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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 213 233 196
Rank change year-on-year +20 -37 -50
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 972 671 1,146
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.90% 1.34% 1.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.23% 1.51% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 724 482 630
10th Percentile £37,875 £43,183 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,550 £65,000 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year -13.00% +10.54% -2.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £83,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £93,750 £105,000 £95,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,473 £57,435 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.38% +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 78,774 44,506 67,319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.34% 89.17% 80.88%
Number of salaries quoted 54,302 25,213 43,010
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,500 £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 £96,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -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 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 19 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 +25 879 £57,500 -11.54% 832
UK excluding London +27 535 £51,473 -10.38% 506
Work from Home +36 366 £57,500 -11.54% 306
London -15 364 £70,000 -7.89% 441
North of England +64 193 £52,473 -12.55% 115
Midlands +3 96 £52,500 -4.55% 90
Yorkshire +57 94 £60,000 +20.00% 39
South East -18 93 £52,500 -12.50% 136
West Midlands +5 78 £53,500 -2.73% 55
North West -9 68 £50,000 -16.67% 61
South West -43 61 £50,000 +1.12% 64
East of England +3 55 £50,000 - 51
North East -27 31 £42,500 +8.28% 16
Scotland -8 22 £45,000 -14.29% 33
East Midlands -12 18 £48,000 -18.64% 35
Wales -51 11 £52,835 +0.43% 8
Northern Ireland -86 8 £40,000 -40.74% 20

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 53 (5.45%) Confluence
2 30 (3.09%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.51%) ColdFusion
4 3 (0.31%) CMS
5 2 (0.21%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.21%) WordPress
6 1 (0.10%) Appian
Applications
1 80 (8.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (5.86%) Microsoft Office
3 54 (5.56%) MS Visio
4 24 (2.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.62%) Trello
7 5 (0.51%) Moqups
8 3 (0.31%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 28 (2.88%) NetSuite
2 14 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.93%) Fidessa
4 5 (0.51%) 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%) SAP BRIM
Cloud Services
1 104 (10.70%) Power Platform
2 101 (10.39%) Azure
3 45 (4.63%) Microsoft 365
4 42 (4.32%) AWS
4 42 (4.32%) Azure DevOps
5 41 (4.22%) SaaS
6 33 (3.40%) Power Automate
7 31 (3.19%) Dynamics 365
8 24 (2.47%) Lucidchart
9 20 (2.06%) Microsoft Copilot
10 16 (1.65%) PowerApps
11 14 (1.44%) Anthropic Claude
11 14 (1.44%) GCP
12 13 (1.34%) Zapier
13 10 (1.03%) Copilot Studio
13 10 (1.03%) iPaaS
14 8 (0.82%) Boomi
14 8 (0.82%) Figma
14 8 (0.82%) Workato
15 6 (0.62%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.93%) Multicast
2 7 (0.72%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.10%) DSL
3 1 (0.10%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (9.36%) Power BI
2 40 (4.12%) Tableau
3 25 (2.57%) Data Mining
4 19 (1.95%) Relational Database
5 17 (1.75%) SQL Server
6 13 (1.34%) Metadata
7 9 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 7 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (0.72%) RDBMS
9 6 (0.62%) 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 (0.21%) Amazon Athena
11 2 (0.21%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.21%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.21%) GIS
11 2 (0.21%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 110 (11.32%) JIRA
2 5 (0.51%) Cypress.io
2 5 (0.51%) ERwin
2 5 (0.51%) Postman
2 5 (0.51%) Selenium
3 4 (0.41%) Claude Code
4 3 (0.31%) Git
4 3 (0.31%) Hudson
5 2 (0.21%) Balsamiq
5 2 (0.21%) LSMW
6 1 (0.10%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 388 (39.92%) Finance
2 379 (38.99%) Social Skills
3 314 (32.30%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (11.83%) Public Sector
5 104 (10.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 81 (8.33%) Law
7 52 (5.35%) Legal
8 51 (5.25%) Presentation Skills
9 47 (4.84%) Documentation Skills
10 46 (4.73%) Influencing Skills
10 46 (4.73%) Organisational Skills
11 34 (3.50%) Manufacturing
12 33 (3.40%) Retail
13 25 (2.57%) Banking
14 22 (2.26%) Local Government
15 21 (2.16%) Legal Technology
15 21 (2.16%) Marketing
16 19 (1.95%) Spanish Language
17 15 (1.54%) Financial Institution
17 15 (1.54%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 615 (63.27%) Analyst
