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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 192 188
Rank change year-on-year +30 -4 -40
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 971 724 1,350
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.32% 1.66% 1.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.69% 1.77% 1.84%
Number of salaries quoted 757 414 834
10th Percentile £28,250 £43,400 £36,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £50,967 £44,536
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.67% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £81,750 £96,750 £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 57,440 40,902 73,209
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.10% 93.61% 87.44%
Number of salaries quoted 34,676 22,163 55,834
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £39,750 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.31%
75th Percentile £76,299 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 12 March 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 12 March 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 +30 867 £43,000 -28.33% 419
UK excluding London +18 600 £40,000 -23.81% 380
London +44 307 £68,000 -9.33% 140
North of England +72 279 £40,000 -27.27% 86
Work from Home -35 177 £57,500 -8.00% 125
North West +20 120 £40,000 -27.27% 30
Yorkshire +50 116 £40,000 -44.44% 43
Midlands +6 92 £40,000 -23.81% 60
West Midlands +23 72 £40,000 -23.81% 26
South East -33 66 £48,885 -4.09% 106
South West -23 61 £40,000 -19.11% 36
Scotland -12 51 £40,000 -35.48% 26
North East +18 43 £40,000 -33.02% 14
East of England -39 34 £40,000 -21.52% 38
East Midlands -27 21 £40,000 -15.79% 34
Wales -1 15 £45,000 -29.65% 20
Northern Ireland -24 3 £40,000 -38.19% 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 34 (3.50%) Confluence
2 14 (1.44%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.10%) IIS
4 1 (0.10%) Mendix
4 1 (0.10%) SAS
Applications
1 211 (21.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (3.30%) MS Visio
3 26 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.72%) Adobe XD
5 7 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.10%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.10%) Sketch
6 1 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.51%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.41%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.10%) Endur
6 1 (0.10%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.10%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
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%) PeopleSoft HRMS
6 1 (0.10%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.10%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.10%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 81 (8.34%) Power Platform
2 57 (5.87%) Azure
3 49 (5.05%) Microsoft 365
4 37 (3.81%) SaaS
5 23 (2.37%) Dynamics 365
6 22 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (2.06%) Cloud Computing
8 19 (1.96%) AWS
9 18 (1.85%) PaaS
10 17 (1.75%) Miro
11 16 (1.65%) ChatGPT
12 15 (1.54%) Microsoft Copilot
13 12 (1.24%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 11 (1.13%) Microsoft Purview
15 10 (1.03%) Azure Data Factory
15 10 (1.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 10 (1.03%) Entra ID
15 10 (1.03%) IaaS
15 10 (1.03%) Power Automate
16 8 (0.82%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.41%) Multicast
2 2 (0.21%) LAN
2 2 (0.21%) Network Security
2 2 (0.21%) 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
1 191 (19.67%) Tableau
2 182 (18.74%) Data Mining
3 61 (6.28%) Power BI
4 20 (2.06%) Big Data
5 12 (1.24%) Metadata
6 10 (1.03%) Relational Database
7 9 (0.93%) Data Lake
7 9 (0.93%) Power Query
8 7 (0.72%) SQL Server
9 6 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (0.62%) Qlik Sense
10 5 (0.51%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.51%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.21%) GIS
13 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 42 (4.33%) JIRA
2 5 (0.51%) ERwin
3 1 (0.10%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.10%) Oracle Forms
General
1 583 (60.04%) Finance
2 370 (38.11%) Analytical Skills
3 269 (27.70%) Social Skills
4 61 (6.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 59 (6.08%) Marketing
6 50 (5.15%) Banking
7 47 (4.84%) Legal
8 46 (4.74%) Public Sector
9 40 (4.12%) Law
10 29 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
11 22 (2.27%) Financial Institution
12 20 (2.06%) Billing
13 19 (1.96%) Manufacturing
14 17 (1.75%) Retail
15 16 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
16 14 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
17 13 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
18 11 (1.13%) Digital Health
19 8 (0.82%) Back Office
20 6 (0.62%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 698 (71.88%) Analyst
