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 19 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 231 216
Rank change year-on-year +24 -15 -60
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 896 654 1,379
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.95% 1.46% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.31% 1.58% 1.55%
Number of salaries quoted 712 410 799
10th Percentile £33,750 £43,099 £34,650
25th Percentile £39,530 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £67,500 £89,375 £73,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £107,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £57,560 £50,000
% change year-on-year -17.48% +15.12% -9.09%

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 68,493 41,477 89,117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.95% 92.48% 81.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47,109 22,216 63,180
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -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 19 June 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 19 June 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 +15 804 £55,000 -15.38% 337
UK excluding London +31 519 £47,500 -17.48% 307
London -14 311 £65,625 -17.97% 118
Work from Home +4 264 £59,669 -9.27% 115
North of England +92 221 £45,497 -17.28% 77
Yorkshire +57 110 £52,473 +24.68% 35
Midlands +9 85 £47,500 -20.83% 50
North West +21 80 £42,500 -23.77% 31
South East -19 72 £52,500 -10.64% 95
West Midlands +1 63 £47,500 -16.67% 23
South West -60 55 £45,711 -23.82% 29
East of England -4 38 £45,000 -28.57% 31
Scotland 0 34 £40,000 -33.33% 14
North East -13 31 £40,000 +1.91% 13
East Midlands -12 22 £43,750 -35.19% 27
Wales -37 12 £53,171 +1.06% 8
Northern Ireland -38 3 £40,000 -40.74% 11

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 36 (4.02%) Confluence
2 17 (1.90%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.45%) ColdFusion
4 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.22%) CMS
5 2 (0.22%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.22%) WordPress
6 1 (0.11%) Mendix
Applications
1 105 (11.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (4.69%) Microsoft Office
3 34 (3.79%) MS Visio
4 15 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (1.34%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.22%) Trello
8 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 24 (2.68%) NetSuite
2 9 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.89%) Fidessa
4 5 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.33%) Exchequer
6 3 (0.33%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 3 (0.33%) Sage 50
7 2 (0.22%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.22%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.22%) SAP PSCD
8 1 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.11%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 1 (0.11%) SAP BRIM
8 1 (0.11%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.11%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 83 (9.26%) Power Platform
2 61 (6.81%) Azure
3 38 (4.24%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (3.79%) SaaS
5 29 (3.24%) Dynamics 365
6 25 (2.79%) AWS
7 20 (2.23%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (2.01%) Power Automate
9 17 (1.90%) Microsoft Copilot
10 15 (1.67%) PowerApps
11 10 (1.12%) GCP
12 8 (0.89%) ChatGPT
12 8 (0.89%) PaaS
13 7 (0.78%) Copilot Studio
13 7 (0.78%) Google Drive
13 7 (0.78%) Microsoft Purview
13 7 (0.78%) Miro
13 7 (0.78%) OneDrive
14 6 (0.67%) Azure Data Factory
14 6 (0.67%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.89%) Multicast
2 3 (0.33%) FIX Connectivity
3 2 (0.22%) LAN
3 2 (0.22%) WAN
4 1 (0.11%) DSL
4 1 (0.11%) Intranet
4 1 (0.11%) Network Security
4 1 (0.11%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (8.93%) Tableau
2 74 (8.26%) Data Mining
3 67 (7.48%) Power BI
4 18 (2.01%) Relational Database
5 12 (1.34%) Metadata
6 10 (1.12%) SQL Server
7 7 (0.78%) RDBMS
8 6 (0.67%) Power Query
8 6 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.45%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.33%) GIS
10 3 (0.33%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.22%) Qlik Sense
11 2 (0.22%) SAP BW
12 1 (0.11%) Amazon Redshift
12 1 (0.11%) Neo4j
12 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 65 (7.25%) JIRA
2 7 (0.78%) ERwin
3 1 (0.11%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.11%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 412 (45.98%) Finance
2 296 (33.04%) Analytical Skills
3 269 (30.02%) Social Skills
4 73 (8.15%) Public Sector
5 65 (7.25%) Law
6 62 (6.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 44 (4.91%) Legal
8 36 (4.02%) Presentation Skills
9 32 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
10 27 (3.01%) Retail
11 24 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
12 22 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
13 18 (2.01%) Marketing
14 17 (1.90%) Manufacturing
