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 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 229 222 203
Rank change year-on-year -7 -19 -69
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 998 709 955
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.84% 1.44% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.15% 1.61% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 691 543 568
10th Percentile £39,818 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £43,870
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £79,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £97,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year - +2.04% -2.00%

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 86,578 43,908 59,440
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.25% 88.94% 82.23%
Number of salaries quoted 59,120 24,542 31,807
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,054 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £78,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +17.02% -10.48% -2.78%

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 11 October 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 11 October 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 -2 893 £55,000 -12.00% 1,127
UK excluding London -4 557 £50,000 - 662
Work from Home +42 374 £52,500 -16.00% 497
London -33 355 £70,000 -6.67% 571
North of England -18 178 £50,000 -2.44% 179
South East -10 117 £55,000 -4.35% 167
Midlands -10 91 £50,000 -9.09% 105
South West -27 78 £44,551 +4.21% 59
Yorkshire -3 74 £52,500 +31.25% 60
North West -28 74 £50,000 -16.67% 93
West Midlands -26 66 £53,500 -0.47% 74
East of England -9 52 £50,000 +5.26% 48
North East -46 30 £44,636 +11.59% 26
East Midlands -13 25 £47,750 -16.23% 31
Scotland +4 20 £52,000 +30.00% 47
Wales -63 18 £52,500 +4.54% 24
Northern Ireland -73 7 - - 36

