Business Analytics
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Business Analytics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Business Analytics over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 743 782 806
Rank change year-on-year +39 +24 -126
Permanent jobs citing Business Analytics 161 211 444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.20% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.21% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 82 147 216
10th Percentile £37,225 £41,200 £35,625
25th Percentile £44,956 £50,984 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £63,250
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +6.72% +7.20%
75th Percentile £93,438 £78,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £91,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,500 £62,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -14.40% +38.89% -18.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Business Analytics is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,746 99,225 149,638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.94% 95.61% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 59,834 58,281 83,297
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Business Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Business Analytics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analytics in the UK

Business Analytics
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Analytics.

Salary trend for Business Analytics in the UK

Business Analytics
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analytics over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Analytics in the UK

Business Analytics
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analytics within the UK over the 6 months to 3 May 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
England +44 138 £55,000 -15.38% 55
UK excluding London +28 95 £53,500 -14.40% 30
London +81 64 £70,000 -9.68% 26
Work from Home +55 49 £67,500 +8.00% 24
North of England +82 34 £60,000 -25.00% 8
North West +35 31 £65,000 -18.75% 5
Scotland -49 20 £53,750 +27.22% 2
South East -25 14 £67,500 +3.85% 6
South West -18 12 £53,500 +14.44% 1
East of England +20 7 £45,000 - 4
Midlands +6 6 £57,750 +0.43% 10
West Midlands +13 5 £47,500 +18.75% 2
Yorkshire - 3 £55,000 - 2
Wales - 2 £79,279 - 1
East Midlands -9 1 £68,000 +8.80% 8

Business Analytics
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:

