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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 225 222 214
Rank change year-on-year -3 -8 -77
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 969 706 991
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.85% 1.43% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.16% 1.61% 1.57%
Number of salaries quoted 693 533 586
10th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,250 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £54,285 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.29% +14.28% -5.00%

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 83,236 43,812 63,193
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.95% 88.75% 81.16%
Number of salaries quoted 57,755 24,707 35,897
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 16 September 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 16 September 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 +2 876 £57,500 -8.00% 1,439
UK excluding London +4 528 £52,500 -3.29% 825
Work from Home +51 383 £55,000 -15.38% 534
London -33 362 £70,000 -6.67% 800
North of England +4 181 £52,500 -4.55% 197
South East -29 103 £54,904 -8.49% 202
Midlands +5 95 £52,500 -4.55% 131
Yorkshire +28 83 £60,000 +50.00% 79
West Midlands -15 73 £53,500 -2.73% 85
North West -18 71 £52,250 -12.92% 95
South West -40 63 £47,500 +11.11% 95
East of England -10 51 £50,000 - 69
North East -43 27 £42,500 +6.25% 23
East Midlands -21 21 £48,000 -25.58% 46
Scotland +1 19 £45,000 +12.50% 71
Wales -66 15 £52,500 -4.55% 20
Northern Ireland -79 5 - - 45

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 60 (6.19%) Confluence
2 32 (3.30%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.52%) ColdFusion
4 3 (0.31%) CMS
5 2 (0.21%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.21%) WordPress
6 1 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.10%) Appian
Applications
1 67 (6.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 60 (6.19%) Microsoft Office
3 57 (5.88%) MS Visio
4 31 (3.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (1.86%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.62%) Moqups
6 6 (0.62%) Trello
7 3 (0.31%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.10%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.10%) InDesign
8 1 (0.10%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 23 (2.37%) NetSuite
2 14 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.93%) Fidessa
4 7 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.41%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.41%) Magento
5 4 (0.41%) Shopify
6 3 (0.31%) Exchequer
6 3 (0.31%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 3 (0.31%) Sage 50
6 3 (0.31%) Sage X3
6 3 (0.31%) SAP Business One
6 3 (0.31%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.31%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.21%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.21%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.21%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 112 (11.56%) Power Platform
2 103 (10.63%) Azure
3 47 (4.85%) Azure DevOps
4 46 (4.75%) Microsoft 365
5 42 (4.33%) AWS
6 41 (4.23%) SaaS
7 37 (3.82%) Dynamics 365
8 36 (3.72%) Power Automate
9 24 (2.48%) Lucidchart
10 23 (2.37%) Microsoft Copilot
11 16 (1.65%) Anthropic Claude
12 15 (1.55%) PowerApps
13 13 (1.34%) Zapier
14 12 (1.24%) GCP
15 10 (1.03%) Copilot Studio
15 10 (1.03%) iPaaS
16 9 (0.93%) Figma
17 8 (0.83%) Boomi
17 8 (0.83%) Workato
18 6 (0.62%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.93%) Multicast
2 7 (0.72%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.10%) DSL
3 1 (0.10%) Internet
3 1 (0.10%) Intranet
3 1 (0.10%) LAN
3 1 (0.10%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (10.22%) Power BI
2 20 (2.06%) Relational Database
3 18 (1.86%) Tableau
4 17 (1.75%) SQL Server
5 10 (1.03%) Metadata
5 10 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (0.62%) DTS
8 3 (0.31%) Amazon Athena
8 3 (0.31%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (0.31%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.31%) MySQL
8 3 (0.31%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.31%) Spotfire
8 3 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.21%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.21%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.21%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.21%) SAP BW
9 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 122 (12.59%) JIRA
2 7 (0.72%) Claude Code
2 7 (0.72%) Cypress.io
2 7 (0.72%) Selenium
3 6 (0.62%) Postman
4 3 (0.31%) Git
4 3 (0.31%) Hudson
5 2 (0.21%) Balsamiq
5 2 (0.21%) LSMW
6 1 (0.10%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.10%) ERwin
6 1 (0.10%) JIRA Agile
6 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 398 (41.07%) Social Skills
2 355 (36.64%) Finance
3 314 (32.40%) Analytical Skills
4 121 (12.49%) Public Sector
5 102 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 80 (8.26%) Law
7 55 (5.68%) Legal
7 55 (5.68%) Organisational Skills
8 53 (5.47%) Documentation Skills
9 52 (5.37%) Presentation Skills
10 46 (4.75%) Influencing Skills
11 40 (4.13%) Manufacturing
