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

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 189 176
Rank change year-on-year +19 -13 -33
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 931 755 1,349
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.33% 1.62% 1.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.69% 1.74% 1.96%
Number of salaries quoted 716 438 852
10th Percentile £28,250 £43,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £50,967 £44,884
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £75,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £93,313 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -23.81% - -4.55%

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 55,161 43,489 68,939
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.71% 93.04% 88.07%
Number of salaries quoted 33,069 21,992 52,917
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,000 £29,440
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 1 March 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 1 March 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 +31 834 £42,500 -29.17% 391
UK excluding London +23 565 £40,000 -23.81% 357
London +27 302 £70,000 -6.67% 126
North of England +79 267 £40,000 -28.89% 89
Work from Home -45 161 £57,500 -4.17% 116
North West +27 119 £40,000 -27.27% 32
Yorkshire +50 106 £40,000 -44.44% 42
Midlands -1 86 £40,000 -27.27% 45
West Midlands +24 66 £40,000 -23.81% 19
South West -21 61 £40,000 -26.52% 38
South East -27 59 £50,000 -1.90% 93
Scotland -12 47 £40,000 -35.48% 24
North East +23 42 £40,000 -33.02% 16
East of England -37 31 £40,000 -21.52% 42
East Midlands -30 20 £48,750 -25.00% 26
Wales +2 14 £52,500 -17.92% 16
Northern Ireland -28 1 - - 12

