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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 206 229 218
Rank change year-on-year +23 -11 -72
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 929 668 1,311
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.95% 1.36% 1.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 1.51% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 746 435 767
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,890 £34,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £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 £70,000 £85,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £88,125 £107,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -16.52% +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 72,315 44,278 84,054
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.86% 90.47% 82.35%
Number of salaries quoted 49,904 24,657 59,064
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,772 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.54% - -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 10 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 10 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 +25 833 £55,000 -15.38% 461
UK excluding London +16 514 £48,000 -16.52% 363
London +3 338 £70,000 -12.50% 192
Work from Home +17 293 £57,500 -17.86% 173
North of England +72 216 £47,500 -19.15% 96
Yorkshire +62 107 £52,500 -10.32% 43
Midlands -2 83 £48,000 -15.79% 52
North West +8 79 £45,497 -24.17% 35
South East -31 78 £52,500 -8.70% 122
West Midlands +3 64 £50,500 -8.18% 31
South West -58 57 £50,000 -6.98% 39
East of England -2 36 £42,879 -28.54% 27
Scotland +5 32 £40,000 -33.33% 18
North East -18 30 £40,000 +1.91% 20
East Midlands -11 19 £48,000 -31.43% 22
Wales -40 10 £53,171 +1.06% 6
Northern Ireland -69 3 £40,000 -40.74% 13

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 39 (4.20%) Confluence
2 22 (2.37%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.54%) ColdFusion
4 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.22%) CMS
5 2 (0.22%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.22%) WordPress
6 1 (0.11%) Appian
6 1 (0.11%) Mendix
Applications
1 106 (11.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 46 (4.95%) Microsoft Office
3 38 (4.09%) MS Visio
4 21 (2.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (1.51%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.54%) Trello
7 3 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.22%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 26 (2.80%) NetSuite
2 11 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.65%) Fidessa
4 5 (0.54%) 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
5 3 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.22%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.22%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.22%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.22%) SAP PSCD
7 1 (0.11%) Magento
7 1 (0.11%) Relativity
7 1 (0.11%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.11%) SAP BRIM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (0.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 89 (9.58%) Power Platform
2 68 (7.32%) Azure
3 42 (4.52%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (3.66%) SaaS
5 30 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
6 29 (3.12%) Dynamics 365
7 23 (2.48%) AWS
8 22 (2.37%) Power Automate
9 19 (2.05%) Microsoft Copilot
10 16 (1.72%) PowerApps
11 11 (1.18%) Copilot Studio
12 10 (1.08%) GCP
12 10 (1.08%) Lucidchart
13 8 (0.86%) Google Drive
14 7 (0.75%) Microsoft Purview
14 7 (0.75%) Miro
14 7 (0.75%) OneDrive
15 6 (0.65%) iPaaS
15 6 (0.65%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 5 (0.54%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.65%) Multicast
2 4 (0.43%) 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 74 (7.97%) Tableau
2 72 (7.75%) Power BI
3 66 (7.10%) Data Mining
4 19 (2.05%) Relational Database
5 14 (1.51%) Metadata
6 12 (1.29%) SQL Server
7 7 (0.75%) RDBMS
8 6 (0.65%) Power Query
8 6 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (0.54%) DTS
10 4 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.32%) GIS
11 3 (0.32%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.22%) Qlik Sense
12 2 (0.22%) SAP BW
13 1 (0.11%) Amazon RDS
13 1 (0.11%) Amazon Redshift
13 1 (0.11%) Data Lake
13 1 (0.11%) EDRMS
13 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 76 (8.18%) JIRA
2 7 (0.75%) ERwin
3 1 (0.11%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.11%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 412 (44.35%) Finance
2 315 (33.91%) Social Skills
3 314 (33.80%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (8.72%) Public Sector
5 68 (7.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 68 (7.32%) Law
6 44 (4.74%) Legal
7 43 (4.63%) Presentation Skills
8 33 (3.55%) Documentation Skills
9 30 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
10 29 (3.12%) Retail
11 27 (2.91%) Organisational Skills
12 25 (2.69%) Manufacturing
13 19 (2.05%) Banking
14 17 (1.83%) Legal Technology
