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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 187 193
Rank change year-on-year +15 +6 -39
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 957 702 1,344
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.26% 1.66% 1.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.62% 1.78% 1.80%
Number of salaries quoted 746 402 825
10th Percentile £28,250 £43,138 £36,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £50,967 £44,536
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.17% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £94,875 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -23.08% -0.95% -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 58,981 39,507 74,640
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.68% 93.49% 87.04%
Number of salaries quoted 35,808 22,230 56,250
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,750 £29,079
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,887 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,410 £93,750
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 21 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 21 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 +20 854 £45,497 -24.17% 424
UK excluding London +12 582 £40,000 -23.08% 379
London +27 310 £68,500 -8.67% 136
North of England +52 265 £40,000 -30.43% 95
Work from Home -27 184 £60,000 -7.16% 116
North West +10 115 £40,000 -27.27% 33
Yorkshire +46 109 £40,000 -44.44% 48
Midlands +10 90 £40,000 -23.81% 61
West Midlands +19 71 £40,000 -23.81% 35
South East -34 66 £48,885 -4.09% 99
South West -30 60 £40,000 -18.19% 35
Scotland -15 47 £40,000 -33.33% 17
North East +10 41 £40,000 -33.02% 15
East of England -43 37 £41,750 -18.08% 43
East Midlands -36 20 £40,000 -15.79% 26
Wales -13 15 £45,000 -29.65% 22
Northern Ireland -32 3 £40,000 -38.19% 13

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 (3.34%) Confluence
2 13 (1.36%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.10%) IIS
4 1 (0.10%) Mendix
4 1 (0.10%) SAS
Applications
1 200 (20.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (3.45%) MS Visio
3 26 (2.72%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (1.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.73%) Adobe XD
5 7 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.10%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.10%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.63%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.42%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.10%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.10%) Endur
6 1 (0.10%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.10%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.10%) PeopleSoft HRMS
6 1 (0.10%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.10%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.10%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 81 (8.46%) Power Platform
2 56 (5.85%) Azure
3 49 (5.12%) Microsoft 365
4 35 (3.66%) SaaS
5 25 (2.61%) Dynamics 365
6 21 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (2.09%) AWS
7 20 (2.09%) Cloud Computing
8 18 (1.88%) Miro
8 18 (1.88%) PaaS
9 16 (1.67%) ChatGPT
10 15 (1.57%) Microsoft Copilot
11 11 (1.15%) Microsoft Purview
11 11 (1.15%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 10 (1.04%) Azure Data Factory
12 10 (1.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 10 (1.04%) Entra ID
12 10 (1.04%) IaaS
12 10 (1.04%) Power Automate
13 8 (0.84%) 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 (0.10%) 4G
3 1 (0.10%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.10%) DHCP
3 1 (0.10%) DNS
3 1 (0.10%) Firewall
3 1 (0.10%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.10%) RFID
3 1 (0.10%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.10%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.10%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 180 (18.81%) Tableau
2 171 (17.87%) Data Mining
3 61 (6.37%) Power BI
4 20 (2.09%) Big Data
5 12 (1.25%) Metadata
6 10 (1.04%) Relational Database
7 9 (0.94%) Data Lake
7 9 (0.94%) Power Query
8 6 (0.63%) Qlik Sense
8 6 (0.63%) RDBMS
8 6 (0.63%) SQL Server
9 5 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.52%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.21%) GIS
12 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 42 (4.39%) JIRA
2 6 (0.63%) ERwin
3 1 (0.10%) Balsamiq
General
1 566 (59.14%) Finance
2 364 (38.04%) Analytical Skills
3 276 (28.84%) Social Skills
4 63 (6.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 58 (6.06%) Marketing
6 47 (4.91%) Legal
7 46 (4.81%) Public Sector
8 45 (4.70%) Banking
9 43 (4.49%) Law
10 27 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
11 20 (2.09%) Financial Institution
12 19 (1.99%) Manufacturing
13 17 (1.78%) Billing
13 17 (1.78%) Retail
14 16 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
15 15 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
