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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 234 216
Rank change year-on-year +30 -18 -57
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 918 649 1,384
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.99% 1.46% 1.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.35% 1.57% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 729 403 796
10th Percentile £33,750 £42,971 £34,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.15% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £67,500 £88,750 £73,495
90th Percentile £83,750 £107,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,499 £57,560 £50,000
% change year-on-year -20.95% +15.12% -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 67,867 41,257 88,577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.84% 92.63% 82.08%
Number of salaries quoted 46,626 22,001 62,691
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £29,629
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,353 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £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 June 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 June 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 +31 822 £55,000 -15.38% 482
UK excluding London +39 536 £45,499 -20.95% 355
London -5 313 £66,250 -17.19% 207
Work from Home +7 265 £59,338 -9.78% 144
North of England +88 231 £45,497 -17.28% 89
Yorkshire +65 116 £52,445 +24.62% 44
Midlands +7 87 £46,250 -22.92% 60
North West +19 83 £40,000 -28.25% 34
South East -7 78 £52,500 -8.70% 100
West Midlands -1 65 £47,500 -16.67% 30
South West -67 53 £45,000 -25.00% 33
Scotland +4 37 £40,000 -33.33% 20
East of England -8 36 £45,000 -28.57% 39
North East -17 32 £40,000 +1.91% 11
East Midlands -5 22 £43,750 -35.19% 30
Wales -38 12 £53,171 +1.06% 7
Northern Ireland -39 3 £40,000 -40.74% 13

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 36 (3.92%) Confluence
2 15 (1.63%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.33%) ColdFusion
3 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.22%) CMS
4 2 (0.22%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.22%) WordPress
5 1 (0.11%) Mendix
Applications
1 110 (11.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (4.36%) Microsoft Office
3 34 (3.70%) MS Visio
4 14 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (1.42%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.22%) Trello
8 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 23 (2.51%) NetSuite
2 9 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.98%) Fidessa
3 5 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.33%) Exchequer
5 3 (0.33%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 3 (0.33%) Sage 50
6 2 (0.22%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.22%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.22%) 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 Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.11%) SAP BRIM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.11%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 81 (8.82%) Power Platform
2 61 (6.64%) Azure
3 38 (4.14%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (3.70%) SaaS
5 28 (3.05%) Dynamics 365
6 27 (2.94%) AWS
7 20 (2.18%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (1.85%) Microsoft Copilot
8 17 (1.85%) Power Automate
9 14 (1.53%) PowerApps
10 10 (1.09%) GCP
11 9 (0.98%) ChatGPT
12 8 (0.87%) Miro
12 8 (0.87%) PaaS
13 7 (0.76%) Microsoft Purview
13 7 (0.76%) OneDrive
14 6 (0.65%) Azure Data Factory
14 6 (0.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 6 (0.65%) Copilot Studio
14 6 (0.65%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.98%) Multicast
2 4 (0.44%) FIX Connectivity
3 2 (0.22%) LAN
3 2 (0.22%) WAN
4 1 (0.11%) DSL
4 1 (0.11%) Intranet
4 1 (0.11%) Network Security
4 1 (0.11%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (9.59%) Tableau
2 82 (8.93%) Data Mining
3 65 (7.08%) Power BI
4 17 (1.85%) Relational Database
5 12 (1.31%) Metadata
6 10 (1.09%) SQL Server
7 7 (0.76%) RDBMS
8 6 (0.65%) Power Query
8 6 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.44%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.33%) GIS
10 3 (0.33%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.22%) Qlik Sense
11 2 (0.22%) SAP BW
12 1 (0.11%) DTS
12 1 (0.11%) Neo4j
12 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 65 (7.08%) JIRA
2 7 (0.76%) ERwin
3 1 (0.11%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.11%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 435 (47.39%) Finance
2 303 (33.01%) Analytical Skills
3 271 (29.52%) Social Skills
4 77 (8.39%) Public Sector
5 66 (7.19%) Law
6 61 (6.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 44 (4.79%) Legal
8 34 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
9 29 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
10 25 (2.72%) Retail
11 24 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
12 23 (2.51%) Organisational Skills
