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 7 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 192 199 206
Rank change year-on-year +7 +7 -44
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 973 728 1,396
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.06% 1.67% 1.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.43% 1.79% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 762 437 820
10th Percentile £33,750 £43,115 £34,826
25th Percentile £35,000 £50,967 £43,408
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £61,182 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.28% +11.24% -8.33%
75th Percentile £65,473 £85,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,750 £51,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year -20.87% +1.98% -8.18%

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 68,096 40,631 82,220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.48% 93.01% 85.54%
Number of salaries quoted 42,564 22,679 59,766
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,580 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,773 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.95% +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 7 May 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 7 May 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 +13 868 £51,500 -17.60% 410
UK excluding London +9 573 £40,750 -20.87% 350
London +15 322 £66,250 -17.19% 132
North of England +79 263 £40,000 -27.27% 100
Work from Home +1 235 £62,500 -7.41% 107
Yorkshire +48 127 £45,497 -36.80% 45
Midlands +15 104 £41,250 -29.18% 48
North West +13 96 £40,000 -27.27% 40
West Midlands +7 80 £44,543 -19.01% 31
South East -38 67 £50,000 -1.90% 87
South West -62 50 £41,500 -24.55% 35
North East +5 40 £40,000 -8.57% 15
Scotland -19 39 £40,000 -33.33% 24
East of England -61 34 £45,000 -11.71% 38
East Midlands -20 24 £40,000 -38.46% 17
Wales -17 14 £56,585 -8.36% 15
Northern Ireland -36 3 £40,000 -33.33% 10

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 29 (2.98%) Confluence
2 19 (1.95%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.10%) CMS
4 1 (0.10%) IIS
4 1 (0.10%) Mendix
4 1 (0.10%) SAS
4 1 (0.10%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.10%) WordPress
Applications
1 159 (16.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (3.08%) MS Visio
3 9 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.10%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.10%) Sketch
6 1 (0.10%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (1.75%) NetSuite
2 11 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.51%) Fidessa
3 5 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.21%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.21%) Exchequer
6 2 (0.21%) Sage 50
6 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.21%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.21%) SAP PSCD
7 1 (0.10%) Maximo
7 1 (0.10%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.10%) PeopleSoft HRMS
7 1 (0.10%) SAP BRIM
7 1 (0.10%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.10%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.10%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.10%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 88 (9.04%) Power Platform
2 60 (6.17%) Azure
3 44 (4.52%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (3.19%) SaaS
5 30 (3.08%) Dynamics 365
6 23 (2.36%) AWS
7 20 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (2.06%) Cloud Computing
8 18 (1.85%) PaaS
9 17 (1.75%) Microsoft Copilot
9 17 (1.75%) Power Automate
10 16 (1.64%) ChatGPT
11 14 (1.44%) PowerApps
12 11 (1.13%) Microsoft Purview
13 10 (1.03%) Azure Data Factory
13 10 (1.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 10 (1.03%) Entra ID
13 10 (1.03%) GCP
13 10 (1.03%) Miro
14 8 (0.82%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.51%) Multicast
2 2 (0.21%) FIX Connectivity
2 2 (0.21%) LAN
2 2 (0.21%) Network Security
2 2 (0.21%) WAN
3 1 (0.10%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.10%) DHCP
3 1 (0.10%) DNS
3 1 (0.10%) Firewall
3 1 (0.10%) RFID
3 1 (0.10%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.10%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (14.39%) Tableau
2 132 (13.57%) Data Mining
3 70 (7.19%) Power BI
4 20 (2.06%) Big Data
5 12 (1.23%) Metadata
5 12 (1.23%) Relational Database
6 9 (0.92%) Data Lake
7 8 (0.82%) SQL Server
8 7 (0.72%) Power Query
8 7 (0.72%) RDBMS
9 4 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.41%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.41%) Qlik Sense
10 3 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.31%) GIS
10 3 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.21%) SAP BW
12 1 (0.10%) Neo4j
12 1 (0.10%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 48 (4.93%) JIRA
2 7 (0.72%) ERwin
3 1 (0.10%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.10%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 516 (53.03%) Finance
2 337 (34.64%) Analytical Skills
3 294 (30.22%) Social Skills
4 65 (6.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 64 (6.58%) Public Sector
6 55 (5.65%) Law
7 50 (5.14%) Marketing
8 43 (4.42%) Legal
9 37 (3.80%) Banking
