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 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 173 184 146
Rank change year-on-year +11 -38 -15
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 849 901 1,113
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.44% 1.62% 2.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.75% 1.81% 2.38%
Number of salaries quoted 649 560 795
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,459 £37,715
25th Percentile £35,000 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,150 £92,500 £93,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £50,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year -21.52% +1.93% -4.76%

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 48,537 49,891 46,757
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.05% 89.96% 91.45%
Number of salaries quoted 28,419 24,819 35,711
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £36,532 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.34%

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 31 December 2025.

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 31 December 2025. 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 +10 775 £50,000 -15.25% 1,107
UK excluding London +13 485 £40,000 -21.52% 1,041
London +32 308 £72,500 - 197
North of England +30 220 £40,000 -11.11% 248
Work from Home +54 204 £62,500 +5.17% 336
North West +32 104 £40,000 -27.27% 130
Yorkshire +57 87 £40,000 -20.00% 99
South East +2 75 £54,500 +6.93% 284
Midlands -7 69 £40,000 -27.27% 190
West Midlands +18 53 £40,000 -27.27% 100
South West +4 48 £40,000 -15.79% 105
Scotland +7 35 £38,750 -8.82% 43
East of England -25 30 £40,000 -21.52% 146
North East -17 29 £40,000 +6.67% 23
East Midlands -31 16 £50,195 -22.78% 81
Wales +8 9 £55,000 +15.79% 29

