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 31 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 206 204 207
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 -47
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 938 747 1,382
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.01% 1.71% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 1.83% 1.64%
Number of salaries quoted 735 448 789
10th Percentile £33,750 £43,099 £34,158
25th Percentile £35,000 £50,967 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,719 £54,151
Median % change year-on-year -13.54% +12.13% -9.75%
75th Percentile £65,640 £85,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £105,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,249 £50,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.22% +1.93% -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 68,860 40,768 84,483
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.96% 93.19% 83.65%
Number of salaries quoted 45,013 21,524 60,756
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £29,228
25th Percentile £41,000 £40,750 £39,885
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.94% +2.00% -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 31 May 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 31 May 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 -2 838 £52,500 -14.67% 243
UK excluding London +3 550 £45,249 -11.22% 230
London -9 312 £65,000 -18.75% 81
Work from Home +18 262 £60,000 -8.23% 63
North of England +98 247 £42,500 -19.05% 59
Yorkshire +64 123 £50,000 +18.81% 32
Midlands +4 98 £44,772 -23.14% 32
North West +24 90 £40,000 -27.27% 17
West Midlands -4 73 £45,249 -18.84% 13
South East -29 70 £52,500 +3.01% 69
South West -66 49 £44,551 -24.17% 23
Scotland 0 38 £40,000 -34.43% 14
North East -14 34 £40,000 +1.91% 11
East of England -64 34 £45,000 -11.71% 25
East Midlands -13 25 £40,000 -38.46% 19
Wales -32 12 £53,171 -3.33% 8
Northern Ireland -45 3 £40,000 -40.74% 4

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 31 (3.30%) Confluence
2 13 (1.39%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.21%) CMS
4 2 (0.21%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.21%) WordPress
5 1 (0.11%) ColdFusion
5 1 (0.11%) Mendix
Applications
1 127 (13.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (3.73%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (3.20%) MS Visio
4 12 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.21%) Trello
7 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 20 (2.13%) NetSuite
2 9 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.75%) Fidessa
4 5 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.32%) Exchequer
6 3 (0.32%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 3 (0.32%) Sage 50
6 3 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.21%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.21%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.21%) SAP PSCD
8 1 (0.11%) Maximo
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.11%) PeopleSoft HRMS
8 1 (0.11%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.11%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.11%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 83 (8.85%) Power Platform
2 59 (6.29%) Azure
3 40 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (3.30%) SaaS
5 27 (2.88%) Dynamics 365
6 25 (2.67%) AWS
7 20 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (1.81%) Microsoft Copilot
9 16 (1.71%) Power Automate
10 14 (1.49%) PowerApps
11 12 (1.28%) Cloud Computing
12 11 (1.17%) ChatGPT
12 11 (1.17%) PaaS
13 10 (1.07%) GCP
14 8 (0.85%) Microsoft Purview
15 7 (0.75%) Azure Data Factory
15 7 (0.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 7 (0.75%) Entra ID
15 7 (0.75%) OneDrive
16 6 (0.64%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.75%) Multicast
2 2 (0.21%) FIX Connectivity
2 2 (0.21%) LAN
2 2 (0.21%) 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
1 108 (11.51%) Tableau
2 101 (10.77%) Data Mining
3 65 (6.93%) Power BI
4 16 (1.71%) Relational Database
5 12 (1.28%) Big Data
5 12 (1.28%) Metadata
6 8 (0.85%) SQL Server
7 7 (0.75%) RDBMS
8 6 (0.64%) Data Lake
8 6 (0.64%) Power Query
9 5 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.32%) GIS
11 3 (0.32%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.32%) Qlik Sense
12 2 (0.21%) SAP BW
13 1 (0.11%) Neo4j
13 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database
13 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 58 (6.18%) JIRA
2 7 (0.75%) ERwin
3 1 (0.11%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.11%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 463 (49.36%) Finance
2 308 (32.84%) Analytical Skills
3 285 (30.38%) Social Skills
4 74 (7.89%) Public Sector
5 66 (7.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 66 (7.04%) Law
6 48 (5.12%) Legal
7 35 (3.73%) Marketing
8 33 (3.52%) Presentation Skills
9 27 (2.88%) Banking
10 26 (2.77%) Retail
