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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 208 231 204
Rank change year-on-year +23 -27 -49
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 940 690 1,211
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.94% 1.41% 1.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.27% 1.56% 1.62%
Number of salaries quoted 753 456 670
10th Percentile £35,000 £43,175 £35,105
25th Percentile £41,439 £53,750 £42,253
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +17.12% -6.38%
75th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £106,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,885 £57,500 £49,750
% change year-on-year -14.98% +15.58% -3.40%

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 74,007 44,123 74,573
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.62% 89.89% 81.72%
Number of salaries quoted 51,106 24,962 50,806
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +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 24 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 24 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 +23 849 £55,000 -18.52% 528
UK excluding London +23 525 £48,885 -14.98% 470
London -9 347 £70,000 -12.50% 176
Work from Home +5 317 £57,500 -17.86% 162
North of England +76 219 £47,500 -20.83% 131
Yorkshire +58 107 £52,500 -10.32% 60
Midlands -3 87 £48,000 -13.90% 81
South East -10 81 £52,500 -14.29% 130
North West +4 79 £45,497 -24.17% 45
West Midlands -10 69 £52,500 -4.55% 53
South West -60 59 £50,000 -0.99% 46
East of England -4 38 £42,879 -17.54% 45
North East -16 33 £41,500 +5.73% 26
Scotland +4 30 £40,000 -30.13% 22
East Midlands -17 18 £48,000 -31.43% 28
Wales -50 8 £60,000 +14.05% 11
Northern Ireland -72 4 £40,000 -40.74% 11

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 40 (4.26%) Confluence
2 24 (2.55%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.53%) ColdFusion
4 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.21%) CMS
5 2 (0.21%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.21%) WordPress
6 1 (0.11%) Appian
6 1 (0.11%) Mendix
Applications
1 106 (11.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (3.83%) MS Visio
4 21 (2.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.64%) Trello
7 3 (0.32%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.21%) Moqups
9 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 27 (2.87%) NetSuite
2 10 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.74%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.32%) Exchequer
5 3 (0.32%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 3 (0.32%) Sage 50
6 2 (0.21%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.21%) Magento
6 2 (0.21%) Sage X3
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
6 2 (0.21%) Shopify
7 1 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.11%) SAP BRIM
Cloud Services
1 90 (9.57%) Power Platform
2 71 (7.55%) Azure
3 44 (4.68%) Microsoft 365
4 38 (4.04%) SaaS
5 33 (3.51%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (2.66%) AWS
7 24 (2.55%) Dynamics 365
7 24 (2.55%) Power Automate
8 20 (2.13%) Microsoft Copilot
9 16 (1.70%) PowerApps
10 12 (1.28%) Copilot Studio
10 12 (1.28%) Lucidchart
11 9 (0.96%) GCP
12 8 (0.85%) Google Drive
12 8 (0.85%) Microsoft Purview
12 8 (0.85%) OneDrive
13 6 (0.64%) iPaaS
14 5 (0.53%) Entra ID
14 5 (0.53%) Miro
14 5 (0.53%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.74%) Multicast
2 5 (0.53%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.11%) DSL
3 1 (0.11%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (7.77%) Power BI
2 70 (7.45%) Tableau
3 61 (6.49%) Data Mining
4 18 (1.91%) Relational Database
5 14 (1.49%) Metadata
6 13 (1.38%) SQL Server
7 7 (0.74%) RDBMS
8 6 (0.64%) DTS
9 5 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.43%) Power Query
11 3 (0.32%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.21%) GIS
12 2 (0.21%) Qlik Sense
12 2 (0.21%) SAP BW
13 1 (0.11%) Crystal Reports
13 1 (0.11%) EDRMS
13 1 (0.11%) MySQL
13 1 (0.11%) Spotfire
13 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 82 (8.72%) JIRA
2 7 (0.74%) ERwin
3 2 (0.21%) Claude Code
3 2 (0.21%) Cypress.io
3 2 (0.21%) Postman
3 2 (0.21%) Selenium
4 1 (0.11%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.11%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.11%) Hudson
4 1 (0.11%) LSMW
4 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 418 (44.47%) Finance
2 325 (34.57%) Social Skills
3 318 (33.83%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (9.26%) Public Sector
5 75 (7.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 75 (7.98%) Law
6 47 (5.00%) Legal
7 43 (4.57%) Presentation Skills
8 35 (3.72%) Documentation Skills
9 32 (3.40%) Influencing Skills
9 32 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
10 28 (2.98%) Retail
11 27 (2.87%) Manufacturing
12 22 (2.34%) Banking
13 17 (1.81%) Legal Technology
13 17 (1.81%) Marketing
13 17 (1.81%) Spanish Language
