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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 188 183
Rank change year-on-year +22 -5 -32
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 944 735 1,360
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.30% 1.67% 1.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.66% 1.79% 1.86%
Number of salaries quoted 731 421 840
10th Percentile £28,250 £43,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £50,967 £44,884
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £97,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -23.81% - -4.55%

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 56,840 41,126 73,167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.06% 93.65% 87.53%
Number of salaries quoted 34,202 22,190 55,823
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.41%
75th Percentile £77,219 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £94,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 10 March 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 March 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 +31 848 £43,250 -27.92% 386
UK excluding London +10 580 £40,000 -23.81% 347
London +28 301 £68,500 -8.67% 103
North of England +65 271 £40,000 -28.89% 79
Work from Home -18 174 £57,500 -8.00% 141
North West +11 116 £40,000 -27.27% 28
Yorkshire +46 113 £40,000 -44.44% 38
Midlands +9 92 £40,000 -23.81% 49
West Midlands +19 71 £40,000 -23.81% 21
South East -33 62 £50,000 -1.90% 97
South West -33 61 £40,000 -26.52% 33
Scotland -19 47 £40,000 -37.01% 25
North East +12 42 £40,000 -33.02% 14
East of England -35 33 £40,000 -21.52% 37
East Midlands -18 22 £40,000 -15.79% 28
Wales +1 14 £52,500 -17.92% 18
Northern Ireland -30 1 - - 11

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 32 (3.39%) Confluence
2 14 (1.48%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.11%) IIS
4 1 (0.11%) Mendix
4 1 (0.11%) SAS
Applications
1 196 (20.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (3.28%) MS Visio
3 26 (2.75%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.74%) Adobe XD
5 7 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.11%) Sketch
6 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.53%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.42%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.11%) Endur
6 1 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.11%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.11%) PeopleSoft HRMS
6 1 (0.11%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.11%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 81 (8.58%) Power Platform
2 58 (6.14%) Azure
3 49 (5.19%) Microsoft 365
4 37 (3.92%) SaaS
5 23 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
5 23 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
6 20 (2.12%) Cloud Computing
7 19 (2.01%) AWS
8 18 (1.91%) PaaS
9 17 (1.80%) Miro
10 16 (1.69%) ChatGPT
11 15 (1.59%) Microsoft Copilot
12 12 (1.27%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 11 (1.17%) Microsoft Purview
14 10 (1.06%) Azure Data Factory
14 10 (1.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 10 (1.06%) Entra ID
14 10 (1.06%) IaaS
14 10 (1.06%) Power Automate
15 8 (0.85%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.42%) Multicast
2 2 (0.21%) LAN
2 2 (0.21%) Network Security
2 2 (0.21%) WAN
3 1 (0.11%) 4G
3 1 (0.11%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.11%) DHCP
3 1 (0.11%) DNS
3 1 (0.11%) Firewall
3 1 (0.11%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.11%) RFID
3 1 (0.11%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.11%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 177 (18.75%) Tableau
2 167 (17.69%) Data Mining
3 62 (6.57%) Power BI
4 20 (2.12%) Big Data
5 13 (1.38%) Metadata
6 10 (1.06%) Relational Database
7 9 (0.95%) Data Lake
7 9 (0.95%) Power Query
8 7 (0.74%) SQL Server
9 6 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (0.64%) Qlik Sense
10 5 (0.53%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.53%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
12 1 (0.11%) GIS
12 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 40 (4.24%) JIRA
2 5 (0.53%) ERwin
3 2 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.11%) Balsamiq
General
1 563 (59.64%) Finance
2 353 (37.39%) Analytical Skills
3 265 (28.07%) Social Skills
4 59 (6.25%) Marketing
5 55 (5.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 49 (5.19%) Banking
7 46 (4.87%) Legal
8 43 (4.56%) Public Sector
9 38 (4.03%) Law
10 29 (3.07%) Documentation Skills
11 21 (2.22%) Financial Institution
12 19 (2.01%) Billing
12 19 (2.01%) Manufacturing
13 17 (1.80%) Retail
14 16 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
15 12 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
