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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 214 210 213
Rank change year-on-year -4 +3 -53
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 910 733 1,381
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.98% 1.68% 1.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 1.81% 1.62%
Number of salaries quoted 713 437 790
10th Percentile £33,750 £43,115 £34,204
25th Percentile £35,000 £50,967 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £61,182 £54,969
Median % change year-on-year -14.19% +11.30% -8.38%
75th Percentile £66,250 £85,000 £73,182
90th Percentile £83,750 £105,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,497 £51,734 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.06% +3.47% -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 68,780 40,561 85,340
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.82% 93.18% 83.19%
Number of salaries quoted 44,959 21,364 61,218
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,500 £29,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.01% +1.93% -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 3 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 3 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 +4 812 £53,250 -14.80% 528
UK excluding London -3 528 £45,497 -12.06% 381
London -4 306 £65,000 -18.75% 238
Work from Home +19 259 £59,669 -10.45% 179
North of England +91 235 £44,000 -20.00% 102
Yorkshire +57 117 £50,000 +18.81% 49
Midlands +4 93 £45,000 -23.73% 54
North West +20 85 £40,000 -27.27% 42
South East -37 71 £52,500 +3.01% 97
West Midlands -14 69 £46,499 -16.59% 31
South West -75 47 £44,551 -24.17% 45
Scotland -4 37 £40,000 -34.43% 28
North East -15 33 £40,000 +1.91% 11
East of England -67 32 £45,000 -11.71% 40
East Midlands -1 24 £40,000 -38.46% 23
Wales -35 11 £53,171 +1.06% 7
Northern Ireland -44 3 £40,000 -40.74% 16

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 30 (3.30%) Confluence
2 13 (1.43%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.22%) CMS
4 2 (0.22%) ColdFusion
4 2 (0.22%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.22%) WordPress
5 1 (0.11%) Mendix
Applications
1 120 (13.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (3.74%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (3.30%) MS Visio
4 13 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.22%) Trello
7 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 20 (2.20%) NetSuite
2 9 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.77%) Fidessa
4 5 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.44%) 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
6 3 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.22%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.22%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.22%) SAP PSCD
8 1 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 1 (0.11%) SAP BRIM
8 1 (0.11%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 78 (8.57%) Power Platform
2 57 (6.26%) Azure
3 38 (4.18%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (3.30%) SaaS
5 26 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
6 25 (2.75%) AWS
7 19 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (1.76%) Microsoft Copilot
8 16 (1.76%) Power Automate
9 14 (1.54%) PowerApps
10 12 (1.32%) Cloud Computing
11 10 (1.10%) ChatGPT
11 10 (1.10%) GCP
12 9 (0.99%) PaaS
13 7 (0.77%) Microsoft Purview
13 7 (0.77%) OneDrive
14 6 (0.66%) Azure Data Factory
14 6 (0.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 6 (0.66%) Entra ID
14 6 (0.66%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.77%) Multicast
2 2 (0.22%) FIX Connectivity
2 2 (0.22%) LAN
2 2 (0.22%) WAN
3 1 (0.11%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.11%) Intranet
3 1 (0.11%) Network Security
3 1 (0.11%) RFID
3 1 (0.11%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (11.10%) Tableau
2 94 (10.33%) Data Mining
3 61 (6.70%) Power BI
4 16 (1.76%) Relational Database
5 12 (1.32%) Big Data
5 12 (1.32%) Metadata
6 8 (0.88%) SQL Server
7 7 (0.77%) RDBMS
8 6 (0.66%) Power Query
9 5 (0.55%) Data Lake
9 5 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.33%) GIS
11 3 (0.33%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.33%) Qlik Sense
12 2 (0.22%) SAP BW
13 1 (0.11%) Neo4j
13 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database
13 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 58 (6.37%) JIRA
2 7 (0.77%) ERwin
3 1 (0.11%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.11%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 442 (48.57%) Finance
2 299 (32.86%) Analytical Skills
3 278 (30.55%) Social Skills
4 75 (8.24%) Public Sector
5 66 (7.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 64 (7.03%) Law
7 45 (4.95%) Legal
8 34 (3.74%) Marketing
9 32 (3.52%) Presentation Skills
10 27 (2.97%) Banking
11 25 (2.75%) Documentation Skills
