Business Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Business Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Business Analysis over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 202 163 167
Rank change year-on-year -39 +4 +3
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 1,475 2,377 3,716
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.50% 2.29% 2.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.74% 2.39% 2.49%
Number of salaries quoted 822 1,616 2,554
10th Percentile £34,834 £41,652 £38,000
25th Percentile £43,461 £48,750 £46,140
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £85,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.27% +10.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Business Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,571 99,456 148,990
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.62% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 59,798 58,396 83,204
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Business Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analysis in the UK

Business Analysis
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Analysis.

Salary trend for Business Analysis in the UK

Business Analysis
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Analysis in the UK

Business Analysis
Top 18 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 29 April 2024. 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 -34 1,264 £55,000 -8.33% 281
UK excluding London -25 1,034 £51,000 -7.27% 152
Work from Home -64 532 £55,000 -8.33% 105
London -51 385 £70,000 +7.69% 144
North of England -26 213 £52,500 -4.55% 31
South East -56 205 £52,500 -8.70% 37
East of England +96 162 £44,050 -11.90% 15
Midlands -41 160 £47,500 -9.52% 34
North West -3 133 £48,500 -19.17% 18
Scotland -20 131 £45,237 -17.75% 13
South West -15 129 £52,500 -4.55% 19
West Midlands -23 116 £47,500 -9.52% 25
Yorkshire -8 53 £53,750 +4.23% 8
East Midlands -39 43 £47,500 -9.52% 9
North East +7 27 £52,500 -8.70% 5
Wales -16 16 £49,000 +8.89% 4
Northern Ireland +23 11 £58,800 +23.79% 3
Isle of Man - 8 £49,500 -

