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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 228 213
Rank change year-on-year +16 -15 -67
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 918 674 1,331
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.93% 1.37% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 1.52% 1.60%
Number of salaries quoted 742 441 768
10th Percentile £35,000 £43,099 £34,750
25th Percentile £41,297 £52,500 £41,469
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £107,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,885 £57,500 £49,750
% change year-on-year -14.98% +15.58% -9.55%

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 72,817 44,332 83,106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.70% 90.20% 82.17%
Number of salaries quoted 50,259 24,803 58,175
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 15 July 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 15 July 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 +30 827 £55,000 -18.52% 527
UK excluding London +26 513 £48,885 -14.98% 485
London -11 336 £70,000 -12.50% 180
Work from Home -1 297 £59,338 -15.23% 308
North of England +83 216 £47,500 -20.83% 123
Yorkshire +60 107 £52,500 -10.32% 60
Midlands -2 82 £48,000 -15.04% 69
North West +5 79 £45,497 -24.17% 43
South East -16 77 £52,500 -8.70% 138
West Midlands -9 64 £50,500 -8.18% 41
South West -64 60 £50,000 -4.76% 39
East of England -13 35 £42,879 -28.54% 49
Scotland +7 32 £40,000 -33.33% 41
North East -29 30 £40,000 +1.91% 20
East Midlands -14 18 £48,000 -31.43% 27
Wales -47 9 £56,585 +7.56% 16
Northern Ireland -65 3 £40,000 -40.74% 17

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 35 (3.81%) Confluence
2 21 (2.29%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.54%) 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%) Appian
6 1 (0.11%) Mendix
Applications
1 100 (10.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 46 (5.01%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (4.03%) MS Visio
4 20 (2.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (1.53%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.65%) Trello
7 3 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.22%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 26 (2.83%) NetSuite
2 11 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.65%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.33%) Exchequer
5 3 (0.33%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 3 (0.33%) Sage 50
5 3 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.22%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.22%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.22%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.22%) SAP PSCD
7 1 (0.11%) Magento
7 1 (0.11%) Relativity
7 1 (0.11%) SAP BRIM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (0.11%) Shopify
7 1 (0.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 91 (9.91%) Power Platform
2 70 (7.63%) Azure
3 42 (4.58%) Microsoft 365
4 35 (3.81%) SaaS
5 32 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (2.72%) Dynamics 365
7 24 (2.61%) AWS
8 22 (2.40%) Power Automate
9 19 (2.07%) Microsoft Copilot
10 16 (1.74%) PowerApps
11 11 (1.20%) Copilot Studio
11 11 (1.20%) Lucidchart
12 10 (1.09%) GCP
13 8 (0.87%) Google Drive
14 7 (0.76%) Microsoft Purview
14 7 (0.76%) OneDrive
15 6 (0.65%) iPaaS
15 6 (0.65%) Miro
15 6 (0.65%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 5 (0.54%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.65%) Multicast
2 4 (0.44%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.11%) DSL
3 1 (0.11%) Intranet
3 1 (0.11%) LAN
3 1 (0.11%) Network Security
3 1 (0.11%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (8.06%) Power BI
2 69 (7.52%) Tableau
3 61 (6.64%) Data Mining
4 18 (1.96%) Relational Database
5 14 (1.53%) Metadata
6 12 (1.31%) SQL Server
7 7 (0.76%) RDBMS
8 6 (0.65%) Power Query
9 5 (0.54%) DTS
9 5 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.33%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.22%) GIS
12 2 (0.22%) Qlik Sense
12 2 (0.22%) SAP BW
13 1 (0.11%) Amazon RDS
13 1 (0.11%) Neo4j
13 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database
13 1 (0.11%) Spotfire
13 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 74 (8.06%) JIRA
2 7 (0.76%) ERwin
3 1 (0.11%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.11%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 407 (44.34%) Finance
2 314 (34.20%) Social Skills
3 306 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (8.82%) Public Sector
5 68 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 67 (7.30%) Law
7 43 (4.68%) Legal
7 43 (4.68%) Presentation Skills
8 33 (3.59%) Documentation Skills
9 31 (3.38%) Influencing Skills
10 28 (3.05%) Retail
11 27 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
12 24 (2.61%) Manufacturing
13 19 (2.07%) Banking
14 16 (1.74%) Legal Technology
14 16 (1.74%) Marketing
14 16 (1.74%) Spanish Language
