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

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 196 164
Rank change year-on-year +35 -32 -26
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 875 806 1,190
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.41% 1.52% 1.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.75% 1.66% 2.09%
Number of salaries quoted 664 510 830
10th Percentile £28,250 £41,250 £36,610
25th Percentile £35,000 £50,967 £46,666
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,119 £59,430 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.03% -0.95% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,938 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £50,967 £52,500
% change year-on-year -21.52% -2.92% -

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 50,076 48,429 57,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.42% 91.10% 89.12%
Number of salaries quoted 29,566 23,408 43,853
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £96,250
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 23 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Analysis in the UK

Business Analysis
Top 16 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 January 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 +28 788 £50,000 -16.67% 361
UK excluding London +37 509 £40,000 -21.52% 353
London +28 300 £72,500 - 107
North of England +60 225 £40,000 -20.00% 61
Work from Home +39 191 £60,000 +0.96% 107
North West +26 104 £40,000 -27.27% 26
Yorkshire +52 91 £40,000 -20.00% 23
Midlands +16 75 £40,000 -27.27% 52
South East +11 75 £50,500 -0.92% 108
West Midlands +16 55 £40,000 -25.58% 32
South West -1 52 £40,000 -21.95% 38
Scotland +1 39 £40,000 -27.27% 23
East of England -22 31 £40,000 -21.52% 43
North East +3 30 £40,000 +6.67% 14
East Midlands -3 20 £50,195 -22.78% 20
Wales +13 13 £45,000 -5.26% 19