Business Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 76 (5.15%) Confluence
2 25 (1.69%) Apache
3 24 (1.63%) SharePoint
4 12 (0.81%) Anypoint
5 11 (0.75%) IIS
6 7 (0.47%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.34%) BizTalk Server
8 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.14%) Moodle
9 2 (0.14%) SAS
10 1 (0.068%) CMS
10 1 (0.068%) Drupal
10 1 (0.068%) SharePoint 2013
10 1 (0.068%) WordPress
Applications
1 155 (10.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 97 (6.58%) Microsoft Office
3 59 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 59 (4.00%) MS Visio
4 22 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.54%) Trello
6 5 (0.34%) Sketch
7 4 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.068%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 30 (2.03%) Salesforce CRM
2 22 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
4 14 (0.95%) SAP CO
4 14 (0.95%) SAP FI
4 14 (0.95%) SAP FI/CO
5 13 (0.88%) iTrent
6 10 (0.68%) Infor SunSystems
7 7 (0.47%) BPCS
8 5 (0.34%) NEC Housing
9 4 (0.27%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.20%) Aladdin
11 2 (0.14%) Endur
11 2 (0.14%) Magento
11 2 (0.14%) Maximo
11 2 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
11 2 (0.14%) SAP GRC
11 2 (0.14%) SAP HR
11 2 (0.14%) Shopify
11 2 (0.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 139 (9.42%) Azure
2 125 (8.47%) Power Platform
3 96 (6.51%) AWS
4 55 (3.73%) SaaS
5 51 (3.46%) Azure DevOps
6 44 (2.98%) Microsoft 365
7 28 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
7 28 (1.90%) PowerApps
8 23 (1.56%) Miro
9 20 (1.36%) Power Automate
10 19 (1.29%) GCP
10 19 (1.29%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 14 (0.95%) IBM Cloud
12 11 (0.75%) PaaS
13 10 (0.68%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (0.54%) Figma
14 8 (0.54%) IaaS
14 8 (0.54%) Serverless
15 7 (0.47%) AWS Lambda
16 6 (0.41%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 22 (1.49%) Firewall
1 22 (1.49%) Wireless
2 17 (1.15%) HTTP
3 14 (0.95%) LAN
3 14 (0.95%) WAN
4 12 (0.81%) BGP
4 12 (0.81%) OSPF
4 12 (0.81%) VLAN
5 10 (0.68%) DNS
6 9 (0.61%) TCP/IP
6 9 (0.61%) VoIP
7 7 (0.47%) EIGRP
7 7 (0.47%) HSRP
7 7 (0.47%) MPLS
7 7 (0.47%) Network Security
7 7 (0.47%) SD-WAN
7 7 (0.47%) Spanning Tree
7 7 (0.47%) VRRP
7 7 (0.47%) Wireshark
7 7 (0.47%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (7.46%) Power BI
2 45 (3.05%) Data Warehouse
3 42 (2.85%) Tableau
4 35 (2.37%) SQL Server
5 27 (1.83%) Relational Database
6 25 (1.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 19 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 18 (1.22%) BusinessObjects
9 13 (0.88%) Big Data
9 13 (0.88%) Data Lake
9 13 (0.88%) NoSQL
10 9 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
10 9 (0.61%) Metadata
10 9 (0.61%) Oracle Reports
11 7 (0.47%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
11 7 (0.47%) Data Mining
11 7 (0.47%) Qlik Sense
11 7 (0.47%) Semantic Layer
11 7 (0.47%) Star Schema
12 6 (0.41%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 146 (9.90%) JIRA
2 10 (0.68%) Jenkins
2 10 (0.68%) Visual Studio
3 9 (0.61%) Git
4 8 (0.54%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 4 (0.27%) Postman
6 2 (0.14%) Android Studio
6 2 (0.14%) Balsamiq
6 2 (0.14%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.14%) Hudson
6 2 (0.14%) JUnit
6 2 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.14%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.068%) Bugzilla
7 1 (0.068%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.068%) JMeter
7 1 (0.068%) Selenium
7 1 (0.068%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.068%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.068%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 471 (31.93%) Social Skills
2 439 (29.76%) Finance
3 401 (27.19%) Analytical Skills
4 169 (11.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 167 (11.32%) Retail
6 143 (9.69%) Law
7 142 (9.63%) Presentation Skills
8 121 (8.20%) Public Sector
9 107 (7.25%) Banking
10 95 (6.44%) Marketing
11 92 (6.24%) Legal
12 61 (4.14%) Investment Banking
13 58 (3.93%) Influencing Skills
14 37 (2.51%) Documentation Skills
15 29 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
16 28 (1.90%) Front Office
16 28 (1.90%) Local Government
17 26 (1.76%) Pharmaceutical
18 24 (1.63%) Games
18 24 (1.63%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 834 (56.54%) Analyst
2 659 (44.68%) Business Analyst
3 188 (12.75%) Senior
4 110 (7.46%) Senior Analyst
5 99 (6.71%) Project Manager
6 95 (6.44%) Senior Business Analyst
7 80 (5.42%) Principal Business Analyst
8 74 (5.02%) Lead
9 72 (4.88%) Architect
10 66 (4.47%) Developer
11 60 (4.07%) Consultant
12 52 (3.53%) Systems Analyst
13 45 (3.05%) IT Analyst
14 37 (2.51%) Business Manager
15 36 (2.44%) IT Manager
16 35 (2.37%) Business IT Analyst
16 35 (2.37%) IT Business Analyst
