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

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 219 227 193
Rank change year-on-year +8 -34 -36
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 958 700 1,149
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.92% 1.41% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 1.58% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 742 466 627
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,925 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,605 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +14.04% -5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £93,500 £106,250 £96,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £57,435 £48,000
% change year-on-year -12.95% +19.66% -4.00%

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 76,763 44,374 67,952
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.58% 89.45% 81.06%
Number of salaries quoted 52,880 25,244 44,456
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £31,246
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,246 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.24% -2.00% -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 5 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 5 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 +14 872 £55,000 -15.88% 662
UK excluding London -3 535 £50,000 -12.95% 522
London -18 356 £70,000 -9.68% 257
Work from Home +11 339 £57,500 -17.86% 260
North of England +67 210 £50,000 -16.67% 136
Yorkshire +54 102 £60,000 - 54
Midlands +1 91 £48,000 -12.73% 102
South East -22 89 £52,500 -12.50% 135
North West +3 74 £47,500 -20.83% 63
West Midlands -5 72 £52,500 -4.55% 60
South West -61 57 £50,000 - 45
East of England -1 52 £45,000 -11.33% 56
North East -21 34 £41,500 +5.73% 21
Scotland -3 25 £40,791 -16.87% 23
East Midlands -15 19 £43,750 -25.85% 42
Wales -48 7 £56,585 +7.56% 16
Northern Ireland -81 5 £40,000 -40.74% 21

