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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 229 200
Rank change year-on-year +14 -29 -49
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 956 689 1,191
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.94% 1.40% 1.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 1.56% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 758 458 660
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,994 £35,105
25th Percentile £42,500 £52,500 £41,504
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,375 £106,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +18.56% -3.77%

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 74,833 44,225 71,828
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.64% 89.70% 81.44%
Number of salaries quoted 51,638 25,059 48,434
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.66%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +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 28 July 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 28 July 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 +27 865 £55,000 -17.46% 421
UK excluding London +13 537 £50,000 -13.04% 370
London -8 351 £70,000 -12.50% 140
Work from Home +9 322 £57,500 -17.86% 153
North of England +76 219 £48,250 -19.58% 102
Yorkshire +56 106 £52,500 -10.32% 45
Midlands -3 89 £52,500 -4.55% 65
South East -2 84 £52,500 -12.50% 106
North West +9 78 £46,961 -21.73% 40
West Midlands +9 70 £52,500 -4.55% 45
South West -56 62 £50,000 -0.50% 36
East of England -1 42 £43,100 -17.12% 38
North East -13 35 £41,500 +5.73% 17
Scotland +3 29 £40,000 -30.13% 13
East Midlands -14 19 £48,000 -25.58% 20
Wales -56 8 £60,000 +14.05% 10
Northern Ireland -73 5 £40,000 -40.74% 9

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 42 (4.39%) Confluence
2 26 (2.72%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.52%) ColdFusion
4 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.21%) CMS
5 2 (0.21%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.21%) WordPress
6 1 (0.10%) Appian
6 1 (0.10%) Mendix
Applications
1 106 (11.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (5.23%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (4.18%) MS Visio
4 22 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (1.57%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.63%) Trello
7 3 (0.31%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.21%) Moqups
9 1 (0.10%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 27 (2.82%) NetSuite
2 10 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.73%) Fidessa
4 5 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.31%) Exchequer
5 3 (0.31%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 3 (0.31%) Sage 50
5 3 (0.31%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.31%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.21%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.21%) Magento
6 2 (0.21%) Sage X3
6 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.21%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.21%) SAP PSCD
6 2 (0.21%) Shopify
7 1 (0.10%) SAP BRIM
7 1 (0.10%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 95 (9.94%) Power Platform
2 75 (7.85%) Azure
3 44 (4.60%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (4.08%) SaaS
5 33 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (2.82%) AWS
7 26 (2.72%) Power Automate
8 24 (2.51%) Dynamics 365
9 20 (2.09%) Microsoft Copilot
10 16 (1.67%) Lucidchart
10 16 (1.67%) PowerApps
11 12 (1.26%) Copilot Studio
12 10 (1.05%) GCP
13 8 (0.84%) Google Drive
13 8 (0.84%) Microsoft Purview
13 8 (0.84%) OneDrive
14 7 (0.73%) iPaaS
14 7 (0.73%) Zapier
15 6 (0.63%) Anthropic Claude
16 5 (0.52%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.73%) Multicast
2 5 (0.52%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.10%) DSL
3 1 (0.10%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (8.16%) Power BI
2 67 (7.01%) Tableau
3 57 (5.96%) Data Mining
4 20 (2.09%) Relational Database
5 14 (1.46%) Metadata
5 14 (1.46%) SQL Server
6 8 (0.84%) RDBMS
7 6 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (0.63%) DTS
7 6 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (0.42%) Power Query
9 2 (0.21%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (0.21%) GIS
9 2 (0.21%) MySQL
9 2 (0.21%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.21%) Qlik Sense
9 2 (0.21%) SAP BW
9 2 (0.21%) Spotfire
9 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.10%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 88 (9.21%) JIRA
2 7 (0.73%) ERwin
3 2 (0.21%) Claude Code
3 2 (0.21%) Cypress.io
3 2 (0.21%) Hudson
3 2 (0.21%) LSMW
3 2 (0.21%) Postman
3 2 (0.21%) Selenium
4 1 (0.10%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.10%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.10%) Git
4 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 414 (43.31%) Finance
2 335 (35.04%) Social Skills
3 323 (33.79%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (9.41%) Public Sector
5 79 (8.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 77 (8.05%) Law
7 50 (5.23%) Legal
8 45 (4.71%) Presentation Skills
9 38 (3.97%) Documentation Skills
10 34 (3.56%) Influencing Skills
11 32 (3.35%) Organisational Skills
12 30 (3.14%) Manufacturing
13 27 (2.82%) Retail
