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 2 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 233 191
Rank change year-on-year +18 -42 -38
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 974 704 1,148
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.94% 1.42% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 1.58% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 760 470 626
10th Percentile £35,000 £43,099 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £93,750 £106,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £48,250
% change year-on-year -13.04% +19.17% -3.50%

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 76,271 44,428 67,881
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.70% 89.49% 81.01%
Number of salaries quoted 52,568 25,332 44,788
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £31,199
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +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 2 August 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 2 August 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 +15 886 £55,000 -17.46% 542
UK excluding London +19 546 £50,000 -13.04% 437
London -10 360 £70,000 -12.50% 208
Work from Home +11 337 £57,500 -17.86% 234
North of England +75 219 £50,000 -16.67% 121
Yorkshire +54 105 £52,500 -12.50% 51
Midlands +4 91 £48,000 -12.73% 76
South East -18 87 £52,500 -14.29% 107
North West +2 78 £47,500 -20.83% 55
West Midlands -11 73 £52,500 -4.55% 51
South West -64 60 £50,000 - 43
East of England -1 51 £43,322 -15.88% 42
North East -19 36 £41,500 +5.73% 16
Scotland -5 27 £40,000 -18.48% 23
East Midlands -22 18 £43,750 -25.85% 25
Wales -60 7 £56,585 +7.56% 18
Northern Ireland -78 5 £40,000 -40.74% 15

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 46 (4.72%) Confluence
2 29 (2.98%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.51%) ColdFusion
4 3 (0.31%) CMS
4 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.21%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.21%) WordPress
6 1 (0.10%) Appian
6 1 (0.10%) Mendix
Applications
1 105 (10.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 51 (5.24%) Microsoft Office
3 43 (4.41%) MS Visio
4 23 (2.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.62%) Trello
7 3 (0.31%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.31%) Moqups
7 3 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.10%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 28 (2.87%) NetSuite
2 11 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.72%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.31%) Exchequer
5 3 (0.31%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 3 (0.31%) Magento
5 3 (0.31%) Sage 50
5 3 (0.31%) Sage X3
5 3 (0.31%) Shopify
6 2 (0.21%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.21%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.21%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.21%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.21%) SAP PSCD
7 1 (0.10%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.10%) SAP BRIM
Cloud Services
1 102 (10.47%) Power Platform
2 79 (8.11%) Azure
3 49 (5.03%) Microsoft 365
4 40 (4.11%) SaaS
5 35 (3.59%) Azure DevOps
6 30 (3.08%) Power Automate
7 29 (2.98%) AWS
8 28 (2.87%) Dynamics 365
9 22 (2.26%) Microsoft Copilot
10 18 (1.85%) Lucidchart
11 17 (1.75%) PowerApps
12 13 (1.33%) Copilot Studio
13 10 (1.03%) GCP
13 10 (1.03%) Zapier
14 9 (0.92%) Anthropic Claude
15 8 (0.82%) Google Drive
15 8 (0.82%) Microsoft Purview
15 8 (0.82%) OneDrive
16 7 (0.72%) iPaaS
17 5 (0.51%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.72%) Multicast
2 5 (0.51%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.10%) DSL
3 1 (0.10%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (8.62%) Power BI
2 62 (6.37%) Tableau
3 52 (5.34%) Data Mining
4 21 (2.16%) Relational Database
5 14 (1.44%) Metadata
5 14 (1.44%) SQL Server
6 8 (0.82%) RDBMS
7 7 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.62%) DTS
9 3 (0.31%) Power Query
10 2 (0.21%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.21%) GIS
10 2 (0.21%) MySQL
10 2 (0.21%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.21%) Qlik Sense
10 2 (0.21%) SAP BW
10 2 (0.21%) Spotfire
10 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.10%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 94 (9.65%) JIRA
2 7 (0.72%) ERwin
3 3 (0.31%) Claude Code
3 3 (0.31%) Cypress.io
3 3 (0.31%) Postman
3 3 (0.31%) Selenium
4 2 (0.21%) Hudson
4 2 (0.21%) LSMW
5 1 (0.10%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.10%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.10%) Git
5 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 412 (42.30%) Finance
2 352 (36.14%) Social Skills
3 325 (33.37%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (9.45%) Public Sector
5 82 (8.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 79 (8.11%) Law
7 53 (5.44%) Legal
8 48 (4.93%) Presentation Skills
9 40 (4.11%) Documentation Skills
9 40 (4.11%) Influencing Skills
10 35 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
11 30 (3.08%) Manufacturing
12 28 (2.87%) Retail
13 24 (2.46%) Banking
