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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 209 201 206
Rank change year-on-year -8 +5 -41
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 937 739 1,371
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.01% 1.70% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 1.83% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 734 442 786
10th Percentile £33,750 £43,102 £34,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £50,967 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,719 £54,075
Median % change year-on-year -13.54% +12.29% -9.87%
75th Percentile £65,640 £82,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £105,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,497 £50,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.73% +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 68,833 40,438 84,237
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.92% 93.25% 83.74%
Number of salaries quoted 44,981 21,310 60,621
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £29,200
25th Percentile £41,000 £40,871 £39,885
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,610 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.15% +4.75% -9.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.94% +2.00% -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 30 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 30 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 -3 837 £52,500 -14.19% 367
UK excluding London -7 548 £45,497 -10.73% 297
London -10 313 £65,000 -16.13% 155
Work from Home +21 260 £60,000 -7.69% 124
North of England +87 247 £42,500 -19.05% 80
Yorkshire +61 123 £50,000 +18.81% 37
Midlands +5 98 £44,772 -24.12% 36
North West +27 90 £40,000 -27.27% 30
West Midlands -6 73 £45,249 -19.91% 17
South East -39 70 £52,500 +3.01% 80
South West -66 48 £44,551 -24.17% 34
Scotland +2 38 £40,000 -34.43% 25
North East -11 34 £40,000 +1.91% 14
East of England -64 33 £45,000 -11.71% 26
East Midlands -7 25 £40,000 -38.46% 19
Wales -27 12 £53,171 -3.33% 8
Northern Ireland -46 3 £40,000 -40.74% 12

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 31 (3.31%) Confluence
2 13 (1.39%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.21%) CMS
4 2 (0.21%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.21%) WordPress
5 1 (0.11%) ColdFusion
5 1 (0.11%) Mendix
Applications
1 126 (13.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (3.74%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (3.20%) MS Visio
4 11 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.21%) Trello
6 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 20 (2.13%) NetSuite
2 9 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.75%) Fidessa
4 5 (0.53%) 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 (0.21%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.21%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.21%) SAP PSCD
8 1 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 1 (0.11%) SAP BRIM
8 1 (0.11%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 82 (8.75%) Power Platform
2 59 (6.30%) Azure
3 40 (4.27%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (3.31%) SaaS
5 27 (2.88%) Dynamics 365
6 25 (2.67%) AWS
7 20 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (1.81%) Microsoft Copilot
9 16 (1.71%) Power Automate
10 14 (1.49%) PowerApps
11 12 (1.28%) Cloud Computing
12 11 (1.17%) ChatGPT
12 11 (1.17%) PaaS
13 10 (1.07%) GCP
14 8 (0.85%) Microsoft Purview
15 7 (0.75%) Azure Data Factory
15 7 (0.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 7 (0.75%) Entra ID
15 7 (0.75%) OneDrive
16 6 (0.64%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.75%) Multicast
2 2 (0.21%) FIX Connectivity
2 2 (0.21%) LAN
2 2 (0.21%) 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
1 108 (11.53%) Tableau
2 101 (10.78%) Data Mining
3 64 (6.83%) Power BI
4 16 (1.71%) Relational Database
5 12 (1.28%) Big Data
5 12 (1.28%) Metadata
6 8 (0.85%) SQL Server
7 7 (0.75%) RDBMS
8 6 (0.64%) Data Lake
8 6 (0.64%) Power Query
9 5 (0.53%) 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 (0.21%) SAP BW
13 1 (0.11%) Neo4j
13 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database
13 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 58 (6.19%) 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
1 464 (49.52%) Finance
2 307 (32.76%) Analytical Skills
3 283 (30.20%) Social Skills
4 74 (7.90%) Public Sector
5 66 (7.04%) Law
6 65 (6.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 48 (5.12%) Legal
8 35 (3.74%) Marketing
9 33 (3.52%) Presentation Skills
10 27 (2.88%) Banking
11 26 (2.77%) Retail
12 24 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
12 24 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
13 20 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
