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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 221 223 220
Rank change year-on-year +2 -3 -77
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 975 684 986
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.87% 1.38% 1.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% 1.56% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 718 516 586
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £63,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.45% +5.83% -
75th Percentile £70,525 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +18.28% -7.00%

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 82,210 43,908 63,272
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.10% 88.55% 80.74%
Number of salaries quoted 57,176 24,796 36,704
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,875
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 9 September 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 9 September 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 +11 879 £57,750 -11.15% 1,143
UK excluding London +9 529 £52,500 -4.55% 728
Work from Home +38 374 £57,500 -11.54% 381
London -36 368 £70,000 -6.67% 620
North of England +24 183 £52,500 -12.50% 151
South East -11 98 £54,808 -8.65% 173
Midlands -13 93 £52,500 -4.55% 116
Yorkshire +19 86 £60,000 +50.00% 71
West Midlands -7 75 £53,500 -2.73% 76
North West -8 69 £50,000 -16.67% 62
South West -39 62 £50,000 +2.26% 104
East of England -10 54 £50,000 - 75
North East -41 28 £42,500 +6.25% 19
Scotland +7 21 £46,250 +4.81% 59
East Midlands -26 17 £48,000 -25.58% 40
Wales -60 15 £52,500 -4.55% 19
Northern Ireland -81 7 £40,000 -40.74% 39

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 60 (6.15%) Confluence
2 30 (3.08%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.51%) ColdFusion
4 3 (0.31%) CMS
5 2 (0.21%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.21%) WordPress
6 1 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.10%) Appian
Applications
1 75 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 59 (6.05%) Microsoft Office
3 56 (5.74%) MS Visio
4 26 (2.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.62%) Trello
7 5 (0.51%) Moqups
8 3 (0.31%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 26 (2.67%) NetSuite
2 13 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.92%) Fidessa
4 6 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.41%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.31%) Exchequer
6 3 (0.31%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 3 (0.31%) Magento
6 3 (0.31%) Sage 50
6 3 (0.31%) Sage X3
6 3 (0.31%) Shopify
7 2 (0.21%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.21%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.21%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.21%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.21%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.21%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 105 (10.77%) Power Platform
2 102 (10.46%) Azure
3 46 (4.72%) Azure DevOps
3 46 (4.72%) Microsoft 365
4 41 (4.21%) AWS
4 41 (4.21%) SaaS
5 34 (3.49%) Dynamics 365
6 33 (3.38%) Power Automate
7 24 (2.46%) Lucidchart
8 22 (2.26%) Microsoft Copilot
9 16 (1.64%) Anthropic Claude
10 14 (1.44%) GCP
10 14 (1.44%) PowerApps
11 13 (1.33%) Zapier
12 10 (1.03%) Copilot Studio
12 10 (1.03%) iPaaS
13 8 (0.82%) Boomi
13 8 (0.82%) Figma
13 8 (0.82%) Workato
14 6 (0.62%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.92%) Multicast
2 7 (0.72%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.10%) DSL
3 1 (0.10%) Intranet
3 1 (0.10%) LAN
3 1 (0.10%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (9.44%) Power BI
2 32 (3.28%) Tableau
3 20 (2.05%) Relational Database
4 17 (1.74%) Data Mining
4 17 (1.74%) SQL Server
5 10 (1.03%) Metadata
6 9 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (0.62%) DTS
8 5 (0.51%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.31%) Amazon Athena
9 3 (0.31%) Crystal Reports
9 3 (0.31%) DynamoDB
9 3 (0.31%) MySQL
9 3 (0.31%) Spotfire
9 3 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.21%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.21%) GIS
10 2 (0.21%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 119 (12.21%) JIRA
2 7 (0.72%) Claude Code
3 6 (0.62%) Cypress.io
3 6 (0.62%) Selenium
4 5 (0.51%) Postman
5 3 (0.31%) ERwin
5 3 (0.31%) Git
5 3 (0.31%) Hudson
6 2 (0.21%) Balsamiq
6 2 (0.21%) LSMW
7 1 (0.10%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.10%) JIRA Agile
7 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 394 (40.41%) Social Skills
2 367 (37.64%) Finance
3 321 (32.92%) Analytical Skills
4 119 (12.21%) Public Sector
5 107 (10.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 85 (8.72%) Law
7 55 (5.64%) Presentation Skills
8 54 (5.54%) Legal
9 51 (5.23%) Documentation Skills
10 50 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
11 45 (4.62%) Influencing Skills
12 39 (4.00%) Manufacturing
13 36 (3.69%) Retail
14 27 (2.77%) Banking
15 24 (2.46%) Marketing
16 23 (2.36%) Legal Technology
