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 25 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 209 229 202
Rank change year-on-year +20 -27 -47
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 952 692 1,212
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.94% 1.41% 1.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 1.57% 1.65%
Number of salaries quoted 757 458 671
10th Percentile £35,000 £43,099 £35,105
25th Percentile £41,439 £52,813 £41,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -7.22%
75th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,250 £106,625 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,885 £57,500 £48,250
% change year-on-year -14.98% +19.17% -7.21%

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 74,263 44,137 73,415
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.70% 89.84% 81.67%
Number of salaries quoted 51,228 24,998 49,763
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +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 25 July 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 25 July 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 +29 859 £55,000 -18.52% 491
UK excluding London +16 531 £48,885 -14.98% 441
London -20 352 £70,000 -12.50% 161
Work from Home +4 319 £57,500 -17.86% 153
North of England +82 221 £47,500 -20.83% 118
Yorkshire +56 108 £52,500 -10.32% 54
Midlands -7 87 £48,000 -12.73% 77
South East -31 82 £52,500 -14.29% 129
North West -3 79 £45,497 -24.17% 42
West Midlands 0 69 £52,500 -4.55% 52
South West -65 59 £50,000 -0.99% 44
East of England 0 40 £42,879 -17.54% 42
North East -17 34 £41,500 +5.73% 22
Scotland +7 30 £40,000 -30.13% 18
East Midlands -23 18 £48,000 -25.58% 25
Wales -49 8 £60,000 +14.05% 11
Northern Ireland -72 5 £40,000 -40.74% 10

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 41 (4.31%) Confluence
2 25 (2.63%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.53%) ColdFusion
4 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.21%) CMS
5 2 (0.21%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.21%) WordPress
6 1 (0.11%) Appian
6 1 (0.11%) Mendix
Applications
1 108 (11.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (5.04%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (3.89%) MS Visio
4 21 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (1.58%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.63%) Trello
7 3 (0.32%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.21%) Moqups
9 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 27 (2.84%) NetSuite
2 10 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.74%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.32%) Exchequer
5 3 (0.32%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 3 (0.32%) Sage 50
6 2 (0.21%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.21%) Magento
6 2 (0.21%) Sage X3
6 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.21%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.21%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.21%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.21%) SAP PSCD
6 2 (0.21%) Shopify
7 1 (0.11%) SAP BRIM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 91 (9.56%) Power Platform
2 72 (7.56%) Azure
3 44 (4.62%) Microsoft 365
4 38 (3.99%) SaaS
5 33 (3.47%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (2.73%) AWS
7 25 (2.63%) Power Automate
8 24 (2.52%) Dynamics 365
9 20 (2.10%) Microsoft Copilot
10 16 (1.68%) PowerApps
11 13 (1.37%) Lucidchart
12 12 (1.26%) Copilot Studio
13 10 (1.05%) GCP
14 8 (0.84%) Google Drive
14 8 (0.84%) Microsoft Purview
14 8 (0.84%) OneDrive
15 6 (0.63%) iPaaS
15 6 (0.63%) Zapier
16 5 (0.53%) Entra ID
16 5 (0.53%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.74%) Multicast
2 5 (0.53%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.11%) DSL
3 1 (0.11%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (7.77%) Power BI
2 70 (7.35%) Tableau
3 61 (6.41%) Data Mining
4 18 (1.89%) Relational Database
5 14 (1.47%) Metadata
6 13 (1.37%) SQL Server
7 7 (0.74%) RDBMS
8 6 (0.63%) DTS
9 5 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.42%) Power Query
11 3 (0.32%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.21%) GIS
12 2 (0.21%) Qlik Sense
12 2 (0.21%) SAP BW
13 1 (0.11%) Crystal Reports
13 1 (0.11%) EDRMS
13 1 (0.11%) MySQL
13 1 (0.11%) Spotfire
13 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 84 (8.82%) JIRA
2 7 (0.74%) ERwin
3 2 (0.21%) Claude Code
3 2 (0.21%) Cypress.io
3 2 (0.21%) Postman
3 2 (0.21%) Selenium
4 1 (0.11%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.11%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.11%) Hudson
4 1 (0.11%) LSMW
4 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 419 (44.01%) Finance
2 330 (34.66%) Social Skills
3 324 (34.03%) Analytical Skills
4 89 (9.35%) Public Sector
5 78 (8.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 76 (7.98%) Law
7 48 (5.04%) Legal
8 45 (4.73%) Presentation Skills
9 37 (3.89%) Documentation Skills
10 32 (3.36%) Influencing Skills
10 32 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
11 28 (2.94%) Manufacturing
11 28 (2.94%) Retail
12 23 (2.42%) Banking
