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 24 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 224 202 135
Rank change year-on-year -22 -67 +8
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 700 899 1,313
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.42% 1.30% 2.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.60% 1.58% 2.51%
Number of salaries quoted 532 534 993
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £42,750 £45,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +5.93%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £99,625 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.00% - -3.85%

All Process and 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 43,671 56,801 52,380
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 88.34% 82.43% 94.05%
Number of salaries quoted 24,895 30,230 40,176
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £45,000 £44,804
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,625 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.96% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £54,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -14.81% +1.89% +0.95%

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 24 October 2025.

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 24 October 2025. 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 -19 633 £62,500 +4.17% 1,010
UK excluding London -33 345 £48,500 -3.00% 888
London +36 315 £75,000 +2.67% 331
Work from Home -3 224 £62,500 -0.79% 204
North of England +8 130 £52,500 +28.05% 222
North West +35 86 £60,000 +19.93% 124
South East +24 79 £57,500 +43.75% 280
Midlands -63 44 £48,000 -12.73% 158
South West +25 37 £42,250 -19.52% 74
West Midlands +1 37 £48,000 -8.57% 101
Yorkshire +36 35 £40,000 -11.11% 67
Scotland +4 25 £40,000 -1.23% 41
East of England +8 18 £40,000 -39.62% 73
North East -29 9 £40,000 +6.67% 36
Northern Ireland +14 8 £67,500 +12.50% 13
East Midlands -67 7 £50,195 -33.07% 56
Wales +14 6 £45,000 -2.70% 33

