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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 209 200
Rank change year-on-year +2 -9 -40
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 932 717 1,371
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.01% 1.67% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% 1.79% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 728 429 789
10th Percentile £33,750 £43,099 £34,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £50,967 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £61,182 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.19% +13.30% -10.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £85,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £106,250 £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 68,138 40,050 82,452
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.73% 93.30% 84.76%
Number of salaries quoted 44,115 21,094 59,611
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,795 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,648 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.59% +8.45% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.96% +4.00% -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 22 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 22 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 +1 831 £52,500 -16.00% 388
UK excluding London +6 545 £45,000 -14.29% 309
London -2 313 £66,875 -16.41% 161
Work from Home +31 249 £60,000 -14.29% 139
North of England +92 243 £42,500 -22.73% 93
Yorkshire +64 122 £49,884 +18.53% 45
Midlands +8 103 £44,772 -24.12% 34
North West +21 88 £40,000 -27.27% 38
West Midlands +6 75 £45,497 -17.28% 17
South East -47 71 £52,500 +3.01% 79
South West -77 43 £44,551 -22.52% 33
Scotland -13 36 £40,000 -33.33% 20
North East -4 33 £40,000 +1.91% 11
East of England -61 33 £48,750 -4.35% 32
East Midlands -19 28 £40,000 -38.46% 16
Wales -28 14 £56,585 +2.88% 5
Northern Ireland -40 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 (3.11%) Confluence
2 16 (1.72%) 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
Applications
1 127 (13.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (3.43%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (3.00%) MS Visio
4 10 (1.07%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.75%) 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 18 (1.93%) 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 (0.21%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.21%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.21%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.21%) SAP PSCD
8 1 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.11%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 1 (0.11%) SAP BRIM
8 1 (0.11%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 82 (8.80%) Power Platform
2 58 (6.22%) Azure
3 47 (5.04%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (3.11%) SaaS
5 26 (2.79%) Dynamics 365
6 25 (2.68%) AWS
7 20 (2.15%) Microsoft Copilot
8 17 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (1.72%) Power Automate
10 15 (1.61%) PaaS
11 14 (1.50%) ChatGPT
11 14 (1.50%) PowerApps
12 12 (1.29%) Cloud Computing
13 10 (1.07%) GCP
14 9 (0.97%) Entra ID
14 9 (0.97%) Microsoft Purview
15 8 (0.86%) Azure Data Factory
15 8 (0.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 8 (0.86%) OneDrive
16 7 (0.75%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.75%) 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
1 113 (12.12%) Tableau
2 106 (11.37%) Data Mining
3 64 (6.87%) Power BI
4 14 (1.50%) 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 (0.64%) 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 (0.21%) 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 (5.90%) 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
1 471 (50.54%) Finance
2 311 (33.37%) Analytical Skills
3 281 (30.15%) Social Skills
4 68 (7.30%) Public Sector
5 63 (6.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 63 (6.76%) Law
6 48 (5.15%) Legal
7 36 (3.86%) Marketing
8 34 (3.65%) Presentation Skills
9 27 (2.90%) Banking
10 25 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
10 25 (2.68%) Retail
11 24 (2.58%) Documentation Skills
12 20 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
13 15 (1.61%) Financial Institution
14 14 (1.50%) Spanish Language
15 13 (1.39%) Manufacturing
16 12 (1.29%) Billing
17 8 (0.86%) Back Office
18 7 (0.75%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 671 (72.00%) Analyst
2 518 (55.58%) Business Analyst
3 202 (21.67%) Trainee
4 200 (21.46%) Trainee Analyst
5 118 (12.66%) Senior
6 115 (12.34%) Data Analyst
7 104 (11.16%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 102 (10.94%) Senior Analyst
9 96 (10.30%) Trainee Business Analyst
10 94 (10.09%) Senior Business Analyst
11 42 (4.51%) Lead
12 32 (3.43%) Consultant
13 30 (3.22%) Insurance Business Analyst
14 29 (3.11%) Business Manager
14 29 (3.11%) Project Manager
15 22 (2.36%) Technical Analyst
15 22 (2.36%) Technical Business Analyst
16 21 (2.25%) Architect
16 21 (2.25%) Systems Analyst
17 20 (2.15%) Lead Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.72%) JSON
1 16 (1.72%) XML
2 14 (1.50%) 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 (0.64%) EDI
5 6 (0.64%) SOAP
6 4 (0.43%) .NET
7 3 (0.32%) OpenAPI
7 3 (0.32%) Swagger
8 2 (0.21%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.21%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.21%) SAP Fiori
8 2 (0.21%) Web Services
8 2 (0.21%) XML Messaging
9 1 (0.11%) ADO
9 1 (0.11%) React
Miscellaneous
1 88 (9.44%) Product Ownership
2 39 (4.18%) Management Information System
3 26 (2.79%) Data Structures
4 25 (2.68%) Analytical Mindset
4 25 (2.68%) IoT
5 22 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
7 16 (1.72%) Onboarding
8 15 (1.61%) Low-Code
9 13 (1.39%) AI Agents
10 12 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
10 12 (1.29%) Fixed Income
11 11 (1.18%) Cloud Native
11 11 (1.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (1.07%) Derivative
12 10 (1.07%) PMI
12 10 (1.07%) PropTech
13 8 (0.86%) Enterprise Cloud
13 8 (0.86%) OTC Derivatives
13 8 (0.86%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.93%) 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
1 327 (35.09%) Agile
2 271 (29.08%) Project Management
3 209 (22.42%) Problem-Solving
4 171 (18.35%) Analytics
5 165 (17.70%) Requirements Gathering
6 158 (16.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 156 (16.74%) Data Analysis
8 147 (15.77%) User Stories
9 137 (14.70%) Stakeholder Management
10 127 (13.63%) Workshop Facilitation
11 117 (12.55%) Data Analytics
11 117 (12.55%) Decision-Making
12 109 (11.70%) Process Improvement
13 107 (11.48%) Change Management
14 95 (10.19%) AI
15 93 (9.98%) Continuous Improvement
16 86 (9.23%) Roadmaps
17 81 (8.69%) Business Intelligence
18 80 (8.58%) Acceptance Criteria
19 79 (8.48%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 191 (20.49%) SQL
2 123 (13.20%) 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
Qualifications
1 185 (19.85%) Degree
2 51 (5.47%) Security Cleared
3 33 (3.54%) SC Cleared
4 32 (3.43%) ACCA
4 32 (3.43%) IIBA
5 31 (3.33%) PMI Certification
6 30 (3.22%) CIMA
7 22 (2.36%) PMP
8 21 (2.25%) Master's Degree
9 19 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (1.39%) CBAP
11 12 (1.29%) DBS Check
11 12 (1.29%) HND
12 7 (0.75%) DV Cleared
12 7 (0.75%) ISEB
13 6 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (0.54%) CIPD
15 4 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 3 (0.32%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (3.54%) QA
2 29 (3.11%) Data Quality
3 23 (2.47%) Accessibility
4 18 (1.93%) PMO
5 16 (1.72%) GDPR
6 15 (1.61%) GAAP
7 9 (0.97%) 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%) FATCA
12 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (1.29%) 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
1 236 (25.32%) Microsoft
2 27 (2.90%) Salesforce
3 21 (2.25%) SAP
4 15 (1.61%) Intapp
5 14 (1.50%) Oracle
6 10 (1.07%) Google
6 10 (1.07%) 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 (0.64%) Alteryx
10 5 (0.54%) HubSpot
10 5 (0.54%) TOWER Software