15 16 (1.72%) Financial Institution
15 16 (1.72%) Marketing
15 16 (1.72%) Spanish Language
16 12 (1.29%) Aerospace
17 11 (1.18%) Billing
Job Titles
1 630 (67.81%) Analyst
2 498 (53.61%) Business Analyst
3 140 (15.07%) Senior
4 118 (12.70%) Trainee
4 118 (12.70%) Trainee Analyst
5 117 (12.59%) Senior Analyst
6 109 (11.73%) Senior Business Analyst
7 78 (8.40%) Data Analyst
8 66 (7.10%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 52 (5.60%) Trainee Business Analyst
10 45 (4.84%) Lead
11 43 (4.63%) Consultant
12 38 (4.09%) Project Manager
13 30 (3.23%) Business Manager
14 29 (3.12%) Technical Analyst
14 29 (3.12%) Technical Business Analyst
15 28 (3.01%) Insurance Business Analyst
16 26 (2.80%) Systems Analyst
17 23 (2.48%) IT Analyst
17 23 (2.48%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (1.94%) FIX Protocol
2 14 (1.51%) JSON
2 14 (1.51%) XML
3 9 (0.97%) FpML
4 8 (0.86%) .NET
4 8 (0.86%) Gherkin
5 7 (0.75%) REST
5 7 (0.75%) XML Schema
6 6 (0.65%) EDI
6 6 (0.65%) Middleware
6 6 (0.65%) SOAP
7 3 (0.32%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (0.32%) WinForms
8 2 (0.22%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.22%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.22%) SAP Fiori
8 2 (0.22%) XML Messaging
9 1 (0.11%) PySpark
9 1 (0.11%) React
9 1 (0.11%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 93 (10.01%) Product Ownership
2 46 (4.95%) Management Information System
3 29 (3.12%) Data Structures
4 25 (2.69%) Analytical Mindset
5 17 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
6 15 (1.61%) Fixed Income
7 14 (1.51%) Low-Code
7 14 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (1.40%) IoT
9 12 (1.29%) Blog
9 12 (1.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 12 (1.29%) Onboarding
10 11 (1.18%) AI Agents
10 11 (1.18%) Derivative
10 11 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
11 10 (1.08%) PropTech
12 9 (0.97%) Cloud Native
13 8 (0.86%) e-Learning
13 8 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
13 8 (0.86%) OTC Derivatives
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.94%) Windows
2 16 (1.72%) Linux
3 3 (0.32%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.22%) Android
4 2 (0.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 340 (36.60%) Agile
2 217 (23.36%) Project Management
3 206 (22.17%) Problem-Solving
4 203 (21.85%) Requirements Gathering
5 189 (20.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 178 (19.16%) User Stories
7 173 (18.62%) Stakeholder Management
8 150 (16.15%) Workshop Facilitation
9 138 (14.85%) Process Improvement
10 134 (14.42%) Continuous Improvement
11 133 (14.32%) Decision-Making
12 132 (14.21%) Analytics
13 120 (12.92%) Data Analysis
14 110 (11.84%) AI
15 103 (11.09%) Project Delivery
16 92 (9.90%) Acceptance Criteria
17 88 (9.47%) Scrum
18 87 (9.36%) User Acceptance Testing
19 86 (9.26%) Business Intelligence
20 85 (9.15%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 180 (19.38%) SQL
2 91 (9.80%) Python
3 10 (1.08%) C#
4 9 (0.97%) JavaScript
5 7 (0.75%) C++
6 6 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 5 (0.54%) Java
7 5 (0.54%) T-SQL
8 3 (0.32%) VB.NET
9 2 (0.22%) Ada
9 2 (0.22%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.22%) X++
10 1 (0.11%) R
10 1 (0.11%) RPG
10 1 (0.11%) SOQL
10 1 (0.11%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 134 (14.42%) Degree
2 62 (6.67%) Security Cleared
3 52 (5.60%) SC Cleared
4 38 (4.09%) ACCA
5 35 (3.77%) CIMA
6 26 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
7 25 (2.69%) PMI Certification
8 23 (2.48%) PMP
9 20 (2.15%) IIBA
10 14 (1.51%) DBS Check
11 13 (1.40%) CBAP
12 10 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
13 7 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (0.54%) CIPD
14 5 (0.54%) DV Cleared
14 5 (0.54%) ISEB
14 5 (0.54%) Master's Degree
15 4 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 3 (0.32%) CFA
16 3 (0.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (3.34%) QA
2 30 (3.23%) Data Quality
3 28 (3.01%) PMO
4 17 (1.83%) GAAP
4 17 (1.83%) GDPR
5 15 (1.61%) Accessibility
6 8 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (0.86%) MiFID
7 7 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (0.54%) ISO 20022
9 4 (0.43%) GRC
10 2 (0.22%) NIST
10 2 (0.22%) SEPA
10 2 (0.22%) SLA
10 2 (0.22%) TARGET2
10 2 (0.22%) WCAG
11 1 (0.11%) COBIT
11 1 (0.11%) COSO
11 1 (0.11%) IFRS
11 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (0.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.11%) IAG
Systems Management
1 3 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.22%) Terraform
3 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 195 (20.99%) Microsoft
2 36 (3.88%) Salesforce
3 23 (2.48%) SAP
4 15 (1.61%) Google
4 15 (1.61%) Oracle
4 15 (1.61%) ServiceNow
5 13 (1.40%) Intapp
6 11 (1.18%) JD Edwards
7 10 (1.08%) Atlassian
8 8 (0.86%) Sparx
9 6 (0.65%) Aderant
9 6 (0.65%) Bloomberg
9 6 (0.65%) CQG
9 6 (0.65%) IBM
9 6 (0.65%) ION Trading
9 6 (0.65%) Patsystems
9 6 (0.65%) Reuters
9 6 (0.65%) TOWER Software
9 6 (0.65%) Trayport
10 5 (0.54%) SunGard