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 47 (6.71%) Confluence
2 18 (2.57%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.29%) CMS
3 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.29%) SAS
4 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.14%) IIS
Applications
1 110 (15.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (4.57%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (3.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (3.14%) MS Visio
5 8 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (1.00%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (2.57%) Aladdin
2 15 (2.14%) thinkFolio
3 10 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (1.14%) SAP WM
6 5 (0.71%) Maximo
6 5 (0.71%) Unit4 Business World
7 4 (0.57%) Elite 3E
7 4 (0.57%) Sage X3
8 3 (0.43%) Adaptiv
8 3 (0.43%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.43%) Endur
8 3 (0.43%) Fidessa
9 2 (0.29%) Bloomberg AIM
9 2 (0.29%) iTrent
9 2 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
10 1 (0.14%) OpenText VIM for SAP
10 1 (0.14%) SAP EWM
10 1 (0.14%) SAP GRC
10 1 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 67 (9.57%) Power Platform
2 55 (7.86%) Azure
3 27 (3.86%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (3.71%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (3.14%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 21 (3.00%) SaaS
7 19 (2.71%) AWS
8 16 (2.29%) Dynamics 365
8 16 (2.29%) Power Automate
9 9 (1.29%) PowerApps
10 8 (1.14%) Miro
11 7 (1.00%) Figma
12 6 (0.86%) GCP
13 5 (0.71%) Lucidchart
13 5 (0.71%) PaaS
13 5 (0.71%) Snowflake
14 4 (0.57%) Azure Data Factory
14 4 (0.57%) Google Workspace
15 3 (0.43%) Matillion
15 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.00%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (0.57%) HTTP
2 4 (0.57%) Unified Communications
3 3 (0.43%) BGP
3 3 (0.43%) EIGRP
3 3 (0.43%) Firewall
3 3 (0.43%) FIX Connectivity
3 3 (0.43%) HSRP
3 3 (0.43%) IPsec
3 3 (0.43%) Multicast
3 3 (0.43%) OSPF
3 3 (0.43%) SNMP
3 3 (0.43%) VPN
3 3 (0.43%) VRRP
4 2 (0.29%) LAN
4 2 (0.29%) WAN
5 1 (0.14%) 4G
5 1 (0.14%) Intranet
5 1 (0.14%) RFID
5 1 (0.14%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (8.14%) Power BI
2 54 (7.71%) Tableau
3 52 (7.43%) Data Mining
4 22 (3.14%) SQL Server
5 18 (2.57%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.00%) BusinessObjects
6 7 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.71%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.71%) MS Access
8 5 (0.71%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.71%) SAP HANA
9 3 (0.43%) GIS
9 3 (0.43%) Metadata
9 3 (0.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (0.29%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.29%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.29%) Power Query
11 1 (0.14%) Amazon Redshift
11 1 (0.14%) OLAP Cube
Development Applications
1 66 (9.43%) JIRA
2 4 (0.57%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.14%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.14%) Git
4 1 (0.14%) GitLab
4 1 (0.14%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.14%) Maven
4 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 343 (49.00%) Finance
2 268 (38.29%) Social Skills
3 198 (28.29%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (9.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 62 (8.86%) Marketing
6 51 (7.29%) Banking
7 45 (6.43%) Legal
8 35 (5.00%) Retail
9 32 (4.57%) Manufacturing
10 28 (4.00%) Public Sector
11 26 (3.71%) Organisational Skills
12 23 (3.29%) Documentation Skills
12 23 (3.29%) Law
13 22 (3.14%) Front Office
13 22 (3.14%) Influencing Skills
14 16 (2.29%) Billing
15 14 (2.00%) Back Office
16 13 (1.86%) Financial Institution
17 11 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
18 10 (1.43%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 413 (59.00%) Analyst
2 329 (47.00%) Business Analyst
3 95 (13.57%) Senior
4 88 (12.57%) Trainee
5 78 (11.14%) Trainee Analyst
6 61 (8.71%) Lead
7 58 (8.29%) Data Analyst
8 53 (7.57%) Senior Analyst
9 52 (7.43%) Senior Business Analyst
10 44 (6.29%) Project Manager
11 41 (5.86%) Architect
11 41 (5.86%) Lead Business Analyst
12 40 (5.71%) Trainee Business Analyst
13 38 (5.43%) Financial Analyst
13 38 (5.43%) Trainee Data Analyst
14 34 (4.86%) Business Manager
14 34 (4.86%) Developer
15 27 (3.86%) IT Manager
16 26 (3.71%) Consultant
17 25 (3.57%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.29%) .NET
2 7 (1.00%) React
3 6 (0.86%) FIX Protocol
3 6 (0.86%) Middleware
3 6 (0.86%) XML
4 5 (0.71%) SAP Fiori
4 5 (0.71%) SAPUI5
5 4 (0.57%) Web Services
6 3 (0.43%) Gherkin
6 3 (0.43%) HTML
7 2 (0.29%) CSS
7 2 (0.29%) EDI
7 2 (0.29%) JSON
7 2 (0.29%) REST
7 2 (0.29%) Spring
7 2 (0.29%) Spring Boot
8 1 (0.14%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.14%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.14%) LDAP
8 1 (0.14%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 63 (9.00%) Product Ownership
2 42 (6.00%) Management Information System
3 29 (4.14%) Onboarding
4 25 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
5 22 (3.14%) Fixed Income
6 21 (3.00%) Derivative
7 19 (2.71%) Reinsurance
7 19 (2.71%) Self-Motivation
8 17 (2.43%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 16 (2.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 16 (2.29%) Hedge funds
10 12 (1.71%) Social Media
11 10 (1.43%) Digital Media
12 7 (1.00%) PMI
13 6 (0.86%) Market Risk
13 6 (0.86%) OTC Derivatives
14 5 (0.71%) Augmented Reality
14 5 (0.71%) Wiki
15 4 (0.57%) Equities
15 4 (0.57%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.86%) Windows
2 3 (0.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 302 (43.14%) Agile
2 216 (30.86%) Project Management
3 161 (23.00%) Problem-Solving
4 135 (19.29%) Requirements Gathering
5 132 (18.86%) Stakeholder Management
6 121 (17.29%) Process Improvement
6 121 (17.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 117 (16.71%) Data Analysis
8 110 (15.71%) Change Management
9 109 (15.57%) Roadmaps
10 103 (14.71%) User Stories
11 101 (14.43%) Continuous Improvement
12 95 (13.57%) Analytics
13 91 (13.00%) Decision-Making
14 88 (12.57%) AI
15 87 (12.43%) Project Delivery
16 85 (12.14%) Business Intelligence
17 77 (11.00%) ERP
18 76 (10.86%) Workshop Facilitation
19 72 (10.29%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 137 (19.57%) SQL
2 87 (12.43%) Python
3 13 (1.86%) C#
4 6 (0.86%) JavaScript
5 5 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 5 (0.71%) PL/SQL
5 5 (0.71%) VBA
6 4 (0.57%) Java
6 4 (0.57%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.43%) Bash
7 3 (0.43%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.29%) Ada
8 2 (0.29%) C++
8 2 (0.29%) PHP
8 2 (0.29%) R
9 1 (0.14%) ABAP
9 1 (0.14%) VB
Qualifications
1 163 (23.29%) Degree
2 36 (5.14%) DBS Check
2 36 (5.14%) PMI Certification
3 30 (4.29%) PMP
4 24 (3.43%) Master's Degree
5 18 (2.57%) CIMA
6 16 (2.29%) CBAP
6 16 (2.29%) Security Cleared
7 15 (2.14%) ACCA
8 13 (1.86%) SC Cleared
9 12 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (1.29%) CFA
11 5 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (0.71%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 4 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.57%) CCA
12 4 (0.57%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.57%) IIBA
12 4 (0.57%) ISEB
12 4 (0.57%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (5.71%) QA
2 31 (4.43%) Data Quality
3 17 (2.43%) SEPA
4 15 (2.14%) GDPR
5 13 (1.86%) ISO 20022
5 13 (1.86%) PMO
6 12 (1.71%) Accessibility
6 12 (1.71%) MiFID
7 11 (1.57%) TARGET2
8 8 (1.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.29%) COBIT
10 2 (0.29%) EMIR
10 2 (0.29%) GRC
10 2 (0.29%) GxP
10 2 (0.29%) IFRS
10 2 (0.29%) Solvency II
10 2 (0.29%) UCITS
11 1 (0.14%) GAAP
11 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (0.14%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.14%) Firmware
1 1 (0.14%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 1 (0.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 141 (20.14%) Microsoft
2 45 (6.43%) Salesforce
3 25 (3.57%) SAP
4 16 (2.29%) Calypso
5 15 (2.14%) BISAM
5 15 (2.14%) Charles River
5 15 (2.14%) SimCorp
6 14 (2.00%) Anaplan
7 13 (1.86%) Oracle
8 11 (1.57%) Atlassian
9 10 (1.43%) ServiceNow
10 8 (1.14%) Bloomberg
11 7 (1.00%) Adobe
11 7 (1.00%) GoldenSource
12 6 (0.86%) Civica
12 6 (0.86%) Google
12 6 (0.86%) Guidewire
12 6 (0.86%) Murex
13 4 (0.57%) iManage
13 4 (0.57%) ION Trading