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 46 (4.80%) Confluence
2 29 (3.03%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.52%) ColdFusion
4 3 (0.31%) CMS
5 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.21%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.21%) WordPress
6 1 (0.10%) Appian
6 1 (0.10%) Mendix
Applications
1 95 (9.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (5.64%) Microsoft Office
3 44 (4.59%) MS Visio
4 23 (2.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (1.67%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.63%) Trello
7 3 (0.31%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.31%) Moqups
7 3 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.10%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 28 (2.92%) NetSuite
2 11 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.84%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.42%) 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 (0.21%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.21%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.21%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.21%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.21%) SAP PSCD
7 1 (0.10%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.10%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 104 (10.86%) Power Platform
2 85 (8.87%) Azure
3 47 (4.91%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (4.07%) SaaS
5 35 (3.65%) Azure DevOps
6 32 (3.34%) AWS
7 31 (3.24%) Power Automate
8 26 (2.71%) Dynamics 365
9 20 (2.09%) Lucidchart
9 20 (2.09%) Microsoft Copilot
10 17 (1.77%) PowerApps
11 12 (1.25%) Copilot Studio
12 11 (1.15%) GCP
12 11 (1.15%) Zapier
13 10 (1.04%) Anthropic Claude
14 8 (0.84%) iPaaS
15 7 (0.73%) Google Drive
15 7 (0.73%) Microsoft Purview
15 7 (0.73%) OneDrive
16 6 (0.63%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.84%) Multicast
2 6 (0.63%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.10%) DSL
3 1 (0.10%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (9.19%) Power BI
2 54 (5.64%) Tableau
3 43 (4.49%) Data Mining
4 21 (2.19%) Relational Database
5 16 (1.67%) SQL Server
6 14 (1.46%) Metadata
7 9 (0.94%) RDBMS
8 8 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.63%) DTS
11 3 (0.31%) Crystal Reports
11 3 (0.31%) MySQL
11 3 (0.31%) Power Query
11 3 (0.31%) Spotfire
11 3 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.21%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.21%) GIS
12 2 (0.21%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.21%) Qlik Sense
12 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 97 (10.13%) JIRA
2 7 (0.73%) ERwin
3 3 (0.31%) Claude Code
3 3 (0.31%) Cypress.io
3 3 (0.31%) Postman
3 3 (0.31%) Selenium
4 2 (0.21%) Git
4 2 (0.21%) Hudson
4 2 (0.21%) LSMW
5 1 (0.10%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.10%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 393 (41.02%) Finance
2 356 (37.16%) Social Skills
3 318 (33.19%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (10.02%) Public Sector
5 84 (8.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 79 (8.25%) Law
7 52 (5.43%) Legal
8 47 (4.91%) Presentation Skills
9 42 (4.38%) Documentation Skills
9 42 (4.38%) Influencing Skills
10 37 (3.86%) Organisational Skills
11 30 (3.13%) Manufacturing
12 28 (2.92%) Retail
13 24 (2.51%) Banking
14 21 (2.19%) Legal Technology
15 20 (2.09%) Marketing
16 19 (1.98%) Local Government
17 18 (1.88%) Spanish Language
18 16 (1.67%) Financial Institution
19 14 (1.46%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 624 (65.14%) Analyst
2 501 (52.30%) Business Analyst
3 163 (17.01%) Senior
4 133 (13.88%) Senior Analyst
5 123 (12.84%) Senior Business Analyst
6 76 (7.93%) Trainee
6 76 (7.93%) Trainee Analyst
7 61 (6.37%) Data Analyst
8 55 (5.74%) Lead
9 43 (4.49%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 42 (4.38%) Consultant
11 37 (3.86%) Project Manager
12 33 (3.44%) Trainee Business Analyst
13 29 (3.03%) Business Manager
13 29 (3.03%) Technical Analyst
14 28 (2.92%) Systems Analyst
15 27 (2.82%) Technical Business Analyst
16 25 (2.61%) IT Analyst
17 24 (2.51%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
18 23 (2.40%) Lead Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (2.61%) FIX Protocol
2 12 (1.25%) JSON
2 12 (1.25%) REST
2 12 (1.25%) XML
3 11 (1.15%) .NET
4 9 (0.94%) FpML
5 8 (0.84%) Gherkin
5 8 (0.84%) SOAP
6 7 (0.73%) XML Schema
7 4 (0.42%) EDI
7 4 (0.42%) Lightning Web Components
8 3 (0.31%) .NET Core
8 3 (0.31%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.31%) CrewAI
8 3 (0.31%) LangChain
8 3 (0.31%) LlamaIndex
8 3 (0.31%) Middleware
8 3 (0.31%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (0.31%) PySpark
8 3 (0.31%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 100 (10.44%) Product Ownership
2 51 (5.32%) Management Information System
3 30 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
4 29 (3.03%) Data Structures
5 21 (2.19%) Low-Code
6 19 (1.98%) Derivative
7 18 (1.88%) Fixed Income
8 17 (1.77%) AI Agents
9 15 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (1.36%) Blog
10 13 (1.36%) IoT
10 13 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
10 13 (1.36%) Onboarding
11 12 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (1.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (1.04%) PropTech
13 9 (0.94%) Cloud Native
13 9 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
14 8 (0.84%) Distributed Computing
14 8 (0.84%) Eurex
Operating Systems
1 22 (2.30%) Linux
2 21 (2.19%) Windows
3 3 (0.31%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.21%) Android
4 2 (0.21%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 370 (38.62%) Agile
2 240 (25.05%) Problem-Solving
3 236 (24.63%) Requirements Gathering
4 211 (22.03%) Stakeholder Management
5 201 (20.98%) Project Management
6 196 (20.46%) User Stories
7 192 (20.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 173 (18.06%) Workshop Facilitation
9 167 (17.43%) Continuous Improvement
10 162 (16.91%) Process Improvement
11 141 (14.72%) Decision-Making
12 138 (14.41%) AI
13 127 (13.26%) Project Delivery
14 110 (11.48%) Analytics
15 105 (10.96%) Business Intelligence
16 104 (10.86%) Data Analysis
16 104 (10.86%) Scrum
17 102 (10.65%) User Acceptance Testing
18 101 (10.54%) Acceptance Criteria
19 96 (10.02%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 163 (17.01%) SQL
2 77 (8.04%) Python
3 15 (1.57%) C++
4 13 (1.36%) C#
4 13 (1.36%) JavaScript
5 9 (0.94%) Java
6 5 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 5 (0.52%) T-SQL
6 5 (0.52%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.31%) VB.NET
8 2 (0.21%) Ada
9 1 (0.10%) R
9 1 (0.10%) RPG
9 1 (0.10%) SOQL
9 1 (0.10%) SOSL
9 1 (0.10%) VBA
Qualifications
1 146 (15.24%) Degree
2 82 (8.56%) Security Cleared
3 68 (7.10%) SC Cleared
4 35 (3.65%) ACCA
5 34 (3.55%) CIMA
6 29 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
7 26 (2.71%) PMI Certification
8 22 (2.30%) PMP
9 19 (1.98%) IIBA
10 15 (1.57%) CBAP
11 14 (1.46%) DBS Check
12 9 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
13 8 (0.84%) ISEB
14 5 (0.52%) CIPD
14 5 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (0.42%) CFA
15 4 (0.42%) Master's Degree
16 3 (0.31%) CSPO
16 3 (0.31%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 3 (0.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (3.86%) Data Quality
2 34 (3.55%) QA
3 30 (3.13%) PMO
4 19 (1.98%) GDPR
5 17 (1.77%) GAAP
6 16 (1.67%) Accessibility
7 9 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.52%) MiFID
9 4 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.31%) COBIT
10 3 (0.31%) GRC
10 3 (0.31%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 2 (0.21%) NCSC
11 2 (0.21%) NIST
11 2 (0.21%) SLA
12 1 (0.10%) COSO
12 1 (0.10%) IFRS
12 1 (0.10%) SEPA
12 1 (0.10%) TARGET2
System Software
1 6 (0.63%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.10%) IAG
Systems Management
1 3 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.21%) Terraform
3 1 (0.10%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.10%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 184 (19.21%) Microsoft
2 40 (4.18%) Salesforce
3 30 (3.13%) SAP
4 19 (1.98%) Oracle
5 18 (1.88%) ServiceNow
6 17 (1.77%) Google
7 13 (1.36%) Intapp
7 13 (1.36%) JD Edwards
8 12 (1.25%) Atlassian
9 9 (0.94%) FIS
9 9 (0.94%) SunGard
10 8 (0.84%) Bloomberg
10 8 (0.84%) CQG
10 8 (0.84%) ION Trading
10 8 (0.84%) Patsystems
10 8 (0.84%) Reuters
10 8 (0.84%) Trayport
11 7 (0.73%) Databricks
11 7 (0.73%) Sparx
12 6 (0.63%) DocuSign