Business Analysis Jobs

Business Analysis
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Business Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Business Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 220 211 162
Rank change year-on-year -9 -49 +16
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 820 1,445 2,222
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.48% 1.40% 2.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.58% 1.66% 2.39%
Number of salaries quoted 523 786 1,486
10th Percentile £41,524 £34,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,967 £42,500 £48,409
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £54,075 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.96% -9.87% +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £102,500 £92,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +10.00%

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 51,902 86,889 92,846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.67% 84.13% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 25,611 60,763 54,796
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,574 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.15% -9.09% +4.76%

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 30 May 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 30 May 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 -29 745 £60,000 +9.09% 1,255
UK excluding London -31 504 £55,000 +10.00% 1,259
London +56 290 £77,500 +10.71% 211
Work from Home -24 270 £65,000 +18.18% 777
North of England +10 151 £60,000 +14.29% 272
North West +10 144 £60,000 +26.32% 144
South East -9 91 £50,967 -2.92% 389
East of England -17 85 £50,967 +7.30% 152
South West +44 63 £58,750 +19.90% 145
Midlands -32 56 £59,000 +24.21% 226
West Midlands -15 45 £56,500 +18.95% 129
Scotland +49 43 £61,000 +37.55% 57
East Midlands -8 11 £65,000 +35.15% 81
Northern Ireland +41 10 £67,500 +14.80% 26
Wales +38 6 £55,000 +12.24% 39
Yorkshire +15 5 £42,085 -19.84% 97
North East +28 2 £39,250 -25.24% 31

