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 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 228 214
Rank change year-on-year +6 -14 -76
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 972 687 986
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.86% 1.38% 1.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 1.56% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 711 518 588
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,350 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £42,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £63,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.45% +5.83% -
75th Percentile £70,525 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +15.79% -5.00%

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 82,520 44,009 63,385
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.04% 88.59% 80.80%
Number of salaries quoted 57,449 24,888 36,814
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,875
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,288 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 10 September 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 10 September 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 +5 873 £57,500 -11.54% 631
UK excluding London +6 525 £52,500 -4.55% 509
Work from Home +31 373 £57,500 -11.54% 208
London -34 366 £70,000 -6.67% 262
North of England +29 181 £52,500 -12.50% 105
South East 0 100 £54,808 -8.65% 150
Midlands -12 90 £52,500 -4.55% 86
Yorkshire +19 84 £60,000 +50.00% 52
West Midlands -4 73 £53,500 -2.73% 54
North West -9 69 £50,000 -16.67% 37
South West -48 62 £50,000 +2.26% 67
East of England -4 53 £50,000 - 46
North East -36 28 £42,500 +6.25% 16
Scotland +6 21 £46,250 +4.81% 31
East Midlands -18 16 £48,000 -25.58% 32
Wales -65 15 £52,500 -4.55% 13
Northern Ireland -80 7 £40,000 -40.74% 17

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 60 (6.17%) Confluence
2 30 (3.09%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.51%) ColdFusion
4 3 (0.31%) CMS
5 2 (0.21%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.21%) WordPress
6 1 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.10%) Appian
Applications
1 76 (7.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 60 (6.17%) Microsoft Office
3 56 (5.76%) MS Visio
4 27 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.62%) Trello
7 5 (0.51%) Moqups
8 3 (0.31%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (2.47%) NetSuite
2 13 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.93%) Fidessa
4 6 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.41%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.31%) Exchequer
6 3 (0.31%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 3 (0.31%) Magento
6 3 (0.31%) Sage 50
6 3 (0.31%) Sage X3
6 3 (0.31%) Shopify
7 2 (0.21%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.21%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.21%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.21%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.21%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.21%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 105 (10.80%) Power Platform
2 100 (10.29%) Azure
3 46 (4.73%) Azure DevOps
3 46 (4.73%) Microsoft 365
4 40 (4.12%) AWS
4 40 (4.12%) SaaS
5 34 (3.50%) Dynamics 365
6 32 (3.29%) Power Automate
7 24 (2.47%) Lucidchart
8 23 (2.37%) Microsoft Copilot
9 16 (1.65%) Anthropic Claude
10 14 (1.44%) GCP
10 14 (1.44%) PowerApps
11 13 (1.34%) Zapier
12 10 (1.03%) Copilot Studio
12 10 (1.03%) iPaaS
13 8 (0.82%) Boomi
13 8 (0.82%) Figma
13 8 (0.82%) Workato
14 6 (0.62%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.93%) Multicast
2 7 (0.72%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.10%) DSL
3 1 (0.10%) Intranet
3 1 (0.10%) LAN
3 1 (0.10%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (9.47%) Power BI
2 32 (3.29%) Tableau
3 19 (1.95%) Relational Database
4 17 (1.75%) Data Mining
4 17 (1.75%) SQL Server
5 9 (0.93%) Metadata
5 9 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (0.62%) DTS
7 4 (0.41%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.31%) Amazon Athena
8 3 (0.31%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (0.31%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.31%) MySQL
8 3 (0.31%) Spotfire
8 3 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.21%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.21%) GIS
9 2 (0.21%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 119 (12.24%) JIRA
2 7 (0.72%) Claude Code
3 6 (0.62%) Cypress.io
3 6 (0.62%) Selenium
4 5 (0.51%) Postman
5 3 (0.31%) Git
5 3 (0.31%) Hudson
6 2 (0.21%) Balsamiq
6 2 (0.21%) ERwin
6 2 (0.21%) LSMW
7 1 (0.10%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.10%) JIRA Agile
7 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 392 (40.33%) Social Skills
2 367 (37.76%) Finance
3 320 (32.92%) Analytical Skills
4 120 (12.35%) Public Sector
5 106 (10.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 83 (8.54%) Law
7 56 (5.76%) Legal
8 55 (5.66%) Presentation Skills
9 51 (5.25%) Documentation Skills
9 51 (5.25%) Organisational Skills
10 46 (4.73%) Influencing Skills
