Business Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Business Analyst (BA)
UK > UK excluding London

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in the UK excluding London is £49,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 225 153 123
Rank change year-on-year -72 -30 +15
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 934 1,310 2,111
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.23% 2.32% 2.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.29% 2.61% 2.98%
Number of salaries quoted 543 872 1,601
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £52,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +9.38% +6.67%
75th Percentile £57,500 £66,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £70,600 £65,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +8.91%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 72,397 50,271 70,852
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 88.93% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,949 29,577 42,673
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,238
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.49% +5.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in the UK excluding London

Business Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Business Analyst in the UK excluding London

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Analyst in the UK excluding London

Business Analyst
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
East of England +24 198 £49,500 -10.00% 10
North of England -75 184 £50,000 -9.09% 46
Midlands -50 177 £42,500 -15.00% 24
South East -99 156 £58,250 +1.30% 25
North West -57 120 £50,000 -13.04% 26
South West -39 107 £46,950 -10.57% 11
West Midlands -68 89 £42,500 -15.00% 14
East Midlands -18 85 £42,500 -14.90% 10
Scotland -71 72 £42,500 -19.05% 13
Yorkshire -31 58 £47,500 -5.00% 17
Wales -5 20 £45,000 +0.37% 1
Northern Ireland +30 13 £67,500 +46.74% 6
Isle of Man - 8 £48,250 -
North East -33 6 £50,000 -9.09% 3
Channel Islands - 1 £60,000 -
Business Analyst
UK

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 2 June 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 across the UK excluding London region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 471 (50.43%) Business Analysis
2 378 (40.47%) Agile
3 336 (35.97%) Problem-Solving
4 304 (32.55%) Analytical Skills
5 271 (29.01%) Requirements Gathering
6 248 (26.55%) Social Skills
7 214 (22.91%) Degree
8 212 (22.70%) User Stories
9 196 (20.99%) Retail
10 184 (19.70%) Coaching
11 165 (17.67%) Change Management
12 162 (17.34%) Finance
13 160 (17.13%) Stakeholder Management
13 160 (17.13%) Decision-Making
14 146 (15.63%) JIRA
15 128 (13.70%) Workshop Facilitation
16 127 (13.60%) Project Management
17 119 (12.74%) Process Improvement
18 116 (12.42%) Security Cleared
19 110 (11.78%) SDLC
20 107 (11.46%) GAP Analysis
21 98 (10.49%) Scrum
22 97 (10.39%) Roadmaps
23 95 (10.17%) SC Cleared
24 94 (10.06%) QA
25 91 (9.74%) Microsoft
26 87 (9.31%) Acceptance Criteria
27 81 (8.67%) Continuous Improvement
27 81 (8.67%) Waterfall
27 81 (8.67%) Legal