14 21 (2.16%) Legal Technology
15 19 (1.95%) Marketing
16 17 (1.75%) Spanish Language
17 16 (1.64%) Local Government
18 15 (1.54%) Financial Institution
19 14 (1.44%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 644 (66.12%) Analyst
2 513 (52.67%) Business Analyst
3 161 (16.53%) Senior
4 133 (13.66%) Senior Analyst
5 123 (12.63%) Senior Business Analyst
6 95 (9.75%) Trainee
6 95 (9.75%) Trainee Analyst
7 68 (6.98%) Data Analyst
8 53 (5.44%) Lead
9 52 (5.34%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 43 (4.41%) Trainee Business Analyst
11 42 (4.31%) Consultant
12 38 (3.90%) Project Manager
13 29 (2.98%) Business Manager
13 29 (2.98%) Technical Analyst
14 28 (2.87%) Systems Analyst
15 27 (2.77%) Technical Business Analyst
16 25 (2.57%) IT Analyst
16 25 (2.57%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
17 23 (2.36%) Insurance Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.46%) FIX Protocol
2 12 (1.23%) JSON
2 12 (1.23%) XML
3 11 (1.13%) REST
4 9 (0.92%) .NET
4 9 (0.92%) FpML
5 8 (0.82%) Gherkin
6 7 (0.72%) SOAP
6 7 (0.72%) XML Schema
7 5 (0.51%) EDI
8 4 (0.41%) Lightning Web Components
9 3 (0.31%) AngularJS
9 3 (0.31%) CrewAI
9 3 (0.31%) LangChain
9 3 (0.31%) LlamaIndex
9 3 (0.31%) Middleware
9 3 (0.31%) Oracle Fusion
9 3 (0.31%) WinForms
10 2 (0.21%) ASP.NET
10 2 (0.21%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 98 (10.06%) Product Ownership
2 50 (5.13%) Management Information System
3 29 (2.98%) Analytical Mindset
3 29 (2.98%) Data Structures
4 21 (2.16%) Low-Code
5 19 (1.95%) Derivative
6 18 (1.85%) AI Agents
7 17 (1.75%) Fixed Income
8 14 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (1.33%) Blog
9 13 (1.33%) IoT
9 13 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
10 12 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
10 12 (1.23%) Onboarding
11 11 (1.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (1.03%) PropTech
13 9 (0.92%) Cloud Native
13 9 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
14 8 (0.82%) e-Learning
15 7 (0.72%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 21 (2.16%) Linux
2 20 (2.05%) Windows
3 3 (0.31%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.21%) Android
4 2 (0.21%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 366 (37.58%) Agile
2 236 (24.23%) Problem-Solving
3 231 (23.72%) Requirements Gathering
4 209 (21.46%) Project Management
5 207 (21.25%) Stakeholder Management
6 193 (19.82%) User Stories
7 192 (19.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 172 (17.66%) Workshop Facilitation
9 166 (17.04%) Continuous Improvement
10 160 (16.43%) Process Improvement
11 141 (14.48%) Decision-Making
12 135 (13.86%) AI
13 124 (12.73%) Project Delivery
14 118 (12.11%) Analytics
15 109 (11.19%) Data Analysis
16 101 (10.37%) Scrum
16 101 (10.37%) User Acceptance Testing
17 100 (10.27%) Business Intelligence
18 98 (10.06%) Acceptance Criteria
19 94 (9.65%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 171 (17.56%) SQL
2 84 (8.62%) Python
3 14 (1.44%) C++
4 12 (1.23%) JavaScript
5 11 (1.13%) C#
6 8 (0.82%) Java
7 5 (0.51%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (0.41%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.31%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.21%) Ada
11 1 (0.10%) R
11 1 (0.10%) RPG
11 1 (0.10%) SOQL
11 1 (0.10%) SOSL
11 1 (0.10%) VBA
Qualifications
1 146 (14.99%) Degree
2 80 (8.21%) Security Cleared
3 66 (6.78%) SC Cleared
4 36 (3.70%) ACCA
5 34 (3.49%) CIMA
6 28 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
7 27 (2.77%) PMI Certification
8 24 (2.46%) PMP
9 20 (2.05%) IIBA
10 15 (1.54%) CBAP
11 14 (1.44%) DBS Check
12 9 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
13 7 (0.72%) ISEB
14 5 (0.51%) CIPD
14 5 (0.51%) Master's Degree
14 5 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (0.41%) CFA
15 4 (0.41%) DV Cleared
15 4 (0.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 3 (0.31%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (3.70%) Data Quality
2 32 (3.29%) QA
3 30 (3.08%) PMO
4 20 (2.05%) GDPR
5 17 (1.75%) GAAP
6 16 (1.64%) Accessibility
7 8 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (0.51%) MiFID
9 3 (0.31%) GRC
9 3 (0.31%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.21%) COBIT
10 2 (0.21%) SLA
11 1 (0.10%) COSO
11 1 (0.10%) GxP
11 1 (0.10%) IFRS
11 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.10%) SEPA
11 1 (0.10%) TARGET2
11 1 (0.10%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (0.72%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.10%) IAG
Systems Management
1 4 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.21%) Terraform
3 1 (0.10%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.10%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 193 (19.82%) Microsoft
2 40 (4.11%) Salesforce
3 29 (2.98%) SAP
4 18 (1.85%) Oracle
4 18 (1.85%) ServiceNow
5 17 (1.75%) Google
6 13 (1.33%) Intapp
6 13 (1.33%) JD Edwards
7 11 (1.13%) Atlassian
8 9 (0.92%) FIS
8 9 (0.92%) SunGard
9 8 (0.82%) Sparx
10 7 (0.72%) Bloomberg
10 7 (0.72%) CQG
10 7 (0.72%) ION Trading
10 7 (0.72%) Patsystems
10 7 (0.72%) Reuters
10 7 (0.72%) Trayport
11 6 (0.62%) Sage
11 6 (0.62%) TOWER Software