Business Data Analyst Job Trends

Business Data Analyst
UK

The median Business Data Analyst salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 March 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 670 655 782
Rank change year-on-year -15 +127 +172
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Data Analyst 12 13 33
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.017% 0.029% 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.031% 0.042%
Number of salaries quoted 9 12 30
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,625 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £39,500 £53,550
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.40% -16.25% +16.50%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,313 £70,000
90th Percentile £67,000 £82,375 £85,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,750 £45,750 £53,067
% change year-on-year +28.42% -13.79% +36.07%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 66,107 41,309 78,203
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.65% 91.04% 94.65%
Number of salaries quoted 41,939 23,195 60,371
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £43,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.26% +9.00% -5.66%

Business Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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.

Business Data Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Business Data Analyst
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Business Data Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Business Data Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Business Data Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Data Analyst over the 6 months to 8 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Data Analyst in the UK

Business Data Analyst
Top 9 Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 8 March 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
England -23 12 £60,000 +19.40% 8
London +13 8 £62,500 -18.03% 5
UK excluding London -8 4 £58,750 +28.42% 8
West Midlands +7 2 £57,500 -2.13% 2
Midlands -5 2 £57,500 -2.13% 2
Work from Home +30 1 £57,500 -8.00% 3
South East -8 1 £57,500 +22.34% 3
North East - 1 £60,000 -
North of England - 1 £60,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 8 March 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 featuring Business Data Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (75.00%) SQL
2 8 (66.67%) Analytics
3 6 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 6 (50.00%) ETL
3 6 (50.00%) Power BI
3 6 (50.00%) Power Platform
3 6 (50.00%) Tableau
4 5 (41.67%) Actionable Insight
4 5 (41.67%) Data Modelling
4 5 (41.67%) Python
4 5 (41.67%) Requirements Gathering
5 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
6 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (16.67%) Agile
7 2 (16.67%) Alteryx
7 2 (16.67%) Business Analytics
7 2 (16.67%) Business Continuity
7 2 (16.67%) Business Forecasting
7 2 (16.67%) Cisco
7 2 (16.67%) CRM
7 2 (16.67%) Data Analysis
7 2 (16.67%) Data Engineering
7 2 (16.67%) Data Quality
7 2 (16.67%) Data Visualisation
7 2 (16.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 2 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
7 2 (16.67%) GTM Strategy
7 2 (16.67%) KNIME

Business Data Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (8.33%) AWS
2 1 (8.33%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (50.00%) Power BI
1 6 (50.00%) Tableau
2 2 (16.67%) KNIME
2 2 (16.67%) QlikView
3 1 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (8.33%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Git
General
1 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Marketing
3 2 (16.67%) Electronics
3 2 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 2 (16.67%) Spanish Language
3 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
4 1 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Analytics
2 6 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 6 (50.00%) ETL
3 5 (41.67%) Actionable Insight
3 5 (41.67%) Data Modelling
3 5 (41.67%) Requirements Gathering
4 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
5 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (16.67%) Agile
6 2 (16.67%) Business Continuity
6 2 (16.67%) Business Forecasting
6 2 (16.67%) CRM
6 2 (16.67%) Data Analysis
6 2 (16.67%) Data Engineering
6 2 (16.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 2 (16.67%) GTM Strategy
6 2 (16.67%) Logistics
6 2 (16.67%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (75.00%) SQL
2 5 (41.67%) Python
3 2 (16.67%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) Data Quality
2 1 (8.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Alteryx
1 2 (16.67%) Cisco
1 2 (16.67%) Salesforce
1 2 (16.67%) SAP
2 1 (8.33%) Foundry
2 1 (8.33%) Palantir