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 26 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 209 208 202
Rank change year-on-year -1 -6 -40
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 929 719 1,373
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.00% 1.69% 1.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 1.81% 1.65%
Number of salaries quoted 726 426 785
10th Percentile £33,750 £43,099 £34,450
25th Percentile £35,000 £50,967 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £61,353 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.43% +13.62% -10.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £85,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £106,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.71% +1.93% -9.09%

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 68,523 39,694 83,256
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.83% 93.27% 84.12%
Number of salaries quoted 44,541 20,818 60,168
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £29,250
25th Percentile £40,875 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +6.36% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.94% +3.00% -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 26 May 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 26 May 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 +8 831 £52,500 -16.00% 419
UK excluding London +5 543 £45,000 -11.71% 300
London -2 313 £66,250 -17.19% 188
Work from Home +17 250 £60,000 -14.29% 162
North of England +98 240 £42,500 -17.07% 94
Yorkshire +54 119 £50,000 +18.81% 44
Midlands +4 103 £44,772 -24.75% 36
North West +21 88 £40,000 -27.27% 40
West Midlands -12 75 £45,497 -19.12% 20
South East -30 71 £52,500 +3.01% 76
South West -75 45 £44,551 -25.75% 31
Scotland -8 36 £40,000 -33.33% 24
East of England -69 34 £48,750 -4.35% 26
North East -10 33 £40,000 +1.91% 11
East Midlands -15 28 £40,000 -38.46% 16
Wales -26 12 £53,171 -3.33% 5
Northern Ireland -45 3 £40,000 -40.74% 11

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 29 (3.12%) Confluence
2 14 (1.51%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.22%) CMS
4 2 (0.22%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.22%) WordPress
5 1 (0.11%) Mendix
Applications
1 129 (13.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (3.55%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (3.01%) MS Visio
4 10 (1.08%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.22%) Trello
7 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 19 (2.05%) NetSuite
2 9 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.75%) Fidessa
4 5 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.32%) Exchequer
6 3 (0.32%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 3 (0.32%) Sage 50
6 3 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.22%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.22%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.22%) SAP PSCD
8 1 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.11%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.11%) SAP BRIM
8 1 (0.11%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 84 (9.04%) Power Platform
2 57 (6.14%) Azure
3 45 (4.84%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (3.34%) SaaS
5 26 (2.80%) Dynamics 365
6 25 (2.69%) AWS
7 19 (2.05%) Microsoft Copilot
8 17 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (1.72%) Power Automate
10 14 (1.51%) PaaS
10 14 (1.51%) PowerApps
11 13 (1.40%) ChatGPT
12 12 (1.29%) Cloud Computing
13 10 (1.08%) GCP
14 9 (0.97%) Microsoft Purview
15 8 (0.86%) Azure Data Factory
15 8 (0.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 8 (0.86%) Entra ID
16 7 (0.75%) OneDrive
17 6 (0.65%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.75%) Multicast
2 2 (0.22%) FIX Connectivity
2 2 (0.22%) LAN
2 2 (0.22%) WAN
3 1 (0.11%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.11%) Network Security
3 1 (0.11%) RFID
3 1 (0.11%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (12.16%) Tableau
2 106 (11.41%) Data Mining
3 65 (7.00%) Power BI
4 15 (1.61%) Relational Database
5 12 (1.29%) Big Data
5 12 (1.29%) Metadata
6 8 (0.86%) SQL Server
7 7 (0.75%) Data Lake
7 7 (0.75%) RDBMS
8 6 (0.65%) Power Query
9 5 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.32%) GIS
11 3 (0.32%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.32%) Qlik Sense
12 2 (0.22%) SAP BW
13 1 (0.11%) Neo4j
13 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database
13 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 55 (5.92%) JIRA
2 7 (0.75%) ERwin
3 1 (0.11%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.11%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 465 (50.05%) Finance
2 310 (33.37%) Analytical Skills
3 282 (30.36%) Social Skills
4 69 (7.43%) Public Sector
5 64 (6.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 63 (6.78%) Law
7 48 (5.17%) Legal
8 36 (3.88%) Marketing
9 33 (3.55%) Presentation Skills
10 26 (2.80%) Banking
10 26 (2.80%) Retail
11 24 (2.58%) Documentation Skills
11 24 (2.58%) Influencing Skills
12 20 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
13 15 (1.61%) Financial Institution
14 14 (1.51%) Spanish Language
15 13 (1.40%) Manufacturing
16 12 (1.29%) Billing
17 8 (0.86%) Back Office
18 7 (0.75%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 663 (71.37%) Analyst
2 511 (55.01%) Business Analyst
3 199 (21.42%) Trainee
4 197 (21.21%) Trainee Analyst
5 118 (12.70%) Senior
6 115 (12.38%) Data Analyst
7 104 (11.19%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 101 (10.87%) Senior Analyst
9 93 (10.01%) Senior Business Analyst
9 93 (10.01%) Trainee Business Analyst
10 41 (4.41%) Lead
11 33 (3.55%) Consultant
12 30 (3.23%) Insurance Business Analyst
12 30 (3.23%) Project Manager
13 29 (3.12%) Business Manager
14 23 (2.48%) Technical Analyst
14 23 (2.48%) Technical Business Analyst
15 21 (2.26%) Architect
15 21 (2.26%) Systems Analyst
16 20 (2.15%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.72%) JSON
1 16 (1.72%) XML
2 14 (1.51%) FIX Protocol
3 9 (0.97%) FpML
4 7 (0.75%) Gherkin
4 7 (0.75%) Middleware
4 7 (0.75%) REST
4 7 (0.75%) XML Schema
5 6 (0.65%) EDI
5 6 (0.65%) SOAP
6 4 (0.43%) .NET
7 3 (0.32%) OpenAPI
7 3 (0.32%) Swagger
8 2 (0.22%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.22%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.22%) SAP Fiori
8 2 (0.22%) Web Services
8 2 (0.22%) XML Messaging
9 1 (0.11%) ADO
9 1 (0.11%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 87 (9.36%) Product Ownership
2 38 (4.09%) Management Information System
3 26 (2.80%) Data Structures
4 25 (2.69%) Analytical Mindset
4 25 (2.69%) IoT
5 21 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
7 16 (1.72%) Onboarding
8 14 (1.51%) Low-Code
9 13 (1.40%) AI Agents
10 12 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (1.18%) Cloud Native
11 11 (1.18%) Fixed Income
11 11 (1.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (1.08%) Derivative
12 10 (1.08%) PMI
12 10 (1.08%) PropTech
13 8 (0.86%) Enterprise Cloud
13 8 (0.86%) OTC Derivatives
13 8 (0.86%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.83%) Windows
2 7 (0.75%) Linux
3 3 (0.32%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.22%) Android
4 2 (0.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 325 (34.98%) Agile
2 269 (28.96%) Project Management
3 207 (22.28%) Problem-Solving
4 170 (18.30%) Analytics
5 165 (17.76%) Requirements Gathering
6 158 (17.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 156 (16.79%) Data Analysis
8 145 (15.61%) User Stories
9 136 (14.64%) Stakeholder Management
10 127 (13.67%) Workshop Facilitation
11 116 (12.49%) Data Analytics
11 116 (12.49%) Decision-Making
12 108 (11.63%) Process Improvement
13 101 (10.87%) Change Management
14 95 (10.23%) AI
15 94 (10.12%) Continuous Improvement
16 85 (9.15%) Roadmaps
17 82 (8.83%) Business Intelligence
18 80 (8.61%) Acceptance Criteria
19 77 (8.29%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 194 (20.88%) SQL
2 123 (13.24%) Python
3 5 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 5 (0.54%) Java
4 4 (0.43%) C#
5 2 (0.22%) T-SQL
5 2 (0.22%) X++
6 1 (0.11%) SOQL
6 1 (0.11%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 182 (19.59%) Degree
2 50 (5.38%) Security Cleared
3 34 (3.66%) ACCA
4 32 (3.44%) CIMA
4 32 (3.44%) IIBA
4 32 (3.44%) SC Cleared
5 31 (3.34%) PMI Certification
6 22 (2.37%) PMP
7 21 (2.26%) Master's Degree
8 19 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (1.40%) CBAP
10 12 (1.29%) DBS Check
10 12 (1.29%) HND
11 7 (0.75%) DV Cleared
11 7 (0.75%) ISEB
12 6 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.54%) CIPD
14 4 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 3 (0.32%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (3.77%) QA
2 28 (3.01%) Data Quality
3 23 (2.48%) Accessibility
4 18 (1.94%) PMO
5 16 (1.72%) GAAP
5 16 (1.72%) GDPR
6 8 (0.86%) MiFID
7 7 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (0.65%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.32%) GRC
10 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.22%) NIST
10 2 (0.22%) SEPA
10 2 (0.22%) SLA
10 2 (0.22%) TARGET2
11 1 (0.11%) COBIT
11 1 (0.11%) FATCA
11 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (1.18%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.11%) IAG
Systems Management
1 5 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 237 (25.51%) Microsoft
2 28 (3.01%) Salesforce
3 21 (2.26%) SAP
4 14 (1.51%) Intapp
4 14 (1.51%) Oracle
5 10 (1.08%) Google
5 10 (1.08%) ServiceNow
6 8 (0.86%) Anaplan
6 8 (0.86%) Atlassian
6 8 (0.86%) Sparx
7 7 (0.75%) Aderant
7 7 (0.75%) Bloomberg
7 7 (0.75%) CQG
7 7 (0.75%) ION Trading
7 7 (0.75%) Patsystems
7 7 (0.75%) Reuters
7 7 (0.75%) Trayport
8 6 (0.65%) Alteryx
9 5 (0.54%) HubSpot
9 5 (0.54%) TOWER Software