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 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 230 210
Rank change year-on-year +18 -20 -67
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 918 677 1,325
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.93% 1.38% 1.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 1.53% 1.60%
Number of salaries quoted 742 444 770
10th Percentile £35,000 £43,099 £34,750
25th Percentile £41,439 £53,438 £41,501
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £107,125 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,942 £57,500 £49,750
% change year-on-year -14.88% +15.58% -9.55%

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 72,823 44,302 82,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.72% 90.16% 82.12%
Number of salaries quoted 50,276 24,855 57,929
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,201 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.89% +4.00% -8.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 16 July 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 16 July 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 +19 828 £55,000 -18.52% 368
UK excluding London +1 509 £48,942 -14.88% 329
London -12 339 £70,000 -12.50% 138
Work from Home +4 301 £57,500 -17.86% 135
North of England +81 215 £47,500 -20.83% 86
Yorkshire +57 106 £52,500 -10.32% 44
Midlands +8 82 £48,000 -15.74% 48
North West +8 79 £45,497 -24.17% 29
South East -6 76 £52,500 -8.70% 103
West Midlands -13 64 £52,500 -4.55% 33
South West -55 60 £50,000 -4.76% 30
East of England -6 34 £42,879 -18.33% 25
Scotland +4 32 £40,000 -33.33% 18
North East -26 30 £40,000 +1.91% 13
East Midlands -25 18 £48,000 -31.43% 15
Wales -48 8 £60,000 +14.05% 8
Northern Ireland -66 3 £40,000 -40.74% 14

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 36 (3.92%) Confluence
2 21 (2.29%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.54%) 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%) Appian
6 1 (0.11%) Mendix
Applications
1 100 (10.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 46 (5.01%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (4.03%) MS Visio
4 20 (2.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (1.53%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.65%) Trello
7 3 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.22%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.11%) Moqups
Business Applications
1 26 (2.83%) NetSuite
2 10 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.65%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.33%) Exchequer
5 3 (0.33%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 3 (0.33%) Sage 50
5 3 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.22%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.22%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.22%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.22%) SAP PSCD
7 1 (0.11%) Magento
7 1 (0.11%) Relativity
7 1 (0.11%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.11%) SAP BRIM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (0.11%) Shopify
7 1 (0.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 90 (9.80%) Power Platform
2 69 (7.52%) Azure
3 42 (4.58%) Microsoft 365
4 37 (4.03%) SaaS
5 32 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (2.61%) AWS
7 23 (2.51%) Dynamics 365
8 22 (2.40%) Power Automate
9 19 (2.07%) Microsoft Copilot
10 16 (1.74%) PowerApps
11 11 (1.20%) Copilot Studio
11 11 (1.20%) Lucidchart
12 9 (0.98%) GCP
13 8 (0.87%) Google Drive
14 7 (0.76%) Microsoft Purview
14 7 (0.76%) OneDrive
14 7 (0.76%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 6 (0.65%) iPaaS
15 6 (0.65%) Miro
16 5 (0.54%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.65%) Multicast
2 4 (0.44%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.11%) DSL
3 1 (0.11%) Intranet
3 1 (0.11%) LAN
3 1 (0.11%) Network Security
3 1 (0.11%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (7.95%) Power BI
2 69 (7.52%) Tableau
3 61 (6.64%) Data Mining
4 18 (1.96%) Relational Database
5 13 (1.42%) Metadata
6 12 (1.31%) SQL Server
7 7 (0.76%) RDBMS
8 6 (0.65%) Power Query
9 5 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.54%) DTS
9 5 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.33%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.22%) GIS
11 2 (0.22%) Qlik Sense
11 2 (0.22%) SAP BW
12 1 (0.11%) Amazon RDS
12 1 (0.11%) Crystal Reports
12 1 (0.11%) EDRMS
12 1 (0.11%) Neo4j
12 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 76 (8.28%) JIRA
2 7 (0.76%) ERwin
3 1 (0.11%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.11%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.11%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.11%) Postman
3 1 (0.11%) Selenium
3 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 407 (44.34%) Finance
2 316 (34.42%) Social Skills
3 310 (33.77%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (8.93%) Public Sector
5 68 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 67 (7.30%) Law
7 44 (4.79%) Legal
8 43 (4.68%) Presentation Skills
9 34 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
10 31 (3.38%) Influencing Skills
11 29 (3.16%) Retail
12 28 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
