Business Analysis Jobs

Business Analysis
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Business Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Business Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 1 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 199 196 160
Rank change year-on-year -3 -36 +6
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 741 1,425 2,557
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.47% 1.54% 2.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.57% 1.78% 2.41%
Number of salaries quoted 443 819 1,753
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,967 £43,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,430 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.05% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,774 £71,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,967 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.92% -4.55% +10.00%

All Process and 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 47,236 80,210 105,970
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.56% 86.88% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 25,832 57,895 61,933
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,250 £34,045
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,410 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,600 £50,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +5.20% -8.26% +3.81%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Business Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analysis in the UK

Business Analysis
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Analysis.

Salary trend for Business Analysis in the UK

Business Analysis
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis over the 6 months to 1 April 2025.

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 1 April 2025. 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 -12 672 £60,000 +9.09% 720
UK excluding London -1 456 £50,967 -2.92% 340
London +4 264 £75,000 +7.14% 452
Work from Home +6 251 £65,000 +18.18% 530
North of England +33 128 £45,628 -13.09% 100
North West +30 110 £45,628 -5.92% 62
East of England -1 83 £50,967 +15.70% 22
South East +8 82 £50,967 -2.92% 91
South West +55 58 £48,894 -11.10% 29
Midlands -27 54 £52,500 +10.53% 55
Scotland +45 47 £60,000 +30.08% 29
West Midlands -18 45 £52,500 +10.53% 45
Yorkshire +22 10 £71,991 +30.89% 25
East Midlands +20 9 £56,250 +32.35% 10
North East +19 8 £47,500 -9.52% 13
Wales +33 4 £63,965 +24.20% 5
Northern Ireland +23 3 £64,715 +4.55% 11

