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 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 220 237 196
Rank change year-on-year +17 -41 -51
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 953 679 1,146
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.89% 1.36% 1.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 1.53% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 706 487 631
10th Percentile £39,909 £43,603 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +10.54% -2.00%
75th Percentile £70,394 £84,375 £73,750
90th Percentile £93,750 £105,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,468 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.64% +20.98% -5.00%

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 78,808 44,479 67,117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.30% 89.14% 80.83%
Number of salaries quoted 54,325 25,171 42,850
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -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 20 August 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 20 August 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 +11 861 £57,500 -11.54% 516
UK excluding London +10 522 £52,500 -8.64% 384
Work from Home +35 365 £57,500 -11.54% 188
London -26 359 £70,000 -8.20% 215
North of England +58 184 £52,500 -12.50% 94
Midlands +13 94 £52,500 -5.83% 70
South East -21 93 £52,500 -12.50% 117
Yorkshire +44 91 £60,000 +20.00% 34
West Midlands +3 76 £55,000 - 43
North West -15 64 £50,000 -16.67% 45
South West -53 59 £50,000 +1.12% 44
East of England +9 55 £50,000 - 38
North East -32 29 £42,500 +8.28% 16
Scotland -8 21 £47,038 -12.49% 16
East Midlands -19 18 £48,000 -18.64% 27
Wales -54 12 £52,500 -0.21% 7
Northern Ireland -82 8 £40,000 -40.74% 8

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 54 (5.67%) Confluence
2 30 (3.15%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.52%) ColdFusion
4 3 (0.31%) CMS
5 2 (0.21%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.21%) WordPress
6 1 (0.10%) Appian
Applications
1 72 (7.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (5.98%) Microsoft Office
3 54 (5.67%) MS Visio
4 24 (2.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (1.78%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.63%) Trello
7 5 (0.52%) Moqups
8 3 (0.31%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 28 (2.94%) NetSuite
2 14 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.94%) 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%) Magento
5 3 (0.31%) Sage 50
5 3 (0.31%) Sage X3
5 3 (0.31%) Shopify
6 2 (0.21%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.21%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.21%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.21%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.21%) SAP PSCD
7 1 (0.10%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.10%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 104 (10.91%) Power Platform
2 101 (10.60%) Azure
3 45 (4.72%) Microsoft 365
4 42 (4.41%) AWS
4 42 (4.41%) Azure DevOps
4 42 (4.41%) SaaS
5 33 (3.46%) Power Automate
6 31 (3.25%) Dynamics 365
7 24 (2.52%) Lucidchart
8 20 (2.10%) Microsoft Copilot
9 16 (1.68%) PowerApps
10 14 (1.47%) Anthropic Claude
10 14 (1.47%) GCP
11 13 (1.36%) Zapier
12 10 (1.05%) Copilot Studio
12 10 (1.05%) iPaaS
13 8 (0.84%) Boomi
13 8 (0.84%) Figma
13 8 (0.84%) Workato
14 6 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.94%) Multicast
2 7 (0.73%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.10%) DSL
3 1 (0.10%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (9.55%) Power BI
2 32 (3.36%) Tableau
3 20 (2.10%) Relational Database
4 17 (1.78%) Data Mining
4 17 (1.78%) SQL Server
5 13 (1.36%) Metadata
6 9 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (0.73%) RDBMS
8 6 (0.63%) DTS
9 3 (0.31%) Crystal Reports
9 3 (0.31%) MySQL
9 3 (0.31%) Spotfire
9 3 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.21%) Amazon Athena
10 2 (0.21%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.21%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.21%) GIS
10 2 (0.21%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 111 (11.65%) JIRA
2 5 (0.52%) Cypress.io
2 5 (0.52%) ERwin
2 5 (0.52%) Postman
2 5 (0.52%) Selenium
3 4 (0.42%) Claude Code
4 3 (0.31%) Git
4 3 (0.31%) Hudson
5 2 (0.21%) Balsamiq
5 2 (0.21%) LSMW
6 1 (0.10%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 381 (39.98%) Social Skills
2 368 (38.61%) Finance
3 307 (32.21%) Analytical Skills
4 116 (12.17%) Public Sector
5 104 (10.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 81 (8.50%) Law
7 52 (5.46%) Legal
8 51 (5.35%) Presentation Skills
9 47 (4.93%) Documentation Skills
9 47 (4.93%) Organisational Skills
10 46 (4.83%) Influencing Skills
11 34 (3.57%) Manufacturing
11 34 (3.57%) Retail
12 25 (2.62%) Banking
13 22 (2.31%) Local Government
14 21 (2.20%) Legal Technology
14 21 (2.20%) Marketing
15 19 (1.99%) Spanish Language
