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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 195 188
Rank change year-on-year +31 -7 -40
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 976 722 1,354
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.32% 1.66% 1.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.69% 1.77% 1.84%
Number of salaries quoted 761 413 837
10th Percentile £28,250 £43,150 £36,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £50,967 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.67% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £97,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -23.81% - -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 57,853 40,823 73,554
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.06% 93.60% 87.34%
Number of salaries quoted 35,092 22,156 55,922
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,366 £29,000
25th Percentile £39,911 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.86%
75th Percentile £76,674 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
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 14 March 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 14 March 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 +29 870 £43,250 -27.92% 400
UK excluding London +26 601 £40,000 -23.81% 364
London +41 309 £68,000 -9.33% 137
North of England +64 279 £40,000 -27.27% 86
Work from Home -21 180 £58,750 -6.00% 109
North West +12 120 £40,000 -27.27% 30
Yorkshire +54 116 £40,000 -44.44% 43
Midlands +8 92 £40,000 -23.81% 51
West Midlands +27 72 £40,000 -23.81% 22
South East -23 66 £48,885 -4.09% 101
South West -29 61 £40,000 -18.19% 35
Scotland -8 51 £40,000 -34.43% 24
North East +16 43 £40,000 -33.02% 14
East of England -32 35 £40,000 -21.52% 39
East Midlands -23 21 £40,000 -15.79% 29
Wales +4 15 £45,000 -29.65% 20
Northern Ireland -28 3 £40,000 -38.19% 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 33 (3.38%) Confluence
2 14 (1.43%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.10%) IIS
4 1 (0.10%) Mendix
4 1 (0.10%) SAS
Applications
1 211 (21.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (3.28%) MS Visio
3 27 (2.77%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.72%) Adobe XD
5 7 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.10%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.10%) Sketch
6 1 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.51%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.41%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.10%) Endur
6 1 (0.10%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.10%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.10%) PeopleSoft HRMS
6 1 (0.10%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.10%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.10%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 81 (8.30%) Power Platform
2 56 (5.74%) Azure
3 49 (5.02%) Microsoft 365
4 36 (3.69%) SaaS
5 24 (2.46%) Dynamics 365
6 21 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (2.05%) Cloud Computing
8 19 (1.95%) AWS
9 18 (1.84%) PaaS
10 17 (1.74%) Miro
11 16 (1.64%) ChatGPT
12 15 (1.54%) Microsoft Copilot
13 12 (1.23%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 11 (1.13%) Microsoft Purview
15 10 (1.02%) Azure Data Factory
15 10 (1.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 10 (1.02%) Entra ID
15 10 (1.02%) IaaS
15 10 (1.02%) Power Automate
16 8 (0.82%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.41%) Multicast
2 2 (0.20%) LAN
2 2 (0.20%) Network Security
2 2 (0.20%) WAN
3 1 (0.10%) 4G
3 1 (0.10%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.10%) DHCP
3 1 (0.10%) DNS
3 1 (0.10%) Firewall
3 1 (0.10%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.10%) RFID
3 1 (0.10%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.10%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.10%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 191 (19.57%) Tableau
2 182 (18.65%) Data Mining
3 61 (6.25%) Power BI
4 20 (2.05%) Big Data
5 12 (1.23%) Metadata
6 10 (1.02%) Relational Database
7 9 (0.92%) Data Lake
7 9 (0.92%) Power Query
8 7 (0.72%) SQL Server
9 6 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (0.61%) Qlik Sense
10 5 (0.51%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.51%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.20%) GIS
13 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 42 (4.30%) JIRA
2 5 (0.51%) ERwin
3 1 (0.10%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.10%) Oracle Forms
General
1 588 (60.25%) Finance
2 371 (38.01%) Analytical Skills
3 272 (27.87%) Social Skills
4 62 (6.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 59 (6.05%) Marketing
6 51 (5.23%) Banking
7 47 (4.82%) Legal
7 47 (4.82%) Public Sector
8 41 (4.20%) Law
9 29 (2.97%) Documentation Skills
10 22 (2.25%) Financial Institution
11 20 (2.05%) Billing
12 19 (1.95%) Manufacturing
13 17 (1.74%) Retail
14 16 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
