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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 221 229 218
Rank change year-on-year +8 -11 -80
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 959 675 983
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.84% 1.37% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.16% 1.55% 1.57%
Number of salaries quoted 689 507 586
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £70,525 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +14.58% -4.00%

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 82,954 43,576 62,762
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.83% 88.69% 80.93%
Number of salaries quoted 57,665 24,452 36,140
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £76,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 15 September 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 15 September 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 -3 866 £57,500 -11.54% 1,408
UK excluding London +14 518 £52,500 -4.55% 806
Work from Home +49 380 £55,000 -15.38% 504
London -30 361 £70,000 -6.67% 793
North of England +26 179 £52,500 -12.50% 189
South East -17 100 £54,808 -8.65% 191
Midlands -15 91 £52,500 -4.55% 130
Yorkshire +20 82 £60,000 +50.00% 79
West Midlands -13 73 £53,500 -2.73% 86
North West -14 70 £52,250 -12.92% 87
South West -47 63 £47,500 +3.66% 94
East of England -5 51 £50,000 - 72
North East -39 27 £42,500 +6.25% 23
Scotland +2 19 £45,000 +6.98% 72
East Midlands -22 17 £48,000 -25.58% 44
Wales -63 14 £52,500 -4.55% 19
Northern Ireland -82 5 - - 44

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 59 (6.15%) Confluence
2 32 (3.34%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.52%) ColdFusion
4 3 (0.31%) CMS
5 2 (0.21%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.21%) WordPress
6 1 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.10%) Appian
Applications
1 66 (6.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 59 (6.15%) Microsoft Office
3 56 (5.84%) MS Visio
4 30 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (1.88%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.63%) Trello
7 5 (0.52%) Moqups
8 3 (0.31%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (2.50%) NetSuite
2 13 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.94%) Fidessa
4 7 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.42%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.31%) Exchequer
6 3 (0.31%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 3 (0.31%) Magento
6 3 (0.31%) Sage 50
6 3 (0.31%) Sage X3
6 3 (0.31%) SAP Business One
6 3 (0.31%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.31%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.31%) Shopify
7 2 (0.21%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.21%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.21%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 111 (11.57%) Power Platform
2 101 (10.53%) Azure
3 47 (4.90%) Microsoft 365
4 45 (4.69%) Azure DevOps
5 41 (4.28%) AWS
6 39 (4.07%) SaaS
7 35 (3.65%) Power Automate
8 34 (3.55%) Dynamics 365
9 24 (2.50%) Lucidchart
10 23 (2.40%) Microsoft Copilot
11 16 (1.67%) Anthropic Claude
12 15 (1.56%) PowerApps
13 13 (1.36%) Zapier
14 12 (1.25%) GCP
15 10 (1.04%) Copilot Studio
15 10 (1.04%) iPaaS
16 8 (0.83%) Boomi
16 8 (0.83%) Figma
16 8 (0.83%) Workato
17 6 (0.63%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.94%) Multicast
2 7 (0.73%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.10%) DSL
3 1 (0.10%) Intranet
3 1 (0.10%) LAN
3 1 (0.10%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (10.22%) Power BI
2 21 (2.19%) Relational Database
3 18 (1.88%) Tableau
4 17 (1.77%) SQL Server
5 11 (1.15%) Metadata
6 10 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.63%) DTS
9 4 (0.42%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.31%) Amazon Athena
10 3 (0.31%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.31%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.31%) MySQL
10 3 (0.31%) Spotfire
10 3 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.21%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.21%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.21%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.21%) SAP BW
11 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 118 (12.30%) JIRA
2 7 (0.73%) Claude Code
3 6 (0.63%) Cypress.io
3 6 (0.63%) Selenium
4 5 (0.52%) Postman
5 3 (0.31%) Git
5 3 (0.31%) Hudson
6 2 (0.21%) Balsamiq
6 2 (0.21%) ERwin
6 2 (0.21%) LSMW
7 1 (0.10%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.10%) JIRA Agile
7 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 394 (41.08%) Social Skills
2 352 (36.70%) Finance
3 314 (32.74%) Analytical Skills
4 119 (12.41%) Public Sector
5 101 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 80 (8.34%) Law
7 55 (5.74%) Legal
8 53 (5.53%) Documentation Skills
8 53 (5.53%) Organisational Skills
9 52 (5.42%) Presentation Skills
10 46 (4.80%) Influencing Skills
11 40 (4.17%) Manufacturing
12 37 (3.86%) Retail
13 26 (2.71%) Banking
14 23 (2.40%) Marketing