12 37 (3.82%) Retail
13 29 (2.99%) Banking
14 24 (2.48%) Marketing
15 22 (2.27%) Legal Technology
16 19 (1.96%) Local Government
17 17 (1.75%) Aerospace
18 16 (1.65%) Front Office
18 16 (1.65%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 589 (60.78%) Analyst
2 496 (51.19%) Business Analyst
3 176 (18.16%) Senior
4 139 (14.34%) Senior Analyst
5 128 (13.21%) Senior Business Analyst
6 63 (6.50%) Lead
7 50 (5.16%) Consultant
8 39 (4.02%) Technical Analyst
9 37 (3.82%) Technical Business Analyst
10 35 (3.61%) Business Manager
10 35 (3.61%) Project Manager
11 30 (3.10%) Lead Business Analyst
12 29 (2.99%) Systems Analyst
13 28 (2.89%) Product Manager
14 24 (2.48%) Applications Support
14 24 (2.48%) Data Analyst
15 23 (2.37%) Product Analyst
15 23 (2.37%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
16 22 (2.27%) Business Systems Analyst
17 21 (2.17%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.06%) FIX Protocol
2 19 (1.96%) REST
3 14 (1.44%) .NET
4 12 (1.24%) XML
5 11 (1.14%) Gherkin
5 11 (1.14%) SOAP
6 8 (0.83%) Playwright
7 6 (0.62%) JSON
8 5 (0.52%) CrewAI
8 5 (0.52%) LangChain
8 5 (0.52%) LlamaIndex
9 4 (0.41%) Lightning Web Components
10 3 (0.31%) .NET Core
10 3 (0.31%) EDI
10 3 (0.31%) Middleware
10 3 (0.31%) Oracle Fusion
10 3 (0.31%) PySpark
10 3 (0.31%) WinForms
11 2 (0.21%) FpML
11 2 (0.21%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 117 (12.07%) Product Ownership
2 53 (5.47%) Management Information System
3 24 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
4 23 (2.37%) Data Structures
4 23 (2.37%) Low-Code
5 22 (2.27%) AI Agents
6 21 (2.17%) Onboarding
7 20 (2.06%) Derivative
8 18 (1.86%) Fixed Income
9 16 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (1.34%) Blog
10 13 (1.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 13 (1.34%) IoT
11 12 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
12 10 (1.03%) PMI
12 10 (1.03%) PropTech
13 9 (0.93%) Distributed Architecture
13 9 (0.93%) Distributed Computing
13 9 (0.93%) Eurex
Operating Systems
1 23 (2.37%) Linux
2 18 (1.86%) Windows
3 3 (0.31%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 428 (44.17%) Agile
2 300 (30.96%) Problem-Solving
3 294 (30.34%) Stakeholder Management
4 281 (29.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 218 (22.50%) User Stories
6 217 (22.39%) Workshop Facilitation
7 200 (20.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 197 (20.33%) Continuous Improvement
9 193 (19.92%) Process Improvement
10 188 (19.40%) AI
11 160 (16.51%) Project Management
12 153 (15.79%) Decision-Making
13 149 (15.38%) Project Delivery
14 130 (13.42%) Scrum
15 122 (12.59%) User Acceptance Testing
16 121 (12.49%) Business Intelligence
17 117 (12.07%) Acceptance Criteria
18 115 (11.87%) Coaching
19 102 (10.53%) Waterfall
20 93 (9.60%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 147 (15.17%) SQL
2 40 (4.13%) Python
3 23 (2.37%) JavaScript
4 22 (2.27%) Java
5 20 (2.06%) C++
6 15 (1.55%) C#
7 8 (0.83%) TypeScript
8 7 (0.72%) T-SQL
9 5 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.31%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.21%) Ada
12 1 (0.10%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.10%) R
12 1 (0.10%) RPG
12 1 (0.10%) SOQL
12 1 (0.10%) SOSL
12 1 (0.10%) VBA
Qualifications
1 167 (17.23%) Degree
2 103 (10.63%) Security Cleared
3 82 (8.46%) SC Cleared
4 37 (3.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (2.89%) ACCA
6 27 (2.79%) CIMA
7 25 (2.58%) IIBA
8 21 (2.17%) PMI Certification
9 17 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
10 14 (1.44%) CBAP
10 14 (1.44%) PMP
11 11 (1.14%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.62%) CFA
12 6 (0.62%) ISEB
13 5 (0.52%) DV Cleared
13 5 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (0.41%) CSPO
14 4 (0.41%) Master's Degree
15 3 (0.31%) CRISC
15 3 (0.31%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (5.88%) QA
2 47 (4.85%) Data Quality
3 25 (2.58%) PMO
4 15 (1.55%) Accessibility
5 14 (1.44%) GDPR
6 13 (1.34%) GAAP
7 12 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.41%) COBIT
8 4 (0.41%) NIST
9 3 (0.31%) GRC
9 3 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 3 (0.31%) NCSC
10 2 (0.21%) MiFID
10 2 (0.21%) SLA
11 1 (0.10%) COSO
11 1 (0.10%) Good Clinical Practice
11 1 (0.10%) ISO 13485
11 1 (0.10%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.10%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (0.21%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.10%) IAG
Systems Management
1 2 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.10%) Kibana
2 1 (0.10%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.10%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.10%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 163 (16.82%) Microsoft
2 41 (4.23%) Salesforce
3 37 (3.82%) SAP
4 22 (2.27%) Oracle
5 21 (2.17%) ServiceNow
6 18 (1.86%) Google
7 15 (1.55%) JD Edwards
7 15 (1.55%) YouTube
8 14 (1.44%) Workday
9 13 (1.34%) Intapp
10 10 (1.03%) Atlassian
11 9 (0.93%) Bloomberg
11 9 (0.93%) CQG
11 9 (0.93%) FIS
11 9 (0.93%) ION Trading
11 9 (0.93%) Patsystems
11 9 (0.93%) Reuters
11 9 (0.93%) SunGard
11 9 (0.93%) Trayport
12 8 (0.83%) RedGate