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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 206 210 205
Rank change year-on-year +4 -5 -44
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 930 725 1,369
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.01% 1.65% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% 1.77% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 725 439 791
10th Percentile £33,750 £43,099 £34,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £50,967 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,719 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.54% +12.44% -10.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £85,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £105,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -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 67,989 40,970 82,440
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.70% 93.29% 84.80%
Number of salaries quoted 43,964 22,120 59,644
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,750 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,033 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.39% +5.51% -10.10%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,887 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.18% +3.77% -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 21 May 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 May 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 +4 828 £52,500 -15.34% 337
UK excluding London +7 542 £45,000 -14.29% 282
London +1 313 £66,250 -15.87% 137
Work from Home +30 245 £60,000 -14.29% 124
North of England +96 241 £42,500 -22.73% 86
Yorkshire +65 120 £46,421 +10.30% 43
Midlands +16 104 £44,772 -24.75% 32
North West +30 88 £40,000 -27.27% 33
West Midlands -10 76 £45,497 -17.28% 15
South East -38 70 £52,500 +3.01% 73
South West -75 42 £44,551 -22.52% 29
Scotland -8 36 £40,000 -33.33% 19
North East -9 33 £40,000 - 11
East of England -58 33 £48,750 -4.35% 25
East Midlands -6 28 £40,000 -38.46% 16
Wales -23 14 £56,585 +2.88% 5
Northern Ireland -41 3 £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 29 (3.12%) Confluence
2 16 (1.72%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.22%) CMS
4 2 (0.22%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.22%) WordPress
5 1 (0.11%) IIS
5 1 (0.11%) Mendix
Applications
1 126 (13.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (3.44%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (3.01%) MS Visio
4 10 (1.08%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.22%) Trello
7 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 18 (1.94%) NetSuite
2 9 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.75%) 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%) Sage 50
7 2 (0.22%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.22%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 2 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.22%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.22%) SAP PSCD
8 1 (0.11%) Maximo
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.11%) PeopleSoft HRMS
8 1 (0.11%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.11%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.11%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 83 (8.92%) Power Platform
2 59 (6.34%) Azure
3 48 (5.16%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (3.23%) SaaS
5 27 (2.90%) Dynamics 365
6 25 (2.69%) AWS
7 20 (2.15%) Microsoft Copilot
8 18 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (1.72%) PaaS
9 16 (1.72%) Power Automate
10 14 (1.51%) ChatGPT
10 14 (1.51%) PowerApps
11 12 (1.29%) Cloud Computing
12 10 (1.08%) Entra ID
12 10 (1.08%) GCP
13 9 (0.97%) Microsoft Purview
14 8 (0.86%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (0.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 8 (0.86%) IaaS
14 8 (0.86%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.75%) Multicast
2 2 (0.22%) FIX Connectivity
2 2 (0.22%) LAN
2 2 (0.22%) Network Security
2 2 (0.22%) WAN
3 1 (0.11%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.11%) DHCP
3 1 (0.11%) DNS
3 1 (0.11%) Firewall
3 1 (0.11%) RFID
3 1 (0.11%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.11%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (12.15%) Tableau
2 106 (11.40%) Data Mining
3 64 (6.88%) Power BI
4 14 (1.51%) Relational Database
5 12 (1.29%) Big Data
5 12 (1.29%) Metadata
6 9 (0.97%) SQL Server
7 7 (0.75%) Data Lake
7 7 (0.75%) RDBMS
8 6 (0.65%) Power Query
9 5 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.32%) GIS
11 3 (0.32%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.32%) Qlik Sense
12 2 (0.22%) SAP BW
13 1 (0.11%) Neo4j
13 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database
13 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 55 (5.91%) JIRA
2 7 (0.75%) ERwin
3 1 (0.11%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.11%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 472 (50.75%) Finance
2 311 (33.44%) Analytical Skills
3 284 (30.54%) Social Skills
4 66 (7.10%) Public Sector
5 63 (6.77%) Law
