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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 209 236 212
Rank change year-on-year +27 -24 -59
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 928 664 1,344
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.96% 1.39% 1.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% 1.53% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 745 427 788
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,863 £34,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £53,125 £42,500
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 £87,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £107,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -17.39% +15.00% -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 71,201 43,352 86,215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.63% 91.03% 82.05%
Number of salaries quoted 49,187 23,974 60,816
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.09%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,738 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.48% - -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 4 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 4 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 +29 830 £55,000 -16.37% 538
UK excluding London +27 519 £47,500 -17.39% 430
London -7 331 £70,000 -12.50% 206
Work from Home +5 288 £57,500 -17.86% 194
North of England +86 220 £46,961 -17.57% 112
Yorkshire +68 109 £52,500 +27.92% 50
Midlands +3 84 £47,750 -16.96% 67
North West +4 81 £45,000 -23.40% 46
South East -24 74 £52,500 -8.70% 126
West Midlands -8 63 £48,750 -12.56% 37
South West -69 58 £46,421 -15.60% 44
East of England -4 38 £42,879 -31.94% 42
Scotland +4 32 £40,000 -33.33% 25
North East -16 30 £40,000 +1.91% 19
East Midlands -6 21 £48,000 -31.43% 31
Wales -37 11 £53,171 +1.06% 10
Northern Ireland -56 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 37 (3.99%) Confluence
2 22 (2.37%) 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
1 106 (11.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (3.99%) MS Visio
4 21 (2.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (1.40%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.32%) Trello
7 2 (0.22%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 26 (2.80%) NetSuite
2 10 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.65%) Fidessa
4 5 (0.54%) 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 (0.22%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.22%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 2 (0.22%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.22%) SAP PSCD
8 1 (0.11%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.11%) Maximo
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.11%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 92 (9.91%) Power Platform
2 63 (6.79%) Azure
3 42 (4.53%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (3.66%) SaaS
5 30 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
6 26 (2.80%) Azure DevOps
7 23 (2.48%) AWS
8 22 (2.37%) Power Automate
9 19 (2.05%) Microsoft Copilot
10 16 (1.72%) PowerApps
11 11 (1.19%) Copilot Studio
12 10 (1.08%) GCP
13 8 (0.86%) Google Drive
13 8 (0.86%) Lucidchart
13 8 (0.86%) Microsoft Purview
14 7 (0.75%) Miro
14 7 (0.75%) OneDrive
15 6 (0.65%) PaaS
15 6 (0.65%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 5 (0.54%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.65%) Multicast
2 4 (0.43%) FIX Connectivity
3 2 (0.22%) LAN
3 2 (0.22%) WAN
4 1 (0.11%) DSL
4 1 (0.11%) Intranet
4 1 (0.11%) Network Security
4 1 (0.11%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (8.08%) Power BI
2 73 (7.87%) Tableau
3 66 (7.11%) Data Mining
4 19 (2.05%) Relational Database
5 14 (1.51%) Metadata
6 11 (1.19%) SQL Server
7 7 (0.75%) RDBMS
8 6 (0.65%) Power Query
8 6 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (0.54%) DTS
10 4 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.32%) GIS
11 3 (0.32%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.22%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.22%) Qlik Sense
12 2 (0.22%) SAP BW
13 1 (0.11%) Amazon RDS
13 1 (0.11%) Amazon Redshift
13 1 (0.11%) Neo4j
13 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 72 (7.76%) JIRA
2 7 (0.75%) ERwin
3 1 (0.11%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.11%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 413 (44.50%) Finance
2 311 (33.51%) Analytical Skills
3 304 (32.76%) Social Skills
4 81 (8.73%) Public Sector
5 68 (7.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 67 (7.22%) Law
7 43 (4.63%) Presentation Skills
8 42 (4.53%) Legal
9 33 (3.56%) Documentation Skills
10 29 (3.13%) Retail
11 28 (3.02%) Influencing Skills
12 25 (2.69%) Organisational Skills
13 24 (2.59%) Manufacturing