2 485 (49.95%) Business Analyst
3 347 (35.74%) Trainee
4 338 (34.81%) Trainee Analyst
5 183 (18.85%) Data Analyst
6 173 (17.82%) Trainee Data Analyst
7 165 (16.99%) Trainee Business Analyst
8 96 (9.89%) Senior
9 71 (7.31%) Senior Analyst
10 68 (7.00%) Senior Business Analyst
11 38 (3.91%) Lead
12 34 (3.50%) Architect
13 30 (3.09%) Consultant
13 30 (3.09%) Project Manager
14 25 (2.57%) Insurance Business Analyst
15 22 (2.27%) IT Analyst
16 21 (2.16%) Developer
16 21 (2.16%) IT Manager
17 20 (2.06%) Business IT Analyst
17 20 (2.06%) IT Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.24%) XML
2 10 (1.03%) JSON
3 9 (0.93%) FIX Protocol
4 5 (0.51%) EDI
4 5 (0.51%) FpML
4 5 (0.51%) Middleware
4 5 (0.51%) React
4 5 (0.51%) XML Schema
5 4 (0.41%) .NET
5 4 (0.41%) REST
5 4 (0.41%) SOAP
6 3 (0.31%) OpenAPI
6 3 (0.31%) Swagger
7 2 (0.21%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.21%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.21%) Web Services
8 1 (0.10%) ADO
8 1 (0.10%) CSS
8 1 (0.10%) HTML
8 1 (0.10%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 62 (6.39%) Product Ownership
2 34 (3.50%) Management Information System
3 24 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
4 20 (2.06%) IoT
5 18 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (1.75%) Onboarding
7 16 (1.65%) AI Agents
7 16 (1.65%) Fixed Income
7 16 (1.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 15 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (1.44%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 12 (1.24%) Data Structures
11 10 (1.03%) Cloud Native
11 10 (1.03%) Enterprise Cloud
11 10 (1.03%) Low-Code
11 10 (1.03%) PMI
12 8 (0.82%) Derivative
12 8 (0.82%) Life Science
12 8 (0.82%) OTC Derivatives
12 8 (0.82%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.65%) Windows
2 4 (0.41%) Linux
3 3 (0.31%) Android
3 3 (0.31%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.10%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 404 (41.61%) Project Management
2 305 (31.41%) Agile
3 254 (26.16%) Problem-Solving
4 238 (24.51%) Data Analysis
5 233 (24.00%) Analytics
6 203 (20.91%) Change Management
7 194 (19.98%) Data Analytics
8 128 (13.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 122 (12.56%) User Stories
10 117 (12.05%) Requirements Gathering
11 112 (11.53%) Stakeholder Management
12 108 (11.12%) Decision-Making
13 98 (10.09%) AI
14 97 (9.99%) Process Improvement
15 93 (9.58%) Continuous Improvement
16 91 (9.37%) Roadmaps
17 89 (9.17%) Workshop Facilitation
18 85 (8.75%) Business Intelligence
19 72 (7.42%) Project Delivery
20 70 (7.21%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 253 (26.06%) SQL
2 203 (20.91%) Python
3 7 (0.72%) C#
4 5 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (0.51%) Java
5 2 (0.21%) R
5 2 (0.21%) X++
6 1 (0.10%) C++
6 1 (0.10%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.10%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.10%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.10%) VBA
Qualifications
1 271 (27.91%) Degree
2 51 (5.25%) Security Cleared
3 36 (3.71%) PMI Certification
4 32 (3.30%) SC Cleared
5 31 (3.19%) Master's Degree
6 29 (2.99%) IIBA
7 28 (2.88%) PMP
8 25 (2.57%) CIMA
9 20 (2.06%) ACCA
9 20 (2.06%) DBS Check
9 20 (2.06%) HND
10 17 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
11 14 (1.44%) DV Cleared
12 12 (1.24%) CBAP
13 7 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
13 7 (0.72%) ISEB
14 6 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.51%) CIPD
16 3 (0.31%) AWS Certification
16 3 (0.31%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (4.12%) QA
2 26 (2.68%) Accessibility
3 23 (2.37%) Data Quality
4 15 (1.54%) MiFID
4 15 (1.54%) PMO
5 13 (1.34%) GDPR
6 12 (1.24%) ISO 20022
6 12 (1.24%) SEPA
7 10 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
8 9 (0.93%) TARGET2
9 4 (0.41%) GAAP
10 3 (0.31%) EMIR
11 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 2 (0.21%) NIST
11 2 (0.21%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.10%) GRC
12 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.10%) P3O
12 1 (0.10%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.10%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (1.24%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.10%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.10%) Control-M
2 1 (0.10%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.10%) Terraform
Vendors
1 299 (30.79%) Microsoft
2 26 (2.68%) Salesforce
3 18 (1.85%) SAP
4 12 (1.24%) Anaplan
4 12 (1.24%) Oracle
4 12 (1.24%) ServiceNow
5 8 (0.82%) Alteryx
5 8 (0.82%) Google
6 7 (0.72%) Adobe
6 7 (0.72%) Atlassian
7 6 (0.62%) Sparx
8 5 (0.51%) GoldenSource
8 5 (0.51%) IBM
8 5 (0.51%) ION Trading
9 4 (0.41%) Bloomberg
9 4 (0.41%) CQG
9 4 (0.41%) Guidewire
9 4 (0.41%) Patsystems
9 4 (0.41%) Reuters
9 4 (0.41%) Trayport