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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 185 180 211
Rank change year-on-year -5 +31 -48
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 985 738 1,365
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.14% 1.77% 1.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.51% 1.91% 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 767 433 826
10th Percentile £28,250 £43,125 £36,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £50,967 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,885 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.53% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £65,861 £79,045 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £52,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year -23.81% +1.94% -6.36%

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 65,329 38,670 81,283
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.37% 92.92% 85.97%
Number of salaries quoted 40,301 22,594 59,579
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.51%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -8.41%

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 18 April 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 18 April 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 +3 884 £50,000 -18.73% 401
UK excluding London -7 586 £40,000 -23.81% 353
London +33 329 £66,875 -10.83% 132
North of England +55 264 £40,000 -27.27% 100
Work from Home -28 221 £63,335 -2.56% 103
Yorkshire +34 121 £40,000 -44.44% 49
North West +3 104 £40,000 -27.27% 37
Midlands +4 102 £40,000 -27.27% 50
West Midlands +8 80 £40,000 -27.27% 29
South East -55 67 £50,000 -1.90% 83
South West -50 57 £40,000 -20.00% 33
Scotland -26 43 £40,000 -33.33% 22
North East -1 39 £40,000 -15.79% 16
East of England -78 37 £44,250 -13.18% 44
East Midlands -36 22 £40,000 -38.46% 20
Wales -16 14 £56,585 -11.54% 16
Northern Ireland -40 3 £40,000 -32.69% 9

