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 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 216 232 197
Rank change year-on-year +16 -35 -46
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 985 702 1,145
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.93% 1.41% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 1.58% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 751 471 631
10th Percentile £35,000 £43,099 £36,250
25th Percentile £44,972 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +10.54% -2.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £83,375 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £57,435 £47,500
% change year-on-year -12.95% +20.92% -5.00%

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 77,915 44,448 67,793
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.48% 89.27% 81.15%
Number of salaries quoted 53,724 25,250 43,771
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £48,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.58% -4.00% -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 12 August 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 12 August 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 +15 891 £55,000 -15.38% 990
UK excluding London -4 548 £50,000 -12.95% 618
London -15 366 £70,000 -8.94% 513
Work from Home +5 355 £57,500 -11.54% 379
North of England +54 211 £50,000 -16.67% 158
Yorkshire +59 102 £60,000 +20.00% 55
Midlands +16 95 £52,500 -4.55% 115
South East -31 88 £52,500 -12.50% 148
West Midlands +10 77 £52,500 -4.55% 67
North West -17 74 £47,500 -20.83% 81
South West -60 61 £50,000 - 62
East of England -4 53 £47,500 -5.00% 59
North East -22 35 £41,500 +5.73% 24
Scotland 0 24 £41,581 -15.26% 40
East Midlands -13 18 £48,000 -18.64% 47
Wales -50 9 £52,835 +0.43% 17
Northern Ireland -71 8 £40,000 -40.74% 32

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 50 (5.08%) Confluence
2 31 (3.15%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.51%) ColdFusion
4 3 (0.30%) CMS
5 2 (0.20%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.20%) WordPress
6 1 (0.10%) Appian
6 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 97 (9.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (5.48%) Microsoft Office
3 50 (5.08%) MS Visio
4 24 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (1.62%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.61%) Trello
7 4 (0.41%) Moqups
8 3 (0.30%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 28 (2.84%) NetSuite
2 13 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.81%) Fidessa
4 5 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.30%) Exchequer
5 3 (0.30%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 3 (0.30%) Magento
5 3 (0.30%) Sage 50
5 3 (0.30%) Sage X3
5 3 (0.30%) Shopify
6 2 (0.20%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.20%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.20%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.20%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.20%) SAP PSCD
7 1 (0.10%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.10%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 106 (10.76%) Power Platform
2 96 (9.75%) Azure
3 47 (4.77%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (3.96%) Azure DevOps
4 39 (3.96%) SaaS
5 37 (3.76%) AWS
6 33 (3.35%) Power Automate
7 28 (2.84%) Dynamics 365
8 25 (2.54%) Lucidchart
9 19 (1.93%) Microsoft Copilot
10 17 (1.73%) PowerApps
11 13 (1.32%) Anthropic Claude
11 13 (1.32%) GCP
11 13 (1.32%) Zapier
12 11 (1.12%) Copilot Studio
13 10 (1.02%) iPaaS
14 8 (0.81%) Boomi
14 8 (0.81%) Workato
15 7 (0.71%) Figma
15 7 (0.71%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.81%) Multicast
2 6 (0.61%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.10%) DSL
3 1 (0.10%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (9.14%) Power BI
2 54 (5.48%) Tableau
3 41 (4.16%) Data Mining
4 21 (2.13%) Relational Database
5 16 (1.62%) SQL Server
6 14 (1.42%) Metadata
7 9 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (0.81%) RDBMS
9 7 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.61%) DTS
11 3 (0.30%) Crystal Reports
11 3 (0.30%) MySQL
11 3 (0.30%) Spotfire
11 3 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.20%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.20%) GIS
12 2 (0.20%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.20%) Power Query
12 2 (0.20%) SAP BW
12 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 103 (10.46%) JIRA
2 6 (0.61%) ERwin
3 4 (0.41%) Cypress.io
3 4 (0.41%) Postman
3 4 (0.41%) Selenium
4 3 (0.30%) Claude Code
4 3 (0.30%) Git
4 3 (0.30%) Hudson
5 2 (0.20%) Balsamiq
5 2 (0.20%) LSMW
6 1 (0.10%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 400 (40.61%) Finance
2 370 (37.56%) Social Skills
3 323 (32.79%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (11.17%) Public Sector
5 100 (10.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 81 (8.22%) Law
7 52 (5.28%) Legal
8 50 (5.08%) Presentation Skills
9 46 (4.67%) Documentation Skills
10 44 (4.47%) Influencing Skills
11 39 (3.96%) Organisational Skills
12 33 (3.35%) Manufacturing
13 30 (3.05%) Retail
