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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 233 213
Rank change year-on-year +28 -20 -56
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 925 661 1,350
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.96% 1.40% 1.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% 1.53% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 741 424 793
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,987 £34,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £53,750 £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 £87,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £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 71,140 43,093 86,602
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.59% 91.19% 82.11%
Number of salaries quoted 49,140 23,729 61,208
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.09%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,688 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.38% - -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 3 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 3 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 +33 827 £55,000 -15.38% 538
UK excluding London +24 518 £47,500 -17.39% 430
London -3 329 £70,000 -12.50% 206
Work from Home +6 283 £57,500 -17.86% 194
North of England +83 220 £46,961 -17.57% 112
Yorkshire +63 109 £52,500 +27.92% 50
Midlands +6 83 £47,500 -17.39% 67
North West +7 81 £45,000 -23.40% 46
South East -20 73 £52,500 -8.70% 126
West Midlands -7 61 £47,500 -14.80% 37
South West -67 58 £46,421 -19.27% 44
East of England +4 39 £42,879 -31.94% 42
Scotland +5 32 £40,000 -33.33% 25
North East -20 30 £40,000 +1.91% 19
East Midlands 0 22 £48,000 -31.43% 31
Wales -33 11 £53,171 +1.06% 10
Northern Ireland -51 3 £40,000 -40.74% 12

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 37 (4.00%) Confluence
2 22 (2.38%) 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
1 105 (11.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (5.19%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (4.00%) MS Visio
4 20 (2.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.32%) Trello
7 2 (0.22%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 26 (2.81%) NetSuite
2 10 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.65%) Fidessa
4 5 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.32%) Exchequer
6 3 (0.32%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 3 (0.32%) Sage 50
6 3 (0.32%) 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 Hybris
8 1 (0.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 92 (9.95%) Power Platform
2 65 (7.03%) Azure
3 43 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (3.57%) SaaS
5 30 (3.24%) Dynamics 365
6 26 (2.81%) Azure DevOps
7 23 (2.49%) AWS
8 22 (2.38%) Power Automate
9 20 (2.16%) Microsoft Copilot
10 16 (1.73%) PowerApps
11 11 (1.19%) Copilot Studio
12 10 (1.08%) GCP
13 9 (0.97%) Microsoft Purview
14 8 (0.86%) Google Drive
14 8 (0.86%) Lucidchart
15 7 (0.76%) Miro
15 7 (0.76%) OneDrive
15 7 (0.76%) PaaS
16 6 (0.65%) ChatGPT
16 6 (0.65%) Salesforce Service Cloud
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 75 (8.11%) Power BI
2 73 (7.89%) Tableau
3 66 (7.14%) Data Mining
4 19 (2.05%) Relational Database
5 14 (1.51%) Metadata
6 11 (1.19%) SQL Server
7 7 (0.76%) 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%) Data Lake
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%) Neo4j
13 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 72 (7.78%) JIRA
2 7 (0.76%) ERwin
3 1 (0.11%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.11%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 412 (44.54%) Finance
2 305 (32.97%) Analytical Skills
3 300 (32.43%) Social Skills
4 80 (8.65%) Public Sector
5 67 (7.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 66 (7.14%) Law
7 43 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
8 42 (4.54%) Legal
9 34 (3.68%) Documentation Skills
10 29 (3.14%) Retail
11 28 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
12 23 (2.49%) Manufacturing
12 23 (2.49%) Organisational Skills
13 17 (1.84%) Banking
13 17 (1.84%) Marketing
14 16 (1.73%) Financial Institution
14 16 (1.73%) Legal Technology
14 16 (1.73%) Spanish Language
15 11 (1.19%) Billing
16 10 (1.08%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 635 (68.65%) Analyst
