Business IT Analyst
UK

The median Business IT Analyst salary in the UK is £49,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 782 825 890
Rank change year-on-year +43 +65 -158
Permanent jobs requiring a Business IT Analyst 114 150 358
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.15% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.16% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 109 127 307
10th Percentile £37,140 £38,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,750 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £53,500 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £74,250 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - +5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,739 91,836 153,630
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.65% 91.52% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 67,104 57,926 84,939
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,604
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Business IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business IT Analyst in the UK

Business IT Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Business IT Analyst in the UK

Business IT Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business IT Analyst over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Business IT Analyst in the UK

Business IT Analyst
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business IT Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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
England +52 109 £49,500 -1.00% 14
UK excluding London +4 86 £49,500 +10.00% 11
Work from Home +65 58 £49,500 +4.21% 6
London +83 27 £53,000 -11.67% 4
East of England +21 22 £48,500 +19.75%
South East +1 20 £50,500 +12.22% 2
South West -14 17 £46,500 +12.05%
Midlands +13 16 £49,500 +7.03% 4
East Midlands -7 13 £49,500 +10.00% 3
North of England +19 6 £55,000 +22.22% 4
North West +4 5 £60,000 +21.21% 3
Scotland -50 5 £37,800 -18.27% 1
West Midlands +4 3 £43,000 -9.47% 1
Yorkshire +76 1 £40,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 2024, Business IT 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 Business IT Analyst in the job title.

1 56 (49.12%) Agile
2 46 (40.35%) Project Management
2 46 (40.35%) Requirements Gathering
3 33 (28.95%) Business Analysis
4 32 (28.07%) Social Skills
5 28 (24.56%) Waterfall
6 22 (19.30%) PRINCE2
6 22 (19.30%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (19.30%) SDLC
7 21 (18.42%) Kanban
8 19 (16.67%) Product Ownership
9 18 (15.79%) Lean Software Development
10 17 (14.91%) Self-Motivation
11 16 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
11 16 (14.04%) Degree
11 16 (14.04%) Stakeholder Management
11 16 (14.04%) Scrum
12 15 (13.16%) User Acceptance Testing
13 14 (12.28%) ERP
14 12 (10.53%) Workshop Facilitation
14 12 (10.53%) Business Case
15 11 (9.65%) Security Cleared
16 10 (8.77%) SC Cleared
16 10 (8.77%) Continuous Improvement
16 10 (8.77%) Business Intelligence
16 10 (8.77%) SQL
16 10 (8.77%) Maximo
16 10 (8.77%) Asset Management
16 10 (8.77%) Finance
17 9 (7.89%) Process Improvement

Business IT 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 1 (0.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (4.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (8.77%) Maximo
2 2 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.88%) Endur
3 1 (0.88%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (7.89%) Power Platform
2 3 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (1.75%) SaaS
4 1 (0.88%) Azure
4 1 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.88%) Miro
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.89%) Power BI
2 2 (1.75%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.88%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.88%) Spotfire
3 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.88%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.88%) JIRA
General
1 32 (28.07%) Social Skills
2 22 (19.30%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (8.77%) Finance
4 8 (7.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (7.02%) Law
5 7 (6.14%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (5.26%) Manufacturing
7 4 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (3.51%) Local Government
8 2 (1.75%) Advertising
8 2 (1.75%) Back Office
8 2 (1.75%) Banking
8 2 (1.75%) Legal
8 2 (1.75%) Retail
9 1 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.88%) Marketing
9 1 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.88%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.75%) .NET
2 1 (0.88%) XML
2 1 (0.88%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 19 (16.67%) Product Ownership
2 17 (14.91%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (3.51%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.51%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (0.88%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.88%) Derivative
5 1 (0.88%) Equities
5 1 (0.88%) Equity Derivative
5 1 (0.88%) Fixed Income
5 1 (0.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.88%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (49.12%) Agile
2 46 (40.35%) Project Management
2 46 (40.35%) Requirements Gathering
3 33 (28.95%) Business Analysis
4 28 (24.56%) Waterfall
5 22 (19.30%) PRINCE2
5 22 (19.30%) SDLC
6 21 (18.42%) Kanban
7 18 (15.79%) Lean Software Development
8 16 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
8 16 (14.04%) Scrum
8 16 (14.04%) Stakeholder Management
9 15 (13.16%) User Acceptance Testing
10 14 (12.28%) ERP
11 12 (10.53%) Business Case
11 12 (10.53%) Workshop Facilitation
12 10 (8.77%) Asset Management
12 10 (8.77%) Business Intelligence
12 10 (8.77%) Continuous Improvement
13 9 (7.89%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 10 (8.77%) SQL
2 2 (1.75%) C#
3 1 (0.88%) VB
3 1 (0.88%) VBA
Qualifications
1 16 (14.04%) Degree
2 11 (9.65%) Security Cleared
3 10 (8.77%) SC Cleared
4 6 (5.26%) ISEB
5 4 (3.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.88%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.88%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.75%) QA
2 1 (0.88%) EMIR
2 1 (0.88%) MiFID
2 1 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 6 (5.26%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.63%) IFS
2 3 (2.63%) SAP
3 1 (0.88%) Bloomberg
3 1 (0.88%) Epicor
3 1 (0.88%) JD Edwards
3 1 (0.88%) Oracle
3 1 (0.88%) Triple Point