Functional Business Analyst Jobs

Functional Business Analyst (Functional BA)
UK

The median Functional Business Analyst (Functional BA) salary in the UK is £80,000 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 708 911 954
Rank change year-on-year +203 +43 +278
Permanent jobs requiring a Functional Business Analyst 1 1 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.001% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% 0.001% 0.009%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - £55,000
75th Percentile - - £57,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - £55,000

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%

Functional Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Functional Business Analyst in the UK

Functional Business Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Functional Business Analyst in the UK

Functional Business Analyst
Top 1 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Business 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
Work from Home +119 1 £80,000 -

Functional Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

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

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Front Office
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Billing
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case

Functional 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Billing
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Front Office
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft