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

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 202 158
Rank change year-on-year +37 -44 -23
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 879 803 1,159
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.44% 1.52% 1.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.78% 1.67% 2.14%
Number of salaries quoted 665 507 806
10th Percentile £28,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £50,484 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,238 £59,430 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.83% -0.95% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,000 £92,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £50,967 £52,500
% change year-on-year -21.52% -2.92% -0.94%

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 49,307 48,088 54,172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.63% 90.91% 89.35%
Number of salaries quoted 29,027 23,255 41,501
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £96,539
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 20 January 2026.

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 20 January 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 +30 794 £50,000 -16.67% 333
UK excluding London +41 509 £40,000 -21.52% 319
London +39 303 £72,500 +1.05% 110
North of England +61 226 £40,000 -20.00% 56
Work from Home +41 193 £60,000 +0.96% 83
North West +30 105 £40,000 -27.27% 26
Yorkshire +54 91 £40,000 -20.00% 21
Midlands +20 75 £40,000 -27.27% 47
South East +13 75 £50,500 -0.92% 100
West Midlands +22 55 £40,000 -25.58% 30
South West +4 52 £40,000 -20.00% 38
Scotland +5 38 £38,750 -29.55% 22
East of England -19 32 £40,000 -21.52% 32
North East +12 30 £40,000 +6.67% 12
East Midlands -7 20 £50,195 -22.78% 17
Wales +10 12 £42,500 -10.53% 15

