Business Data Analyst Job Trends in England

Business Data Analyst
UK > England

The median Business Data Analyst salary in England is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 October 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 754 629 713
Rank change year-on-year -125 +84 -35
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Data Analyst 13 5 20
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.013% 0.012% 0.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.013% 0.032%
Number of salaries quoted 6 4 19
10th Percentile £35,500 £66,375 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,563 £75,938 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £91,250 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -45.21% +46.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £54,688 £100,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £61,250 - £75,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £91,250 £62,500
% change year-on-year -45.21% +46.00% -7.41%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 96,140 39,294 61,877
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 90.57% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 67,276 23,232 35,571
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,019 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £35,828 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £55,235
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% -0.42% -7.94%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,210 £53,688 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.42% -2.39% -8.33%

Business Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Business Data Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Business Data Analyst job vacancy trend in England

Business Data Analyst
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Business Data Analyst job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Business Data Analyst job vacancies in England

Business Data Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Data Analyst in England over the 6 months to 9 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Data Analyst in England

Business Data 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 Data Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 9 October 2026. 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 of England - 5 £40,000 - 1
London -64 4 £65,000 -28.77% 14
Yorkshire - 4 £40,000 - 1
South West - 2 £53,750 - 1
East Midlands - 1 £32,000 -
Midlands - 1 £32,000 -
North West - 1 - -
South East - 1 £47,500 - 6
Business Data Analyst
UK

Business Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 9 October 2026, Business Data Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Business Data Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (53.85%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (46.15%) Power BI
2 6 (46.15%) Power Platform
3 5 (38.46%) SQL
4 4 (30.77%) Data Quality
4 4 (30.77%) Python
5 3 (23.08%) Analytics
5 3 (23.08%) CRM
5 3 (23.08%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (23.08%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (23.08%) SaaS
5 3 (23.08%) Validation
6 2 (15.38%) Actionable Insight
6 2 (15.38%) AI
6 2 (15.38%) Asset Management
6 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (15.38%) Dashboard Development
6 2 (15.38%) Data Extraction
6 2 (15.38%) Data Mapping
6 2 (15.38%) Data Validation
6 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
6 2 (15.38%) ETL
6 2 (15.38%) GDPR
6 2 (15.38%) Master Data Management
6 2 (15.38%) Power Automate
6 2 (15.38%) Process Improvement
6 2 (15.38%) QA
6 2 (15.38%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management

Business Data Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (46.15%) Power Platform
2 3 (23.08%) SaaS
3 2 (15.38%) Power Automate
4 1 (7.69%) AWS
4 1 (7.69%) dbt
4 1 (7.69%) GCP
4 1 (7.69%) n8n
4 1 (7.69%) Snowflake
4 1 (7.69%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (46.15%) Power BI
2 3 (23.08%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (7.69%) Big Data
3 1 (7.69%) BigQuery
3 1 (7.69%) Power Query
3 1 (7.69%) Tableau
General
1 4 (30.77%) Finance
2 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Manufacturing
3 2 (15.38%) Retail
3 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Advertising
4 1 (7.69%) Automotive
4 1 (7.69%) Banking
4 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (7.69%) Law
4 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
1 1 (7.69%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (23.08%) Analytics
2 3 (23.08%) CRM
2 3 (23.08%) Requirements Gathering
2 3 (23.08%) Validation
3 2 (15.38%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (15.38%) AI
3 2 (15.38%) Asset Management
3 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (15.38%) Dashboard Development
3 2 (15.38%) Data Extraction
3 2 (15.38%) Data Mapping
3 2 (15.38%) Data Validation
3 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
3 2 (15.38%) ETL
3 2 (15.38%) Master Data Management
3 2 (15.38%) Process Improvement
3 2 (15.38%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (15.38%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) SQL
2 4 (30.77%) Python
3 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
3 1 (7.69%) R
3 1 (7.69%) VBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) Data Quality
2 2 (15.38%) GDPR
2 2 (15.38%) QA
3 1 (7.69%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Databricks
1 1 (7.69%) HubSpot
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.69%) Xero