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 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 213 233 195
Rank change year-on-year +20 -38 -44
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 972 707 1,149
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.92% 1.42% 1.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 1.59% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 749 474 630
10th Percentile £35,000 £43,099 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,930 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +10.54% -2.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £83,563 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,250 £105,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £57,468 £47,500
% change year-on-year -12.99% +20.98% -5.00%

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 77,887 44,584 67,368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.57% 89.31% 81.13%
Number of salaries quoted 53,644 25,395 43,808
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,170 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £48,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.58% -4.00% -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 10 August 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 10 August 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 +17 883 £55,000 -15.38% 596
UK excluding London +1 542 £50,000 -12.99% 448
London -22 361 £70,000 -9.68% 232
Work from Home +3 346 £57,500 -12.06% 212
North of England +63 213 £50,000 -16.67% 112
Yorkshire +49 103 £60,000 +20.00% 48
Midlands +4 92 £50,250 -8.64% 91
South East -29 87 £52,500 -12.50% 118
West Midlands +2 74 £52,500 -4.55% 53
North West -5 74 £47,500 -20.83% 48
South West -66 59 £50,000 - 43
East of England -2 54 £45,000 -10.00% 46
North East -23 36 £41,500 +5.73% 18
Scotland -4 25 £40,791 -16.87% 18
East Midlands -15 18 £48,000 -18.64% 38
Wales -49 7 £53,171 +1.06% 14
Northern Ireland -74 6 £40,000 -40.74% 16

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 48 (4.94%) Confluence
2 31 (3.19%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.51%) ColdFusion
4 3 (0.31%) CMS
5 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.21%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.21%) WordPress
6 1 (0.10%) Appian
6 1 (0.10%) Mendix
Applications
1 96 (9.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
3 48 (4.94%) MS Visio
4 23 (2.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (1.65%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.62%) Trello
7 4 (0.41%) Moqups
8 3 (0.31%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 28 (2.88%) NetSuite
2 12 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.82%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.31%) Exchequer
5 3 (0.31%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 3 (0.31%) Magento
5 3 (0.31%) Sage 50
5 3 (0.31%) Sage X3
5 3 (0.31%) Shopify
6 2 (0.21%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.21%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.21%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.21%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.21%) SAP PSCD
7 1 (0.10%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.10%) SAP BRIM
Cloud Services
1 104 (10.70%) Power Platform
2 92 (9.47%) Azure
3 47 (4.84%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (4.01%) SaaS
5 36 (3.70%) AWS
5 36 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
6 33 (3.40%) Power Automate
7 28 (2.88%) Dynamics 365
8 25 (2.57%) Lucidchart
9 20 (2.06%) Microsoft Copilot
10 17 (1.75%) PowerApps
11 13 (1.34%) Anthropic Claude
11 13 (1.34%) Zapier
12 12 (1.23%) Copilot Studio
12 12 (1.23%) GCP
13 10 (1.03%) iPaaS
14 8 (0.82%) Boomi
14 8 (0.82%) Workato
15 7 (0.72%) Google Drive
15 7 (0.72%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.82%) Multicast
2 6 (0.62%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.10%) DSL
3 1 (0.10%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (9.05%) Power BI
2 54 (5.56%) Tableau
3 43 (4.42%) Data Mining
4 21 (2.16%) Relational Database
5 16 (1.65%) SQL Server
6 13 (1.34%) Metadata
7 9 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (0.82%) RDBMS
9 7 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.62%) DTS
11 3 (0.31%) Crystal Reports
11 3 (0.31%) MySQL
11 3 (0.31%) Spotfire
11 3 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.21%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.21%) GIS
12 2 (0.21%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.21%) Power Query
12 2 (0.21%) Qlik Sense
12 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 100 (10.29%) JIRA
2 6 (0.62%) ERwin
3 4 (0.41%) Cypress.io
3 4 (0.41%) Postman
3 4 (0.41%) Selenium
4 3 (0.31%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.21%) Balsamiq
5 2 (0.21%) Git
5 2 (0.21%) Hudson
5 2 (0.21%) LSMW
6 1 (0.10%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 397 (40.84%) Finance
2 362 (37.24%) Social Skills
3 324 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 100 (10.29%) Public Sector
5 95 (9.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 81 (8.33%) Law
7 53 (5.45%) Legal
8 49 (5.04%) Presentation Skills
9 44 (4.53%) Documentation Skills
10 43 (4.42%) Influencing Skills
