Software Development Business Analyst Jobs

Business Analyst - Software Development
UK

The median Business Analyst - Software Development salary in the UK is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 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
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 698 - 942
Rank change year-on-year - - +282
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Development Business Analyst 12 0 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.022% - 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% - 0.038%
Number of salaries quoted 12 0 21
10th Percentile - - £45,000
25th Percentile £51,250 - £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.20%
75th Percentile £54,063 - £61,250
90th Percentile £55,000 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 - £57,500
% change year-on-year - - +9.52%

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 48,816 93,552 93,960
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.39% 94.64% 91.50%
Number of salaries quoted 27,241 67,063 59,087
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,500 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,501 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%

Software Development Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Development Business Analyst in the UK

Software Development Business Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Software Development Business Analyst in the UK

Software Development Business Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Development Business Analyst over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Development Business Analyst in the UK

Software Development Business Analyst
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Development Business Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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 - 12 £52,500 -
Work from Home - 12 £52,500 -
UK excluding London - 9 £52,500 -
North of England - 9 £52,500 -
North West - 9 £52,500 -
London - 3 £55,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 2025, Software Development 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 Software Development Business Analyst in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Agile
2 11 (91.67%) Product Ownership
2 11 (91.67%) QA
3 10 (83.33%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (75.00%) Translating Business Requirements
4 9 (75.00%) Business Process Analysis
4 9 (75.00%) Customer Requirements
4 9 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (75.00%) Software Testing
4 9 (75.00%) Project Management
4 9 (75.00%) Service Management
4 9 (75.00%) ITSM
5 3 (25.00%) JIRA
5 3 (25.00%) Confluence
5 3 (25.00%) User Stories
5 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
6 2 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
6 2 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
6 2 (16.67%) GraphQL
6 2 (16.67%) React
6 2 (16.67%) API Development
6 2 (16.67%) Node.js
6 2 (16.67%) Incident Management
6 2 (16.67%) Release Management
6 2 (16.67%) Atlassian
6 2 (16.67%) OAuth
6 2 (16.67%) AWS
6 2 (16.67%) Business Analysis
6 2 (16.67%) Information Security

Software Development 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 3 (25.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) AWS
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 10 (83.33%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) GraphQL
1 2 (16.67%) LDAP
1 2 (16.67%) Node.js
1 2 (16.67%) OAuth
1 2 (16.67%) React
Miscellaneous
1 11 (91.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Agile
2 9 (75.00%) Business Process Analysis
2 9 (75.00%) Customer Requirements
2 9 (75.00%) ITSM
2 9 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (75.00%) Project Management
2 9 (75.00%) Service Management
2 9 (75.00%) Software Testing
2 9 (75.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 3 (25.00%) User Stories
4 2 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
4 2 (16.67%) API Development
4 2 (16.67%) Business Analysis
4 2 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
4 2 (16.67%) Incident Management
4 2 (16.67%) Information Security
4 2 (16.67%) Release Management
4 2 (16.67%) Scrum
5 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (8.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) Java
1 2 (16.67%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (91.67%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Atlassian