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 29 (2.94%) Confluence
2 17 (1.73%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.10%) IIS
4 1 (0.10%) Mendix
4 1 (0.10%) SAS
Applications
1 179 (18.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (3.25%) MS Visio
3 27 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.10%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.10%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 16 (1.62%) NetSuite
2 11 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.41%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.20%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.10%) Endur
6 1 (0.10%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.10%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.10%) Maximo
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.10%) PeopleSoft HRMS
6 1 (0.10%) SAP BRIM
6 1 (0.10%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.10%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 86 (8.73%) Power Platform
2 59 (5.99%) Azure
3 43 (4.37%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (3.35%) SaaS
5 28 (2.84%) Dynamics 365
6 24 (2.44%) AWS
7 20 (2.03%) Cloud Computing
8 19 (1.93%) Azure DevOps
9 18 (1.83%) PaaS
10 16 (1.62%) ChatGPT
10 16 (1.62%) Microsoft Copilot
11 15 (1.52%) Power Automate
12 12 (1.22%) PowerApps
13 11 (1.12%) Microsoft Purview
13 11 (1.12%) Miro
14 10 (1.02%) Azure Data Factory
14 10 (1.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 10 (1.02%) Entra ID
14 10 (1.02%) GCP
14 10 (1.02%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.41%) Multicast
2 2 (0.20%) LAN
2 2 (0.20%) Network Security
2 2 (0.20%) WAN
3 1 (0.10%) 4G
3 1 (0.10%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.10%) DHCP
3 1 (0.10%) DNS
3 1 (0.10%) Firewall
3 1 (0.10%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.10%) RFID
3 1 (0.10%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.10%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.10%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (16.55%) Tableau
2 151 (15.33%) Data Mining
3 68 (6.90%) Power BI
4 20 (2.03%) Big Data
5 14 (1.42%) Metadata
6 13 (1.32%) Relational Database
7 9 (0.91%) Data Lake
8 8 (0.81%) Power Query
9 7 (0.71%) RDBMS
9 7 (0.71%) SQL Server
10 6 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.61%) NoSQL
10 6 (0.61%) Qlik Sense
11 3 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.30%) GIS
11 3 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.10%) DTS
12 1 (0.10%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 41 (4.16%) JIRA
2 7 (0.71%) ERwin
3 1 (0.10%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 550 (55.84%) Finance
2 362 (36.75%) Analytical Skills
3 304 (30.86%) Social Skills
4 68 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 56 (5.69%) Law
5 56 (5.69%) Marketing
6 55 (5.58%) Public Sector
7 51 (5.18%) Legal
8 40 (4.06%) Banking
9 27 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
10 26 (2.64%) Presentation Skills
11 22 (2.23%) Retail
12 21 (2.13%) Manufacturing
13 19 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
14 17 (1.73%) Financial Institution
15 15 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
16 13 (1.32%) Billing
17 9 (0.91%) Spanish Language
18 8 (0.81%) Back Office
19 6 (0.61%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 709 (71.98%) Analyst
2 509 (51.68%) Business Analyst
3 289 (29.34%) Trainee
4 286 (29.04%) Trainee Analyst
5 160 (16.24%) Data Analyst
6 148 (15.03%) Trainee Data Analyst
7 138 (14.01%) Trainee Business Analyst
8 115 (11.68%) Senior
9 94 (9.54%) Senior Analyst
10 86 (8.73%) Senior Business Analyst
11 36 (3.65%) Lead
12 33 (3.35%) Project Manager
13 30 (3.05%) Consultant
13 30 (3.05%) Insurance Business Analyst
14 23 (2.34%) Systems Analyst
15 21 (2.13%) Technical Analyst
15 21 (2.13%) Technical Business Analyst
16 20 (2.03%) Architect
16 20 (2.03%) Lecturer
17 19 (1.93%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.62%) XML
2 15 (1.52%) JSON
3 11 (1.12%) FIX Protocol
4 9 (0.91%) FpML
5 7 (0.71%) XML Schema
6 6 (0.61%) Middleware
6 6 (0.61%) REST
7 5 (0.51%) EDI
7 5 (0.51%) SOAP
8 4 (0.41%) .NET
8 4 (0.41%) React
9 3 (0.30%) OpenAPI
9 3 (0.30%) Swagger
10 2 (0.20%) AngularJS
10 2 (0.20%) ASP.NET
10 2 (0.20%) Web Services
10 2 (0.20%) XML Messaging
11 1 (0.10%) ADO
11 1 (0.10%) Oracle Fusion
11 1 (0.10%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 82 (8.32%) Product Ownership
2 36 (3.65%) Management Information System
3 33 (3.35%) IoT
4 28 (2.84%) Analytical Mindset
5 22 (2.23%) Legacy Systems
6 20 (2.03%) Data Structures
7 17 (1.73%) AI Agents
7 17 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
8 15 (1.52%) Fixed Income
8 15 (1.52%) Onboarding
9 14 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.12%) Derivative
10 11 (1.12%) Low-Code
11 10 (1.02%) Cloud Native
11 10 (1.02%) Enterprise Cloud
11 10 (1.02%) PMI
11 10 (1.02%) PropTech
12 9 (0.91%) OTC Derivatives
12 9 (0.91%) Virtual Team
13 8 (0.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.62%) Windows
2 4 (0.41%) Linux
3 3 (0.30%) Android
3 3 (0.30%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 346 (35.13%) Project Management
2 312 (31.68%) Agile
3 252 (25.58%) Problem-Solving
4 219 (22.23%) Analytics
5 206 (20.91%) Data Analysis
6 166 (16.85%) Change Management
6 166 (16.85%) Data Analytics
7 146 (14.82%) Requirements Gathering
8 141 (14.31%) User Stories
9 137 (13.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 125 (12.69%) Stakeholder Management
11 114 (11.57%) Decision-Making
12 110 (11.17%) Workshop Facilitation
13 104 (10.56%) Process Improvement
14 95 (9.64%) Roadmaps
15 92 (9.34%) Continuous Improvement
16 91 (9.24%) Business Intelligence
17 90 (9.14%) AI
18 85 (8.63%) Project Delivery
19 78 (7.92%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 239 (24.26%) SQL
2 172 (17.46%) Python
3 6 (0.61%) Java
4 4 (0.41%) C#
4 4 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (0.20%) T-SQL
5 2 (0.20%) X++
6 1 (0.10%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.10%) R
6 1 (0.10%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.10%) VBA
Qualifications
1 237 (24.06%) Degree
2 57 (5.79%) Security Cleared
3 36 (3.65%) SC Cleared
4 34 (3.45%) PMI Certification
5 33 (3.35%) IIBA
6 31 (3.15%) Master's Degree
7 30 (3.05%) CIMA
8 27 (2.74%) ACCA
9 25 (2.54%) PMP
10 21 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
11 20 (2.03%) HND
12 15 (1.52%) DBS Check
13 12 (1.22%) CBAP
13 12 (1.22%) DV Cleared
14 7 (0.71%) ISEB
15 6 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
15 6 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
16 5 (0.51%) CIPD
17 4 (0.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
18 3 (0.30%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (3.86%) QA
2 27 (2.74%) Data Quality
3 20 (2.03%) Accessibility
4 19 (1.93%) PMO
5 14 (1.42%) MiFID
6 13 (1.32%) GDPR
7 12 (1.22%) GAAP
8 11 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.61%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.20%) EMIR
10 2 (0.20%) GRC
10 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.20%) NIST
10 2 (0.20%) SEPA
10 2 (0.20%) SLA
10 2 (0.20%) Solvency II
10 2 (0.20%) TARGET2
11 1 (0.10%) FATCA
11 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.10%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (1.32%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.10%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.10%) Control-M
2 1 (0.10%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.10%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.10%) Terraform
Vendors
1 275 (27.92%) Microsoft
2 28 (2.84%) Salesforce
3 21 (2.13%) SAP
4 11 (1.12%) Oracle
5 10 (1.02%) Anaplan
5 10 (1.02%) Google
5 10 (1.02%) ServiceNow
6 9 (0.91%) Intapp
7 8 (0.81%) Alteryx
7 8 (0.81%) Atlassian
7 8 (0.81%) Sparx
8 7 (0.71%) HubSpot
9 5 (0.51%) Guidewire
9 5 (0.51%) IBM
10 4 (0.41%) CQG
10 4 (0.41%) GoldenSource
10 4 (0.41%) ION Trading
10 4 (0.41%) Patsystems
10 4 (0.41%) Reuters
10 4 (0.41%) Trayport