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 36 (4.11%) Confluence
2 16 (1.83%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.23%) CMS
3 2 (0.23%) IIS
4 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.11%) SAS
Applications
1 174 (19.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (4.11%) MS Visio
3 31 (3.54%) Microsoft Office
4 22 (2.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.80%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.57%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.57%) Unit4 Business World
3 4 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.46%) Elite 3E
3 4 (0.46%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.23%) Endur
4 2 (0.23%) iTrent
5 1 (0.11%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
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 EWM
5 1 (0.11%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.11%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 66 (7.54%) Power Platform
2 57 (6.51%) Azure
3 44 (5.03%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (3.31%) SaaS
5 24 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (2.51%) Dynamics 365
7 21 (2.40%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 20 (2.29%) Cloud Computing
9 18 (2.06%) PaaS
10 17 (1.94%) AWS
11 16 (1.83%) Miro
12 14 (1.60%) ChatGPT
13 12 (1.37%) Power Automate
14 10 (1.14%) Microsoft Copilot
15 8 (0.91%) Azure Data Factory
15 8 (0.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 8 (0.91%) Figma
15 8 (0.91%) IaaS
15 8 (0.91%) Microsoft Purview
16 6 (0.69%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.57%) Multicast
2 4 (0.46%) Unified Communications
3 3 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.23%) 4G
4 2 (0.23%) FIX Connectivity
4 2 (0.23%) LAN
4 2 (0.23%) Network Security
4 2 (0.23%) RFID
4 2 (0.23%) WAN
5 1 (0.11%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.11%) DHCP
5 1 (0.11%) DNS
5 1 (0.11%) Firewall
5 1 (0.11%) Intranet
5 1 (0.11%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.11%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 147 (16.80%) Tableau
2 136 (15.54%) Data Mining
3 53 (6.06%) Power BI
4 20 (2.29%) Big Data
5 10 (1.14%) SQL Server
6 9 (1.03%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (0.69%) Metadata
8 4 (0.46%) GIS
8 4 (0.46%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.46%) Power Query
8 4 (0.46%) Qlik Sense
9 3 (0.34%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (0.34%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.11%) MS Access
11 1 (0.11%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 50 (5.71%) JIRA
2 4 (0.46%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (0.23%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.11%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.11%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.11%) Git
4 1 (0.11%) GitLab
4 1 (0.11%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.11%) Maven
4 1 (0.11%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 488 (55.77%) Finance
2 309 (35.31%) Analytical Skills
3 286 (32.69%) Social Skills
4 84 (9.60%) Marketing
5 65 (7.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 59 (6.74%) Banking
7 51 (5.83%) Legal
8 40 (4.57%) Public Sector
9 30 (3.43%) Law
10 28 (3.20%) Retail
11 27 (3.09%) Documentation Skills
12 23 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
13 18 (2.06%) Manufacturing
14 16 (1.83%) Billing
14 16 (1.83%) Financial Institution
15 11 (1.26%) Back Office
15 11 (1.26%) Digital Health
15 11 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
16 8 (0.91%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 584 (66.74%) Analyst
2 419 (47.89%) Business Analyst
3 261 (29.83%) Trainee
4 248 (28.34%) Trainee Analyst
5 141 (16.11%) Data Analyst
6 125 (14.29%) Trainee Business Analyst
7 123 (14.06%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 92 (10.51%) Senior
9 55 (6.29%) Senior Analyst
10 51 (5.83%) Senior Business Analyst
11 41 (4.69%) Architect
12 37 (4.23%) Lead
13 34 (3.89%) Project Manager
14 27 (3.09%) Lead Business Analyst
15 25 (2.86%) IT Manager
16 24 (2.74%) Developer
17 22 (2.51%) IT Project Manager
17 22 (2.51%) Product Owner
18 21 (2.40%) IT Analyst
19 20 (2.29%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (0.91%) Middleware
2 7 (0.80%) XML
3 6 (0.69%) React
3 6 (0.69%) Web Services
4 5 (0.57%) FIX Protocol
4 5 (0.57%) JSON
5 4 (0.46%) REST
5 4 (0.46%) SOAP
6 3 (0.34%) .NET
7 2 (0.23%) CSS
7 2 (0.23%) HTML
7 2 (0.23%) OpenAPI
7 2 (0.23%) Swagger
8 1 (0.11%) CSS3
8 1 (0.11%) Dropwizard
8 1 (0.11%) JAX-RS
8 1 (0.11%) MERN Stack
8 1 (0.11%) Mongoose
8 1 (0.11%) Nunjucks
8 1 (0.11%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 69 (7.89%) Product Ownership
2 35 (4.00%) Management Information System
3 20 (2.29%) Analytical Mindset
3 20 (2.29%) IoT
4 19 (2.17%) Onboarding
5 18 (2.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 17 (1.94%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 15 (1.71%) Fixed Income
8 14 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
9 12 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
10 11 (1.26%) AI Agents
10 11 (1.26%) PMI
10 11 (1.26%) Reinsurance
11 9 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (0.91%) Digital Media
12 8 (0.91%) Enterprise Cloud
12 8 (0.91%) Life Science
13 7 (0.80%) Cloud Native
14 6 (0.69%) Data Structures
14 6 (0.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.60%) Windows
2 5 (0.57%) Linux
3 1 (0.11%) Android
3 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (41.71%) Project Management
2 312 (35.66%) Agile
3 257 (29.37%) Problem-Solving
4 215 (24.57%) Change Management
5 199 (22.74%) Data Analysis
6 171 (19.54%) Analytics
7 143 (16.34%) Data Analytics
8 125 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 123 (14.06%) Stakeholder Management
10 122 (13.94%) Process Improvement
10 122 (13.94%) Requirements Gathering
11 107 (12.23%) AI
12 105 (12.00%) Decision-Making
13 102 (11.66%) User Stories
14 100 (11.43%) Continuous Improvement
15 99 (11.31%) Roadmaps
16 86 (9.83%) Workshop Facilitation
17 80 (9.14%) Project Delivery
18 78 (8.91%) Scrum
19 72 (8.23%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 201 (22.97%) SQL
2 150 (17.14%) Python
3 6 (0.69%) C#
3 6 (0.69%) Java
4 2 (0.23%) Ada
4 2 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (0.23%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.23%) R
4 2 (0.23%) VBA
5 1 (0.11%) C++
5 1 (0.11%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.11%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.11%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.11%) X++
Qualifications
1 268 (30.63%) Degree
2 40 (4.57%) Security Cleared
3 32 (3.66%) PMI Certification
4 30 (3.43%) Master's Degree
5 29 (3.31%) DBS Check
6 22 (2.51%) PMP
6 22 (2.51%) SC Cleared
7 21 (2.40%) IIBA
8 20 (2.29%) CIMA
8 20 (2.29%) HND
9 14 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (1.49%) ACCA
11 11 (1.26%) DV Cleared
12 8 (0.91%) CBAP
13 6 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (0.57%) ISEB
15 4 (0.46%) ISTQB
16 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
16 3 (0.34%) PRINCE2 Certification
17 2 (0.23%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (5.26%) QA
2 28 (3.20%) Data Quality
3 24 (2.74%) Accessibility
4 15 (1.71%) SEPA
5 13 (1.49%) ISO 20022
6 11 (1.26%) MiFID
6 11 (1.26%) TARGET2
7 9 (1.03%) GDPR
8 8 (0.91%) PMO
9 7 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.34%) EMIR
11 3 (0.34%) GRC
12 2 (0.23%) GxP
12 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 2 (0.23%) NIST
12 2 (0.23%) Solvency II
13 1 (0.11%) COBIT
13 1 (0.11%) GAAP
13 1 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (0.80%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.11%) Docker
2 1 (0.11%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 4 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.11%) Control-M
2 1 (0.11%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 242 (27.66%) Microsoft
2 35 (4.00%) Salesforce
3 18 (2.06%) SAP
4 13 (1.49%) Oracle
5 12 (1.37%) Anaplan
6 9 (1.03%) ServiceNow
7 8 (0.91%) Alteryx
7 8 (0.91%) Civica
8 7 (0.80%) Adobe
8 7 (0.80%) iManage
9 6 (0.69%) Atlassian
9 6 (0.69%) ION Trading
10 5 (0.57%) Bloomberg
10 5 (0.57%) CQG
10 5 (0.57%) GoldenSource
10 5 (0.57%) Patsystems
10 5 (0.57%) Reuters
10 5 (0.57%) Trayport
10 5 (0.57%) Workday
11 4 (0.46%) HubSpot