Business Data Analyst Job Trends in England

Business Data Analyst
UK > England

The median Business Data Analyst salary in England is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 May 2026.

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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 681 618 784
Rank change year-on-year -63 +166 +72
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Data Analyst 11 11 33
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.013% 0.029% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.032% 0.041%
Number of salaries quoted 7 11 32
10th Percentile £48,500 £38,750 £52,557
25th Percentile £50,000 £40,750 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -14.89% +23.68%
75th Percentile £63,125 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £66,000 £100,000 -
UK median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -16.67% +26.32%

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 76,887 34,400 80,103
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.34% 89.62% 94.50%
Number of salaries quoted 52,095 19,824 60,724
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,084
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,250 £57,560 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.01% +7.59% -12.01%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,063 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,519
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 22 May 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 22 May 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
London -31 5 £65,000 -25.71% 5
West Midlands -24 3 £55,000 -
Midlands -35 3 £55,000 -
South East -35 2 £52,500 +11.70% 4
North East - 1 £60,000 -
North of England - 1 £60,000 -
Business Data Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 May 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 10 (90.91%) SQL
2 6 (54.55%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (54.55%) Requirements Gathering
3 5 (45.45%) Data Modelling
3 5 (45.45%) ETL
3 5 (45.45%) Power BI
3 5 (45.45%) Power Platform
3 5 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (36.36%) Analytics
4 4 (36.36%) Data Quality
4 4 (36.36%) Decision-Making
4 4 (36.36%) Python
5 3 (27.27%) Actionable Insight
5 3 (27.27%) Data Analysis
5 3 (27.27%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (27.27%) Tableau
6 2 (18.18%) Agile
6 2 (18.18%) AWS
6 2 (18.18%) Business Forecasting
6 2 (18.18%) Data Validation
6 2 (18.18%) Logistics
6 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (18.18%) QA
6 2 (18.18%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (18.18%) Statistical Modelling
6 2 (18.18%) Validation
6 2 (18.18%) Workshop Facilitation
7 1 (9.09%) Anti-Money Laundering
7 1 (9.09%) Asset Management
7 1 (9.09%) Azure

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:

Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Power Platform
2 2 (18.18%) AWS
3 1 (9.09%) Azure
3 1 (9.09%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (45.45%) Power BI
2 3 (27.27%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (27.27%) Tableau
3 1 (9.09%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Git
General
1 4 (36.36%) Finance
2 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Marketing
3 2 (18.18%) Spanish Language
4 1 (9.09%) Advertising
4 1 (9.09%) Automotive
4 1 (9.09%) Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Law
4 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
4 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (9.09%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
1 1 (9.09%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (54.55%) Requirements Gathering
2 5 (45.45%) Data Modelling
2 5 (45.45%) ETL
2 5 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (36.36%) Analytics
3 4 (36.36%) Decision-Making
4 3 (27.27%) Actionable Insight
4 3 (27.27%) Data Analysis
5 2 (18.18%) Agile
5 2 (18.18%) Business Forecasting
5 2 (18.18%) Data Validation
5 2 (18.18%) Logistics
5 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (18.18%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (18.18%) Statistical Modelling
5 2 (18.18%) Validation
5 2 (18.18%) Workshop Facilitation
6 1 (9.09%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 1 (9.09%) Fraud Detection
Programming Languages
1 10 (90.91%) SQL
2 4 (36.36%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) Data Quality
2 2 (18.18%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Foundry
1 1 (9.09%) Palantir