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

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 204 173
Rank change year-on-year +40 -31 -38
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 909 756 1,265
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.41% 1.48% 1.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.76% 1.61% 1.95%
Number of salaries quoted 695 468 882
10th Percentile £28,250 £43,125 £36,025
25th Percentile £35,000 £50,967 £45,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.17% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £66,875 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -23.81% - -4.55%

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 51,688 46,838 64,785
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.04% 91.77% 88.53%
Number of salaries quoted 30,626 22,631 50,390
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,900 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 4 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Analysis in the UK

Business Analysis
Top 16 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 February 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 +37 814 £47,500 -20.83% 374
UK excluding London +49 532 £40,000 -23.81% 357
London +37 306 £72,500 - 123
North of England +75 237 £40,000 -27.27% 75
Work from Home +12 179 £57,500 -4.17% 80
North West +33 108 £40,000 -27.27% 33
Yorkshire +51 95 £40,000 -15.79% 31
Midlands +6 80 £40,000 -27.27% 51
South East +7 70 £50,000 -1.90% 113
West Midlands +28 61 £40,000 -27.27% 26
South West +6 57 £40,000 -26.52% 35
Scotland -7 44 £40,000 -34.43% 24
North East +20 34 £40,000 -33.02% 12
East of England -26 32 £40,000 -21.52% 39
East Midlands -2 19 £57,500 -11.54% 25
Wales +6 13 £50,000 -15.87% 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 36 (3.96%) Confluence
2 13 (1.43%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.22%) CMS
3 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.11%) IIS
4 1 (0.11%) SAS
Applications
1 184 (20.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (3.41%) MS Visio
4 21 (2.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.77%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.55%) Fidessa
3 5 (0.55%) Unit4 Business World
4 4 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.44%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.22%) Endur
5 2 (0.22%) iTrent
5 2 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.11%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.11%) PeopleSoft HRMS
6 1 (0.11%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.11%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.11%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 66 (7.26%) Power Platform
2 54 (5.94%) Azure
3 41 (4.51%) Microsoft 365
4 32 (3.52%) SaaS
5 22 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
6 21 (2.31%) Dynamics 365
7 20 (2.20%) Cloud Computing
8 18 (1.98%) AWS
8 18 (1.98%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 17 (1.87%) Miro
9 17 (1.87%) PaaS
10 15 (1.65%) ChatGPT
11 12 (1.32%) Microsoft Copilot
12 9 (0.99%) Microsoft Purview
13 8 (0.88%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (0.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 8 (0.88%) Figma
13 8 (0.88%) IaaS
13 8 (0.88%) Power Automate
14 7 (0.77%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.55%) Multicast
2 2 (0.22%) 4G
2 2 (0.22%) FIX Connectivity
2 2 (0.22%) LAN
2 2 (0.22%) Network Security
2 2 (0.22%) Unified Communications
2 2 (0.22%) WAN
2 2 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.11%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.11%) DHCP
3 1 (0.11%) DNS
3 1 (0.11%) Firewall
3 1 (0.11%) Intranet
3 1 (0.11%) RFID
3 1 (0.11%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.11%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (17.49%) Tableau
2 150 (16.50%) Data Mining
3 53 (5.83%) Power BI
4 20 (2.20%) Big Data
5 9 (0.99%) Data Lake
6 8 (0.88%) SQL Server
7 6 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (0.66%) Metadata
7 6 (0.66%) Power Query
8 5 (0.55%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.44%) Qlik Sense
9 4 (0.44%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.33%) BusinessObjects
10 3 (0.33%) GIS
10 3 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.11%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 47 (5.17%) JIRA
2 4 (0.44%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.11%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.11%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.11%) Git
4 1 (0.11%) GitLab
4 1 (0.11%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.11%) Maven
4 1 (0.11%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 519 (57.10%) Finance
2 329 (36.19%) Analytical Skills
3 283 (31.13%) Social Skills
4 77 (8.47%) Marketing
5 59 (6.49%) Banking
5 59 (6.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 51 (5.61%) Legal
7 41 (4.51%) Public Sector
8 31 (3.41%) Law
9 27 (2.97%) Retail
