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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 221 230 215
Rank change year-on-year +9 -15 -75
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 965 686 993
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.85% 1.38% 1.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.16% 1.56% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 702 516 592
10th Percentile £41,000 £40,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £43,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £64,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.20% +7.92% -
75th Percentile £70,394 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +15.79% -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 82,871 44,018 63,575
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.00% 88.61% 80.87%
Number of salaries quoted 57,674 24,857 36,941
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,875
25th Percentile £41,250 £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 £76,250
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% -3.67%

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 11 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 11 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 +2 870 £57,500 -11.54% 758
UK excluding London +4 519 £52,500 -4.55% 561
Work from Home +48 372 £57,250 -11.92% 278
London -31 365 £70,000 -6.67% 345
North of England +38 180 £52,500 -12.50% 111
South East -20 101 £54,808 -8.65% 162
Midlands -13 90 £52,500 -4.55% 97
Yorkshire +17 83 £60,000 +50.00% 54
West Midlands -5 72 £53,500 -2.73% 58
North West -19 69 £50,000 -16.67% 40
South West -45 61 £50,000 +2.26% 74
East of England -6 52 £50,000 - 54
North East -33 28 £42,500 +6.25% 17
Scotland +6 18 £46,250 +9.95% 35
East Midlands -26 17 £48,000 -25.58% 39
Wales -58 15 £52,500 -4.55% 16
Northern Ireland -80 6 £40,000 -40.74% 19

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 59 (6.11%) Confluence
2 31 (3.21%) 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 74 (7.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 60 (6.22%) Microsoft Office
3 55 (5.70%) MS Visio
4 28 (2.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (1.87%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.62%) Trello
7 5 (0.52%) Moqups
8 3 (0.31%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (2.49%) NetSuite
2 13 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.93%) Fidessa
4 7 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.41%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.31%) Exchequer
6 3 (0.31%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 3 (0.31%) Magento
6 3 (0.31%) Sage 50
6 3 (0.31%) Sage X3
6 3 (0.31%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.31%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.31%) Shopify
7 2 (0.21%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.21%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.21%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.21%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 107 (11.09%) Power Platform
2 101 (10.47%) Azure
3 47 (4.87%) Microsoft 365
4 46 (4.77%) Azure DevOps
5 41 (4.25%) AWS
6 40 (4.15%) SaaS
7 35 (3.63%) Dynamics 365
8 33 (3.42%) Power Automate
9 24 (2.49%) Lucidchart
10 23 (2.38%) Microsoft Copilot
11 16 (1.66%) Anthropic Claude
12 15 (1.55%) PowerApps
13 13 (1.35%) GCP
13 13 (1.35%) Zapier
14 10 (1.04%) Copilot Studio
14 10 (1.04%) iPaaS
15 8 (0.83%) Boomi
15 8 (0.83%) Figma
15 8 (0.83%) Workato
16 6 (0.62%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.93%) Multicast
2 7 (0.73%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.10%) DSL
3 1 (0.10%) Intranet
3 1 (0.10%) LAN
3 1 (0.10%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (9.64%) Power BI
2 29 (3.01%) Tableau
3 19 (1.97%) Relational Database
4 17 (1.76%) SQL Server
5 14 (1.45%) Data Mining
6 10 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 9 (0.93%) Metadata
8 6 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.62%) DTS
9 4 (0.41%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.31%) Amazon Athena
10 3 (0.31%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.31%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.31%) MySQL
10 3 (0.31%) Spotfire
10 3 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.21%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.21%) GIS
11 2 (0.21%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 118 (12.23%) JIRA
2 7 (0.73%) Claude Code
3 6 (0.62%) Cypress.io
3 6 (0.62%) Selenium
4 5 (0.52%) Postman
5 3 (0.31%) Git
5 3 (0.31%) Hudson
6 2 (0.21%) Balsamiq
6 2 (0.21%) ERwin
6 2 (0.21%) LSMW
7 1 (0.10%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.10%) JIRA Agile
7 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 390 (40.41%) Social Skills
2 363 (37.62%) Finance
3 315 (32.64%) Analytical Skills
4 118 (12.23%) Public Sector
5 105 (10.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 82 (8.50%) Law
