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

6 months to
8 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 189 182
Rank change year-on-year +19 -7 -35
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 941 747 1,351
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.30% 1.65% 1.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.67% 1.76% 1.86%
Number of salaries quoted 722 426 839
10th Percentile £28,250 £43,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £50,967 £44,768
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 £74,375
90th Percentile £83,750 £96,250 £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 56,516 42,516 72,551
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.36% 93.70% 87.81%
Number of salaries quoted 34,044 22,349 55,477
10th Percentile £29,270 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,262 £80,000 £74,000
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% -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 8 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 8 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 +25 845 £42,500 -29.17% 396
UK excluding London +22 576 £40,000 -23.81% 362
London +35 302 £68,500 -8.67% 126
North of England +67 270 £40,000 -28.89% 83
Work from Home -36 171 £57,500 -4.17% 148
North West +20 118 £40,000 -27.27% 31
Yorkshire +54 110 £40,000 -44.44% 40
Midlands +12 89 £40,000 -23.81% 52
West Midlands +22 69 £40,000 -23.81% 21
South East -25 63 £50,000 -1.90% 99
South West -25 61 £40,000 -26.52% 39
Scotland -11 47 £40,000 -37.01% 22
North East +20 42 £40,000 -33.02% 12
East of England -34 32 £40,000 -21.52% 39
East Midlands -14 21 £48,750 -13.33% 31
Wales +5 14 £52,500 -17.92% 18
Northern Ireland -31 1 - - 12

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 32 (3.40%) Confluence
2 14 (1.49%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.11%) IIS
4 1 (0.11%) Mendix
4 1 (0.11%) SAS
Applications
1 197 (20.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (3.29%) MS Visio
3 27 (2.87%) Microsoft Office
4 16 (1.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.74%) Adobe XD
5 7 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.11%) Sketch
6 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.43%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.32%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.11%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.11%) Endur
5 1 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.11%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.11%) PeopleSoft HRMS
5 1 (0.11%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.11%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 80 (8.50%) Power Platform
2 56 (5.95%) Azure
3 48 (5.10%) Microsoft 365
4 36 (3.83%) SaaS
5 23 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
5 23 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
6 20 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
7 18 (1.91%) AWS
7 18 (1.91%) PaaS
8 17 (1.81%) Miro
9 16 (1.70%) ChatGPT
10 15 (1.59%) Microsoft Copilot
11 13 (1.38%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 11 (1.17%) Microsoft Purview
13 10 (1.06%) Azure Data Factory
13 10 (1.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 10 (1.06%) Entra ID
13 10 (1.06%) IaaS
14 9 (0.96%) Power Automate
15 8 (0.85%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.43%) Multicast
2 2 (0.21%) LAN
2 2 (0.21%) Network Security
2 2 (0.21%) WAN
3 1 (0.11%) 4G
3 1 (0.11%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.11%) DHCP
3 1 (0.11%) DNS
3 1 (0.11%) Firewall
3 1 (0.11%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.11%) RFID
3 1 (0.11%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.11%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 177 (18.81%) Tableau
2 167 (17.75%) Data Mining
3 61 (6.48%) Power BI
4 20 (2.13%) Big Data
5 12 (1.28%) Metadata
6 9 (0.96%) Data Lake
6 9 (0.96%) Power Query
6 9 (0.96%) Relational Database
7 7 (0.74%) SQL Server
8 6 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.64%) Qlik Sense
9 5 (0.53%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.43%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
12 1 (0.11%) GIS
12 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 40 (4.25%) JIRA
2 4 (0.43%) ERwin
3 2 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.11%) Balsamiq
General
1 562 (59.72%) Finance
2 350 (37.19%) Analytical Skills
3 263 (27.95%) Social Skills
4 60 (6.38%) Marketing
5 55 (5.84%) Banking
6 52 (5.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 47 (4.99%) Legal
8 43 (4.57%) Public Sector
9 36 (3.83%) Law
10 29 (3.08%) Documentation Skills
11 23 (2.44%) Financial Institution
12 21 (2.23%) Billing
13 19 (2.02%) Manufacturing
14 18 (1.91%) Retail
15 16 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
16 12 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
17 11 (1.17%) Digital Health
17 11 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
18 9 (0.96%) Back Office
19 6 (0.64%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 667 (70.88%) Analyst
2 472 (50.16%) Business Analyst
3 330 (35.07%) Trainee
4 321 (34.11%) Trainee Analyst
5 168 (17.85%) Data Analyst
6 163 (17.32%) Trainee Business Analyst
7 158 (16.79%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 92 (9.78%) Senior
9 66 (7.01%) Senior Analyst
10 63 (6.70%) Senior Business Analyst
11 38 (4.04%) Architect
12 35 (3.72%) Lead
13 29 (3.08%) Consultant
13 29 (3.08%) Project Manager
14 24 (2.55%) Insurance Business Analyst
15 22 (2.34%) Developer
16 21 (2.23%) IT Analyst
17 20 (2.13%) Business IT Analyst
17 20 (2.13%) IT Business Analyst
17 20 (2.13%) Lecturer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (1.17%) XML
2 9 (0.96%) JSON
3 8 (0.85%) FIX Protocol
4 5 (0.53%) EDI
4 5 (0.53%) Middleware
4 5 (0.53%) React
5 4 (0.43%) .NET
5 4 (0.43%) FpML
5 4 (0.43%) REST
5 4 (0.43%) SOAP
5 4 (0.43%) XML Schema
6 3 (0.32%) OpenAPI
6 3 (0.32%) Swagger
7 2 (0.21%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.21%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.21%) Web Services
8 1 (0.11%) ADO
8 1 (0.11%) CSS
8 1 (0.11%) HTML
8 1 (0.11%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 61 (6.48%) Product Ownership
2 34 (3.61%) Management Information System
3 23 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
4 20 (2.13%) IoT
5 19 (2.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 18 (1.91%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 17 (1.81%) Onboarding
8 16 (1.70%) AI Agents
8 16 (1.70%) Fixed Income
8 16 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
9 15 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (1.06%) Data Structures
10 10 (1.06%) Enterprise Cloud
10 10 (1.06%) Low-Code
10 10 (1.06%) PMI
11 9 (0.96%) Cloud Native
12 8 (0.85%) Life Science
12 8 (0.85%) OTC Derivatives
12 8 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.70%) Windows
2 4 (0.43%) Linux
3 3 (0.32%) Android
3 3 (0.32%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 385 (40.91%) Project Management
2 300 (31.88%) Agile
3 249 (26.46%) Problem-Solving
4 223 (23.70%) Data Analysis
5 216 (22.95%) Analytics
6 202 (21.47%) Change Management
7 179 (19.02%) Data Analytics
8 123 (13.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 119 (12.65%) User Stories
10 115 (12.22%) Requirements Gathering
11 112 (11.90%) Stakeholder Management
12 107 (11.37%) Decision-Making
13 100 (10.63%) AI
14 97 (10.31%) Process Improvement
15 93 (9.88%) Continuous Improvement
16 89 (9.46%) Roadmaps
17 84 (8.93%) Workshop Facilitation
18 83 (8.82%) Business Intelligence
19 70 (7.44%) Project Delivery
20 68 (7.23%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 235 (24.97%) SQL
2 188 (19.98%) Python
3 7 (0.74%) C#
4 5 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (0.53%) Java
5 2 (0.21%) R
5 2 (0.21%) X++
6 1 (0.11%) C++
6 1 (0.11%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.11%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.11%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 266 (28.27%) Degree
2 49 (5.21%) Security Cleared
3 36 (3.83%) PMI Certification
4 31 (3.29%) Master's Degree
5 30 (3.19%) SC Cleared
6 28 (2.98%) PMP
7 26 (2.76%) IIBA
8 23 (2.44%) CIMA
9 21 (2.23%) DBS Check
10 20 (2.13%) HND
11 18 (1.91%) ACCA
12 16 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
13 14 (1.49%) DV Cleared
14 10 (1.06%) CBAP
15 7 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
15 7 (0.74%) ISEB
16 6 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
17 5 (0.53%) CIPD
18 4 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
19 3 (0.32%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (4.25%) QA
2 26 (2.76%) Accessibility
3 22 (2.34%) Data Quality
4 16 (1.70%) SEPA
5 15 (1.59%) ISO 20022
5 15 (1.59%) MiFID
6 14 (1.49%) PMO
7 12 (1.28%) GDPR
7 12 (1.28%) TARGET2
8 10 (1.06%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.32%) EMIR
9 3 (0.32%) GAAP
10 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.21%) NIST
10 2 (0.21%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.11%) FATCA
11 1 (0.11%) GRC
11 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.11%) P3O
11 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (1.17%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.11%) Control-M
2 1 (0.11%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 282 (29.97%) Microsoft
2 26 (2.76%) Salesforce
3 16 (1.70%) SAP
4 12 (1.28%) Anaplan
4 12 (1.28%) Oracle
5 11 (1.17%) ServiceNow
6 8 (0.85%) Alteryx
7 7 (0.74%) Adobe
8 6 (0.64%) Atlassian
8 6 (0.64%) Google
9 5 (0.53%) GoldenSource
9 5 (0.53%) ION Trading
9 5 (0.53%) Sparx
9 5 (0.53%) Workday
10 4 (0.43%) Bloomberg
10 4 (0.43%) Guidewire
10 4 (0.43%) HubSpot
10 4 (0.43%) Intapp
10 4 (0.43%) Patsystems
10 4 (0.43%) Reuters