Business Analyst Jobs in England

Business Analyst (BA)
UK > England

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in England is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 188 135 153
Rank change year-on-year -53 +18 -20
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,351 2,357 3,796
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.56% 2.67% 2.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.65% 2.92% 2.92%
Number of salaries quoted 946 1,719 3,069
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £39,316
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,600 £70,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £82,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +5.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 81,760 80,739 129,993
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.54% 91.52% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 60,876 51,417 74,746
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in England

Business Analyst
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Business Analyst in England

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Analyst in England

Business Analyst
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 18 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
London -24 543 £75,000 +15.38% 195
East of England +34 198 £49,500 -10.00% 11
North of England -53 192 £50,000 -9.09% 60
South East -93 154 £58,250 +5.91% 64
Midlands -80 142 £42,500 -15.00% 30
North West -28 129 £50,000 -13.04% 28
South West -37 108 £47,500 -9.52% 13
West Midlands -67 80 £42,500 -15.00% 22
East Midlands -36 58 £42,500 -13.22% 8
Yorkshire -25 57 £47,500 -5.00% 29
North East -29 6 £50,000 -9.09% 3
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, 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 across the England region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 553 (40.93%) Business Analysis
2 537 (39.75%) Agile
3 365 (27.02%) Analytical Skills
3 365 (27.02%) Problem-Solving
4 344 (25.46%) Social Skills
5 318 (23.54%) Finance
6 293 (21.69%) Requirements Gathering
7 263 (19.47%) User Stories
8 242 (17.91%) Degree
9 197 (14.58%) Change Management
10 191 (14.14%) Stakeholder Management
11 189 (13.99%) Retail
12 188 (13.92%) Decision-Making
13 176 (13.03%) SQL
14 170 (12.58%) Product Ownership
15 166 (12.29%) Coaching
16 162 (11.99%) Project Management
17 156 (11.55%) Roadmaps
18 155 (11.47%) Workshop Facilitation
19 149 (11.03%) JIRA
20 129 (9.55%) Waterfall
21 119 (8.81%) Scrum
22 118 (8.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
23 114 (8.44%) Process Improvement
24 110 (8.14%) Security Cleared
25 102 (7.55%) SDLC
26 101 (7.48%) Microsoft
27 99 (7.33%) Business Case
27 99 (7.33%) Project Delivery
28 90 (6.66%) GAP Analysis

