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

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 179 205 140
Rank change year-on-year +26 -65 -9
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 788 885 1,214
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.46% 1.32% 2.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.72% 1.56% 2.54%
Number of salaries quoted 613 552 894
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +1.69%
75th Percentile £75,246 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £97,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% - -4.76%

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 45,707 56,896 47,775
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.68% 85.15% 93.78%
Number of salaries quoted 27,910 29,661 36,781
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,001 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,439 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.75% +3.69% -0.94%

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 November 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 28 November 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 +27 722 £57,500 -4.17% 822
UK excluding London +24 423 £40,000 -20.00% 790
London +47 317 £75,000 +3.45% 198
Work from Home +33 211 £62,500 - 123
North of England +39 193 £40,000 -11.11% 203
North West +62 105 £53,393 -2.92% 111
South East +38 71 £56,250 +27.12% 197
Yorkshire +61 68 £40,000 -20.00% 61
Midlands -24 52 £40,000 -27.27% 158
South West +7 45 £40,000 -16.67% 74
West Midlands +25 42 £40,000 -23.81% 98
Scotland +5 29 £40,000 -5.88% 46
East of England +31 26 £40,000 -36.00% 77
North East -26 20 £40,000 +6.67% 34
East Midlands -41 10 £56,250 -25.00% 60
Wales +12 7 £45,000 -5.26% 31
Northern Ireland -2 1 - - 11

