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 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 191 202 141
Rank change year-on-year +11 -61 -5
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 779 894 1,228
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.47% 1.32% 2.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.70% 1.58% 2.49%
Number of salaries quoted 598 547 924
10th Percentile £29,250 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +5.93%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,250 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.50% - -4.76%

All Process and 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 45,732 56,416 49,415
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.33% 83.00% 93.81%
Number of salaries quoted 27,268 29,481 37,851
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.68% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.04% +2.86% -

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 14 November 2025.

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 14 November 2025. 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 +9 708 £60,000 - 945
UK excluding London +11 408 £42,250 -15.50% 796
London +38 325 £75,000 +4.53% 285
Work from Home +3 219 £62,500 - 195
North of England +39 172 £42,500 -5.56% 207
North West +62 101 £55,000 - 113
South East +23 76 £57,500 +32.18% 185
Yorkshire +40 55 £40,000 -20.00% 65
South West +24 47 £40,000 -21.18% 80
Midlands -37 47 £40,000 -27.19% 161
West Midlands +10 40 £40,000 -23.81% 102
Scotland -5 30 £40,000 -5.88% 49
East of England +18 23 £40,000 -36.00% 71
North East -33 16 £40,000 +6.67% 32
Northern Ireland +8 8 £67,500 +13.04% 16
East Midlands -56 7 £50,195 -33.07% 59
Wales +7 6 £45,000 -5.26% 32

