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

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 220 230 212
Rank change year-on-year +10 -18 -69
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 969 685 997
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.87% 1.38% 1.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% 1.56% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 715 517 593
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,300 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £42,620
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £64,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.85% +7.50% -
75th Percentile £70,525 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £97,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +18.28% -7.00%

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 81,483 43,799 64,049
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.97% 88.49% 80.62%
Number of salaries quoted 56,701 24,787 38,319
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,585 £36,250 £41,500
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 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -8.65% -4.59%

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 6 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 6 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 +9 873 £59,000 -9.23% 840
UK excluding London +6 525 £52,500 -4.55% 562
Work from Home +24 369 £57,500 -13.21% 263
London -33 368 £70,000 -6.67% 431
North of England +17 180 £52,500 -12.50% 118
South East -19 98 £54,808 -8.65% 152
Midlands +3 92 £52,500 -4.55% 96
Yorkshire +17 85 £60,000 +50.00% 55
West Midlands -6 74 £53,500 -2.73% 60
North West -18 67 £50,000 -16.67% 51
South West -41 62 £50,000 +2.26% 81
East of England -4 54 £50,000 - 53
North East -43 28 £42,500 +6.25% 13
Scotland +2 21 £46,250 +3.05% 34
East Midlands -22 17 £48,000 -25.58% 36
Wales -52 15 £52,500 -4.55% 12
Northern Ireland -83 7 £40,000 -40.74% 23