2 503 (51.75%) Business Analyst
3 169 (17.39%) Senior
4 137 (14.09%) Senior Analyst
5 127 (13.07%) Senior Business Analyst
6 66 (6.79%) Lead
7 48 (4.94%) Data Analyst
8 42 (4.32%) Consultant
9 38 (3.91%) Project Manager
9 38 (3.91%) Trainee
9 38 (3.91%) Trainee Analyst
10 31 (3.19%) Business Manager
10 31 (3.19%) Technical Analyst
11 30 (3.09%) Lead Business Analyst
11 30 (3.09%) Systems Analyst
12 29 (2.98%) Technical Business Analyst
13 26 (2.67%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
14 25 (2.57%) Trainee Data Analyst
15 24 (2.47%) IT Analyst
16 23 (2.37%) Data Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.47%) FIX Protocol
2 17 (1.75%) REST
3 12 (1.23%) .NET
3 12 (1.23%) XML
4 11 (1.13%) SOAP
5 10 (1.03%) JSON
6 9 (0.93%) Gherkin
7 7 (0.72%) FpML
8 5 (0.51%) XML Schema
9 4 (0.41%) CrewAI
9 4 (0.41%) LangChain
9 4 (0.41%) Lightning Web Components
9 4 (0.41%) LlamaIndex
10 3 (0.31%) .NET Core
10 3 (0.31%) Middleware
10 3 (0.31%) Oracle Fusion
10 3 (0.31%) Playwright
10 3 (0.31%) WinForms
11 2 (0.21%) EDI
11 2 (0.21%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 103 (10.60%) Product Ownership
2 50 (5.14%) Management Information System
3 29 (2.98%) Analytical Mindset
4 27 (2.78%) Data Structures
5 21 (2.16%) AI Agents
5 21 (2.16%) Derivative
6 20 (2.06%) Low-Code
7 19 (1.95%) Onboarding
8 18 (1.85%) Fixed Income
9 16 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (1.34%) Blog
10 13 (1.34%) IoT
11 12 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 12 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
12 11 (1.13%) Cloud Native
13 10 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
13 10 (1.03%) PropTech
14 9 (0.93%) Distributed Architecture
14 9 (0.93%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 23 (2.37%) Linux
2 19 (1.95%) Windows
3 3 (0.31%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 406 (41.77%) Agile
2 265 (27.26%) Problem-Solving
3 252 (25.93%) Requirements Gathering
4 245 (25.21%) Stakeholder Management
5 205 (21.09%) User Stories
6 197 (20.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 194 (19.96%) Workshop Facilitation
8 180 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
8 180 (18.52%) Project Management
9 176 (18.11%) Process Improvement
10 165 (16.98%) AI
11 144 (14.81%) Decision-Making
12 142 (14.61%) Project Delivery
13 114 (11.73%) Scrum
14 113 (11.63%) User Acceptance Testing
15 112 (11.52%) Business Intelligence
16 110 (11.32%) Waterfall
17 106 (10.91%) Acceptance Criteria
18 102 (10.49%) Coaching
19 97 (9.98%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 159 (16.36%) SQL
2 60 (6.17%) Python
3 17 (1.75%) C++
4 16 (1.65%) JavaScript
5 15 (1.54%) Java
6 13 (1.34%) C#
7 6 (0.62%) TypeScript
8 5 (0.51%) T-SQL
9 4 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.31%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.21%) Ada
12 1 (0.10%) R
12 1 (0.10%) RPG
12 1 (0.10%) SOQL
12 1 (0.10%) SOSL
12 1 (0.10%) VBA
Qualifications
1 153 (15.74%) Degree
2 97 (9.98%) Security Cleared
3 78 (8.02%) SC Cleared
4 34 (3.50%) ACCA
5 33 (3.40%) CIMA
5 33 (3.40%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (2.26%) IIBA
6 22 (2.26%) PMI Certification
7 17 (1.75%) PMP
8 16 (1.65%) CBAP
9 13 (1.34%) DBS Check
10 12 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.62%) ISEB
12 5 (0.51%) CFA
12 5 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.31%) CISA
13 3 (0.31%) CISM
13 3 (0.31%) CISSP
13 3 (0.31%) CRISC
13 3 (0.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (4.53%) Data Quality
2 42 (4.32%) QA
3 28 (2.88%) PMO
4 17 (1.75%) GAAP
5 16 (1.65%) Accessibility
6 15 (1.54%) GDPR
7 11 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.41%) COBIT
8 4 (0.41%) MiFID
8 4 (0.41%) NIST
9 3 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.31%) GRC
9 3 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 3 (0.31%) NCSC
10 2 (0.21%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.21%) SLA
11 1 (0.10%) COSO
11 1 (0.10%) IFRS
11 1 (0.10%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.10%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (0.31%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.10%) IAG
Systems Management
1 2 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.10%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.10%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.10%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (0.10%) Terraform
Vendors
1 173 (17.80%) Microsoft
2 41 (4.22%) Salesforce
3 33 (3.40%) SAP
4 20 (2.06%) Oracle
5 19 (1.95%) Google
6 18 (1.85%) ServiceNow
7 15 (1.54%) JD Edwards
8 13 (1.34%) Atlassian
8 13 (1.34%) Intapp
9 11 (1.13%) Workday
10 9 (0.93%) Bloomberg
10 9 (0.93%) CQG
10 9 (0.93%) FIS
10 9 (0.93%) ION Trading
10 9 (0.93%) Patsystems
10 9 (0.93%) Reuters
10 9 (0.93%) SunGard
10 9 (0.93%) Trayport
11 8 (0.82%) DocuSign
11 8 (0.82%) RedGate