14 24 (2.51%) Banking
15 19 (1.99%) Legal Technology
15 19 (1.99%) Marketing
16 17 (1.78%) Spanish Language
17 15 (1.57%) Financial Institution
18 14 (1.46%) Local Government
19 13 (1.36%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 640 (66.95%) Analyst
2 510 (53.35%) Business Analyst
3 153 (16.00%) Senior
4 127 (13.28%) Senior Analyst
5 118 (12.34%) Senior Business Analyst
6 106 (11.09%) Trainee
6 106 (11.09%) Trainee Analyst
7 73 (7.64%) Data Analyst
8 57 (5.96%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 52 (5.44%) Lead
10 49 (5.13%) Trainee Business Analyst
11 42 (4.39%) Consultant
12 38 (3.97%) Project Manager
13 28 (2.93%) Business Manager
14 27 (2.82%) Systems Analyst
14 27 (2.82%) Technical Analyst
15 26 (2.72%) Technical Business Analyst
16 25 (2.62%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
17 24 (2.51%) Insurance Business Analyst
17 24 (2.51%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (2.41%) FIX Protocol
2 12 (1.26%) JSON
2 12 (1.26%) XML
3 10 (1.05%) REST
4 9 (0.94%) .NET
4 9 (0.94%) FpML
5 8 (0.84%) Gherkin
6 7 (0.73%) SOAP
6 7 (0.73%) XML Schema
7 6 (0.63%) EDI
8 3 (0.31%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.31%) Lightning Web Components
8 3 (0.31%) Middleware
8 3 (0.31%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (0.31%) WinForms
9 2 (0.21%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.21%) CrewAI
9 2 (0.21%) LangChain
9 2 (0.21%) LlamaIndex
9 2 (0.21%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 96 (10.04%) Product Ownership
2 48 (5.02%) Management Information System
3 29 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
4 28 (2.93%) Data Structures
5 19 (1.99%) Derivative
6 18 (1.88%) Fixed Income
7 17 (1.78%) Low-Code
8 14 (1.46%) AI Agents
8 14 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (1.36%) IoT
10 12 (1.26%) Blog
10 12 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
10 12 (1.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 12 (1.26%) Onboarding
11 10 (1.05%) PropTech
12 9 (0.94%) Cloud Native
13 8 (0.84%) e-Learning
13 8 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
14 7 (0.73%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 21 (2.20%) Linux
2 20 (2.09%) Windows
3 3 (0.31%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.21%) Android
4 2 (0.21%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 354 (37.03%) Agile
2 228 (23.85%) Problem-Solving
3 220 (23.01%) Requirements Gathering
4 208 (21.76%) Project Management
5 197 (20.61%) Stakeholder Management
6 189 (19.77%) User Stories
7 185 (19.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 162 (16.95%) Workshop Facilitation
9 156 (16.32%) Continuous Improvement
10 150 (15.69%) Process Improvement
11 135 (14.12%) Decision-Making
12 122 (12.76%) AI
12 122 (12.76%) Analytics
13 120 (12.55%) Project Delivery
14 114 (11.92%) Data Analysis
15 98 (10.25%) Scrum
16 95 (9.94%) Acceptance Criteria
17 94 (9.83%) Business Intelligence
17 94 (9.83%) User Acceptance Testing
18 89 (9.31%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 172 (17.99%) SQL
2 87 (9.10%) Python
3 14 (1.46%) C++
4 12 (1.26%) JavaScript
5 11 (1.15%) C#
6 7 (0.73%) Java
7 5 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 5 (0.52%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.42%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.31%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.21%) Ada
11 1 (0.10%) R
11 1 (0.10%) RPG
11 1 (0.10%) SOQL
11 1 (0.10%) SOSL
11 1 (0.10%) VBA
11 1 (0.10%) X++
Qualifications
1 141 (14.75%) Degree
2 77 (8.05%) Security Cleared
3 65 (6.80%) SC Cleared
4 36 (3.77%) ACCA
5 34 (3.56%) CIMA
6 28 (2.93%) Computer Science Degree
7 26 (2.72%) PMI Certification
8 23 (2.41%) PMP
9 21 (2.20%) IIBA
10 15 (1.57%) CBAP
11 13 (1.36%) DBS Check
12 10 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (0.63%) ISEB
14 5 (0.52%) CIPD
14 5 (0.52%) DV Cleared
14 5 (0.52%) Master's Degree
14 5 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (0.42%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 3 (0.31%) CFA
16 3 (0.31%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (3.45%) Data Quality
2 31 (3.24%) QA
3 29 (3.03%) PMO
4 18 (1.88%) GDPR
5 17 (1.78%) GAAP
6 14 (1.46%) Accessibility
7 7 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (0.63%) MiFID
9 4 (0.42%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.31%) GRC
11 2 (0.21%) COBIT
11 2 (0.21%) SEPA
11 2 (0.21%) SLA
11 2 (0.21%) TARGET2
12 1 (0.10%) COSO
12 1 (0.10%) IFRS
12 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 1 (0.10%) NCSC
12 1 (0.10%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (0.73%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.10%) IAG
Systems Management
1 4 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.21%) Terraform
3 1 (0.10%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.10%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 191 (19.98%) Microsoft
2 40 (4.18%) Salesforce
3 28 (2.93%) SAP
4 18 (1.88%) ServiceNow
5 17 (1.78%) Google
5 17 (1.78%) Oracle
6 13 (1.36%) Intapp
7 12 (1.26%) JD Edwards
8 11 (1.15%) Atlassian
9 9 (0.94%) FIS
9 9 (0.94%) SunGard
10 8 (0.84%) Sparx
11 7 (0.73%) Bloomberg
11 7 (0.73%) CQG
11 7 (0.73%) ION Trading
11 7 (0.73%) Patsystems
11 7 (0.73%) Reuters
11 7 (0.73%) Trayport
12 6 (0.63%) Aderant
12 6 (0.63%) TOWER Software