16 15 (1.57%) Financial Institution
16 15 (1.57%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 598 (62.75%) Analyst
2 495 (51.94%) Business Analyst
3 169 (17.73%) Senior
4 137 (14.38%) Senior Analyst
5 127 (13.33%) Senior Business Analyst
6 66 (6.93%) Lead
7 42 (4.41%) Consultant
8 40 (4.20%) Data Analyst
9 38 (3.99%) Project Manager
10 32 (3.36%) Technical Analyst
11 31 (3.25%) Business Manager
12 30 (3.15%) Lead Business Analyst
12 30 (3.15%) Systems Analyst
12 30 (3.15%) Technical Business Analyst
13 26 (2.73%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
14 24 (2.52%) IT Analyst
15 23 (2.41%) Business IT Analyst
15 23 (2.41%) Data Business Analyst
16 22 (2.31%) IT Business Analyst
16 22 (2.31%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.52%) FIX Protocol
2 17 (1.78%) REST
3 12 (1.26%) .NET
3 12 (1.26%) XML
4 11 (1.15%) SOAP
5 10 (1.05%) JSON
6 9 (0.94%) Gherkin
7 7 (0.73%) FpML
8 5 (0.52%) XML Schema
9 4 (0.42%) CrewAI
9 4 (0.42%) LangChain
9 4 (0.42%) Lightning Web Components
9 4 (0.42%) LlamaIndex
10 3 (0.31%) .NET Core
10 3 (0.31%) Middleware
10 3 (0.31%) Oracle Fusion
10 3 (0.31%) Playwright
10 3 (0.31%) WinForms
11 2 (0.21%) RESTful
11 2 (0.21%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 103 (10.81%) Product Ownership
2 51 (5.35%) Management Information System
3 29 (3.04%) Analytical Mindset
4 27 (2.83%) Data Structures
5 21 (2.20%) AI Agents
5 21 (2.20%) Derivative
6 20 (2.10%) Low-Code
7 19 (1.99%) Onboarding
8 18 (1.89%) Fixed Income
9 16 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (1.36%) Blog
10 13 (1.36%) IoT
11 12 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (1.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 12 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
12 11 (1.15%) Cloud Native
13 10 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
13 10 (1.05%) PropTech
14 9 (0.94%) Distributed Computing
14 9 (0.94%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 23 (2.41%) Linux
2 19 (1.99%) Windows
3 3 (0.31%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 407 (42.71%) Agile
2 267 (28.02%) Problem-Solving
3 255 (26.76%) Requirements Gathering
4 247 (25.92%) Stakeholder Management
5 206 (21.62%) User Stories
6 198 (20.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 195 (20.46%) Workshop Facilitation
8 180 (18.89%) Continuous Improvement
9 176 (18.47%) Process Improvement
10 171 (17.94%) Project Management
11 165 (17.31%) AI
12 144 (15.11%) Decision-Making
13 142 (14.90%) Project Delivery
14 114 (11.96%) Scrum
14 114 (11.96%) User Acceptance Testing
15 112 (11.75%) Business Intelligence
16 110 (11.54%) Waterfall
17 106 (11.12%) Acceptance Criteria
18 102 (10.70%) Coaching
19 89 (9.34%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 151 (15.84%) SQL
2 52 (5.46%) Python
3 17 (1.78%) C++
4 16 (1.68%) JavaScript
5 15 (1.57%) Java
6 13 (1.36%) C#
7 6 (0.63%) TypeScript
8 5 (0.52%) T-SQL
9 4 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.31%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.21%) Ada
12 1 (0.10%) R
12 1 (0.10%) RPG
12 1 (0.10%) SOQL
12 1 (0.10%) SOSL
12 1 (0.10%) VBA
Qualifications
1 153 (16.05%) Degree
2 97 (10.18%) Security Cleared
3 78 (8.18%) SC Cleared
4 33 (3.46%) ACCA
4 33 (3.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (3.36%) CIMA
6 22 (2.31%) IIBA
6 22 (2.31%) PMI Certification
7 17 (1.78%) PMP
8 16 (1.68%) CBAP
9 13 (1.36%) DBS Check
10 12 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.63%) ISEB
12 5 (0.52%) CFA
12 5 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.31%) CISA
13 3 (0.31%) CISM
13 3 (0.31%) CISSP
13 3 (0.31%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (4.62%) Data Quality
2 43 (4.51%) QA
3 28 (2.94%) PMO
4 17 (1.78%) GAAP
5 16 (1.68%) Accessibility
6 15 (1.57%) GDPR
7 11 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.42%) COBIT
8 4 (0.42%) MiFID
8 4 (0.42%) NIST
9 3 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.31%) GRC
9 3 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 3 (0.31%) NCSC
10 2 (0.21%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.21%) SLA
11 1 (0.10%) COSO
11 1 (0.10%) IFRS
11 1 (0.10%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.10%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (0.31%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.10%) IAG
Systems Management
1 2 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.10%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.10%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.10%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 165 (17.31%) Microsoft
2 41 (4.30%) Salesforce
3 33 (3.46%) SAP
4 20 (2.10%) Oracle
5 19 (1.99%) Google
5 19 (1.99%) ServiceNow
6 15 (1.57%) JD Edwards
7 13 (1.36%) Atlassian
7 13 (1.36%) Intapp
8 11 (1.15%) Workday
9 9 (0.94%) Bloomberg
9 9 (0.94%) CQG
9 9 (0.94%) FIS
9 9 (0.94%) ION Trading
9 9 (0.94%) Patsystems
9 9 (0.94%) Reuters
9 9 (0.94%) SunGard
9 9 (0.94%) Trayport
10 8 (0.84%) DocuSign
10 8 (0.84%) RedGate