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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 234 197
Rank change year-on-year +19 -37 -49
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 960 669 1,144
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.88% 1.34% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% 1.51% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 708 489 619
10th Percentile £40,775 £43,029 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £42,560
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £70,525 £83,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,750 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,435 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.59% +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 79,979 44,380 67,332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.09% 88.78% 80.65%
Number of salaries quoted 55,459 25,207 42,110
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,055
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.10% -8.99%

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 28 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 28 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 +8 867 £57,750 -11.15% 995
UK excluding London +23 523 £52,500 -8.59% 606
Work from Home +33 371 £57,500 -11.54% 332
London -23 364 £70,000 -8.05% 548
North of England +44 180 £52,500 -12.50% 144
South East -29 97 £52,500 -12.50% 165
Midlands +10 94 £52,500 -7.08% 95
Yorkshire +34 88 £60,000 +20.00% 64
West Midlands +3 76 £55,000 - 56
North West -21 64 £50,000 -16.67% 67
South West -48 59 £50,000 +1.12% 81
East of England +6 56 £50,000 - 57
North East -27 28 £42,500 +8.28% 14
Scotland +6 21 £46,575 -11.29% 34
East Midlands -20 18 £48,000 -25.58% 39
Wales -63 14 £52,500 -4.55% 11
Northern Ireland -84 7 £40,000 -40.74% 27

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 57 (5.94%) Confluence
2 29 (3.02%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.52%) ColdFusion
4 3 (0.31%) CMS
5 2 (0.21%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.21%) WordPress
6 1 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.10%) Appian
Applications
1 70 (7.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 56 (5.83%) Microsoft Office
3 55 (5.73%) MS Visio
4 24 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (1.77%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.63%) Trello
7 5 (0.52%) Moqups
8 3 (0.31%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 27 (2.81%) NetSuite
2 14 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.94%) Fidessa
4 5 (0.52%) 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%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.10%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 103 (10.73%) Azure
1 103 (10.73%) Power Platform
2 45 (4.69%) Azure DevOps
2 45 (4.69%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (4.27%) SaaS
4 40 (4.17%) AWS
5 34 (3.54%) Dynamics 365
6 33 (3.44%) Power Automate
7 24 (2.50%) Lucidchart
8 21 (2.19%) Microsoft Copilot
9 15 (1.56%) Anthropic Claude
9 15 (1.56%) PowerApps
10 14 (1.46%) GCP
11 13 (1.35%) Zapier
12 10 (1.04%) Copilot Studio
12 10 (1.04%) iPaaS
13 8 (0.83%) Boomi
13 8 (0.83%) Figma
13 8 (0.83%) Workato
14 6 (0.63%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.94%) Multicast
2 7 (0.73%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.10%) DSL
3 1 (0.10%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (9.38%) Power BI
2 30 (3.13%) Tableau
3 18 (1.88%) Relational Database
4 17 (1.77%) SQL Server
5 16 (1.67%) Data Mining
6 10 (1.04%) Metadata
7 9 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.63%) DTS
9 5 (0.52%) RDBMS
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%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.21%) SAP BW
11 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 116 (12.08%) JIRA
2 6 (0.63%) Claude Code
2 6 (0.63%) Cypress.io
2 6 (0.63%) Selenium
3 5 (0.52%) Postman
4 3 (0.31%) ERwin
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%) JIRA Agile
6 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 387 (40.31%) Social Skills
2 370 (38.54%) Finance
3 308 (32.08%) Analytical Skills
4 116 (12.08%) Public Sector
5 107 (11.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 83 (8.65%) Law
7 53 (5.52%) Legal
7 53 (5.52%) Presentation Skills
8 49 (5.10%) Documentation Skills
8 49 (5.10%) Influencing Skills
9 48 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
10 35 (3.65%) Manufacturing
10 35 (3.65%) Retail
11 25 (2.60%) Banking
12 22 (2.29%) Legal Technology
12 22 (2.29%) Marketing
13 20 (2.08%) Local Government
14 19 (1.98%) Spanish Language
15 15 (1.56%) Front Office
