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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 220 219 208
Rank change year-on-year -1 -11 -77
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 1,002 700 957
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.85% 1.41% 1.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.16% 1.59% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 700 534 564
10th Percentile £39,818 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,875 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year - +2.04% -2.00%

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 86,526 44,119 60,045
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.14% 89.04% 81.91%
Number of salaries quoted 59,327 24,381 32,429
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
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 6 October 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 6 October 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 0 898 £55,000 -12.00% 1,362
UK excluding London -3 554 £50,000 - 855
Work from Home +47 383 £54,000 -13.60% 576
London -40 364 £70,000 -6.67% 675
North of England -3 180 £50,000 -6.35% 219
South East -5 115 £55,000 -4.35% 222
Midlands -18 92 £50,000 -9.09% 141
Yorkshire +12 76 £52,500 +31.25% 78
North West -30 74 £50,000 -16.67% 109
South West -35 74 £44,551 +4.21% 69
West Midlands -13 68 £53,000 -3.64% 92
East of England +4 52 £46,661 +6.65% 69
North East -42 30 £43,999 +10.00% 32
East Midlands -16 24 £48,000 -18.64% 49
Scotland -7 20 £48,500 +21.25% 71
Wales -54 18 £52,500 -0.21% 30
Northern Ireland -90 7 - - 40

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 70 (6.99%) Confluence
2 33 (3.29%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.50%) ColdFusion
4 4 (0.40%) CMS
5 2 (0.20%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.20%) WordPress
6 1 (0.100%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.100%) Appian
6 1 (0.100%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 75 (7.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 67 (6.69%) Microsoft Office
3 65 (6.49%) MS Visio
4 34 (3.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 19 (1.90%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.70%) Moqups
7 6 (0.60%) Trello
8 3 (0.30%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.20%) InDesign
9 2 (0.20%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 20 (2.00%) NetSuite
2 14 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (0.90%) Fidessa
5 4 (0.40%) Magento
5 4 (0.40%) Shopify
6 3 (0.30%) Exchequer
6 3 (0.30%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 3 (0.30%) Sage 50
6 3 (0.30%) Sage X3
6 3 (0.30%) SAP Business One
6 3 (0.30%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.30%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.20%) iTrent
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.20%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.20%) SAP PSCD
8 1 (0.100%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 121 (12.08%) Power Platform
2 116 (11.58%) Azure
3 62 (6.19%) Azure DevOps
4 48 (4.79%) Microsoft 365
5 43 (4.29%) AWS
5 43 (4.29%) SaaS
6 38 (3.79%) Dynamics 365
7 31 (3.09%) Power Automate
8 26 (2.59%) Microsoft Copilot
9 25 (2.50%) Lucidchart
10 17 (1.70%) Anthropic Claude
11 13 (1.30%) Zapier
12 12 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
13 11 (1.10%) PowerApps
14 10 (1.00%) Copilot Studio
14 10 (1.00%) Figma
14 10 (1.00%) GCP
15 8 (0.80%) Boomi
15 8 (0.80%) iPaaS
15 8 (0.80%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.90%) Multicast
2 7 (0.70%) FIX Connectivity
3 4 (0.40%) Internet
4 1 (0.100%) DSL
4 1 (0.100%) Intranet
4 1 (0.100%) LAN
4 1 (0.100%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.100%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (10.48%) Power BI
2 26 (2.59%) Relational Database
3 20 (2.00%) Tableau
4 17 (1.70%) SQL Server
5 15 (1.50%) Metadata
6 9 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.60%) DTS
9 3 (0.30%) Amazon Athena
9 3 (0.30%) Crystal Reports
9 3 (0.30%) DynamoDB
9 3 (0.30%) MySQL
9 3 (0.30%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.30%) Spotfire
9 3 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.20%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.20%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.20%) Looker
10 2 (0.20%) SAP BW
10 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 135 (13.47%) JIRA
2 8 (0.80%) Claude Code
2 8 (0.80%) Cypress.io
2 8 (0.80%) Selenium
3 7 (0.70%) Postman
4 3 (0.30%) Artifactory
4 3 (0.30%) Git
4 3 (0.30%) GitLab
4 3 (0.30%) Hudson
4 3 (0.30%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.20%) Balsamiq
5 2 (0.20%) LSMW
6 1 (0.100%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.100%) JIRA Agile
General
1 411 (41.02%) Social Skills
2 369 (36.83%) Finance
3 316 (31.54%) Analytical Skills
4 137 (13.67%) Public Sector
5 99 (9.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 73 (7.29%) Law
7 62 (6.19%) Documentation Skills
8 58 (5.79%) Organisational Skills
9 57 (5.69%) Legal
10 52 (5.19%) Influencing Skills
11 49 (4.89%) Presentation Skills
12 40 (3.99%) Manufacturing
12 40 (3.99%) Retail
13 30 (2.99%) Banking
14 27 (2.69%) Marketing