10 26 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
11 21 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
12 18 (1.98%) Billing
12 18 (1.98%) Manufacturing
13 17 (1.87%) Financial Institution
14 12 (1.32%) Back Office
14 12 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (1.21%) Digital Health
16 9 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
17 8 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 619 (68.10%) Analyst
2 441 (48.51%) Business Analyst
3 291 (32.01%) Trainee
4 278 (30.58%) Trainee Analyst
5 151 (16.61%) Data Analyst
6 141 (15.51%) Trainee Business Analyst
7 137 (15.07%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 92 (10.12%) Senior
9 57 (6.27%) Senior Analyst
10 54 (5.94%) Senior Business Analyst
11 39 (4.29%) Architect
12 33 (3.63%) Lead
13 32 (3.52%) Project Manager
14 23 (2.53%) Consultant
14 23 (2.53%) Developer
14 23 (2.53%) Lead Business Analyst
15 22 (2.42%) IT Analyst
15 22 (2.42%) IT Manager
16 20 (2.20%) Product Owner
16 20 (2.20%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.77%) Middleware
1 7 (0.77%) XML
2 6 (0.66%) React
3 5 (0.55%) FIX Protocol
3 5 (0.55%) JSON
4 4 (0.44%) REST
4 4 (0.44%) SOAP
4 4 (0.44%) Web Services
5 3 (0.33%) EDI
5 3 (0.33%) OpenAPI
5 3 (0.33%) Swagger
6 2 (0.22%) .NET
6 2 (0.22%) CSS
6 2 (0.22%) HTML
7 1 (0.11%) CSS3
7 1 (0.11%) Dropwizard
7 1 (0.11%) JAX-RS
7 1 (0.11%) MERN Stack
7 1 (0.11%) Mongoose
7 1 (0.11%) Nunjucks
Miscellaneous
1 67 (7.37%) Product Ownership
2 33 (3.63%) Management Information System
3 20 (2.20%) Analytical Mindset
3 20 (2.20%) IoT
4 19 (2.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 19 (2.09%) Onboarding
5 18 (1.98%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 16 (1.76%) Fixed Income
7 14 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (1.43%) AI Agents
9 11 (1.21%) PMI
10 9 (0.99%) Enterprise Cloud
10 9 (0.99%) Reinsurance
11 8 (0.88%) Life Science
11 8 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (0.77%) Cloud Native
13 6 (0.66%) Low-Code
13 6 (0.66%) Social Media
13 6 (0.66%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.43%) Windows
2 5 (0.55%) Linux
3 1 (0.11%) Android
3 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 375 (41.25%) Project Management
2 312 (34.32%) Agile
3 259 (28.49%) Problem-Solving
4 211 (23.21%) Change Management
4 211 (23.21%) Data Analysis
5 188 (20.68%) Analytics
6 158 (17.38%) Data Analytics
7 124 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
8 122 (13.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 116 (12.76%) Requirements Gathering
10 115 (12.65%) Process Improvement
11 107 (11.77%) AI
12 105 (11.55%) Decision-Making
13 101 (11.11%) User Stories
14 99 (10.89%) Continuous Improvement
15 97 (10.67%) Roadmaps
16 87 (9.57%) Workshop Facilitation
17 75 (8.25%) Project Delivery
18 74 (8.14%) Business Intelligence
19 73 (8.03%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 219 (24.09%) SQL
2 164 (18.04%) Python
3 6 (0.66%) Java
4 5 (0.55%) C#
5 4 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.22%) Ada
6 2 (0.22%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.22%) R
6 2 (0.22%) X++
7 1 (0.11%) C++
7 1 (0.11%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.11%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 269 (29.59%) Degree
2 45 (4.95%) Security Cleared
3 32 (3.52%) PMI Certification
4 29 (3.19%) Master's Degree
5 25 (2.75%) IIBA
5 25 (2.75%) SC Cleared
6 24 (2.64%) DBS Check
7 22 (2.42%) PMP
8 20 (2.20%) CIMA
8 20 (2.20%) HND
9 15 (1.65%) ACCA
9 15 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (1.54%) DV Cleared
11 9 (0.99%) CBAP
12 7 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.55%) ISEB
13 5 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (0.44%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 3 (0.33%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (4.62%) QA
2 24 (2.64%) Data Quality
3 23 (2.53%) Accessibility
4 16 (1.76%) SEPA
5 14 (1.54%) ISO 20022
6 12 (1.32%) MiFID
6 12 (1.32%) TARGET2
7 10 (1.10%) GDPR
8 9 (0.99%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.66%) PMO
10 3 (0.33%) EMIR
10 3 (0.33%) GRC
10 3 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.22%) GxP
11 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 2 (0.22%) NIST
11 2 (0.22%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.11%) COBIT
12 1 (0.11%) FATCA
12 1 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (0.77%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.11%) Control-M
2 1 (0.11%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 257 (28.27%) Microsoft
2 31 (3.41%) Salesforce
3 19 (2.09%) SAP
4 14 (1.54%) Anaplan
5 12 (1.32%) Oracle
6 9 (0.99%) ServiceNow
7 8 (0.88%) Alteryx
8 7 (0.77%) Adobe
8 7 (0.77%) iManage
9 6 (0.66%) Atlassian
9 6 (0.66%) Civica
9 6 (0.66%) ION Trading
10 5 (0.55%) Bloomberg
10 5 (0.55%) CQG
10 5 (0.55%) GoldenSource
10 5 (0.55%) Patsystems
10 5 (0.55%) Reuters
10 5 (0.55%) Trayport
10 5 (0.55%) Workday
11 4 (0.44%) HubSpot