Business Analyst Salary in South African Rands

Business analysts are responsible for assessing and evaluating the performance of a business organization. A typical business analyst makes anywhere around R37 000 in South Africa. If you are interested in pursuing your career in this field, here is a complete guide on the average business analyst salary in South Africa.

Business Analyst Salary in South Africa

The average monthly salary of a business analyst in South Africa starts from R19 400 and goes up to R61 900, where the hourly salary for the profession is around R230. However, this amount may change based on your expertise and skill set. Here is a breakdown of what is included in the salary package of a business analyst based in South Africa.

Bonus and Incentives

The best thing about the profession of business is that it is highly rewarding and offers a number of fringe benefits to its employees. Almost 81% of the recruited staff gets around 5-9% of bonuses and increments. Apart from this, they also get to enjoy perks like housing allowance, medical insurance, and transportation cost.

Payscale Percentile

Percentile is the 25th and 75th percent of the earnings employees of a certain profession enjoy across the country and can be found out using the salary distribution chart. According to a recent survey, almost 25% of the total business analyst staff earns less than R30 300 whereas the other 75% earns less than R42 300.

Professional Responsibilities of a Business Analyst

The primary job of a business analyst is to analyze and assess how organizations are working and work for the improvement of the system. Here is a list of all the duties you have to perform as a business analyst in South Africa.

• Communicating with seniors to get the mandate across the board
• Formulating ways and techniques to improve the performance of systems
• Getting internal and external stakeholders on one page
• Implementing the new techniques for assessing routine performance
• Organizing training sessions and workshops for employees
• Research and development to find solutions for better system efficiency

Factors that Influence Business Analyst Salary in South Africa

There are a number of factors that comes into play while deciding your salary as a business analyst. These things include everything from expertise to skill set, gender, and where you are based. Here is a breakdown of how much each of these factors counts when determining the monthly salary of a business analyst.

Level of Experience

The first thing a company would see in your resume is the level of experience you have. For instance, a candidate with ten years of experience will earn more than five years and less than twenty years. Here is a quick guide on how people with varying expertise get paid across South Africa.

Level of Experience	Salary (Per Month)	Increase (Percentage)
0-2 years of experience	R23 000	0%
2-5 years of experience	R29 600	29%
5-10 years of experience	R40 900	38%
10-15 years of experience	R50 600	24%
15-20 years of experience	R54 200	7%
Over 20 years of experience	R57 900	7%

Education

Your qualification is another parameter on which your salary as a business analyst is dependent. For instance, a candidate with a bachelor’s degree will make more than those with a high-school diploma or any other certification. Following is the average salary across different levels of education for a business analyst.

Level of Education/ Qualification	Salary Per Month	Increase (Percentage)
High School	R28 800	0%
Diploma or Certificate	R33 000	15%
Bachelors Degree	R44 500	35%
Masters Degree	R55 900	26%

City of Employment

Similarly, business analysts based in different cities have different salary brackets, based on the workload and traffic. Here is how you will get paid across the popular cities of South Africa as a business analyst.

City	Salary (Per Month)
Pretoria, Gauteng	R39 200
Durban, KwaZulu Natal	R43 200
Johannesburg, Gauteng	R42 800
Cape Town, Western Cape	R43 900
Bloemfontein	R35 500
Port Elizabeth	R40 000

Gender

Gender is yet another factor that highly influences your pay in the profession of business. According to the surveyed staff, men have almost a 7% increased chance of getting recruited and paid. On the contrary, you will not find many women working in this field, and here is a list of how both genders get paid in this field.

Male	R40 900
Female	R37 900

Business analysis is one of the highest-paid professions in South Africa, full of bonuses, increments, and fringe benefits. I hope, after reading this guide, you have a clear idea of what to expect while entering this field.