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 42 (5.33%) Confluence
2 21 (2.66%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.25%) CMS
4 2 (0.25%) IIS
4 2 (0.25%) SAS
5 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 144 (18.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (4.06%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (3.43%) MS Visio
4 26 (3.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.89%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.02%) SAP WM
3 5 (0.63%) Unit4 Business World
4 4 (0.51%) Elite 3E
4 4 (0.51%) Sage X3
4 4 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.38%) Endur
5 3 (0.38%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.25%) Adaptiv
6 2 (0.25%) Bloomberg AIM
6 2 (0.25%) iTrent
6 2 (0.25%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.13%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.13%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 1 (0.13%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.13%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 64 (8.12%) Power Platform
2 58 (7.36%) Azure
3 37 (4.70%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (3.81%) Azure DevOps
5 29 (3.68%) SaaS
6 24 (3.05%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 18 (2.28%) Dynamics 365
8 16 (2.03%) AWS
9 15 (1.90%) Miro
10 14 (1.78%) PaaS
10 14 (1.78%) Power Automate
11 8 (1.02%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (1.02%) Microsoft Copilot
12 7 (0.89%) Figma
12 7 (0.89%) PowerApps
13 6 (0.76%) IaaS
14 5 (0.63%) Azure Data Factory
14 5 (0.63%) ChatGPT
14 5 (0.63%) GCP
14 5 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (0.51%) Unified Communications
3 3 (0.38%) FIX Connectivity
3 3 (0.38%) HTTP
3 3 (0.38%) Multicast
4 2 (0.25%) 4G
4 2 (0.25%) LAN
4 2 (0.25%) WAN
5 1 (0.13%) DHCP
5 1 (0.13%) DNS
5 1 (0.13%) Firewall
5 1 (0.13%) Intranet
5 1 (0.13%) Network Security
5 1 (0.13%) RFID
5 1 (0.13%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.13%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (13.20%) Tableau
2 96 (12.18%) Data Mining
3 50 (6.35%) Power BI
4 18 (2.28%) SQL Server
5 12 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (1.02%) Big Data
7 5 (0.63%) Data Lake
7 5 (0.63%) Metadata
7 5 (0.63%) MS Access
7 5 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (0.51%) BusinessObjects
8 4 (0.51%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.51%) Power Query
8 4 (0.51%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.38%) GIS
9 3 (0.38%) Qlik Sense
9 3 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.13%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.13%) Semantic Layer
10 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 64 (8.12%) JIRA
2 4 (0.51%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.13%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.13%) Git
4 1 (0.13%) GitLab
4 1 (0.13%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.13%) Maven
4 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 424 (53.81%) Finance
2 278 (35.28%) Social Skills
3 263 (33.38%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (10.15%) Marketing
5 70 (8.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 56 (7.11%) Banking
7 53 (6.73%) Legal
8 37 (4.70%) Retail
9 34 (4.31%) Public Sector
10 28 (3.55%) Law
11 27 (3.43%) Documentation Skills
12 26 (3.30%) Manufacturing
13 25 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
14 20 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
15 16 (2.03%) Billing
16 15 (1.90%) Financial Institution
17 14 (1.78%) Back Office
18 12 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
19 8 (1.02%) Advertising
20 7 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 475 (60.28%) Analyst
2 347 (44.04%) Business Analyst
3 178 (22.59%) Trainee
4 167 (21.19%) Trainee Analyst
5 102 (12.94%) Data Analyst
6 99 (12.56%) Senior
7 84 (10.66%) Trainee Business Analyst
8 83 (10.53%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 59 (7.49%) Lead
10 55 (6.98%) Senior Analyst
11 51 (6.47%) Senior Business Analyst
12 49 (6.22%) Project Manager
13 42 (5.33%) Architect
14 41 (5.20%) Lead Business Analyst
15 36 (4.57%) Developer
16 29 (3.68%) IT Manager
17 27 (3.43%) Consultant
17 27 (3.43%) Financial Analyst
17 27 (3.43%) IT Project Manager
18 25 (3.17%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.14%) .NET
1 9 (1.14%) React
2 6 (0.76%) Middleware
3 5 (0.63%) Web Services
3 5 (0.63%) XML
4 4 (0.51%) FIX Protocol
5 3 (0.38%) Gherkin
5 3 (0.38%) HTML
6 2 (0.25%) CSS
6 2 (0.25%) REST
6 2 (0.25%) RESTful
6 2 (0.25%) Spring
6 2 (0.25%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.13%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.13%) CSS3
7 1 (0.13%) Dropwizard
7 1 (0.13%) JSON
7 1 (0.13%) MERN Stack
7 1 (0.13%) Mongoose
7 1 (0.13%) Nunjucks
Miscellaneous
1 68 (8.63%) Product Ownership
2 39 (4.95%) Management Information System
3 26 (3.30%) Analytical Mindset
4 19 (2.41%) Reinsurance
5 17 (2.16%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 16 (2.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 14 (1.78%) Onboarding
8 13 (1.65%) Fixed Income
9 11 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (1.27%) Digital Media
11 9 (1.14%) IoT
11 9 (1.14%) Social Media
12 8 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (0.89%) AI Agents
13 7 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
14 6 (0.76%) OTC Derivatives
14 6 (0.76%) PMI
14 6 (0.76%) Wiki
15 5 (0.63%) Derivative
15 5 (0.63%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.27%) Windows
2 3 (0.38%) Linux
3 1 (0.13%) Android
3 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 308 (39.09%) Project Management
2 299 (37.94%) Agile
3 200 (25.38%) Problem-Solving
4 172 (21.83%) Change Management
5 163 (20.69%) Data Analysis
6 136 (17.26%) Analytics
7 134 (17.01%) Stakeholder Management
8 133 (16.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 126 (15.99%) Requirements Gathering
10 125 (15.86%) Process Improvement
11 117 (14.85%) Data Analytics
12 112 (14.21%) Continuous Improvement
13 106 (13.45%) Roadmaps
14 99 (12.56%) User Stories
15 98 (12.44%) AI
15 98 (12.44%) Project Delivery
16 96 (12.18%) Decision-Making
17 74 (9.39%) Workshop Facilitation
18 73 (9.26%) Scrum
19 69 (8.76%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 164 (20.81%) SQL
2 117 (14.85%) Python
3 12 (1.52%) C#
4 6 (0.76%) VBA
5 5 (0.63%) JavaScript
5 5 (0.63%) PL/SQL
6 4 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (0.51%) Java
6 4 (0.51%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.25%) Ada
7 2 (0.25%) Bash
7 2 (0.25%) C++
7 2 (0.25%) R
8 1 (0.13%) ABAP
8 1 (0.13%) PHP
8 1 (0.13%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 215 (27.28%) Degree
2 37 (4.70%) DBS Check
3 36 (4.57%) PMI Certification
4 34 (4.31%) Master's Degree
5 31 (3.93%) PMP
6 27 (3.43%) Security Cleared
7 22 (2.79%) CIMA
8 19 (2.41%) SC Cleared
9 16 (2.03%) ACCA
10 13 (1.65%) CBAP
10 13 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (1.02%) DV Cleared
11 8 (1.02%) HND
12 7 (0.89%) CFA
12 7 (0.89%) IIBA
13 5 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.63%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 4 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (0.51%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.51%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (6.22%) QA
2 34 (4.31%) Data Quality
3 17 (2.16%) SEPA
4 16 (2.03%) MiFID
5 13 (1.65%) ISO 20022
6 12 (1.52%) Accessibility
6 12 (1.52%) PMO
7 11 (1.40%) TARGET2
8 8 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.89%) GDPR
10 5 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.38%) EMIR
12 2 (0.25%) COBIT
12 2 (0.25%) GRC
12 2 (0.25%) GxP
12 2 (0.25%) IFRS
12 2 (0.25%) Solvency II
12 2 (0.25%) UCITS
13 1 (0.13%) GAAP
13 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (0.51%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.13%) Docker
2 1 (0.13%) Firmware
2 1 (0.13%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 3 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.13%) Control-M
2 1 (0.13%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 186 (23.60%) Microsoft
2 42 (5.33%) Salesforce
3 23 (2.92%) SAP
4 13 (1.65%) Oracle
5 11 (1.40%) Atlassian
6 9 (1.14%) Anaplan
6 9 (1.14%) GoldenSource
6 9 (1.14%) ServiceNow
7 8 (1.02%) Guidewire
8 7 (0.89%) Adobe
8 7 (0.89%) Civica
9 6 (0.76%) Google
9 6 (0.76%) iManage
10 5 (0.63%) Bloomberg
10 5 (0.63%) Murex
11 4 (0.51%) HubSpot
11 4 (0.51%) ION Trading
11 4 (0.51%) Sage
11 4 (0.51%) Workday
12 3 (0.38%) Alteryx