job Locations
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 over the 6 months to 5 December 2023. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -22 | 1,154 | £61,500 | +2.50% | 348 |
| London | -5 | 650 | £70,000 | - | 183 |
| UK excluding London | -51 | 599 | £52,000 | +4.00% | 196 |
| Work from Home | -30 | 545 | £60,000 | +4.35% | 149 |
| North of England | -10 | 189 | £55,000 | +10.00% | 52 |
| South East | -10 | 129 | £54,750 | +4.29% | 38 |
| North West | +38 | 114 | £55,000 | +10.00% | 28 |
| Midlands | -25 | 91 | £51,250 | +2.50% | 30 |
| Yorkshire | -21 | 72 | £52,500 | +5.00% | 21 |
| Scotland | -14 | 65 | £50,000 | +4.17% | 29 |
| West Midlands | -14 | 56 | £52,500 | +0.51% | 16 |
| South West | -13 | 53 | £47,500 | -5.00% | 25 |
| East Midlands | +2 | 31 | £47,500 | +1.60% | 14 |
| Wales | -12 | 26 | £37,500 | -16.67% | 6 |
| East of England | +33 | 24 | £50,000 | -4.76% | 11 |
| Isle of Man | +4 | 12 | £45,000 | -10.00% | |
| Northern Ireland | +23 | 11 | £65,000 | +41.30% | 6 |
| North East | +31 | 3 | £62,500 | +23.15% | 3 |
| Channel Islands | - | 2 | £47,000 | - |
Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 5 December 2023, 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 featuring Business Analyst in the job title.
|
|
Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||