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 (3.89%) Confluence
2 16 (1.88%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.24%) CMS
3 2 (0.24%) IIS
3 2 (0.24%) SAS
4 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 169 (19.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (3.42%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (3.42%) MS Visio
3 23 (2.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.82%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.12%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (0.59%) Unit4 Business World
2 4 (0.47%) Elite 3E
2 4 (0.47%) Fidessa
2 4 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.35%) Endur
3 3 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.35%) SAP WM
4 2 (0.24%) iTrent
5 1 (0.12%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.12%) Bloomberg AIM
5 1 (0.12%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.12%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.12%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.12%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.12%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 60 (7.07%) Power Platform
2 54 (6.36%) Azure
3 40 (4.71%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (3.18%) Azure DevOps
4 27 (3.18%) SaaS
5 22 (2.59%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 20 (2.36%) Cloud Computing
7 17 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
8 15 (1.77%) AWS
8 15 (1.77%) Miro
8 15 (1.77%) PaaS
9 13 (1.53%) Power Automate
10 11 (1.30%) ChatGPT
11 8 (0.94%) Figma
11 8 (0.94%) IaaS
11 8 (0.94%) Microsoft Copilot
12 7 (0.82%) PowerApps
13 5 (0.59%) Azure Data Factory
13 5 (0.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.47%) Multicast
1 4 (0.47%) Unified Communications
2 3 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.24%) 4G
3 2 (0.24%) FIX Connectivity
3 2 (0.24%) RFID
4 1 (0.12%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.12%) DHCP
4 1 (0.12%) DNS
4 1 (0.12%) Firewall
4 1 (0.12%) Intranet
4 1 (0.12%) Network Security
4 1 (0.12%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (16.49%) Tableau
2 130 (15.31%) Data Mining
3 46 (5.42%) Power BI
4 20 (2.36%) Big Data
5 17 (2.00%) SQL Server
6 8 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (0.82%) Data Lake
8 6 (0.71%) Metadata
9 4 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
9 4 (0.47%) MS Access
9 4 (0.47%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.47%) Qlik Sense
10 3 (0.35%) GIS
10 3 (0.35%) Power Query
10 3 (0.35%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.12%) MySQL
12 1 (0.12%) PostgreSQL
12 1 (0.12%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 49 (5.77%) JIRA
2 4 (0.47%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (0.35%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.12%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.12%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.12%) Git
4 1 (0.12%) GitLab
4 1 (0.12%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.12%) Maven
4 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.12%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 477 (56.18%) Finance
2 295 (34.75%) Analytical Skills
3 282 (33.22%) Social Skills
4 86 (10.13%) Marketing
5 68 (8.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 59 (6.95%) Banking
7 55 (6.48%) Legal
8 41 (4.83%) Public Sector
9 37 (4.36%) Retail
10 27 (3.18%) Law
11 26 (3.06%) Documentation Skills
12 24 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
13 20 (2.36%) Manufacturing
14 15 (1.77%) Billing
14 15 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
15 14 (1.65%) Back Office
15 14 (1.65%) Financial Institution
16 12 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
17 11 (1.30%) Digital Health
18 8 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 544 (64.08%) Analyst
2 389 (45.82%) Business Analyst
3 247 (29.09%) Trainee
4 234 (27.56%) Trainee Analyst
5 136 (16.02%) Data Analyst
6 118 (13.90%) Trainee Business Analyst
7 116 (13.66%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 89 (10.48%) Senior
9 50 (5.89%) Lead
10 49 (5.77%) Senior Analyst
11 45 (5.30%) Senior Business Analyst
12 40 (4.71%) Project Manager
13 39 (4.59%) Architect
14 34 (4.00%) Lead Business Analyst
15 30 (3.53%) IT Manager
16 28 (3.30%) Developer
17 26 (3.06%) IT Project Manager
18 25 (2.94%) Consultant
19 24 (2.83%) Financial Analyst
20 23 (2.71%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (0.71%) .NET
1 6 (0.71%) React
2 5 (0.59%) Web Services
2 5 (0.59%) XML
3 4 (0.47%) FIX Protocol
3 4 (0.47%) Middleware
4 3 (0.35%) REST
5 2 (0.24%) CSS
5 2 (0.24%) EDI
5 2 (0.24%) Gherkin
5 2 (0.24%) HTML
5 2 (0.24%) JSON
5 2 (0.24%) OpenAPI
5 2 (0.24%) RESTful
5 2 (0.24%) Spring
5 2 (0.24%) Spring Boot
5 2 (0.24%) Swagger
6 1 (0.12%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.12%) SOAP
6 1 (0.12%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 65 (7.66%) Product Ownership
2 36 (4.24%) Management Information System
3 22 (2.59%) Analytical Mindset
4 20 (2.36%) IoT
5 17 (2.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 17 (2.00%) Reinsurance
6 16 (1.88%) Onboarding
6 16 (1.88%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 14 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
8 13 (1.53%) Fixed Income
9 12 (1.41%) PMI
10 10 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
11 9 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (0.94%) Digital Media
13 7 (0.82%) AI Agents
13 7 (0.82%) Life Science
13 7 (0.82%) Social Media
13 7 (0.82%) Virtual Team
14 6 (0.71%) Cloud Native
15 5 (0.59%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.53%) Windows
2 4 (0.47%) Linux
3 1 (0.12%) Android
3 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 356 (41.93%) Project Management
2 309 (36.40%) Agile
3 245 (28.86%) Problem-Solving
4 213 (25.09%) Change Management
5 190 (22.38%) Data Analysis
6 158 (18.61%) Analytics
7 139 (16.37%) Data Analytics
8 129 (15.19%) Stakeholder Management
9 126 (14.84%) Process Improvement
10 122 (14.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 115 (13.55%) Requirements Gathering
12 106 (12.49%) Continuous Improvement
13 105 (12.37%) User Stories
14 104 (12.25%) AI
15 102 (12.01%) Roadmaps
16 97 (11.43%) Decision-Making
17 88 (10.37%) Project Delivery
18 81 (9.54%) Workshop Facilitation
19 77 (9.07%) Scrum
20 66 (7.77%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 191 (22.50%) SQL
2 146 (17.20%) Python
3 9 (1.06%) C#
4 5 (0.59%) VBA
5 4 (0.47%) Java
5 4 (0.47%) PL/SQL
6 2 (0.24%) Ada
6 2 (0.24%) C++
6 2 (0.24%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.24%) R
7 1 (0.12%) ABAP
7 1 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.12%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.12%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.12%) VB
Qualifications
1 261 (30.74%) Degree
2 37 (4.36%) Security Cleared
3 34 (4.00%) PMI Certification
4 33 (3.89%) Master's Degree
5 32 (3.77%) DBS Check
6 23 (2.71%) PMP
7 20 (2.36%) HND
8 19 (2.24%) CIMA
8 19 (2.24%) SC Cleared
9 16 (1.88%) IIBA
10 12 (1.41%) ACCA
11 11 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (1.30%) DV Cleared
12 9 (1.06%) CBAP
13 5 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (0.47%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.47%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 3 (0.35%) ISEB
15 3 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
16 2 (0.24%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (5.89%) QA
2 32 (3.77%) Data Quality
3 23 (2.71%) Accessibility
4 15 (1.77%) SEPA
5 12 (1.41%) ISO 20022
6 11 (1.30%) MiFID
6 11 (1.30%) TARGET2
7 9 (1.06%) PMO
8 7 (0.82%) GDPR
9 5 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.35%) EMIR
12 2 (0.24%) COBIT
12 2 (0.24%) GRC
12 2 (0.24%) GxP
12 2 (0.24%) Solvency II
13 1 (0.12%) IFRS
13 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.12%) P3O
13 1 (0.12%) UCITS
System Software
1 6 (0.71%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.12%) Docker
2 1 (0.12%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 4 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.12%) Control-M
2 1 (0.12%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.12%) SCCM
Vendors
1 230 (27.09%) Microsoft
2 39 (4.59%) Salesforce
3 20 (2.36%) SAP
4 14 (1.65%) Oracle
5 10 (1.18%) Anaplan
6 8 (0.94%) Civica
6 8 (0.94%) ServiceNow
7 7 (0.82%) Adobe
7 7 (0.82%) Atlassian
8 6 (0.71%) GoldenSource
8 6 (0.71%) Guidewire
8 6 (0.71%) iManage
8 6 (0.71%) Workday
9 5 (0.59%) Alteryx
9 5 (0.59%) Bloomberg
9 5 (0.59%) ION Trading
10 4 (0.47%) CQG
10 4 (0.47%) Google
10 4 (0.47%) Patsystems
10 4 (0.47%) Reuters