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 20 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 209 235 223
Rank change year-on-year +26 -12 -67
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 904 653 1,372
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.96% 1.45% 1.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.31% 1.57% 1.54%
Number of salaries quoted 721 412 796
10th Percentile £33,750 £42,955 £34,500
25th Percentile £39,818 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £67,500 £90,000 £73,495
90th Percentile £83,750 £107,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -17.39% +15.00% -9.09%

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 68,746 41,496 89,251
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.03% 92.46% 81.73%
Number of salaries quoted 47,319 22,262 63,244
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -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 20 June 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 20 June 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 +15 810 £55,000 -15.38% 334
UK excluding London +34 523 £47,500 -17.39% 312
London -12 313 £65,625 -17.97% 114
Work from Home +7 265 £60,000 -8.77% 116
North of England +96 221 £45,497 -17.28% 74
Yorkshire +58 110 £52,473 +24.68% 33
Midlands +3 88 £47,500 -20.17% 53
North West +18 79 £42,500 -23.77% 30
South East -16 73 £52,500 -10.64% 96
West Midlands -3 65 £47,500 -15.93% 25
South West -66 55 £45,711 -23.82% 30
East of England +2 38 £45,000 -28.57% 29
Scotland 0 34 £40,000 -33.33% 15
North East -19 32 £40,000 +1.91% 13
East Midlands -19 23 £48,000 -26.15% 28
Wales -36 12 £53,171 +1.06% 8
Northern Ireland -39 3 £40,000 -40.74% 15

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 36 (3.98%) Confluence
2 17 (1.88%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.44%) ColdFusion
4 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.22%) CMS
5 2 (0.22%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.22%) WordPress
6 1 (0.11%) Mendix
Applications
1 105 (11.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (3.98%) MS Visio
4 15 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.22%) Trello
8 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 24 (2.65%) NetSuite
2 9 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.88%) Fidessa
4 5 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.33%) Exchequer
6 3 (0.33%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 3 (0.33%) Sage 50
6 3 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.22%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.22%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 2 (0.22%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.22%) SAP PSCD
8 1 (0.11%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 1 (0.11%) SAP BRIM
8 1 (0.11%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.11%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 85 (9.40%) Power Platform
2 64 (7.08%) Azure
3 40 (4.42%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (3.76%) SaaS
5 29 (3.21%) Dynamics 365
6 25 (2.77%) AWS
7 22 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (1.99%) Power Automate
9 17 (1.88%) Microsoft Copilot
10 15 (1.66%) PowerApps
11 10 (1.11%) GCP
12 8 (0.88%) ChatGPT
12 8 (0.88%) Lucidchart
12 8 (0.88%) PaaS
13 7 (0.77%) Copilot Studio
13 7 (0.77%) Google Drive
13 7 (0.77%) Microsoft Purview
13 7 (0.77%) Miro
13 7 (0.77%) OneDrive
14 6 (0.66%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.88%) Multicast
2 3 (0.33%) FIX Connectivity
3 2 (0.22%) LAN
3 2 (0.22%) WAN
4 1 (0.11%) DSL
4 1 (0.11%) Intranet
4 1 (0.11%) Network Security
4 1 (0.11%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (8.85%) Tableau
2 74 (8.19%) Data Mining
3 68 (7.52%) Power BI
4 18 (1.99%) Relational Database
5 12 (1.33%) Metadata
6 11 (1.22%) SQL Server
7 7 (0.77%) RDBMS
8 6 (0.66%) Power Query
8 6 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.44%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.33%) GIS
10 3 (0.33%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.22%) Qlik Sense
11 2 (0.22%) SAP BW
12 1 (0.11%) Amazon Redshift
12 1 (0.11%) Neo4j
12 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 66 (7.30%) JIRA
2 7 (0.77%) ERwin
3 1 (0.11%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.11%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 411 (45.46%) Finance
2 300 (33.19%) Analytical Skills
3 275 (30.42%) Social Skills
4 75 (8.30%) Public Sector
5 66 (7.30%) Law
6 64 (7.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 44 (4.87%) Legal
8 36 (3.98%) Presentation Skills
9 33 (3.65%) Documentation Skills
10 28 (3.10%) Retail
11 26 (2.88%) Influencing Skills
12 22 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
13 19 (2.10%) Manufacturing
14 18 (1.99%) Marketing
15 17 (1.88%) Spanish Language
16 16 (1.77%) Legal Technology
