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

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 210 169
Rank change year-on-year +40 -41 -37
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 874 783 1,222
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.39% 1.48% 1.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.74% 1.63% 2.05%
Number of salaries quoted 664 490 860
10th Percentile £28,250 £42,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £50,967 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,238 £60,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.60% +1.69% -1.67%
75th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £86,975 £92,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £50,967 £52,500
% change year-on-year -21.52% -2.92% -4.55%

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 50,353 48,156 59,526
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.28% 91.19% 88.97%
Number of salaries quoted 29,725 23,186 46,025
10th Percentile £28,675 £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 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
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 25 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 25 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 +32 787 £50,000 -16.67% 331
UK excluding London +46 509 £40,000 -21.52% 318
London +34 298 £71,274 -1.69% 107
North of England +71 226 £40,000 -25.58% 54
Work from Home +33 189 £60,000 +0.96% 76
North West +33 104 £40,000 -27.27% 24
Yorkshire +50 92 £40,000 -20.00% 20
South East +12 75 £50,500 -0.92% 96
Midlands +6 74 £40,000 -27.27% 48
West Midlands +20 55 £40,000 -27.27% 30
South West -4 52 £40,000 -26.52% 35
Scotland -6 39 £40,000 -27.27% 22
East of England -24 31 £40,000 -21.52% 37
North East +15 30 £40,000 +6.67% 12
East Midlands -3 19 £55,000 -15.38% 18
Wales +13 13 £45,000 -5.26% 17