7 56 (5.80%) Legal
8 55 (5.70%) Presentation Skills
9 52 (5.39%) Documentation Skills
10 51 (5.28%) Organisational Skills
11 45 (4.66%) Influencing Skills
12 39 (4.04%) Manufacturing
13 36 (3.73%) Retail
14 27 (2.80%) Banking
15 23 (2.38%) Legal Technology
15 23 (2.38%) Marketing
16 19 (1.97%) Local Government
17 17 (1.76%) Aerospace
17 17 (1.76%) Spanish Language
18 16 (1.66%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 600 (62.18%) Analyst
2 500 (51.81%) Business Analyst
3 175 (18.13%) Senior
4 140 (14.51%) Senior Analyst
5 130 (13.47%) Senior Business Analyst
6 63 (6.53%) Lead
7 51 (5.28%) Consultant
8 39 (4.04%) Technical Analyst
9 37 (3.83%) Technical Business Analyst
10 36 (3.73%) Data Analyst
11 34 (3.52%) Business Manager
12 33 (3.42%) Project Manager
13 32 (3.32%) Lead Business Analyst
14 29 (3.01%) Systems Analyst
15 27 (2.80%) Product Manager
16 25 (2.59%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
17 23 (2.38%) Product Analyst
18 22 (2.28%) Applications Support
18 22 (2.28%) Business Systems Analyst
19 21 (2.18%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.18%) FIX Protocol
2 17 (1.76%) REST
3 14 (1.45%) .NET
4 13 (1.35%) XML
5 11 (1.14%) Gherkin
5 11 (1.14%) SOAP
6 7 (0.73%) JSON
7 6 (0.62%) Playwright
8 5 (0.52%) CrewAI
8 5 (0.52%) LangChain
8 5 (0.52%) LlamaIndex
9 4 (0.41%) FpML
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%) WinForms
11 2 (0.21%) PySpark
11 2 (0.21%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 116 (12.02%) Product Ownership
2 52 (5.39%) Management Information System
3 25 (2.59%) Analytical Mindset
4 23 (2.38%) Data Structures
5 22 (2.28%) AI Agents
6 21 (2.18%) Low-Code
7 20 (2.07%) Derivative
7 20 (2.07%) Onboarding
8 18 (1.87%) Fixed Income
9 16 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (1.35%) Blog
10 13 (1.35%) IoT
11 12 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (1.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 12 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
12 10 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
12 10 (1.04%) PMI
12 10 (1.04%) PropTech
13 9 (0.93%) Distributed Architecture
13 9 (0.93%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 23 (2.38%) Linux
2 18 (1.87%) Windows
3 3 (0.31%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 422 (43.73%) Agile
2 283 (29.33%) Problem-Solving
3 280 (29.02%) Stakeholder Management
4 275 (28.50%) Requirements Gathering
5 215 (22.28%) User Stories
6 209 (21.66%) Workshop Facilitation
7 197 (20.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 189 (19.59%) Continuous Improvement
9 187 (19.38%) Process Improvement
10 178 (18.45%) AI
11 170 (17.62%) Project Management
12 150 (15.54%) Decision-Making
12 150 (15.54%) Project Delivery
13 129 (13.37%) Scrum
14 118 (12.23%) User Acceptance Testing
15 115 (11.92%) Acceptance Criteria
15 115 (11.92%) Business Intelligence
16 110 (11.40%) Coaching
17 103 (10.67%) Waterfall
18 92 (9.53%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 153 (15.85%) SQL
2 50 (5.18%) Python
3 21 (2.18%) JavaScript
4 20 (2.07%) Java
5 18 (1.87%) C++
6 15 (1.55%) C#
7 7 (0.73%) TypeScript
8 6 (0.62%) T-SQL
9 4 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.31%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.21%) Ada
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
1 163 (16.89%) Degree
2 103 (10.67%) Security Cleared
3 83 (8.60%) SC Cleared
4 38 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (3.01%) ACCA
6 28 (2.90%) CIMA
7 22 (2.28%) IIBA
8 21 (2.18%) PMI Certification
9 17 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
10 15 (1.55%) CBAP
11 13 (1.35%) PMP
12 11 (1.14%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.62%) CFA
13 6 (0.62%) ISEB
14 5 (0.52%) DV Cleared
14 5 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (0.41%) CSPO
16 3 (0.31%) CRISC
16 3 (0.31%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 3 (0.31%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (5.18%) QA
2 45 (4.66%) Data Quality
3 24 (2.49%) PMO
4 15 (1.55%) Accessibility
5 14 (1.45%) GAAP
5 14 (1.45%) GDPR
6 12 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.41%) COBIT
7 4 (0.41%) NIST
8 3 (0.31%) GRC
8 3 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 3 (0.31%) NCSC
9 2 (0.21%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.21%) MiFID
9 2 (0.21%) SLA
10 1 (0.10%) COSO
10 1 (0.10%) Good Clinical Practice
10 1 (0.10%) GxP
10 1 (0.10%) ISO 13485
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
1 168 (17.41%) Microsoft
2 41 (4.25%) Salesforce
3 35 (3.63%) SAP
4 20 (2.07%) ServiceNow
5 19 (1.97%) Oracle
6 18 (1.87%) Google
7 15 (1.55%) JD Edwards
8 13 (1.35%) YouTube
9 12 (1.24%) Intapp
10 11 (1.14%) Workday
11 10 (1.04%) Atlassian
12 9 (0.93%) Bloomberg
12 9 (0.93%) CQG
12 9 (0.93%) FIS
12 9 (0.93%) ION Trading
12 9 (0.93%) Patsystems
12 9 (0.93%) Reuters
12 9 (0.93%) SunGard
12 9 (0.93%) Trayport
13 8 (0.83%) DocuSign