15 25 (2.50%) Local Government
16 22 (2.20%) Legal Technology
17 20 (2.00%) Aerospace
18 16 (1.60%) Front Office
19 14 (1.40%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 607 (60.58%) Analyst
2 512 (51.10%) Business Analyst
3 174 (17.37%) Senior
4 130 (12.97%) Senior Analyst
5 121 (12.08%) Senior Business Analyst
6 64 (6.39%) Lead
7 57 (5.69%) Consultant
8 45 (4.49%) Technical Analyst
9 43 (4.29%) Technical Business Analyst
10 36 (3.59%) Business Manager
11 34 (3.39%) Project Manager
12 30 (2.99%) Applications Support
12 30 (2.99%) Lead Business Analyst
13 29 (2.89%) Product Manager
14 28 (2.79%) Data Analyst
15 26 (2.59%) Systems Analyst
16 25 (2.50%) Business IT Analyst
16 25 (2.50%) IT Analyst
17 24 (2.40%) IT Business Analyst
18 23 (2.30%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (1.90%) FIX Protocol
1 19 (1.90%) REST
2 17 (1.70%) .NET
3 12 (1.20%) Playwright
4 11 (1.10%) Gherkin
5 10 (1.00%) SOAP
6 8 (0.80%) XML
7 6 (0.60%) LangChain
8 5 (0.50%) CrewAI
8 5 (0.50%) LlamaIndex
9 4 (0.40%) Lightning Web Components
9 4 (0.40%) Middleware
9 4 (0.40%) Oracle Fusion
9 4 (0.40%) Terraform
10 3 (0.30%) .NET Core
10 3 (0.30%) EDI
10 3 (0.30%) Elastic Stack
10 3 (0.30%) JSON
10 3 (0.30%) PySpark
10 3 (0.30%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 117 (11.68%) Product Ownership
2 57 (5.69%) Management Information System
3 26 (2.59%) Low-Code
4 24 (2.40%) Onboarding
5 23 (2.30%) AI Agents
6 22 (2.20%) Data Structures
7 20 (2.00%) Derivative
8 19 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
9 18 (1.80%) Fixed Income
9 18 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (1.30%) Blog
10 13 (1.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 13 (1.30%) PMI
11 11 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
11 11 (1.10%) NHS
12 10 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
13 9 (0.90%) Distributed Architecture
13 9 (0.90%) Distributed Computing
13 9 (0.90%) Equities
13 9 (0.90%) Eurex
Operating Systems
1 26 (2.59%) Linux
2 19 (1.90%) Windows
3 3 (0.30%) Unix
3 3 (0.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 444 (44.31%) Agile
2 327 (32.63%) Stakeholder Management
3 317 (31.64%) Problem-Solving
4 300 (29.94%) Requirements Gathering
5 242 (24.15%) Workshop Facilitation
6 227 (22.65%) User Stories
7 216 (21.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 212 (21.16%) Process Improvement
9 208 (20.76%) AI
10 205 (20.46%) Continuous Improvement
11 163 (16.27%) Decision-Making
12 162 (16.17%) Project Management
13 155 (15.47%) Project Delivery
14 135 (13.47%) Scrum
15 127 (12.67%) Acceptance Criteria
16 126 (12.57%) Business Intelligence
17 124 (12.38%) User Acceptance Testing
18 118 (11.78%) Coaching
19 111 (11.08%) Change Management
20 103 (10.28%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 155 (15.47%) SQL
2 45 (4.49%) Python
3 25 (2.50%) JavaScript
4 23 (2.30%) Java
5 21 (2.10%) C++
6 16 (1.60%) C#
7 9 (0.90%) TypeScript
8 6 (0.60%) T-SQL
9 5 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.40%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.30%) Bash
11 3 (0.30%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.20%) Ada
13 1 (0.100%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.100%) R
13 1 (0.100%) RPG
13 1 (0.100%) SOQL
13 1 (0.100%) SOSL
13 1 (0.100%) VBA
Qualifications
1 170 (16.97%) Degree
2 106 (10.58%) Security Cleared
3 83 (8.28%) SC Cleared
4 30 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (2.69%) ACCA
6 26 (2.59%) CIMA
6 26 (2.59%) IIBA
7 24 (2.40%) PMI Certification
8 17 (1.70%) CBAP
9 15 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
10 14 (1.40%) PMP
11 13 (1.30%) DV Cleared
12 12 (1.20%) DBS Check
13 8 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (0.60%) CFA
14 6 (0.60%) ISEB
15 5 (0.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 4 (0.40%) Master's Degree
16 4 (0.40%) Postgraduate
16 4 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (6.39%) QA
2 57 (5.69%) Data Quality
3 24 (2.40%) PMO
4 17 (1.70%) GDPR
5 15 (1.50%) Accessibility
6 14 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (0.90%) GAAP
8 4 (0.40%) COBIT
8 4 (0.40%) NIST
9 3 (0.30%) GRC
9 3 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 3 (0.30%) NCSC
10 2 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.20%) Good Clinical Practice
10 2 (0.20%) ISO 13485
10 2 (0.20%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.20%) SOC 3
11 1 (0.100%) GxP
11 1 (0.100%) IFRS
11 1 (0.100%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (0.30%) Docker
2 1 (0.100%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.100%) IAG
Systems Management
1 4 (0.40%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.30%) Grafana
2 3 (0.30%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.100%) Kibana
4 1 (0.100%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 174 (17.37%) Microsoft
2 39 (3.89%) Salesforce
2 39 (3.89%) SAP
3 24 (2.40%) Oracle
4 22 (2.20%) ServiceNow
5 20 (2.00%) YouTube
6 18 (1.80%) Google
7 15 (1.50%) JD Edwards
8 14 (1.40%) Workday
9 10 (1.00%) Intapp
10 9 (0.90%) Bloomberg
10 9 (0.90%) CQG
10 9 (0.90%) FIS
10 9 (0.90%) ION Trading
10 9 (0.90%) Patsystems
10 9 (0.90%) Reuters
10 9 (0.90%) Sage
10 9 (0.90%) SunGard
10 9 (0.90%) Trayport
11 8 (0.80%) RedGate