16 13 (1.35%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 605 (63.02%) Analyst
2 503 (52.40%) Business Analyst
3 173 (18.02%) Senior
4 141 (14.69%) Senior Analyst
5 132 (13.75%) Senior Business Analyst
6 67 (6.98%) Lead
7 43 (4.48%) Consultant
8 38 (3.96%) Data Analyst
9 36 (3.75%) Project Manager
10 33 (3.44%) Technical Analyst
11 32 (3.33%) Lead Business Analyst
12 31 (3.23%) Technical Business Analyst
13 30 (3.13%) Business Manager
13 30 (3.13%) Systems Analyst
14 27 (2.81%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
15 25 (2.60%) Product Manager
16 24 (2.50%) Product Analyst
17 23 (2.40%) Data Business Analyst
17 23 (2.40%) IT Analyst
18 22 (2.29%) Business IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.29%) FIX Protocol
2 17 (1.77%) REST
3 13 (1.35%) .NET
4 11 (1.15%) SOAP
4 11 (1.15%) XML
5 10 (1.04%) Gherkin
6 8 (0.83%) JSON
7 5 (0.52%) CrewAI
7 5 (0.52%) FpML
7 5 (0.52%) LangChain
7 5 (0.52%) LlamaIndex
7 5 (0.52%) Playwright
8 4 (0.42%) Lightning Web Components
9 3 (0.31%) .NET Core
9 3 (0.31%) Middleware
9 3 (0.31%) Oracle Fusion
9 3 (0.31%) WinForms
9 3 (0.31%) XML Schema
10 2 (0.21%) EDI
10 2 (0.21%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 109 (11.35%) Product Ownership
2 50 (5.21%) Management Information System
3 26 (2.71%) Analytical Mindset
4 25 (2.60%) Data Structures
5 22 (2.29%) AI Agents
6 21 (2.19%) Derivative
7 20 (2.08%) Low-Code
8 18 (1.88%) Fixed Income
8 18 (1.88%) Onboarding
9 16 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (1.35%) Blog
10 13 (1.35%) IoT
11 12 (1.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 11 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
12 11 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
12 11 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
13 10 (1.04%) PMI
13 10 (1.04%) PropTech
14 9 (0.94%) Equities
14 9 (0.94%) Eurex
Operating Systems
1 23 (2.40%) Linux
2 18 (1.88%) Windows
3 3 (0.31%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 420 (43.75%) Agile
2 268 (27.92%) Problem-Solving
3 263 (27.40%) Requirements Gathering
4 257 (26.77%) Stakeholder Management
5 214 (22.29%) User Stories
6 204 (21.25%) Workshop Facilitation
7 196 (20.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 181 (18.85%) Continuous Improvement
9 178 (18.54%) Process Improvement
10 171 (17.81%) Project Management
11 167 (17.40%) AI
12 146 (15.21%) Decision-Making
13 145 (15.10%) Project Delivery
14 123 (12.81%) Scrum
15 115 (11.98%) User Acceptance Testing
15 115 (11.98%) Waterfall
16 112 (11.67%) Business Intelligence
17 111 (11.56%) Acceptance Criteria
18 105 (10.94%) Coaching
19 89 (9.27%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 149 (15.52%) SQL
2 49 (5.10%) Python
3 17 (1.77%) C++
3 17 (1.77%) JavaScript
4 16 (1.67%) Java
5 14 (1.46%) C#
6 6 (0.63%) TypeScript
7 5 (0.52%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.31%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.21%) Ada
11 1 (0.10%) R
11 1 (0.10%) RPG
11 1 (0.10%) SOQL
11 1 (0.10%) SOSL
11 1 (0.10%) VBA
Qualifications
1 157 (16.35%) Degree
2 101 (10.52%) Security Cleared
3 81 (8.44%) SC Cleared
4 34 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (3.33%) ACCA
6 31 (3.23%) CIMA
7 24 (2.50%) IIBA
7 24 (2.50%) PMI Certification
8 17 (1.77%) CBAP
8 17 (1.77%) PMP
9 14 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
10 12 (1.25%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.63%) ISEB
12 5 (0.52%) CFA
12 5 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.42%) CSPO
14 3 (0.31%) CISA
14 3 (0.31%) CISM
14 3 (0.31%) CRISC
14 3 (0.31%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (4.69%) QA
2 42 (4.38%) Data Quality
3 27 (2.81%) PMO
4 16 (1.67%) Accessibility
4 16 (1.67%) GAAP
5 15 (1.56%) GDPR
6 11 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.42%) COBIT
7 4 (0.42%) NIST
8 3 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.31%) GRC
8 3 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 3 (0.31%) MiFID
8 3 (0.31%) NCSC
9 2 (0.21%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.21%) SLA
10 1 (0.10%) COSO
10 1 (0.10%) GxP
10 1 (0.10%) IFRS
10 1 (0.10%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (0.21%) 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)
Vendors
1 164 (17.08%) Microsoft
2 41 (4.27%) Salesforce
3 34 (3.54%) SAP
4 20 (2.08%) Oracle
5 19 (1.98%) Google
5 19 (1.98%) ServiceNow
6 15 (1.56%) JD Edwards
7 12 (1.25%) Atlassian
7 12 (1.25%) Intapp
8 11 (1.15%) Workday
9 10 (1.04%) YouTube
10 9 (0.94%) Bloomberg
10 9 (0.94%) CQG
10 9 (0.94%) FIS
10 9 (0.94%) ION Trading
10 9 (0.94%) Patsystems
10 9 (0.94%) Reuters
10 9 (0.94%) SunGard
10 9 (0.94%) Trayport
11 8 (0.83%) RedGate