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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 185 196 142
Rank change year-on-year +11 -54 -11
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 791 892 1,218
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.48% 1.32% 2.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.73% 1.58% 2.50%
Number of salaries quoted 611 543 906
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +5.93%
75th Percentile £75,748 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% - -4.76%

All Process and 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 45,592 56,393 48,809
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.45% 83.65% 93.81%
Number of salaries quoted 27,617 29,299 37,445
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,404 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025. 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 +14 723 £57,500 -4.17% 971
UK excluding London +22 424 £40,000 -20.00% 825
London +36 319 £75,000 +3.45% 294
Work from Home +28 219 £62,500 - 195
North of England +48 187 £40,000 -11.11% 223
North West +64 103 £54,285 -1.30% 121
South East +46 76 £55,000 +26.44% 202
Yorkshire +54 64 £40,000 -20.00% 67
Midlands -31 50 £41,970 -23.61% 162
South West +19 48 £40,000 -23.81% 70
West Midlands +16 41 £40,000 -23.81% 101
Scotland +8 30 £40,000 -1.23% 55
East of England +21 24 £40,000 -36.00% 78
North East -25 20 £40,000 +6.67% 39
East Midlands -42 9 £55,000 -26.67% 61
Wales +11 5 £42,500 -10.53% 27
Northern Ireland +9 5 £67,500 +13.04% 14

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 45 (5.69%) Confluence
2 19 (2.40%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.25%) CMS
3 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.25%) SAS
4 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.13%) IIS
Applications
1 147 (18.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (4.30%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (3.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (3.29%) MS Visio
5 8 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.88%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.01%) SAP WM
3 7 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.63%) Unit4 Business World
5 4 (0.51%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.51%) Sage X3
6 3 (0.38%) Adaptiv
6 3 (0.38%) Endur
6 3 (0.38%) Fidessa
6 3 (0.38%) Maximo
7 2 (0.25%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.25%) Bloomberg AIM
7 2 (0.25%) iTrent
7 2 (0.25%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.13%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (0.13%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.13%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.13%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 63 (7.96%) Power Platform
2 56 (7.08%) Azure
3 29 (3.67%) Azure DevOps
3 29 (3.67%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (3.29%) SaaS
5 24 (3.03%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 17 (2.15%) AWS
7 16 (2.02%) Dynamics 365
8 15 (1.90%) Miro
8 15 (1.90%) Power Automate
9 9 (1.14%) PaaS
10 8 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
10 8 (1.01%) PowerApps
11 7 (0.88%) Figma
12 6 (0.76%) GCP
13 5 (0.63%) Microsoft Copilot
14 4 (0.51%) Azure Data Factory
14 4 (0.51%) GitHub
14 4 (0.51%) Google Workspace
14 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (0.51%) Unified Communications
3 3 (0.38%) FIX Connectivity
3 3 (0.38%) HTTP
3 3 (0.38%) Multicast
4 2 (0.25%) 4G
4 2 (0.25%) LAN
4 2 (0.25%) WAN
5 1 (0.13%) Intranet
5 1 (0.13%) RFID
5 1 (0.13%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (12.77%) Tableau
2 93 (11.76%) Data Mining
3 52 (6.57%) Power BI
4 19 (2.40%) SQL Server
5 13 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (1.01%) Big Data
7 5 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
7 5 (0.63%) Metadata
7 5 (0.63%) MS Access
7 5 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (0.51%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.51%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.51%) Power Query
8 4 (0.51%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.38%) GIS
9 3 (0.38%) Qlik Sense
9 3 (0.38%) SAP HANA
9 3 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 68 (8.60%) JIRA
2 4 (0.51%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.13%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.13%) Git
4 1 (0.13%) GitLab
4 1 (0.13%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.13%) Maven
4 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 418 (52.84%) Finance
2 280 (35.40%) Social Skills
3 253 (31.98%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (10.11%) Marketing
5 73 (9.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 59 (7.46%) Banking
7 49 (6.19%) Legal
8 36 (4.55%) Retail
9 35 (4.42%) Public Sector
10 30 (3.79%) Manufacturing
11 27 (3.41%) Law
12 26 (3.29%) Organisational Skills