15 14 (1.53%) Financial Institution
16 12 (1.31%) Aerospace
17 11 (1.20%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 620 (67.54%) Analyst
2 494 (53.81%) Business Analyst
3 144 (15.69%) Senior
4 121 (13.18%) Senior Analyst
5 113 (12.31%) Senior Business Analyst
5 113 (12.31%) Trainee
5 113 (12.31%) Trainee Analyst
6 74 (8.06%) Data Analyst
7 61 (6.64%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 52 (5.66%) Trainee Business Analyst
9 46 (5.01%) Lead
10 40 (4.36%) Consultant
11 39 (4.25%) Project Manager
12 30 (3.27%) Business Manager
13 28 (3.05%) Insurance Business Analyst
13 28 (3.05%) Technical Analyst
13 28 (3.05%) Technical Business Analyst
14 26 (2.83%) Systems Analyst
15 23 (2.51%) IT Analyst
15 23 (2.51%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.07%) FIX Protocol
2 13 (1.42%) JSON
2 13 (1.42%) XML
3 9 (0.98%) FpML
4 8 (0.87%) .NET
4 8 (0.87%) Gherkin
5 7 (0.76%) REST
5 7 (0.76%) XML Schema
6 6 (0.65%) EDI
6 6 (0.65%) SOAP
7 5 (0.54%) Middleware
8 3 (0.33%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (0.33%) WinForms
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%) .NET Core
10 1 (0.11%) PySpark
10 1 (0.11%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 90 (9.80%) Product Ownership
2 46 (5.01%) Management Information System
3 29 (3.16%) Data Structures
4 26 (2.83%) Analytical Mindset
5 16 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
6 15 (1.63%) Derivative
6 15 (1.63%) Fixed Income
7 14 (1.53%) Low-Code
7 14 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (1.42%) IoT
9 12 (1.31%) Blog
10 11 (1.20%) AI Agents
10 11 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (1.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 11 (1.20%) Onboarding
11 10 (1.09%) PropTech
12 9 (0.98%) Cloud Native
13 8 (0.87%) e-Learning
13 8 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
14 7 (0.76%) OTC Derivatives
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.96%) Windows
2 17 (1.85%) Linux
3 3 (0.33%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.22%) Android
4 2 (0.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 334 (36.38%) Agile
2 211 (22.98%) Project Management
3 201 (21.90%) Problem-Solving
3 201 (21.90%) Requirements Gathering
4 184 (20.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 177 (19.28%) User Stories
6 174 (18.95%) Stakeholder Management
7 152 (16.56%) Workshop Facilitation
8 139 (15.14%) Process Improvement
9 137 (14.92%) Continuous Improvement
10 130 (14.16%) Decision-Making
11 126 (13.73%) Analytics
12 114 (12.42%) Data Analysis
13 107 (11.66%) AI
14 106 (11.55%) Project Delivery
15 90 (9.80%) Acceptance Criteria
16 88 (9.59%) Business Intelligence
16 88 (9.59%) Scrum
16 88 (9.59%) User Acceptance Testing
17 82 (8.93%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 172 (18.74%) SQL
2 87 (9.48%) Python
3 10 (1.09%) C#
3 10 (1.09%) JavaScript
4 9 (0.98%) C++
5 6 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 5 (0.54%) Java
6 5 (0.54%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.33%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.33%) VB.NET
8 2 (0.22%) Ada
9 1 (0.11%) R
9 1 (0.11%) RPG
9 1 (0.11%) SOQL
9 1 (0.11%) SOSL
9 1 (0.11%) X++
Qualifications
1 131 (14.27%) Degree
2 63 (6.86%) Security Cleared
3 54 (5.88%) SC Cleared
4 37 (4.03%) ACCA
5 34 (3.70%) CIMA
6 26 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
7 24 (2.61%) PMI Certification
8 23 (2.51%) PMP
9 19 (2.07%) IIBA
10 14 (1.53%) DBS Check
11 13 (1.42%) CBAP
12 9 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
13 7 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (0.54%) CIPD
14 5 (0.54%) DV Cleared
14 5 (0.54%) ISEB
14 5 (0.54%) Master's Degree
15 4 (0.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 3 (0.33%) CSPO
16 3 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (3.16%) Data Quality
1 29 (3.16%) PMO
1 29 (3.16%) QA
2 17 (1.85%) GAAP
2 17 (1.85%) GDPR
3 15 (1.63%) Accessibility
4 7 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
4 7 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (0.76%) MiFID
5 4 (0.44%) GRC
5 4 (0.44%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.22%) SEPA
6 2 (0.22%) SLA
6 2 (0.22%) TARGET2
6 2 (0.22%) WCAG
7 1 (0.11%) COBIT
7 1 (0.11%) COSO
7 1 (0.11%) IFRS
7 1 (0.11%) NIST
7 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (0.76%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.11%) IAG
Systems Management
1 3 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.22%) Terraform
3 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 188 (20.48%) Microsoft
2 36 (3.92%) Salesforce
3 23 (2.51%) SAP
4 16 (1.74%) ServiceNow
5 15 (1.63%) Google
5 15 (1.63%) Oracle
6 13 (1.42%) Intapp
7 11 (1.20%) JD Edwards
8 10 (1.09%) Atlassian
9 8 (0.87%) Sparx
10 6 (0.65%) Aderant
10 6 (0.65%) Bloomberg
10 6 (0.65%) CQG
10 6 (0.65%) FIS
10 6 (0.65%) IBM
10 6 (0.65%) ION Trading
10 6 (0.65%) Patsystems
10 6 (0.65%) Reuters
10 6 (0.65%) TOWER Software
10 6 (0.65%) Trayport