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 35 (3.98%) Confluence
2 16 (1.82%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.23%) CMS
3 2 (0.23%) IIS
4 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.11%) SAS
Applications
1 174 (19.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (3.98%) MS Visio
3 31 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
4 22 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.80%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.57%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.57%) Unit4 Business World
3 4 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.46%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.23%) Endur
5 2 (0.23%) iTrent
6 1 (0.11%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.11%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.11%) PeopleSoft HRMS
6 1 (0.11%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.11%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.11%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.11%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 66 (7.51%) Power Platform
2 56 (6.37%) Azure
3 43 (4.89%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (3.30%) SaaS
5 23 (2.62%) Azure DevOps
5 23 (2.62%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 22 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
7 20 (2.28%) Cloud Computing
8 18 (2.05%) PaaS
9 16 (1.82%) AWS
9 16 (1.82%) Miro
10 14 (1.59%) ChatGPT
11 12 (1.37%) Power Automate
12 10 (1.14%) Microsoft Copilot
13 8 (0.91%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (0.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 8 (0.91%) Figma
13 8 (0.91%) IaaS
13 8 (0.91%) Microsoft Purview
14 5 (0.57%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.57%) Multicast
2 4 (0.46%) Unified Communications
3 3 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.23%) 4G
4 2 (0.23%) FIX Connectivity
4 2 (0.23%) LAN
4 2 (0.23%) RFID
4 2 (0.23%) WAN
5 1 (0.11%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.11%) DHCP
5 1 (0.11%) DNS
5 1 (0.11%) Firewall
5 1 (0.11%) Intranet
5 1 (0.11%) Network Security
5 1 (0.11%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.11%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 147 (16.72%) Tableau
2 136 (15.47%) Data Mining
3 53 (6.03%) Power BI
4 20 (2.28%) Big Data
5 11 (1.25%) SQL Server
6 9 (1.02%) Data Lake
7 7 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (0.80%) Metadata
8 4 (0.46%) GIS
8 4 (0.46%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.46%) Power Query
8 4 (0.46%) Qlik Sense
9 3 (0.34%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (0.34%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.11%) MS Access
11 1 (0.11%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 48 (5.46%) JIRA
2 4 (0.46%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.11%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.11%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.11%) Git
4 1 (0.11%) GitLab
4 1 (0.11%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.11%) Maven
4 1 (0.11%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 491 (55.86%) Finance
2 308 (35.04%) Analytical Skills
3 286 (32.54%) Social Skills
4 86 (9.78%) Marketing
5 66 (7.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 58 (6.60%) Banking
7 51 (5.80%) Legal
8 40 (4.55%) Public Sector
9 30 (3.41%) Law
10 28 (3.19%) Documentation Skills
10 28 (3.19%) Retail
11 23 (2.62%) Organisational Skills
12 19 (2.16%) Manufacturing
13 16 (1.82%) Billing
13 16 (1.82%) Financial Institution
14 12 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (1.25%) Back Office
15 11 (1.25%) Digital Health
15 11 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
16 8 (0.91%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 584 (66.44%) Analyst
2 419 (47.67%) Business Analyst
3 261 (29.69%) Trainee
4 248 (28.21%) Trainee Analyst
5 141 (16.04%) Data Analyst
6 125 (14.22%) Trainee Business Analyst
7 123 (13.99%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 96 (10.92%) Senior
9 57 (6.48%) Senior Analyst
10 53 (6.03%) Senior Business Analyst
11 42 (4.78%) Architect
12 40 (4.55%) Lead
13 35 (3.98%) Project Manager
14 29 (3.30%) Lead Business Analyst
15 26 (2.96%) Developer
16 25 (2.84%) IT Manager
17 22 (2.50%) IT Project Manager
17 22 (2.50%) Product Owner
18 21 (2.39%) IT Analyst
19 20 (2.28%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (0.91%) Middleware
2 7 (0.80%) XML
3 6 (0.68%) React
3 6 (0.68%) Web Services
4 5 (0.57%) FIX Protocol
4 5 (0.57%) JSON
5 4 (0.46%) REST
5 4 (0.46%) SOAP
6 3 (0.34%) .NET
7 2 (0.23%) CSS
7 2 (0.23%) HTML
7 2 (0.23%) OpenAPI
7 2 (0.23%) Swagger
8 1 (0.11%) CSS3
8 1 (0.11%) Dropwizard
8 1 (0.11%) MERN Stack
8 1 (0.11%) Mongoose
8 1 (0.11%) Nunjucks
8 1 (0.11%) Spring
8 1 (0.11%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 69 (7.85%) Product Ownership
2 37 (4.21%) Management Information System
3 20 (2.28%) Analytical Mindset
3 20 (2.28%) IoT
4 19 (2.16%) Onboarding
5 18 (2.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 17 (1.93%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 14 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (1.59%) Fixed Income
8 12 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (1.37%) PMI
8 12 (1.37%) Reinsurance
9 10 (1.14%) AI Agents
10 9 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (0.91%) Digital Media
11 8 (0.91%) Enterprise Cloud
11 8 (0.91%) Life Science
12 7 (0.80%) Cloud Native
13 6 (0.68%) Social Media
13 6 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.59%) Windows
2 5 (0.57%) Linux
3 1 (0.11%) Android
3 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 364 (41.41%) Project Management
2 311 (35.38%) Agile
3 259 (29.47%) Problem-Solving
4 216 (24.57%) Change Management
5 197 (22.41%) Data Analysis
6 169 (19.23%) Analytics
7 142 (16.15%) Data Analytics
8 126 (14.33%) Process Improvement
8 126 (14.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 125 (14.22%) Stakeholder Management
10 121 (13.77%) Requirements Gathering
11 107 (12.17%) AI
12 104 (11.83%) Decision-Making
13 102 (11.60%) User Stories
14 101 (11.49%) Continuous Improvement
15 98 (11.15%) Roadmaps
16 84 (9.56%) Workshop Facilitation
17 83 (9.44%) Project Delivery
18 77 (8.76%) Scrum
19 72 (8.19%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 201 (22.87%) SQL
2 150 (17.06%) Python
3 6 (0.68%) C#
3 6 (0.68%) Java
4 2 (0.23%) Ada
4 2 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (0.23%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.23%) R
4 2 (0.23%) VBA
5 1 (0.11%) ABAP
5 1 (0.11%) C++
5 1 (0.11%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.11%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.11%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.11%) X++
Qualifications
1 268 (30.49%) Degree
2 38 (4.32%) Security Cleared
3 33 (3.75%) PMI Certification
4 31 (3.53%) DBS Check
5 30 (3.41%) Master's Degree
6 22 (2.50%) PMP
7 21 (2.39%) CIMA
7 21 (2.39%) IIBA
8 20 (2.28%) HND
8 20 (2.28%) SC Cleared
9 14 (1.59%) ACCA
9 14 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (1.25%) DV Cleared
11 8 (0.91%) CBAP
12 6 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.57%) ISEB
14 4 (0.46%) ISTQB
15 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
15 3 (0.34%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 2 (0.23%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (5.23%) QA
2 28 (3.19%) Data Quality
3 23 (2.62%) Accessibility
4 15 (1.71%) SEPA
5 13 (1.48%) ISO 20022
6 11 (1.25%) TARGET2
7 10 (1.14%) MiFID
8 8 (0.91%) GDPR
8 8 (0.91%) PMO
9 6 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.34%) EMIR
12 2 (0.23%) GRC
12 2 (0.23%) GxP
12 2 (0.23%) Solvency II
13 1 (0.11%) COBIT
13 1 (0.11%) FATCA
13 1 (0.11%) GAAP
13 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 1 (0.11%) P3O
System Software
1 7 (0.80%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.11%) Docker
2 1 (0.11%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 4 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.11%) Control-M
2 1 (0.11%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 242 (27.53%) Microsoft
2 37 (4.21%) Salesforce
3 19 (2.16%) SAP
4 14 (1.59%) Oracle
5 12 (1.37%) Anaplan
6 8 (0.91%) Alteryx
6 8 (0.91%) Civica
6 8 (0.91%) ServiceNow
7 7 (0.80%) Adobe
7 7 (0.80%) iManage
8 6 (0.68%) Atlassian
8 6 (0.68%) ION Trading
9 5 (0.57%) Bloomberg
9 5 (0.57%) CQG
9 5 (0.57%) GoldenSource
9 5 (0.57%) Patsystems
9 5 (0.57%) Reuters
9 5 (0.57%) Trayport
9 5 (0.57%) Workday
10 4 (0.46%) HubSpot