11 39 (4.01%) Manufacturing
12 36 (3.70%) Retail
13 27 (2.78%) Banking
14 23 (2.37%) Legal Technology
14 23 (2.37%) Marketing
15 19 (1.95%) Local Government
16 17 (1.75%) Aerospace
16 17 (1.75%) Spanish Language
17 15 (1.54%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 606 (62.35%) Analyst
2 503 (51.75%) Business Analyst
3 176 (18.11%) Senior
4 142 (14.61%) Senior Analyst
5 132 (13.58%) Senior Business Analyst
6 63 (6.48%) Lead
7 51 (5.25%) Consultant
8 40 (4.12%) Data Analyst
9 38 (3.91%) Technical Analyst
10 36 (3.70%) Technical Business Analyst
11 34 (3.50%) Project Manager
12 32 (3.29%) Business Manager
12 32 (3.29%) Lead Business Analyst
13 29 (2.98%) Systems Analyst
14 27 (2.78%) Product Manager
15 26 (2.67%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
16 23 (2.37%) Product Analyst
17 22 (2.26%) Applications Support
17 22 (2.26%) Business Systems Analyst
18 21 (2.16%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.16%) FIX Protocol
2 17 (1.75%) REST
3 13 (1.34%) .NET
3 13 (1.34%) XML
4 11 (1.13%) Gherkin
4 11 (1.13%) SOAP
5 7 (0.72%) JSON
6 6 (0.62%) Playwright
7 5 (0.51%) CrewAI
7 5 (0.51%) LangChain
7 5 (0.51%) LlamaIndex
8 4 (0.41%) FpML
8 4 (0.41%) Lightning Web Components
9 3 (0.31%) .NET Core
9 3 (0.31%) Middleware
9 3 (0.31%) Oracle Fusion
9 3 (0.31%) WinForms
10 2 (0.21%) RESTful
10 2 (0.21%) SAP Fiori
10 2 (0.21%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 116 (11.93%) Product Ownership
2 53 (5.45%) Management Information System
3 25 (2.57%) Analytical Mindset
4 23 (2.37%) Data Structures
5 22 (2.26%) AI Agents
6 21 (2.16%) Low-Code
7 20 (2.06%) Derivative
7 20 (2.06%) Onboarding
8 18 (1.85%) Fixed Income
9 16 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (1.34%) Blog
10 13 (1.34%) IoT
11 12 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 11 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
13 10 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
13 10 (1.03%) PMI
13 10 (1.03%) PropTech
14 9 (0.93%) Distributed Architecture
14 9 (0.93%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 23 (2.37%) Linux
2 18 (1.85%) Windows
3 3 (0.31%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 425 (43.72%) Agile
2 282 (29.01%) Problem-Solving
3 279 (28.70%) Stakeholder Management
4 275 (28.29%) Requirements Gathering
5 216 (22.22%) User Stories
6 210 (21.60%) Workshop Facilitation
7 195 (20.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 189 (19.44%) Continuous Improvement
9 186 (19.14%) Process Improvement
10 178 (18.31%) AI
11 175 (18.00%) Project Management
12 150 (15.43%) Decision-Making
12 150 (15.43%) Project Delivery
13 131 (13.48%) Scrum
14 119 (12.24%) User Acceptance Testing
15 114 (11.73%) Acceptance Criteria
15 114 (11.73%) Business Intelligence
16 111 (11.42%) Coaching
17 106 (10.91%) Waterfall
18 96 (9.88%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 155 (15.95%) SQL
2 52 (5.35%) Python
3 21 (2.16%) JavaScript
4 20 (2.06%) Java
5 18 (1.85%) C++
6 14 (1.44%) C#
7 7 (0.72%) TypeScript
8 6 (0.62%) T-SQL
9 4 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.31%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.21%) Ada
12 1 (0.10%) R
12 1 (0.10%) RPG
12 1 (0.10%) SOQL
12 1 (0.10%) SOSL
12 1 (0.10%) VBA
Qualifications
1 163 (16.77%) Degree
2 104 (10.70%) Security Cleared
3 84 (8.64%) SC Cleared
4 39 (4.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (2.98%) ACCA
6 28 (2.88%) CIMA
7 23 (2.37%) IIBA
8 21 (2.16%) PMI Certification
9 17 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
10 15 (1.54%) CBAP
11 13 (1.34%) PMP
12 11 (1.13%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.62%) ISEB
14 5 (0.51%) CFA
14 5 (0.51%) DV Cleared
14 5 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (0.41%) CSPO
16 3 (0.31%) CRISC
16 3 (0.31%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 3 (0.31%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (5.14%) QA
2 44 (4.53%) Data Quality
3 24 (2.47%) PMO
4 15 (1.54%) Accessibility
4 15 (1.54%) GDPR
5 14 (1.44%) GAAP
6 12 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.41%) COBIT
7 4 (0.41%) NIST
8 3 (0.31%) GRC
8 3 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 3 (0.31%) NCSC
9 2 (0.21%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.21%) MiFID
9 2 (0.21%) SLA
10 1 (0.10%) COSO
10 1 (0.10%) Good Clinical Practice
10 1 (0.10%) GxP
10 1 (0.10%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (0.21%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.10%) IAG
Systems Management
1 2 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.10%) Kibana
2 1 (0.10%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.10%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.10%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 170 (17.49%) Microsoft
2 41 (4.22%) Salesforce
3 34 (3.50%) SAP
4 20 (2.06%) ServiceNow
5 19 (1.95%) Google
5 19 (1.95%) Oracle
6 15 (1.54%) JD Edwards
7 13 (1.34%) YouTube
8 12 (1.23%) Intapp
9 11 (1.13%) Workday
10 10 (1.03%) Atlassian
11 9 (0.93%) Bloomberg
11 9 (0.93%) CQG
11 9 (0.93%) FIS
11 9 (0.93%) ION Trading
11 9 (0.93%) Patsystems
11 9 (0.93%) Reuters
11 9 (0.93%) SunGard
11 9 (0.93%) Trayport
12 8 (0.82%) RedGate