13 24 (2.61%) Manufacturing
14 20 (2.18%) Banking
15 16 (1.74%) Legal Technology
15 16 (1.74%) Marketing
15 16 (1.74%) Spanish Language
16 14 (1.53%) Financial Institution
17 12 (1.31%) Aerospace
18 11 (1.20%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 619 (67.43%) Analyst
2 493 (53.70%) Business Analyst
3 144 (15.69%) Senior
4 120 (13.07%) Senior Analyst
5 113 (12.31%) Trainee
5 113 (12.31%) Trainee Analyst
6 112 (12.20%) Senior Business Analyst
7 74 (8.06%) Data Analyst
8 61 (6.64%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 52 (5.66%) Trainee Business Analyst
10 47 (5.12%) Lead
11 40 (4.36%) Consultant
12 38 (4.14%) Project Manager
13 29 (3.16%) Business Manager
13 29 (3.16%) Technical Analyst
13 29 (3.16%) Technical Business Analyst
14 27 (2.94%) Insurance Business Analyst
15 26 (2.83%) Systems Analyst
16 23 (2.51%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
17 22 (2.40%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.18%) FIX Protocol
2 13 (1.42%) JSON
2 13 (1.42%) XML
3 9 (0.98%) FpML
4 8 (0.87%) .NET
4 8 (0.87%) Gherkin
4 8 (0.87%) REST
5 7 (0.76%) XML Schema
6 6 (0.65%) EDI
6 6 (0.65%) SOAP
7 5 (0.54%) Middleware
8 3 (0.33%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (0.33%) WinForms
9 2 (0.22%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.22%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.22%) SAP Fiori
9 2 (0.22%) XML Messaging
10 1 (0.11%) ADO
10 1 (0.11%) SAP ALE
10 1 (0.11%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 91 (9.91%) Product Ownership
2 46 (5.01%) Management Information System
3 28 (3.05%) Data Structures
4 26 (2.83%) Analytical Mindset
5 16 (1.74%) Fixed Income
5 16 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
6 15 (1.63%) Derivative
7 14 (1.53%) Low-Code
7 14 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (1.42%) IoT
9 12 (1.31%) Blog
10 11 (1.20%) AI Agents
10 11 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (1.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 11 (1.20%) Onboarding
11 10 (1.09%) PropTech
12 8 (0.87%) Cloud Native
12 8 (0.87%) e-Learning
12 8 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
13 7 (0.76%) OTC Derivatives
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.96%) Linux
1 18 (1.96%) Windows
2 3 (0.33%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.22%) Android
3 2 (0.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 336 (36.60%) Agile
2 209 (22.77%) Project Management
3 202 (22.00%) Problem-Solving
4 201 (21.90%) Requirements Gathering
5 183 (19.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 181 (19.72%) User Stories
7 178 (19.39%) Stakeholder Management
8 153 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
9 139 (15.14%) Continuous Improvement
10 136 (14.81%) Process Improvement
11 131 (14.27%) Decision-Making
12 127 (13.83%) Analytics
13 114 (12.42%) Data Analysis
14 110 (11.98%) AI
15 108 (11.76%) Project Delivery
16 93 (10.13%) Acceptance Criteria
17 89 (9.69%) Scrum
17 89 (9.69%) User Acceptance Testing
18 87 (9.48%) Business Intelligence
19 81 (8.82%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 170 (18.52%) SQL
2 87 (9.48%) Python
3 10 (1.09%) C#
3 10 (1.09%) C++
3 10 (1.09%) JavaScript
4 6 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 6 (0.65%) Java
5 5 (0.54%) T-SQL
6 3 (0.33%) TypeScript
6 3 (0.33%) VB.NET
7 2 (0.22%) Ada
8 1 (0.11%) R
8 1 (0.11%) RPG
8 1 (0.11%) SOQL
8 1 (0.11%) SOSL
8 1 (0.11%) X++
Qualifications
1 130 (14.16%) Degree
2 64 (6.97%) Security Cleared
3 55 (5.99%) SC Cleared
4 37 (4.03%) ACCA
5 34 (3.70%) CIMA
6 26 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
7 24 (2.61%) PMI Certification
8 23 (2.51%) PMP
9 19 (2.07%) IIBA
10 14 (1.53%) DBS Check
11 13 (1.42%) CBAP
12 9 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
13 7 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (0.54%) CIPD
14 5 (0.54%) DV Cleared
14 5 (0.54%) ISEB
14 5 (0.54%) Master's Degree
15 4 (0.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 3 (0.33%) CFA
16 3 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (3.27%) QA
2 29 (3.16%) Data Quality
2 29 (3.16%) PMO
3 17 (1.85%) GAAP
3 17 (1.85%) GDPR
4 15 (1.63%) Accessibility
5 7 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
5 7 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (0.76%) MiFID
6 4 (0.44%) GRC
6 4 (0.44%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.22%) SEPA
7 2 (0.22%) SLA
7 2 (0.22%) TARGET2
7 2 (0.22%) WCAG
8 1 (0.11%) COBIT
8 1 (0.11%) COSO
8 1 (0.11%) IFRS
8 1 (0.11%) NIST
8 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (0.76%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.11%) IAG
Systems Management
1 3 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.22%) Terraform
3 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 185 (20.15%) Microsoft
2 37 (4.03%) Salesforce
3 23 (2.51%) SAP
4 16 (1.74%) ServiceNow
5 15 (1.63%) Google
5 15 (1.63%) Oracle
6 13 (1.42%) Intapp
7 11 (1.20%) JD Edwards
8 10 (1.09%) Atlassian
9 8 (0.87%) Sparx
10 7 (0.76%) FIS
10 7 (0.76%) SunGard
11 6 (0.65%) Bloomberg
11 6 (0.65%) CQG
11 6 (0.65%) IBM
11 6 (0.65%) ION Trading
11 6 (0.65%) Patsystems
11 6 (0.65%) Reuters
11 6 (0.65%) TOWER Software
11 6 (0.65%) Trayport