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 27 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 217 210
Rank change year-on-year -5 -7 -74
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 1,007 701 996
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.86% 1.41% 1.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.17% 1.59% 1.60%
Number of salaries quoted 708 530 588
10th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,250 £43,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,550 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £76,180
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £97,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £52,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year -1.90% +8.25% -3.00%

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 85,859 44,048 62,135
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.06% 88.76% 81.73%
Number of salaries quoted 59,233 24,687 33,999
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% -3.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,090
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 27 September 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 27 September 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 +4 904 £57,500 -8.00% 1,129
UK excluding London 0 553 £51,500 -1.90% 716
Work from Home +50 390 £55,000 -15.38% 438
London -32 370 £70,000 -6.67% 575
North of England +13 183 £52,500 -4.55% 190
South East -12 112 £55,000 -6.38% 169
Midlands -16 93 £51,250 -6.82% 113
Yorkshire +23 81 £57,500 +43.75% 74
North West -29 73 £50,000 -16.67% 93
South West -40 73 £45,000 +5.26% 70
West Midlands -17 70 £53,000 -3.64% 69
East of England -2 51 £46,661 -6.68% 61
North East -41 29 £42,500 +6.25% 24
East Midlands -24 23 £47,750 -19.07% 44
Scotland +13 20 £45,000 +12.50% 55
Wales -59 18 £52,500 -0.21% 19
Northern Ireland -90 7 - - 43

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 67 (6.65%) Confluence
2 33 (3.28%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.50%) ColdFusion
4 4 (0.40%) CMS
5 2 (0.20%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.20%) WordPress
6 1 (0.099%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.099%) Appian
6 1 (0.099%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 73 (7.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 67 (6.65%) Microsoft Office
3 63 (6.26%) MS Visio
4 33 (3.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (1.79%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.70%) Moqups
7 6 (0.60%) Trello
8 3 (0.30%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.20%) InDesign
9 2 (0.20%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 21 (2.09%) NetSuite
2 14 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.89%) Fidessa
3 9 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.40%) Magento
4 4 (0.40%) Shopify
5 3 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.30%) Exchequer
5 3 (0.30%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 3 (0.30%) Sage 50
5 3 (0.30%) Sage X3
5 3 (0.30%) SAP Business One
5 3 (0.30%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.30%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.20%) iTrent
6 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.20%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.20%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 117 (11.62%) Power Platform
2 112 (11.12%) Azure
3 56 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
4 48 (4.77%) Microsoft 365
5 44 (4.37%) AWS
6 42 (4.17%) SaaS
7 39 (3.87%) Dynamics 365
8 34 (3.38%) Power Automate
9 25 (2.48%) Lucidchart
9 25 (2.48%) Microsoft Copilot
10 17 (1.69%) Anthropic Claude
11 13 (1.29%) PowerApps
11 13 (1.29%) Zapier
12 11 (1.09%) GCP
12 11 (1.09%) Microsoft Purview
13 10 (0.99%) Copilot Studio
13 10 (0.99%) Figma
13 10 (0.99%) iPaaS
14 8 (0.79%) Boomi
14 8 (0.79%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.89%) Multicast
2 7 (0.70%) FIX Connectivity
3 4 (0.40%) Internet
4 1 (0.099%) DSL
4 1 (0.099%) Intranet
4 1 (0.099%) LAN
4 1 (0.099%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (10.13%) Power BI
2 23 (2.28%) Relational Database
3 20 (1.99%) Tableau
4 17 (1.69%) SQL Server
5 14 (1.39%) Metadata
6 10 (0.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.60%) DTS
9 4 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.30%) Amazon Athena
10 3 (0.30%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.30%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.30%) MySQL
10 3 (0.30%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.30%) Spotfire
11 2 (0.20%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.20%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.20%) Looker
11 2 (0.20%) SAP BW
11 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 131 (13.01%) JIRA
2 8 (0.79%) Claude Code
2 8 (0.79%) Cypress.io
2 8 (0.79%) Selenium
3 7 (0.70%) Postman
4 3 (0.30%) Git
4 3 (0.30%) Hudson
5 2 (0.20%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.20%) Balsamiq
5 2 (0.20%) GitLab
5 2 (0.20%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.20%) LSMW
6 1 (0.099%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.099%) JIRA Agile
6 1 (0.099%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 415 (41.21%) Social Skills
2 372 (36.94%) Finance
3 322 (31.98%) Analytical Skills
4 132 (13.11%) Public Sector
5 100 (9.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 78 (7.75%) Law
