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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 230 207
Rank change year-on-year +13 -23 -63
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 917 676 1,313
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.93% 1.38% 1.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 1.53% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 741 446 753
10th Percentile £35,000 £43,099 £34,834
25th Percentile £41,439 £52,813 £41,250
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 £90,000 £106,875 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,885 £57,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year -14.98% +17.35% -10.91%

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 72,896 44,261 80,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.68% 90.09% 82.12%
Number of salaries quoted 50,426 24,863 55,989
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +3.64% -8.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £92,500
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 17 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 17 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 +21 827 £55,000 -17.46% 355
UK excluding London +16 509 £48,885 -14.98% 317
London -8 339 £70,000 -12.50% 130
Work from Home +4 299 £59,338 -15.23% 133
North of England +82 214 £47,500 -20.83% 85
Yorkshire +55 106 £52,500 -10.32% 40
Midlands -1 84 £47,750 -16.18% 47
North West +4 78 £45,497 -24.17% 31
South East -16 77 £52,500 -12.50% 102
West Midlands -1 65 £50,000 -9.09% 33
South West -53 58 £50,000 -2.91% 29
East of England -6 34 £42,879 -18.33% 25
Scotland -4 32 £40,000 -33.33% 17
North East -29 30 £40,000 +1.91% 14
East Midlands -2 19 £48,000 -31.43% 14
Wales -46 8 £60,000 +14.05% 7
Northern Ireland -65 3 £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 37 (4.03%) Confluence
2 22 (2.40%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.55%) ColdFusion
4 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.22%) CMS
5 2 (0.22%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.22%) WordPress
6 1 (0.11%) Appian
6 1 (0.11%) Mendix
Applications
1 101 (11.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 46 (5.02%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (3.93%) MS Visio
4 19 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.65%) Trello
7 3 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.22%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.11%) Moqups
Business Applications
1 26 (2.84%) NetSuite
2 10 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.76%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.33%) Exchequer
5 3 (0.33%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 3 (0.33%) Sage 50
5 3 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.22%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.22%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.22%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.22%) SAP PSCD
7 1 (0.11%) Magento
7 1 (0.11%) Relativity
7 1 (0.11%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.11%) SAP BRIM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (0.11%) Shopify
7 1 (0.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 90 (9.81%) Power Platform
2 70 (7.63%) Azure
3 42 (4.58%) Microsoft 365
4 36 (3.93%) SaaS
5 32 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (2.73%) AWS
7 23 (2.51%) Dynamics 365
8 22 (2.40%) Power Automate
9 19 (2.07%) Microsoft Copilot
10 16 (1.74%) PowerApps
11 11 (1.20%) Copilot Studio
11 11 (1.20%) Lucidchart
12 9 (0.98%) GCP
13 8 (0.87%) Google Drive
13 8 (0.87%) OneDrive
14 7 (0.76%) Microsoft Purview
15 6 (0.65%) iPaaS
15 6 (0.65%) Miro
16 5 (0.55%) Entra ID
16 5 (0.55%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.76%) Multicast
2 5 (0.55%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.11%) DSL
3 1 (0.11%) Intranet
3 1 (0.11%) LAN
3 1 (0.11%) Network Security
3 1 (0.11%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (7.85%) Power BI
2 70 (7.63%) Tableau
3 61 (6.65%) Data Mining
4 18 (1.96%) Relational Database
5 13 (1.42%) Metadata
5 13 (1.42%) SQL Server
6 7 (0.76%) RDBMS
7 6 (0.65%) DTS
8 5 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (0.55%) Power Query
8 5 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.33%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.22%) GIS
10 2 (0.22%) Qlik Sense
10 2 (0.22%) SAP BW
11 1 (0.11%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.11%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.11%) EDRMS
11 1 (0.11%) Neo4j
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 77 (8.40%) JIRA
2 7 (0.76%) ERwin
3 1 (0.11%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.11%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.11%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.11%) Postman
3 1 (0.11%) Selenium
3 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 407 (44.38%) Finance
2 314 (34.24%) Social Skills
3 310 (33.81%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (8.94%) Public Sector
5 68 (7.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 68 (7.42%) Law
6 44 (4.80%) Legal
7 43 (4.69%) Presentation Skills
8 32 (3.49%) Documentation Skills