15 12 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
16 11 (1.17%) Digital Health
17 8 (0.85%) Back Office
18 6 (0.64%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 674 (71.40%) Analyst
2 476 (50.42%) Business Analyst
3 331 (35.06%) Trainee
4 322 (34.11%) Trainee Analyst
5 167 (17.69%) Data Analyst
6 164 (17.37%) Trainee Business Analyst
7 158 (16.74%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 92 (9.75%) Senior
9 67 (7.10%) Senior Analyst
10 64 (6.78%) Senior Business Analyst
11 37 (3.92%) Lead
12 34 (3.60%) Architect
13 30 (3.18%) Consultant
14 29 (3.07%) Project Manager
15 24 (2.54%) Insurance Business Analyst
16 22 (2.33%) IT Analyst
17 21 (2.22%) Developer
17 21 (2.22%) IT Manager
18 20 (2.12%) Business IT Analyst
18 20 (2.12%) IT Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.27%) XML
2 10 (1.06%) JSON
3 9 (0.95%) FIX Protocol
4 5 (0.53%) EDI
4 5 (0.53%) FpML
4 5 (0.53%) Middleware
4 5 (0.53%) React
4 5 (0.53%) XML Schema
5 4 (0.42%) .NET
5 4 (0.42%) REST
5 4 (0.42%) SOAP
6 3 (0.32%) OpenAPI
6 3 (0.32%) Swagger
7 2 (0.21%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.21%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.21%) Web Services
8 1 (0.11%) ADO
8 1 (0.11%) CSS
8 1 (0.11%) HTML
8 1 (0.11%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 61 (6.46%) Product Ownership
2 33 (3.50%) Management Information System
3 24 (2.54%) Analytical Mindset
4 20 (2.12%) IoT
5 17 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
5 17 (1.80%) Onboarding
6 16 (1.69%) AI Agents
6 16 (1.69%) Fixed Income
6 16 (1.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 15 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (1.48%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 12 (1.27%) Data Structures
10 10 (1.06%) Enterprise Cloud
10 10 (1.06%) Low-Code
10 10 (1.06%) PMI
11 9 (0.95%) Cloud Native
12 8 (0.85%) Derivative
12 8 (0.85%) OTC Derivatives
12 8 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.69%) Windows
2 4 (0.42%) Linux
3 3 (0.32%) Android
3 3 (0.32%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 387 (41.00%) Project Management
2 300 (31.78%) Agile
3 252 (26.69%) Problem-Solving
4 222 (23.52%) Data Analysis
5 217 (22.99%) Analytics
6 203 (21.50%) Change Management
7 179 (18.96%) Data Analytics
8 125 (13.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 120 (12.71%) User Stories
10 112 (11.86%) Requirements Gathering
11 111 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
12 108 (11.44%) Decision-Making
13 98 (10.38%) Process Improvement
14 97 (10.28%) AI
15 93 (9.85%) Continuous Improvement
16 90 (9.53%) Roadmaps
17 85 (9.00%) Business Intelligence
17 85 (9.00%) Workshop Facilitation
18 70 (7.42%) Project Delivery
19 67 (7.10%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 237 (25.11%) SQL
2 188 (19.92%) Python
3 7 (0.74%) C#
4 5 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (0.53%) Java
5 2 (0.21%) R
5 2 (0.21%) X++
6 1 (0.11%) C++
6 1 (0.11%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.11%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.11%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 269 (28.50%) Degree
2 50 (5.30%) Security Cleared
3 36 (3.81%) PMI Certification
4 31 (3.28%) Master's Degree
4 31 (3.28%) SC Cleared
5 28 (2.97%) IIBA
5 28 (2.97%) PMP
6 25 (2.65%) CIMA
7 20 (2.12%) ACCA
7 20 (2.12%) DBS Check
7 20 (2.12%) HND
8 16 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (1.48%) DV Cleared
10 12 (1.27%) CBAP
11 7 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (0.74%) ISEB
12 6 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.53%) CIPD
14 3 (0.32%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 3 (0.32%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (4.24%) QA
2 26 (2.75%) Accessibility
3 22 (2.33%) Data Quality
4 15 (1.59%) MiFID
4 15 (1.59%) PMO
5 12 (1.27%) GDPR
5 12 (1.27%) ISO 20022
5 12 (1.27%) SEPA
6 10 (1.06%) Actionable Recommendations
7 9 (0.95%) TARGET2
8 4 (0.42%) GAAP
9 3 (0.32%) EMIR
10 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.21%) NIST
10 2 (0.21%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.11%) FATCA
11 1 (0.11%) GRC
11 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (1.27%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.11%) Control-M
2 1 (0.11%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 283 (29.98%) Microsoft
2 26 (2.75%) Salesforce
3 17 (1.80%) SAP
4 13 (1.38%) Oracle
5 12 (1.27%) Anaplan
5 12 (1.27%) ServiceNow
6 8 (0.85%) Alteryx
7 7 (0.74%) Adobe
7 7 (0.74%) Atlassian
8 6 (0.64%) Google
8 6 (0.64%) Sparx
9 5 (0.53%) GoldenSource
9 5 (0.53%) ION Trading
10 4 (0.42%) Bloomberg
10 4 (0.42%) CQG
10 4 (0.42%) IBM
10 4 (0.42%) Patsystems
10 4 (0.42%) Reuters
10 4 (0.42%) Trayport
10 4 (0.42%) Workday