7 59 (5.86%) Documentation Skills
8 58 (5.76%) Legal
8 58 (5.76%) Organisational Skills
9 52 (5.16%) Presentation Skills
10 50 (4.97%) Influencing Skills
11 39 (3.87%) Manufacturing
12 37 (3.67%) Retail
13 30 (2.98%) Banking
14 27 (2.68%) Marketing
15 24 (2.38%) Local Government
16 23 (2.28%) Legal Technology
17 18 (1.79%) Aerospace
18 16 (1.59%) Front Office
19 15 (1.49%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 613 (60.87%) Analyst
2 515 (51.14%) Business Analyst
3 176 (17.48%) Senior
4 135 (13.41%) Senior Analyst
5 125 (12.41%) Senior Business Analyst
6 66 (6.55%) Lead
7 54 (5.36%) Consultant
8 45 (4.47%) Technical Analyst
9 43 (4.27%) Technical Business Analyst
10 37 (3.67%) Business Manager
11 34 (3.38%) Project Manager
12 32 (3.18%) Lead Business Analyst
13 30 (2.98%) Systems Analyst
14 29 (2.88%) Product Manager
15 27 (2.68%) Applications Support
16 25 (2.48%) Data Analyst
17 24 (2.38%) Business IT Analyst
17 24 (2.38%) Business Systems Analyst
17 24 (2.38%) IT Analyst
18 23 (2.28%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (1.99%) REST
2 19 (1.89%) FIX Protocol
3 17 (1.69%) .NET
4 11 (1.09%) Gherkin
4 11 (1.09%) SOAP
4 11 (1.09%) XML
5 10 (0.99%) Playwright
6 6 (0.60%) JSON
6 6 (0.60%) LangChain
7 5 (0.50%) CrewAI
7 5 (0.50%) LlamaIndex
8 4 (0.40%) Lightning Web Components
8 4 (0.40%) Middleware
8 4 (0.40%) Oracle Fusion
9 3 (0.30%) .NET Core
9 3 (0.30%) EDI
9 3 (0.30%) PySpark
9 3 (0.30%) RESTful
9 3 (0.30%) Terraform
9 3 (0.30%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 121 (12.02%) Product Ownership
2 57 (5.66%) Management Information System
3 24 (2.38%) Data Structures
3 24 (2.38%) Low-Code
4 23 (2.28%) AI Agents
5 22 (2.18%) Onboarding
6 21 (2.09%) Analytical Mindset
6 21 (2.09%) Derivative
7 18 (1.79%) Fixed Income
8 15 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (1.29%) Blog
9 13 (1.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 12 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
10 12 (1.19%) PMI
11 11 (1.09%) NHS
12 10 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
12 10 (0.99%) IoT
13 9 (0.89%) Distributed Architecture
13 9 (0.89%) Distributed Computing
13 9 (0.89%) Eurex
Operating Systems
1 25 (2.48%) Linux
2 19 (1.89%) Windows
3 3 (0.30%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 442 (43.89%) Agile
2 320 (31.78%) Stakeholder Management
3 317 (31.48%) Problem-Solving
4 297 (29.49%) Requirements Gathering
5 235 (23.34%) Workshop Facilitation
6 226 (22.44%) User Stories
7 216 (21.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 212 (21.05%) Process Improvement
9 203 (20.16%) Continuous Improvement
10 202 (20.06%) AI
11 163 (16.19%) Decision-Making
12 162 (16.09%) Project Management
13 157 (15.59%) Project Delivery
14 133 (13.21%) Scrum
15 128 (12.71%) Acceptance Criteria
16 127 (12.61%) User Acceptance Testing
17 124 (12.31%) Business Intelligence
18 119 (11.82%) Coaching
19 107 (10.63%) Change Management
20 102 (10.13%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 154 (15.29%) SQL
2 43 (4.27%) Python
3 25 (2.48%) JavaScript
4 24 (2.38%) Java
5 21 (2.09%) C++
6 16 (1.59%) C#
7 9 (0.89%) TypeScript
8 7 (0.70%) T-SQL
9 5 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.30%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.30%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.20%) Ada
11 2 (0.20%) Bash
12 1 (0.099%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.099%) R
12 1 (0.099%) RPG
12 1 (0.099%) SOQL
12 1 (0.099%) SOSL
12 1 (0.099%) VBA
Qualifications
1 175 (17.38%) Degree
2 105 (10.43%) Security Cleared
3 84 (8.34%) SC Cleared
4 32 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (2.88%) ACCA
6 28 (2.78%) CIMA
7 25 (2.48%) IIBA
8 23 (2.28%) PMI Certification
9 17 (1.69%) CBAP
10 15 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
11 14 (1.39%) PMP
12 11 (1.09%) DBS Check
13 10 (0.99%) DV Cleared
14 8 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
15 6 (0.60%) CFA
15 6 (0.60%) ISEB
16 4 (0.40%) CSPO
16 4 (0.40%) Master's Degree
16 4 (0.40%) Postgraduate
17 3 (0.30%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (6.26%) QA
2 53 (5.26%) Data Quality
3 25 (2.48%) PMO
4 16 (1.59%) Accessibility
4 16 (1.59%) GDPR
5 13 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.09%) GAAP
7 4 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.40%) COBIT
7 4 (0.40%) NIST
8 3 (0.30%) GRC
8 3 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 3 (0.30%) NCSC
9 2 (0.20%) Good Clinical Practice
9 2 (0.20%) ISO 13485
9 2 (0.20%) MiFID
9 2 (0.20%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.20%) SOC 3
10 1 (0.099%) GxP
10 1 (0.099%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (0.20%) Docker
2 1 (0.099%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.099%) IAG
Systems Management
1 3 (0.30%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.20%) Grafana
2 2 (0.20%) Prometheus
2 2 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.099%) Kibana
3 1 (0.099%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 173 (17.18%) Microsoft
2 41 (4.07%) Salesforce
3 38 (3.77%) SAP
4 24 (2.38%) Oracle
5 21 (2.09%) ServiceNow
6 19 (1.89%) Google
7 17 (1.69%) YouTube
8 15 (1.49%) JD Edwards
9 14 (1.39%) Workday
10 12 (1.19%) Intapp
11 10 (0.99%) Atlassian
12 9 (0.89%) Bloomberg
12 9 (0.89%) CQG
12 9 (0.89%) FIS
12 9 (0.89%) ION Trading
12 9 (0.89%) Patsystems
12 9 (0.89%) Reuters
12 9 (0.89%) Sage
12 9 (0.89%) SunGard
12 9 (0.89%) Trayport