14 16 (1.71%) Financial Institution
15 15 (1.60%) Spanish Language
16 13 (1.39%) Manufacturing
17 11 (1.17%) Billing
18 8 (0.85%) Back Office
19 7 (0.75%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 671 (71.61%) Analyst
2 522 (55.71%) Business Analyst
3 194 (20.70%) Trainee
4 193 (20.60%) Trainee Analyst
5 123 (13.13%) Senior
6 111 (11.85%) Data Analyst
7 107 (11.42%) Senior Analyst
8 100 (10.67%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 99 (10.57%) Senior Business Analyst
10 93 (9.93%) Trainee Business Analyst
11 41 (4.38%) Lead
12 33 (3.52%) Consultant
13 30 (3.20%) Insurance Business Analyst
13 30 (3.20%) Project Manager
14 29 (3.09%) Business Manager
15 23 (2.45%) Technical Analyst
15 23 (2.45%) Technical Business Analyst
16 21 (2.24%) Systems Analyst
17 19 (2.03%) Architect
17 19 (2.03%) Lead Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.71%) JSON
1 16 (1.71%) XML
2 14 (1.49%) FIX Protocol
3 9 (0.96%) FpML
4 8 (0.85%) Gherkin
5 7 (0.75%) Middleware
5 7 (0.75%) REST
5 7 (0.75%) XML Schema
6 6 (0.64%) EDI
6 6 (0.64%) SOAP
7 4 (0.43%) .NET
8 3 (0.32%) OpenAPI
8 3 (0.32%) Swagger
9 2 (0.21%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.21%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.21%) SAP Fiori
9 2 (0.21%) XML Messaging
10 1 (0.11%) PySpark
10 1 (0.11%) React
10 1 (0.11%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 89 (9.50%) Product Ownership
2 37 (3.95%) Management Information System
3 28 (2.99%) Data Structures
4 25 (2.67%) IoT
5 23 (2.45%) Analytical Mindset
6 18 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
7 17 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
8 16 (1.71%) Onboarding
9 14 (1.49%) Low-Code
10 12 (1.28%) AI Agents
11 11 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (1.17%) Fixed Income
11 11 (1.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (1.07%) Cloud Native
12 10 (1.07%) Derivative
12 10 (1.07%) PMI
12 10 (1.07%) PropTech
13 8 (0.85%) e-Learning
13 8 (0.85%) OTC Derivatives
14 7 (0.75%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.81%) Windows
2 8 (0.85%) Linux
3 3 (0.32%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.21%) Android
4 2 (0.21%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 333 (35.54%) Agile
2 265 (28.28%) Project Management
3 215 (22.95%) Problem-Solving
4 171 (18.25%) Requirements Gathering
5 165 (17.61%) Analytics
6 162 (17.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 150 (16.01%) Data Analysis
8 149 (15.90%) User Stories
9 139 (14.83%) Stakeholder Management
10 133 (14.19%) Workshop Facilitation
11 115 (12.27%) Decision-Making
12 111 (11.85%) Data Analytics
13 109 (11.63%) Process Improvement
14 99 (10.57%) Change Management
14 99 (10.57%) Continuous Improvement
15 94 (10.03%) AI
16 83 (8.86%) Acceptance Criteria
17 82 (8.75%) Business Intelligence
17 82 (8.75%) Roadmaps
18 81 (8.64%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 191 (20.38%) SQL
2 118 (12.59%) Python
3 5 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 5 (0.53%) Java
4 4 (0.43%) C#
5 2 (0.21%) T-SQL
5 2 (0.21%) X++
6 1 (0.11%) Ada
6 1 (0.11%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.11%) SOQL
6 1 (0.11%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 181 (19.32%) Degree
2 52 (5.55%) Security Cleared
3 37 (3.95%) ACCA
4 34 (3.63%) CIMA
5 33 (3.52%) SC Cleared
6 31 (3.31%) IIBA
7 30 (3.20%) PMI Certification
8 22 (2.35%) PMP
9 20 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
9 20 (2.13%) Master's Degree
10 13 (1.39%) CBAP
10 13 (1.39%) DBS Check
11 12 (1.28%) HND
12 8 (0.85%) DV Cleared
13 7 (0.75%) ISEB
14 5 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (0.53%) CIPD
14 5 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 3 (0.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (3.42%) QA
2 28 (2.99%) Data Quality
3 23 (2.45%) Accessibility
4 19 (2.03%) PMO
5 17 (1.81%) GAAP
5 17 (1.81%) GDPR
6 8 (0.85%) MiFID
7 7 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (0.64%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.32%) GRC
9 3 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.21%) NIST
10 2 (0.21%) SEPA
10 2 (0.21%) SLA
10 2 (0.21%) 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 10 (1.07%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.11%) IAG
Systems Management
1 4 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 228 (24.33%) Microsoft
2 29 (3.09%) Salesforce
3 21 (2.24%) SAP
4 14 (1.49%) Oracle
5 13 (1.39%) Intapp
6 11 (1.17%) Google
7 10 (1.07%) ServiceNow
8 8 (0.85%) Atlassian
8 8 (0.85%) Sparx
9 7 (0.75%) Anaplan
9 7 (0.75%) Bloomberg
9 7 (0.75%) CQG
9 7 (0.75%) ION Trading
9 7 (0.75%) Patsystems
9 7 (0.75%) Reuters
9 7 (0.75%) Trayport
10 6 (0.64%) Aderant
10 6 (0.64%) TOWER Software
11 5 (0.53%) HubSpot
11 5 (0.53%) IBM