Business Analyst Jobs in the South West

Business Analyst (BA)
England > South West

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in the South West is £47,500 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 181 144 130
Rank change year-on-year -37 -14 +56
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 108 122 215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.15% 1.83% 2.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.20% 2.05% 2.73%
Number of salaries quoted 71 99 182
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £35,025
25th Percentile £43,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +16.67% +12.50%
75th Percentile £56,250 £68,125 £52,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £70,600 £63,945
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 South West with a recognized job title 9,017 5,951 7,863
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.22% 89.06% 96.21%
Number of salaries quoted 6,618 3,693 5,100
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,250 £29,363
25th Percentile £36,365 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in the South West

Business Analyst
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in the South West.

Salary trend for Business Analyst in the South West

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for Business Analyst in the South West

Business Analyst
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the South West 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
Bristol +2 32 £45,000 -5.48% 4
Wiltshire -26 19 £46,500 -11.43% 6
Somerset +7 15 £52,500 -25.64% 1
Dorset -26 14 £70,000 +53.01% 1
Gloucestershire -29 14 £55,000 -22.10%
Cornwall -11 10 £50,028 +17.71%
Devon -14 4 £31,250 -50.24%
Business Analyst
England

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

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 South West region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 48 (44.44%) Business Analysis
2 41 (37.96%) Agile
3 38 (35.19%) Security Cleared
3 38 (35.19%) Social Skills
4 34 (31.48%) Degree
5 27 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 25 (23.15%) Workshop Facilitation
6 25 (23.15%) Scrum
7 24 (22.22%) Finance
8 23 (21.30%) Problem-Solving
9 22 (20.37%) JIRA
10 21 (19.44%) SC Cleared
10 21 (19.44%) User Stories
11 20 (18.52%) Project Delivery
12 16 (14.81%) Project Management
13 15 (13.89%) SQL
13 15 (13.89%) ITIL
13 15 (13.89%) Stakeholder Management
13 15 (13.89%) Roadmaps
14 14 (12.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 14 (12.96%) Analytical Skills
14 14 (12.96%) Law
15 13 (12.04%) Master's Degree
16 12 (11.11%) Power Platform
16 12 (11.11%) Public Sector
16 12 (11.11%) Epics
16 12 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
16 12 (11.11%) Workflow
16 12 (11.11%) Asset Management
17 11 (10.19%) Maximo

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (2.78%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (9.26%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (5.56%) Trello
3 5 (4.63%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.85%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (10.19%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 12 (11.11%) Power Platform
2 11 (10.19%) Azure
3 6 (5.56%) AWS
4 5 (4.63%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (2.78%) SaaS
6 2 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.85%) Miro
6 2 (1.85%) Smartsheet
7 1 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (10.19%) Relational Database
2 10 (9.26%) Electronic Patient Records
2 10 (9.26%) Power BI
3 7 (6.48%) Tableau
4 6 (5.56%) Big Data
4 6 (5.56%) Snowflake Schema
4 6 (5.56%) Star Schema
5 1 (0.93%) MS Access
5 1 (0.93%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 22 (20.37%) JIRA
General
1 38 (35.19%) Social Skills
2 24 (22.22%) Finance
3 14 (12.96%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (12.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 14 (12.96%) Law
4 12 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 11 (10.19%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (7.41%) Banking
6 8 (7.41%) Investment Banking
6 8 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (6.48%) Aerospace
8 6 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (4.63%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (4.63%) Legal
10 2 (1.85%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.93%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.93%) .NET
1 1 (0.93%) .NET Framework
1 1 (0.93%) Gherkin
1 1 (0.93%) REST
1 1 (0.93%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.41%) Onboarding
1 8 (7.41%) Product Ownership
2 7 (6.48%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (3.70%) Data Centre
3 4 (3.70%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.85%) FMCG
4 2 (1.85%) Housing Association
4 2 (1.85%) NHS
5 1 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.85%) Android
1 2 (1.85%) Apple iOS
1 2 (1.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (44.44%) Business Analysis
2 41 (37.96%) Agile
3 27 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 25 (23.15%) Scrum
4 25 (23.15%) Workshop Facilitation
5 23 (21.30%) Problem-Solving
6 21 (19.44%) User Stories
7 20 (18.52%) Project Delivery
8 16 (14.81%) Project Management
9 15 (13.89%) ITIL
9 15 (13.89%) Roadmaps
9 15 (13.89%) Stakeholder Management
10 12 (11.11%) Asset Management
10 12 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
10 12 (11.11%) Epics
10 12 (11.11%) Workflow
11 11 (10.19%) Data Analysis
11 11 (10.19%) Use Case
12 10 (9.26%) Actionable Insight
12 10 (9.26%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 15 (13.89%) SQL
2 7 (6.48%) Python
3 6 (5.56%) R
3 6 (5.56%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.93%) VBA
4 1 (0.93%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 38 (35.19%) Security Cleared
2 34 (31.48%) Degree
3 21 (19.44%) SC Cleared
4 13 (12.04%) Master's Degree
5 8 (7.41%) DV Cleared
6 6 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (5.56%) IIBA
7 5 (4.63%) ISEB
8 4 (3.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 3 (2.78%) DBS Check
10 2 (1.85%) CBAP
10 2 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.85%) HND
10 2 (1.85%) NVQ Level 3
10 2 (1.85%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.63%) SEPA
1 5 (4.63%) TARGET2
2 3 (2.78%) PMO
3 1 (0.93%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 5 (4.63%) Graphite
2 1 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (9.26%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.78%) Salesforce
3 2 (1.85%) HubSpot
3 2 (1.85%) Oracle
3 2 (1.85%) Zoho
4 1 (0.93%) Alteryx
4 1 (0.93%) Pega
4 1 (0.93%) UiPath