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 21 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 179 206
Rank change year-on-year -5 +27 -41
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 991 740 1,378
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.13% 1.77% 1.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.50% 1.90% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 776 438 825
10th Percentile £28,250 £43,117 £34,834
25th Percentile £35,000 £50,967 £43,461
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,885 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.53% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £65,473 £79,761 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £52,500 £51,150
% change year-on-year -23.81% +2.64% -7.00%

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 65,992 38,867 81,094
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.24% 92.91% 85.83%
Number of salaries quoted 40,690 22,673 59,246
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.86%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -8.90%

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 21 April 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 21 April 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 -4 889 £50,000 -18.50% 390
UK excluding London -12 588 £40,000 -23.81% 336
London +16 330 £66,250 -11.67% 132
North of England +54 265 £40,000 -27.27% 92
Work from Home -27 223 £62,500 -3.85% 108
Yorkshire +45 123 £40,000 -44.44% 42
Midlands +9 103 £40,000 -27.27% 50
North West -4 103 £40,000 -27.27% 38
West Midlands +6 80 £40,000 -27.27% 30
South East -62 66 £50,000 -1.90% 76
South West -57 58 £40,000 -20.00% 29
Scotland -22 43 £40,000 -33.33% 19
North East -7 39 £40,000 -15.79% 14
East of England -79 37 £44,250 -13.18% 47
East Midlands -43 23 £48,750 -25.00% 19
Wales -19 14 £56,585 -11.54% 12
Northern Ireland -42 3 £40,000 -32.69% 15

