Business Data Analyst Jobs

Business Data Analyst
UK

The median Business Data Analyst salary in the UK is £51,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 697 875 917
Rank change year-on-year +178 +42 +273
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Data Analyst 12 37 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.022% 0.036% 0.046%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.038% 0.051%
Number of salaries quoted 10 34 40
10th Percentile £38,125 £52,670 £35,200
25th Percentile £43,188 £56,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £60,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -14.58% +23.08% -9.72%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £65,313
90th Percentile £100,000 - £70,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,750 £53,067 £39,000
% change year-on-year -13.79% +36.07% -23.15%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 50,066 97,923 88,829
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.36% 94.81% 91.43%
Number of salaries quoted 26,124 69,761 56,179
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,750 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.63%

Business Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Data Analyst in the UK

Business Data Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Business Data Analyst in the UK

Business Data Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Data Analyst over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Data Analyst in the UK

Business Data Analyst
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Data Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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
England +135 11 £51,250 -14.58% 16
UK excluding London +192 7 £45,750 -13.79% 14
London +91 5 £87,500 +34.62% 5
Work from Home +109 4 £76,250 +32.61% 12
South West +105 2 £38,750 -26.98%
East of England - 2 £45,750 - 4
Scotland +117 1 - -
South East +88 1 £52,500 +75.00% 4
Midlands +85 1 £55,000 - 3
West Midlands +57 1 £55,000 - 2

Business Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Business Data 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 Data Analyst in the job title.

1 11 (91.67%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (83.33%) SQL
3 9 (75.00%) Power BI
3 9 (75.00%) Power Platform
4 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
4 8 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
5 7 (58.33%) Data Analysis
6 6 (50.00%) Analytics
6 6 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (50.00%) Visualisation
6 6 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (41.67%) Decision-Making
7 5 (41.67%) Degree
7 5 (41.67%) Finance
8 3 (25.00%) Business Analysis
8 3 (25.00%) Python
8 3 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
8 3 (25.00%) Data Governance
8 3 (25.00%) Data Collection
9 2 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (16.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 2 (16.67%) Power Automate
9 2 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
9 2 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements
9 2 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
9 2 (16.67%) GDPR
9 2 (16.67%) Business Process Modelling
9 2 (16.67%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (16.67%) Data Science

Business Data 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.33%) Apache
1 1 (8.33%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 8 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (75.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (16.67%) Power Automate
3 1 (8.33%) AWS
3 1 (8.33%) Azure
3 1 (8.33%) GCP
3 1 (8.33%) Snowflake
3 1 (8.33%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (75.00%) Power BI
2 2 (16.67%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (8.33%) BigQuery
3 1 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (8.33%) Looker
3 1 (8.33%) Snowflake Schema
3 1 (8.33%) Tableau
General
1 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (41.67%) Finance
4 2 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (8.33%) Automotive
5 1 (8.33%) Law
5 1 (8.33%) Marketing
5 1 (8.33%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (16.67%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (8.33%) Data Structures
2 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (58.33%) Data Analysis
3 6 (50.00%) Analytics
3 6 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (50.00%) Visualisation
4 5 (41.67%) Decision-Making
5 3 (25.00%) Business Analysis
5 3 (25.00%) Data Collection
5 3 (25.00%) Data Governance
5 3 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
6 2 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
6 2 (16.67%) Business Process Modelling
6 2 (16.67%) Data Management
6 2 (16.67%) Data Science
6 2 (16.67%) Data Transformation
6 2 (16.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 2 (16.67%) Project Governance
6 2 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 10 (83.33%) SQL
2 3 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (8.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) GDPR
2 1 (8.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Cognos
1 1 (8.33%) Google
1 1 (8.33%) IBM
1 1 (8.33%) Informatica
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (8.33%) Talend