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 68 (5.03%) Confluence
2 5 (0.37%) WordPress
3 4 (0.30%) Apache
3 4 (0.30%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.074%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.074%) Appian
Applications
1 85 (6.29%) Microsoft Office
2 84 (6.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 80 (5.92%) MS Visio
4 41 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.44%) Trello
7 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (1.11%) Aladdin
1 15 (1.11%) Endur
2 11 (0.81%) Maximo
3 9 (0.67%) Salesforce CRM
3 9 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.22%) Magento
5 3 (0.22%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.15%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.15%) SAP CRM
6 2 (0.15%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.15%) SAP PP
6 2 (0.15%) Shopify
7 1 (0.074%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.074%) SAP WM
7 1 (0.074%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.074%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.074%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 68 (5.03%) Azure
2 66 (4.89%) AWS
3 59 (4.37%) Power Platform
4 42 (3.11%) SaaS
5 30 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
7 15 (1.11%) Miro
8 12 (0.89%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (0.59%) OCI
9 8 (0.59%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 7 (0.52%) Figma
10 7 (0.52%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 4 (0.30%) Amazon EMR
11 4 (0.30%) dbt
11 4 (0.30%) GCP
12 3 (0.22%) Asana
12 3 (0.22%) Mavenlink
12 3 (0.22%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.22%) PowerApps
13 2 (0.15%) Oracle Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (0.74%) Broadband
1 10 (0.74%) Internet
1 10 (0.74%) WPA
2 2 (0.15%) DSL
2 2 (0.15%) HTTP
3 1 (0.074%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (3.92%) Power BI
2 37 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (1.85%) Tableau
4 13 (0.96%) Relational Database
5 10 (0.74%) Big Data
5 10 (0.74%) Electronic Patient Records
6 6 (0.44%) Snowflake Schema
6 6 (0.44%) Star Schema
7 5 (0.37%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (0.37%) Qlik Sense
7 5 (0.37%) SQL Server
8 4 (0.30%) Apache Arrow
8 4 (0.30%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.30%) Dremio
8 4 (0.30%) PowerPivot
8 4 (0.30%) QlikView
8 4 (0.30%) SAP BW
9 3 (0.22%) SAP HANA
10 2 (0.15%) Amazon Athena
10 2 (0.15%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 149 (11.03%) JIRA
2 3 (0.22%) Postman
3 2 (0.15%) Balsamiq
3 2 (0.15%) Git
3 2 (0.15%) PowerBuilder
4 1 (0.074%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.074%) JMeter
4 1 (0.074%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.074%) Maven
4 1 (0.074%) Protractor
4 1 (0.074%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 365 (27.02%) Analytical Skills
2 344 (25.46%) Social Skills
3 318 (23.54%) Finance
4 189 (13.99%) Retail
5 118 (8.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 77 (5.70%) Banking
7 76 (5.63%) Law
8 72 (5.33%) Front Office
9 70 (5.18%) Legal
10 65 (4.81%) Influencing Skills
10 65 (4.81%) Public Sector
11 43 (3.18%) Presentation Skills
12 32 (2.37%) Investment Banking
13 31 (2.29%) Manufacturing
14 28 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
15 25 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
16 22 (1.63%) Back Office
17 16 (1.18%) Advertising
18 15 (1.11%) Retail Banking
19 13 (0.96%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (1.04%) .NET
2 12 (0.89%) Lightning Web Components
3 10 (0.74%) XML
4 8 (0.59%) .NET Framework
5 6 (0.44%) JSON
5 6 (0.44%) Web Services
6 5 (0.37%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (0.37%) React
7 4 (0.30%) Django
7 4 (0.30%) Laravel
7 4 (0.30%) Next.js
7 4 (0.30%) React Native
7 4 (0.30%) REST
7 4 (0.30%) RESTful
8 3 (0.22%) FIX Protocol
8 3 (0.22%) Gherkin
8 3 (0.22%) HTML
9 2 (0.15%) ADO
9 2 (0.15%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.15%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 170 (12.58%) Product Ownership
2 69 (5.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 68 (5.03%) Fixed Income
4 66 (4.89%) Equities
5 59 (4.37%) Derivative
5 59 (4.37%) Management Information System
6 57 (4.22%) Hedge funds
7 46 (3.40%) Self-Motivation
8 25 (1.85%) Reinsurance
9 20 (1.48%) Virtual Team
10 19 (1.41%) Onboarding
11 18 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
12 14 (1.04%) NHS
13 12 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
14 10 (0.74%) Biopharmaceutical
15 7 (0.52%) Analytical Mindset
15 7 (0.52%) FMCG
16 6 (0.44%) Data Structures
16 6 (0.44%) Housing Association
17 5 (0.37%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 10 (0.74%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.15%) Android
2 2 (0.15%) Linux
2 2 (0.15%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 553 (40.93%) Business Analysis
2 537 (39.75%) Agile
3 365 (27.02%) Problem-Solving
4 293 (21.69%) Requirements Gathering
5 263 (19.47%) User Stories
6 197 (14.58%) Change Management
7 191 (14.14%) Stakeholder Management
8 188 (13.92%) Decision-Making
9 166 (12.29%) Coaching
10 162 (11.99%) Project Management
11 156 (11.55%) Roadmaps
12 155 (11.47%) Workshop Facilitation
13 129 (9.55%) Waterfall
14 119 (8.81%) Scrum
15 114 (8.44%) Process Improvement
16 102 (7.55%) SDLC
17 99 (7.33%) Business Case
17 99 (7.33%) Project Delivery
18 90 (6.66%) GAP Analysis
19 89 (6.59%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 176 (13.03%) SQL
2 74 (5.48%) Python
3 11 (0.81%) R
4 10 (0.74%) Java
5 7 (0.52%) T-SQL
5 7 (0.52%) VBA
6 6 (0.44%) C#
7 4 (0.30%) PHP
8 2 (0.15%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.074%) ABAP
9 1 (0.074%) JCL
9 1 (0.074%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.074%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.074%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 242 (17.91%) Degree
2 110 (8.14%) Security Cleared
3 84 (6.22%) SC Cleared
4 22 (1.63%) DV Cleared
5 19 (1.41%) Master's Degree
6 16 (1.18%) ISEB
7 15 (1.11%) DBS Check
8 14 (1.04%) IIBA
9 12 (0.89%) CBAP
10 10 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (0.59%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 6 (0.44%) PMP
13 5 (0.37%) HND
13 5 (0.37%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 4 (0.30%) CFA
14 4 (0.30%) CIMA
15 3 (0.22%) NVQ Level 4
16 2 (0.15%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (4.81%) QA
2 16 (1.18%) PMO
3 7 (0.52%) Data Quality
3 7 (0.52%) ISO 20022
3 7 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 6 (0.44%) GxP
5 5 (0.37%) EMIR
5 5 (0.37%) IFRS
5 5 (0.37%) MiFID
5 5 (0.37%) PSD2
5 5 (0.37%) SEPA
5 5 (0.37%) TARGET2
6 4 (0.30%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.30%) IFRS 17
6 4 (0.30%) SLA
7 3 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.22%) GDPR
8 1 (0.074%) GRC
8 1 (0.074%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.074%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.074%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (0.37%) Graphite
2 2 (0.15%) Data Guard
2 2 (0.15%) Kibana
3 1 (0.074%) Grafana
3 1 (0.074%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.074%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 101 (7.48%) Microsoft
2 54 (4.00%) Salesforce
3 41 (3.03%) SAP
4 25 (1.85%) Oracle
5 23 (1.70%) Bloomberg
6 14 (1.04%) BISAM
7 9 (0.67%) Atlassian
8 7 (0.52%) F5
9 6 (0.44%) MicroStrategy
10 5 (0.37%) Google
10 5 (0.37%) ION Trading
10 5 (0.37%) YouTube
11 4 (0.30%) Marketo
11 4 (0.30%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.22%) Alteryx
12 3 (0.22%) Conga
12 3 (0.22%) IFS
12 3 (0.22%) Intapp
13 2 (0.15%) UiPath
13 2 (0.15%) Workday