17 19 (1.95%) Local Government
18 17 (1.74%) Spanish Language
19 15 (1.54%) Front Office
20 14 (1.44%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 610 (62.56%) Analyst
2 504 (51.69%) Business Analyst
3 177 (18.15%) Senior
4 144 (14.77%) Senior Analyst
5 133 (13.64%) Senior Business Analyst
6 65 (6.67%) Lead
7 51 (5.23%) Consultant
8 40 (4.10%) Data Analyst
9 38 (3.90%) Technical Analyst
10 36 (3.69%) Technical Business Analyst
11 35 (3.59%) Project Manager
12 33 (3.38%) Lead Business Analyst
13 30 (3.08%) Business Manager
13 30 (3.08%) Systems Analyst
14 27 (2.77%) Product Manager
15 26 (2.67%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
16 23 (2.36%) Product Analyst
17 22 (2.26%) Applications Support
17 22 (2.26%) Business Systems Analyst
17 22 (2.26%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.26%) FIX Protocol
2 17 (1.74%) REST
3 14 (1.44%) XML
4 13 (1.33%) .NET
5 11 (1.13%) Gherkin
5 11 (1.13%) SOAP
6 8 (0.82%) JSON
7 6 (0.62%) Playwright
8 5 (0.51%) CrewAI
8 5 (0.51%) FpML
8 5 (0.51%) LangChain
8 5 (0.51%) LlamaIndex
9 4 (0.41%) Lightning Web Components
10 3 (0.31%) .NET Core
10 3 (0.31%) Middleware
10 3 (0.31%) Oracle Fusion
10 3 (0.31%) WinForms
10 3 (0.31%) XML Schema
11 2 (0.21%) EDI
11 2 (0.21%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 116 (11.90%) Product Ownership
2 49 (5.03%) Management Information System
3 26 (2.67%) Analytical Mindset
4 25 (2.56%) Data Structures
5 22 (2.26%) AI Agents
6 21 (2.15%) Low-Code
7 20 (2.05%) Derivative
8 19 (1.95%) Onboarding
9 18 (1.85%) Fixed Income
10 16 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
11 13 (1.33%) Blog
11 13 (1.33%) IoT
12 12 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 11 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
13 11 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
14 10 (1.03%) PMI
14 10 (1.03%) PropTech
15 9 (0.92%) Distributed Architecture
15 9 (0.92%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 23 (2.36%) Linux
2 18 (1.85%) Windows
3 3 (0.31%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 425 (43.59%) Agile
2 284 (29.13%) Problem-Solving
3 278 (28.51%) Stakeholder Management
4 273 (28.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 217 (22.26%) User Stories
6 211 (21.64%) Workshop Facilitation
7 197 (20.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 189 (19.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 184 (18.87%) Process Improvement
10 175 (17.95%) AI
11 173 (17.74%) Project Management
12 151 (15.49%) Project Delivery
13 147 (15.08%) Decision-Making
14 131 (13.44%) Scrum
15 120 (12.31%) User Acceptance Testing
16 115 (11.79%) Acceptance Criteria
16 115 (11.79%) Business Intelligence
17 110 (11.28%) Coaching
18 108 (11.08%) Waterfall
19 96 (9.85%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 157 (16.10%) SQL
2 53 (5.44%) Python
3 21 (2.15%) JavaScript
4 20 (2.05%) Java
5 18 (1.85%) C++
6 14 (1.44%) C#
7 7 (0.72%) TypeScript
8 6 (0.62%) T-SQL
9 4 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.31%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.21%) Ada
12 1 (0.10%) R
12 1 (0.10%) RPG
12 1 (0.10%) SOQL
12 1 (0.10%) SOSL
12 1 (0.10%) VBA
Qualifications
1 163 (16.72%) Degree
2 104 (10.67%) Security Cleared
3 84 (8.62%) SC Cleared
4 37 (3.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 31 (3.18%) ACCA
6 30 (3.08%) CIMA
7 25 (2.56%) IIBA
8 22 (2.26%) PMI Certification
9 17 (1.74%) CBAP
10 15 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
11 14 (1.44%) PMP
12 11 (1.13%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.62%) ISEB
14 5 (0.51%) CFA
14 5 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (0.41%) CSPO
15 4 (0.41%) DV Cleared
16 3 (0.31%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 3 (0.31%) Master's Degree
16 3 (0.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (5.13%) QA
2 44 (4.51%) Data Quality
3 24 (2.46%) PMO
4 15 (1.54%) Accessibility
4 15 (1.54%) GAAP
4 15 (1.54%) GDPR
5 12 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (0.41%) COBIT
6 4 (0.41%) NIST
7 3 (0.31%) GRC
7 3 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 3 (0.31%) NCSC
8 2 (0.21%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.21%) MiFID
8 2 (0.21%) SLA
9 1 (0.10%) Good Clinical Practice
9 1 (0.10%) GxP
9 1 (0.10%) ISO 13485
9 1 (0.10%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (0.31%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.10%) IAG
Systems Management
1 2 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.10%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.10%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.10%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 169 (17.33%) Microsoft
2 42 (4.31%) Salesforce
3 35 (3.59%) SAP
4 21 (2.15%) ServiceNow
5 20 (2.05%) Oracle
6 19 (1.95%) Google
7 15 (1.54%) JD Edwards
8 12 (1.23%) Intapp
8 12 (1.23%) YouTube
9 11 (1.13%) Atlassian
9 11 (1.13%) Workday
10 9 (0.92%) Bloomberg
10 9 (0.92%) CQG
10 9 (0.92%) FIS
10 9 (0.92%) ION Trading
10 9 (0.92%) Patsystems
10 9 (0.92%) Reuters
10 9 (0.92%) SunGard
10 9 (0.92%) Trayport
11 8 (0.82%) RedGate