Data Business Analyst (Data BA)
UK

The median Data Business Analyst (Data BA) salary in the UK is £85,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 830 916 997
Rank change year-on-year +86 +81 -186
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Business Analyst 58 79 241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.058% 0.078% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.085% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 56 67 221
10th Percentile £39,375 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,875 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +36.00% - -
75th Percentile £92,500 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile - £85,500 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £53,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -15.09% +11.58% +4.97%

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 93,864 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,182 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Data Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Business Analyst in the UK

Data Business Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Data Business Analyst in the UK

Data Business Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Business Analyst over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Business Analyst in the UK

Data Business 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 Data Business Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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 +59 58 £85,000 +36.00% 10
London +112 46 £85,000 +30.77% 8
UK excluding London -10 12 £45,000 -15.09% 1
North of England +43 8 £42,500 -13.27% 1
Work from Home +38 7 £51,250 -18.00% 5
North West +10 7 £42,500 - 1
West Midlands +13 2 £42,500 -5.56%
Midlands +5 2 £42,500 -5.56%
South West -24 2 £52,500 -4.55%
Yorkshire +78 1 £50,000 -23.37%

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Data 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 Data Business Analyst in the job title.

1 34 (58.62%) SQL
2 31 (53.45%) Banking
3 23 (39.66%) Agile
4 20 (34.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (32.76%) Roadmaps
5 19 (32.76%) Business Intelligence
6 18 (31.03%) Finance
6 18 (31.03%) Python
7 17 (29.31%) Data Warehouse
7 17 (29.31%) AWS
8 16 (27.59%) Derivative
8 16 (27.59%) Hedge funds
8 16 (27.59%) Portfolio Management
8 16 (27.59%) Machine Learning
8 16 (27.59%) Investment Management
8 16 (27.59%) Asset Management
8 16 (27.59%) Artificial Intelligence
8 16 (27.59%) Investment Banking
8 16 (27.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 16 (27.59%) Bloomberg
8 16 (27.59%) Front Office
8 16 (27.59%) Fixed Income
8 16 (27.59%) Equities
8 16 (27.59%) Fintech
8 16 (27.59%) Product Ownership
9 15 (25.86%) Retail Banking
9 15 (25.86%) Technical Analysis
10 14 (24.14%) BISAM
10 14 (24.14%) Aladdin
11 12 (20.69%) Power Platform

Data 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (8.62%) Confluence
2 2 (3.45%) Apache
2 2 (3.45%) Apache Airflow
Business Applications
1 14 (24.14%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 17 (29.31%) AWS
2 12 (20.69%) Azure
2 12 (20.69%) Power Platform
3 5 (8.62%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (3.45%) dbt
4 2 (3.45%) Snowflake
5 1 (1.72%) Asana
5 1 (1.72%) GCP
5 1 (1.72%) Google Sheets
5 1 (1.72%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.72%) Zapier
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (29.31%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (18.97%) Power BI
3 6 (10.34%) Tableau
4 5 (8.62%) Qlik Sense
5 2 (3.45%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (3.45%) Apache Arrow
5 2 (3.45%) Apache Ignite
5 2 (3.45%) Dremio
6 1 (1.72%) Data Mining
6 1 (1.72%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 5 (8.62%) JIRA
General
1 31 (53.45%) Banking
2 20 (34.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 18 (31.03%) Finance
4 16 (27.59%) Front Office
4 16 (27.59%) Investment Banking
5 15 (25.86%) Retail Banking
6 5 (8.62%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (8.62%) Social Skills
7 3 (5.17%) Public Sector
8 2 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (1.72%) Law
9 1 (1.72%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 16 (27.59%) Derivative
1 16 (27.59%) Equities
1 16 (27.59%) Fixed Income
1 16 (27.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 16 (27.59%) Hedge funds
1 16 (27.59%) Product Ownership
2 4 (6.90%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.72%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (39.66%) Agile
2 19 (32.76%) Business Intelligence
2 19 (32.76%) Roadmaps
3 16 (27.59%) Artificial Intelligence
3 16 (27.59%) Asset Management
3 16 (27.59%) Fintech
3 16 (27.59%) Investment Management
3 16 (27.59%) Machine Learning
3 16 (27.59%) Portfolio Management
4 15 (25.86%) Technical Analysis
5 12 (20.69%) Business Analysis
6 11 (18.97%) Workshop Facilitation
7 9 (15.52%) Analytics
8 8 (13.79%) Requirements Gathering
8 8 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (13.79%) Visualisation
9 7 (12.07%) Data Mapping
9 7 (12.07%) User Stories
10 6 (10.34%) Data Visualisation
10 6 (10.34%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 34 (58.62%) SQL
2 18 (31.03%) Python
3 1 (1.72%) Java
3 1 (1.72%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (5.17%) DBS Check
1 3 (5.17%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (1.72%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.72%) Accessibility
1 1 (1.72%) Data Quality
1 1 (1.72%) SLA
Vendors
1 16 (27.59%) Bloomberg
2 14 (24.14%) BISAM
3 1 (1.72%) Google