15 15 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
16 13 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
17 11 (1.13%) Digital Health
18 8 (0.82%) Back Office
19 6 (0.61%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 704 (72.13%) Analyst
2 492 (50.41%) Business Analyst
3 348 (35.66%) Trainee
4 339 (34.73%) Trainee Analyst
5 184 (18.85%) Data Analyst
6 173 (17.73%) Trainee Data Analyst
7 166 (17.01%) Trainee Business Analyst
8 96 (9.84%) Senior
9 72 (7.38%) Senior Analyst
10 69 (7.07%) Senior Business Analyst
11 39 (4.00%) Lead
12 34 (3.48%) Architect
13 30 (3.07%) Consultant
13 30 (3.07%) Project Manager
14 28 (2.87%) Insurance Business Analyst
15 21 (2.15%) Developer
15 21 (2.15%) IT Analyst
15 21 (2.15%) IT Manager
16 20 (2.05%) Lecturer
17 19 (1.95%) Business IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.23%) XML
2 10 (1.02%) JSON
3 9 (0.92%) FIX Protocol
4 6 (0.61%) FpML
5 5 (0.51%) EDI
5 5 (0.51%) Middleware
5 5 (0.51%) React
5 5 (0.51%) XML Schema
6 4 (0.41%) .NET
6 4 (0.41%) REST
6 4 (0.41%) SOAP
7 3 (0.31%) OpenAPI
7 3 (0.31%) Swagger
8 2 (0.20%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.20%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.20%) Web Services
9 1 (0.10%) ADO
9 1 (0.10%) CSS
9 1 (0.10%) HTML
9 1 (0.10%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 64 (6.56%) Product Ownership
2 34 (3.48%) Management Information System
3 24 (2.46%) Analytical Mindset
4 20 (2.05%) IoT
5 18 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (1.74%) Onboarding
7 16 (1.64%) AI Agents
7 16 (1.64%) Fixed Income
7 16 (1.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 15 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (1.43%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 12 (1.23%) Data Structures
11 10 (1.02%) Cloud Native
11 10 (1.02%) Enterprise Cloud
11 10 (1.02%) Low-Code
11 10 (1.02%) PMI
12 9 (0.92%) Derivative
13 8 (0.82%) Life Science
13 8 (0.82%) OTC Derivatives
13 8 (0.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.64%) Windows
2 4 (0.41%) Linux
3 3 (0.31%) Android
3 3 (0.31%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.10%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 404 (41.39%) Project Management
2 306 (31.35%) Agile
3 254 (26.02%) Problem-Solving
4 238 (24.39%) Data Analysis
5 233 (23.87%) Analytics
6 203 (20.80%) Change Management
7 194 (19.88%) Data Analytics
8 129 (13.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 124 (12.70%) User Stories
10 119 (12.19%) Requirements Gathering
11 114 (11.68%) Stakeholder Management
12 108 (11.07%) Decision-Making
13 99 (10.14%) AI
14 96 (9.84%) Process Improvement
15 92 (9.43%) Continuous Improvement
16 90 (9.22%) Roadmaps
16 90 (9.22%) Workshop Facilitation
17 85 (8.71%) Business Intelligence
18 73 (7.48%) Project Delivery
19 71 (7.27%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 254 (26.02%) SQL
2 203 (20.80%) Python
3 7 (0.72%) C#
4 5 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (0.51%) Java
5 2 (0.20%) R
5 2 (0.20%) X++
6 1 (0.10%) C++
6 1 (0.10%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.10%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.10%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.10%) VBA
Qualifications
1 273 (27.97%) Degree
2 52 (5.33%) Security Cleared
3 36 (3.69%) PMI Certification
4 33 (3.38%) SC Cleared
5 31 (3.18%) Master's Degree
6 29 (2.97%) IIBA
7 28 (2.87%) PMP
8 25 (2.56%) CIMA
9 20 (2.05%) ACCA
9 20 (2.05%) DBS Check
9 20 (2.05%) HND
10 18 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
11 14 (1.43%) DV Cleared
12 12 (1.23%) CBAP
13 7 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
13 7 (0.72%) ISEB
14 6 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.51%) CIPD
16 3 (0.31%) AWS Certification
16 3 (0.31%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (4.10%) QA
2 26 (2.66%) Accessibility
3 24 (2.46%) Data Quality
4 15 (1.54%) MiFID
4 15 (1.54%) PMO
5 13 (1.33%) GDPR
5 13 (1.33%) ISO 20022
6 12 (1.23%) SEPA
7 10 (1.02%) Actionable Recommendations
8 9 (0.92%) TARGET2
9 4 (0.41%) GAAP
10 3 (0.31%) EMIR
11 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 2 (0.20%) NIST
11 2 (0.20%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.10%) FATCA
12 1 (0.10%) GRC
12 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.10%) P3O
12 1 (0.10%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (1.23%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.10%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.10%) Control-M
2 1 (0.10%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.10%) Terraform
Vendors
1 298 (30.53%) Microsoft
2 26 (2.66%) Salesforce
3 18 (1.84%) SAP
4 12 (1.23%) Anaplan
4 12 (1.23%) Oracle
4 12 (1.23%) ServiceNow
5 8 (0.82%) Alteryx
5 8 (0.82%) Google
6 7 (0.72%) Adobe
6 7 (0.72%) Atlassian
7 6 (0.61%) Sparx
8 5 (0.51%) GoldenSource
8 5 (0.51%) IBM
8 5 (0.51%) ION Trading
9 4 (0.41%) Bloomberg
9 4 (0.41%) CQG
9 4 (0.41%) Guidewire
9 4 (0.41%) Patsystems
9 4 (0.41%) Reuters
9 4 (0.41%) Trayport