14 17 (1.90%) Spanish Language
15 16 (1.79%) Legal Technology
16 15 (1.67%) Financial Institution
17 14 (1.56%) Banking
18 11 (1.23%) Billing
19 8 (0.89%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 627 (69.98%) Analyst
2 499 (55.69%) Business Analyst
3 142 (15.85%) Trainee
3 142 (15.85%) Trainee Analyst
4 127 (14.17%) Senior
5 112 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
6 103 (11.50%) Senior Business Analyst
7 85 (9.49%) Data Analyst
8 74 (8.26%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 68 (7.59%) Trainee Business Analyst
10 40 (4.46%) Consultant
10 40 (4.46%) Lead
11 32 (3.57%) Business Manager
11 32 (3.57%) Project Manager
12 30 (3.35%) Insurance Business Analyst
13 25 (2.79%) Technical Analyst
13 25 (2.79%) Technical Business Analyst
14 24 (2.68%) Systems Analyst
15 20 (2.23%) IT Analyst
16 19 (2.12%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.79%) JSON
1 16 (1.79%) XML
2 15 (1.67%) FIX Protocol
3 9 (1.00%) FpML
4 8 (0.89%) Gherkin
4 8 (0.89%) Middleware
5 7 (0.78%) REST
5 7 (0.78%) XML Schema
6 6 (0.67%) EDI
6 6 (0.67%) SOAP
7 4 (0.45%) .NET
7 4 (0.45%) Oracle Fusion
8 2 (0.22%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.22%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.22%) OpenAPI
8 2 (0.22%) SAP Fiori
8 2 (0.22%) Swagger
8 2 (0.22%) XML Messaging
9 1 (0.11%) Lightning Web Components
9 1 (0.11%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 86 (9.60%) Product Ownership
2 38 (4.24%) Management Information System
3 29 (3.24%) Data Structures
4 22 (2.46%) Analytical Mindset
5 17 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
6 16 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (1.56%) Low-Code
7 14 (1.56%) Onboarding
8 13 (1.45%) IoT
9 12 (1.34%) AI Agents
9 12 (1.34%) Fixed Income
9 12 (1.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (1.12%) Derivative
10 10 (1.12%) PropTech
11 9 (1.00%) Cloud Native
12 8 (0.89%) Distributed Architecture
12 8 (0.89%) Distributed Computing
12 8 (0.89%) Eurex
12 8 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (0.89%) OTC Derivatives
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.12%) Windows
2 12 (1.34%) Linux
3 3 (0.33%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.22%) Android
4 2 (0.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 316 (35.27%) Agile
2 226 (25.22%) Project Management
3 196 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
4 181 (20.20%) Requirements Gathering
5 169 (18.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 155 (17.30%) User Stories
7 148 (16.52%) Stakeholder Management
8 140 (15.63%) Analytics
9 129 (14.40%) Data Analysis
10 127 (14.17%) Workshop Facilitation
11 119 (13.28%) Process Improvement
12 116 (12.95%) Decision-Making
13 104 (11.61%) Continuous Improvement
14 94 (10.49%) AI
15 88 (9.82%) Data Analytics
16 85 (9.49%) Business Intelligence
17 83 (9.26%) Waterfall
18 80 (8.93%) User Acceptance Testing
19 79 (8.82%) Acceptance Criteria
20 77 (8.59%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 180 (20.09%) SQL
2 95 (10.60%) Python
3 6 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 6 (0.67%) Java
3 6 (0.67%) JavaScript
4 5 (0.56%) C#
5 2 (0.22%) Ada
5 2 (0.22%) T-SQL
5 2 (0.22%) X++
6 1 (0.11%) C++
6 1 (0.11%) RPG
6 1 (0.11%) SOQL
6 1 (0.11%) SOSL
6 1 (0.11%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 149 (16.63%) Degree
2 55 (6.14%) Security Cleared
3 41 (4.58%) ACCA
4 40 (4.46%) SC Cleared
5 38 (4.24%) CIMA
6 30 (3.35%) IIBA
7 28 (3.13%) PMI Certification
8 24 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
9 22 (2.46%) PMP
10 15 (1.67%) DBS Check
11 12 (1.34%) CBAP
12 10 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (0.67%) ISEB
13 6 (0.67%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (0.56%) CIPD
14 5 (0.56%) DV Cleared
15 4 (0.45%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 3 (0.33%) CFA
16 3 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (3.35%) QA
2 27 (3.01%) Data Quality
3 20 (2.23%) PMO
4 18 (2.01%) GDPR
5 17 (1.90%) GAAP
6 12 (1.34%) Accessibility
7 8 (0.89%) MiFID
8 7 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (0.56%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.33%) GRC
12 2 (0.22%) NIST
12 2 (0.22%) SEPA
12 2 (0.22%) SLA
12 2 (0.22%) TARGET2
13 1 (0.11%) COBIT
13 1 (0.11%) COSO
13 1 (0.11%) FATCA
13 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (0.89%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.11%) IAG
Systems Management
1 3 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (0.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 195 (21.76%) Microsoft
2 28 (3.13%) Salesforce
3 18 (2.01%) SAP
4 17 (1.90%) Oracle
5 14 (1.56%) Google
6 13 (1.45%) Intapp
7 10 (1.12%) ServiceNow
8 9 (1.00%) Atlassian
8 9 (1.00%) JD Edwards
9 8 (0.89%) Bloomberg
9 8 (0.89%) CQG
9 8 (0.89%) ION Trading
9 8 (0.89%) Patsystems
9 8 (0.89%) Reuters
9 8 (0.89%) Sparx
9 8 (0.89%) Trayport
10 6 (0.67%) Aderant
10 6 (0.67%) Anaplan
10 6 (0.67%) IBM
10 6 (0.67%) TOWER Software