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

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 200 187
Rank change year-on-year +30 -13 -51
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 931 746 1,229
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.37% 1.52% 1.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.73% 1.64% 1.86%
Number of salaries quoted 713 437 855
10th Percentile £28,250 £43,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £50,967 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £93,375 £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 53,894 45,456 65,928
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.39% 92.40% 88.33%
Number of salaries quoted 32,246 22,087 51,057
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,750 £29,440
25th Percentile £38,296 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%

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 18 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Analysis in the UK

Business Analysis
Top 16 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 18 February 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 +42 835 £44,543 -25.76% 358
UK excluding London +36 560 £40,000 -23.81% 347
London +43 304 £70,047 -3.38% 103
North of England +75 256 £40,000 -27.27% 86
Work from Home -9 167 £58,750 -1.14% 92
North West +35 115 £40,000 -27.27% 34
Yorkshire +50 101 £40,000 -44.44% 39
Midlands +13 85 £40,000 -27.27% 49
West Midlands +19 65 £40,000 -23.81% 21
South East +3 65 £50,000 -1.90% 94
South West -1 58 £40,000 -26.52% 35
Scotland +1 49 £40,000 -34.43% 23
North East +25 40 £40,000 -33.02% 14
East of England -26 34 £40,000 -21.52% 38
East Midlands -14 20 £48,750 -25.00% 28
Wales +8 14 £55,000 -7.45% 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 33 (3.54%) Confluence
2 14 (1.50%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.11%) IIS
4 1 (0.11%) Mendix
4 1 (0.11%) SAS
Applications
1 197 (21.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (3.11%) MS Visio
3 27 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
4 19 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.75%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.11%) Sketch
7 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.54%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.11%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.11%) Endur
5 1 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.11%) iTrent
5 1 (0.11%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.11%) PeopleSoft HRMS
5 1 (0.11%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.11%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.11%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.11%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 76 (8.16%) Power Platform
2 55 (5.91%) Azure
3 46 (4.94%) Microsoft 365
4 36 (3.87%) SaaS
5 23 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
5 23 (2.47%) Dynamics 365
6 20 (2.15%) Cloud Computing
7 18 (1.93%) AWS
7 18 (1.93%) PaaS
8 17 (1.83%) Miro
9 16 (1.72%) ChatGPT
10 15 (1.61%) Microsoft Copilot
10 15 (1.61%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 11 (1.18%) Microsoft Purview
12 10 (1.07%) Entra ID
13 9 (0.97%) Azure Data Factory
13 9 (0.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 9 (0.97%) IaaS
14 8 (0.86%) Figma
15 7 (0.75%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.54%) Multicast
2 2 (0.21%) 4G
2 2 (0.21%) FIX Connectivity
2 2 (0.21%) LAN
2 2 (0.21%) Network Security
2 2 (0.21%) WAN
2 2 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.11%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.11%) DHCP
3 1 (0.11%) DNS
3 1 (0.11%) Firewall
3 1 (0.11%) Intranet
3 1 (0.11%) RFID
3 1 (0.11%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.11%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.11%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 174 (18.69%) Tableau
2 165 (17.72%) Data Mining
3 58 (6.23%) Power BI
4 20 (2.15%) Big Data
5 9 (0.97%) Data Lake
6 8 (0.86%) Metadata
6 8 (0.86%) SQL Server
7 7 (0.75%) Power Query
8 6 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.64%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.54%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.43%) Qlik Sense
11 3 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.32%) GIS
11 3 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.21%) RDBMS
13 1 (0.11%) BusinessObjects
13 1 (0.11%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 39 (4.19%) JIRA
2 2 (0.21%) ERwin
2 2 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.11%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.11%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.11%) Git
3 1 (0.11%) GitLab
3 1 (0.11%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.11%) Maven
3 1 (0.11%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 548 (58.86%) Finance
2 344 (36.95%) Analytical Skills
3 273 (29.32%) Social Skills
4 70 (7.52%) Marketing
5 58 (6.23%) Banking
