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 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 201 174
Rank change year-on-year +32 -27 -41
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 892 785 1,239
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.41% 1.50% 1.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.75% 1.64% 2.01%
Number of salaries quoted 681 487 867
10th Percentile £28,250 £42,500 £35,700
25th Percentile £35,000 £50,967 £45,832
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.17% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £51,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -22.33% -1.90% -4.55%

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 50,903 47,795 61,750
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.21% 91.56% 88.84%
Number of salaries quoted 30,118 23,045 47,857
10th Percentile £28,697 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,326 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +6.19% -9.60%
75th Percentile £75,900 £80,000 £75,772
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 30 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Analysis in the UK

Business Analysis
Top 16 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 30 January 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 +35 803 £49,000 -18.33% 368
UK excluding London +46 516 £40,000 -22.33% 356
London +37 308 £70,047 -3.38% 112
North of England +66 232 £40,000 -25.58% 67
Work from Home +40 186 £60,000 +0.96% 87
North West +35 104 £40,000 -27.27% 33
Yorkshire +49 95 £40,000 -20.00% 24
Midlands +14 77 £40,000 -27.27% 53
South East +10 71 £50,250 -1.41% 110
West Midlands +15 58 £40,000 -27.27% 28
South West +10 54 £40,000 -26.52% 39
Scotland -2 41 £40,000 -30.43% 22
North East +15 33 £40,000 +6.67% 11
East of England -21 30 £40,000 -21.52% 41
East Midlands -8 19 £55,000 -15.38% 25
Wales +10 12 £45,000 -24.28% 17

