Business Analysis Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Business Analysis
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Business Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 - 59
Rank change year-on-year - - +47
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 20 0 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 2.28% - 1.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.01% - 2.14%
Number of salaries quoted 16 0 3
10th Percentile £29,250 - £44,850
25th Percentile £35,000 - £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -25.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 - £53,750
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £40,000 £50,967 £42,500
% change year-on-year -21.52% +19.92% -20.93%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 in Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 665 757 607
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 75.91% 86.51% 87.34%
Number of salaries quoted 472 325 410
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £47,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,625 £82,500 £90,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% -1.82%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Business Analysis relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Business Analysis job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Business Analysis
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Business Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Business Analysis

Business Analysis
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Analysis in Cambridgeshire

Business Analysis
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 14 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
Cambridge - 9 £40,000 - 1
Peterborough - 9 £52,145 - 6
St Neots - 2 £35,250 -
Business Analysis
East of England

Business Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 1 (5.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (10.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (30.00%) Data Mining
1 6 (30.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 11 (55.00%) Finance
2 9 (45.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (90.00%) Analyst
2 12 (60.00%) Business Analyst
3 9 (45.00%) Trainee
3 9 (45.00%) Trainee Analyst
4 6 (30.00%) Data Analyst
4 6 (30.00%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 4 (20.00%) Principal Business Analyst
6 3 (15.00%) Trainee Business Analyst
7 2 (10.00%) Business Analyst Team Leader
7 2 (10.00%) Lead
7 2 (10.00%) Lead Business Analyst
7 2 (10.00%) Product Owner
7 2 (10.00%) Team Leader
7 2 (10.00%) Technical Product Owner
8 1 (5.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Educational Technology
1 2 (10.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (10.00%) Product Ownership
1 2 (10.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (5.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (60.00%) Project Management
2 7 (35.00%) Agile
2 7 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (30.00%) Analytics
3 6 (30.00%) Data Analysis
3 6 (30.00%) Data Analytics
4 5 (25.00%) Roadmaps
5 4 (20.00%) Coaching
5 4 (20.00%) Scrum
6 3 (15.00%) Change Management
6 3 (15.00%) Decision-Making
6 3 (15.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (15.00%) User Stories
6 3 (15.00%) Workshop Facilitation
7 2 (10.00%) Backlog Management
7 2 (10.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
7 2 (10.00%) Product Backlog
7 2 (10.00%) Product Vision
7 2 (10.00%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (30.00%) Python
1 6 (30.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) DBS Check
2 2 (10.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (5.00%) CISSP
3 1 (5.00%) IIBA
3 1 (5.00%) PMP
3 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) QA
2 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft