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 6 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 218 208 216
Rank change year-on-year -10 +8 -56
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 907 730 1,376
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.98% 1.66% 1.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.34% 1.79% 1.60%
Number of salaries quoted 716 439 785
10th Percentile £33,750 £43,120 £34,450
25th Percentile £35,000 £50,967 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £61,182 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.19% +11.24% -8.33%
75th Percentile £66,250 £84,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £105,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,497 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.34% +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 67,549 40,838 86,137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.19% 92.97% 82.99%
Number of salaries quoted 45,324 21,582 61,408
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £29,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.01% +1.93% -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 6 June 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 6 June 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 -5 810 £53,500 -14.40% 457
UK excluding London -2 533 £45,497 -13.34% 326
London -6 302 £65,000 -18.75% 207
Work from Home +16 262 £59,338 -10.95% 148
North of England +92 236 £44,000 -20.00% 77
Yorkshire +62 117 £50,000 +18.81% 41
Midlands +11 92 £45,249 -24.59% 47
North West +26 86 £40,000 -27.27% 29
South East -39 73 £52,500 +3.01% 101
West Midlands -11 68 £47,500 -15.93% 25
South West -68 48 £44,551 -25.75% 36
Scotland +2 38 £40,000 -33.33% 21
North East -10 33 £40,000 +1.91% 7
East of England -63 33 £45,000 -11.71% 32
East Midlands -13 24 £40,000 -40.74% 22
Wales -33 11 £53,171 +1.06% 5
Northern Ireland -44 3 £40,000 -40.74% 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 30 (3.31%) Confluence
2 14 (1.54%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.22%) CMS
4 2 (0.22%) ColdFusion
4 2 (0.22%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.22%) WordPress
5 1 (0.11%) Mendix
Applications
1 119 (13.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (3.97%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (3.42%) MS Visio
4 14 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.22%) Trello
7 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 20 (2.21%) NetSuite
2 9 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.77%) Fidessa
4 5 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.33%) Exchequer
6 3 (0.33%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 3 (0.33%) Sage 50
6 3 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.22%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.22%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.22%) SAP PSCD
8 1 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.11%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 1 (0.11%) SAP BRIM
8 1 (0.11%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.11%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 78 (8.60%) Power Platform
2 58 (6.39%) Azure
3 38 (4.19%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (3.42%) SaaS
5 27 (2.98%) Dynamics 365
6 25 (2.76%) AWS
7 19 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (1.76%) Microsoft Copilot
8 16 (1.76%) Power Automate
9 14 (1.54%) PowerApps
10 10 (1.10%) ChatGPT
10 10 (1.10%) GCP
11 9 (0.99%) PaaS
12 7 (0.77%) Microsoft Purview
12 7 (0.77%) OneDrive
13 6 (0.66%) Azure Data Factory
13 6 (0.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 6 (0.66%) Entra ID
13 6 (0.66%) iPaaS
13 6 (0.66%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.77%) Multicast
2 2 (0.22%) FIX Connectivity
2 2 (0.22%) LAN
2 2 (0.22%) WAN
3 1 (0.11%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.11%) Intranet
3 1 (0.11%) Network Security
3 1 (0.11%) RFID
3 1 (0.11%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (11.03%) Tableau
2 93 (10.25%) Data Mining
3 61 (6.73%) Power BI
4 16 (1.76%) Relational Database
5 12 (1.32%) Metadata
6 8 (0.88%) SQL Server
7 7 (0.77%) RDBMS
8 6 (0.66%) Power Query
9 5 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.44%) Big Data
10 4 (0.44%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.33%) GIS
11 3 (0.33%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.33%) Qlik Sense
12 2 (0.22%) SAP BW
13 1 (0.11%) Neo4j
13 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database
13 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 59 (6.50%) JIRA
2 7 (0.77%) ERwin
3 1 (0.11%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.11%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 442 (48.73%) Finance
2 304 (33.52%) Analytical Skills
3 273 (30.10%) Social Skills
4 76 (8.38%) Public Sector
5 66 (7.28%) Law
6 59 (6.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 45 (4.96%) Legal
8 33 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
9 27 (2.98%) Marketing
10 26 (2.87%) Documentation Skills
11 25 (2.76%) Retail
12 24 (2.65%) Influencing Skills
13 20 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
14 19 (2.09%) Banking
15 16 (1.76%) Financial Institution
16 15 (1.65%) Manufacturing
16 15 (1.65%) Spanish Language
17 11 (1.21%) Billing
18 7 (0.77%) Back Office
18 7 (0.77%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 651 (71.78%) Analyst
2 510 (56.23%) Business Analyst
3 176 (19.40%) Trainee
4 175 (19.29%) Trainee Analyst
5 123 (13.56%) Senior
6 108 (11.91%) Senior Analyst
7 103 (11.36%) Data Analyst
8 100 (11.03%) Senior Business Analyst
9 92 (10.14%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 83 (9.15%) Trainee Business Analyst
11 38 (4.19%) Lead
12 34 (3.75%) Consultant
13 30 (3.31%) Insurance Business Analyst
13 30 (3.31%) Project Manager
14 29 (3.20%) Business Manager
15 24 (2.65%) Technical Analyst
15 24 (2.65%) Technical Business Analyst
16 22 (2.43%) Systems Analyst
17 19 (2.09%) IT Analyst
17 19 (2.09%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.76%) JSON
1 16 (1.76%) XML
2 14 (1.54%) FIX Protocol
3 9 (0.99%) FpML
4 8 (0.88%) Gherkin
5 7 (0.77%) Middleware
5 7 (0.77%) REST
5 7 (0.77%) XML Schema
6 6 (0.66%) EDI
6 6 (0.66%) SOAP
7 4 (0.44%) .NET
8 3 (0.33%) OpenAPI
8 3 (0.33%) Swagger
9 2 (0.22%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.22%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.22%) SAP Fiori
9 2 (0.22%) XML Messaging
10 1 (0.11%) Node.js
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Fusion
10 1 (0.11%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 89 (9.81%) Product Ownership
2 39 (4.30%) Management Information System
3 29 (3.20%) Data Structures
4 23 (2.54%) Analytical Mindset
5 18 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (1.87%) IoT
6 17 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (1.54%) Low-Code
7 14 (1.54%) Onboarding
8 11 (1.21%) AI Agents
8 11 (1.21%) Fixed Income
8 11 (1.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 10 (1.10%) Derivative
9 10 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (1.10%) PropTech
10 9 (0.99%) Cloud Native
10 9 (0.99%) PMI
11 8 (0.88%) e-Learning
11 8 (0.88%) OTC Derivatives
12 7 (0.77%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.87%) Windows
2 9 (0.99%) Linux
3 3 (0.33%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.22%) Android
4 2 (0.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 328 (36.16%) Agile
2 250 (27.56%) Project Management
3 203 (22.38%) Problem-Solving
4 167 (18.41%) Requirements Gathering
5 160 (17.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 156 (17.20%) Analytics
7 151 (16.65%) User Stories
8 142 (15.66%) Data Analysis
9 139 (15.33%) Stakeholder Management
10 130 (14.33%) Workshop Facilitation
11 116 (12.79%) Decision-Making
12 112 (12.35%) Process Improvement
13 103 (11.36%) Data Analytics
14 99 (10.92%) Continuous Improvement
15 90 (9.92%) AI
16 87 (9.59%) Change Management
17 81 (8.93%) Acceptance Criteria
17 81 (8.93%) Waterfall
18 80 (8.82%) Business Intelligence
19 77 (8.49%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 185 (20.40%) SQL
2 110 (12.13%) Python
3 5 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 5 (0.55%) Java
4 4 (0.44%) C#
5 2 (0.22%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.22%) T-SQL
5 2 (0.22%) X++
6 1 (0.11%) Ada
6 1 (0.11%) SOQL
6 1 (0.11%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 161 (17.75%) Degree
2 52 (5.73%) Security Cleared
3 38 (4.19%) ACCA
4 35 (3.86%) CIMA
4 35 (3.86%) SC Cleared
5 30 (3.31%) IIBA
6 28 (3.09%) PMI Certification
7 22 (2.43%) Computer Science Degree
8 21 (2.32%) PMP
9 15 (1.65%) DBS Check
10 12 (1.32%) CBAP
11 10 (1.10%) Master's Degree
12 7 (0.77%) DV Cleared
13 6 (0.66%) ISEB
14 5 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (0.55%) CIPD
14 5 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (0.44%) HND
15 4 (0.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 3 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (3.31%) QA
2 27 (2.98%) Data Quality
3 22 (2.43%) Accessibility
4 19 (2.09%) PMO
5 18 (1.98%) GDPR
6 17 (1.87%) GAAP
7 8 (0.88%) MiFID
8 7 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.66%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 3 (0.33%) GRC
12 2 (0.22%) NIST
12 2 (0.22%) SEPA
12 2 (0.22%) SLA
12 2 (0.22%) TARGET2
13 1 (0.11%) COBIT
13 1 (0.11%) FATCA
13 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (0.99%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.11%) IAG
Systems Management
1 3 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 217 (23.93%) Microsoft
2 29 (3.20%) Salesforce
3 20 (2.21%) SAP
4 13 (1.43%) Intapp
4 13 (1.43%) Oracle
5 12 (1.32%) Google
6 9 (0.99%) ServiceNow
7 8 (0.88%) Atlassian
7 8 (0.88%) Sparx
8 7 (0.77%) Bloomberg
8 7 (0.77%) CQG
8 7 (0.77%) ION Trading
8 7 (0.77%) Patsystems
8 7 (0.77%) Reuters
8 7 (0.77%) Trayport
9 6 (0.66%) Aderant
9 6 (0.66%) Anaplan
9 6 (0.66%) TOWER Software
10 5 (0.55%) HubSpot
10 5 (0.55%) IBM