Business Analyst Jobs in the South East

Business Analyst (BA)
England > South East

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in the South East is £57,875 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 247 162 160
Rank change year-on-year -85 -2 -16
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 155 275 499
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.84% 2.04% 2.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.89% 2.27% 2.44%
Number of salaries quoted 112 164 372
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,619 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,438 £44,688 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,875 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.23% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £70,000 £64,063 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £70,600 £70,900
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 East with a recognized job title 17,328 12,097 20,421
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.24% 89.76% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 12,209 7,848 12,498
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in the South East

Business Analyst
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Business Analyst in the South East

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Analyst in the South East

Business Analyst
Job Locations in the South East

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 East 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
Thames Valley -43 61 £58,250 +10.95% 7
Hampshire -17 41 £57,000 +8.57% 6
Surrey -66 28 £54,125 -5.87% 6
Oxfordshire -8 24 £58,250 -6.80% 1
Berkshire -17 19 £67,500 +38.46% 6
Kent -14 18 £62,250 -11.83% 1
Buckinghamshire -23 18 £49,750 -0.50%
West Sussex +5 3 £40,000 -20.00% 2
East Sussex -15 3 £67,500 +42.11% 3
Business Analyst
England

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

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 South East region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 88 (56.77%) Agile
2 59 (38.06%) Analytical Skills
3 56 (36.13%) Problem-Solving
4 50 (32.26%) Social Skills
5 47 (30.32%) Business Analysis
6 40 (25.81%) Project Management
7 38 (24.52%) Degree
8 36 (23.23%) Waterfall
9 35 (22.58%) User Stories
10 33 (21.29%) Requirements Gathering
11 31 (20.00%) Finance
12 30 (19.35%) Continuous Improvement
13 27 (17.42%) Product Ownership
14 26 (16.77%) JIRA
15 25 (16.13%) Microsoft
15 25 (16.13%) Microsoft Excel
16 24 (15.48%) Security Cleared
17 23 (14.84%) SC Cleared
17 23 (14.84%) Microsoft Office
17 23 (14.84%) SAP
18 22 (14.19%) ERP
19 21 (13.55%) Public Sector
19 21 (13.55%) Project Delivery
20 20 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
20 20 (12.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
21 18 (11.61%) Scenario Testing
22 17 (10.97%) Scaled Agile Framework
23 15 (9.68%) Decision-Making
23 15 (9.68%) MS Visio
23 15 (9.68%) QA

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 9 (5.81%) Confluence
2 5 (3.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 25 (16.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (14.84%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (12.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (9.68%) MS Visio
5 5 (3.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (3.23%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (1.94%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 11 (7.10%) Azure
2 7 (4.52%) SaaS
2 7 (4.52%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 5 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (2.58%) Power Platform
4 4 (2.58%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 3 (1.94%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (1.94%) Miro
5 3 (1.94%) OCI
6 2 (1.29%) Figma
6 2 (1.29%) Mavenlink
7 1 (0.65%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.65%) GCP
7 1 (0.65%) Google Docs
7 1 (0.65%) PaaS
7 1 (0.65%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.65%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.65%) Zapier
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.94%) Power BI
1 3 (1.94%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.65%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.65%) Looker
2 1 (0.65%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 26 (16.77%) JIRA
2 2 (1.29%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.65%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.65%) Maven
3 1 (0.65%) Protractor
General
1 59 (38.06%) Analytical Skills
2 50 (32.26%) Social Skills
3 31 (20.00%) Finance
4 21 (13.55%) Public Sector
5 13 (8.39%) Retail
6 10 (6.45%) Pharmaceutical
7 7 (4.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (4.52%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (4.52%) Manufacturing
8 6 (3.87%) Law
9 5 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.58%) Advertising
10 4 (2.58%) Legal
11 3 (1.94%) Marketing
12 2 (1.29%) Automotive
12 2 (1.29%) Korean Language
12 2 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.94%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.29%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.65%) Jest
3 1 (0.65%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.65%) Node.js
3 1 (0.65%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 27 (17.42%) Product Ownership
2 11 (7.10%) Management Information System
2 11 (7.10%) Virtual Team
3 10 (6.45%) Biopharmaceutical
4 4 (2.58%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.94%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (1.94%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.29%) Educational Technology
6 2 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (56.77%) Agile
2 56 (36.13%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (30.32%) Business Analysis
4 40 (25.81%) Project Management
5 36 (23.23%) Waterfall
6 35 (22.58%) User Stories
7 33 (21.29%) Requirements Gathering
8 30 (19.35%) Continuous Improvement
9 22 (14.19%) ERP
10 21 (13.55%) Project Delivery
11 20 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
12 18 (11.61%) Scenario Testing
13 17 (10.97%) Scaled Agile Framework
14 15 (9.68%) Decision-Making
14 15 (9.68%) Roadmaps
15 14 (9.03%) Business Case
15 14 (9.03%) Identity Access Management
15 14 (9.03%) Technical Architecture
16 13 (8.39%) Customer Experience
16 13 (8.39%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.94%) SQL
2 2 (1.29%) Java
3 1 (0.65%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (24.52%) Degree
2 24 (15.48%) Security Cleared
3 23 (14.84%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.87%) CBAP
4 6 (3.87%) IIBA
5 3 (1.94%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.65%) CCA
6 1 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.68%) QA
2 6 (3.87%) GxP
2 6 (3.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (2.58%) PMO
4 3 (1.94%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.65%) GDPR
5 1 (0.65%) IFRS
System Software
1 1 (0.65%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 25 (16.13%) Microsoft
2 23 (14.84%) SAP
3 8 (5.16%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.94%) Oracle
4 3 (1.94%) YouTube
5 2 (1.29%) IFS
5 2 (1.29%) MicroStrategy
6 1 (0.65%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.65%) Google
6 1 (0.65%) iManage
6 1 (0.65%) Intapp
6 1 (0.65%) Reuters
6 1 (0.65%) Sage