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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 219 215 197
Rank change year-on-year -4 -18 -62
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 1,027 706 941
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.86% 1.44% 1.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 1.61% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 714 538 559
10th Percentile £39,818 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,272 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £78,438 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £50,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +3.00% +2.04% -2.00%

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 87,229 43,738 58,305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.43% 88.90% 82.16%
Number of salaries quoted 59,718 24,553 31,325
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,925
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,243 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,600
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.70% -2.59%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 -1 917 £56,000 -6.67% 844
UK excluding London -18 576 £51,500 +3.00% 463
Work from Home +43 381 £53,500 -14.40% 407
London -36 363 £70,000 -6.67% 450
North of England -15 179 £50,000 -4.76% 117
South East -8 129 £55,000 -4.35% 123
Midlands -3 92 £51,250 -6.82% 75
South West -27 79 £44,551 +4.82% 44
Yorkshire +4 75 £52,500 +31.25% 42
North West -34 74 £50,000 -16.67% 55
West Midlands -20 67 £54,250 +3.33% 51
East of England -12 52 £50,000 +14.29% 29
North East -42 30 £44,636 +11.59% 20
East Midlands -11 25 £47,750 -16.23% 24
Scotland +7 20 £52,000 +30.00% 32
Wales -53 20 £52,500 +4.54% 14
Northern Ireland -76 9 £67,296 -0.30% 32

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 75 (7.30%) Confluence
2 36 (3.51%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.49%) ColdFusion
4 4 (0.39%) CMS
5 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.19%) WordPress
6 1 (0.097%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.097%) Appian
6 1 (0.097%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.097%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 73 (7.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 66 (6.43%) Microsoft Office
3 65 (6.33%) MS Visio
4 34 (3.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 20 (1.95%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.68%) Moqups
7 6 (0.58%) Trello
8 3 (0.29%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.19%) InDesign
9 2 (0.19%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.097%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (1.46%) NetSuite
2 14 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (0.88%) Fidessa
5 4 (0.39%) Magento
5 4 (0.39%) SAP Business One
5 4 (0.39%) Shopify
6 3 (0.29%) Exchequer
6 3 (0.29%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 3 (0.29%) Sage 50
6 3 (0.29%) Sage X3
6 3 (0.29%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.29%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.19%) iTrent
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.19%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.19%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 127 (12.37%) Power Platform
2 122 (11.88%) Azure
3 69 (6.72%) Azure DevOps
4 51 (4.97%) Microsoft 365
5 44 (4.28%) SaaS
6 43 (4.19%) Dynamics 365
7 41 (3.99%) AWS
8 33 (3.21%) Power Automate
9 28 (2.73%) Microsoft Copilot
10 25 (2.43%) Lucidchart
11 17 (1.66%) Anthropic Claude
12 13 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
12 13 (1.27%) PowerApps
12 13 (1.27%) Zapier
13 12 (1.17%) Copilot Studio
14 10 (0.97%) Figma
15 8 (0.78%) GCP
15 8 (0.78%) iPaaS
15 8 (0.78%) Miro
15 8 (0.78%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.88%) Multicast
2 7 (0.68%) FIX Connectivity
3 4 (0.39%) Internet
4 1 (0.097%) 5G
4 1 (0.097%) DSL
4 1 (0.097%) Intranet
4 1 (0.097%) LAN
4 1 (0.097%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.097%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (10.52%) Power BI
2 28 (2.73%) Relational Database
3 20 (1.95%) Tableau
4 17 (1.66%) SQL Server
5 14 (1.36%) Metadata
6 8 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (0.49%) DTS
9 3 (0.29%) Amazon Athena
9 3 (0.29%) Crystal Reports
9 3 (0.29%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.29%) DynamoDB
9 3 (0.29%) MySQL
9 3 (0.29%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.29%) Spotfire
9 3 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.19%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.19%) Looker
10 2 (0.19%) SAP BW
10 2 (0.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 143 (13.92%) JIRA
2 8 (0.78%) Claude Code
2 8 (0.78%) Cypress.io
2 8 (0.78%) Selenium
3 7 (0.68%) Postman
4 3 (0.29%) Artifactory
4 3 (0.29%) Git
4 3 (0.29%) GitLab
4 3 (0.29%) Hudson
4 3 (0.29%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.19%) Balsamiq
5 2 (0.19%) LSMW
6 1 (0.097%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.097%) JIRA Agile
6 1 (0.097%) Rational DOORS
General
1 421 (40.99%) Social Skills
2 375 (36.51%) Finance
3 322 (31.35%) Analytical Skills
4 139 (13.53%) Public Sector
5 99 (9.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 71 (6.91%) Law
7 61 (5.94%) Documentation Skills
8 57 (5.55%) Organisational Skills
9 56 (5.45%) Legal
10 54 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
