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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 214 211
Rank change year-on-year +2 -3 -51
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 906 729 1,378
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.98% 1.67% 1.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.33% 1.79% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 714 436 788
10th Percentile £33,750 £43,112 £34,112
25th Percentile £35,000 £50,967 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £61,182 £54,545
Median % change year-on-year -14.19% +12.17% -9.09%
75th Percentile £66,250 £85,000 £72,727
90th Percentile £83,750 £105,625 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,497 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.34% +5.00% -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 68,107 40,669 85,373
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.51% 93.11% 83.11%
Number of salaries quoted 45,062 21,401 61,158
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,500 £29,250
25th Percentile £41,114 £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 £77,500 £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 4 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 4 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 +5 809 £53,000 -15.20% 504
UK excluding London -5 529 £45,497 -13.34% 352
London -3 303 £65,000 -18.75% 239
Work from Home +16 260 £59,338 -13.69% 183
North of England +81 235 £44,000 -20.00% 96
Yorkshire +57 117 £50,000 +18.81% 46
Midlands -7 93 £45,000 -25.00% 46
North West +25 85 £40,000 -27.27% 41
South East -42 72 £52,500 +3.01% 91
West Midlands -12 69 £46,499 -17.70% 27
South West -65 47 £44,551 -24.17% 45
Scotland +5 37 £40,000 -34.43% 27
North East -5 33 £40,000 +1.91% 9
East of England -73 32 £45,000 -11.71% 33
East Midlands -10 24 £40,000 -40.74% 19
Wales -29 11 £53,171 +1.06% 5
Northern Ireland -45 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 (3.31%) 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 (13.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (3.86%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (3.31%) 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 (2.21%) 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%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.11%) SAP BRIM
8 1 (0.11%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 78 (8.61%) Power Platform
2 57 (6.29%) Azure
3 38 (4.19%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (3.31%) SaaS
5 26 (2.87%) Dynamics 365
6 25 (2.76%) AWS
7 19 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (1.77%) Microsoft Copilot
8 16 (1.77%) Power Automate
9 14 (1.55%) PowerApps
10 10 (1.10%) ChatGPT
10 10 (1.10%) GCP
11 9 (0.99%) PaaS
12 8 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
13 7 (0.77%) Microsoft Purview
13 7 (0.77%) OneDrive
14 6 (0.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 6 (0.66%) Entra ID
14 6 (0.66%) iPaaS
14 6 (0.66%) Miro
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 (11.15%) Tableau
2 94 (10.38%) Data Mining
3 61 (6.73%) Power BI
4 16 (1.77%) Relational Database
5 12 (1.32%) Metadata
6 8 (0.88%) Big Data
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 (6.40%) 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 (48.79%) Finance
2 300 (33.11%) Analytical Skills
3 276 (30.46%) Social Skills
4 75 (8.28%) Public Sector
5 64 (7.06%) Law
6 62 (6.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 45 (4.97%) Legal
8 32 (3.53%) Presentation Skills
9 31 (3.42%) Marketing
10 26 (2.87%) Retail
11 25 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
12 24 (2.65%) Influencing Skills
13 23 (2.54%) Banking
14 20 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
15 16 (1.77%) Financial Institution
16 15 (1.66%) Manufacturing
16 15 (1.66%) Spanish Language
17 11 (1.21%) Billing
18 7 (0.77%) Back Office
18 7 (0.77%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 649 (71.63%) Analyst
2 508 (56.07%) Business Analyst
3 177 (19.54%) Trainee
4 176 (19.43%) Trainee Analyst
5 123 (13.58%) Senior
6 108 (11.92%) Senior Analyst
7 104 (11.48%) Data Analyst
8 100 (11.04%) Senior Business Analyst
9 93 (10.26%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 83 (9.16%) Trainee Business Analyst
11 39 (4.30%) Lead
12 33 (3.64%) Consultant
13 30 (3.31%) Insurance Business Analyst
13 30 (3.31%) Project Manager
14 29 (3.20%) Business Manager
15 24 (2.65%) Technical Analyst
15 24 (2.65%) Technical Business Analyst
16 21 (2.32%) Systems Analyst
17 19 (2.10%) IT Analyst
18 18 (1.99%) Principal Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.77%) JSON
1 16 (1.77%) XML
2 14 (1.55%) 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%) PySpark
10 1 (0.11%) React
10 1 (0.11%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 87 (9.60%) Product Ownership
2 39 (4.30%) Management Information System
3 28 (3.09%) Data Structures
4 23 (2.54%) Analytical Mindset
5 21 (2.32%) IoT
6 18 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
7 17 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (1.55%) Low-Code
8 14 (1.55%) 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 (1.88%) 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
1 325 (35.87%) Agile
2 251 (27.70%) Project Management
3 204 (22.52%) Problem-Solving
4 167 (18.43%) Requirements Gathering
5 161 (17.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 157 (17.33%) Analytics
7 148 (16.34%) User Stories
8 143 (15.78%) Data Analysis
9 137 (15.12%) Stakeholder Management
10 131 (14.46%) Workshop Facilitation
11 113 (12.47%) Decision-Making
12 110 (12.14%) Process Improvement
13 104 (11.48%) Data Analytics
14 97 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
15 91 (10.04%) AI
16 85 (9.38%) Change Management
17 81 (8.94%) Acceptance Criteria
18 79 (8.72%) Business Intelligence
18 79 (8.72%) Waterfall
19 77 (8.50%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 184 (20.31%) SQL
2 111 (12.25%) 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
1 163 (17.99%) Degree
2 50 (5.52%) Security Cleared
3 36 (3.97%) ACCA
4 33 (3.64%) CIMA
4 33 (3.64%) SC Cleared
5 30 (3.31%) IIBA
6 28 (3.09%) PMI Certification
7 21 (2.32%) PMP
8 20 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (1.55%) Master's Degree
10 13 (1.43%) DBS Check
11 12 (1.32%) CBAP
12 8 (0.88%) HND
13 7 (0.77%) DV Cleared
14 6 (0.66%) ISEB
15 5 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (0.55%) CIPD
15 5 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
16 4 (0.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
17 3 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (3.42%) QA
2 27 (2.98%) Data Quality
3 23 (2.54%) Accessibility
4 19 (2.10%) PMO
5 18 (1.99%) GDPR
6 17 (1.88%) 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
1 218 (24.06%) Microsoft
2 29 (3.20%) Salesforce
3 21 (2.32%) SAP
4 14 (1.55%) 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