Data Business Analyst Jobs

Data Business Analyst (Data BA)
UK

The median Data Business Analyst (Data BA) salary in the UK is £85,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 843 876 1012
Rank change year-on-year +33 +136 -179
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Business Analyst 64 71 251
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.061% 0.075% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.064% 0.082% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 62 62 232
10th Percentile £38,875 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £92,500 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile - £82,375 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +15.79% +6.28%

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 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

Data Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Business Analyst in the UK

Data Business Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Data Business Analyst in the UK

Data Business Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Business Analyst over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Business Analyst in the UK

Data Business Analyst
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Business Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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 +31 64 £85,000 +30.77% 8
London +110 52 £85,000 +30.77% 5
Work from Home +22 13 £68,750 +10.00% 3
UK excluding London -31 12 £45,000 -18.18% 2
North of England +37 8 £42,500 -7.10%
North West 0 7 £42,500 -
Midlands -13 2 £42,500 -24.44%
West Midlands -14 2 £42,500 -24.44%
South West -25 2 £52,500 -4.55% 1
Yorkshire +63 1 £50,000 -35.48%

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Data 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 Data Business Analyst in the job title.

1 42 (65.63%) SQL
2 35 (54.69%) Banking
3 29 (45.31%) Agile
4 27 (42.19%) Python
5 25 (39.06%) Finance
6 22 (34.38%) AWS
6 22 (34.38%) Hedge funds
6 22 (34.38%) Derivative
6 22 (34.38%) Investment Management
6 22 (34.38%) Equities
6 22 (34.38%) Asset Management
6 22 (34.38%) Investment Banking
6 22 (34.38%) Front Office
6 22 (34.38%) Fixed Income
6 22 (34.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 22 (34.38%) Product Ownership
7 20 (31.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (29.69%) Power Platform
8 19 (29.69%) Business Intelligence
8 19 (29.69%) Power BI
9 18 (28.13%) Analytics
9 18 (28.13%) Business Analysis
9 18 (28.13%) Roadmaps
10 17 (26.56%) Machine Learning
11 16 (25.00%) Portfolio Management
11 16 (25.00%) Fintech
11 16 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
11 16 (25.00%) Bloomberg
12 15 (23.44%) Data Warehouse
13 14 (21.88%) BISAM

Data 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 8 (12.50%) Apache
2 6 (9.38%) Confluence
3 2 (3.13%) Apache Airflow
Business Applications
1 14 (21.88%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 22 (34.38%) AWS
2 19 (29.69%) Power Platform
3 12 (18.75%) Azure
4 8 (12.50%) dbt
5 6 (9.38%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (3.13%) Snowflake
7 1 (1.56%) Asana
7 1 (1.56%) Google Sheets
7 1 (1.56%) Zapier
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (29.69%) Power BI
2 15 (23.44%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (17.19%) Tableau
4 8 (12.50%) Apache Arrow
4 8 (12.50%) Dremio
5 6 (9.38%) Big Data
5 6 (9.38%) Data Lake
6 5 (7.81%) Qlik Sense
7 2 (3.13%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (3.13%) Apache Ignite
8 1 (1.56%) Data Mining
8 1 (1.56%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 6 (9.38%) JIRA
General
1 35 (54.69%) Banking
2 25 (39.06%) Finance
3 22 (34.38%) Front Office
3 22 (34.38%) Investment Banking
4 20 (31.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (20.31%) Retail Banking
6 6 (9.38%) Social Skills
7 5 (7.81%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (4.69%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.56%) Law
10 1 (1.56%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 22 (34.38%) Derivative
1 22 (34.38%) Equities
1 22 (34.38%) Fixed Income
1 22 (34.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 22 (34.38%) Hedge funds
1 22 (34.38%) Product Ownership
2 4 (6.25%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.56%) Reinsurance
3 1 (1.56%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (45.31%) Agile
2 22 (34.38%) Asset Management
2 22 (34.38%) Investment Management
3 19 (29.69%) Business Intelligence
4 18 (28.13%) Analytics
4 18 (28.13%) Business Analysis
4 18 (28.13%) Roadmaps
5 17 (26.56%) Machine Learning
6 16 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
6 16 (25.00%) Fintech
6 16 (25.00%) Portfolio Management
7 13 (20.31%) Technical Analysis
8 11 (17.19%) Workshop Facilitation
9 9 (14.06%) Requirements Gathering
10 8 (12.50%) Visualisation
11 7 (10.94%) Data Mapping
11 7 (10.94%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (10.94%) User Stories
12 6 (9.38%) Data Analysis
12 6 (9.38%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 42 (65.63%) SQL
2 27 (42.19%) Python
3 1 (1.56%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (4.69%) DBS Check
1 3 (4.69%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (1.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.56%) Accessibility
1 1 (1.56%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 16 (25.00%) Bloomberg
2 14 (21.88%) BISAM
3 1 (1.56%) Google