14 15 (1.60%) Financial Institution
15 12 (1.28%) Front Office
15 12 (1.28%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 632 (67.23%) Analyst
2 502 (53.40%) Business Analyst
3 149 (15.85%) Senior
4 124 (13.19%) Senior Analyst
5 115 (12.23%) Senior Business Analyst
6 113 (12.02%) Trainee
6 113 (12.02%) Trainee Analyst
7 75 (7.98%) Data Analyst
8 61 (6.49%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 52 (5.53%) Trainee Business Analyst
10 49 (5.21%) Lead
11 42 (4.47%) Consultant
12 38 (4.04%) Project Manager
13 28 (2.98%) Business Manager
13 28 (2.98%) Technical Analyst
14 27 (2.87%) Technical Business Analyst
15 26 (2.77%) Insurance Business Analyst
15 26 (2.77%) Systems Analyst
16 25 (2.66%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
17 23 (2.45%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.34%) FIX Protocol
2 12 (1.28%) JSON
2 12 (1.28%) XML
3 9 (0.96%) FpML
3 9 (0.96%) REST
4 8 (0.85%) .NET
4 8 (0.85%) Gherkin
5 7 (0.74%) XML Schema
6 6 (0.64%) EDI
6 6 (0.64%) SOAP
7 3 (0.32%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.32%) Middleware
7 3 (0.32%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (0.32%) WinForms
8 2 (0.21%) CrewAI
8 2 (0.21%) LangChain
8 2 (0.21%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (0.21%) LlamaIndex
8 2 (0.21%) SAP Fiori
8 2 (0.21%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 93 (9.89%) Product Ownership
2 46 (4.89%) Management Information System
3 28 (2.98%) Analytical Mindset
3 28 (2.98%) Data Structures
4 18 (1.91%) Derivative
5 17 (1.81%) Fixed Income
6 15 (1.60%) Low-Code
7 14 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (1.38%) IoT
8 13 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (1.28%) AI Agents
9 12 (1.28%) Blog
9 12 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
9 12 (1.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 12 (1.28%) Onboarding
10 10 (1.06%) PropTech
11 8 (0.85%) Cloud Native
11 8 (0.85%) e-Learning
11 8 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (0.74%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 20 (2.13%) Linux
2 19 (2.02%) Windows
3 3 (0.32%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.21%) Android
4 2 (0.21%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 346 (36.81%) Agile
2 219 (23.30%) Problem-Solving
3 211 (22.45%) Requirements Gathering
4 209 (22.23%) Project Management
5 190 (20.21%) Stakeholder Management
6 189 (20.11%) User Stories
7 183 (19.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 162 (17.23%) Workshop Facilitation
9 151 (16.06%) Continuous Improvement
10 145 (15.43%) Process Improvement
11 131 (13.94%) Decision-Making
12 124 (13.19%) Analytics
13 116 (12.34%) AI
13 116 (12.34%) Data Analysis
14 115 (12.23%) Project Delivery
15 94 (10.00%) Acceptance Criteria
15 94 (10.00%) Scrum
16 93 (9.89%) User Acceptance Testing
17 89 (9.47%) Business Intelligence
18 86 (9.15%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 170 (18.09%) SQL
2 90 (9.57%) Python
3 12 (1.28%) C++
3 12 (1.28%) JavaScript
4 10 (1.06%) C#
5 7 (0.74%) Java
6 5 (0.53%) T-SQL
7 4 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 4 (0.43%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.32%) VB.NET
9 2 (0.21%) Ada
10 1 (0.11%) R
10 1 (0.11%) RPG
10 1 (0.11%) SOQL
10 1 (0.11%) SOSL
10 1 (0.11%) X++
Qualifications
1 138 (14.68%) Degree
2 70 (7.45%) Security Cleared
3 60 (6.38%) SC Cleared
4 37 (3.94%) ACCA
5 34 (3.62%) CIMA
6 28 (2.98%) Computer Science Degree
7 25 (2.66%) PMI Certification
8 23 (2.45%) PMP
9 19 (2.02%) IIBA
10 14 (1.49%) CBAP
11 13 (1.38%) DBS Check
12 10 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (0.64%) ISEB
14 5 (0.53%) CIPD
14 5 (0.53%) DV Cleared
14 5 (0.53%) Master's Degree
14 5 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 3 (0.32%) CFA
16 3 (0.32%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (3.40%) Data Quality
2 31 (3.30%) QA
3 29 (3.09%) PMO
4 18 (1.91%) GDPR
5 17 (1.81%) GAAP
6 14 (1.49%) Accessibility
7 6 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
7 6 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.64%) MiFID
8 4 (0.43%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.32%) GRC
10 2 (0.21%) SEPA
10 2 (0.21%) SLA
10 2 (0.21%) TARGET2
11 1 (0.11%) COBIT
11 1 (0.11%) COSO
11 1 (0.11%) IFRS
11 1 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (0.74%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.11%) IAG
Systems Management
1 4 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.21%) Terraform
3 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 189 (20.11%) Microsoft
2 38 (4.04%) Salesforce
3 26 (2.77%) SAP
4 17 (1.81%) Oracle
4 17 (1.81%) ServiceNow
5 15 (1.60%) Google
6 13 (1.38%) Intapp
7 11 (1.17%) Atlassian
7 11 (1.17%) JD Edwards
8 8 (0.85%) FIS
8 8 (0.85%) Sparx
8 8 (0.85%) SunGard
9 7 (0.74%) Bloomberg
9 7 (0.74%) CQG
9 7 (0.74%) ION Trading
9 7 (0.74%) Patsystems
9 7 (0.74%) Reuters
9 7 (0.74%) Trayport
10 6 (0.64%) Aderant
10 6 (0.64%) TOWER Software