Application Platforms
1 22 (13.66%) Apache Spark
2 7 (4.35%) Apache
3 6 (3.73%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (2.48%) CMS
5 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 22 (13.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (5.59%) Spreadsheet
3 7 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.86%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.24%) MIS ActiveH
1 2 (1.24%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 40 (24.84%) Power Platform
2 28 (17.39%) AWS
3 20 (12.42%) Azure
4 18 (11.18%) SaaS
5 8 (4.97%) dbt
6 7 (4.35%) Azure Data Factory
6 7 (4.35%) GitHub
7 6 (3.73%) GCP
8 5 (3.11%) Fivetran
8 5 (3.11%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (3.11%) Google Data Studio
8 5 (3.11%) Snowflake
8 5 (3.11%) Stitch
9 4 (2.48%) Amazon EMR
10 3 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.86%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (1.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (1.24%) IaaS
11 2 (1.24%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (11.18%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
2 43 (26.71%) Tableau
3 40 (24.84%) Power BI
4 25 (15.53%) Data Lake
5 22 (13.66%) Metadata
6 20 (12.42%) Big Data
7 19 (11.80%) MongoDB
8 18 (11.18%) DB2
9 13 (8.07%) Amazon Redshift
10 12 (7.45%) SQL Server
11 9 (5.59%) QlikView
12 8 (4.97%) Looker
12 8 (4.97%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 8 (4.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (4.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 7 (4.35%) Data Vault
13 7 (4.35%) MySQL
13 7 (4.35%) Snowflake Schema
13 7 (4.35%) Star Schema
14 6 (3.73%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 8 (4.97%) Git
2 5 (3.11%) GitLab
3 1 (0.62%) Cypress.io
General
1 67 (41.61%) Finance
2 54 (33.54%) Analytical Skills
3 52 (32.30%) Social Skills
4 26 (16.15%) Marketing
5 23 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 21 (13.04%) Banking
6 21 (13.04%) Investment Banking
7 19 (11.80%) Law
8 18 (11.18%) Financial Institution
9 15 (9.32%) Legal
10 11 (6.83%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (4.97%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (4.97%) Retail
12 6 (3.73%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (3.73%) Public Sector
13 3 (1.86%) Back Office
13 3 (1.86%) Front Office
13 3 (1.86%) Manufacturing
13 3 (1.86%) Publishing
14 2 (1.24%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 33 (20.50%) Analyst
2 32 (19.88%) Data Engineer
3 30 (18.63%) Architect
3 30 (18.63%) Senior
4 28 (17.39%) Data Architect
5 18 (11.18%) Lead
5 18 (11.18%) Software Engineering Director
6 15 (9.32%) Senior Architect
6 15 (9.32%) Senior Data Architect
7 12 (7.45%) Product Manager
8 9 (5.59%) Business Manager
9 8 (4.97%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 7 (4.35%) Data Scientist
10 7 (4.35%) Senior Data Scientist
11 6 (3.73%) Business Intelligence Lead
11 6 (3.73%) Data Analyst
11 6 (3.73%) Data Manager
12 5 (3.11%) Business Development Manager
12 5 (3.11%) Development Manager
12 5 (3.11%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (11.18%) Kafka
2 12 (7.45%) Web Services
3 5 (3.11%) REST
4 4 (2.48%) Django
5 3 (1.86%) PySpark
6 2 (1.24%) AngularJS
6 2 (1.24%) HTML
7 1 (0.62%) Jest
7 1 (0.62%) Matplotlib
7 1 (0.62%) NumPy
7 1 (0.62%) Pandas
7 1 (0.62%) React
Miscellaneous
1 53 (32.92%) Management Information System
2 22 (13.66%) Algorithms
2 22 (13.66%) Product Ownership
3 18 (11.18%) Cloud Native
3 18 (11.18%) Public Cloud
4 13 (8.07%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (7.45%) Data Structures
6 11 (6.83%) Onboarding
7 6 (3.73%) Life Science
8 5 (3.11%) Replication
9 4 (2.48%) Social Media
9 4 (2.48%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 3 (1.86%) Virtual Team
11 2 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (1.24%) Mainframe
11 2 (1.24%) Mobile App
11 2 (1.24%) Robotics
12 1 (0.62%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.86%) Windows
2 1 (0.62%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (100.00%) Analytics
2 110 (68.32%) Business Intelligence
3 70 (43.48%) Agile
3 70 (43.48%) Data Modelling
4 57 (35.40%) Data Strategy
5 52 (32.30%) Visualisation
6 49 (30.43%) Data Analytics
7 48 (29.81%) Data Analysis
8 43 (26.71%) SDLC
9 40 (24.84%) ETL
9 40 (24.84%) Roadmaps
10 39 (24.22%) Decision-Making
11 38 (23.60%) DevOps
12 35 (21.74%) Data Visualisation
12 35 (21.74%) User Experience
13 33 (20.50%) Data Governance
14 32 (19.88%) Product Management
15 31 (19.25%) Data Science
16 30 (18.63%) Computer Science
16 30 (18.63%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 68 (42.24%) SQL
2 45 (27.95%) Python
3 18 (11.18%) Java
3 18 (11.18%) PL/SQL
3 18 (11.18%) Scala
4 7 (4.35%) R
5 6 (3.73%) VBA
6 4 (2.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (1.86%) C#
8 2 (1.24%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.62%) Bash
9 1 (0.62%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 47 (29.19%) Degree
2 23 (14.29%) Master's Degree
3 10 (6.21%) MBA
4 6 (3.73%) Azure Certification
4 6 (3.73%) PhD
5 2 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.24%) CSPO
5 2 (1.24%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.62%) MAPM
6 1 (0.62%) MCP
6 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (21.74%) Data Quality
2 18 (11.18%) SLA
3 3 (1.86%) ISO 9001
3 3 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.24%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (0.62%) Docker
Systems Management
1 20 (12.42%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 27 (16.77%) Oracle
2 25 (15.53%) Microsoft
3 22 (13.66%) Databricks
4 21 (13.04%) Alteryx
5 18 (11.18%) Cognos
5 18 (11.18%) Sybase
6 5 (3.11%) Google
7 4 (2.48%) BiZZdesign
7 4 (2.48%) MicroStrategy
8 3 (1.86%) Cisco
8 3 (1.86%) Mitel
8 3 (1.86%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.86%) SAP
8 3 (1.86%) Zoho
9 2 (1.24%) Cadence
9 2 (1.24%) NEC
9 2 (1.24%) Pardot
9 2 (1.24%) Twitter
10 1 (0.62%) Splunk
10 1 (0.62%) Vertica