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 (4.12%) 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 (19.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (4.00%) MS Visio
3 31 (3.55%) Microsoft Office
4 22 (2.52%) 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%) SAP S/4HANA
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
4 2 (0.23%) Endur
4 2 (0.23%) iTrent
5 1 (0.11%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
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%) PeopleSoft HRMS
5 1 (0.11%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.11%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.11%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 67 (7.67%) Power Platform
2 57 (6.52%) Azure
3 43 (4.92%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (3.20%) SaaS
5 24 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
6 21 (2.40%) Dynamics 365
6 21 (2.40%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 20 (2.29%) Cloud Computing
8 18 (2.06%) AWS
9 17 (1.95%) Miro
9 17 (1.95%) PaaS
10 14 (1.60%) ChatGPT
11 12 (1.37%) Power Automate
12 10 (1.14%) Microsoft Copilot
13 8 (0.92%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (0.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 8 (0.92%) Figma
13 8 (0.92%) IaaS
13 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Purview
14 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 (16.82%) Tableau
2 136 (15.56%) Data Mining
3 54 (6.18%) 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 5 (0.57%) Power Query
9 4 (0.46%) GIS
9 4 (0.46%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.46%) Qlik Sense
10 3 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.34%) BusinessObjects
10 3 (0.34%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.11%) MS Access
11 1 (0.11%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 50 (5.72%) 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
1 484 (55.38%) Finance
2 310 (35.47%) Analytical Skills
3 286 (32.72%) Social Skills
4 83 (9.50%) Marketing
5 65 (7.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 58 (6.64%) Banking
7 50 (5.72%) Legal
8 39 (4.46%) Public Sector
9 30 (3.43%) Law
10 29 (3.32%) Retail
11 26 (2.97%) 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 (0.92%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 584 (66.82%) Analyst
2 419 (47.94%) Business Analyst
3 261 (29.86%) Trainee
4 248 (28.38%) Trainee Analyst
5 141 (16.13%) Data Analyst
6 125 (14.30%) Trainee Business Analyst
7 123 (14.07%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 92 (10.53%) Senior
9 55 (6.29%) Senior Analyst
10 51 (5.84%) Senior Business Analyst
11 39 (4.46%) Architect
12 36 (4.12%) Lead
13 35 (4.00%) Project Manager
14 26 (2.97%) Lead Business Analyst
15 25 (2.86%) IT Manager
16 24 (2.75%) Developer
17 22 (2.52%) IT Project Manager
17 22 (2.52%) Product Owner
18 20 (2.29%) Financial Analyst
18 20 (2.29%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.80%) Middleware
1 7 (0.80%) XML
2 6 (0.69%) React
2 6 (0.69%) Web Services
3 5 (0.57%) FIX Protocol
3 5 (0.57%) JSON
4 4 (0.46%) REST
4 4 (0.46%) SOAP
5 3 (0.34%) .NET
5 3 (0.34%) OpenAPI
5 3 (0.34%) Swagger
6 2 (0.23%) CSS
6 2 (0.23%) HTML
7 1 (0.11%) CSS3
7 1 (0.11%) Dropwizard
7 1 (0.11%) MERN Stack
7 1 (0.11%) Mongoose
7 1 (0.11%) Nunjucks
7 1 (0.11%) Spring
7 1 (0.11%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 70 (8.01%) Product Ownership
2 34 (3.89%) 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 (1.95%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 15 (1.72%) Fixed Income
8 14 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
9 13 (1.49%) 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 (0.92%) Digital Media
12 8 (0.92%) Enterprise Cloud
12 8 (0.92%) Life Science
13 7 (0.80%) Cloud Native
13 7 (0.80%) Data Structures
14 6 (0.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.49%) 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
1 367 (41.99%) Project Management
2 311 (35.58%) Agile
3 258 (29.52%) Problem-Solving
4 213 (24.37%) Change Management
5 199 (22.77%) Data Analysis
6 172 (19.68%) Analytics
7 142 (16.25%) Data Analytics
8 124 (14.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 122 (13.96%) Requirements Gathering
9 122 (13.96%) Stakeholder Management
10 121 (13.84%) Process Improvement
11 106 (12.13%) AI
12 105 (12.01%) Decision-Making
13 103 (11.78%) User Stories
14 99 (11.33%) Continuous Improvement
14 99 (11.33%) Roadmaps
15 84 (9.61%) Workshop Facilitation
16 79 (9.04%) Project Delivery
17 78 (8.92%) Scrum
18 73 (8.35%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 203 (23.23%) SQL
2 150 (17.16%) Python
3 6 (0.69%) C#
3 6 (0.69%) Java
4 3 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (0.23%) Ada
5 2 (0.23%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.23%) R
5 2 (0.23%) VBA
6 1 (0.11%) C++
6 1 (0.11%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.11%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.11%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.11%) X++
Qualifications
1 268 (30.66%) Degree
2 40 (4.58%) Security Cleared
3 32 (3.66%) PMI Certification
4 29 (3.32%) Master's Degree
5 28 (3.20%) DBS Check
6 22 (2.52%) IIBA
6 22 (2.52%) PMP
6 22 (2.52%) SC Cleared
7 20 (2.29%) CIMA
7 20 (2.29%) HND
8 14 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (1.49%) ACCA
10 11 (1.26%) DV Cleared
11 8 (0.92%) CBAP
12 6 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.57%) ISEB
14 4 (0.46%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
15 3 (0.34%) AWS Certification
15 3 (0.34%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (5.26%) QA
2 28 (3.20%) Data Quality
3 24 (2.75%) Accessibility
4 15 (1.72%) SEPA
5 13 (1.49%) ISO 20022
6 11 (1.26%) MiFID
6 11 (1.26%) TARGET2
7 9 (1.03%) GDPR
8 8 (0.92%) PMO
9 7 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.34%) EMIR
10 3 (0.34%) GRC
10 3 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.23%) GxP
11 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 2 (0.23%) NIST
11 2 (0.23%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.11%) FATCA
12 1 (0.11%) P3O
12 1 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (0.69%) 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
Vendors
1 243 (27.80%) Microsoft
2 35 (4.00%) Salesforce
3 19 (2.17%) SAP
4 13 (1.49%) Oracle
5 12 (1.37%) Anaplan
6 8 (0.92%) Alteryx
6 8 (0.92%) Civica
6 8 (0.92%) ServiceNow
7 7 (0.80%) Adobe
7 7 (0.80%) iManage
8 6 (0.69%) Atlassian
8 6 (0.69%) ION Trading
9 5 (0.57%) Bloomberg
9 5 (0.57%) CQG
9 5 (0.57%) GoldenSource
9 5 (0.57%) Patsystems
9 5 (0.57%) Reuters
9 5 (0.57%) Trayport
9 5 (0.57%) Workday
10 4 (0.46%) HubSpot