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 (6.09%) Confluence
2 29 (2.99%) 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 72 (7.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
3 55 (5.68%) MS Visio
4 24 (2.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (1.86%) 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 26 (2.68%) NetSuite
2 13 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.93%) Fidessa
4 6 (0.62%) 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%) 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 CO
7 2 (0.21%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.21%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.21%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 105 (10.84%) Power Platform
2 103 (10.63%) Azure
3 47 (4.85%) Azure DevOps
4 44 (4.54%) Microsoft 365
5 41 (4.23%) AWS
5 41 (4.23%) SaaS
6 35 (3.61%) Dynamics 365
7 33 (3.41%) Power Automate
8 24 (2.48%) Lucidchart
9 21 (2.17%) Microsoft Copilot
10 16 (1.65%) Anthropic Claude
11 14 (1.44%) GCP
11 14 (1.44%) PowerApps
12 13 (1.34%) Zapier
13 10 (1.03%) Copilot Studio
13 10 (1.03%) iPaaS
14 8 (0.83%) Boomi
14 8 (0.83%) Figma
14 8 (0.83%) Workato
15 6 (0.62%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.93%) Multicast
2 7 (0.72%) 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 92 (9.49%) Power BI
2 32 (3.30%) Tableau
3 20 (2.06%) Relational Database
4 17 (1.75%) Data Mining
4 17 (1.75%) SQL Server
5 10 (1.03%) Metadata
6 9 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (0.62%) DTS
8 5 (0.52%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.31%) Amazon Athena
9 3 (0.31%) Crystal Reports
9 3 (0.31%) DynamoDB
9 3 (0.31%) MySQL
9 3 (0.31%) Spotfire
9 3 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.21%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.21%) GIS
10 2 (0.21%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 118 (12.18%) JIRA
2 7 (0.72%) Claude Code
3 6 (0.62%) Cypress.io
3 6 (0.62%) Selenium
4 5 (0.52%) Postman
5 3 (0.31%) ERwin
5 3 (0.31%) Git
5 3 (0.31%) Hudson
6 2 (0.21%) Balsamiq
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
1 391 (40.35%) Social Skills
2 366 (37.77%) Finance
3 316 (32.61%) Analytical Skills
4 118 (12.18%) Public Sector
5 105 (10.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 84 (8.67%) Law
7 54 (5.57%) Legal
7 54 (5.57%) Presentation Skills
8 51 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
9 48 (4.95%) Organisational Skills
10 44 (4.54%) Influencing Skills
11 39 (4.02%) Manufacturing
12 36 (3.72%) Retail
13 26 (2.68%) Banking
14 24 (2.48%) Marketing
15 23 (2.37%) Legal Technology
16 19 (1.96%) Local Government
17 17 (1.75%) Spanish Language
18 15 (1.55%) Front Office
19 14 (1.44%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 607 (62.64%) Analyst
2 502 (51.81%) Business Analyst
3 174 (17.96%) Senior
4 142 (14.65%) Senior Analyst
5 132 (13.62%) Senior Business Analyst
6 65 (6.71%) Lead
7 49 (5.06%) Consultant
8 39 (4.02%) Data Analyst
9 38 (3.92%) Technical Analyst
10 36 (3.72%) Technical Business Analyst
11 35 (3.61%) Project Manager
12 33 (3.41%) Lead Business Analyst
13 30 (3.10%) Business Manager
13 30 (3.10%) Systems Analyst
14 27 (2.79%) Product Manager
15 26 (2.68%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
16 23 (2.37%) Product Analyst
17 22 (2.27%) IT Analyst
17 22 (2.27%) Trainee
17 22 (2.27%) Trainee Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.27%) FIX Protocol
2 17 (1.75%) REST
3 14 (1.44%) XML
4 13 (1.34%) .NET
5 11 (1.14%) Gherkin
5 11 (1.14%) SOAP
6 8 (0.83%) JSON
7 6 (0.62%) Playwright
8 5 (0.52%) CrewAI
8 5 (0.52%) FpML
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%) Middleware
10 3 (0.31%) Oracle Fusion
10 3 (0.31%) WinForms
10 3 (0.31%) XML Schema
11 2 (0.21%) RESTful
11 2 (0.21%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 115 (11.87%) Product Ownership
2 49 (5.06%) Management Information System
3 26 (2.68%) Analytical Mindset
4 25 (2.58%) Data Structures
5 22 (2.27%) AI Agents
6 20 (2.06%) Derivative
6 20 (2.06%) Low-Code
7 18 (1.86%) Fixed Income
7 18 (1.86%) Onboarding
8 16 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (1.34%) Blog
9 13 (1.34%) IoT
10 12 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
10 12 (1.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 11 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
11 11 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
12 10 (1.03%) PMI
12 10 (1.03%) PropTech
13 9 (0.93%) Cloud Native
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
1 422 (43.55%) Agile
2 281 (29.00%) Problem-Solving
3 275 (28.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 271 (27.97%) Requirements Gathering
5 215 (22.19%) User Stories
6 208 (21.47%) Workshop Facilitation
7 196 (20.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 187 (19.30%) Continuous Improvement
9 181 (18.68%) Process Improvement
10 174 (17.96%) Project Management
11 173 (17.85%) AI
12 149 (15.38%) Project Delivery
13 145 (14.96%) Decision-Making
14 130 (13.42%) Scrum
15 119 (12.28%) User Acceptance Testing
16 115 (11.87%) Business Intelligence
17 114 (11.76%) Acceptance Criteria
18 109 (11.25%) Waterfall
19 108 (11.15%) Coaching
20 94 (9.70%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 158 (16.31%) SQL
2 52 (5.37%) Python
3 21 (2.17%) JavaScript
4 20 (2.06%) Java
5 18 (1.86%) C++
6 14 (1.44%) C#
7 7 (0.72%) 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
1 161 (16.62%) Degree
2 103 (10.63%) Security Cleared
3 83 (8.57%) SC Cleared
4 36 (3.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 31 (3.20%) ACCA
6 30 (3.10%) CIMA
7 25 (2.58%) IIBA
8 22 (2.27%) PMI Certification
9 17 (1.75%) CBAP
10 15 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
11 14 (1.44%) PMP
12 11 (1.14%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.62%) ISEB
14 5 (0.52%) CFA
14 5 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (0.41%) CSPO
16 3 (0.31%) CISA
16 3 (0.31%) CISM
16 3 (0.31%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 3 (0.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (5.06%) QA
2 43 (4.44%) Data Quality
3 23 (2.37%) PMO
4 15 (1.55%) Accessibility
4 15 (1.55%) GAAP
4 15 (1.55%) GDPR
5 12 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.41%) COBIT
6 4 (0.41%) NIST
7 3 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.31%) GRC
7 3 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 3 (0.31%) NCSC
8 2 (0.21%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.21%) MiFID
8 2 (0.21%) SLA
9 1 (0.10%) COSO
9 1 (0.10%) Good Clinical Practice
9 1 (0.10%) GxP
9 1 (0.10%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 3 (0.31%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.10%) IAG
Systems Management
1 2 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.10%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.10%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.10%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 165 (17.03%) Microsoft
2 42 (4.33%) Salesforce
3 35 (3.61%) SAP
4 20 (2.06%) Oracle
4 20 (2.06%) ServiceNow
5 19 (1.96%) Google
6 15 (1.55%) JD Edwards
7 12 (1.24%) Intapp
8 11 (1.14%) Atlassian
8 11 (1.14%) Workday
8 11 (1.14%) YouTube
9 9 (0.93%) Bloomberg
9 9 (0.93%) CQG
9 9 (0.93%) FIS
9 9 (0.93%) ION Trading
9 9 (0.93%) Patsystems
9 9 (0.93%) Reuters
9 9 (0.93%) SunGard
9 9 (0.93%) Trayport
10 8 (0.83%) RedGate