14 19 (2.05%) Banking
15 17 (1.83%) Marketing
16 16 (1.72%) Financial Institution
16 16 (1.72%) Legal Technology
16 16 (1.72%) Spanish Language
17 12 (1.29%) Aerospace
18 11 (1.19%) Billing
Job Titles
1 638 (68.75%) Analyst
2 510 (54.96%) Business Analyst
3 139 (14.98%) Senior
4 124 (13.36%) Trainee
4 124 (13.36%) Trainee Analyst
5 119 (12.82%) Senior Analyst
6 111 (11.96%) Senior Business Analyst
7 77 (8.30%) Data Analyst
8 66 (7.11%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 58 (6.25%) Trainee Business Analyst
10 44 (4.74%) Lead
11 43 (4.63%) Consultant
12 34 (3.66%) Project Manager
13 30 (3.23%) Business Manager
14 29 (3.13%) Insurance Business Analyst
14 29 (3.13%) Technical Analyst
14 29 (3.13%) Technical Business Analyst
15 25 (2.69%) Systems Analyst
16 23 (2.48%) IT Analyst
17 22 (2.37%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (1.83%) FIX Protocol
2 14 (1.51%) JSON
2 14 (1.51%) XML
3 9 (0.97%) FpML
4 8 (0.86%) Gherkin
5 7 (0.75%) .NET
5 7 (0.75%) XML Schema
6 6 (0.65%) EDI
6 6 (0.65%) Middleware
7 5 (0.54%) REST
8 4 (0.43%) SOAP
9 3 (0.32%) Oracle Fusion
10 2 (0.22%) AngularJS
10 2 (0.22%) ASP.NET
10 2 (0.22%) SAP Fiori
10 2 (0.22%) WinForms
10 2 (0.22%) XML Messaging
11 1 (0.11%) PySpark
11 1 (0.11%) React
11 1 (0.11%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 91 (9.81%) Product Ownership
2 45 (4.85%) Management Information System
3 29 (3.13%) Data Structures
4 24 (2.59%) Analytical Mindset
5 17 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (1.51%) Fixed Income
6 14 (1.51%) Low-Code
6 14 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (1.40%) IoT
8 12 (1.29%) AI Agents
8 12 (1.29%) Blog
8 12 (1.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 12 (1.29%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.19%) Derivative
10 10 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (1.08%) PropTech
11 9 (0.97%) Cloud Native
12 8 (0.86%) e-Learning
12 8 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (0.86%) OTC Derivatives
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.94%) Windows
2 15 (1.62%) Linux
3 3 (0.32%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.22%) Android
4 2 (0.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 331 (35.67%) Agile
2 220 (23.71%) Project Management
3 209 (22.52%) Problem-Solving
4 196 (21.12%) Requirements Gathering
5 189 (20.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 172 (18.53%) User Stories
7 162 (17.46%) Stakeholder Management
8 146 (15.73%) Workshop Facilitation
9 136 (14.66%) Process Improvement
10 132 (14.22%) Decision-Making
11 131 (14.12%) Analytics
12 129 (13.90%) Continuous Improvement
13 122 (13.15%) Data Analysis
14 107 (11.53%) AI
15 96 (10.34%) Project Delivery
16 89 (9.59%) Business Intelligence
17 87 (9.38%) Acceptance Criteria
18 85 (9.16%) User Acceptance Testing
19 84 (9.05%) Scrum
20 82 (8.84%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 180 (19.40%) SQL
2 89 (9.59%) Python
3 9 (0.97%) C#
4 8 (0.86%) JavaScript
5 6 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 5 (0.54%) C++
7 4 (0.43%) Java
7 4 (0.43%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.22%) Ada
8 2 (0.22%) VB.NET
8 2 (0.22%) X++
9 1 (0.11%) R
9 1 (0.11%) RPG
9 1 (0.11%) SOQL
9 1 (0.11%) SOSL
9 1 (0.11%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 138 (14.87%) Degree
2 58 (6.25%) Security Cleared
3 48 (5.17%) SC Cleared
4 39 (4.20%) ACCA
5 36 (3.88%) CIMA
6 26 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
7 22 (2.37%) PMI Certification
8 21 (2.26%) IIBA
8 21 (2.26%) PMP
9 15 (1.62%) DBS Check
10 12 (1.29%) CBAP
11 10 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.54%) CIPD
13 5 (0.54%) DV Cleared
13 5 (0.54%) ISEB
13 5 (0.54%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 3 (0.32%) CFA
15 3 (0.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (3.34%) Data Quality
1 31 (3.34%) QA
2 26 (2.80%) PMO
3 18 (1.94%) GAAP
4 17 (1.83%) GDPR
5 14 (1.51%) Accessibility
6 8 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (0.86%) MiFID
7 7 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (0.54%) ISO 20022
9 4 (0.43%) GRC
10 2 (0.22%) NIST
10 2 (0.22%) SEPA
10 2 (0.22%) SLA
10 2 (0.22%) TARGET2
10 2 (0.22%) WCAG
11 1 (0.11%) COBIT
11 1 (0.11%) COSO
11 1 (0.11%) FATCA
11 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (0.86%) 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
1 197 (21.23%) Microsoft
2 34 (3.66%) Salesforce
3 20 (2.16%) SAP
4 15 (1.62%) Google
4 15 (1.62%) Oracle
5 13 (1.40%) Intapp
5 13 (1.40%) ServiceNow
6 11 (1.19%) JD Edwards
7 10 (1.08%) Atlassian
8 8 (0.86%) Sparx
9 6 (0.65%) Aderant
9 6 (0.65%) Bloomberg
9 6 (0.65%) CQG
9 6 (0.65%) IBM
9 6 (0.65%) ION Trading
9 6 (0.65%) Patsystems
9 6 (0.65%) Reuters
9 6 (0.65%) TOWER Software
9 6 (0.65%) Trayport
10 5 (0.54%) HubSpot