IT Business Analyst (IT BA)
UK

The median IT Business Analyst (IT BA) salary in the UK is £49,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 774 830 918
Rank change year-on-year +56 +88 -177
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Business Analyst 110 145 333
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.15% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.16% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 105 122 290
10th Percentile £40,200 £39,270 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,750 £42,675 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £53,500 £64,688 £60,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - +5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 94,627 91,047 156,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,562 57,571 85,106
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

IT Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Business Analyst in the UK

IT Business Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Business Analyst.

Salary trend for IT Business Analyst in the UK

IT Business Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Business Analyst over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Business Analyst in the UK

IT Business Analyst
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Business Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 20 May 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
England +60 108 £49,500 -1.00% 13
UK excluding London +8 81 £49,500 +10.00% 9
Work from Home +77 57 £49,500 +4.21% 6
London +67 28 £53,000 -15.20% 6
East of England +23 22 £48,500 +19.75%
South East +9 20 £50,500 +6.32% 2
South West -12 17 £46,500 +12.05%
Midlands -1 14 £49,500 +7.03% 4
East Midlands -9 12 £49,500 +10.00% 2
North of England +22 6 £55,000 +23.98% 2
North West -1 5 £60,000 +21.21%
West Midlands +10 2 £43,000 -9.47% 2
Scotland -64 2 £47,500 +2.70% 1
Yorkshire +71 1 £40,000 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, IT 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 featuring IT Business Analyst in the job title.

1 54 (49.09%) Agile
2 48 (43.64%) Requirements Gathering
3 47 (42.73%) Project Management
4 31 (28.18%) Business Analysis
5 29 (26.36%) Waterfall
5 29 (26.36%) Social Skills
6 22 (20.00%) PRINCE2
7 21 (19.09%) Kanban
7 21 (19.09%) SDLC
8 19 (17.27%) Analytical Skills
8 19 (17.27%) Product Ownership
9 18 (16.36%) Lean Software Development
10 17 (15.45%) Self-Motivation
11 16 (14.55%) User Acceptance Testing
11 16 (14.55%) Stakeholder Management
12 14 (12.73%) Scrum
13 13 (11.82%) Degree
13 13 (11.82%) Problem-Solving
14 12 (10.91%) Workshop Facilitation
14 12 (10.91%) Business Case
14 12 (10.91%) Security Cleared
15 11 (10.00%) SC Cleared
15 11 (10.00%) Maximo
15 11 (10.00%) Asset Management
16 10 (9.09%) Finance
16 10 (9.09%) ERP
17 9 (8.18%) Process Improvement
18 8 (7.27%) Change Management
19 7 (6.36%) Presentation Skills
19 7 (6.36%) Continuous Improvement

IT Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (0.91%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (10.00%) Maximo
2 2 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.91%) Endur
3 1 (0.91%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (5.45%) Power Platform
2 2 (1.82%) SaaS
3 1 (0.91%) Azure
3 1 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (0.91%) Miro
3 1 (0.91%) Oracle Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.45%) Power BI
2 2 (1.82%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.91%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (0.91%) Spotfire
3 1 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.91%) JIRA
General
1 29 (26.36%) Social Skills
2 19 (17.27%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (9.09%) Finance
4 7 (6.36%) Law
4 7 (6.36%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (4.55%) Manufacturing
6 4 (3.64%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (3.64%) Local Government
7 3 (2.73%) Back Office
7 3 (2.73%) Legal
8 2 (1.82%) Advertising
8 2 (1.82%) Banking
8 2 (1.82%) Retail
9 1 (0.91%) Billing
9 1 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.91%) Marketing
9 1 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.91%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.82%) XML
1 2 (1.82%) XSLT
2 1 (0.91%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 19 (17.27%) Product Ownership
2 17 (15.45%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (3.64%) Data Centre
3 4 (3.64%) Freedom of Information
4 3 (2.73%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.82%) Derivative
5 2 (1.82%) Equities
5 2 (1.82%) Equity Derivative
5 2 (1.82%) Fixed Income
5 2 (1.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (1.82%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.91%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (49.09%) Agile
2 48 (43.64%) Requirements Gathering
3 47 (42.73%) Project Management
4 31 (28.18%) Business Analysis
5 29 (26.36%) Waterfall
6 22 (20.00%) PRINCE2
7 21 (19.09%) Kanban
7 21 (19.09%) SDLC
8 18 (16.36%) Lean Software Development
9 16 (14.55%) Stakeholder Management
9 16 (14.55%) User Acceptance Testing
10 14 (12.73%) Scrum
11 13 (11.82%) Problem-Solving
12 12 (10.91%) Business Case
12 12 (10.91%) Workshop Facilitation
13 11 (10.00%) Asset Management
14 10 (9.09%) ERP
15 9 (8.18%) Process Improvement
16 8 (7.27%) Change Management
17 7 (6.36%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.36%) SQL
2 2 (1.82%) VBA
3 1 (0.91%) C#
Qualifications
1 13 (11.82%) Degree
2 12 (10.91%) Security Cleared
3 11 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.64%) ISEB
5 2 (1.82%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.91%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.91%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.91%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.91%) EMIR
1 1 (0.91%) MiFID
1 1 (0.91%) QA
1 1 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 3 (2.73%) IFS
1 3 (2.73%) SAP
2 2 (1.82%) Bloomberg
2 2 (1.82%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.82%) Oracle
3 1 (0.91%) Epicor
3 1 (0.91%) JD Edwards
3 1 (0.91%) Triple Point