Business Analyst Jobs in the North of England

Business Analyst (BA)
England > North of England

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in the North of England is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 204 147 88
Rank change year-on-year -57 -59 +33
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 193 399 637
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.09% 2.36% 3.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.15% 2.64% 3.62%
Number of salaries quoted 138 294 433
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,662 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,461 £42,750 £40,132
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +18.28% +4.49%
75th Percentile £57,313 £68,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £71,055 £63,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +8.11% +5.71%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 16,792 15,127 17,618
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.98% 89.57% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 12,971 8,097 11,000
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in the North of England

Business Analyst
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Business Analyst in the North of England

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in the North of England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Analyst in the North of England

Business Analyst
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 20 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
North West -36 129 £50,000 -13.04% 28
Yorkshire -25 58 £47,500 -5.00% 26
North East -24 6 £50,000 -9.09% 3
Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 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 North of England region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 95 (49.22%) Agile
2 74 (38.34%) Business Analysis
3 70 (36.27%) Requirements Gathering
4 67 (34.72%) User Stories
5 63 (32.64%) Social Skills
6 50 (25.91%) Stakeholder Management
7 49 (25.39%) Problem-Solving
8 48 (24.87%) Workshop Facilitation
9 43 (22.28%) Acceptance Criteria
9 43 (22.28%) Analytical Skills
10 34 (17.62%) Roadmaps
11 33 (17.10%) JIRA
12 30 (15.54%) Degree
13 24 (12.44%) Finance
14 23 (11.92%) Scrum
15 21 (10.88%) Power Platform
16 20 (10.36%) Business Case
16 20 (10.36%) Power BI
17 19 (9.84%) MS Visio
17 19 (9.84%) Requirements Workshops
18 18 (9.33%) Change Management
18 18 (9.33%) Migration
18 18 (9.33%) Decision-Making
19 17 (8.81%) Security Cleared
19 17 (8.81%) GAP Analysis
20 16 (8.29%) UML
21 15 (7.77%) Salesforce
21 15 (7.77%) Legal
22 14 (7.25%) Law
22 14 (7.25%) Project Management

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 14 (7.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (9.84%) MS Visio
2 8 (4.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (4.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.52%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.52%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.52%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.52%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (0.52%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 21 (10.88%) Power Platform
2 14 (7.25%) Azure
3 6 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (3.11%) Miro
3 6 (3.11%) SaaS
4 2 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.52%) Asana
5 1 (0.52%) Google Workspace
5 1 (0.52%) Intacct
5 1 (0.52%) OCI
5 1 (0.52%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.18%) Broadband
1 10 (5.18%) Internet
1 10 (5.18%) WPA
2 2 (1.04%) DSL
2 2 (1.04%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (10.36%) Power BI
2 7 (3.63%) Tableau
3 5 (2.59%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.52%) GIS
Development Applications
1 33 (17.10%) JIRA
2 2 (1.04%) Git
2 2 (1.04%) Postman
General
1 63 (32.64%) Social Skills
2 43 (22.28%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (12.44%) Finance
4 15 (7.77%) Legal
5 14 (7.25%) Law
6 12 (6.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (5.18%) Retail
8 9 (4.66%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (4.15%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (4.15%) Manufacturing
10 7 (3.63%) Health Technology
11 5 (2.59%) Retail Finance
12 4 (2.07%) Games
12 4 (2.07%) Public Sector
13 3 (1.55%) Local Government
13 3 (1.55%) Social Housing
13 3 (1.55%) Telecoms
14 2 (1.04%) Banking
14 2 (1.04%) Front Office
14 2 (1.04%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.18%) Lightning Web Components
2 7 (3.63%) .NET
3 5 (2.59%) Web Services
4 3 (1.55%) HTML
4 3 (1.55%) XML
5 2 (1.04%) .NET Framework
5 2 (1.04%) Gherkin
5 2 (1.04%) JSON
5 2 (1.04%) JSON Schema
5 2 (1.04%) REST
5 2 (1.04%) RESTful
5 2 (1.04%) Swagger
6 1 (0.52%) EDI
6 1 (0.52%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.22%) Product Ownership
2 10 (5.18%) NHS
3 7 (3.63%) Management Information System
4 6 (3.11%) Virtual Team
5 5 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.07%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.55%) Blog
7 3 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.04%) Housing Association
9 1 (0.52%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.52%) IoT
9 1 (0.52%) Life Science
9 1 (0.52%) LIMS
9 1 (0.52%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.52%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (49.22%) Agile
2 74 (38.34%) Business Analysis
3 70 (36.27%) Requirements Gathering
4 67 (34.72%) User Stories
5 50 (25.91%) Stakeholder Management
6 49 (25.39%) Problem-Solving
7 48 (24.87%) Workshop Facilitation
8 43 (22.28%) Acceptance Criteria
9 34 (17.62%) Roadmaps
10 23 (11.92%) Scrum
11 20 (10.36%) Business Case
12 19 (9.84%) Requirements Workshops
13 18 (9.33%) Change Management
13 18 (9.33%) Decision-Making
13 18 (9.33%) Migration
14 17 (8.81%) GAP Analysis
15 16 (8.29%) UML
16 14 (7.25%) Epics
16 14 (7.25%) Project Management
16 14 (7.25%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (6.74%) SQL
2 4 (2.07%) C#
3 1 (0.52%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 30 (15.54%) Degree
2 17 (8.81%) Security Cleared
3 14 (7.25%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.55%) DBS Check
4 3 (1.55%) HND
4 3 (1.55%) NVQ Level 4
5 2 (1.04%) IIBA
5 2 (1.04%) ISEB
6 1 (0.52%) CBAP
6 1 (0.52%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.66%) QA
2 3 (1.55%) PMO
3 2 (1.04%) EMIR
3 2 (1.04%) MiFID
4 1 (0.52%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.52%) GRC
Vendors
1 15 (7.77%) Salesforce
2 8 (4.15%) Microsoft
3 7 (3.63%) F5
4 4 (2.07%) SAP
5 2 (1.04%) Intapp
5 2 (1.04%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.52%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.52%) Google
6 1 (0.52%) IFS
6 1 (0.52%) Oracle
6 1 (0.52%) Sage
6 1 (0.52%) Workday
6 1 (0.52%) YouTube