13 18 (1.96%) Marketing
13 18 (1.96%) Spanish Language
14 16 (1.74%) Legal Technology
14 16 (1.74%) Manufacturing
15 15 (1.63%) Financial Institution
16 14 (1.53%) Banking
17 11 (1.20%) Billing
18 9 (0.98%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 652 (71.02%) Analyst
2 518 (56.43%) Business Analyst
3 160 (17.43%) Trainee
3 160 (17.43%) Trainee Analyst
4 129 (14.05%) Senior
5 115 (12.53%) Senior Analyst
6 106 (11.55%) Senior Business Analyst
7 93 (10.13%) Data Analyst
8 82 (8.93%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 78 (8.50%) Trainee Business Analyst
10 39 (4.25%) Consultant
10 39 (4.25%) Lead
11 33 (3.59%) Business Manager
12 32 (3.49%) Project Manager
13 31 (3.38%) Insurance Business Analyst
14 25 (2.72%) Technical Analyst
14 25 (2.72%) Technical Business Analyst
15 24 (2.61%) Systems Analyst
16 20 (2.18%) IT Analyst
16 20 (2.18%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.74%) FIX Protocol
1 16 (1.74%) JSON
1 16 (1.74%) XML
2 9 (0.98%) FpML
3 8 (0.87%) Gherkin
4 7 (0.76%) Middleware
4 7 (0.76%) REST
4 7 (0.76%) XML Schema
5 6 (0.65%) SOAP
6 5 (0.54%) EDI
7 4 (0.44%) .NET
7 4 (0.44%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (0.33%) OpenAPI
8 3 (0.33%) Swagger
9 2 (0.22%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.22%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.22%) SAP Fiori
9 2 (0.22%) XML Messaging
10 1 (0.11%) Node.js
10 1 (0.11%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 88 (9.59%) Product Ownership
2 42 (4.58%) Management Information System
3 30 (3.27%) Data Structures
4 22 (2.40%) Analytical Mindset
5 18 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
6 16 (1.74%) Onboarding
6 16 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (1.63%) Low-Code
8 13 (1.42%) Fixed Income
8 13 (1.42%) IoT
9 12 (1.31%) AI Agents
9 12 (1.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (1.09%) Derivative
10 10 (1.09%) PropTech
11 9 (0.98%) Distributed Architecture
11 9 (0.98%) Distributed Computing
11 9 (0.98%) Equities
11 9 (0.98%) Eurex
11 9 (0.98%) PMI
12 8 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.07%) Windows
2 12 (1.31%) Linux
3 3 (0.33%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.22%) Android
4 2 (0.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 327 (35.62%) Agile
2 247 (26.91%) Project Management
3 209 (22.77%) Problem-Solving
4 180 (19.61%) Requirements Gathering
5 166 (18.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 156 (16.99%) User Stories
7 150 (16.34%) Stakeholder Management
8 149 (16.23%) Analytics
9 135 (14.71%) Data Analysis
10 131 (14.27%) Workshop Facilitation
11 118 (12.85%) Decision-Making
11 118 (12.85%) Process Improvement
12 104 (11.33%) Continuous Improvement
13 96 (10.46%) Data Analytics
14 93 (10.13%) AI
15 86 (9.37%) Change Management
16 84 (9.15%) Waterfall
17 83 (9.04%) Business Intelligence
18 81 (8.82%) Acceptance Criteria
18 81 (8.82%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 182 (19.83%) SQL
2 101 (11.00%) Python
3 6 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (0.54%) Java
5 4 (0.44%) C#
6 3 (0.33%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.22%) Ada
7 2 (0.22%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.22%) X++
8 1 (0.11%) RPG
8 1 (0.11%) SOQL
8 1 (0.11%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 164 (17.86%) Degree
2 57 (6.21%) Security Cleared
3 41 (4.47%) ACCA
3 41 (4.47%) SC Cleared
4 38 (4.14%) CIMA
5 31 (3.38%) IIBA
6 29 (3.16%) PMI Certification
7 24 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
8 22 (2.40%) PMP
9 14 (1.53%) DBS Check
10 13 (1.42%) CBAP
11 10 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (0.65%) DV Cleared
12 6 (0.65%) ISEB
12 6 (0.65%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.54%) CIPD
13 5 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (0.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 3 (0.33%) CFA
15 3 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (2.94%) Data Quality
1 27 (2.94%) QA
2 20 (2.18%) PMO
3 18 (1.96%) GDPR
4 17 (1.85%) GAAP
5 16 (1.74%) Accessibility
6 8 (0.87%) MiFID
7 7 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (0.54%) ISO 20022
8 5 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.33%) GRC
10 2 (0.22%) NIST
10 2 (0.22%) SEPA
10 2 (0.22%) SLA
10 2 (0.22%) TARGET2
11 1 (0.11%) COBIT
11 1 (0.11%) FATCA
11 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (0.87%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.11%) IAG
Systems Management
1 3 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (0.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 206 (22.44%) Microsoft
2 28 (3.05%) Salesforce
3 19 (2.07%) SAP
4 18 (1.96%) Oracle
5 13 (1.42%) Google
5 13 (1.42%) Intapp
6 10 (1.09%) Atlassian
6 10 (1.09%) ServiceNow
7 9 (0.98%) Bloomberg
7 9 (0.98%) CQG
7 9 (0.98%) ION Trading
7 9 (0.98%) Patsystems
7 9 (0.98%) Reuters
7 9 (0.98%) Trayport
8 8 (0.87%) Sparx
9 7 (0.76%) JD Edwards
10 6 (0.65%) Aderant
10 6 (0.65%) Anaplan
10 6 (0.65%) IBM
10 6 (0.65%) TOWER Software