17 15 (1.66%) Financial Institution
18 14 (1.55%) Banking
19 11 (1.22%) Billing
20 8 (0.88%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 632 (69.91%) Analyst
2 503 (55.64%) Business Analyst
3 142 (15.71%) Trainee
3 142 (15.71%) Trainee Analyst
4 130 (14.38%) Senior
5 114 (12.61%) Senior Analyst
6 105 (11.62%) Senior Business Analyst
7 85 (9.40%) Data Analyst
8 74 (8.19%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 68 (7.52%) Trainee Business Analyst
10 42 (4.65%) Lead
11 40 (4.42%) Consultant
12 32 (3.54%) Business Manager
12 32 (3.54%) Project Manager
13 30 (3.32%) Insurance Business Analyst
14 26 (2.88%) Technical Analyst
14 26 (2.88%) Technical Business Analyst
15 25 (2.77%) Systems Analyst
16 20 (2.21%) IT Analyst
16 20 (2.21%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.77%) JSON
1 16 (1.77%) XML
2 15 (1.66%) FIX Protocol
3 9 (1.00%) FpML
4 8 (0.88%) Gherkin
4 8 (0.88%) Middleware
5 7 (0.77%) REST
5 7 (0.77%) XML Schema
6 6 (0.66%) EDI
6 6 (0.66%) SOAP
7 5 (0.55%) .NET
8 4 (0.44%) Oracle Fusion
9 2 (0.22%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.22%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.22%) OpenAPI
9 2 (0.22%) SAP Fiori
9 2 (0.22%) Swagger
9 2 (0.22%) XML Messaging
10 1 (0.11%) ADO
10 1 (0.11%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 87 (9.62%) Product Ownership
2 38 (4.20%) Management Information System
3 29 (3.21%) Data Structures
4 22 (2.43%) Analytical Mindset
5 17 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
6 16 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (1.55%) Low-Code
7 14 (1.55%) Onboarding
8 13 (1.44%) AI Agents
8 13 (1.44%) IoT
9 12 (1.33%) Fixed Income
9 12 (1.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (1.11%) Derivative
10 10 (1.11%) PropTech
11 9 (1.00%) Cloud Native
12 8 (0.88%) e-Learning
12 8 (0.88%) Equities
12 8 (0.88%) Eurex
12 8 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (0.88%) OTC Derivatives
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.10%) Windows
2 12 (1.33%) Linux
3 3 (0.33%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.22%) Android
4 2 (0.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 319 (35.29%) Agile
2 228 (25.22%) Project Management
3 199 (22.01%) Problem-Solving
4 183 (20.24%) Requirements Gathering
5 171 (18.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 158 (17.48%) User Stories
7 150 (16.59%) Stakeholder Management
8 140 (15.49%) Analytics
9 130 (14.38%) Workshop Facilitation
10 129 (14.27%) Data Analysis
11 123 (13.61%) Process Improvement
12 118 (13.05%) Decision-Making
13 107 (11.84%) Continuous Improvement
14 95 (10.51%) AI
15 88 (9.73%) Data Analytics
16 86 (9.51%) Business Intelligence
17 84 (9.29%) Waterfall
18 81 (8.96%) Acceptance Criteria
18 81 (8.96%) User Acceptance Testing
19 78 (8.63%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 182 (20.13%) SQL
2 95 (10.51%) Python
3 6 (0.66%) C#
3 6 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 6 (0.66%) Java
3 6 (0.66%) JavaScript
4 3 (0.33%) T-SQL
5 2 (0.22%) Ada
5 2 (0.22%) X++
6 1 (0.11%) C++
6 1 (0.11%) RPG
6 1 (0.11%) SOQL
6 1 (0.11%) SOSL
6 1 (0.11%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.11%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 152 (16.81%) Degree
2 56 (6.19%) Security Cleared
3 41 (4.54%) ACCA
3 41 (4.54%) SC Cleared
4 38 (4.20%) CIMA
5 30 (3.32%) IIBA
6 28 (3.10%) PMI Certification
7 26 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 22 (2.43%) PMP
9 15 (1.66%) DBS Check
10 12 (1.33%) CBAP
11 9 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (0.66%) ISEB
12 6 (0.66%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.55%) CIPD
13 5 (0.55%) DV Cleared
14 4 (0.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 3 (0.33%) CFA
15 3 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (3.54%) QA
2 28 (3.10%) Data Quality
3 20 (2.21%) PMO
4 19 (2.10%) GDPR
5 17 (1.88%) GAAP
6 13 (1.44%) Accessibility
7 8 (0.88%) MiFID
8 7 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (0.55%) ISO 20022
11 4 (0.44%) GRC
12 2 (0.22%) NIST
12 2 (0.22%) SEPA
12 2 (0.22%) SLA
12 2 (0.22%) TARGET2
12 2 (0.22%) WCAG
13 1 (0.11%) COBIT
13 1 (0.11%) COSO
13 1 (0.11%) FATCA
13 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (0.88%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.11%) IAG
Systems Management
1 3 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (0.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 197 (21.79%) Microsoft
2 30 (3.32%) Salesforce
3 18 (1.99%) SAP
4 17 (1.88%) Oracle
5 14 (1.55%) Google
6 13 (1.44%) Intapp
7 11 (1.22%) ServiceNow
8 9 (1.00%) Atlassian
8 9 (1.00%) JD Edwards
9 8 (0.88%) Bloomberg
9 8 (0.88%) CQG
9 8 (0.88%) ION Trading
9 8 (0.88%) Patsystems
9 8 (0.88%) Reuters
9 8 (0.88%) Sparx
9 8 (0.88%) Trayport
10 6 (0.66%) Aderant
10 6 (0.66%) Anaplan
10 6 (0.66%) IBM
10 6 (0.66%) TOWER Software