Business Support Analyst Jobs

Business Support Analyst
UK

The median Business Support Analyst salary in the UK is £38,800 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 679 881 950
Rank change year-on-year +202 +69 +266
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Support Analyst 23 26 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.041% 0.025% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.046% 0.026% 0.021%
Number of salaries quoted 20 25 17
10th Percentile £26,250 - £29,000
25th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,800 £42,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.71% -8.60% +3.33%
75th Percentile £50,938 £47,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £55,000 - £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £27,500 £27,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year - -21.43% -12.50%

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 50,444 98,297 87,491
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.33% 94.81% 91.34%
Number of salaries quoted 26,384 69,991 55,965
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,748 £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% +6.49%

Business Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Support Analyst in the UK

Business Support Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Business Support Analyst in the UK

Business Support Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Support Analyst over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Support Analyst in the UK

Business Support Analyst
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Support Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 31 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 +168 23 £38,800 -8.71% 14
UK excluding London +186 16 £27,500 - 4
East of England +51 8 £27,500 -
Work from Home +115 7 £38,500 -14.44% 3
London +99 7 £52,500 +16.67% 11
South East +79 4 £52,500 +45.83% 2
Midlands +65 2 £27,000 -43.16% 1
West Midlands +56 2 £27,000 -43.16% 1
North of England +39 2 £38,800 +7.78%
North East - 1 £39,100 -
North West - 1 £38,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Business Support 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 Support Analyst in the job title.

1 14 (60.87%) Power Platform
2 12 (52.17%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (52.17%) SQL
3 10 (43.48%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (43.48%) Power BI
4 9 (39.13%) Social Skills
5 7 (30.43%) Finance
6 6 (26.09%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (26.09%) Analytics
6 6 (26.09%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (21.74%) Azure
7 5 (21.74%) ERP
7 5 (21.74%) Microsoft
7 5 (21.74%) Microsoft Excel
8 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (17.39%) Process Improvement
8 4 (17.39%) Retail
8 4 (17.39%) Data Analysis
9 3 (13.04%) DBS Check
9 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (13.04%) Customer Service
9 3 (13.04%) Systems Analysis
9 3 (13.04%) Data Management
9 3 (13.04%) Change Control
9 3 (13.04%) Data Quality
9 3 (13.04%) Big Data
9 3 (13.04%) Data Analytics
9 3 (13.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (13.04%) Mentoring
9 3 (13.04%) Visualisation

Business Support 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:

Applications
1 5 (21.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (60.87%) Power Platform
2 6 (26.09%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (21.74%) Azure
4 2 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (4.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.70%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (43.48%) Power BI
2 3 (13.04%) Big Data
2 3 (13.04%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (8.70%) MySQL
3 2 (8.70%) SQL Server
4 1 (4.35%) Tableau
General
1 9 (39.13%) Social Skills
2 7 (30.43%) Finance
3 6 (26.09%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (17.39%) Retail
5 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (8.70%) Legal
7 1 (4.35%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) HTML
1 2 (8.70%) JSON
1 2 (8.70%) REST
1 2 (8.70%) SOAP
1 2 (8.70%) Web Services
1 2 (8.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Derivative
1 2 (8.70%) Onboarding
1 2 (8.70%) Reference Data
1 2 (8.70%) Reinsurance
2 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (52.17%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (43.48%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (26.09%) Analytics
4 5 (21.74%) ERP
5 4 (17.39%) Data Analysis
5 4 (17.39%) Process Improvement
5 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (13.04%) Change Control
6 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (13.04%) Customer Service
6 3 (13.04%) Data Analytics
6 3 (13.04%) Data Management
6 3 (13.04%) ITIL
6 3 (13.04%) Mentoring
6 3 (13.04%) Systems Analysis
6 3 (13.04%) Visualisation
7 2 (8.70%) Client Onboarding
7 2 (8.70%) Coaching
7 2 (8.70%) DevOps
7 2 (8.70%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 12 (52.17%) SQL
2 1 (4.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) DBS Check
1 3 (13.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (4.35%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.35%) GDPR
Vendors
1 5 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.70%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.35%) Oracle