6 62 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 49 (5.27%) Legal
8 36 (3.87%) Marketing
9 33 (3.55%) Presentation Skills
10 26 (2.80%) Banking
11 25 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
11 25 (2.69%) Retail
12 23 (2.47%) Documentation Skills
13 20 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
14 15 (1.61%) Financial Institution
15 14 (1.51%) Manufacturing
16 13 (1.40%) Spanish Language
17 12 (1.29%) Billing
18 8 (0.86%) Back Office
19 7 (0.75%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 667 (71.72%) Analyst
2 513 (55.16%) Business Analyst
3 202 (21.72%) Trainee
4 200 (21.51%) Trainee Analyst
5 117 (12.58%) Senior
6 115 (12.37%) Data Analyst
7 104 (11.18%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 101 (10.86%) Senior Analyst
9 96 (10.32%) Trainee Business Analyst
10 93 (10.00%) Senior Business Analyst
11 41 (4.41%) Lead
12 32 (3.44%) Consultant
13 30 (3.23%) Insurance Business Analyst
14 29 (3.12%) Business Manager
14 29 (3.12%) Project Manager
15 22 (2.37%) Technical Analyst
15 22 (2.37%) Technical Business Analyst
16 21 (2.26%) Architect
16 21 (2.26%) Systems Analyst
17 19 (2.04%) Lead Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.72%) JSON
1 16 (1.72%) XML
2 14 (1.51%) FIX Protocol
3 9 (0.97%) FpML
4 7 (0.75%) Gherkin
4 7 (0.75%) Middleware
4 7 (0.75%) REST
4 7 (0.75%) XML Schema
5 6 (0.65%) EDI
5 6 (0.65%) SOAP
6 4 (0.43%) .NET
7 3 (0.32%) OpenAPI
7 3 (0.32%) Swagger
8 2 (0.22%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.22%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.22%) SAP Fiori
8 2 (0.22%) Web Services
8 2 (0.22%) XML Messaging
9 1 (0.11%) ADO
9 1 (0.11%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 87 (9.35%) Product Ownership
2 37 (3.98%) Management Information System
3 25 (2.69%) Analytical Mindset
3 25 (2.69%) Data Structures
3 25 (2.69%) IoT
4 22 (2.37%) Legacy Systems
5 17 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
6 16 (1.72%) Onboarding
7 15 (1.61%) Low-Code
8 14 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
9 13 (1.40%) AI Agents
10 12 (1.29%) Cloud Native
10 12 (1.29%) Fixed Income
11 11 (1.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (1.08%) Derivative
12 10 (1.08%) PMI
12 10 (1.08%) PropTech
13 8 (0.86%) Enterprise Cloud
13 8 (0.86%) OTC Derivatives
13 8 (0.86%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.04%) Windows
2 7 (0.75%) Linux
3 4 (0.43%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.32%) Android
4 3 (0.32%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 325 (34.95%) Agile
2 268 (28.82%) Project Management
3 208 (22.37%) Problem-Solving
4 171 (18.39%) Analytics
5 164 (17.63%) Requirements Gathering
6 157 (16.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 156 (16.77%) Data Analysis
8 146 (15.70%) User Stories
9 138 (14.84%) Stakeholder Management
10 124 (13.33%) Workshop Facilitation
11 118 (12.69%) Decision-Making
12 117 (12.58%) Data Analytics
13 110 (11.83%) Process Improvement
14 107 (11.51%) Change Management
15 96 (10.32%) AI
16 92 (9.89%) Continuous Improvement
17 88 (9.46%) Roadmaps
18 80 (8.60%) Acceptance Criteria
18 80 (8.60%) Business Intelligence
19 79 (8.49%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 191 (20.54%) SQL
2 123 (13.23%) Python
3 5 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 5 (0.54%) Java
4 4 (0.43%) C#
5 2 (0.22%) T-SQL
5 2 (0.22%) X++
6 1 (0.11%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.11%) SOQL
6 1 (0.11%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 184 (19.78%) Degree
2 51 (5.48%) Security Cleared
3 33 (3.55%) SC Cleared
4 32 (3.44%) ACCA
4 32 (3.44%) IIBA
5 31 (3.33%) CIMA
5 31 (3.33%) PMI Certification
6 22 (2.37%) PMP
7 21 (2.26%) Master's Degree
8 19 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (1.40%) CBAP
10 12 (1.29%) DBS Check
10 12 (1.29%) HND
11 7 (0.75%) DV Cleared
11 7 (0.75%) ISEB
12 6 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.54%) CIPD
14 4 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 3 (0.32%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (3.66%) QA
2 29 (3.12%) Data Quality
3 22 (2.37%) Accessibility
4 18 (1.94%) PMO
5 15 (1.61%) GAAP
5 15 (1.61%) GDPR
6 9 (0.97%) MiFID
7 8 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (0.65%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.32%) GRC
10 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.22%) NIST
10 2 (0.22%) SEPA
10 2 (0.22%) SLA
10 2 (0.22%) TARGET2
11 1 (0.11%) COBIT
11 1 (0.11%) COSO
11 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (1.40%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.11%) IAG
Systems Management
1 5 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 238 (25.59%) Microsoft
2 27 (2.90%) Salesforce
3 21 (2.26%) SAP
4 15 (1.61%) Intapp
5 14 (1.51%) Oracle
6 10 (1.08%) Google
6 10 (1.08%) ServiceNow
7 8 (0.86%) Aderant
7 8 (0.86%) Anaplan
7 8 (0.86%) Atlassian
7 8 (0.86%) Sparx
8 7 (0.75%) Bloomberg
8 7 (0.75%) CQG
8 7 (0.75%) ION Trading
8 7 (0.75%) Patsystems
8 7 (0.75%) Reuters
8 7 (0.75%) Trayport
9 6 (0.65%) Alteryx
10 5 (0.54%) HubSpot
10 5 (0.54%) TOWER Software