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 29 (2.93%) Confluence
2 18 (1.82%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.10%) IIS
4 1 (0.10%) Mendix
4 1 (0.10%) SAS
Applications
1 179 (18.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (3.33%) MS Visio
3 28 (2.83%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.10%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.10%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 17 (1.72%) NetSuite
2 11 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.40%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.20%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.10%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.10%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.10%) Maximo
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.10%) SAP BRIM
6 1 (0.10%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.10%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.10%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.10%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 85 (8.58%) Power Platform
2 58 (5.85%) Azure
3 42 (4.24%) Microsoft 365
4 32 (3.23%) SaaS
5 28 (2.83%) Dynamics 365
6 24 (2.42%) AWS
7 20 (2.02%) Cloud Computing
8 19 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
9 18 (1.82%) PaaS
10 16 (1.61%) ChatGPT
10 16 (1.61%) Microsoft Copilot
11 15 (1.51%) Power Automate
12 12 (1.21%) PowerApps
13 11 (1.11%) Microsoft Purview
13 11 (1.11%) Miro
14 10 (1.01%) Azure Data Factory
14 10 (1.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 10 (1.01%) Entra ID
14 10 (1.01%) GCP
14 10 (1.01%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.40%) Multicast
2 2 (0.20%) LAN
2 2 (0.20%) Network Security
2 2 (0.20%) WAN
3 1 (0.10%) 4G
3 1 (0.10%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.10%) DHCP
3 1 (0.10%) DNS
3 1 (0.10%) Firewall
3 1 (0.10%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.10%) RFID
3 1 (0.10%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.10%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.10%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (16.45%) Tableau
2 151 (15.24%) Data Mining
3 68 (6.86%) Power BI
4 20 (2.02%) Big Data
5 14 (1.41%) Metadata
6 13 (1.31%) Relational Database
7 9 (0.91%) Data Lake
8 8 (0.81%) Power Query
9 7 (0.71%) RDBMS
9 7 (0.71%) SQL Server
10 6 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.61%) Qlik Sense
11 5 (0.50%) NoSQL
12 3 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.30%) GIS
12 3 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 1 (0.10%) DTS
13 1 (0.10%) Oracle Database
13 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 43 (4.34%) JIRA
2 7 (0.71%) ERwin
3 1 (0.10%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.10%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 550 (55.50%) Finance
2 363 (36.63%) Analytical Skills
3 304 (30.68%) Social Skills
4 68 (6.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 57 (5.75%) Public Sector
6 55 (5.55%) Law
6 55 (5.55%) Marketing
7 49 (4.94%) Legal
8 40 (4.04%) Banking
9 27 (2.72%) Documentation Skills
10 26 (2.62%) Presentation Skills
11 22 (2.22%) Retail
12 20 (2.02%) Manufacturing
13 19 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
14 17 (1.72%) Financial Institution
14 17 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
15 12 (1.21%) Billing
16 9 (0.91%) Spanish Language
17 6 (0.61%) Aerospace
17 6 (0.61%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 715 (72.15%) Analyst
2 515 (51.97%) Business Analyst
3 289 (29.16%) Trainee
4 286 (28.86%) Trainee Analyst
5 160 (16.15%) Data Analyst
6 148 (14.93%) Trainee Data Analyst
7 138 (13.93%) Trainee Business Analyst
8 115 (11.60%) Senior
9 94 (9.49%) Senior Analyst
10 86 (8.68%) Senior Business Analyst
11 36 (3.63%) Lead
12 33 (3.33%) Project Manager
13 31 (3.13%) Insurance Business Analyst
14 29 (2.93%) Consultant
15 23 (2.32%) Systems Analyst
16 21 (2.12%) Technical Analyst
16 21 (2.12%) Technical Business Analyst
17 20 (2.02%) Lecturer
18 19 (1.92%) Architect
18 19 (1.92%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.61%) XML
2 15 (1.51%) JSON
3 11 (1.11%) FIX Protocol
4 9 (0.91%) FpML
5 7 (0.71%) XML Schema
6 6 (0.61%) Middleware
6 6 (0.61%) REST
7 5 (0.50%) EDI
7 5 (0.50%) SOAP
8 4 (0.40%) .NET
9 3 (0.30%) OpenAPI
9 3 (0.30%) React
9 3 (0.30%) Swagger
10 2 (0.20%) AngularJS
10 2 (0.20%) ASP.NET
10 2 (0.20%) Web Services
10 2 (0.20%) XML Messaging
11 1 (0.10%) Oracle Fusion
11 1 (0.10%) RESTful
11 1 (0.10%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 86 (8.68%) Product Ownership
2 36 (3.63%) Management Information System
3 33 (3.33%) IoT
4 29 (2.93%) Analytical Mindset
5 23 (2.32%) Legacy Systems
6 20 (2.02%) Data Structures
7 17 (1.72%) AI Agents
7 17 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
8 15 (1.51%) Fixed Income
9 14 (1.41%) Onboarding
10 13 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (1.21%) Derivative
12 11 (1.11%) Low-Code
13 10 (1.01%) Cloud Native
13 10 (1.01%) Enterprise Cloud
13 10 (1.01%) OTC Derivatives
13 10 (1.01%) PMI
13 10 (1.01%) PropTech
13 10 (1.01%) Virtual Team
14 8 (0.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.61%) Windows
2 4 (0.40%) Linux
3 3 (0.30%) Android
3 3 (0.30%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 346 (34.91%) Project Management
2 316 (31.89%) Agile
3 250 (25.23%) Problem-Solving
4 217 (21.90%) Analytics
5 207 (20.89%) Data Analysis
6 168 (16.95%) Change Management
7 165 (16.65%) Data Analytics
8 149 (15.04%) Requirements Gathering
9 142 (14.33%) User Stories
10 141 (14.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 124 (12.51%) Stakeholder Management
12 116 (11.71%) Decision-Making
13 112 (11.30%) Workshop Facilitation
14 108 (10.90%) Process Improvement
15 94 (9.49%) Roadmaps
16 93 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
17 91 (9.18%) Business Intelligence
18 88 (8.88%) AI
19 86 (8.68%) Project Delivery
20 78 (7.87%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 236 (23.81%) SQL
2 170 (17.15%) Python
3 6 (0.61%) Java
4 4 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (0.30%) C#
6 2 (0.20%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.20%) X++
7 1 (0.10%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.10%) R
7 1 (0.10%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.10%) VBA
Qualifications
1 236 (23.81%) Degree
2 57 (5.75%) Security Cleared
3 36 (3.63%) SC Cleared
4 34 (3.43%) PMI Certification
5 33 (3.33%) IIBA
6 32 (3.23%) CIMA
7 31 (3.13%) Master's Degree
8 29 (2.93%) ACCA
9 25 (2.52%) PMP
10 20 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
10 20 (2.02%) HND
11 15 (1.51%) DBS Check
12 12 (1.21%) CBAP
12 12 (1.21%) DV Cleared
13 7 (0.71%) ISEB
14 6 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.50%) CIPD
16 4 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Certification
17 3 (0.30%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (3.83%) QA
2 26 (2.62%) Data Quality
3 20 (2.02%) Accessibility
3 20 (2.02%) PMO
4 14 (1.41%) MiFID
5 13 (1.31%) GAAP
5 13 (1.31%) GDPR
6 11 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
7 6 (0.61%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.20%) GRC
8 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.20%) NIST
8 2 (0.20%) SEPA
8 2 (0.20%) SLA
8 2 (0.20%) Solvency II
8 2 (0.20%) TARGET2
9 1 (0.10%) EMIR
9 1 (0.10%) FATCA
9 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.10%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (1.31%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.10%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.10%) Control-M
2 1 (0.10%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.10%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.10%) Terraform
Vendors
1 274 (27.65%) Microsoft
2 28 (2.83%) Salesforce
3 20 (2.02%) SAP
4 11 (1.11%) Oracle
5 10 (1.01%) Anaplan
5 10 (1.01%) Google
5 10 (1.01%) ServiceNow
6 9 (0.91%) Atlassian
6 9 (0.91%) Intapp
7 8 (0.81%) Alteryx
7 8 (0.81%) Sparx
8 7 (0.71%) HubSpot
9 5 (0.50%) Guidewire
9 5 (0.50%) IBM
10 4 (0.40%) CQG
10 4 (0.40%) GoldenSource
10 4 (0.40%) ION Trading
10 4 (0.40%) Patsystems
10 4 (0.40%) Reuters
10 4 (0.40%) Trayport