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 33 (3.54%) Confluence
2 13 (1.40%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.11%) IIS
4 1 (0.11%) Mendix
4 1 (0.11%) SAS
Applications
1 201 (21.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (3.11%) MS Visio
3 27 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
4 18 (1.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.75%) Adobe XD
5 7 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.11%) Sketch
6 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.43%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.21%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.11%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.11%) Endur
5 1 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.11%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.11%) PeopleSoft HRMS
5 1 (0.11%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.11%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 78 (8.38%) Power Platform
2 52 (5.59%) Azure
3 46 (4.94%) Microsoft 365
4 37 (3.97%) SaaS
5 22 (2.36%) Dynamics 365
6 21 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (2.15%) Cloud Computing
8 18 (1.93%) AWS
8 18 (1.93%) PaaS
9 17 (1.83%) Miro
10 16 (1.72%) ChatGPT
11 15 (1.61%) Microsoft Copilot
12 14 (1.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 11 (1.18%) Microsoft Purview
14 10 (1.07%) Azure Data Factory
14 10 (1.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 10 (1.07%) Entra ID
14 10 (1.07%) IaaS
15 8 (0.86%) Figma
15 8 (0.86%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.43%) Multicast
2 2 (0.21%) LAN
2 2 (0.21%) Network Security
2 2 (0.21%) WAN
3 1 (0.11%) 4G
3 1 (0.11%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.11%) DHCP
3 1 (0.11%) DNS
3 1 (0.11%) Firewall
3 1 (0.11%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.11%) RFID
3 1 (0.11%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.11%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 179 (19.23%) Tableau
2 169 (18.15%) Data Mining
3 59 (6.34%) Power BI
4 20 (2.15%) Big Data
5 12 (1.29%) Metadata
6 9 (0.97%) Data Lake
6 9 (0.97%) Power Query
6 9 (0.97%) Relational Database
7 7 (0.75%) SQL Server
8 6 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.64%) Qlik Sense
9 5 (0.54%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.43%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
12 1 (0.11%) GIS
12 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 39 (4.19%) JIRA
2 4 (0.43%) ERwin
3 2 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.11%) Balsamiq
General
1 554 (59.51%) Finance
2 351 (37.70%) Analytical Skills
3 264 (28.36%) Social Skills
4 64 (6.87%) Marketing
5 57 (6.12%) Banking
6 49 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 48 (5.16%) Legal
8 42 (4.51%) Public Sector
9 32 (3.44%) Law
10 28 (3.01%) Documentation Skills
11 23 (2.47%) Financial Institution
12 21 (2.26%) Billing
13 20 (2.15%) Retail
14 19 (2.04%) Manufacturing
15 15 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
16 12 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
17 11 (1.18%) Digital Health
18 10 (1.07%) Back Office
19 6 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
20 5 (0.54%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 653 (70.14%) Analyst
2 460 (49.41%) Business Analyst
3 332 (35.66%) Trainee
4 321 (34.48%) Trainee Analyst
5 168 (18.05%) Data Analyst
6 163 (17.51%) Trainee Business Analyst
7 158 (16.97%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 93 (9.99%) Senior
9 64 (6.87%) Senior Analyst
10 61 (6.55%) Senior Business Analyst
11 40 (4.30%) Architect
12 32 (3.44%) Lead
13 29 (3.11%) Consultant
14 28 (3.01%) Project Manager
15 23 (2.47%) Developer
15 23 (2.47%) Insurance Business Analyst
16 20 (2.15%) Lecturer
17 19 (2.04%) Product Manager
17 19 (2.04%) Technical Analyst
17 19 (2.04%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (1.18%) XML
2 9 (0.97%) JSON
3 8 (0.86%) FIX Protocol
4 6 (0.64%) Middleware
5 5 (0.54%) EDI
5 5 (0.54%) React
6 4 (0.43%) .NET
6 4 (0.43%) FpML
6 4 (0.43%) REST
6 4 (0.43%) SOAP
6 4 (0.43%) XML Schema
7 3 (0.32%) OpenAPI
7 3 (0.32%) Swagger
8 2 (0.21%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.21%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.21%) Web Services
9 1 (0.11%) ADO
9 1 (0.11%) CSS
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Fusion
9 1 (0.11%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 63 (6.77%) Product Ownership
2 35 (3.76%) Management Information System
3 23 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
4 20 (2.15%) IoT
5 19 (2.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 19 (2.04%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 17 (1.83%) Onboarding
7 16 (1.72%) AI Agents
7 16 (1.72%) Fixed Income
7 16 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
8 15 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (1.18%) PMI
10 10 (1.07%) Data Structures
10 10 (1.07%) Enterprise Cloud
10 10 (1.07%) Low-Code
11 9 (0.97%) Cloud Native
12 8 (0.86%) Life Science
12 8 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (0.75%) Derivative
13 7 (0.75%) OTC Derivatives
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.72%) Windows
2 4 (0.43%) Linux
3 3 (0.32%) Android
3 3 (0.32%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 380 (40.82%) Project Management
2 294 (31.58%) Agile
3 247 (26.53%) Problem-Solving
4 225 (24.17%) Data Analysis
5 216 (23.20%) Analytics
6 202 (21.70%) Change Management
7 179 (19.23%) Data Analytics
8 119 (12.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 113 (12.14%) Requirements Gathering
10 112 (12.03%) User Stories
11 110 (11.82%) Stakeholder Management
12 103 (11.06%) AI
12 103 (11.06%) Decision-Making
13 96 (10.31%) Process Improvement
14 95 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
15 93 (9.99%) Roadmaps
16 84 (9.02%) Workshop Facilitation
17 81 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
18 71 (7.63%) Project Delivery
19 70 (7.52%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 238 (25.56%) SQL
2 190 (20.41%) Python
3 7 (0.75%) C#
4 5 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (0.54%) Java
5 2 (0.21%) R
5 2 (0.21%) X++
6 1 (0.11%) C++
6 1 (0.11%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.11%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.11%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 264 (28.36%) Degree
2 48 (5.16%) Security Cleared
3 37 (3.97%) PMI Certification
4 31 (3.33%) Master's Degree
5 29 (3.11%) SC Cleared
6 27 (2.90%) PMP
7 26 (2.79%) IIBA
8 22 (2.36%) CIMA
9 21 (2.26%) DBS Check
10 20 (2.15%) HND
11 17 (1.83%) ACCA
12 15 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
13 14 (1.50%) DV Cleared
14 11 (1.18%) CBAP
15 8 (0.86%) ISEB
16 7 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
17 6 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
17 6 (0.64%) PRINCE2 Certification
18 5 (0.54%) CIPD
19 3 (0.32%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (4.30%) QA
2 25 (2.69%) Accessibility
3 23 (2.47%) Data Quality
4 17 (1.83%) SEPA
5 15 (1.61%) ISO 20022
6 14 (1.50%) MiFID
7 13 (1.40%) GDPR
7 13 (1.40%) TARGET2
8 10 (1.07%) Actionable Recommendations
8 10 (1.07%) PMO
9 3 (0.32%) EMIR
10 2 (0.21%) GAAP
10 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.21%) NIST
10 2 (0.21%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.11%) COBIT
11 1 (0.11%) GRC
11 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (1.18%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.11%) Control-M
2 1 (0.11%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 277 (29.75%) Microsoft
2 27 (2.90%) Salesforce
3 15 (1.61%) SAP
4 12 (1.29%) Anaplan
5 11 (1.18%) Oracle
5 11 (1.18%) ServiceNow
6 8 (0.86%) Alteryx
7 7 (0.75%) Adobe
8 6 (0.64%) Atlassian
8 6 (0.64%) Google
9 5 (0.54%) GoldenSource
9 5 (0.54%) ION Trading
9 5 (0.54%) Sparx
9 5 (0.54%) Workday
10 4 (0.43%) Bloomberg
10 4 (0.43%) Guidewire
10 4 (0.43%) HubSpot
10 4 (0.43%) Patsystems
10 4 (0.43%) Reuters
10 4 (0.43%) Trayport