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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 205 204
Rank change year-on-year +7 -1 -44
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 931 716 1,384
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.04% 1.65% 1.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.40% 1.77% 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 727 431 798
10th Percentile £33,750 £43,125 £34,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £50,967 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £61,182 £54,075
Median % change year-on-year -18.28% +13.14% -9.87%
75th Percentile £65,945 £85,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £105,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,689 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.69% +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 66,447 40,520 82,162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.89% 93.32% 85.21%
Number of salaries quoted 42,708 22,234 59,552
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,938 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -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 13 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 13 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 +5 829 £52,500 -16.00% 435
UK excluding London +7 549 £42,689 -18.69% 370
London +4 308 £66,250 -17.19% 152
North of England +102 250 £40,000 -27.27% 90
Work from Home +14 233 £62,500 -10.71% 129
Yorkshire +51 124 £45,497 +8.11% 34
Midlands +10 104 £44,543 -25.76% 45
North West +26 90 £40,000 -27.27% 40
West Midlands +7 77 £45,000 -20.00% 30
South East -32 65 £50,500 -0.92% 101
South West -64 44 £43,775 -23.87% 36
Scotland -2 37 £40,000 -33.33% 28
North East -6 36 £40,000 - 17
East of England -62 33 £45,000 -11.71% 46
East Midlands -7 27 £40,000 -38.46% 15
Wales -23 14 £56,585 -8.36% 16
Northern Ireland -37 3 £40,000 -33.33% 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 26 (2.79%) Confluence
2 18 (1.93%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.21%) CMS
4 2 (0.21%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.21%) WordPress
5 1 (0.11%) IIS
5 1 (0.11%) Mendix
5 1 (0.11%) SAS
Applications
1 133 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (3.44%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (3.01%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.21%) Trello
7 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 17 (1.83%) NetSuite
2 11 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.54%) Fidessa
3 5 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.21%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.21%) Exchequer
6 2 (0.21%) Sage 50
6 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.21%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.21%) SAP PSCD
7 1 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.11%) Maximo
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.11%) SAP BRIM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.11%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.11%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 88 (9.45%) Power Platform
2 60 (6.44%) Azure
3 47 (5.05%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (3.33%) SaaS
5 30 (3.22%) Dynamics 365
6 23 (2.47%) AWS
7 20 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
8 19 (2.04%) Microsoft Copilot
9 17 (1.83%) PaaS
9 17 (1.83%) Power Automate
10 15 (1.61%) ChatGPT
11 14 (1.50%) PowerApps
12 12 (1.29%) Cloud Computing
13 10 (1.07%) Entra ID
13 10 (1.07%) GCP
13 10 (1.07%) Microsoft Purview
14 9 (0.97%) Azure Data Factory
14 9 (0.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 8 (0.86%) IaaS
15 8 (0.86%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.54%) Multicast
2 2 (0.21%) FIX Connectivity
2 2 (0.21%) LAN
2 2 (0.21%) Network Security
2 2 (0.21%) 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
1 120 (12.89%) Tableau
2 112 (12.03%) Data Mining
3 69 (7.41%) Power BI
4 13 (1.40%) Relational Database
5 12 (1.29%) Big Data
5 12 (1.29%) Metadata
6 8 (0.86%) Data Lake
6 8 (0.86%) SQL Server
7 7 (0.75%) RDBMS
8 6 (0.64%) Power Query
9 5 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.43%) Qlik Sense
11 3 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.32%) GIS
11 3 (0.32%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.21%) SAP BW
13 1 (0.11%) DTS
13 1 (0.11%) Neo4j
13 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 49 (5.26%) 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
1 487 (52.31%) Finance
2 314 (33.73%) Analytical Skills
3 282 (30.29%) Social Skills
4 63 (6.77%) Public Sector
5 60 (6.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 59 (6.34%) Law
7 47 (5.05%) Legal
8 40 (4.30%) Marketing
9 32 (3.44%) Presentation Skills
10 26 (2.79%) Banking
10 26 (2.79%) Influencing Skills
11 24 (2.58%) Retail
12 23 (2.47%) Documentation Skills
13 20 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
14 15 (1.61%) Financial Institution