6 54 (5.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 49 (5.26%) Legal
8 41 (4.40%) Public Sector
9 31 (3.33%) Law
10 27 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
11 23 (2.47%) Retail
12 21 (2.26%) Billing
12 21 (2.26%) Financial Institution
13 19 (2.04%) Manufacturing
13 19 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
14 13 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (1.18%) Back Office
15 11 (1.18%) Digital Health
16 8 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 648 (69.60%) Analyst
2 460 (49.41%) Business Analyst
3 322 (34.59%) Trainee
4 309 (33.19%) Trainee Analyst
5 165 (17.72%) Data Analyst
6 157 (16.86%) Trainee Business Analyst
7 152 (16.33%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 91 (9.77%) Senior
9 59 (6.34%) Senior Analyst
10 57 (6.12%) Senior Business Analyst
11 41 (4.40%) Architect
12 33 (3.54%) Lead
13 28 (3.01%) Consultant
13 28 (3.01%) Project Manager
14 23 (2.47%) Developer
14 23 (2.47%) Insurance Business Analyst
15 21 (2.26%) Lead Business Analyst
15 21 (2.26%) Product Manager
16 20 (2.15%) IT Manager
16 20 (2.15%) Lecturer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (0.97%) XML
2 7 (0.75%) FIX Protocol
2 7 (0.75%) JSON
2 7 (0.75%) Middleware
3 6 (0.64%) React
4 5 (0.54%) EDI
5 4 (0.43%) .NET
5 4 (0.43%) REST
5 4 (0.43%) SOAP
6 3 (0.32%) OpenAPI
6 3 (0.32%) Swagger
6 3 (0.32%) Web Services
7 2 (0.21%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.21%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.21%) CSS
7 2 (0.21%) FpML
7 2 (0.21%) HTML
7 2 (0.21%) XML Schema
8 1 (0.11%) ADO
8 1 (0.11%) Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 66 (7.09%) Product Ownership
2 32 (3.44%) Management Information System
3 20 (2.15%) Analytical Mindset
3 20 (2.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 20 (2.15%) IoT
4 19 (2.04%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 17 (1.83%) Fixed Income
5 17 (1.83%) Onboarding
6 16 (1.72%) AI Agents
7 15 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (1.18%) PMI
10 10 (1.07%) Enterprise Cloud
11 8 (0.86%) Life Science
11 8 (0.86%) Low-Code
12 7 (0.75%) Cloud Native
12 7 (0.75%) Data Structures
12 7 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (0.64%) OTC Derivatives
13 6 (0.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.72%) Windows
2 5 (0.54%) Linux
3 3 (0.32%) Android
3 3 (0.32%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 384 (41.25%) Project Management
2 303 (32.55%) Agile
3 256 (27.50%) Problem-Solving
4 220 (23.63%) Data Analysis
5 214 (22.99%) Change Management
6 206 (22.13%) Analytics
7 173 (18.58%) Data Analytics
8 123 (13.21%) Requirements Gathering
9 122 (13.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 115 (12.35%) Stakeholder Management
11 109 (11.71%) Decision-Making
11 109 (11.71%) User Stories
12 107 (11.49%) AI
13 103 (11.06%) Process Improvement
14 99 (10.63%) Roadmaps
15 95 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
16 87 (9.34%) Workshop Facilitation
17 80 (8.59%) Business Intelligence
18 75 (8.06%) Project Delivery
19 73 (7.84%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 231 (24.81%) SQL
2 183 (19.66%) Python
3 7 (0.75%) C#
4 6 (0.64%) Java
5 5 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.21%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.21%) R
6 2 (0.21%) X++
7 1 (0.11%) C++
7 1 (0.11%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.11%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 269 (28.89%) Degree
2 46 (4.94%) Security Cleared
3 37 (3.97%) PMI Certification
4 31 (3.33%) Master's Degree
5 27 (2.90%) PMP
6 26 (2.79%) IIBA
6 26 (2.79%) SC Cleared
7 20 (2.15%) CIMA
7 20 (2.15%) DBS Check
7 20 (2.15%) HND
8 15 (1.61%) ACCA
8 15 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (1.50%) DV Cleared
10 11 (1.18%) CBAP
11 8 (0.86%) ISEB
12 7 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (0.64%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 3 (0.32%) AWS Certification
14 3 (0.32%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (4.51%) QA
2 24 (2.58%) Accessibility
3 23 (2.47%) Data Quality
4 17 (1.83%) SEPA
5 15 (1.61%) GDPR
5 15 (1.61%) ISO 20022
6 13 (1.40%) MiFID
6 13 (1.40%) TARGET2
7 10 (1.07%) Actionable Recommendations
8 8 (0.86%) PMO
9 3 (0.32%) EMIR
9 3 (0.32%) GRC
9 3 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.21%) GxP
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%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.11%) P3O
System Software
1 10 (1.07%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (0.75%) 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
1 274 (29.43%) Microsoft
2 28 (3.01%) Salesforce
3 17 (1.83%) SAP
4 14 (1.50%) Anaplan
5 12 (1.29%) Oracle
5 12 (1.29%) ServiceNow
6 8 (0.86%) Alteryx
7 7 (0.75%) Adobe
8 6 (0.64%) Atlassian
8 6 (0.64%) Google
8 6 (0.64%) ION Trading
9 5 (0.54%) Bloomberg
9 5 (0.54%) CQG
9 5 (0.54%) GoldenSource
9 5 (0.54%) Patsystems
9 5 (0.54%) Reuters
9 5 (0.54%) Trayport
9 5 (0.54%) Workday
10 4 (0.43%) Guidewire
10 4 (0.43%) HubSpot