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 73 (7.31%) Confluence
2 35 (3.51%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.50%) ColdFusion
4 4 (0.40%) CMS
5 2 (0.20%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.20%) WordPress
6 1 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.10%) Appian
6 1 (0.10%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 74 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (6.51%) Microsoft Office
2 65 (6.51%) MS Visio
3 34 (3.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (2.00%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.70%) Moqups
6 6 (0.60%) Trello
7 3 (0.30%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.20%) InDesign
8 2 (0.20%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (1.60%) NetSuite
2 12 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (0.90%) Fidessa
5 4 (0.40%) Magento
5 4 (0.40%) Shopify
6 3 (0.30%) Exchequer
6 3 (0.30%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 3 (0.30%) Sage 50
6 3 (0.30%) Sage X3
6 3 (0.30%) SAP Business One
6 3 (0.30%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.30%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.20%) iTrent
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.20%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.20%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 124 (12.42%) Power Platform
2 119 (11.92%) Azure
3 66 (6.61%) Azure DevOps
4 50 (5.01%) Microsoft 365
5 43 (4.31%) SaaS
6 41 (4.11%) AWS
6 41 (4.11%) Dynamics 365
7 33 (3.31%) Power Automate
8 26 (2.61%) Microsoft Copilot
9 25 (2.51%) Lucidchart
10 17 (1.70%) Anthropic Claude
11 13 (1.30%) PowerApps
11 13 (1.30%) Zapier
12 12 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
13 10 (1.00%) Copilot Studio
13 10 (1.00%) Figma
14 8 (0.80%) Boomi
14 8 (0.80%) GCP
14 8 (0.80%) iPaaS
14 8 (0.80%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.90%) Multicast
2 7 (0.70%) FIX Connectivity
3 4 (0.40%) Internet
4 1 (0.10%) 5G
4 1 (0.10%) DSL
4 1 (0.10%) Intranet
4 1 (0.10%) LAN
4 1 (0.10%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.10%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (10.72%) Power BI
2 26 (2.61%) Relational Database
3 18 (1.80%) Tableau
4 17 (1.70%) SQL Server
5 14 (1.40%) Metadata
6 8 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (0.50%) DTS
9 3 (0.30%) Amazon Athena
9 3 (0.30%) Crystal Reports
9 3 (0.30%) DynamoDB
9 3 (0.30%) MySQL
9 3 (0.30%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.30%) Spotfire
9 3 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.20%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.20%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.20%) Looker
10 2 (0.20%) Power Query
10 2 (0.20%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 138 (13.83%) JIRA
2 8 (0.80%) Claude Code
2 8 (0.80%) Cypress.io
2 8 (0.80%) Selenium
3 7 (0.70%) Postman
4 3 (0.30%) Artifactory
4 3 (0.30%) Git
4 3 (0.30%) GitLab
4 3 (0.30%) Hudson
4 3 (0.30%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.20%) Balsamiq
5 2 (0.20%) LSMW
6 1 (0.10%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.10%) JIRA Agile
6 1 (0.10%) Rational DOORS
General
1 413 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 369 (36.97%) Finance
3 312 (31.26%) Analytical Skills
4 136 (13.63%) Public Sector
5 97 (9.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 70 (7.01%) Law
7 62 (6.21%) Documentation Skills
8 56 (5.61%) Organisational Skills
9 54 (5.41%) Legal
10 53 (5.31%) Influencing Skills
11 48 (4.81%) Presentation Skills
12 41 (4.11%) Manufacturing
13 39 (3.91%) Retail
14 30 (3.01%) Banking
15 25 (2.51%) Local Government
16 24 (2.40%) Marketing
17 21 (2.10%) Aerospace
17 21 (2.10%) Legal Technology
18 16 (1.60%) Front Office
19 14 (1.40%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 615 (61.62%) Analyst
2 519 (52.00%) Business Analyst
3 169 (16.93%) Senior
4 127 (12.73%) Senior Analyst
5 120 (12.02%) Senior Business Analyst
6 66 (6.61%) Lead
7 58 (5.81%) Consultant
8 45 (4.51%) Technical Analyst
9 43 (4.31%) Technical Business Analyst
10 34 (3.41%) Business Manager
11 32 (3.21%) Project Manager
12 31 (3.11%) Applications Support
12 31 (3.11%) Lead Business Analyst
13 29 (2.91%) Product Manager
14 28 (2.81%) Data Analyst
15 26 (2.61%) Business IT Analyst
15 26 (2.61%) IT Analyst
15 26 (2.61%) Systems Analyst
16 25 (2.51%) IT Business Analyst
17 24 (2.40%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.00%) FIX Protocol
1 20 (2.00%) REST
2 17 (1.70%) .NET
3 12 (1.20%) Playwright
4 11 (1.10%) Gherkin
5 10 (1.00%) SOAP
6 8 (0.80%) XML
7 6 (0.60%) LangChain
8 5 (0.50%) CrewAI
8 5 (0.50%) LlamaIndex
9 4 (0.40%) Lightning Web Components
9 4 (0.40%) Middleware
9 4 (0.40%) Oracle Fusion
9 4 (0.40%) RESTful
9 4 (0.40%) Terraform
10 3 (0.30%) .NET Core
10 3 (0.30%) EDI
10 3 (0.30%) Elastic Stack
10 3 (0.30%) JSON
10 3 (0.30%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 115 (11.52%) Product Ownership
2 54 (5.41%) Management Information System
3 27 (2.71%) Low-Code
4 25 (2.51%) Onboarding
5 23 (2.30%) AI Agents
6 21 (2.10%) Data Structures
7 20 (2.00%) Derivative
8 19 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
9 18 (1.80%) Analytical Mindset
9 18 (1.80%) Fixed Income
10 13 (1.30%) Blog
10 13 (1.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 12 (1.20%) PMI
12 11 (1.10%) NHS
13 10 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
14 9 (0.90%) Distributed Architecture
14 9 (0.90%) Distributed Computing
14 9 (0.90%) Equities
14 9 (0.90%) Eurex
Operating Systems
1 26 (2.61%) Linux
2 18 (1.80%) Windows
3 3 (0.30%) Unix
4 2 (0.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 442 (44.29%) Agile
2 333 (33.37%) Stakeholder Management
3 315 (31.56%) Problem-Solving
4 304 (30.46%) Requirements Gathering
5 238 (23.85%) Workshop Facilitation
6 224 (22.44%) User Stories
7 216 (21.64%) AI
7 216 (21.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 212 (21.24%) Process Improvement
9 206 (20.64%) Continuous Improvement
10 160 (16.03%) Decision-Making
11 159 (15.93%) Project Management
12 150 (15.03%) Project Delivery
13 131 (13.13%) Scrum
14 127 (12.73%) Business Intelligence
15 125 (12.53%) Acceptance Criteria
15 125 (12.53%) User Acceptance Testing
16 119 (11.92%) Coaching
17 116 (11.62%) Change Management
18 104 (10.42%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 154 (15.43%) SQL
2 44 (4.41%) Python
3 25 (2.51%) JavaScript
4 23 (2.30%) Java
5 21 (2.10%) C++
6 16 (1.60%) C#
7 9 (0.90%) TypeScript
8 5 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 5 (0.50%) T-SQL
9 4 (0.40%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.30%) Bash
10 3 (0.30%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.20%) Ada
12 1 (0.10%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.10%) R
12 1 (0.10%) RPG
12 1 (0.10%) SOQL
12 1 (0.10%) SOSL
12 1 (0.10%) VBA
Qualifications
1 169 (16.93%) Degree
2 107 (10.72%) Security Cleared
3 84 (8.42%) SC Cleared
4 28 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (2.40%) ACCA
5 24 (2.40%) IIBA
6 23 (2.30%) CIMA
6 23 (2.30%) PMI Certification
7 16 (1.60%) CBAP
8 15 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
9 14 (1.40%) PMP
10 13 (1.30%) DV Cleared
11 12 (1.20%) DBS Check
12 8 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (0.60%) CFA
13 6 (0.60%) ISEB
13 6 (0.60%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 4 (0.40%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.40%) Postgraduate
14 4 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (6.41%) QA
2 57 (5.71%) Data Quality
3 25 (2.51%) PMO
4 17 (1.70%) Accessibility
4 17 (1.70%) GDPR
5 14 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.70%) GAAP
7 4 (0.40%) COBIT
7 4 (0.40%) NIST
8 3 (0.30%) GRC
8 3 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 3 (0.30%) NCSC
9 2 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.20%) Good Clinical Practice
9 2 (0.20%) ISO 13485
9 2 (0.20%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.20%) SOC 3
10 1 (0.10%) GxP
10 1 (0.10%) IFRS
10 1 (0.10%) NIST 800
System Software
1 3 (0.30%) Docker
2 1 (0.10%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.10%) IAG
Systems Management
1 4 (0.40%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.30%) Grafana
2 3 (0.30%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.10%) Kibana
4 1 (0.10%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 175 (17.54%) Microsoft
2 38 (3.81%) SAP
3 36 (3.61%) Salesforce
4 24 (2.40%) Oracle
5 23 (2.30%) ServiceNow
6 21 (2.10%) YouTube
7 18 (1.80%) Google
8 15 (1.50%) JD Edwards
9 14 (1.40%) Workday
10 10 (1.00%) Sage
11 9 (0.90%) Bloomberg
11 9 (0.90%) CQG
11 9 (0.90%) FIS
11 9 (0.90%) Intapp
11 9 (0.90%) ION Trading
11 9 (0.90%) Patsystems
11 9 (0.90%) Reuters
11 9 (0.90%) SunGard
11 9 (0.90%) Trayport
12 8 (0.80%) RedGate