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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 210 232 201
Rank change year-on-year +22 -31 -56
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 926 680 1,247
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.92% 1.38% 1.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 1.54% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 749 450 700
10th Percentile £35,000 £43,099 £35,105
25th Percentile £41,439 £53,750 £41,709
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 £90,250 £106,375 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,885 £57,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year -14.98% +17.35% -6.67%

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 73,727 44,243 76,601
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.60% 89.97% 81.83%
Number of salaries quoted 51,045 24,911 52,533
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -8.73%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £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 22 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 22 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 +25 837 £55,000 -18.52% 545
UK excluding London +7 518 £48,885 -14.98% 452
London -12 340 £70,000 -12.50% 195
Work from Home +16 310 £57,500 -17.86% 175
North of England +77 217 £47,500 -20.83% 117
Yorkshire +53 107 £52,500 -10.32% 56
Midlands +6 86 £48,000 -15.04% 80
South East -19 80 £52,500 -14.29% 132
North West +5 78 £45,497 -24.17% 42
West Midlands +5 67 £52,500 -4.55% 54
South West -69 58 £50,000 -0.99% 44
East of England +3 37 £42,879 -18.33% 44
North East -21 32 £41,500 +5.73% 19
Scotland +5 30 £40,000 -30.13% 20
East Midlands -15 19 £48,000 -31.43% 26
Wales -52 8 £60,000 +14.05% 11
Northern Ireland -72 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 38 (4.10%) Confluence
2 24 (2.59%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.54%) ColdFusion
4 3 (0.32%) 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
1 105 (11.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (5.08%) Microsoft Office
3 35 (3.78%) MS Visio
4 21 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (1.62%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.65%) Trello
7 3 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.22%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.11%) Moqups
Business Applications
1 26 (2.81%) NetSuite
2 9 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.76%) Fidessa
4 5 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.32%) Exchequer
5 3 (0.32%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 3 (0.32%) Sage 50
6 2 (0.22%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.22%) Magento
6 2 (0.22%) Sage X3
6 2 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.22%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.22%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.22%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.22%) SAP PSCD
6 2 (0.22%) Shopify
7 1 (0.11%) SAP BRIM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 91 (9.83%) Power Platform
2 69 (7.45%) Azure
3 44 (4.75%) Microsoft 365
4 37 (4.00%) SaaS
5 32 (3.46%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (2.59%) AWS
6 24 (2.59%) Power Automate
7 23 (2.48%) Dynamics 365
8 20 (2.16%) Microsoft Copilot
9 16 (1.73%) PowerApps
10 12 (1.30%) Copilot Studio
10 12 (1.30%) Lucidchart
11 9 (0.97%) GCP
12 8 (0.86%) Google Drive
12 8 (0.86%) Microsoft Purview
12 8 (0.86%) OneDrive
13 6 (0.65%) iPaaS
13 6 (0.65%) Miro
14 5 (0.54%) Entra ID
14 5 (0.54%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.76%) Multicast
2 5 (0.54%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.11%) DSL
3 1 (0.11%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (7.99%) Power BI
2 70 (7.56%) Tableau
3 61 (6.59%) Data Mining
4 18 (1.94%) Relational Database
5 14 (1.51%) Metadata
6 13 (1.40%) SQL Server
7 7 (0.76%) RDBMS
8 6 (0.65%) DTS
9 5 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.54%) Power Query
9 5 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.32%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.22%) GIS
11 2 (0.22%) Qlik Sense
11 2 (0.22%) SAP BW
12 1 (0.11%) Crystal Reports
12 1 (0.11%) EDRMS
12 1 (0.11%) MySQL
12 1 (0.11%) Spotfire
12 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 78 (8.42%) JIRA
2 7 (0.76%) ERwin
3 2 (0.22%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.11%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.11%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.11%) Hudson
4 1 (0.11%) LSMW
4 1 (0.11%) Postman
4 1 (0.11%) Selenium
4 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 410 (44.28%) Finance
2 321 (34.67%) Social Skills
3 313 (33.80%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (8.96%) Public Sector
5 71 (7.67%) Law
6 67 (7.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 47 (5.08%) Legal
8 43 (4.64%) Presentation Skills
9 34 (3.67%) Documentation Skills
10 32 (3.46%) Influencing Skills
11 31 (3.35%) Organisational Skills
12 29 (3.13%) Retail
13 26 (2.81%) Manufacturing
14 20 (2.16%) Banking
15 17 (1.84%) Legal Technology
15 17 (1.84%) Spanish Language