11 25 (2.75%) Retail
12 24 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
13 20 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
14 16 (1.76%) Financial Institution
15 15 (1.65%) Manufacturing
15 15 (1.65%) Spanish Language
16 11 (1.21%) Billing
17 7 (0.77%) Back Office
17 7 (0.77%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 649 (71.32%) Analyst
2 508 (55.82%) Business Analyst
3 177 (19.45%) Trainee
4 176 (19.34%) Trainee Analyst
5 123 (13.52%) Senior
6 108 (11.87%) Senior Analyst
7 104 (11.43%) Data Analyst
8 100 (10.99%) Senior Business Analyst
9 93 (10.22%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 83 (9.12%) Trainee Business Analyst
11 39 (4.29%) Lead
12 33 (3.63%) Consultant
13 30 (3.30%) Insurance Business Analyst
13 30 (3.30%) Project Manager
14 29 (3.19%) Business Manager
15 23 (2.53%) Technical Analyst
15 23 (2.53%) Technical Business Analyst
16 21 (2.31%) Systems Analyst
17 19 (2.09%) IT Analyst
18 18 (1.98%) Principal Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.76%) JSON
1 16 (1.76%) XML
2 14 (1.54%) FIX Protocol
3 9 (0.99%) FpML
4 8 (0.88%) Gherkin
5 7 (0.77%) Middleware
5 7 (0.77%) REST
5 7 (0.77%) XML Schema
6 6 (0.66%) EDI
6 6 (0.66%) SOAP
7 4 (0.44%) .NET
8 3 (0.33%) OpenAPI
8 3 (0.33%) Swagger
9 2 (0.22%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.22%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.22%) SAP Fiori
9 2 (0.22%) XML Messaging
10 1 (0.11%) Node.js
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Fusion
10 1 (0.11%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 87 (9.56%) Product Ownership
2 39 (4.29%) Management Information System
3 28 (3.08%) Data Structures
4 25 (2.75%) IoT
5 23 (2.53%) Analytical Mindset
6 18 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
7 17 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (1.54%) Low-Code
8 14 (1.54%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.21%) AI Agents
9 11 (1.21%) Fixed Income
9 11 (1.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (1.10%) Derivative
10 10 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (1.10%) PropTech
11 9 (0.99%) Cloud Native
11 9 (0.99%) PMI
12 8 (0.88%) e-Learning
12 8 (0.88%) OTC Derivatives
13 7 (0.77%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.87%) Windows
2 9 (0.99%) Linux
3 3 (0.33%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.22%) Android
4 2 (0.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 324 (35.60%) Agile
2 250 (27.47%) Project Management
3 203 (22.31%) Problem-Solving
4 167 (18.35%) Requirements Gathering
5 160 (17.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 157 (17.25%) Analytics
7 147 (16.15%) User Stories
8 143 (15.71%) Data Analysis
9 137 (15.05%) Stakeholder Management
10 131 (14.40%) Workshop Facilitation
11 113 (12.42%) Decision-Making
12 109 (11.98%) Process Improvement
13 104 (11.43%) Data Analytics
14 97 (10.66%) Continuous Improvement
15 90 (9.89%) AI
16 85 (9.34%) Change Management
17 81 (8.90%) Acceptance Criteria
18 79 (8.68%) Business Intelligence
18 79 (8.68%) Waterfall
19 77 (8.46%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 183 (20.11%) SQL
2 111 (12.20%) Python
3 5 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 5 (0.55%) Java
4 4 (0.44%) C#
5 2 (0.22%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.22%) T-SQL
5 2 (0.22%) X++
6 1 (0.11%) Ada
6 1 (0.11%) SOQL
6 1 (0.11%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 167 (18.35%) Degree
2 51 (5.60%) Security Cleared
3 36 (3.96%) ACCA
4 33 (3.63%) CIMA
4 33 (3.63%) SC Cleared
5 30 (3.30%) IIBA
6 28 (3.08%) PMI Certification
7 21 (2.31%) PMP
8 20 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
9 18 (1.98%) Master's Degree
10 13 (1.43%) DBS Check
11 12 (1.32%) CBAP
11 12 (1.32%) HND
12 7 (0.77%) DV Cleared
12 7 (0.77%) ISEB
13 5 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.55%) CIPD
13 5 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (0.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 3 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (3.41%) QA
2 27 (2.97%) Data Quality
3 23 (2.53%) Accessibility
4 19 (2.09%) PMO
5 18 (1.98%) GDPR
6 17 (1.87%) GAAP
7 8 (0.88%) MiFID
8 7 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.66%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
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%) FATCA
13 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (0.99%) 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%) Terraform
Vendors
1 217 (23.85%) Microsoft
2 29 (3.19%) Salesforce
3 21 (2.31%) SAP
4 14 (1.54%) Oracle
5 13 (1.43%) Intapp
6 12 (1.32%) Google
7 9 (0.99%) ServiceNow
8 8 (0.88%) Atlassian
8 8 (0.88%) Sparx
9 7 (0.77%) Bloomberg
9 7 (0.77%) CQG
9 7 (0.77%) ION Trading
9 7 (0.77%) Patsystems
9 7 (0.77%) Reuters
9 7 (0.77%) Trayport
10 6 (0.66%) Aderant
10 6 (0.66%) Anaplan
10 6 (0.66%) TOWER Software
11 5 (0.55%) HubSpot
11 5 (0.55%) IBM