11 48 (4.67%) Presentation Skills
12 42 (4.09%) Manufacturing
13 39 (3.80%) Retail
14 32 (3.12%) Banking
15 25 (2.43%) Local Government
15 25 (2.43%) Marketing
16 21 (2.04%) Aerospace
16 21 (2.04%) Legal Technology
17 17 (1.66%) Front Office
18 14 (1.36%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 631 (61.44%) Analyst
2 532 (51.80%) Business Analyst
3 178 (17.33%) Senior
4 134 (13.05%) Senior Analyst
5 127 (12.37%) Senior Business Analyst
6 67 (6.52%) Lead
7 60 (5.84%) Consultant
8 46 (4.48%) Technical Analyst
9 44 (4.28%) Technical Business Analyst
10 35 (3.41%) Business Manager
11 33 (3.21%) Lead Business Analyst
12 32 (3.12%) Applications Support
12 32 (3.12%) Project Manager
13 29 (2.82%) Data Analyst
13 29 (2.82%) Product Manager
14 27 (2.63%) Business IT Analyst
14 27 (2.63%) IT Analyst
15 26 (2.53%) IT Business Analyst
15 26 (2.53%) Systems Analyst
16 25 (2.43%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (1.95%) FIX Protocol
1 20 (1.95%) REST
2 17 (1.66%) .NET
3 14 (1.36%) Playwright
4 11 (1.07%) Gherkin
5 10 (0.97%) SOAP
6 8 (0.78%) XML
7 6 (0.58%) LangChain
8 5 (0.49%) CrewAI
8 5 (0.49%) LlamaIndex
8 5 (0.49%) Middleware
9 4 (0.39%) Lightning Web Components
9 4 (0.39%) Oracle Fusion
9 4 (0.39%) RESTful
9 4 (0.39%) Terraform
10 3 (0.29%) .NET Core
10 3 (0.29%) EDI
10 3 (0.29%) Elastic Stack
10 3 (0.29%) JSON
10 3 (0.29%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 116 (11.30%) Product Ownership
2 56 (5.45%) Management Information System
3 31 (3.02%) Low-Code
4 25 (2.43%) Onboarding
5 24 (2.34%) AI Agents
6 22 (2.14%) Derivative
7 21 (2.04%) Data Structures
8 20 (1.95%) Analytical Mindset
9 19 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
10 18 (1.75%) Fixed Income
11 13 (1.27%) Blog
11 13 (1.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 12 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (1.17%) PMI
13 11 (1.07%) Equities
13 11 (1.07%) NHS
14 10 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
15 9 (0.88%) Distributed Architecture
15 9 (0.88%) Distributed Computing
15 9 (0.88%) Eurex
Operating Systems
1 28 (2.73%) Linux
2 18 (1.75%) Windows
3 5 (0.49%) Unix
4 2 (0.19%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 451 (43.91%) Agile
2 344 (33.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 322 (31.35%) Problem-Solving
4 311 (30.28%) Requirements Gathering
5 244 (23.76%) Workshop Facilitation
6 230 (22.40%) User Stories
7 226 (22.01%) AI
8 222 (21.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 221 (21.52%) Process Improvement
10 212 (20.64%) Continuous Improvement
11 164 (15.97%) Decision-Making
12 162 (15.77%) Project Management
13 153 (14.90%) Project Delivery
14 131 (12.76%) Scrum
15 128 (12.46%) Business Intelligence
15 128 (12.46%) User Acceptance Testing
16 127 (12.37%) Acceptance Criteria
17 124 (12.07%) Coaching
18 119 (11.59%) Change Management
19 106 (10.32%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 158 (15.38%) SQL
2 47 (4.58%) Python
3 27 (2.63%) JavaScript
4 23 (2.24%) Java
5 21 (2.04%) C++
6 16 (1.56%) C#
7 11 (1.07%) TypeScript
8 5 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 5 (0.49%) T-SQL
9 4 (0.39%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.29%) Bash
10 3 (0.29%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.19%) Ada
12 1 (0.097%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.097%) R
12 1 (0.097%) RPG
12 1 (0.097%) SOQL
12 1 (0.097%) SOSL
12 1 (0.097%) VBA
Qualifications
1 174 (16.94%) Degree
2 110 (10.71%) Security Cleared
3 85 (8.28%) SC Cleared
4 28 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (2.43%) IIBA
6 24 (2.34%) PMI Certification
7 23 (2.24%) ACCA
8 22 (2.14%) CIMA
9 17 (1.66%) CBAP
10 15 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
10 15 (1.46%) PMP
11 13 (1.27%) DV Cleared
12 12 (1.17%) DBS Check
13 8 (0.78%) ISEB
13 8 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (0.58%) CFA
14 6 (0.58%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 5 (0.49%) Master's Degree
15 5 (0.49%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 4 (0.39%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (6.62%) QA
2 60 (5.84%) Data Quality
3 25 (2.43%) PMO
4 19 (1.85%) GDPR
5 18 (1.75%) Accessibility
6 15 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.58%) GAAP
8 4 (0.39%) COBIT
8 4 (0.39%) NIST
9 3 (0.29%) GRC
9 3 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 3 (0.29%) NCSC
10 2 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.19%) Good Clinical Practice
10 2 (0.19%) ISO 13485
10 2 (0.19%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.19%) SOC 3
11 1 (0.097%) GxP
11 1 (0.097%) IFRS
11 1 (0.097%) NIST 800
System Software
1 5 (0.49%) Docker
2 2 (0.19%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.097%) IAG
Systems Management
1 4 (0.39%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.29%) Grafana
2 3 (0.29%) Prometheus
2 3 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.097%) Kibana
3 1 (0.097%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 176 (17.14%) Microsoft
2 39 (3.80%) Salesforce
2 39 (3.80%) SAP
3 26 (2.53%) ServiceNow
4 24 (2.34%) Oracle
5 21 (2.04%) YouTube
6 19 (1.85%) Google
7 15 (1.46%) JD Edwards
8 14 (1.36%) Workday
9 10 (0.97%) Sage
10 9 (0.88%) Bloomberg
10 9 (0.88%) CQG
10 9 (0.88%) FIS
10 9 (0.88%) ION Trading
10 9 (0.88%) Patsystems
10 9 (0.88%) Reuters
10 9 (0.88%) SunGard
10 9 (0.88%) Trayport
11 8 (0.78%) Atlassian
11 8 (0.78%) RedGate