Business Analyst Jobs in the North of England

Business Analyst (BA)
England > North of England

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in the North of England is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 221 150 94
Rank change year-on-year -71 -56 +29
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 184 393 641
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.98% 2.44% 3.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.02% 2.73% 3.61%
Number of salaries quoted 131 294 432
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £42,794 £42,750 £40,099
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +18.28% +5.68%
75th Percentile £56,500 £68,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £70,600 £63,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 17,953 14,401 17,753
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.20% 89.25% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 13,711 7,947 10,940
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,627 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in the North of England

Business Analyst
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in the North of England.

Salary trend for Business Analyst in the North of England

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Analyst in the North of England

Business Analyst
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 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
North West -45 120 £50,000 -13.04% 21
Yorkshire -30 58 £47,500 -5.00% 16
North East -32 6 £50,000 -9.09% 3
Business Analyst
England

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 1 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 North of England region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 93 (50.54%) Agile
2 71 (38.59%) Requirements Gathering
3 70 (38.04%) Business Analysis
4 68 (36.96%) User Stories
5 61 (33.15%) Social Skills
6 49 (26.63%) Problem-Solving
7 46 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 46 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
8 43 (23.37%) Acceptance Criteria
9 42 (22.83%) Analytical Skills
10 33 (17.93%) JIRA
11 32 (17.39%) Roadmaps
12 30 (16.30%) Degree
13 21 (11.41%) Scrum
13 21 (11.41%) Finance
13 21 (11.41%) Power Platform
14 20 (10.87%) Business Case
14 20 (10.87%) Power BI
15 18 (9.78%) Migration
15 18 (9.78%) Change Management
15 18 (9.78%) MS Visio
15 18 (9.78%) Decision-Making
16 17 (9.24%) Requirements Workshops
16 17 (9.24%) Security Cleared
17 16 (8.70%) Salesforce
17 16 (8.70%) GAP Analysis
18 15 (8.15%) UML
19 14 (7.61%) Project Management
19 14 (7.61%) User Acceptance Testing
19 14 (7.61%) Epics

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 14 (7.61%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (9.78%) MS Visio
2 8 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (3.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.54%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.54%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 21 (11.41%) Power Platform
2 14 (7.61%) Azure
3 6 (3.26%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (3.26%) Miro
4 5 (2.72%) SaaS
5 2 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.09%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 1 (0.54%) Asana
6 1 (0.54%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.54%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.43%) Broadband
1 10 (5.43%) Internet
1 10 (5.43%) WPA
2 2 (1.09%) DSL
2 2 (1.09%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (10.87%) Power BI
2 7 (3.80%) Tableau
3 5 (2.72%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 33 (17.93%) JIRA
2 2 (1.09%) Git
2 2 (1.09%) Postman
General
1 61 (33.15%) Social Skills
2 42 (22.83%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (11.41%) Finance
4 13 (7.07%) Legal
5 12 (6.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (5.98%) Law
7 10 (5.43%) Retail
8 8 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (3.80%) Health Technology
9 7 (3.80%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.72%) Retail Finance
11 4 (2.17%) Games
11 4 (2.17%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.63%) Social Housing
12 3 (1.63%) Telecoms
13 2 (1.09%) Banking
13 2 (1.09%) Front Office
13 2 (1.09%) Investment Banking
13 2 (1.09%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.43%) Lightning Web Components
2 7 (3.80%) .NET
3 5 (2.72%) Web Services
4 3 (1.63%) HTML
4 3 (1.63%) XML
5 2 (1.09%) .NET Framework
5 2 (1.09%) Gherkin
5 2 (1.09%) JSON
5 2 (1.09%) JSON Schema
5 2 (1.09%) REST
5 2 (1.09%) RESTful
5 2 (1.09%) Swagger
6 1 (0.54%) EDI
6 1 (0.54%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.52%) Product Ownership
2 10 (5.43%) NHS
3 7 (3.80%) Virtual Team
4 6 (3.26%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.63%) Blog
7 2 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.09%) Housing Association
7 2 (1.09%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.54%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.54%) Life Science
8 1 (0.54%) LIMS
8 1 (0.54%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (50.54%) Agile
2 71 (38.59%) Requirements Gathering
3 70 (38.04%) Business Analysis
4 68 (36.96%) User Stories
5 49 (26.63%) Problem-Solving
6 46 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 46 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
7 43 (23.37%) Acceptance Criteria
8 32 (17.39%) Roadmaps
9 21 (11.41%) Scrum
10 20 (10.87%) Business Case
11 18 (9.78%) Change Management
11 18 (9.78%) Decision-Making
11 18 (9.78%) Migration
12 17 (9.24%) Requirements Workshops
13 16 (8.70%) GAP Analysis
14 15 (8.15%) UML
15 14 (7.61%) Epics
15 14 (7.61%) Project Management
15 14 (7.61%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (7.07%) SQL
2 4 (2.17%) C#
3 1 (0.54%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 30 (16.30%) Degree
2 17 (9.24%) Security Cleared
3 14 (7.61%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.63%) DBS Check
4 3 (1.63%) HND
4 3 (1.63%) NVQ Level 4
5 2 (1.09%) IIBA
5 2 (1.09%) ISEB
6 1 (0.54%) CBAP
6 1 (0.54%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.89%) QA
2 3 (1.63%) PMO
3 2 (1.09%) EMIR
3 2 (1.09%) MiFID
4 1 (0.54%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.54%) GRC
Vendors
1 16 (8.70%) Salesforce
2 8 (4.35%) Microsoft
3 7 (3.80%) F5
4 4 (2.17%) SAP
5 2 (1.09%) Intapp
5 2 (1.09%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.54%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.54%) Google
6 1 (0.54%) IFS
6 1 (0.54%) Oracle
6 1 (0.54%) Sage
6 1 (0.54%) Workday
6 1 (0.54%) YouTube