13 25 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
14 20 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
15 15 (1.90%) Billing
15 15 (1.90%) Financial Institution
16 14 (1.77%) Back Office
17 10 (1.26%) Advertising
17 10 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
18 7 (0.88%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 480 (60.68%) Analyst
2 355 (44.88%) Business Analyst
3 172 (21.74%) Trainee
4 161 (20.35%) Trainee Analyst
5 103 (13.02%) Senior
6 100 (12.64%) Data Analyst
7 81 (10.24%) Trainee Business Analyst
8 80 (10.11%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 62 (7.84%) Lead
10 57 (7.21%) Senior Analyst
11 55 (6.95%) Senior Business Analyst
12 49 (6.19%) Project Manager
13 43 (5.44%) Lead Business Analyst
14 39 (4.93%) Architect
15 36 (4.55%) Developer
16 28 (3.54%) Financial Analyst
16 28 (3.54%) IT Manager
17 27 (3.41%) Consultant
18 26 (3.29%) IT Project Manager
19 25 (3.16%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.26%) .NET
2 9 (1.14%) React
3 6 (0.76%) Middleware
4 5 (0.63%) FIX Protocol
4 5 (0.63%) XML
5 4 (0.51%) Web Services
6 3 (0.38%) Gherkin
6 3 (0.38%) HTML
6 3 (0.38%) SAP Fiori
6 3 (0.38%) SAPUI5
7 2 (0.25%) CSS
7 2 (0.25%) REST
7 2 (0.25%) RESTful
7 2 (0.25%) Spring
7 2 (0.25%) Spring Boot
8 1 (0.13%) CSS3
8 1 (0.13%) EDI
8 1 (0.13%) JAX-RS
8 1 (0.13%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.13%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 70 (8.85%) Product Ownership
2 41 (5.18%) Management Information System
3 26 (3.29%) Analytical Mindset
4 19 (2.40%) Reinsurance
5 18 (2.28%) Onboarding
6 17 (2.15%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 16 (2.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 16 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (1.64%) Fixed Income
9 10 (1.26%) Digital Media
10 9 (1.14%) IoT
10 9 (1.14%) Social Media
11 8 (1.01%) Derivative
11 8 (1.01%) OTC Derivatives
12 7 (0.88%) Wiki
13 6 (0.76%) AI Agents
13 6 (0.76%) Market Risk
13 6 (0.76%) PMI
14 5 (0.63%) Augmented Reality
14 5 (0.63%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 7 (0.88%) Windows
2 3 (0.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 302 (38.18%) Project Management
2 298 (37.67%) Agile
3 198 (25.03%) Problem-Solving
4 168 (21.24%) Change Management
5 164 (20.73%) Data Analysis
6 139 (17.57%) Stakeholder Management
7 135 (17.07%) Analytics
8 133 (16.81%) Requirements Gathering
9 128 (16.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 127 (16.06%) Process Improvement
11 115 (14.54%) Continuous Improvement
12 113 (14.29%) Data Analytics
13 108 (13.65%) Roadmaps
14 99 (12.52%) User Stories
15 96 (12.14%) Project Delivery
16 94 (11.88%) Decision-Making
17 93 (11.76%) AI
18 78 (9.86%) Workshop Facilitation
19 72 (9.10%) Scrum
20 71 (8.98%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 163 (20.61%) SQL
2 115 (14.54%) Python
3 13 (1.64%) C#
4 6 (0.76%) VBA
5 5 (0.63%) JavaScript
5 5 (0.63%) PL/SQL
6 4 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (0.51%) Java
7 3 (0.38%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.25%) Ada
8 2 (0.25%) Bash
8 2 (0.25%) C++
8 2 (0.25%) R
9 1 (0.13%) ABAP
9 1 (0.13%) PHP
9 1 (0.13%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 215 (27.18%) Degree
2 37 (4.68%) DBS Check
2 37 (4.68%) PMI Certification
3 33 (4.17%) Master's Degree
4 32 (4.05%) PMP
5 26 (3.29%) Security Cleared
6 20 (2.53%) CIMA
7 18 (2.28%) SC Cleared
8 15 (1.90%) ACCA
9 13 (1.64%) CBAP
9 13 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (1.14%) CFA
11 8 (1.01%) DV Cleared
11 8 (1.01%) HND
12 7 (0.88%) IIBA
13 5 (0.63%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 4 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (0.51%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (0.51%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (5.69%) QA
2 33 (4.17%) Data Quality
3 17 (2.15%) SEPA
4 16 (2.02%) MiFID
5 13 (1.64%) ISO 20022
5 13 (1.64%) PMO
6 12 (1.52%) Accessibility
6 12 (1.52%) GDPR
7 11 (1.39%) TARGET2
8 8 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.38%) EMIR
11 2 (0.25%) COBIT
11 2 (0.25%) GRC
11 2 (0.25%) GxP
11 2 (0.25%) IFRS
11 2 (0.25%) Solvency II
11 2 (0.25%) UCITS
12 1 (0.13%) GAAP
12 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (0.13%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.13%) Docker
1 1 (0.13%) Firmware
1 1 (0.13%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 2 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.13%) Control-M
2 1 (0.13%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 181 (22.88%) Microsoft
2 45 (5.69%) Salesforce
3 26 (3.29%) SAP
4 13 (1.64%) Oracle
5 12 (1.52%) Atlassian
6 11 (1.39%) Anaplan
7 9 (1.14%) GoldenSource
7 9 (1.14%) ServiceNow
8 8 (1.01%) Guidewire
9 7 (0.88%) Adobe
9 7 (0.88%) Murex
10 6 (0.76%) Civica
10 6 (0.76%) Google
11 5 (0.63%) Bloomberg
12 4 (0.51%) HubSpot
12 4 (0.51%) iManage
12 4 (0.51%) ION Trading
12 4 (0.51%) Sage
13 3 (0.38%) FIS
13 3 (0.38%) Workday