Business Analysis Job Trends

Business Analysis
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Business Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 227 221
Rank change year-on-year +20 -6 -66
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 919 649 1,382
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.98% 1.46% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.35% 1.57% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 731 406 795
10th Percentile £33,750 £43,019 £34,450
25th Percentile £36,457 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.92% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £67,500 £89,375 £73,410
90th Percentile £83,750 £107,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,961 £59,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -22.10% +18.00% -9.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Business Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 68,162 41,264 88,785
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.90% 92.57% 81.89%
Number of salaries quoted 46,887 22,044 62,842
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £29,607
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £91,991
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Business Analysis relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Business Analysis job vacancy trend in the UK

Business Analysis
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Business Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Business Analysis

Business Analysis
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Analysis in the UK

Business Analysis
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 17 June 2026. 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 +25 823 £55,000 -15.38% 596
UK excluding London +29 538 £45,961 -22.10% 590
London -11 312 £65,625 -17.97% 164
Work from Home +5 265 £59,338 -10.95% 375
North of England +98 233 £45,497 -17.28% 138
Yorkshire +64 116 £52,445 +24.62% 55
Midlands +9 87 £46,250 -22.92% 89
North West +22 84 £40,000 -28.25% 50
South East -6 76 £52,500 -10.64% 145
West Midlands -1 65 £47,500 -16.67% 43
South West -58 55 £45,000 -25.00% 53
Scotland 0 37 £40,000 -33.33% 56
East of England -1 36 £45,000 -28.57% 72
North East -16 33 £40,000 +1.91% 34
East Midlands -16 22 £43,750 -35.19% 45
Wales -33 12 £53,171 +1.06% 19
Northern Ireland -37 3 £40,000 -40.74% 33