14 25 (2.54%) Banking
15 22 (2.23%) Legal Technology
15 22 (2.23%) Marketing
16 21 (2.13%) Local Government
17 18 (1.83%) Spanish Language
18 15 (1.52%) Financial Institution
18 15 (1.52%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 636 (64.57%) Analyst
2 514 (52.18%) Business Analyst
3 171 (17.36%) Senior
4 140 (14.21%) Senior Analyst
5 130 (13.20%) Senior Business Analyst
6 69 (7.01%) Trainee
6 69 (7.01%) Trainee Analyst
7 64 (6.50%) Lead
8 60 (6.09%) Data Analyst
9 42 (4.26%) Consultant
10 41 (4.16%) Trainee Data Analyst
11 37 (3.76%) Project Manager
12 30 (3.05%) Business Manager
12 30 (3.05%) Technical Analyst
13 28 (2.84%) Systems Analyst
13 28 (2.84%) Technical Business Analyst
13 28 (2.84%) Trainee Business Analyst
14 27 (2.74%) Lead Business Analyst
15 25 (2.54%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
16 24 (2.44%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.44%) FIX Protocol
2 16 (1.62%) REST
3 12 (1.22%) XML
4 11 (1.12%) JSON
4 11 (1.12%) SOAP
5 10 (1.02%) .NET
6 9 (0.91%) Gherkin
7 8 (0.81%) FpML
8 6 (0.61%) XML Schema
9 4 (0.41%) Lightning Web Components
10 3 (0.30%) .NET Core
10 3 (0.30%) CrewAI
10 3 (0.30%) EDI
10 3 (0.30%) LangChain
10 3 (0.30%) LlamaIndex
10 3 (0.30%) Middleware
10 3 (0.30%) Oracle Fusion
10 3 (0.30%) Playwright
10 3 (0.30%) WinForms
11 2 (0.20%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 109 (11.07%) Product Ownership
2 51 (5.18%) Management Information System
3 30 (3.05%) Analytical Mindset
4 29 (2.94%) Data Structures
5 21 (2.13%) AI Agents
5 21 (2.13%) Low-Code
6 20 (2.03%) Derivative
7 17 (1.73%) Fixed Income
8 15 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (1.32%) Blog
9 13 (1.32%) IoT
9 13 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (1.32%) Onboarding
10 12 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (1.12%) Cloud Native
11 11 (1.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
12 10 (1.02%) PropTech
13 8 (0.81%) Distributed Architecture
13 8 (0.81%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 22 (2.23%) Linux
2 19 (1.93%) Windows
3 3 (0.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 396 (40.20%) Agile
2 260 (26.40%) Problem-Solving
3 250 (25.38%) Requirements Gathering
4 228 (23.15%) Stakeholder Management
5 206 (20.91%) User Stories
6 198 (20.10%) Project Management
7 193 (19.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 189 (19.19%) Workshop Facilitation
9 170 (17.26%) Continuous Improvement
10 169 (17.16%) Process Improvement
11 152 (15.43%) AI
12 141 (14.31%) Decision-Making
13 135 (13.71%) Project Delivery
14 112 (11.37%) Analytics
15 111 (11.27%) Scrum
16 109 (11.07%) Data Analysis
17 108 (10.96%) Business Intelligence
18 106 (10.76%) User Acceptance Testing
19 105 (10.66%) Acceptance Criteria
19 105 (10.66%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 169 (17.16%) SQL
2 75 (7.61%) Python
3 16 (1.62%) C++
4 14 (1.42%) JavaScript
5 12 (1.22%) C#
6 10 (1.02%) Java
7 5 (0.51%) T-SQL
7 5 (0.51%) TypeScript
8 4 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.30%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.20%) Ada
11 1 (0.10%) R
11 1 (0.10%) RPG
11 1 (0.10%) SOQL
11 1 (0.10%) SOSL
11 1 (0.10%) VBA
Qualifications
1 152 (15.43%) Degree
2 95 (9.64%) Security Cleared
3 78 (7.92%) SC Cleared
4 35 (3.55%) ACCA
5 34 (3.45%) CIMA
6 31 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
7 25 (2.54%) PMI Certification
8 20 (2.03%) IIBA
8 20 (2.03%) PMP
9 17 (1.73%) CBAP
10 14 (1.42%) DBS Check
11 11 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
12 8 (0.81%) ISEB
13 5 (0.51%) CFA
13 5 (0.51%) CIPD
13 5 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
14 3 (0.30%) CISSP
14 3 (0.30%) CSPO
14 3 (0.30%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 3 (0.30%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (4.06%) Data Quality
2 39 (3.96%) QA
3 30 (3.05%) PMO
4 17 (1.73%) GAAP
4 17 (1.73%) GDPR
5 15 (1.52%) Accessibility
6 11 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.41%) COBIT
7 4 (0.41%) MiFID
7 4 (0.41%) NIST
8 3 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.30%) GRC
8 3 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 3 (0.30%) NCSC
9 2 (0.20%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.20%) SLA
10 1 (0.10%) COSO
10 1 (0.10%) IFRS
10 1 (0.10%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.10%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (0.51%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.10%) IAG
Systems Management
1 3 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.10%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.10%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.10%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (0.10%) Terraform
Vendors
1 186 (18.88%) Microsoft
2 42 (4.26%) Salesforce
3 33 (3.35%) SAP
4 19 (1.93%) Oracle
4 19 (1.93%) ServiceNow
5 18 (1.83%) Google
6 14 (1.42%) JD Edwards
7 13 (1.32%) Intapp
8 12 (1.22%) Atlassian
9 11 (1.12%) Workday
10 9 (0.91%) FIS
10 9 (0.91%) SunGard
11 8 (0.81%) Bloomberg
11 8 (0.81%) CQG
11 8 (0.81%) DocuSign
11 8 (0.81%) ION Trading
11 8 (0.81%) Patsystems
11 8 (0.81%) RedGate
11 8 (0.81%) Reuters
11 8 (0.81%) Trayport