11 25 (2.67%) Documentation Skills
12 24 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
13 20 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
14 16 (1.71%) Financial Institution
15 15 (1.60%) Spanish Language
16 13 (1.39%) Manufacturing
17 11 (1.17%) Billing
18 8 (0.85%) Back Office
19 7 (0.75%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 672 (71.64%) Analyst
2 523 (55.76%) Business Analyst
3 194 (20.68%) Trainee
4 193 (20.58%) Trainee Analyst
5 123 (13.11%) Senior
6 111 (11.83%) Data Analyst
7 107 (11.41%) Senior Analyst
8 100 (10.66%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 99 (10.55%) Senior Business Analyst
10 93 (9.91%) Trainee Business Analyst
11 41 (4.37%) Lead
12 33 (3.52%) Consultant
13 31 (3.30%) Project Manager
14 30 (3.20%) Insurance Business Analyst
15 29 (3.09%) Business Manager
16 23 (2.45%) Technical Analyst
16 23 (2.45%) Technical Business Analyst
17 21 (2.24%) Systems Analyst
18 20 (2.13%) IT Analyst
19 19 (2.03%) Lead Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.71%) JSON
1 16 (1.71%) XML
2 14 (1.49%) FIX Protocol
3 9 (0.96%) FpML
4 8 (0.85%) Gherkin
5 7 (0.75%) Middleware
5 7 (0.75%) REST
5 7 (0.75%) XML Schema
6 6 (0.64%) EDI
6 6 (0.64%) SOAP
7 4 (0.43%) .NET
8 3 (0.32%) OpenAPI
8 3 (0.32%) Swagger
9 2 (0.21%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.21%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.21%) SAP Fiori
9 2 (0.21%) XML Messaging
10 1 (0.11%) ADO
10 1 (0.11%) SAP ALE
10 1 (0.11%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 89 (9.49%) Product Ownership
2 38 (4.05%) Management Information System
3 28 (2.99%) Data Structures
4 25 (2.67%) IoT
5 23 (2.45%) Analytical Mindset
6 18 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
7 17 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
8 16 (1.71%) Onboarding
9 14 (1.49%) Low-Code
10 12 (1.28%) AI Agents
11 11 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (1.17%) Fixed Income
11 11 (1.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (1.07%) Cloud Native
12 10 (1.07%) Derivative
12 10 (1.07%) PMI
12 10 (1.07%) PropTech
13 8 (0.85%) e-Learning
13 8 (0.85%) OTC Derivatives
14 7 (0.75%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.81%) Windows
2 8 (0.85%) Linux
3 3 (0.32%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.21%) Android
4 2 (0.21%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 334 (35.61%) Agile
2 267 (28.46%) Project Management
3 216 (23.03%) Problem-Solving
4 171 (18.23%) Requirements Gathering
5 165 (17.59%) Analytics
6 163 (17.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 151 (16.10%) Data Analysis
8 149 (15.88%) User Stories
9 140 (14.93%) Stakeholder Management
10 133 (14.18%) Workshop Facilitation
11 114 (12.15%) Decision-Making
12 111 (11.83%) Data Analytics
13 110 (11.73%) Process Improvement
14 100 (10.66%) Continuous Improvement
15 99 (10.55%) Change Management
16 94 (10.02%) AI
17 83 (8.85%) Acceptance Criteria
17 83 (8.85%) Business Intelligence
18 82 (8.74%) Roadmaps
19 81 (8.64%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 192 (20.47%) SQL
2 118 (12.58%) Python
3 5 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 5 (0.53%) Java
4 4 (0.43%) C#
5 2 (0.21%) T-SQL
5 2 (0.21%) X++
6 1 (0.11%) Ada
6 1 (0.11%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.11%) SOQL
6 1 (0.11%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 181 (19.30%) Degree
2 52 (5.54%) Security Cleared
3 36 (3.84%) ACCA
4 33 (3.52%) CIMA
4 33 (3.52%) SC Cleared
5 31 (3.30%) IIBA
6 30 (3.20%) PMI Certification
7 22 (2.35%) PMP
8 20 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
8 20 (2.13%) Master's Degree
9 13 (1.39%) CBAP
9 13 (1.39%) DBS Check
10 12 (1.28%) HND
11 8 (0.85%) DV Cleared
12 7 (0.75%) ISEB
13 5 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.53%) CIPD
13 5 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 3 (0.32%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (3.52%) QA
2 28 (2.99%) Data Quality
3 23 (2.45%) Accessibility
4 19 (2.03%) PMO
5 17 (1.81%) GAAP
5 17 (1.81%) GDPR
6 8 (0.85%) MiFID
7 7 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (0.64%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.32%) GRC
9 3 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.21%) NIST
10 2 (0.21%) SEPA
10 2 (0.21%) SLA
10 2 (0.21%) TARGET2
11 1 (0.11%) COBIT
11 1 (0.11%) FATCA
11 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 10 (1.07%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.11%) IAG
Systems Management
1 4 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 229 (24.41%) Microsoft
2 29 (3.09%) Salesforce
3 21 (2.24%) SAP
4 14 (1.49%) Oracle
5 13 (1.39%) Intapp
6 11 (1.17%) Google
7 10 (1.07%) ServiceNow
8 8 (0.85%) Atlassian
8 8 (0.85%) Sparx
9 7 (0.75%) Anaplan
9 7 (0.75%) Bloomberg
9 7 (0.75%) CQG
9 7 (0.75%) ION Trading
9 7 (0.75%) Patsystems
9 7 (0.75%) Reuters
9 7 (0.75%) Trayport
10 6 (0.64%) Aderant
10 6 (0.64%) TOWER Software
11 5 (0.53%) HubSpot
11 5 (0.53%) IBM