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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 230 197
Rank change year-on-year +13 -33 -46
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 976 709 1,153
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.93% 1.43% 1.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 1.60% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 753 470 632
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,930 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +10.54% -2.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,000 £105,125 £97,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £57,435 £47,500
% change year-on-year -12.95% +20.92% -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 77,565 44,386 67,277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.71% 89.40% 81.08%
Number of salaries quoted 53,403 25,236 43,866
10th Percentile £30,580 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,170 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.40% -3.00% -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 8 August 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 8 August 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 +14 886 £55,000 -15.38% 607
UK excluding London 0 542 £50,000 -12.95% 466
London -13 364 £70,000 -9.68% 233
Work from Home +6 346 £57,500 -12.57% 216
North of England +61 214 £50,000 -16.67% 122
Yorkshire +52 103 £60,000 +20.00% 50
Midlands +8 92 £50,250 -8.64% 92
South East -36 87 £52,500 -12.50% 123
North West 0 75 £47,500 -20.83% 53
West Midlands +4 74 £52,500 -4.55% 52
South West -70 59 £50,000 - 43
East of England +1 53 £45,000 -10.00% 48
North East -17 36 £41,500 +5.73% 21
Scotland -2 25 £40,791 -16.87% 21
East Midlands -15 18 £48,000 -18.64% 40
Wales -54 8 £53,171 +1.06% 14
Northern Ireland -76 5 £40,000 -40.74% 14

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 49 (5.02%) Confluence
2 30 (3.07%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.51%) ColdFusion
4 3 (0.31%) CMS
5 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.20%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.20%) WordPress
6 1 (0.10%) Appian
6 1 (0.10%) Mendix
Applications
1 96 (9.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (5.53%) Microsoft Office
3 48 (4.92%) MS Visio
4 23 (2.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.61%) Trello
7 4 (0.41%) Moqups
8 3 (0.31%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 28 (2.87%) NetSuite
2 12 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.82%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.31%) Exchequer
5 3 (0.31%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 3 (0.31%) Magento
5 3 (0.31%) Sage 50
5 3 (0.31%) Sage X3
5 3 (0.31%) Shopify
6 2 (0.20%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.20%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.20%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.20%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.20%) SAP PSCD
7 1 (0.10%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.10%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 105 (10.76%) Power Platform
2 92 (9.43%) Azure
3 48 (4.92%) Microsoft 365
4 41 (4.20%) SaaS
5 37 (3.79%) Azure DevOps
6 35 (3.59%) AWS
7 32 (3.28%) Power Automate
8 28 (2.87%) Dynamics 365
9 24 (2.46%) Lucidchart
10 21 (2.15%) Microsoft Copilot
11 17 (1.74%) PowerApps
12 12 (1.23%) Anthropic Claude
12 12 (1.23%) Copilot Studio
12 12 (1.23%) GCP
12 12 (1.23%) Zapier
13 10 (1.02%) iPaaS
14 8 (0.82%) Boomi
14 8 (0.82%) Workato
15 7 (0.72%) Google Drive
15 7 (0.72%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.82%) Multicast
2 6 (0.61%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.10%) DSL
3 1 (0.10%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (9.02%) Power BI
2 54 (5.53%) Tableau
3 43 (4.41%) Data Mining
4 21 (2.15%) Relational Database
5 16 (1.64%) SQL Server
6 13 (1.33%) Metadata
7 8 (0.82%) RDBMS
7 8 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 7 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (0.61%) DTS
10 3 (0.31%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.31%) MySQL
10 3 (0.31%) Spotfire
10 3 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.20%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.20%) GIS
11 2 (0.20%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.20%) Power Query
11 2 (0.20%) Qlik Sense
11 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 101 (10.35%) JIRA
2 6 (0.61%) ERwin
3 4 (0.41%) Cypress.io
3 4 (0.41%) Postman
3 4 (0.41%) Selenium
4 3 (0.31%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.20%) Balsamiq
5 2 (0.20%) Git
5 2 (0.20%) Hudson
5 2 (0.20%) LSMW
6 1 (0.10%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 398 (40.78%) Finance
2 364 (37.30%) Social Skills
3 325 (33.30%) Analytical Skills
4 101 (10.35%) Public Sector
5 92 (9.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 81 (8.30%) Law
7 53 (5.43%) Legal
8 49 (5.02%) Presentation Skills
9 44 (4.51%) Documentation Skills
10 43 (4.41%) Influencing Skills
11 38 (3.89%) Organisational Skills
12 32 (3.28%) Manufacturing
13 28 (2.87%) Retail
