Payments Business Analyst Job Trends

Business Analyst - Payments (Payments BA)
UK

The median Business Analyst - Payments (Payments BA) salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 636 713 699
Rank change year-on-year +77 -14 +323
Permanent jobs requiring a Payments Business Analyst 8 3 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.014% 0.005% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.006% 0.004%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £53,250 - £52,250
25th Percentile £56,250 - £55,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +20.00% -32.43%
75th Percentile £76,250 - £70,625
90th Percentile £80,750 - £74,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 - £75,000
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 53,514 51,675 48,695
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.46% 93.18% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 32,893 27,368 37,623
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,173 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,715
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Payments Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Payments Business Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Payments Business Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Payments Business Analyst
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Payments Business Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Payments Business Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Payments Business Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Payments Business Analyst over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Payments Business Analyst in the UK

Payments Business Analyst
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Payments Business Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 31 December 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 +72 7 £65,000 -13.33% 5
North West - 5 £52,500 -
UK excluding London - 5 £52,500 - 3
North of England - 5 £52,500 -
London +58 2 £77,500 +3.33% 5

Payments Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, Payments Business Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Payments Business Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) Agile
1 6 (75.00%) Roadmaps
2 5 (62.50%) Business Analysis
2 5 (62.50%) Product Roadmap
2 5 (62.50%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 5 (62.50%) Scrum
3 4 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 4 (50.00%) Cash Management
3 4 (50.00%) Creative Thinking
3 4 (50.00%) Epics
3 4 (50.00%) Product Backlog
3 4 (50.00%) Product Vision
3 4 (50.00%) Requirements Workshops
3 4 (50.00%) SEPA
3 4 (50.00%) TARGET2
3 4 (50.00%) Use Case
3 4 (50.00%) Workflow
3 4 (50.00%) Workflow Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) ISO 20022
4 2 (25.00%) User Stories
5 1 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
5 1 (12.50%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Fintech
5 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS
5 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
5 1 (12.50%) Product Strategy
5 1 (12.50%) Project Management
5 1 (12.50%) PSD2
5 1 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering

Payments Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 6 (75.00%) Banking
2 5 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Financial Institution
4 1 (12.50%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (12.50%) Contactless
2 1 (12.50%) Digital Wallet
2 1 (12.50%) EMV
2 1 (12.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Agile
1 6 (75.00%) Roadmaps
2 5 (62.50%) Business Analysis
2 5 (62.50%) Product Roadmap
2 5 (62.50%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 5 (62.50%) Scrum
3 4 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 4 (50.00%) Cash Management
3 4 (50.00%) Creative Thinking
3 4 (50.00%) Epics
3 4 (50.00%) Product Backlog
3 4 (50.00%) Product Vision
3 4 (50.00%) Requirements Workshops
3 4 (50.00%) Use Case
3 4 (50.00%) Workflow
3 4 (50.00%) Workflow Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) User Stories
5 1 (12.50%) Product Strategy
5 1 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) SEPA
1 4 (50.00%) TARGET2
2 2 (25.00%) ISO 20022
3 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS
3 1 (12.50%) PSD2