Business Analyst (BA)
UK

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 194 133 158
Rank change year-on-year -61 +25 -19
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,523 2,633 4,208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.54% 2.60% 2.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.62% 2.84% 2.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,031 1,909 3,413
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £37,731
25th Percentile £45,550 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +6.18%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,600 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £83,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,500 £52,500 £48,576
% change year-on-year -5.71% +8.08% +7.95%

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 93,776 92,678 150,788
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,209 58,362 84,200
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 £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in the UK

Business Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Business Analyst in the UK

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Analyst in the UK

Business Analyst
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 -52 1,359 £55,000 -8.33% 363
UK excluding London -71 925 £49,500 -5.71% 178
Work from Home -65 609 £53,250 -7.39% 155
London -25 556 £75,000 +15.38% 188
North of England -44 201 £50,000 -9.09% 56
East of England +42 198 £49,500 -12.00% 15
South East -104 152 £58,250 +1.30% 41
North West -17 134 £50,000 -13.04% 26
Midlands -88 134 £42,500 -15.00% 37
South West -37 105 £50,000 -4.76% 15
Scotland -55 94 £42,500 -20.93% 7
West Midlands -81 75 £42,750 -14.50% 23
Yorkshire -16 61 £47,500 -5.00% 27
East Midlands -47 55 £42,500 -11.46% 14
Wales -13 19 £45,000 +5.33% 2
Northern Ireland +36 14 £65,650 +40.43% 8
Isle of Man - 10 £45,000 -
North East -27 6 £50,000 -9.09% 3

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 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 featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 645 (42.35%) Business Analysis
2 637 (41.83%) Agile
3 433 (28.43%) Problem-Solving
4 422 (27.71%) Social Skills
5 421 (27.64%) Analytical Skills
6 372 (24.43%) Finance
7 352 (23.11%) Requirements Gathering
8 323 (21.21%) User Stories
9 273 (17.93%) Stakeholder Management
10 259 (17.01%) Degree
11 217 (14.25%) Change Management
12 195 (12.80%) JIRA
12 195 (12.80%) Roadmaps
13 190 (12.48%) Decision-Making
14 189 (12.41%) SQL
15 187 (12.28%) Workshop Facilitation
16 179 (11.75%) Project Management
17 176 (11.56%) Retail
18 175 (11.49%) Product Ownership
19 157 (10.31%) Coaching
20 155 (10.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
21 148 (9.72%) Scrum
22 145 (9.52%) Security Cleared
23 144 (9.46%) Waterfall
24 130 (8.54%) Business Case
25 118 (7.75%) Microsoft
26 116 (7.62%) SC Cleared
27 115 (7.55%) Process Improvement
28 113 (7.42%) Project Delivery
29 111 (7.29%) Acceptance Criteria