15 22 (2.29%) Legal Technology
16 19 (1.98%) Local Government
17 17 (1.77%) Aerospace
18 16 (1.67%) Front Office
18 16 (1.67%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 584 (60.90%) Analyst
2 492 (51.30%) Business Analyst
3 175 (18.25%) Senior
4 138 (14.39%) Senior Analyst
5 128 (13.35%) Senior Business Analyst
6 62 (6.47%) Lead
7 53 (5.53%) Consultant
8 40 (4.17%) Technical Analyst
9 38 (3.96%) Technical Business Analyst
10 34 (3.55%) Business Manager
10 34 (3.55%) Project Manager
11 30 (3.13%) Lead Business Analyst
12 29 (3.02%) Systems Analyst
13 27 (2.82%) Product Manager
14 24 (2.50%) Applications Support
14 24 (2.50%) Data Analyst
14 24 (2.50%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
15 23 (2.40%) Product Analyst
16 22 (2.29%) Business Systems Analyst
17 21 (2.19%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.19%) FIX Protocol
2 18 (1.88%) REST
3 14 (1.46%) .NET
4 13 (1.36%) XML
5 11 (1.15%) Gherkin
5 11 (1.15%) SOAP
6 8 (0.83%) Playwright
7 7 (0.73%) JSON
8 5 (0.52%) CrewAI
8 5 (0.52%) LangChain
8 5 (0.52%) LlamaIndex
9 4 (0.42%) Lightning Web Components
10 3 (0.31%) .NET Core
10 3 (0.31%) EDI
10 3 (0.31%) FpML
10 3 (0.31%) Middleware
10 3 (0.31%) Oracle Fusion
10 3 (0.31%) PySpark
10 3 (0.31%) WinForms
11 2 (0.21%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 115 (11.99%) Product Ownership
2 53 (5.53%) Management Information System
3 25 (2.61%) Analytical Mindset
4 23 (2.40%) Data Structures
4 23 (2.40%) Low-Code
5 22 (2.29%) AI Agents
6 20 (2.09%) Onboarding
7 19 (1.98%) Derivative
8 18 (1.88%) Fixed Income
9 16 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (1.36%) Blog
10 13 (1.36%) IoT
11 12 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (1.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 12 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
12 10 (1.04%) PMI
12 10 (1.04%) PropTech
13 9 (0.94%) Equities
13 9 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
13 9 (0.94%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 23 (2.40%) Linux
2 18 (1.88%) Windows
3 3 (0.31%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 426 (44.42%) Agile
2 295 (30.76%) Problem-Solving
3 286 (29.82%) Stakeholder Management
4 275 (28.68%) Requirements Gathering
5 214 (22.31%) User Stories
6 211 (22.00%) Workshop Facilitation
7 200 (20.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 196 (20.44%) Continuous Improvement
9 192 (20.02%) Process Improvement
10 185 (19.29%) AI
11 158 (16.48%) Project Management
12 153 (15.95%) Decision-Making
13 147 (15.33%) Project Delivery
14 130 (13.56%) Scrum
15 120 (12.51%) Business Intelligence
16 119 (12.41%) User Acceptance Testing
17 115 (11.99%) Acceptance Criteria
18 114 (11.89%) Coaching
19 101 (10.53%) Waterfall
20 91 (9.49%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 146 (15.22%) SQL
2 41 (4.28%) Python
3 23 (2.40%) JavaScript
4 21 (2.19%) Java
5 19 (1.98%) C++
6 15 (1.56%) C#
7 8 (0.83%) TypeScript
8 6 (0.63%) T-SQL
9 5 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.31%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.21%) Ada
12 1 (0.10%) R
12 1 (0.10%) RPG
12 1 (0.10%) SOQL
12 1 (0.10%) SOSL
12 1 (0.10%) VBA
Qualifications
1 167 (17.41%) Degree
2 104 (10.84%) Security Cleared
3 83 (8.65%) SC Cleared
4 37 (3.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (3.02%) ACCA
6 28 (2.92%) CIMA
7 24 (2.50%) IIBA
8 21 (2.19%) PMI Certification
9 17 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
10 14 (1.46%) CBAP
10 14 (1.46%) PMP
11 11 (1.15%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.63%) CFA
12 6 (0.63%) ISEB
13 5 (0.52%) DV Cleared
13 5 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (0.42%) CSPO
14 4 (0.42%) Master's Degree
15 3 (0.31%) CRISC
15 3 (0.31%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (5.63%) QA
2 45 (4.69%) Data Quality
3 24 (2.50%) PMO
4 15 (1.56%) Accessibility
5 14 (1.46%) GAAP
5 14 (1.46%) GDPR
6 12 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.42%) COBIT
7 4 (0.42%) NIST
8 3 (0.31%) GRC
8 3 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 3 (0.31%) NCSC
9 2 (0.21%) MiFID
9 2 (0.21%) SLA
10 1 (0.10%) COSO
10 1 (0.10%) Good Clinical Practice
10 1 (0.10%) GxP
10 1 (0.10%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.10%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (0.21%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.10%) IAG
Systems Management
1 2 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.10%) Kibana
2 1 (0.10%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.10%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.10%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 161 (16.79%) Microsoft
2 41 (4.28%) Salesforce
3 37 (3.86%) SAP
4 21 (2.19%) Oracle
4 21 (2.19%) ServiceNow
5 17 (1.77%) Google
6 15 (1.56%) JD Edwards
6 15 (1.56%) YouTube
7 14 (1.46%) Workday
8 12 (1.25%) Intapp
9 10 (1.04%) Atlassian
10 9 (0.94%) Bloomberg
10 9 (0.94%) CQG
10 9 (0.94%) FIS
10 9 (0.94%) ION Trading
10 9 (0.94%) Patsystems
10 9 (0.94%) Reuters
10 9 (0.94%) SunGard
10 9 (0.94%) Trayport
11 8 (0.83%) DocuSign