13 18 (1.89%) Legal Technology
13 18 (1.89%) Marketing
14 17 (1.79%) Spanish Language
15 15 (1.58%) Financial Institution
16 13 (1.37%) Front Office
16 13 (1.37%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 637 (66.91%) Analyst
2 506 (53.15%) Business Analyst
3 151 (15.86%) Senior
4 126 (13.24%) Senior Analyst
5 117 (12.29%) Senior Business Analyst
6 113 (11.87%) Trainee
6 113 (11.87%) Trainee Analyst
7 76 (7.98%) Data Analyst
8 61 (6.41%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 52 (5.46%) Trainee Business Analyst
10 50 (5.25%) Lead
11 44 (4.62%) Consultant
12 38 (3.99%) Project Manager
13 28 (2.94%) Business Manager
13 28 (2.94%) Technical Analyst
14 27 (2.84%) Technical Business Analyst
15 26 (2.73%) Insurance Business Analyst
15 26 (2.73%) Systems Analyst
16 25 (2.63%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
17 23 (2.42%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (2.42%) FIX Protocol
2 12 (1.26%) JSON
2 12 (1.26%) XML
3 9 (0.95%) FpML
3 9 (0.95%) REST
4 8 (0.84%) .NET
4 8 (0.84%) Gherkin
5 7 (0.74%) XML Schema
6 6 (0.63%) EDI
6 6 (0.63%) SOAP
7 3 (0.32%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.32%) Lightning Web Components
7 3 (0.32%) Middleware
7 3 (0.32%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (0.32%) WinForms
8 2 (0.21%) CrewAI
8 2 (0.21%) LangChain
8 2 (0.21%) LlamaIndex
8 2 (0.21%) SAP Fiori
8 2 (0.21%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 94 (9.87%) Product Ownership
2 48 (5.04%) Management Information System
3 29 (3.05%) Analytical Mindset
4 28 (2.94%) Data Structures
5 18 (1.89%) Derivative
5 18 (1.89%) Fixed Income
6 16 (1.68%) Low-Code
7 14 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (1.37%) AI Agents
8 13 (1.37%) IoT
8 13 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (1.26%) Blog
9 12 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
9 12 (1.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 12 (1.26%) Onboarding
10 10 (1.05%) PropTech
11 8 (0.84%) Cloud Native
11 8 (0.84%) e-Learning
11 8 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (0.74%) Eurex
Operating Systems
1 21 (2.21%) Linux
2 19 (2.00%) Windows
3 3 (0.32%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.21%) Android
4 2 (0.21%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 352 (36.97%) Agile
2 224 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
3 213 (22.37%) Requirements Gathering
4 211 (22.16%) Project Management
5 194 (20.38%) Stakeholder Management
6 190 (19.96%) User Stories
7 183 (19.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 165 (17.33%) Workshop Facilitation
9 154 (16.18%) Continuous Improvement
10 146 (15.34%) Process Improvement
11 134 (14.08%) Decision-Making
12 125 (13.13%) Analytics
13 119 (12.50%) AI
14 117 (12.29%) Project Delivery
15 116 (12.18%) Data Analysis
16 96 (10.08%) Scrum
17 94 (9.87%) Acceptance Criteria
17 94 (9.87%) User Acceptance Testing
18 90 (9.45%) Business Intelligence
19 89 (9.35%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 172 (18.07%) SQL
2 90 (9.45%) Python
3 13 (1.37%) C++
4 12 (1.26%) JavaScript
5 10 (1.05%) C#
6 7 (0.74%) Java
7 5 (0.53%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (0.42%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.32%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.21%) Ada
11 1 (0.11%) R
11 1 (0.11%) RPG
11 1 (0.11%) SOQL
11 1 (0.11%) SOSL
11 1 (0.11%) VBA
11 1 (0.11%) X++
Qualifications
1 139 (14.60%) Degree
2 76 (7.98%) Security Cleared
3 64 (6.72%) SC Cleared
4 37 (3.89%) ACCA
5 34 (3.57%) CIMA
6 29 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
7 25 (2.63%) PMI Certification
8 23 (2.42%) PMP
9 19 (2.00%) IIBA
10 14 (1.47%) CBAP
11 13 (1.37%) DBS Check
12 10 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (0.63%) ISEB
14 5 (0.53%) CIPD
14 5 (0.53%) DV Cleared
14 5 (0.53%) Master's Degree
14 5 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (0.42%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 3 (0.32%) CFA
16 3 (0.32%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (3.47%) Data Quality
2 31 (3.26%) QA
3 29 (3.05%) PMO
4 18 (1.89%) GDPR
5 17 (1.79%) GAAP
6 14 (1.47%) Accessibility
7 7 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (0.63%) MiFID
9 4 (0.42%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.32%) GRC
11 2 (0.21%) COBIT
11 2 (0.21%) SEPA
11 2 (0.21%) SLA
11 2 (0.21%) TARGET2
12 1 (0.11%) COSO
12 1 (0.11%) IFRS
12 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 1 (0.11%) NCSC
12 1 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (0.74%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.11%) IAG
Systems Management
1 4 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.21%) Terraform
3 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 192 (20.17%) Microsoft
2 39 (4.10%) Salesforce
3 26 (2.73%) SAP
4 17 (1.79%) Oracle
4 17 (1.79%) ServiceNow
5 16 (1.68%) Google
6 13 (1.37%) Intapp
7 12 (1.26%) JD Edwards
8 11 (1.16%) Atlassian
9 9 (0.95%) FIS
9 9 (0.95%) SunGard
10 8 (0.84%) Sparx
11 7 (0.74%) Bloomberg
11 7 (0.74%) CQG
11 7 (0.74%) ION Trading
11 7 (0.74%) Patsystems
11 7 (0.74%) Reuters
11 7 (0.74%) Trayport
12 6 (0.63%) Aderant
12 6 (0.63%) TOWER Software