Business Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 37 (4.03%) Confluence
2 15 (1.63%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.44%) ColdFusion
4 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.22%) CMS
5 2 (0.22%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.22%) WordPress
6 1 (0.11%) Mendix
Applications
1 112 (12.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
3 35 (3.81%) MS Visio
4 15 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.22%) Trello
8 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 24 (2.61%) NetSuite
2 9 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.98%) Fidessa
3 5 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.33%) Exchequer
5 3 (0.33%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 3 (0.33%) Sage 50
6 2 (0.22%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.22%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.22%) SAP PSCD
7 1 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.11%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.11%) SAP BRIM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.11%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 82 (8.92%) Power Platform
2 61 (6.64%) Azure
3 38 (4.13%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (3.70%) SaaS
5 28 (3.05%) Dynamics 365
6 27 (2.94%) AWS
7 20 (2.18%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (1.85%) Microsoft Copilot
8 17 (1.85%) Power Automate
9 14 (1.52%) PowerApps
10 10 (1.09%) GCP
11 8 (0.87%) ChatGPT
11 8 (0.87%) PaaS
12 7 (0.76%) Google Drive
12 7 (0.76%) Microsoft Purview
12 7 (0.76%) Miro
12 7 (0.76%) OneDrive
13 6 (0.65%) Azure Data Factory
13 6 (0.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 6 (0.65%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.98%) Multicast
2 4 (0.44%) FIX Connectivity
3 2 (0.22%) LAN
3 2 (0.22%) WAN
4 1 (0.11%) DSL
4 1 (0.11%) Intranet
4 1 (0.11%) Network Security
4 1 (0.11%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (9.58%) Tableau
2 82 (8.92%) Data Mining
3 66 (7.18%) Power BI
4 17 (1.85%) Relational Database
5 12 (1.31%) Metadata
6 10 (1.09%) SQL Server
7 7 (0.76%) RDBMS
8 6 (0.65%) Power Query
8 6 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.44%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.33%) GIS
10 3 (0.33%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.22%) Qlik Sense
11 2 (0.22%) SAP BW
12 1 (0.11%) Amazon Redshift
12 1 (0.11%) Neo4j
12 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 66 (7.18%) JIRA
2 7 (0.76%) ERwin
3 1 (0.11%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.11%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 437 (47.55%) Finance
2 307 (33.41%) Analytical Skills
3 273 (29.71%) Social Skills
4 77 (8.38%) Public Sector
5 66 (7.18%) Law
6 63 (6.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 44 (4.79%) Legal
8 34 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
9 30 (3.26%) Documentation Skills
10 27 (2.94%) Retail
11 24 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
12 23 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
13 18 (1.96%) Marketing
13 18 (1.96%) Spanish Language
14 16 (1.74%) Legal Technology
14 16 (1.74%) Manufacturing
15 15 (1.63%) Financial Institution
16 14 (1.52%) Banking
17 11 (1.20%) Billing
18 9 (0.98%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 652 (70.95%) Analyst
2 518 (56.37%) Business Analyst
3 160 (17.41%) Trainee
3 160 (17.41%) Trainee Analyst
4 129 (14.04%) Senior
5 115 (12.51%) Senior Analyst
6 106 (11.53%) Senior Business Analyst
7 93 (10.12%) Data Analyst
8 82 (8.92%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 78 (8.49%) Trainee Business Analyst
10 39 (4.24%) Lead
11 38 (4.13%) Consultant
12 33 (3.59%) Business Manager
13 31 (3.37%) Project Manager
14 30 (3.26%) Insurance Business Analyst
15 25 (2.72%) Technical Analyst
15 25 (2.72%) Technical Business Analyst
16 24 (2.61%) Systems Analyst
17 20 (2.18%) IT Analyst
17 20 (2.18%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.74%) FIX Protocol
2 15 (1.63%) JSON
2 15 (1.63%) XML
3 9 (0.98%) FpML
4 8 (0.87%) Gherkin
5 7 (0.76%) Middleware
5 7 (0.76%) REST
5 7 (0.76%) XML Schema
6 6 (0.65%) SOAP
7 5 (0.54%) EDI
8 4 (0.44%) .NET
8 4 (0.44%) Oracle Fusion
9 3 (0.33%) OpenAPI
9 3 (0.33%) Swagger
10 2 (0.22%) AngularJS
10 2 (0.22%) ASP.NET
10 2 (0.22%) SAP Fiori
10 2 (0.22%) XML Messaging
11 1 (0.11%) ADO
11 1 (0.11%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 88 (9.58%) Product Ownership
2 41 (4.46%) Management Information System
3 30 (3.26%) Data Structures
4 22 (2.39%) Analytical Mindset
5 17 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
6 16 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (1.63%) Onboarding
8 14 (1.52%) Low-Code
9 13 (1.41%) Fixed Income
9 13 (1.41%) IoT
10 12 (1.31%) AI Agents
10 12 (1.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (1.09%) Derivative
11 10 (1.09%) PropTech
12 9 (0.98%) Distributed Architecture
12 9 (0.98%) Distributed Computing
12 9 (0.98%) Equities
12 9 (0.98%) Eurex
12 9 (0.98%) PMI
13 8 (0.87%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 20 (2.18%) Windows
2 13 (1.41%) Linux
3 3 (0.33%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.22%) Android
4 2 (0.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 325 (35.36%) Agile
2 245 (26.66%) Project Management
3 209 (22.74%) Problem-Solving
4 181 (19.70%) Requirements Gathering
5 169 (18.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 158 (17.19%) User Stories
7 150 (16.32%) Stakeholder Management
8 149 (16.21%) Analytics
9 137 (14.91%) Data Analysis
10 132 (14.36%) Workshop Facilitation
11 121 (13.17%) Process Improvement
12 117 (12.73%) Decision-Making
13 105 (11.43%) Continuous Improvement
14 96 (10.45%) Data Analytics
15 94 (10.23%) AI
16 85 (9.25%) Change Management
17 84 (9.14%) Business Intelligence
17 84 (9.14%) Waterfall
18 81 (8.81%) Acceptance Criteria
18 81 (8.81%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 184 (20.02%) SQL
2 102 (11.10%) Python
3 6 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (0.54%) Java
5 4 (0.44%) C#
5 4 (0.44%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.22%) Ada
6 2 (0.22%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.22%) X++
7 1 (0.11%) RPG
7 1 (0.11%) SOQL
7 1 (0.11%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 162 (17.63%) Degree
2 57 (6.20%) Security Cleared
3 41 (4.46%) ACCA
3 41 (4.46%) SC Cleared
4 38 (4.13%) CIMA
5 31 (3.37%) IIBA
6 29 (3.16%) PMI Certification
7 24 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
8 22 (2.39%) PMP
9 15 (1.63%) DBS Check
10 13 (1.41%) CBAP
11 10 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (0.65%) DV Cleared
12 6 (0.65%) ISEB
12 6 (0.65%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.54%) CIPD
13 5 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (0.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 3 (0.33%) AWS Certification
15 3 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (3.05%) QA
2 27 (2.94%) Data Quality
3 19 (2.07%) PMO
4 18 (1.96%) GDPR
5 17 (1.85%) GAAP
6 16 (1.74%) Accessibility
7 8 (0.87%) MiFID
8 7 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (0.54%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.33%) GRC
12 2 (0.22%) NIST
12 2 (0.22%) SEPA
12 2 (0.22%) SLA
12 2 (0.22%) TARGET2
13 1 (0.11%) COBIT
13 1 (0.11%) COSO
13 1 (0.11%) FATCA
13 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (0.87%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.11%) IAG
Systems Management
1 3 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (0.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 206 (22.42%) Microsoft
2 28 (3.05%) Salesforce
3 18 (1.96%) Oracle
3 18 (1.96%) SAP
4 14 (1.52%) Google
5 13 (1.41%) Intapp
6 10 (1.09%) Atlassian
6 10 (1.09%) ServiceNow
7 9 (0.98%) Bloomberg
7 9 (0.98%) CQG
7 9 (0.98%) ION Trading
7 9 (0.98%) Patsystems
7 9 (0.98%) Reuters
7 9 (0.98%) Trayport
8 8 (0.87%) Sparx
9 7 (0.76%) JD Edwards
10 6 (0.65%) Aderant
10 6 (0.65%) Anaplan
10 6 (0.65%) IBM
10 6 (0.65%) TOWER Software