Business Analysis Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Business Analysis
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 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 167 192 189
Rank change year-on-year +25 -3 -28
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 504 514 558
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.19% 1.43% 1.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.51% 1.61% 1.82%
Number of salaries quoted 414 289 335
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 £29,700
25th Percentile £29,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,967 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.52% -2.92% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £64,625 £69,000 £73,029
UK median annual salary £48,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.65% -4.17% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,283 31,985 30,588
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.49% 89.04% 88.64%
Number of salaries quoted 19,187 14,363 22,780
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Business Analysis job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Business Analysis
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Business Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Business Analysis

Business Analysis
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Business Analysis in the UK excluding London

Business Analysis
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London 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
North of England +46 225 £40,000 -12.21% 70
North West +35 107 £40,000 -27.27% 33
Yorkshire +53 89 £40,000 -20.00% 27
South East +14 75 £54,500 +6.93% 96
Midlands +6 74 £40,000 -27.27% 52
West Midlands +12 54 £40,000 -27.27% 33
South West +3 51 £40,000 -18.37% 41
Scotland +11 37 £37,500 -31.82% 21
East of England -19 32 £40,000 -21.52% 36
North East -2 29 £40,000 +6.67% 12
East Midlands -13 20 £50,195 -22.78% 19
Wales +14 11 £45,000 -5.26% 15
Business Analysis
UK

