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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 237 222
Rank change year-on-year +30 -15 -63
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 916 655 1,363
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.97% 1.45% 1.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 1.57% 1.53%
Number of salaries quoted 734 414 793
10th Percentile £33,750 £42,987 £34,250
25th Percentile £40,063 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £67,500 £90,000 £73,410
90th Percentile £84,679 £107,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £57,530 £50,000
% change year-on-year -17.43% +15.06% -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 69,314 41,679 88,914
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.17% 92.27% 81.73%
Number of salaries quoted 47,751 22,444 62,987
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.41%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,159
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -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 23 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 23 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 +30 819 £55,000 -15.38% 365
UK excluding London +28 526 £47,500 -17.43% 323
London -7 319 £66,875 -16.41% 124
Work from Home +8 270 £60,000 -8.77% 113
North of England +87 222 £45,497 -17.28% 79
Yorkshire +67 110 £52,473 +24.68% 36
Midlands -8 88 £47,500 -19.49% 55
North West +25 80 £42,500 -25.40% 30
South East -17 73 £52,500 -10.64% 94
West Midlands -5 65 £47,500 -14.80% 25
South West -60 56 £46,421 -22.63% 33
East of England -2 39 £45,000 -28.57% 36
Scotland +4 34 £40,000 -33.33% 15
North East -21 32 £40,000 +1.91% 14
East Midlands -10 23 £48,000 -26.15% 30
Wales -34 12 £53,171 +1.06% 8
Northern Ireland -44 3 £40,000 -40.74% 11

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 37 (4.04%) Confluence
2 17 (1.86%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.44%) ColdFusion
4 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.22%) CMS
5 2 (0.22%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.22%) WordPress
6 1 (0.11%) Mendix
Applications
1 106 (11.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (4.80%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (3.93%) MS Visio
4 16 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (1.42%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.22%) Trello
8 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 24 (2.62%) NetSuite
2 9 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.98%) Fidessa
3 5 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.33%) Exchequer
5 3 (0.33%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 3 (0.33%) Sage 50
5 3 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.22%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.22%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.22%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.22%) SAP PSCD
7 1 (0.11%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.11%) Maximo
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.11%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.11%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 86 (9.39%) Power Platform
2 65 (7.10%) Azure
3 40 (4.37%) Microsoft 365
4 35 (3.82%) SaaS
5 29 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
6 26 (2.84%) AWS
7 22 (2.40%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (1.97%) Power Automate
9 17 (1.86%) Microsoft Copilot
10 15 (1.64%) PowerApps
11 10 (1.09%) GCP
12 8 (0.87%) Lucidchart
12 8 (0.87%) PaaS
13 7 (0.76%) ChatGPT
13 7 (0.76%) Copilot Studio
13 7 (0.76%) Google Drive
13 7 (0.76%) Microsoft Purview
13 7 (0.76%) Miro
13 7 (0.76%) OneDrive
14 6 (0.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.98%) Multicast
2 4 (0.44%) FIX Connectivity
3 2 (0.22%) LAN
3 2 (0.22%) WAN
4 1 (0.11%) DSL
4 1 (0.11%) Intranet
4 1 (0.11%) Network Security
4 1 (0.11%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (8.73%) Tableau
2 74 (8.08%) Data Mining
3 69 (7.53%) Power BI
4 18 (1.97%) Relational Database
5 12 (1.31%) Metadata
5 12 (1.31%) SQL Server
6 7 (0.76%) RDBMS
7 6 (0.66%) Power Query
7 6 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (0.44%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.33%) GIS
9 3 (0.33%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.22%) DTS
10 2 (0.22%) Qlik Sense
10 2 (0.22%) SAP BW
11 1 (0.11%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.11%) Amazon Redshift
11 1 (0.11%) Neo4j
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 67 (7.31%) JIRA
2 7 (0.76%) ERwin
3 1 (0.11%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.11%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 416 (45.41%) Finance
2 303 (33.08%) Analytical Skills
3 277 (30.24%) Social Skills
4 76 (8.30%) Public Sector
5 66 (7.21%) Law
6 64 (6.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 44 (4.80%) Legal
8 36 (3.93%) Presentation Skills
9 33 (3.60%) Documentation Skills
10 28 (3.06%) Retail
11 27 (2.95%) Influencing Skills
12 23 (2.51%) Organisational Skills
13 20 (2.18%) Manufacturing