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 (4.15%) Confluence
2 15 (1.68%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.22%) CMS
4 1 (0.11%) IIS
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.11%) SAS
Applications
1 181 (20.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (3.81%) MS Visio
3 32 (3.59%) Microsoft Office
4 22 (2.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.78%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.56%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.56%) Unit4 Business World
3 4 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.45%) Elite 3E
3 4 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.22%) Endur
4 2 (0.22%) iTrent
5 1 (0.11%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.11%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.11%) PeopleSoft HRMS
5 1 (0.11%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.11%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.11%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 64 (7.17%) Power Platform
2 56 (6.28%) Azure
3 42 (4.71%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (3.25%) SaaS
5 24 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (2.24%) Cloud Computing
6 20 (2.24%) Dynamics 365
7 18 (2.02%) AWS
7 18 (2.02%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 17 (1.91%) Miro
8 17 (1.91%) PaaS
9 14 (1.57%) ChatGPT
10 11 (1.23%) Power Automate
11 10 (1.12%) Microsoft Copilot
12 8 (0.90%) Azure Data Factory
12 8 (0.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 8 (0.90%) Figma
12 8 (0.90%) IaaS
12 8 (0.90%) Microsoft Purview
13 6 (0.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.56%) Multicast
2 3 (0.34%) Unified Communications
3 2 (0.22%) 4G
3 2 (0.22%) FIX Connectivity
3 2 (0.22%) LAN
3 2 (0.22%) Network Security
3 2 (0.22%) RFID
3 2 (0.22%) WAN
3 2 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.11%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.11%) DHCP
4 1 (0.11%) DNS
4 1 (0.11%) Firewall
4 1 (0.11%) Intranet
4 1 (0.11%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.11%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 153 (17.15%) Tableau
2 144 (16.14%) Data Mining
3 51 (5.72%) Power BI
4 20 (2.24%) Big Data
5 9 (1.01%) Data Lake
6 8 (0.90%) SQL Server
7 6 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (0.67%) Metadata
8 5 (0.56%) NoSQL
8 5 (0.56%) Power Query
9 4 (0.45%) Qlik Sense
10 3 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.34%) BusinessObjects
10 3 (0.34%) GIS
10 3 (0.34%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.11%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 51 (5.72%) JIRA
2 4 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.11%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.11%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.11%) Git
4 1 (0.11%) GitLab
4 1 (0.11%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.11%) Maven
4 1 (0.11%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 502 (56.28%) Finance
2 320 (35.87%) Analytical Skills
3 284 (31.84%) Social Skills
4 79 (8.86%) Marketing
5 63 (7.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 59 (6.61%) Banking
7 50 (5.61%) Legal
8 41 (4.60%) Public Sector
9 30 (3.36%) Law
10 29 (3.25%) Retail
11 26 (2.91%) Documentation Skills
12 23 (2.58%) Organisational Skills
13 18 (2.02%) Manufacturing
14 17 (1.91%) Billing
14 17 (1.91%) Financial Institution
15 11 (1.23%) Back Office
15 11 (1.23%) Digital Health
15 11 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
16 10 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
17 8 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 602 (67.49%) Analyst
2 432 (48.43%) Business Analyst
3 277 (31.05%) Trainee
4 264 (29.60%) Trainee Analyst
5 146 (16.37%) Data Analyst
6 133 (14.91%) Trainee Business Analyst
7 131 (14.69%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 90 (10.09%) Senior
9 56 (6.28%) Senior Analyst
10 53 (5.94%) Senior Business Analyst
11 40 (4.48%) Architect
12 36 (4.04%) Lead
13 34 (3.81%) Project Manager
14 26 (2.91%) Lead Business Analyst
15 24 (2.69%) IT Manager
16 22 (2.47%) Consultant
16 22 (2.47%) Developer
16 22 (2.47%) Product Owner
17 21 (2.35%) IT Analyst
17 21 (2.35%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.78%) Middleware
1 7 (0.78%) XML
2 6 (0.67%) React
3 5 (0.56%) FIX Protocol
3 5 (0.56%) JSON
3 5 (0.56%) Web Services
4 4 (0.45%) REST
4 4 (0.45%) SOAP
5 3 (0.34%) OpenAPI
5 3 (0.34%) Swagger
6 2 (0.22%) .NET
6 2 (0.22%) CSS
6 2 (0.22%) HTML
7 1 (0.11%) Dropwizard
7 1 (0.11%) EDI
7 1 (0.11%) MERN Stack
7 1 (0.11%) Mongoose
7 1 (0.11%) Nunjucks
7 1 (0.11%) Spring
7 1 (0.11%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 70 (7.85%) Product Ownership
2 33 (3.70%) Management Information System
3 20 (2.24%) Analytical Mindset
3 20 (2.24%) IoT
4 19 (2.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 19 (2.13%) Onboarding
5 18 (2.02%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 16 (1.79%) Fixed Income
7 14 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (1.23%) AI Agents
8 11 (1.23%) PMI
9 10 (1.12%) Reinsurance
10 8 (0.90%) Enterprise Cloud
10 8 (0.90%) Life Science
10 8 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (0.78%) Cloud Native
11 7 (0.78%) Digital Media
12 6 (0.67%) Social Media
12 6 (0.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.46%) Windows
2 5 (0.56%) Linux
3 1 (0.11%) Android
3 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 371 (41.59%) Project Management
2 317 (35.54%) Agile
3 259 (29.04%) Problem-Solving
4 213 (23.88%) Change Management
5 207 (23.21%) Data Analysis
6 180 (20.18%) Analytics
7 151 (16.93%) Data Analytics
8 125 (14.01%) Stakeholder Management
9 121 (13.57%) Requirements Gathering
9 121 (13.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 114 (12.78%) Process Improvement
11 106 (11.88%) User Stories
12 104 (11.66%) AI
12 104 (11.66%) Decision-Making
13 99 (11.10%) Continuous Improvement
14 98 (10.99%) Roadmaps
15 88 (9.87%) Workshop Facilitation
16 78 (8.74%) Scrum
17 77 (8.63%) Project Delivery
18 71 (7.96%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 209 (23.43%) SQL
2 158 (17.71%) Python
3 6 (0.67%) Java
4 5 (0.56%) C#
5 3 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.22%) Ada
6 2 (0.22%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.22%) R
6 2 (0.22%) X++
7 1 (0.11%) C++
7 1 (0.11%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.11%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 268 (30.04%) Degree
2 42 (4.71%) Security Cleared
3 32 (3.59%) PMI Certification
4 28 (3.14%) Master's Degree
5 24 (2.69%) DBS Check
5 24 (2.69%) SC Cleared
6 23 (2.58%) IIBA
7 22 (2.47%) PMP
8 20 (2.24%) CIMA
8 20 (2.24%) HND
9 15 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (1.57%) ACCA
11 11 (1.23%) DV Cleared
12 8 (0.90%) CBAP
13 7 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (0.56%) ISEB
15 4 (0.45%) ISTQB
15 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
16 3 (0.34%) AWS Certification
16 3 (0.34%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (5.04%) QA
2 25 (2.80%) Data Quality
3 23 (2.58%) Accessibility
4 16 (1.79%) SEPA
5 14 (1.57%) ISO 20022
6 12 (1.35%) MiFID
6 12 (1.35%) TARGET2
7 9 (1.01%) GDPR
8 8 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
8 8 (0.90%) PMO
9 3 (0.34%) EMIR
9 3 (0.34%) GRC
9 3 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.22%) GxP
10 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.22%) NIST
10 2 (0.22%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.11%) FATCA
11 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (0.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.11%) Control-M
2 1 (0.11%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 250 (28.03%) Microsoft
2 32 (3.59%) Salesforce
3 19 (2.13%) SAP
4 13 (1.46%) Anaplan
4 13 (1.46%) Oracle
5 8 (0.90%) Alteryx
5 8 (0.90%) ServiceNow
6 7 (0.78%) Adobe
6 7 (0.78%) Civica
6 7 (0.78%) iManage
7 6 (0.67%) Atlassian
7 6 (0.67%) ION Trading
8 5 (0.56%) Bloomberg
8 5 (0.56%) CQG
8 5 (0.56%) GoldenSource
8 5 (0.56%) Patsystems
8 5 (0.56%) Reuters
8 5 (0.56%) Trayport
8 5 (0.56%) Workday
9 4 (0.45%) HubSpot