16 15 (1.62%) Marketing
17 14 (1.51%) Financial Institution
18 12 (1.30%) Front Office
18 12 (1.30%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 625 (67.49%) Analyst
2 494 (53.35%) Business Analyst
3 146 (15.77%) Senior
4 122 (13.17%) Senior Analyst
5 113 (12.20%) Senior Business Analyst
5 113 (12.20%) Trainee
5 113 (12.20%) Trainee Analyst
6 75 (8.10%) Data Analyst
7 61 (6.59%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 52 (5.62%) Trainee Business Analyst
9 47 (5.08%) Lead
10 41 (4.43%) Consultant
11 39 (4.21%) Project Manager
12 29 (3.13%) Business Manager
12 29 (3.13%) Technical Analyst
13 28 (3.02%) Technical Business Analyst
14 27 (2.92%) Systems Analyst
15 26 (2.81%) Insurance Business Analyst
16 25 (2.70%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
17 23 (2.48%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.38%) FIX Protocol
2 12 (1.30%) JSON
2 12 (1.30%) XML
3 9 (0.97%) FpML
4 8 (0.86%) .NET
4 8 (0.86%) Gherkin
4 8 (0.86%) REST
5 7 (0.76%) XML Schema
6 6 (0.65%) EDI
6 6 (0.65%) SOAP
7 3 (0.32%) Middleware
7 3 (0.32%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (0.32%) WinForms
8 2 (0.22%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.22%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.22%) CrewAI
8 2 (0.22%) LangChain
8 2 (0.22%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (0.22%) SAP Fiori
8 2 (0.22%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 88 (9.50%) Product Ownership
2 46 (4.97%) Management Information System
3 28 (3.02%) Data Structures
4 27 (2.92%) Analytical Mindset
5 17 (1.84%) Fixed Income
6 16 (1.73%) Derivative
7 15 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (1.62%) Low-Code
8 13 (1.40%) IoT
8 13 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (1.30%) Blog
9 12 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
9 12 (1.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 11 (1.19%) AI Agents
10 11 (1.19%) Onboarding
11 10 (1.08%) PropTech
12 8 (0.86%) Cloud Native
12 8 (0.86%) e-Learning
12 8 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
13 7 (0.76%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 20 (2.16%) Linux
2 19 (2.05%) Windows
3 3 (0.32%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.22%) Android
4 2 (0.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 335 (36.18%) Agile
2 212 (22.89%) Problem-Solving
3 211 (22.79%) Project Management
4 206 (22.25%) Requirements Gathering
5 185 (19.98%) Stakeholder Management
6 182 (19.65%) User Stories
7 181 (19.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 158 (17.06%) Workshop Facilitation
9 147 (15.87%) Continuous Improvement
10 140 (15.12%) Process Improvement
11 128 (13.82%) Decision-Making
12 123 (13.28%) Analytics
13 114 (12.31%) Data Analysis
14 113 (12.20%) Project Delivery
15 112 (12.10%) AI
16 92 (9.94%) Acceptance Criteria
16 92 (9.94%) User Acceptance Testing
17 90 (9.72%) Scrum
18 89 (9.61%) Business Intelligence
19 83 (8.96%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 171 (18.47%) SQL
2 90 (9.72%) Python
3 12 (1.30%) C++
4 11 (1.19%) JavaScript
5 10 (1.08%) C#
6 6 (0.65%) Java
7 5 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 5 (0.54%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.43%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.32%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.22%) Ada
11 1 (0.11%) R
11 1 (0.11%) RPG
11 1 (0.11%) SOQL
11 1 (0.11%) SOSL
11 1 (0.11%) X++
Qualifications
1 135 (14.58%) Degree
2 65 (7.02%) Security Cleared
3 56 (6.05%) SC Cleared
4 37 (4.00%) ACCA
5 34 (3.67%) CIMA
6 26 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
7 25 (2.70%) PMI Certification
8 23 (2.48%) PMP
9 20 (2.16%) IIBA
10 14 (1.51%) CBAP
11 13 (1.40%) DBS Check
12 9 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (0.65%) ISEB
13 6 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (0.54%) CIPD
14 5 (0.54%) DV Cleared
14 5 (0.54%) Master's Degree
15 4 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 3 (0.32%) CFA
16 3 (0.32%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (3.24%) Data Quality
1 30 (3.24%) QA
2 29 (3.13%) PMO
3 18 (1.94%) GDPR
4 17 (1.84%) GAAP
5 14 (1.51%) Accessibility
6 6 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
6 6 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.65%) MiFID
7 4 (0.43%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.32%) GRC
9 2 (0.22%) SEPA
9 2 (0.22%) SLA
9 2 (0.22%) TARGET2
10 1 (0.11%) COBIT
10 1 (0.11%) COSO
10 1 (0.11%) IFRS
10 1 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (0.76%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.11%) IAG
Systems Management
1 3 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.22%) Terraform
3 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 190 (20.52%) Microsoft
2 37 (4.00%) Salesforce
3 27 (2.92%) SAP
4 17 (1.84%) Oracle
5 16 (1.73%) ServiceNow
6 15 (1.62%) Google
7 13 (1.40%) Intapp
8 11 (1.19%) Atlassian
8 11 (1.19%) JD Edwards
9 8 (0.86%) FIS
9 8 (0.86%) Sparx
9 8 (0.86%) SunGard
10 7 (0.76%) Bloomberg
10 7 (0.76%) CQG
10 7 (0.76%) ION Trading
10 7 (0.76%) Patsystems
10 7 (0.76%) Reuters
10 7 (0.76%) Trayport
11 6 (0.65%) Aderant
11 6 (0.65%) TOWER Software