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 89 (5.84%) Confluence
2 6 (0.39%) WordPress
3 4 (0.26%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.13%) Apache
4 2 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.066%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.066%) Appian
Applications
1 99 (6.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 97 (6.37%) Microsoft Office
3 94 (6.17%) MS Visio
4 52 (3.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.39%) Trello
7 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (0.98%) Aladdin
1 15 (0.98%) Endur
2 9 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.53%) Maximo
3 8 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
4 7 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.20%) Magento
5 3 (0.20%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.13%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.13%) SAP CRM
6 2 (0.13%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.13%) SAP PP
6 2 (0.13%) Shopify
7 1 (0.066%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.066%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.066%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.066%) SAP WM
7 1 (0.066%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 77 (5.06%) Azure
2 66 (4.33%) AWS
3 64 (4.20%) Power Platform
4 50 (3.28%) SaaS
5 34 (2.23%) Azure DevOps
6 28 (1.84%) Dynamics 365
7 25 (1.64%) Miro
8 13 (0.85%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (0.59%) OCI
9 9 (0.59%) Power Automate
10 8 (0.53%) Figma
11 7 (0.46%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 6 (0.39%) GCP
12 6 (0.39%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 5 (0.33%) PowerApps
14 4 (0.26%) Amazon EMR
15 3 (0.20%) Asana
15 3 (0.20%) Mavenlink
15 3 (0.20%) Slack
15 3 (0.20%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 10 (0.66%) Broadband
1 10 (0.66%) Internet
1 10 (0.66%) WPA
2 2 (0.13%) DSL
2 2 (0.13%) HTTP
3 1 (0.066%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (3.74%) Power BI
2 39 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
3 29 (1.90%) Tableau
4 15 (0.98%) Relational Database
5 11 (0.72%) Electronic Patient Records
6 10 (0.66%) Big Data
7 6 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
7 6 (0.39%) Snowflake Schema
7 6 (0.39%) SQL Server
7 6 (0.39%) Star Schema
8 5 (0.33%) Qlik Sense
8 5 (0.33%) QlikView
9 4 (0.26%) PowerPivot
9 4 (0.26%) SAP BW
10 3 (0.20%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.20%) SAP HANA
11 2 (0.13%) Amazon Athena
11 2 (0.13%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 195 (12.80%) JIRA
2 3 (0.20%) Postman
3 2 (0.13%) Balsamiq
3 2 (0.13%) Git
3 2 (0.13%) PowerBuilder
4 1 (0.066%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.066%) JMeter
4 1 (0.066%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.066%) Maven
4 1 (0.066%) Protractor
4 1 (0.066%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 422 (27.71%) Social Skills
2 421 (27.64%) Analytical Skills
3 372 (24.43%) Finance
4 176 (11.56%) Retail
5 155 (10.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 105 (6.89%) Public Sector
7 100 (6.57%) Law
8 89 (5.84%) Banking
9 75 (4.92%) Presentation Skills
10 69 (4.53%) Front Office
11 68 (4.46%) Legal
12 67 (4.40%) Influencing Skills
13 40 (2.63%) Investment Banking
14 36 (2.36%) Manufacturing
15 32 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
15 32 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
16 29 (1.90%) Marketing
17 24 (1.58%) Back Office
18 17 (1.12%) Advertising
19 15 (0.98%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (0.92%) .NET
2 11 (0.72%) Lightning Web Components
2 11 (0.72%) XML
3 9 (0.59%) Oracle Fusion
4 8 (0.53%) .NET Framework
5 7 (0.46%) JSON
6 6 (0.39%) Web Services
7 5 (0.33%) React
8 4 (0.26%) Django
8 4 (0.26%) FIX Protocol
8 4 (0.26%) Laravel
8 4 (0.26%) Next.js
8 4 (0.26%) React Native
8 4 (0.26%) REST
8 4 (0.26%) RESTful
9 3 (0.20%) Gherkin
9 3 (0.20%) HTML
10 2 (0.13%) ADO
10 2 (0.13%) EDI
10 2 (0.13%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 175 (11.49%) Product Ownership
2 76 (4.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 74 (4.86%) Fixed Income
4 64 (4.20%) Derivative
5 63 (4.14%) Management Information System
6 62 (4.07%) Equities
7 60 (3.94%) Hedge funds
8 52 (3.41%) Self-Motivation
9 30 (1.97%) Onboarding
9 30 (1.97%) Reinsurance
10 21 (1.38%) Virtual Team
11 17 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
12 14 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (0.92%) NHS
13 10 (0.66%) Biopharmaceutical
13 10 (0.66%) Reference Data
14 9 (0.59%) Driving Licence
15 8 (0.53%) Market Risk
16 7 (0.46%) Credit Derivative
16 7 (0.46%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 10 (0.66%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.13%) Android
2 2 (0.13%) Linux
2 2 (0.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 645 (42.35%) Business Analysis
2 637 (41.83%) Agile
3 433 (28.43%) Problem-Solving
4 352 (23.11%) Requirements Gathering
5 323 (21.21%) User Stories
6 273 (17.93%) Stakeholder Management
7 217 (14.25%) Change Management
8 195 (12.80%) Roadmaps
9 190 (12.48%) Decision-Making
10 187 (12.28%) Workshop Facilitation
11 179 (11.75%) Project Management
12 157 (10.31%) Coaching
13 148 (9.72%) Scrum
14 144 (9.46%) Waterfall
15 130 (8.54%) Business Case
16 115 (7.55%) Process Improvement
17 113 (7.42%) Project Delivery
18 111 (7.29%) Acceptance Criteria
19 104 (6.83%) Migration
19 104 (6.83%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 189 (12.41%) SQL
2 82 (5.38%) Python
3 12 (0.79%) R
4 11 (0.72%) Java
5 7 (0.46%) C#
5 7 (0.46%) T-SQL
5 7 (0.46%) VBA
6 4 (0.26%) PHP
7 3 (0.20%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.066%) ABAP
8 1 (0.066%) JCL
8 1 (0.066%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.066%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.066%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 259 (17.01%) Degree
2 145 (9.52%) Security Cleared
3 116 (7.62%) SC Cleared
4 24 (1.58%) DV Cleared
5 20 (1.31%) Master's Degree
6 18 (1.18%) ISEB
7 17 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (0.98%) DBS Check
8 15 (0.98%) IIBA
9 14 (0.92%) CBAP
10 12 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (0.53%) PMI Certification
12 7 (0.46%) HND
12 7 (0.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 6 (0.39%) PMP
14 5 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 4 (0.26%) CFA
15 4 (0.26%) CIMA
16 3 (0.20%) NVQ Level 4
17 2 (0.13%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (4.14%) QA
2 17 (1.12%) PMO
3 12 (0.79%) Data Quality
4 8 (0.53%) ISO 20022
5 7 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (0.39%) GxP
6 6 (0.39%) PSD2
6 6 (0.39%) SLA
7 5 (0.33%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.33%) EMIR
7 5 (0.33%) IFRS
7 5 (0.33%) MiFID
7 5 (0.33%) SEPA
7 5 (0.33%) TARGET2
8 4 (0.26%) GDPR
8 4 (0.26%) IFRS 17
9 3 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.066%) GRC
10 1 (0.066%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.066%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.066%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (0.33%) Graphite
2 2 (0.13%) Data Guard
2 2 (0.13%) Kibana
3 1 (0.066%) Grafana
3 1 (0.066%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.066%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.066%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 118 (7.75%) Microsoft
2 58 (3.81%) Salesforce
3 47 (3.09%) SAP
4 41 (2.69%) Oracle
5 23 (1.51%) Bloomberg
6 14 (0.92%) BISAM
7 11 (0.72%) Atlassian
8 7 (0.46%) F5
9 6 (0.39%) Google
9 6 (0.39%) MicroStrategy
10 5 (0.33%) ION Trading
10 5 (0.33%) ServiceNow
10 5 (0.33%) YouTube
11 4 (0.26%) IFS
11 4 (0.26%) Marketo
12 3 (0.20%) Alteryx
12 3 (0.20%) Conga
12 3 (0.20%) Intapp
12 3 (0.20%) Sage
12 3 (0.20%) UiPath