16 12 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
17 11 (1.15%) Digital Health
18 9 (0.94%) Back Office
19 7 (0.73%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 689 (72.00%) Analyst
2 488 (50.99%) Business Analyst
3 327 (34.17%) Trainee
4 318 (33.23%) Trainee Analyst
5 172 (17.97%) Data Analyst
6 162 (16.93%) Trainee Data Analyst
7 156 (16.30%) Trainee Business Analyst
8 97 (10.14%) Senior
9 74 (7.73%) Senior Analyst
10 71 (7.42%) Senior Business Analyst
11 37 (3.87%) Lead
12 32 (3.34%) Consultant
13 29 (3.03%) Insurance Business Analyst
13 29 (3.03%) Project Manager
14 28 (2.93%) Architect
15 20 (2.09%) Developer
15 20 (2.09%) IT Manager
15 20 (2.09%) Lecturer
15 20 (2.09%) Technical Analyst
15 20 (2.09%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.36%) XML
2 11 (1.15%) JSON
3 10 (1.04%) FIX Protocol
4 7 (0.73%) FpML
5 6 (0.63%) XML Schema
6 5 (0.52%) EDI
6 5 (0.52%) Middleware
6 5 (0.52%) React
7 4 (0.42%) .NET
7 4 (0.42%) REST
7 4 (0.42%) SOAP
8 3 (0.31%) OpenAPI
8 3 (0.31%) Swagger
9 2 (0.21%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.21%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.21%) Web Services
10 1 (0.10%) ADO
10 1 (0.10%) Oracle Fusion
10 1 (0.10%) PySpark
10 1 (0.10%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 66 (6.90%) Product Ownership
2 33 (3.45%) Management Information System
3 25 (2.61%) Analytical Mindset
4 23 (2.40%) IoT
5 21 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
6 16 (1.67%) AI Agents
6 16 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
6 16 (1.67%) Fixed Income
6 16 (1.67%) Onboarding
7 14 (1.46%) Data Structures
8 13 (1.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 10 (1.04%) Cloud Native
9 10 (1.04%) Enterprise Cloud
9 10 (1.04%) Low-Code
9 10 (1.04%) PMI
9 10 (1.04%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 9 (0.94%) Derivative
10 9 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (0.84%) Life Science
11 8 (0.84%) OTC Derivatives
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.67%) Windows
2 4 (0.42%) Linux
3 3 (0.31%) Android
3 3 (0.31%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.10%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 382 (39.92%) Project Management
2 308 (32.18%) Agile
3 245 (25.60%) Problem-Solving
4 225 (23.51%) Data Analysis
5 223 (23.30%) Analytics
6 190 (19.85%) Change Management
7 183 (19.12%) Data Analytics
8 128 (13.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 127 (13.27%) User Stories
10 123 (12.85%) Requirements Gathering
11 117 (12.23%) Stakeholder Management
12 105 (10.97%) Decision-Making
13 96 (10.03%) AI
14 94 (9.82%) Process Improvement
15 92 (9.61%) Workshop Facilitation
16 91 (9.51%) Roadmaps
17 89 (9.30%) Continuous Improvement
18 85 (8.88%) Business Intelligence
19 73 (7.63%) Project Delivery
20 71 (7.42%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 245 (25.60%) SQL
2 192 (20.06%) Python
3 6 (0.63%) C#
4 5 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (0.52%) Java
5 2 (0.21%) R
5 2 (0.21%) X++
6 1 (0.10%) C++
6 1 (0.10%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.10%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.10%) VBA
Qualifications
1 261 (27.27%) Degree
2 52 (5.43%) Security Cleared
3 36 (3.76%) PMI Certification
4 33 (3.45%) SC Cleared
5 31 (3.24%) Master's Degree
6 29 (3.03%) IIBA
7 28 (2.93%) PMP
8 26 (2.72%) CIMA
9 21 (2.19%) ACCA
10 20 (2.09%) HND
11 19 (1.99%) DBS Check
12 17 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
13 14 (1.46%) DV Cleared
14 12 (1.25%) CBAP
15 8 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
16 7 (0.73%) ISEB
17 6 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
18 5 (0.52%) CIPD
19 3 (0.31%) AWS Certification
19 3 (0.31%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (3.97%) QA
2 26 (2.72%) Accessibility
3 23 (2.40%) Data Quality
4 16 (1.67%) PMO
5 15 (1.57%) MiFID
6 13 (1.36%) GDPR
7 10 (1.04%) Actionable Recommendations
7 10 (1.04%) ISO 20022
8 8 (0.84%) SEPA
9 6 (0.63%) TARGET2
10 5 (0.52%) GAAP
11 3 (0.31%) EMIR
12 2 (0.21%) GRC
12 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 2 (0.21%) NIST
12 2 (0.21%) Solvency II
13 1 (0.10%) FATCA
13 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.10%) P3O
13 1 (0.10%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (1.36%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.10%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.10%) Control-M
2 1 (0.10%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.10%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.10%) Terraform
Vendors
1 289 (30.20%) Microsoft
2 25 (2.61%) Salesforce
3 18 (1.88%) SAP
4 13 (1.36%) ServiceNow
5 12 (1.25%) Anaplan
6 11 (1.15%) Oracle
7 8 (0.84%) Alteryx
7 8 (0.84%) Google
8 7 (0.73%) Adobe
8 7 (0.73%) Atlassian
8 7 (0.73%) Sparx
9 6 (0.63%) Guidewire
10 5 (0.52%) GoldenSource
10 5 (0.52%) IBM
10 5 (0.52%) Intapp
10 5 (0.52%) ION Trading
11 4 (0.42%) Bloomberg
11 4 (0.42%) Patsystems
11 4 (0.42%) Reuters
11 4 (0.42%) Trayport