14 24 (2.46%) Banking
15 22 (2.25%) Legal Technology
16 20 (2.05%) Local Government
16 20 (2.05%) Marketing
17 18 (1.84%) Spanish Language
18 14 (1.43%) Financial Institution
18 14 (1.43%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 636 (65.16%) Analyst
2 511 (52.36%) Business Analyst
3 168 (17.21%) Senior
4 138 (14.14%) Senior Analyst
5 128 (13.11%) Senior Business Analyst
6 76 (7.79%) Trainee
6 76 (7.79%) Trainee Analyst
7 61 (6.25%) Data Analyst
8 59 (6.05%) Lead
9 43 (4.41%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 41 (4.20%) Consultant
11 37 (3.79%) Project Manager
12 33 (3.38%) Trainee Business Analyst
13 29 (2.97%) Business Manager
13 29 (2.97%) Technical Analyst
14 28 (2.87%) Systems Analyst
15 27 (2.77%) Technical Business Analyst
16 25 (2.56%) IT Analyst
16 25 (2.56%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
17 24 (2.46%) Lead Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.46%) FIX Protocol
2 15 (1.54%) REST
3 11 (1.13%) JSON
3 11 (1.13%) XML
4 10 (1.02%) .NET
4 10 (1.02%) SOAP
5 9 (0.92%) Gherkin
6 8 (0.82%) FpML
7 6 (0.61%) XML Schema
8 4 (0.41%) EDI
8 4 (0.41%) Lightning Web Components
9 3 (0.31%) .NET Core
9 3 (0.31%) CrewAI
9 3 (0.31%) LangChain
9 3 (0.31%) LlamaIndex
9 3 (0.31%) Middleware
9 3 (0.31%) Oracle Fusion
9 3 (0.31%) PySpark
9 3 (0.31%) WinForms
10 2 (0.20%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 104 (10.66%) Product Ownership
2 50 (5.12%) Management Information System
3 30 (3.07%) Analytical Mindset
4 29 (2.97%) Data Structures
5 22 (2.25%) Low-Code
6 20 (2.05%) AI Agents
6 20 (2.05%) Derivative
7 18 (1.84%) Fixed Income
8 15 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (1.33%) Blog
9 13 (1.33%) IoT
9 13 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (1.33%) Onboarding
10 12 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (1.13%) Cloud Native
11 11 (1.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (1.02%) PropTech
13 9 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
14 8 (0.82%) Distributed Architecture
14 8 (0.82%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 22 (2.25%) Linux
2 19 (1.95%) Windows
3 3 (0.31%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 383 (39.24%) Agile
2 249 (25.51%) Problem-Solving
3 245 (25.10%) Requirements Gathering
4 217 (22.23%) Stakeholder Management
5 203 (20.80%) User Stories
6 201 (20.59%) Project Management
7 191 (19.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 181 (18.55%) Workshop Facilitation
9 169 (17.32%) Continuous Improvement
10 165 (16.91%) Process Improvement
11 145 (14.86%) AI
12 144 (14.75%) Decision-Making
13 130 (13.32%) Project Delivery
14 109 (11.17%) Analytics
14 109 (11.17%) Scrum
15 107 (10.96%) Data Analysis
16 104 (10.66%) Business Intelligence
16 104 (10.66%) User Acceptance Testing
17 103 (10.55%) Acceptance Criteria
18 101 (10.35%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 165 (16.91%) SQL
2 77 (7.89%) Python
3 16 (1.64%) C++
4 13 (1.33%) JavaScript
5 12 (1.23%) C#
6 10 (1.02%) Java
7 5 (0.51%) T-SQL
7 5 (0.51%) TypeScript
8 4 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.31%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.20%) Ada
11 1 (0.10%) R
11 1 (0.10%) RPG
11 1 (0.10%) SOQL
11 1 (0.10%) SOSL
11 1 (0.10%) VBA
Qualifications
1 150 (15.37%) Degree
2 88 (9.02%) Security Cleared
3 74 (7.58%) SC Cleared
4 35 (3.59%) ACCA
5 34 (3.48%) CIMA
6 31 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
7 26 (2.66%) PMI Certification
8 22 (2.25%) PMP
9 19 (1.95%) IIBA
10 15 (1.54%) CBAP
11 14 (1.43%) DBS Check
12 10 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
13 8 (0.82%) ISEB
14 5 (0.51%) CIPD
15 4 (0.41%) CFA
15 4 (0.41%) Master's Degree
15 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
16 3 (0.31%) CSPO
16 3 (0.31%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 3 (0.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (3.79%) Data Quality
1 37 (3.79%) QA
2 30 (3.07%) PMO
3 19 (1.95%) GDPR
4 17 (1.74%) GAAP
5 16 (1.64%) Accessibility
6 10 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.51%) MiFID
8 4 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.31%) COBIT
9 3 (0.31%) GRC
9 3 (0.31%) NIST
10 2 (0.20%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 2 (0.20%) NCSC
10 2 (0.20%) SLA
11 1 (0.10%) COSO
11 1 (0.10%) GxP
11 1 (0.10%) IFRS
11 1 (0.10%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (0.61%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.10%) IAG
Systems Management
1 4 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.20%) Terraform
3 1 (0.10%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.10%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.10%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 187 (19.16%) Microsoft
2 43 (4.41%) Salesforce
3 32 (3.28%) SAP
4 20 (2.05%) ServiceNow
5 19 (1.95%) Oracle
6 18 (1.84%) Google
7 13 (1.33%) Intapp
7 13 (1.33%) JD Edwards
8 12 (1.23%) Atlassian
9 9 (0.92%) FIS
9 9 (0.92%) SunGard
10 8 (0.82%) Bloomberg
10 8 (0.82%) CQG
10 8 (0.82%) ION Trading
10 8 (0.82%) MuleSoft
10 8 (0.82%) Patsystems
10 8 (0.82%) Reuters
10 8 (0.82%) Trayport
11 7 (0.72%) Databricks
11 7 (0.72%) RedGate