16 35 (2.37%) Senior Manager
16 35 (2.37%) Technical Analyst
16 35 (2.37%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (3.25%) .NET
2 30 (2.03%) React
3 27 (1.83%) Web Services
4 22 (1.49%) EDI
5 21 (1.42%) Apache NiFi
6 20 (1.36%) ASP.NET
7 19 (1.29%) JSON
8 16 (1.08%) SOAP
9 15 (1.02%) .NET Framework
9 15 (1.02%) XML
10 14 (0.95%) Keras
10 14 (0.95%) NumPy
10 14 (0.95%) REST
10 14 (0.95%) TensorFlow
11 10 (0.68%) CSS
11 10 (0.68%) HTML
12 9 (0.61%) BAPI
12 9 (0.61%) SAP Fiori
13 8 (0.54%) .NET Core
14 7 (0.47%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 84 (5.69%) Management Information System
1 84 (5.69%) Product Ownership
2 54 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
3 41 (2.78%) Cloud Native
4 33 (2.24%) Algorithms
5 32 (2.17%) Data Structures
6 29 (1.97%) Taxonomies
7 25 (1.69%) Onboarding
8 23 (1.56%) Reinsurance
9 21 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
9 21 (1.42%) Mobile App
10 18 (1.22%) Derivative
11 17 (1.15%) Virtual Team
12 14 (0.95%) Blockchain
13 13 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
14 11 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
14 11 (0.75%) Driving Licence
14 11 (0.75%) IoT
14 11 (0.75%) Low-Code
15 10 (0.68%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.22%) Windows
2 9 (0.61%) Android
3 7 (0.47%) Apple iOS
3 7 (0.47%) Linux
4 6 (0.41%) Unix
5 3 (0.20%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.14%) AIX
6 2 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 543 (36.81%) Agile
2 467 (31.66%) Problem-Solving
3 306 (20.75%) Project Management
4 265 (17.97%) Decision-Making
5 261 (17.69%) Requirements Gathering
6 252 (17.08%) Change Management
7 245 (16.61%) Stakeholder Management
8 210 (14.24%) Coaching
9 196 (13.29%) Analytics
10 180 (12.20%) User Stories
11 162 (10.98%) Business Intelligence
12 149 (10.10%) Data Analysis
13 142 (9.63%) Roadmaps
13 142 (9.63%) Workshop Facilitation
14 139 (9.42%) Project Delivery
15 133 (9.02%) Scrum
16 132 (8.95%) Business Case
17 131 (8.88%) Continuous Improvement
18 130 (8.81%) Data Modelling
19 127 (8.61%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 181 (12.27%) SQL
2 121 (8.20%) Python
3 33 (2.24%) JavaScript
3 33 (2.24%) T-SQL
4 22 (1.49%) C#
5 19 (1.29%) Java
6 17 (1.15%) PowerShell
7 15 (1.02%) R
8 14 (0.95%) MATLAB
9 12 (0.81%) TypeScript
9 12 (0.81%) VBA
10 11 (0.75%) PL/SQL
11 8 (0.54%) VB
12 7 (0.47%) RPG
12 7 (0.47%) RPG IV
13 5 (0.34%) GLSL
14 4 (0.27%) Ruby
15 3 (0.20%) Go
15 3 (0.20%) Scala
16 2 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 325 (22.03%) Degree
2 150 (10.17%) Security Cleared
3 91 (6.17%) SC Cleared
4 46 (3.12%) Master's Degree
5 38 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (2.17%) DV Cleared
7 28 (1.90%) PMI Certification
8 25 (1.69%) PMP
9 19 (1.29%) DBS Check
10 18 (1.22%) CISM
10 18 (1.22%) CISSP
11 17 (1.15%) MBA
12 16 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
12 16 (1.08%) GIAC
12 16 (1.08%) ISEB
12 16 (1.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 15 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
13 15 (1.02%) IIBA
14 12 (0.81%) CCIE
15 11 (0.75%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (4.68%) QA
2 38 (2.58%) PMO
3 26 (1.76%) Data Quality
4 18 (1.22%) GDPR
5 17 (1.15%) COBIT
6 16 (1.08%) Accessibility
7 13 (0.88%) SLA
8 10 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (0.54%) NIST
10 6 (0.41%) Web Application Security Consortium
11 5 (0.34%) SEPA
11 5 (0.34%) TARGET2
12 3 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.20%) EMIR
12 3 (0.20%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 3 (0.20%) MiFID
13 2 (0.14%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.14%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.14%) JSP 440
System Software
1 7 (0.47%) Firmware
2 6 (0.41%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.34%) Docker
4 4 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (1.02%) Ansible
2 9 (0.61%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.41%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 5 (0.34%) Graphite
5 3 (0.20%) SCCM
5 3 (0.20%) Terraform
6 2 (0.14%) Kibana
6 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.14%) Nagios
6 2 (0.14%) Netcool
6 2 (0.14%) RSA Archer
6 2 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.14%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.068%) MIIS
7 1 (0.068%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.068%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 209 (14.17%) Microsoft
2 69 (4.68%) Salesforce
3 55 (3.73%) SAP
4 31 (2.10%) Databricks
5 29 (1.97%) Oracle
6 27 (1.83%) IBM
7 17 (1.15%) Google
8 16 (1.08%) Cisco
8 16 (1.08%) Sage
9 12 (0.81%) MuleSoft
10 10 (0.68%) Alibaba
10 10 (0.68%) Infor
11 9 (0.61%) VMware
11 9 (0.61%) Workday
12 7 (0.47%) Ekahau
13 6 (0.41%) MicroStrategy
13 6 (0.41%) ServiceNow
14 5 (0.34%) Atlassian
14 5 (0.34%) Northgate
14 5 (0.34%) Splunk