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 8 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
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 193 136 154
Rank change year-on-year -57 +18 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,353 2,207 3,913
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.44% 2.66% 2.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.52% 2.92% 2.83%
Number of salaries quoted 918 1,644 3,147
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £39,333
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,109 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%
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% +8.91%

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 88,935 75,643 138,160
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.74% 91.23% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 65,011 49,623 75,965
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,402 £45,000 £43,023
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,250 £81,250 £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 8 June 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 8 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
London -47 519 £75,000 +15.38% 145
East of England +26 198 £49,500 -10.00% 14
North of England -84 183 £50,000 -9.09% 44
Midlands -66 179 £42,500 -15.00% 29
South East -85 155 £57,875 +5.23% 26
North West -50 118 £50,000 -13.04% 25
South West -41 106 £47,000 -10.48% 13
East Midlands -30 88 £42,500 -14.95% 13
West Midlands -68 88 £42,750 -14.50% 16
Yorkshire -24 59 £47,500 -5.00% 17
North East -39 6 £50,000 -9.09% 2
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 June 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.

1 578 (42.72%) Business Analysis
2 526 (38.88%) Agile
3 361 (26.68%) Analytical Skills
4 358 (26.46%) Problem-Solving
5 340 (25.13%) Social Skills
6 303 (22.39%) Finance
7 295 (21.80%) Requirements Gathering
8 279 (20.62%) Degree
9 254 (18.77%) User Stories
10 222 (16.41%) Retail
11 203 (15.00%) Coaching
12 199 (14.71%) Change Management
13 188 (13.90%) Decision-Making
14 185 (13.67%) SQL
15 182 (13.45%) Stakeholder Management
16 167 (12.34%) Product Ownership
17 158 (11.68%) Project Management
18 150 (11.09%) Workshop Facilitation
19 146 (10.79%) Process Improvement
20 143 (10.57%) Roadmaps
21 142 (10.50%) JIRA
22 130 (9.61%) SDLC
23 126 (9.31%) Waterfall
23 126 (9.31%) GAP Analysis
24 113 (8.35%) Security Cleared
25 112 (8.28%) Scrum
26 109 (8.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
27 107 (7.91%) Legal
28 101 (7.46%) Business Case
28 101 (7.46%) Analytics