14 19 (2.07%) Spanish Language
15 18 (1.97%) Marketing
16 16 (1.75%) Legal Technology
17 15 (1.64%) Banking
17 15 (1.64%) Financial Institution
18 11 (1.20%) Billing
19 9 (0.98%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 643 (70.20%) Analyst
2 514 (56.11%) Business Analyst
3 142 (15.50%) Trainee
3 142 (15.50%) Trainee Analyst
4 133 (14.52%) Senior
5 116 (12.66%) Senior Analyst
6 107 (11.68%) Senior Business Analyst
7 85 (9.28%) Data Analyst
8 74 (8.08%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 68 (7.42%) Trainee Business Analyst
10 43 (4.69%) Lead
11 40 (4.37%) Consultant
12 33 (3.60%) Business Manager
12 33 (3.60%) Project Manager
13 30 (3.28%) Insurance Business Analyst
14 28 (3.06%) Technical Analyst
14 28 (3.06%) Technical Business Analyst
15 25 (2.73%) Systems Analyst
16 21 (2.29%) IT Analyst
17 20 (2.18%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.75%) FIX Protocol
1 16 (1.75%) JSON
1 16 (1.75%) XML
2 9 (0.98%) FpML
3 8 (0.87%) Gherkin
3 8 (0.87%) Middleware
4 7 (0.76%) REST
4 7 (0.76%) XML Schema
5 6 (0.66%) .NET
5 6 (0.66%) EDI
5 6 (0.66%) SOAP
6 4 (0.44%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.22%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.22%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.22%) SAP Fiori
7 2 (0.22%) XML Messaging
8 1 (0.11%) Lightning Web Components
8 1 (0.11%) PySpark
8 1 (0.11%) React
8 1 (0.11%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 87 (9.50%) Product Ownership
2 38 (4.15%) Management Information System
3 28 (3.06%) Data Structures
4 22 (2.40%) Analytical Mindset
5 17 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
6 16 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (1.64%) Onboarding
8 14 (1.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 14 (1.53%) Low-Code
9 13 (1.42%) AI Agents
9 13 (1.42%) Fixed Income
9 13 (1.42%) IoT
10 11 (1.20%) Derivative
11 10 (1.09%) PropTech
12 9 (0.98%) Cloud Native
12 9 (0.98%) Distributed Architecture
12 9 (0.98%) Distributed Computing
12 9 (0.98%) Equities
12 9 (0.98%) Eurex
13 8 (0.87%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 20 (2.18%) Windows
2 13 (1.42%) Linux
3 3 (0.33%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.22%) Android
4 2 (0.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 325 (35.48%) Agile
2 231 (25.22%) Project Management
3 204 (22.27%) Problem-Solving
4 189 (20.63%) Requirements Gathering
5 175 (19.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 162 (17.69%) User Stories
7 152 (16.59%) Stakeholder Management
8 140 (15.28%) Analytics
9 132 (14.41%) Workshop Facilitation
10 129 (14.08%) Data Analysis
11 124 (13.54%) Process Improvement
12 122 (13.32%) Decision-Making
13 112 (12.23%) Continuous Improvement
14 98 (10.70%) AI
15 88 (9.61%) Data Analytics
16 86 (9.39%) Business Intelligence
17 84 (9.17%) Waterfall
18 82 (8.95%) Acceptance Criteria
18 82 (8.95%) User Acceptance Testing
19 80 (8.73%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 183 (19.98%) SQL
2 96 (10.48%) Python
3 7 (0.76%) C#
4 6 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 6 (0.66%) Java
4 6 (0.66%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.33%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.22%) Ada
6 2 (0.22%) X++
7 1 (0.11%) C++
7 1 (0.11%) R
7 1 (0.11%) RPG
7 1 (0.11%) SOQL
7 1 (0.11%) SOSL
7 1 (0.11%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.11%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 152 (16.59%) Degree
2 58 (6.33%) Security Cleared
3 43 (4.69%) SC Cleared
4 41 (4.48%) ACCA
5 38 (4.15%) CIMA
6 29 (3.17%) IIBA
7 28 (3.06%) PMI Certification
8 26 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
9 22 (2.40%) PMP
10 15 (1.64%) DBS Check
11 12 (1.31%) CBAP
12 9 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (0.66%) ISEB
13 6 (0.66%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (0.55%) CIPD
14 5 (0.55%) DV Cleared
15 4 (0.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 3 (0.33%) CFA
16 3 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (3.49%) QA
2 28 (3.06%) Data Quality
3 21 (2.29%) PMO
4 19 (2.07%) GDPR
5 17 (1.86%) GAAP
6 13 (1.42%) Accessibility
7 8 (0.87%) MiFID
8 7 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (0.55%) ISO 20022
11 4 (0.44%) GRC
12 2 (0.22%) NIST
12 2 (0.22%) SEPA
12 2 (0.22%) SLA
12 2 (0.22%) TARGET2
12 2 (0.22%) WCAG
13 1 (0.11%) COBIT
13 1 (0.11%) COSO
13 1 (0.11%) FATCA
13 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (0.87%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.11%) IAG
Systems Management
1 3 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.22%) Terraform
3 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 199 (21.72%) Microsoft
2 33 (3.60%) Salesforce
3 19 (2.07%) SAP
4 18 (1.97%) Oracle
5 14 (1.53%) Google
6 13 (1.42%) Intapp
7 12 (1.31%) ServiceNow
8 10 (1.09%) Atlassian
9 9 (0.98%) Bloomberg
9 9 (0.98%) CQG
9 9 (0.98%) ION Trading
9 9 (0.98%) JD Edwards
9 9 (0.98%) Patsystems
9 9 (0.98%) Reuters
9 9 (0.98%) Trayport
10 8 (0.87%) Sparx
11 6 (0.66%) Aderant
11 6 (0.66%) Anaplan
11 6 (0.66%) IBM
11 6 (0.66%) TOWER Software