10 29 (2.98%) Presentation Skills
11 25 (2.57%) Documentation Skills
12 23 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
13 20 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
13 20 (2.06%) Retail
14 16 (1.64%) Manufacturing
15 15 (1.54%) Financial Institution
16 12 (1.23%) Billing
17 11 (1.13%) Spanish Language
18 6 (0.62%) Back Office
18 6 (0.62%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 693 (71.22%) Analyst
2 510 (52.42%) Business Analyst
3 251 (25.80%) Trainee
4 249 (25.59%) Trainee Analyst
5 141 (14.49%) Data Analyst
6 130 (13.36%) Trainee Data Analyst
7 119 (12.23%) Trainee Business Analyst
8 118 (12.13%) Senior
9 96 (9.87%) Senior Analyst
10 87 (8.94%) Senior Business Analyst
11 39 (4.01%) Lead
12 34 (3.49%) Project Manager
13 30 (3.08%) Consultant
13 30 (3.08%) Insurance Business Analyst
14 24 (2.47%) Systems Analyst
15 22 (2.26%) Architect
15 22 (2.26%) Business Manager
16 21 (2.16%) Technical Analyst
16 21 (2.16%) Technical Business Analyst
17 20 (2.06%) Lecturer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.54%) JSON
1 15 (1.54%) XML
2 12 (1.23%) FIX Protocol
3 9 (0.92%) FpML
4 7 (0.72%) XML Schema
5 6 (0.62%) Middleware
5 6 (0.62%) REST
6 5 (0.51%) .NET
6 5 (0.51%) EDI
6 5 (0.51%) SOAP
7 3 (0.31%) OpenAPI
7 3 (0.31%) Swagger
8 2 (0.21%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.21%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.21%) Gherkin
8 2 (0.21%) React
8 2 (0.21%) SAP Fiori
8 2 (0.21%) Web Services
8 2 (0.21%) XML Messaging
9 1 (0.10%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 91 (9.35%) Product Ownership
2 39 (4.01%) Management Information System
3 33 (3.39%) IoT
4 27 (2.77%) Analytical Mindset
5 23 (2.36%) Data Structures
5 23 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (1.75%) Onboarding
7 16 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
7 16 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (1.54%) AI Agents
8 15 (1.54%) Low-Code
9 13 (1.34%) Fixed Income
10 12 (1.23%) Derivative
11 10 (1.03%) Cloud Native
11 10 (1.03%) Enterprise Cloud
11 10 (1.03%) OTC Derivatives
11 10 (1.03%) PMI
11 10 (1.03%) PropTech
11 10 (1.03%) Virtual Team
12 9 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.85%) Windows
2 5 (0.51%) Linux
3 4 (0.41%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.31%) Android
4 3 (0.31%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 326 (33.50%) Agile
2 313 (32.17%) Project Management
3 227 (23.33%) Problem-Solving
4 198 (20.35%) Analytics
5 187 (19.22%) Data Analysis
6 159 (16.34%) Requirements Gathering
7 152 (15.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 145 (14.90%) Data Analytics
9 143 (14.70%) Change Management
10 140 (14.39%) User Stories
11 125 (12.85%) Decision-Making
12 123 (12.64%) Stakeholder Management
13 115 (11.82%) Workshop Facilitation
14 102 (10.48%) Process Improvement
15 94 (9.66%) Continuous Improvement
16 92 (9.46%) Roadmaps
17 90 (9.25%) AI
18 89 (9.15%) Business Intelligence
19 81 (8.32%) User Acceptance Testing
20 79 (8.12%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 214 (21.99%) SQL
2 150 (15.42%) Python
3 5 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 5 (0.51%) Java
4 4 (0.41%) C#
5 2 (0.21%) T-SQL
5 2 (0.21%) X++
6 1 (0.10%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.10%) R
6 1 (0.10%) VBA
Qualifications
1 217 (22.30%) Degree
2 56 (5.76%) Security Cleared
3 36 (3.70%) SC Cleared
4 35 (3.60%) IIBA
5 33 (3.39%) ACCA
5 33 (3.39%) PMI Certification
6 32 (3.29%) CIMA
7 31 (3.19%) Master's Degree
8 24 (2.47%) PMP
9 20 (2.06%) HND
10 19 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
11 15 (1.54%) DBS Check
12 13 (1.34%) CBAP
13 9 (0.92%) DV Cleared
14 7 (0.72%) ISEB
15 6 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
16 5 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
16 5 (0.51%) CIPD
17 4 (0.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
18 3 (0.31%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (3.70%) QA
2 26 (2.67%) Data Quality
3 22 (2.26%) Accessibility
4 20 (2.06%) PMO
5 15 (1.54%) GDPR
6 14 (1.44%) GAAP
7 12 (1.23%) MiFID
8 9 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.62%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.31%) GRC
11 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 2 (0.21%) NIST
11 2 (0.21%) SEPA
11 2 (0.21%) SLA
11 2 (0.21%) TARGET2
12 1 (0.10%) COBIT
12 1 (0.10%) EMIR
12 1 (0.10%) FATCA
12 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.10%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (1.34%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.10%) IAG
Systems Management
1 7 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.10%) Control-M
2 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.10%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.10%) Terraform
Vendors
1 260 (26.72%) Microsoft
2 28 (2.88%) Salesforce
3 22 (2.26%) SAP
4 12 (1.23%) Oracle
5 10 (1.03%) Anaplan
5 10 (1.03%) Atlassian
5 10 (1.03%) Google
5 10 (1.03%) Intapp
5 10 (1.03%) ServiceNow
6 8 (0.82%) Alteryx
6 8 (0.82%) Sparx
7 5 (0.51%) Bloomberg
7 5 (0.51%) CQG
7 5 (0.51%) HubSpot
7 5 (0.51%) IBM
7 5 (0.51%) ION Trading
7 5 (0.51%) Patsystems
7 5 (0.51%) Reuters
7 5 (0.51%) Trayport
8 4 (0.41%) Databricks