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 71 (7.60%) Confluence
2 4 (0.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 75 (8.03%) Microsoft Office
2 63 (6.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 58 (6.21%) MS Visio
4 41 (4.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.64%) Trello
7 2 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (1.39%) Maximo
2 6 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.64%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.21%) SAP WM
5 1 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.11%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.11%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 51 (5.46%) Azure
2 50 (5.35%) Power Platform
3 38 (4.07%) SaaS
4 25 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (2.25%) Miro
6 18 (1.93%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (1.07%) AWS
8 8 (0.86%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (0.86%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 7 (0.75%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 6 (0.64%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.32%) Amazon EMR
11 3 (0.32%) Mavenlink
11 3 (0.32%) OCI
12 2 (0.21%) Figma
12 2 (0.21%) GCP
12 2 (0.21%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.21%) Smartsheet
13 1 (0.11%) Entra ID
13 1 (0.11%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.07%) Broadband
1 10 (1.07%) Internet
1 10 (1.07%) WPA
2 2 (0.21%) DSL
2 2 (0.21%) HTTP
2 2 (0.21%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (4.93%) Power BI
2 23 (2.46%) Tableau
3 18 (1.93%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (1.18%) Electronic Patient Records
4 11 (1.18%) Relational Database
5 6 (0.64%) Big Data
5 6 (0.64%) Snowflake Schema
5 6 (0.64%) Star Schema
6 5 (0.54%) Qlik Sense
7 4 (0.43%) QlikView
8 3 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (0.32%) PowerPivot
8 3 (0.32%) SAP BW
9 2 (0.21%) SQL Server
9 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.11%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.11%) MS Access
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.11%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 146 (15.63%) JIRA
2 3 (0.32%) Postman
3 2 (0.21%) Balsamiq
3 2 (0.21%) Git
4 1 (0.11%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.11%) Maven
4 1 (0.11%) Protractor
General
1 304 (32.55%) Analytical Skills
2 248 (26.55%) Social Skills
3 196 (20.99%) Retail
4 162 (17.34%) Finance
5 81 (8.67%) Legal
6 63 (6.75%) Law
7 62 (6.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 50 (5.35%) Public Sector
9 49 (5.25%) Influencing Skills
10 32 (3.43%) Manufacturing
11 29 (3.10%) Presentation Skills
12 26 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
13 21 (2.25%) Banking
13 21 (2.25%) Marketing
14 17 (1.82%) Investment Banking
15 13 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (1.07%) Pharmaceutical
17 7 (0.75%) Aerospace
17 7 (0.75%) Health Technology
18 5 (0.54%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (1.18%) Lightning Web Components
2 9 (0.96%) Oracle Fusion
3 8 (0.86%) .NET
4 6 (0.64%) Web Services
5 4 (0.43%) JSON
5 4 (0.43%) XML
6 3 (0.32%) .NET Framework
6 3 (0.32%) Django
6 3 (0.32%) Gherkin
6 3 (0.32%) HTML
6 3 (0.32%) REST
6 3 (0.32%) RESTful
7 2 (0.21%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.21%) JSON Schema
7 2 (0.21%) Swagger
8 1 (0.11%) EDI
8 1 (0.11%) Jest
8 1 (0.11%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 74 (7.92%) Product Ownership
2 46 (4.93%) Management Information System
3 34 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
4 22 (2.36%) Onboarding
5 21 (2.25%) Virtual Team
6 12 (1.28%) NHS
7 11 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (1.07%) Biopharmaceutical
9 9 (0.96%) Driving Licence
9 9 (0.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 8 (0.86%) Derivative
10 8 (0.86%) Reference Data
11 7 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (0.75%) Credit Derivative
11 7 (0.75%) Fixed Income
11 7 (0.75%) Hedge funds
11 7 (0.75%) Interest Rate Derivative
11 7 (0.75%) Market Risk
12 6 (0.64%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (0.54%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.21%) Android
1 2 (0.21%) Apple iOS
1 2 (0.21%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 471 (50.43%) Business Analysis
2 378 (40.47%) Agile
3 336 (35.97%) Problem-Solving
4 271 (29.01%) Requirements Gathering
5 212 (22.70%) User Stories
6 184 (19.70%) Coaching
7 165 (17.67%) Change Management
8 160 (17.13%) Decision-Making
8 160 (17.13%) Stakeholder Management
9 128 (13.70%) Workshop Facilitation
10 127 (13.60%) Project Management
11 119 (12.74%) Process Improvement
12 110 (11.78%) SDLC
13 107 (11.46%) GAP Analysis
14 98 (10.49%) Scrum
15 97 (10.39%) Roadmaps
16 87 (9.31%) Acceptance Criteria
17 81 (8.67%) Continuous Improvement
17 81 (8.67%) Waterfall
18 79 (8.46%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 50 (5.35%) SQL
2 16 (1.71%) Python
3 9 (0.96%) R
4 7 (0.75%) T-SQL
5 5 (0.54%) C#
6 4 (0.43%) VBA
7 2 (0.21%) Java
8 1 (0.11%) ABAP
8 1 (0.11%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 214 (22.91%) Degree
2 116 (12.42%) Security Cleared
3 95 (10.17%) SC Cleared
4 16 (1.71%) IIBA
5 14 (1.50%) Master's Degree
6 11 (1.18%) CBAP
7 10 (1.07%) DV Cleared
8 9 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (0.96%) DBS Check
9 7 (0.75%) HND
9 7 (0.75%) ISEB
10 3 (0.32%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.32%) NVQ Level 4
11 2 (0.21%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.21%) NVQ Level 3
11 2 (0.21%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 1 (0.11%) CCA
12 1 (0.11%) Postgraduate
12 1 (0.11%) SAP Certification
12 1 (0.11%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (10.06%) QA
2 13 (1.39%) PMO
3 6 (0.64%) GxP
3 6 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (0.54%) SEPA
4 5 (0.54%) TARGET2
5 4 (0.43%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.32%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.21%) EMIR
7 2 (0.21%) GDPR
7 2 (0.21%) MiFID
8 1 (0.11%) GRC
8 1 (0.11%) IFRS
8 1 (0.11%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.11%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (0.54%) Graphite
2 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.11%) Progress Chef
2 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 91 (9.74%) Microsoft
2 36 (3.85%) Salesforce
3 33 (3.53%) SAP
4 21 (2.25%) Oracle
5 7 (0.75%) F5
6 5 (0.54%) MicroStrategy
7 4 (0.43%) IFS
7 4 (0.43%) YouTube
8 3 (0.32%) Alteryx
8 3 (0.32%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.32%) Google
8 3 (0.32%) Intapp
8 3 (0.32%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.21%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.21%) Sage
9 2 (0.21%) UiPath
9 2 (0.21%) Zoho
10 1 (0.11%) Blue Prism
10 1 (0.11%) Splunk
10 1 (0.11%) Workday