11 38 (3.91%) Organisational Skills
12 32 (3.29%) Manufacturing
13 28 (2.88%) Retail
14 25 (2.57%) Banking
15 22 (2.26%) Legal Technology
16 21 (2.16%) Marketing
17 20 (2.06%) Local Government
18 18 (1.85%) Spanish Language
19 15 (1.54%) Financial Institution
19 15 (1.54%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 631 (64.92%) Analyst
2 507 (52.16%) Business Analyst
3 167 (17.18%) Senior
4 137 (14.09%) Senior Analyst
5 127 (13.07%) Senior Business Analyst
6 76 (7.82%) Trainee
6 76 (7.82%) Trainee Analyst
7 61 (6.28%) Data Analyst
8 60 (6.17%) Lead
9 43 (4.42%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 41 (4.22%) Consultant
11 37 (3.81%) Project Manager
12 33 (3.40%) Trainee Business Analyst
13 30 (3.09%) Business Manager
14 28 (2.88%) Systems Analyst
14 28 (2.88%) Technical Analyst
15 26 (2.67%) Technical Business Analyst
16 25 (2.57%) IT Analyst
16 25 (2.57%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
17 24 (2.47%) Lead Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.47%) FIX Protocol
2 15 (1.54%) REST
3 11 (1.13%) JSON
3 11 (1.13%) XML
4 10 (1.03%) .NET
4 10 (1.03%) SOAP
5 9 (0.93%) Gherkin
6 8 (0.82%) FpML
7 6 (0.62%) XML Schema
8 4 (0.41%) EDI
8 4 (0.41%) Lightning Web Components
9 3 (0.31%) .NET Core
9 3 (0.31%) CrewAI
9 3 (0.31%) LangChain
9 3 (0.31%) LlamaIndex
9 3 (0.31%) Middleware
9 3 (0.31%) Oracle Fusion
9 3 (0.31%) WinForms
10 2 (0.21%) Playwright
10 2 (0.21%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 104 (10.70%) Product Ownership
2 50 (5.14%) Management Information System
3 30 (3.09%) Analytical Mindset
4 29 (2.98%) Data Structures
5 23 (2.37%) Low-Code
6 21 (2.16%) AI Agents
7 20 (2.06%) Derivative
8 17 (1.75%) Fixed Income
9 15 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (1.34%) Blog
10 13 (1.34%) IoT
10 13 (1.34%) Onboarding
11 12 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
12 11 (1.13%) Cloud Native
12 11 (1.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 10 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
13 10 (1.03%) PropTech
14 8 (0.82%) Distributed Architecture
14 8 (0.82%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 22 (2.26%) Linux
2 19 (1.95%) Windows
3 3 (0.31%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 380 (39.09%) Agile
2 251 (25.82%) Problem-Solving
3 243 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 216 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 201 (20.68%) Project Management
6 200 (20.58%) User Stories
7 191 (19.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 180 (18.52%) Workshop Facilitation
9 170 (17.49%) Continuous Improvement
10 167 (17.18%) Process Improvement
11 145 (14.92%) AI
12 142 (14.61%) Decision-Making
13 129 (13.27%) Project Delivery
14 109 (11.21%) Analytics
15 108 (11.11%) Scrum
16 106 (10.91%) Data Analysis
17 104 (10.70%) Business Intelligence
18 102 (10.49%) User Acceptance Testing
19 100 (10.29%) Acceptance Criteria
19 100 (10.29%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 166 (17.08%) SQL
2 77 (7.92%) Python
3 16 (1.65%) C++
4 13 (1.34%) JavaScript
5 12 (1.23%) C#
6 10 (1.03%) Java
7 5 (0.51%) T-SQL
7 5 (0.51%) TypeScript
8 4 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.31%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.21%) Ada
11 1 (0.10%) R
11 1 (0.10%) RPG
11 1 (0.10%) SOQL
11 1 (0.10%) SOSL
11 1 (0.10%) VBA
Qualifications
1 149 (15.33%) Degree
2 87 (8.95%) Security Cleared
3 73 (7.51%) SC Cleared
4 35 (3.60%) ACCA
5 34 (3.50%) CIMA
6 31 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 25 (2.57%) PMI Certification
8 21 (2.16%) PMP
9 18 (1.85%) IIBA
10 15 (1.54%) CBAP
11 14 (1.44%) DBS Check
12 10 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
13 8 (0.82%) ISEB
14 5 (0.51%) CFA
14 5 (0.51%) CIPD
15 4 (0.41%) Master's Degree
15 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
16 3 (0.31%) CSPO
16 3 (0.31%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 3 (0.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (3.91%) Data Quality
2 37 (3.81%) QA
3 30 (3.09%) PMO
4 18 (1.85%) GDPR
5 17 (1.75%) GAAP
6 15 (1.54%) Accessibility
7 10 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.41%) MiFID
9 3 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.31%) COBIT
9 3 (0.31%) GRC
9 3 (0.31%) NIST
10 2 (0.21%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 2 (0.21%) NCSC
10 2 (0.21%) SLA
11 1 (0.10%) COSO
11 1 (0.10%) IFRS
11 1 (0.10%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.10%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (0.62%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.10%) IAG
Systems Management
1 4 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.10%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.10%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.10%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (0.10%) Terraform
Vendors
1 184 (18.93%) Microsoft
2 43 (4.42%) Salesforce
3 32 (3.29%) SAP
4 19 (1.95%) Oracle
4 19 (1.95%) ServiceNow
5 18 (1.85%) Google
6 14 (1.44%) JD Edwards
7 13 (1.34%) Intapp
8 12 (1.23%) Atlassian
9 9 (0.93%) FIS
9 9 (0.93%) SunGard
10 8 (0.82%) CQG
10 8 (0.82%) DocuSign
10 8 (0.82%) ION Trading
10 8 (0.82%) MuleSoft
10 8 (0.82%) Patsystems
10 8 (0.82%) RedGate
10 8 (0.82%) Reuters
10 8 (0.82%) Trayport
10 8 (0.82%) Workday