2 509 (55.03%) Business Analyst
3 138 (14.92%) Senior
4 124 (13.41%) Trainee
4 124 (13.41%) Trainee Analyst
5 118 (12.76%) Senior Analyst
6 110 (11.89%) Senior Business Analyst
7 77 (8.32%) Data Analyst
8 66 (7.14%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 58 (6.27%) Trainee Business Analyst
10 43 (4.65%) Consultant
10 43 (4.65%) Lead
11 35 (3.78%) Project Manager
12 30 (3.24%) Business Manager
13 29 (3.14%) Insurance Business Analyst
13 29 (3.14%) Technical Analyst
13 29 (3.14%) Technical Business Analyst
14 25 (2.70%) Systems Analyst
15 23 (2.49%) IT Analyst
16 21 (2.27%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.62%) FIX Protocol
1 15 (1.62%) JSON
1 15 (1.62%) XML
2 9 (0.97%) FpML
3 8 (0.86%) Gherkin
4 7 (0.76%) .NET
4 7 (0.76%) Middleware
4 7 (0.76%) XML Schema
5 6 (0.65%) EDI
5 6 (0.65%) REST
6 5 (0.54%) SOAP
7 3 (0.32%) Oracle Fusion
8 2 (0.22%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.22%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.22%) SAP Fiori
8 2 (0.22%) WinForms
8 2 (0.22%) XML Messaging
9 1 (0.11%) ADO
9 1 (0.11%) React
9 1 (0.11%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 90 (9.73%) Product Ownership
2 44 (4.76%) Management Information System
3 29 (3.14%) Data Structures
4 22 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
5 17 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
6 15 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (1.51%) Low-Code
8 13 (1.41%) AI Agents
8 13 (1.41%) IoT
9 12 (1.30%) Blog
9 12 (1.30%) Fixed Income
9 12 (1.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 12 (1.30%) Onboarding
10 11 (1.19%) Derivative
11 10 (1.08%) PropTech
12 9 (0.97%) Cloud Native
13 8 (0.86%) e-Learning
13 8 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
13 8 (0.86%) OTC Derivatives
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.95%) Windows
2 13 (1.41%) Linux
3 3 (0.32%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.22%) Android
4 2 (0.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 330 (35.68%) Agile
2 221 (23.89%) Project Management
3 207 (22.38%) Problem-Solving
4 197 (21.30%) Requirements Gathering
5 189 (20.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 169 (18.27%) User Stories
7 161 (17.41%) Stakeholder Management
8 146 (15.78%) Workshop Facilitation
9 135 (14.59%) Process Improvement
10 132 (14.27%) Analytics
10 132 (14.27%) Decision-Making
11 125 (13.51%) Continuous Improvement
12 122 (13.19%) Data Analysis
13 106 (11.46%) AI
14 93 (10.05%) Project Delivery
15 89 (9.62%) Business Intelligence
16 85 (9.19%) Acceptance Criteria
16 85 (9.19%) User Acceptance Testing
17 83 (8.97%) Scrum
18 81 (8.76%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 181 (19.57%) SQL
2 89 (9.62%) Python
3 9 (0.97%) C#
4 8 (0.86%) JavaScript
5 6 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 5 (0.54%) Java
7 4 (0.43%) T-SQL
8 3 (0.32%) C++
9 2 (0.22%) Ada
9 2 (0.22%) VB.NET
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
10 1 (0.11%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 139 (15.03%) Degree
2 57 (6.16%) Security Cleared
3 47 (5.08%) SC Cleared
4 40 (4.32%) ACCA
5 37 (4.00%) CIMA
6 26 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (2.49%) PMI Certification
8 22 (2.38%) IIBA
8 22 (2.38%) PMP
9 15 (1.62%) DBS Check
10 12 (1.30%) CBAP
11 9 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.54%) CIPD
13 5 (0.54%) DV Cleared
13 5 (0.54%) ISEB
13 5 (0.54%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 3 (0.32%) Azure Certification
15 3 (0.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (3.35%) Data Quality
2 30 (3.24%) QA
3 25 (2.70%) PMO
4 18 (1.95%) GAAP
5 17 (1.84%) GDPR
6 14 (1.51%) Accessibility
7 8 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.86%) MiFID
8 7 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.54%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.43%) GRC
11 2 (0.22%) NIST
11 2 (0.22%) SEPA
11 2 (0.22%) SLA
11 2 (0.22%) TARGET2
11 2 (0.22%) WCAG
12 1 (0.11%) COBIT
12 1 (0.11%) COSO
12 1 (0.11%) FATCA
12 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
1 198 (21.41%) Microsoft
2 34 (3.68%) Salesforce
3 19 (2.05%) SAP
4 15 (1.62%) Google
4 15 (1.62%) Oracle
5 13 (1.41%) Intapp
5 13 (1.41%) ServiceNow
6 11 (1.19%) 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%) Databricks