15 14 (1.50%) Manufacturing
16 12 (1.29%) Billing
17 11 (1.18%) Spanish Language
18 6 (0.64%) Back Office
18 6 (0.64%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 667 (71.64%) Analyst
2 507 (54.46%) Business Analyst
3 221 (23.74%) Trainee
4 219 (23.52%) Trainee Analyst
5 120 (12.89%) Data Analyst
6 114 (12.24%) Senior
7 110 (11.82%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 109 (11.71%) Trainee Business Analyst
9 97 (10.42%) Senior Analyst
10 89 (9.56%) Senior Business Analyst
11 40 (4.30%) Lead
12 32 (3.44%) Consultant
12 32 (3.44%) Project Manager
13 30 (3.22%) Insurance Business Analyst
14 26 (2.79%) Business Manager
15 23 (2.47%) Systems Analyst
16 21 (2.26%) Architect
17 20 (2.15%) Technical Analyst
17 20 (2.15%) Technical Business Analyst
18 19 (2.04%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.61%) JSON
1 15 (1.61%) XML
2 12 (1.29%) FIX Protocol
3 9 (0.97%) FpML
4 7 (0.75%) REST
4 7 (0.75%) XML Schema
5 6 (0.64%) Middleware
5 6 (0.64%) SOAP
6 5 (0.54%) .NET
6 5 (0.54%) EDI
7 4 (0.43%) Gherkin
8 3 (0.32%) OpenAPI
8 3 (0.32%) Swagger
9 2 (0.21%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.21%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.21%) SAP Fiori
9 2 (0.21%) Web Services
9 2 (0.21%) XML Messaging
10 1 (0.11%) ADO
10 1 (0.11%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 87 (9.34%) Product Ownership
2 39 (4.19%) Management Information System
3 26 (2.79%) Analytical Mindset
4 25 (2.69%) IoT
5 24 (2.58%) Data Structures
6 22 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
7 16 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
7 16 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (1.61%) Low-Code
8 15 (1.61%) Onboarding
9 14 (1.50%) AI Agents
10 11 (1.18%) Cloud Native
10 11 (1.18%) Derivative
10 11 (1.18%) Fixed Income
11 10 (1.07%) PMI
11 10 (1.07%) PropTech
12 9 (0.97%) Enterprise Cloud
12 9 (0.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 9 (0.97%) OTC Derivatives
12 9 (0.97%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.83%) Windows
2 5 (0.54%) Linux
3 4 (0.43%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.32%) Android
4 3 (0.32%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 319 (34.26%) Agile
2 282 (30.29%) Project Management
3 218 (23.42%) Problem-Solving
4 176 (18.90%) Analytics
5 163 (17.51%) Data Analysis
6 159 (17.08%) Requirements Gathering
7 153 (16.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 140 (15.04%) User Stories
9 128 (13.75%) Stakeholder Management
10 125 (13.43%) Change Management
11 123 (13.21%) Data Analytics
12 122 (13.10%) Decision-Making
13 120 (12.89%) Workshop Facilitation
14 103 (11.06%) Process Improvement
15 95 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
16 92 (9.88%) AI
17 89 (9.56%) Roadmaps
18 85 (9.13%) Business Intelligence
19 79 (8.49%) User Acceptance Testing
20 76 (8.16%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 195 (20.95%) SQL
2 130 (13.96%) Python
3 5 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 5 (0.54%) Java
4 4 (0.43%) C#
5 2 (0.21%) T-SQL
5 2 (0.21%) X++
6 1 (0.11%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.11%) SOQL
6 1 (0.11%) SOSL
6 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 198 (21.27%) Degree
2 53 (5.69%) Security Cleared
3 34 (3.65%) SC Cleared
4 33 (3.54%) IIBA
5 32 (3.44%) PMI Certification
6 30 (3.22%) ACCA
7 29 (3.11%) CIMA
8 23 (2.47%) PMP
9 22 (2.36%) Master's Degree
10 18 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
11 13 (1.40%) CBAP
12 12 (1.29%) DBS Check
12 12 (1.29%) HND
13 8 (0.86%) DV Cleared
14 7 (0.75%) ISEB
15 6 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
16 5 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
16 5 (0.54%) CIPD
17 4 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
18 3 (0.32%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (3.65%) QA
2 28 (3.01%) Data Quality
3 22 (2.36%) Accessibility
4 19 (2.04%) PMO
5 15 (1.61%) GDPR
6 14 (1.50%) GAAP
7 10 (1.07%) MiFID
8 8 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.64%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.32%) GRC
11 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 2 (0.21%) NIST
11 2 (0.21%) SEPA
11 2 (0.21%) SLA
11 2 (0.21%) TARGET2
12 1 (0.11%) COBIT
12 1 (0.11%) COSO
12 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (1.40%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.11%) IAG
Systems Management
1 6 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.11%) Control-M
2 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 243 (26.10%) Microsoft
2 27 (2.90%) Salesforce
3 21 (2.26%) SAP
4 13 (1.40%) Intapp
5 12 (1.29%) Oracle
6 10 (1.07%) Google
6 10 (1.07%) ServiceNow
7 9 (0.97%) Anaplan
7 9 (0.97%) Atlassian
8 8 (0.86%) Sparx
9 7 (0.75%) Alteryx
10 6 (0.64%) Aderant
11 5 (0.54%) Bloomberg
11 5 (0.54%) CQG
11 5 (0.54%) HubSpot
11 5 (0.54%) IBM
11 5 (0.54%) ION Trading
11 5 (0.54%) Patsystems
11 5 (0.54%) Reuters
11 5 (0.54%) Trayport