9 31 (3.38%) Influencing Skills
10 29 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
10 29 (3.16%) Retail
11 25 (2.73%) Manufacturing
12 20 (2.18%) Banking
13 17 (1.85%) Spanish Language
14 16 (1.74%) Legal Technology
15 15 (1.64%) Marketing
16 14 (1.53%) Financial Institution
17 12 (1.31%) Aerospace
18 11 (1.20%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 620 (67.61%) Analyst
2 493 (53.76%) Business Analyst
3 145 (15.81%) Senior
4 122 (13.30%) Senior Analyst
5 114 (12.43%) Senior Business Analyst
6 113 (12.32%) Trainee
6 113 (12.32%) Trainee Analyst
7 75 (8.18%) Data Analyst
8 61 (6.65%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 52 (5.67%) Trainee Business Analyst
10 47 (5.13%) Lead
11 41 (4.47%) Consultant
12 37 (4.03%) Project Manager
13 30 (3.27%) Business Manager
14 28 (3.05%) Technical Analyst
14 28 (3.05%) Technical Business Analyst
15 27 (2.94%) Insurance Business Analyst
16 25 (2.73%) Systems Analyst
17 23 (2.51%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
18 22 (2.40%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.29%) FIX Protocol
2 13 (1.42%) JSON
2 13 (1.42%) XML
3 9 (0.98%) FpML
4 8 (0.87%) .NET
4 8 (0.87%) Gherkin
4 8 (0.87%) REST
5 7 (0.76%) XML Schema
6 6 (0.65%) EDI
6 6 (0.65%) SOAP
7 5 (0.55%) Middleware
8 3 (0.33%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (0.33%) WinForms
9 2 (0.22%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.22%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.22%) SAP Fiori
9 2 (0.22%) XML Messaging
10 1 (0.11%) React
10 1 (0.11%) SAP ALE
10 1 (0.11%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 89 (9.71%) Product Ownership
2 47 (5.13%) Management Information System
3 27 (2.94%) Data Structures
4 26 (2.84%) Analytical Mindset
5 17 (1.85%) Fixed Income
6 16 (1.74%) Derivative
6 16 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
7 14 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (1.42%) IoT
8 13 (1.42%) Low-Code
9 12 (1.31%) Blog
9 12 (1.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 11 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (1.20%) Onboarding
11 10 (1.09%) AI Agents
11 10 (1.09%) PropTech
12 8 (0.87%) Cloud Native
12 8 (0.87%) e-Learning
12 8 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
13 7 (0.76%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.07%) Linux
1 19 (2.07%) Windows
2 3 (0.33%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.22%) Android
3 2 (0.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 335 (36.53%) Agile
2 209 (22.79%) Project Management
3 204 (22.25%) Problem-Solving
4 200 (21.81%) Requirements Gathering
5 180 (19.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 179 (19.52%) User Stories
7 178 (19.41%) Stakeholder Management
8 153 (16.68%) Workshop Facilitation
9 137 (14.94%) Continuous Improvement
10 135 (14.72%) Process Improvement
11 128 (13.96%) Decision-Making
12 124 (13.52%) Analytics
13 114 (12.43%) Data Analysis
14 110 (12.00%) Project Delivery
15 108 (11.78%) AI
16 91 (9.92%) Acceptance Criteria
17 90 (9.81%) Scrum
18 89 (9.71%) User Acceptance Testing
19 85 (9.27%) Business Intelligence
20 81 (8.83%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 169 (18.43%) SQL
2 88 (9.60%) Python
3 10 (1.09%) C#
3 10 (1.09%) C++
3 10 (1.09%) JavaScript
4 6 (0.65%) Java
5 5 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 5 (0.55%) T-SQL
6 3 (0.33%) TypeScript
6 3 (0.33%) VB.NET
7 2 (0.22%) Ada
8 1 (0.11%) R
8 1 (0.11%) RPG
8 1 (0.11%) SOQL
8 1 (0.11%) SOSL
8 1 (0.11%) X++
Qualifications
1 130 (14.18%) Degree
2 65 (7.09%) Security Cleared
3 56 (6.11%) SC Cleared
4 37 (4.03%) ACCA
5 34 (3.71%) CIMA
6 26 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (2.51%) PMI Certification
8 22 (2.40%) PMP
9 18 (1.96%) IIBA
10 13 (1.42%) CBAP
10 13 (1.42%) DBS Check
11 9 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.55%) CIPD
13 5 (0.55%) DV Cleared
13 5 (0.55%) ISEB
13 5 (0.55%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 3 (0.33%) CFA
15 3 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (3.16%) Data Quality
1 29 (3.16%) PMO
1 29 (3.16%) QA
2 17 (1.85%) GAAP
2 17 (1.85%) GDPR
3 15 (1.64%) Accessibility
4 7 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
4 7 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (0.76%) MiFID
5 4 (0.44%) GRC
5 4 (0.44%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.22%) SEPA
6 2 (0.22%) SLA
6 2 (0.22%) TARGET2
6 2 (0.22%) WCAG
7 1 (0.11%) COBIT
7 1 (0.11%) COSO
7 1 (0.11%) IFRS
7 1 (0.11%) NIST
7 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (0.76%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.11%) IAG
Systems Management
1 3 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.22%) Terraform
3 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 184 (20.07%) Microsoft
2 35 (3.82%) Salesforce
3 23 (2.51%) SAP
4 16 (1.74%) Oracle
4 16 (1.74%) ServiceNow
5 15 (1.64%) Google
6 13 (1.42%) Intapp
7 11 (1.20%) Atlassian
7 11 (1.20%) JD Edwards
8 8 (0.87%) Sparx
9 7 (0.76%) Bloomberg
9 7 (0.76%) CQG
9 7 (0.76%) FIS
9 7 (0.76%) ION Trading
9 7 (0.76%) Patsystems
9 7 (0.76%) Reuters
9 7 (0.76%) SunGard
9 7 (0.76%) Trayport
10 6 (0.65%) IBM
10 6 (0.65%) TOWER Software