Business Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 75 (10.12%) Oracle Application Server
2 25 (3.37%) Confluence
3 24 (3.24%) SharePoint
4 7 (0.94%) CMS
5 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.27%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.13%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 56 (7.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (4.72%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (4.32%) MS Visio
4 20 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (1.08%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.81%) Trello
7 2 (0.27%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 19 (2.56%) Aladdin
2 12 (1.62%) thinkFolio
3 10 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (1.08%) Teamcenter
5 5 (0.67%) Fidessa
6 4 (0.54%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.54%) iTrent
7 2 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.27%) Shopify
8 1 (0.13%) Eloqua
8 1 (0.13%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.13%) Odoo
8 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.13%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 39 (5.26%) Power Platform
1 39 (5.26%) SaaS
2 30 (4.05%) Azure
3 16 (2.16%) Dynamics 365
4 15 (2.02%) AWS
5 14 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (1.62%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (1.35%) Power Automate
7 10 (1.35%) PowerApps
8 6 (0.81%) Google Analytics
8 6 (0.81%) PaaS
9 5 (0.67%) Azure Logic Apps
9 5 (0.67%) Lucidchart
9 5 (0.67%) WhatsApp
10 3 (0.40%) Figma
10 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (0.40%) Serverless
11 2 (0.27%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.27%) Azure Functions
11 2 (0.27%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.40%) Multicast
2 1 (0.13%) BGP
2 1 (0.13%) EIGRP
2 1 (0.13%) Firewall
2 1 (0.13%) HSRP
2 1 (0.13%) IPsec
2 1 (0.13%) Kerberos
2 1 (0.13%) OSPF
2 1 (0.13%) Skype
2 1 (0.13%) SNMP
2 1 (0.13%) VPN
2 1 (0.13%) VRRP
2 1 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (12.42%) Data Warehouse
2 83 (11.20%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 75 (10.12%) Oracle Reports
4 37 (4.99%) SQL Server
5 23 (3.10%) Power BI
6 18 (2.43%) Tableau
7 10 (1.35%) NoSQL
7 10 (1.35%) Relational Database
8 9 (1.21%) Data Mining
9 4 (0.54%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.54%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.40%) Big Data
10 3 (0.40%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.27%) Apache Hive
11 2 (0.27%) OLAP
11 2 (0.27%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.13%) DTS
12 1 (0.13%) Electronic Patient Records
12 1 (0.13%) MS Access
12 1 (0.13%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 50 (6.75%) JIRA
2 8 (1.08%) Selenium
3 3 (0.40%) Git
4 1 (0.13%) Maven
4 1 (0.13%) MSBuild
4 1 (0.13%) NUnit
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.13%) Postman
4 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 357 (48.18%) Social Skills
2 331 (44.67%) Analytical Skills
3 284 (38.33%) Finance
4 123 (16.60%) Organisational Skills
5 98 (13.23%) Influencing Skills
6 75 (10.12%) Military
7 49 (6.61%) Retail
8 44 (5.94%) Banking
9 32 (4.32%) Front Office
10 30 (4.05%) Legal
11 29 (3.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 29 (3.91%) Marketing
12 20 (2.70%) Publishing
13 19 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
14 18 (2.43%) Law
14 18 (2.43%) Public Sector
15 11 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
16 9 (1.21%) Manufacturing
16 9 (1.21%) Telecoms
17 7 (0.94%) German Language
Job Titles
1 416 (56.14%) Analyst
2 266 (35.90%) Business Analyst
3 115 (15.52%) Senior
4 91 (12.28%) Change Analyst
5 90 (12.15%) Business Change Analyst
6 82 (11.07%) Senior Analyst
7 65 (8.77%) Senior Business Analyst
8 56 (7.56%) Developer
9 33 (4.45%) Business Manager
10 30 (4.05%) Lead
11 29 (3.91%) Project Manager
12 28 (3.78%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
12 28 (3.78%) Software Developer
13 25 (3.37%) Database Engineer
14 23 (3.10%) Architect
14 23 (3.10%) Business IT Analyst
14 23 (3.10%) IT Analyst
14 23 (3.10%) IT Business Analyst
14 23 (3.10%) Senior Manager
15 21 (2.83%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.29%) .NET
1 17 (2.29%) CSS
1 17 (2.29%) HTML
2 8 (1.08%) NumPy
2 8 (1.08%) Pandas
3 5 (0.67%) Node.js
3 5 (0.67%) React
3 5 (0.67%) REST
4 4 (0.54%) ASP.NET
4 4 (0.54%) FIX Protocol
4 4 (0.54%) GraphQL
4 4 (0.54%) Middleware
4 4 (0.54%) OAuth
4 4 (0.54%) XML
5 3 (0.40%) AngularJS
5 3 (0.40%) Gherkin
5 3 (0.40%) Kafka
5 3 (0.40%) SOAP
6 2 (0.27%) Redux
6 2 (0.27%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 64 (8.64%) Management Information System
2 62 (8.37%) Product Ownership
3 50 (6.75%) Analytical Mindset
4 32 (4.32%) Derivative
5 29 (3.91%) Onboarding
6 28 (3.78%) Fixed Income
7 26 (3.51%) Hedge funds
8 14 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
8 14 (1.89%) PMI
9 12 (1.62%) Operational Technology
10 11 (1.48%) Data Structures
11 10 (1.35%) Algorithms
12 7 (0.94%) Equities
12 7 (0.94%) Marketing Technology
12 7 (0.94%) Social Media
13 6 (0.81%) Cloud Native
13 6 (0.81%) FMCG
13 6 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
14 5 (0.67%) OTC Derivatives
14 5 (0.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.21%) Windows
2 7 (0.94%) Linux
3 6 (0.81%) Android
3 6 (0.81%) Apple iOS
3 6 (0.81%) Windows Vista
4 2 (0.27%) Unix
5 1 (0.13%) AIX
5 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 367 (49.53%) Agile
2 270 (36.44%) Problem-Solving
3 155 (20.92%) Continuous Improvement
3 155 (20.92%) Workshop Facilitation
4 149 (20.11%) Project Management
5 148 (19.97%) Analytics
6 139 (18.76%) Stakeholder Management
7 132 (17.81%) ITIL
8 131 (17.68%) Change Management
9 127 (17.14%) Use Case
10 123 (16.60%) Business Case
10 123 (16.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 109 (14.71%) Data Modelling
12 107 (14.44%) Collaborative Working
13 103 (13.90%) Requirements Gathering
14 102 (13.77%) DevOps
15 94 (12.69%) Strategic Thinking
16 93 (12.55%) MoSCoW
17 92 (12.42%) User Stories
18 91 (12.28%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 85 (11.47%) SQL
2 45 (6.07%) Python
3 36 (4.86%) C#
4 33 (4.45%) Java
5 14 (1.89%) JavaScript
6 7 (0.94%) PowerShell
7 5 (0.67%) Ruby
8 4 (0.54%) Go
8 4 (0.54%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.27%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.27%) C++
9 2 (0.27%) SOQL
10 1 (0.13%) ABAP
10 1 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.13%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.13%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 195 (26.32%) Degree
2 130 (17.54%) CBAP
3 82 (11.07%) DBS Check
4 35 (4.72%) PMI Certification
5 32 (4.32%) Master's Degree
6 23 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
7 22 (2.97%) PMP
7 22 (2.97%) Security Cleared
8 14 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (1.62%) IIBA
10 11 (1.48%) SC Cleared
11 9 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (1.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 6 (0.81%) CSPO
13 6 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 6 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (0.40%) ISEB
14 3 (0.40%) MCP
15 2 (0.27%) CCA
15 2 (0.27%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (7.69%) QA
2 23 (3.10%) PMO
3 10 (1.35%) Data Quality
4 7 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
5 6 (0.81%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.54%) ISO 20022
6 4 (0.54%) SEPA
7 3 (0.40%) EMIR
7 3 (0.40%) GDPR
7 3 (0.40%) MiFID
8 2 (0.27%) TARGET2
9 1 (0.13%) GRC
9 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.13%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (0.27%) Docker
2 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (0.67%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 108 (14.57%) Oracle
2 76 (10.26%) Microsoft
3 19 (2.56%) BISAM
4 18 (2.43%) Charles River
5 12 (1.62%) Calypso
5 12 (1.62%) Guidewire
5 12 (1.62%) Salesforce
5 12 (1.62%) SimCorp
5 12 (1.62%) YouTube
6 10 (1.35%) SAP
7 8 (1.08%) Atlassian
7 8 (1.08%) Siemens
8 7 (0.94%) Duck Creek
9 6 (0.81%) Google
10 5 (0.67%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.54%) Bloomberg
11 4 (0.54%) ION Trading
12 3 (0.40%) CQG
12 3 (0.40%) Patsystems
12 3 (0.40%) Reuters