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 10 (0.74%) Apache
3 6 (0.44%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.37%) WordPress
5 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.074%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.074%) Appian
Applications
1 85 (6.28%) Microsoft Office
2 82 (6.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 75 (5.54%) MS Visio
4 38 (2.81%) 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
2 14 (1.03%) Endur
3 13 (0.96%) Maximo
4 9 (0.67%) Salesforce CRM
5 8 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
6 6 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
7 3 (0.22%) Magento
7 3 (0.22%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.15%) SAP WM
8 2 (0.15%) Shopify
9 1 (0.074%) Elite 3E
9 1 (0.074%) NEC Housing
9 1 (0.074%) NetSuite
9 1 (0.074%) SAP CRM
9 1 (0.074%) SAP FI
9 1 (0.074%) SAP FI/CO
9 1 (0.074%) SAP PP
9 1 (0.074%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 72 (5.32%) AWS
2 68 (5.03%) Azure
2 68 (5.03%) Power Platform
3 40 (2.96%) SaaS
4 30 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
6 15 (1.11%) Miro
7 10 (0.74%) dbt
7 10 (0.74%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (0.59%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 7 (0.52%) Figma
9 7 (0.52%) OCI
9 7 (0.52%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 4 (0.30%) GCP
11 3 (0.22%) Asana
11 3 (0.22%) Mavenlink
12 2 (0.15%) BigCommerce
12 2 (0.15%) FinancialForce
12 2 (0.15%) Smartsheet
12 2 (0.15%) Zapier
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
2 2 (0.15%) RFID
3 1 (0.074%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (4.73%) Power BI
2 34 (2.51%) Data Warehouse
3 30 (2.22%) Tableau
4 16 (1.18%) Big Data
5 13 (0.96%) Relational Database
6 10 (0.74%) Apache Arrow
6 10 (0.74%) Data Lake
6 10 (0.74%) Dremio
6 10 (0.74%) Electronic Patient Records
7 6 (0.44%) Snowflake Schema
7 6 (0.44%) SQL Server
7 6 (0.44%) Star Schema
8 5 (0.37%) Qlik Sense
9 4 (0.30%) SAP BW
10 2 (0.15%) Amazon Athena
10 2 (0.15%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.15%) Apache Ignite
10 2 (0.15%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.15%) PowerPivot
10 2 (0.15%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 142 (10.50%) JIRA
2 2 (0.15%) Balsamiq
2 2 (0.15%) Git
2 2 (0.15%) Postman
2 2 (0.15%) PowerBuilder
3 1 (0.074%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.074%) JMeter
3 1 (0.074%) LoadRunner
3 1 (0.074%) Maven
3 1 (0.074%) Protractor
3 1 (0.074%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 361 (26.68%) Analytical Skills
2 340 (25.13%) Social Skills
3 303 (22.39%) Finance
4 222 (16.41%) Retail
5 109 (8.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 107 (7.91%) Legal
7 76 (5.62%) Banking
8 75 (5.54%) Front Office
9 67 (4.95%) Law
10 61 (4.51%) Influencing Skills
11 57 (4.21%) Public Sector
12 42 (3.10%) Presentation Skills
13 38 (2.81%) Investment Banking
14 30 (2.22%) Manufacturing
15 24 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
16 23 (1.70%) Back Office
17 22 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
18 16 (1.18%) Advertising
19 13 (0.96%) Marketing
19 13 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (1.03%) .NET
2 12 (0.89%) Lightning Web Components
3 10 (0.74%) XML
4 8 (0.59%) .NET Framework
5 6 (0.44%) Oracle Fusion
5 6 (0.44%) Web Services
6 5 (0.37%) JSON
6 5 (0.37%) React
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
8 3 (0.22%) XSLT
9 2 (0.15%) ADO
9 2 (0.15%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.15%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 167 (12.34%) Product Ownership
2 74 (5.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 72 (5.32%) Fixed Income
4 71 (5.25%) Equities
5 64 (4.73%) Derivative
6 62 (4.58%) Hedge funds
7 58 (4.29%) Management Information System
8 42 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
9 25 (1.85%) Reinsurance
10 22 (1.63%) Virtual Team
11 17 (1.26%) Onboarding
12 14 (1.03%) NHS
13 13 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
14 10 (0.74%) Biopharmaceutical
14 10 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
15 9 (0.67%) Analytical Mindset
16 8 (0.59%) FMCG
17 6 (0.44%) Data Structures
17 6 (0.44%) Housing Association
18 5 (0.37%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.30%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.15%) Android
2 2 (0.15%) Linux
2 2 (0.15%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 578 (42.72%) Business Analysis
2 526 (38.88%) Agile
3 358 (26.46%) Problem-Solving
4 295 (21.80%) Requirements Gathering
5 254 (18.77%) User Stories
6 203 (15.00%) Coaching
7 199 (14.71%) Change Management
8 188 (13.90%) Decision-Making
9 182 (13.45%) Stakeholder Management
10 158 (11.68%) Project Management
11 150 (11.09%) Workshop Facilitation
12 146 (10.79%) Process Improvement
13 143 (10.57%) Roadmaps
14 130 (9.61%) SDLC
15 126 (9.31%) GAP Analysis
15 126 (9.31%) Waterfall
16 112 (8.28%) Scrum
17 101 (7.46%) Analytics
17 101 (7.46%) Business Case
18 92 (6.80%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 185 (13.67%) SQL
2 86 (6.36%) Python
3 9 (0.67%) R
4 8 (0.59%) Java
5 7 (0.52%) T-SQL
6 6 (0.44%) C#
6 6 (0.44%) VBA
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
1 279 (20.62%) Degree
2 113 (8.35%) Security Cleared
3 86 (6.36%) SC Cleared
4 23 (1.70%) DV Cleared
5 18 (1.33%) IIBA
5 18 (1.33%) Master's Degree
6 16 (1.18%) CBAP
7 15 (1.11%) DBS Check
8 11 (0.81%) ISEB
9 10 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (0.59%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.44%) PMP
12 5 (0.37%) HND
12 5 (0.37%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 4 (0.30%) CFA
13 4 (0.30%) CIMA
14 3 (0.22%) NVQ Level 4
15 2 (0.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 2 (0.15%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (7.39%) QA
2 16 (1.18%) PMO
3 7 (0.52%) ISO 20022
3 7 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 6 (0.44%) Data Quality
4 6 (0.44%) GxP
5 5 (0.37%) Accessibility
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%) 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%) Active Directory
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%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.074%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 97 (7.17%) Microsoft
2 52 (3.84%) Salesforce
3 43 (3.18%) SAP
4 25 (1.85%) Oracle
5 24 (1.77%) Bloomberg
6 14 (1.03%) BISAM
7 9 (0.67%) Atlassian
8 7 (0.52%) F5
9 5 (0.37%) Google
9 5 (0.37%) ION Trading
9 5 (0.37%) YouTube
10 4 (0.30%) Marketo
10 4 (0.30%) MicroStrategy
10 4 (0.30%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.22%) Alteryx
11 3 (0.22%) Conga
11 3 (0.22%) IFS
11 3 (0.22%) Intapp
12 2 (0.15%) Reuters
12 2 (0.15%) Triple Point