Business Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 20 (3.97%) Confluence
2 8 (1.59%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.20%) IIS
Applications
1 135 (26.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (4.56%) MS Visio
3 12 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.20%) Sketch
6 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (0.40%) iTrent
2 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.20%) PeopleSoft HRMS
2 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 33 (6.55%) Power Platform
2 23 (4.56%) Azure
3 21 (4.17%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 17 (3.37%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (2.58%) SaaS
7 8 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (1.59%) Power Automate
8 6 (1.19%) AWS
8 6 (1.19%) IaaS
8 6 (1.19%) Miro
8 6 (1.19%) PaaS
9 4 (0.79%) ChatGPT
9 4 (0.79%) Entra ID
9 4 (0.79%) Veeva
10 3 (0.60%) Benchling
10 3 (0.60%) iPaaS
11 2 (0.40%) Amazon Cognito
11 2 (0.40%) Serverless
11 2 (0.40%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.79%) Unified Communications
2 2 (0.40%) RFID
3 1 (0.20%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.20%) Intranet
3 1 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (23.61%) Tableau
2 116 (23.02%) Data Mining
3 26 (5.16%) Power BI
4 7 (1.39%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.60%) Metadata
6 2 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.40%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (0.40%) GIS
6 2 (0.40%) MS Access
7 1 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.20%) Power Query
7 1 (0.20%) Qlik Sense
7 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 25 (4.96%) JIRA
2 3 (0.60%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.20%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.20%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.20%) Git
3 1 (0.20%) GitLab
3 1 (0.20%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.20%) Maven
3 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 314 (62.30%) Finance
2 190 (37.70%) Analytical Skills
3 123 (24.40%) Social Skills
4 45 (8.93%) Marketing
5 25 (4.96%) Legal
6 20 (3.97%) Public Sector
7 15 (2.98%) Retail
8 12 (2.38%) Law
9 11 (2.18%) Banking
10 9 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.19%) Billing
12 6 (1.19%) Manufacturing
13 5 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.79%) Advertising
14 4 (0.79%) Digital Health
14 4 (0.79%) Financial Institution
14 4 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.60%) Health Technology
16 2 (0.40%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 363 (72.02%) Analyst
2 239 (47.42%) Business Analyst
3 228 (45.24%) Trainee
4 217 (43.06%) Trainee Analyst
5 112 (22.22%) Trainee Business Analyst
6 109 (21.63%) Data Analyst
7 105 (20.83%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 44 (8.73%) Senior
9 23 (4.56%) Architect
10 21 (4.17%) Developer
11 20 (3.97%) Salesforce Developer
11 20 (3.97%) Senior Developer
11 20 (3.97%) Senior Salesforce Developer
12 19 (3.77%) Senior Analyst
13 17 (3.37%) Senior Business Analyst
14 15 (2.98%) Project Manager
15 14 (2.78%) IT Manager
15 14 (2.78%) Product Owner
15 14 (2.78%) Systems Analyst
16 11 (2.18%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.79%) Middleware
1 4 (0.79%) REST
1 4 (0.79%) Web Services
2 3 (0.60%) JSON
2 3 (0.60%) SOAP
2 3 (0.60%) XML
3 2 (0.40%) .NET
3 2 (0.40%) CSS
3 2 (0.40%) EDI
3 2 (0.40%) HTML
3 2 (0.40%) OpenAPI
3 2 (0.40%) Spring
3 2 (0.40%) Spring Boot
3 2 (0.40%) Swagger
4 1 (0.20%) CSS3
4 1 (0.20%) Gherkin
4 1 (0.20%) HTML5
4 1 (0.20%) MERN Stack
4 1 (0.20%) Node.js
4 1 (0.20%) React
Miscellaneous
1 26 (5.16%) Product Ownership
2 20 (3.97%) Management Information System
3 14 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (2.58%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (1.59%) Life Science
5 8 (1.59%) PMI
5 8 (1.59%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 7 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.19%) Social Media
8 5 (0.99%) Onboarding
9 4 (0.79%) Cloud Native
9 4 (0.79%) Digital Media
9 4 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (0.79%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.60%) Biopharmaceutical
10 3 (0.60%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.60%) LIMS
11 2 (0.40%) AI Agents
11 2 (0.40%) Educational Technology
11 2 (0.40%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.39%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (52.38%) Project Management
2 172 (34.13%) Problem-Solving
3 161 (31.94%) Agile
4 152 (30.16%) Change Management
5 144 (28.57%) Data Analysis
6 117 (23.21%) Analytics
7 110 (21.83%) Data Analytics
8 54 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 53 (10.52%) Process Improvement
10 52 (10.32%) Roadmaps
11 49 (9.72%) Stakeholder Management
12 46 (9.13%) User Stories
13 44 (8.73%) Mentoring
14 43 (8.53%) Decision-Making
15 42 (8.33%) Workshop Facilitation
16 41 (8.13%) Business Intelligence
16 41 (8.13%) Requirements Gathering
17 40 (7.94%) AI
18 38 (7.54%) Scrum
19 36 (7.14%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 146 (28.97%) SQL
2 120 (23.81%) Python
3 5 (0.99%) Java
4 3 (0.60%) C#
5 2 (0.40%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.40%) PL/SQL
5 2 (0.40%) R
5 2 (0.40%) VBA
6 1 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 165 (32.74%) Degree
2 28 (5.56%) DBS Check
3 15 (2.98%) Security Cleared
4 11 (2.18%) PMI Certification
5 9 (1.79%) IIBA
6 8 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (0.99%) ACCA
8 5 (0.99%) CIMA
8 5 (0.99%) DV Cleared
8 5 (0.99%) SC Cleared
9 4 (0.79%) CBAP
9 4 (0.79%) PMP
10 3 (0.60%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.40%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.20%) CISSP
12 1 (0.20%) ISEB
12 1 (0.20%) SAFe Agilist
12 1 (0.20%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.76%) QA
2 9 (1.79%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.59%) SEPA
3 8 (1.59%) TARGET2
4 6 (1.19%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.79%) ISO 20022
6 3 (0.60%) GDPR
6 3 (0.60%) PMO
7 1 (0.20%) COBIT
7 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.20%) NIST
7 1 (0.20%) P3O
7 1 (0.20%) Solvency II
System Software
1 4 (0.79%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.20%) VMware Server
Vendors
1 167 (33.13%) Microsoft
2 28 (5.56%) Salesforce
3 6 (1.19%) Civica
3 6 (1.19%) Oracle
4 5 (0.99%) SAP
5 4 (0.79%) Guidewire
6 3 (0.60%) LabVantage
6 3 (0.60%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.20%) Anaplan
7 1 (0.20%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.20%) ESRI
7 1 (0.20%) Google
7 1 (0.20%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.20%) PeopleSoft
7 1 (0.20%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 1 (0.20%) VMware