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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 199 197 202
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 -42
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 938 716 1,387
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.03% 1.65% 1.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.40% 1.76% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 732 431 800
10th Percentile £33,750 £43,125 £34,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £50,967 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,719 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +12.44% -10.00%
75th Percentile £65,473 £85,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £105,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,689 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.69% +5.00% -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 67,106 40,605 82,127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.79% 93.31% 85.17%
Number of salaries quoted 43,167 22,159 59,545
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -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 15 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 15 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 +12 834 £52,473 -16.04% 428
UK excluding London +16 554 £42,689 -18.69% 350
London -1 309 £66,250 -17.19% 160
North of England +97 251 £40,000 -27.27% 88
Work from Home +24 234 £60,000 -14.29% 124
Yorkshire +59 125 £45,497 +8.11% 37
Midlands +9 104 £44,543 -25.76% 41
North West +26 90 £40,000 -27.27% 37
West Midlands 0 77 £45,000 -20.00% 25
South East -37 69 £52,500 +3.01% 96
South West -67 44 £43,775 -23.87% 36
Scotland -8 37 £40,000 -33.33% 25
North East -4 36 £40,000 - 15
East of England -57 33 £45,000 -11.71% 41
East Midlands -6 27 £40,000 -38.46% 16
Wales -22 14 £56,585 +2.88% 16
Northern Ireland -34 3 £40,000 -33.33% 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 27 (2.88%) Confluence
2 18 (1.92%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.21%) CMS
4 2 (0.21%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.21%) WordPress
5 1 (0.11%) IIS
5 1 (0.11%) Mendix
5 1 (0.11%) SAS
Applications
1 134 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (2.99%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.21%) Trello
6 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 17 (1.81%) NetSuite
2 11 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.53%) Fidessa
3 5 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.32%) Exchequer
5 3 (0.32%) Sage 50
6 2 (0.21%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.21%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.21%) SAP PSCD
7 1 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.11%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.11%) SAP BRIM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 87 (9.28%) Power Platform
2 60 (6.40%) Azure
3 47 (5.01%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (3.30%) SaaS
5 30 (3.20%) Dynamics 365
6 23 (2.45%) AWS
7 20 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
8 19 (2.03%) Microsoft Copilot
9 17 (1.81%) PaaS
9 17 (1.81%) Power Automate
10 15 (1.60%) ChatGPT
11 14 (1.49%) PowerApps
12 12 (1.28%) Cloud Computing
13 10 (1.07%) Entra ID
13 10 (1.07%) GCP
13 10 (1.07%) Microsoft Purview
14 9 (0.96%) Azure Data Factory
14 9 (0.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 8 (0.85%) IaaS
15 8 (0.85%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.53%) Multicast
2 2 (0.21%) FIX Connectivity
2 2 (0.21%) LAN
2 2 (0.21%) Network Security
2 2 (0.21%) WAN
3 1 (0.11%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.11%) DHCP
3 1 (0.11%) DNS
3 1 (0.11%) Firewall
3 1 (0.11%) RFID
3 1 (0.11%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.11%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (12.69%) Tableau
2 112 (11.94%) Data Mining
3 68 (7.25%) Power BI
4 13 (1.39%) Relational Database
5 12 (1.28%) Big Data
5 12 (1.28%) Metadata
6 8 (0.85%) Data Lake
6 8 (0.85%) SQL Server
7 7 (0.75%) RDBMS
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%) DTS
13 1 (0.11%) Neo4j
13 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 51 (5.44%) 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
1 491 (52.35%) Finance
2 316 (33.69%) Analytical Skills
3 284 (30.28%) Social Skills
4 62 (6.61%) Public Sector
5 59 (6.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 58 (6.18%) Law
7 46 (4.90%) Legal
8 39 (4.16%) Marketing
9 32 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
10 27 (2.88%) Banking
11 26 (2.77%) Influencing Skills
12 24 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
12 24 (2.56%) Retail
13 20 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
14 15 (1.60%) Financial Institution
15 13 (1.39%) Manufacturing
16 12 (1.28%) Billing
17 11 (1.17%) Spanish Language
18 7 (0.75%) Back Office
19 6 (0.64%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 674 (71.86%) Analyst
2 512 (54.58%) Business Analyst
3 221 (23.56%) Trainee
4 219 (23.35%) Trainee Analyst
5 121 (12.90%) Data Analyst
6 118 (12.58%) Senior
7 110 (11.73%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 109 (11.62%) Trainee Business Analyst
9 101 (10.77%) Senior Analyst
10 93 (9.91%) Senior Business Analyst
11 39 (4.16%) Lead
12 32 (3.41%) Consultant
12 32 (3.41%) Project Manager
13 30 (3.20%) Insurance Business Analyst
14 26 (2.77%) Business Manager
15 23 (2.45%) Systems Analyst
16 21 (2.24%) Architect
16 21 (2.24%) Technical Analyst
16 21 (2.24%) Technical Business Analyst
17 19 (2.03%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.60%) JSON
1 15 (1.60%) XML
2 12 (1.28%) FIX Protocol
3 9 (0.96%) FpML
4 7 (0.75%) REST
4 7 (0.75%) XML Schema
5 6 (0.64%) Middleware
5 6 (0.64%) SOAP
6 5 (0.53%) .NET
6 5 (0.53%) EDI
6 5 (0.53%) Gherkin
7 3 (0.32%) OpenAPI
7 3 (0.32%) Swagger
8 2 (0.21%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.21%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.21%) SAP Fiori
8 2 (0.21%) Web Services
8 2 (0.21%) XML Messaging
9 1 (0.11%) ADO
9 1 (0.11%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 86 (9.17%) Product Ownership
2 39 (4.16%) Management Information System
3 25 (2.67%) Analytical Mindset
3 25 (2.67%) IoT
4 24 (2.56%) Data Structures
5 22 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
7 16 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
8 15 (1.60%) Low-Code
8 15 (1.60%) Onboarding
9 14 (1.49%) AI Agents
10 11 (1.17%) Cloud Native
10 11 (1.17%) Derivative
10 11 (1.17%) Fixed Income
11 10 (1.07%) PMI
11 10 (1.07%) PropTech
12 9 (0.96%) Enterprise Cloud
12 9 (0.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 9 (0.96%) OTC Derivatives
12 9 (0.96%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.81%) Windows
2 5 (0.53%) Linux
3 4 (0.43%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.32%) Android
4 3 (0.32%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 323 (34.43%) Agile
2 280 (29.85%) Project Management
3 218 (23.24%) Problem-Solving
4 177 (18.87%) Analytics
5 163 (17.38%) Data Analysis
6 161 (17.16%) Requirements Gathering
7 155 (16.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 139 (14.82%) User Stories
9 133 (14.18%) Stakeholder Management
10 125 (13.33%) Change Management
11 123 (13.11%) Data Analytics
11 123 (13.11%) Decision-Making
12 120 (12.79%) Workshop Facilitation
13 105 (11.19%) Process Improvement
14 94 (10.02%) Continuous Improvement
15 92 (9.81%) AI
16 89 (9.49%) Roadmaps
17 84 (8.96%) Business Intelligence
18 81 (8.64%) User Acceptance Testing
19 77 (8.21%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 195 (20.79%) SQL
2 130 (13.86%) 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%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.11%) SOQL
6 1 (0.11%) SOSL
6 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 199 (21.22%) Degree
2 51 (5.44%) Security Cleared
3 33 (3.52%) IIBA
3 33 (3.52%) SC Cleared
4 32 (3.41%) PMI Certification
5 30 (3.20%) ACCA
6 29 (3.09%) CIMA
7 23 (2.45%) PMP
8 22 (2.35%) Master's Degree
9 18 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (1.39%) CBAP
11 12 (1.28%) DBS Check
11 12 (1.28%) HND
12 7 (0.75%) DV Cleared
12 7 (0.75%) ISEB
13 6 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (0.53%) CIPD
15 4 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 3 (0.32%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (3.62%) QA
2 29 (3.09%) Data Quality
3 22 (2.35%) Accessibility
4 19 (2.03%) PMO
5 15 (1.60%) GDPR
6 14 (1.49%) GAAP
7 10 (1.07%) MiFID
8 8 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.64%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.32%) GRC
11 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 2 (0.21%) NIST
11 2 (0.21%) SEPA
11 2 (0.21%) SLA
11 2 (0.21%) TARGET2
12 1 (0.11%) COBIT
12 1 (0.11%) COSO
12 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (1.39%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.11%) IAG
Systems Management
1 6 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.11%) Control-M
2 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 244 (26.01%) Microsoft
2 27 (2.88%) Salesforce
3 21 (2.24%) SAP
4 13 (1.39%) Intapp
5 12 (1.28%) Oracle
6 10 (1.07%) Google
6 10 (1.07%) ServiceNow
7 9 (0.96%) Anaplan
7 9 (0.96%) Atlassian
8 8 (0.85%) Sparx
9 7 (0.75%) Alteryx
10 6 (0.64%) Aderant
11 5 (0.53%) Bloomberg
11 5 (0.53%) CQG
11 5 (0.53%) HubSpot
11 5 (0.53%) IBM
11 5 (0.53%) ION Trading
11 5 (0.53%) Patsystems
11 5 (0.53%) Reuters
11 5 (0.53%) Trayport