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 47 (6.03%) Confluence
2 17 (2.18%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.26%) CMS
3 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.13%) IIS
4 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 146 (18.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (4.24%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (3.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (3.34%) MS Visio
5 8 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.90%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.03%) SAP WM
3 5 (0.64%) Maximo
3 5 (0.64%) Unit4 Business World
4 4 (0.51%) Aladdin
4 4 (0.51%) Elite 3E
4 4 (0.51%) Sage X3
5 3 (0.39%) Adaptiv
5 3 (0.39%) Endur
5 3 (0.39%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.39%) thinkFolio
6 2 (0.26%) Bloomberg AIM
6 2 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.26%) iTrent
6 2 (0.26%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.13%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 1 (0.13%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 59 (7.57%) Power Platform
2 54 (6.93%) Azure
3 27 (3.47%) Azure DevOps
3 27 (3.47%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (3.08%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 23 (2.95%) SaaS
6 18 (2.31%) AWS
7 14 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
7 14 (1.80%) Power Automate
8 13 (1.67%) Miro
9 8 (1.03%) Cloud Computing
9 8 (1.03%) PaaS
9 8 (1.03%) PowerApps
10 7 (0.90%) Figma
11 6 (0.77%) GCP
12 5 (0.64%) Lucidchart
13 4 (0.51%) Azure Data Factory
13 4 (0.51%) GitHub
13 4 (0.51%) Google Workspace
13 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (0.51%) HTTP
2 4 (0.51%) Unified Communications
3 3 (0.39%) FIX Connectivity
3 3 (0.39%) Multicast
4 2 (0.26%) 4G
4 2 (0.26%) LAN
4 2 (0.26%) WAN
5 1 (0.13%) BGP
5 1 (0.13%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.13%) Firewall
5 1 (0.13%) HSRP
5 1 (0.13%) Intranet
5 1 (0.13%) IPsec
5 1 (0.13%) OSPF
5 1 (0.13%) RFID
5 1 (0.13%) SNMP
5 1 (0.13%) VoIP
5 1 (0.13%) VPN
5 1 (0.13%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (12.07%) Tableau
2 88 (11.30%) Data Mining
3 49 (6.29%) Power BI
4 19 (2.44%) SQL Server
5 15 (1.93%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (1.03%) Big Data
7 6 (0.77%) BusinessObjects
7 6 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.64%) Metadata
8 5 (0.64%) MS Access
8 5 (0.64%) SAP HANA
8 5 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.51%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.51%) Power Query
9 4 (0.51%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.39%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.39%) GIS
11 2 (0.26%) Qlik Sense
11 2 (0.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 1 (0.13%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 67 (8.60%) JIRA
2 4 (0.51%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.13%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.13%) Git
4 1 (0.13%) GitLab
4 1 (0.13%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.13%) Maven
4 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 398 (51.09%) Finance
2 287 (36.84%) Social Skills
3 248 (31.84%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (9.88%) Marketing
5 72 (9.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 59 (7.57%) Banking
7 49 (6.29%) Legal
8 36 (4.62%) Retail
9 35 (4.49%) Manufacturing
10 34 (4.36%) Public Sector
11 27 (3.47%) Law
12 25 (3.21%) Documentation Skills
12 25 (3.21%) Organisational Skills
13 21 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
14 15 (1.93%) Billing
14 15 (1.93%) Financial Institution
15 14 (1.80%) Back Office
16 11 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
17 10 (1.28%) Advertising
18 9 (1.16%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 468 (60.08%) Analyst
2 348 (44.67%) Business Analyst
3 153 (19.64%) Trainee
4 142 (18.23%) Trainee Analyst
5 102 (13.09%) Senior
6 94 (12.07%) Data Analyst
7 74 (9.50%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 68 (8.73%) Trainee Business Analyst
9 63 (8.09%) Lead
10 57 (7.32%) Senior Analyst
11 55 (7.06%) Senior Business Analyst
12 46 (5.91%) Project Manager
13 43 (5.52%) Lead Business Analyst
14 40 (5.13%) Architect
15 37 (4.75%) Developer
16 28 (3.59%) Financial Analyst
17 27 (3.47%) Consultant
17 27 (3.47%) IT Manager
17 27 (3.47%) Product Owner
18 24 (3.08%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.28%) React
2 9 (1.16%) .NET
3 6 (0.77%) FIX Protocol
3 6 (0.77%) Middleware
4 5 (0.64%) SAP Fiori
4 5 (0.64%) SAPUI5
4 5 (0.64%) XML
5 4 (0.51%) Web Services
6 3 (0.39%) Gherkin
6 3 (0.39%) HTML
7 2 (0.26%) CSS
7 2 (0.26%) REST
7 2 (0.26%) RESTful
7 2 (0.26%) Spring
7 2 (0.26%) Spring Boot
8 1 (0.13%) CSS3
8 1 (0.13%) Dropwizard
8 1 (0.13%) MERN Stack
8 1 (0.13%) Mongoose
8 1 (0.13%) Nunjucks
Miscellaneous
1 71 (9.11%) Product Ownership
2 43 (5.52%) Management Information System
3 25 (3.21%) Analytical Mindset
4 19 (2.44%) Onboarding
4 19 (2.44%) Reinsurance
4 19 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (2.18%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 16 (2.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 14 (1.80%) Fixed Income
8 10 (1.28%) Derivative
8 10 (1.28%) Digital Media
9 9 (1.16%) IoT
9 9 (1.16%) Social Media
10 7 (0.90%) OTC Derivatives
10 7 (0.90%) PMI
11 6 (0.77%) Market Risk
11 6 (0.77%) Wiki
12 5 (0.64%) AI Agents
12 5 (0.64%) Augmented Reality
12 5 (0.64%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 7 (0.90%) Windows
2 3 (0.39%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 301 (38.64%) Agile
2 281 (36.07%) Project Management
3 189 (24.26%) Problem-Solving
4 157 (20.15%) Data Analysis
5 155 (19.90%) Change Management
6 141 (18.10%) Stakeholder Management
7 137 (17.59%) Requirements Gathering
8 130 (16.69%) Analytics
8 130 (16.69%) Process Improvement
8 130 (16.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 113 (14.51%) Continuous Improvement
10 110 (14.12%) Roadmaps
11 109 (13.99%) Data Analytics
12 106 (13.61%) User Stories
13 94 (12.07%) Project Delivery
14 92 (11.81%) AI
15 90 (11.55%) Decision-Making
16 81 (10.40%) Workshop Facilitation
17 74 (9.50%) ERP
18 71 (9.11%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 160 (20.54%) SQL
2 112 (14.38%) Python
3 13 (1.67%) C#
4 6 (0.77%) JavaScript
5 5 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 5 (0.64%) PL/SQL
5 5 (0.64%) VBA
6 4 (0.51%) Java
6 4 (0.51%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.39%) Bash
8 2 (0.26%) Ada
8 2 (0.26%) C++
8 2 (0.26%) R
9 1 (0.13%) ABAP
9 1 (0.13%) PHP
9 1 (0.13%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 203 (26.06%) Degree
2 37 (4.75%) DBS Check
2 37 (4.75%) PMI Certification
3 33 (4.24%) Master's Degree
4 31 (3.98%) PMP
5 24 (3.08%) Security Cleared
6 19 (2.44%) CIMA
7 17 (2.18%) SC Cleared
8 14 (1.80%) ACCA
8 14 (1.80%) CBAP
8 14 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (1.16%) CFA
10 8 (1.03%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.03%) HND
11 6 (0.77%) IIBA
12 5 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.64%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 4 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.51%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.51%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (5.78%) QA
2 33 (4.24%) Data Quality
3 17 (2.18%) SEPA
4 15 (1.93%) GDPR
4 15 (1.93%) MiFID
5 14 (1.80%) PMO
6 13 (1.67%) ISO 20022
7 12 (1.54%) Accessibility
8 11 (1.41%) TARGET2
9 8 (1.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.26%) COBIT
11 2 (0.26%) EMIR
11 2 (0.26%) GRC
11 2 (0.26%) GxP
11 2 (0.26%) IFRS
11 2 (0.26%) Solvency II
11 2 (0.26%) UCITS
12 1 (0.13%) GAAP
12 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (0.13%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.13%) Docker
1 1 (0.13%) Firmware
1 1 (0.13%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 1 (0.13%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.13%) SCCM
1 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 174 (22.34%) Microsoft
2 45 (5.78%) Salesforce
3 27 (3.47%) SAP
4 13 (1.67%) Oracle
5 11 (1.41%) Atlassian
6 10 (1.28%) Anaplan
7 9 (1.16%) GoldenSource
7 9 (1.16%) ServiceNow
8 8 (1.03%) Guidewire
9 7 (0.90%) Adobe
10 6 (0.77%) Bloomberg
10 6 (0.77%) Civica
10 6 (0.77%) Google
10 6 (0.77%) Murex
11 4 (0.51%) Calypso
11 4 (0.51%) HubSpot
11 4 (0.51%) iManage
11 4 (0.51%) ION Trading
11 4 (0.51%) Sage
12 3 (0.39%) Workday