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 75 (9.15%) Oracle Application Server
2 33 (4.02%) Confluence
3 17 (2.07%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.73%) CMS
5 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.24%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.12%) Apache
7 1 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.12%) SAS
7 1 (0.12%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 67 (8.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (3.78%) MS Visio
3 25 (3.05%) Microsoft Office
4 23 (2.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.61%) Trello
6 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.24%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 48 (5.85%) Aladdin
2 39 (4.76%) thinkFolio
3 13 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.73%) Dynamics AX
6 5 (0.61%) Maximo
7 4 (0.49%) Sage X3
8 3 (0.37%) iTrent
9 1 (0.12%) Adaptiv
9 1 (0.12%) Eloqua
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS R12
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.12%) Siebel CRM
9 1 (0.12%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 60 (7.32%) Power Platform
2 34 (4.15%) SaaS
3 33 (4.02%) Azure
4 21 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
5 18 (2.20%) AWS
6 12 (1.46%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (1.34%) Power Automate
7 11 (1.34%) PowerApps
8 8 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (0.73%) Google Analytics
9 6 (0.73%) Lucidchart
10 5 (0.61%) Azure Logic Apps
11 4 (0.49%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (0.49%) Snowflake
12 3 (0.37%) Azure AI
12 3 (0.37%) Figma
12 3 (0.37%) GCP
12 3 (0.37%) Matillion
12 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.37%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (0.73%) BGP
2 6 (0.73%) EIGRP
2 6 (0.73%) Firewall
2 6 (0.73%) HSRP
2 6 (0.73%) IPsec
2 6 (0.73%) OSPF
2 6 (0.73%) SNMP
2 6 (0.73%) VPN
2 6 (0.73%) VRRP
3 3 (0.37%) LAN
3 3 (0.37%) WAN
4 1 (0.12%) HTTP
4 1 (0.12%) Internet
4 1 (0.12%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.12%) RTP
4 1 (0.12%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (11.59%) Data Warehouse
2 79 (9.63%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 75 (9.15%) Oracle Reports
4 51 (6.22%) Power BI
5 39 (4.76%) SQL Server
6 11 (1.34%) Relational Database
6 11 (1.34%) Tableau
7 7 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (0.73%) Data Lake
9 5 (0.61%) SAP HANA
10 4 (0.49%) Big Data
10 4 (0.49%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.49%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.37%) BusinessObjects
11 3 (0.37%) Data Mining
11 3 (0.37%) OLAP
11 3 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.24%) MS Access
12 2 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
12 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 55 (6.71%) JIRA
2 2 (0.24%) Maven
3 1 (0.12%) Git
3 1 (0.12%) MSBuild
3 1 (0.12%) NUnit
3 1 (0.12%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.12%) Postman
3 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 385 (46.95%) Social Skills
2 322 (39.27%) Analytical Skills
3 319 (38.90%) Finance
4 111 (13.54%) Organisational Skills
5 105 (12.80%) Influencing Skills
6 81 (9.88%) Manufacturing
7 75 (9.15%) Military
8 61 (7.44%) Front Office
9 41 (5.00%) Banking
10 36 (4.39%) Retail
11 33 (4.02%) Marketing
12 28 (3.41%) Legal
13 27 (3.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 22 (2.68%) Law
15 19 (2.32%) Presentation Skills
15 19 (2.32%) Public Sector
16 17 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
17 12 (1.46%) Publishing
18 10 (1.22%) Telecoms
19 9 (1.10%) German Language
Job Titles
1 459 (55.98%) Analyst
2 310 (37.80%) Business Analyst
3 97 (11.83%) Change Analyst
4 92 (11.22%) Business Change Analyst
5 81 (9.88%) Architect
6 80 (9.76%) Senior
7 69 (8.41%) Solutions Architect
8 61 (7.44%) Business Manager
9 53 (6.46%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
10 52 (6.34%) Senior Analyst
10 52 (6.34%) Senior Business Analyst
11 48 (5.85%) Developer
12 28 (3.41%) Lead
13 27 (3.29%) Financial Analyst
13 27 (3.29%) Software Developer
14 25 (3.05%) Database Engineer
15 21 (2.56%) Finance Business Analyst
15 21 (2.56%) IT Manager
16 20 (2.44%) Business IT Analyst
16 20 (2.44%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.59%) .NET
2 9 (1.10%) CSS
2 9 (1.10%) HTML
3 5 (0.61%) Gherkin
3 5 (0.61%) REST
3 5 (0.61%) SAP Fiori
3 5 (0.61%) SAPUI5
4 4 (0.49%) ASP.NET
4 4 (0.49%) FIX Protocol
4 4 (0.49%) MACH
4 4 (0.49%) Middleware
4 4 (0.49%) OAuth
5 3 (0.37%) AngularJS
5 3 (0.37%) SOAP
5 3 (0.37%) XML
6 2 (0.24%) LDAP
6 2 (0.24%) Pandas
6 2 (0.24%) React
6 2 (0.24%) SPFx
6 2 (0.24%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 67 (8.17%) Management Information System
2 62 (7.56%) Derivative
3 59 (7.20%) Onboarding
4 53 (6.46%) Fixed Income
4 53 (6.46%) Hedge funds
5 51 (6.22%) Analytical Mindset
5 51 (6.22%) Product Ownership
6 15 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (1.46%) PMI
8 9 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (0.98%) OTC Derivatives
10 7 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (0.73%) IPTV
11 6 (0.73%) Marketing Technology
11 6 (0.73%) Operational Technology
11 6 (0.73%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 5 (0.61%) Data Structures
13 4 (0.49%) Cloud Native
13 4 (0.49%) Pricing Data
13 4 (0.49%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.49%) Linux
2 3 (0.37%) Unix
3 2 (0.24%) Android
3 2 (0.24%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.12%) AIX
4 1 (0.12%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 386 (47.07%) Agile
2 265 (32.32%) Problem-Solving
3 158 (19.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 152 (18.54%) Analytics
5 145 (17.68%) Workshop Facilitation
6 144 (17.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 141 (17.20%) ITIL
7 141 (17.20%) Roadmaps
8 136 (16.59%) Business Case
8 136 (16.59%) Change Management
9 131 (15.98%) Project Management
10 127 (15.49%) Stakeholder Management
11 117 (14.27%) Use Case
12 114 (13.90%) Business Intelligence
13 109 (13.29%) Requirements Gathering
14 103 (12.56%) Collaborative Working
15 102 (12.44%) User Stories
16 101 (12.32%) Data Modelling
17 99 (12.07%) Strategic Thinking
18 97 (11.83%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 100 (12.20%) SQL
2 68 (8.29%) Python
3 37 (4.51%) C#
4 31 (3.78%) Java
5 9 (1.10%) PowerShell
6 7 (0.85%) JavaScript
7 5 (0.61%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.49%) C++
9 3 (0.37%) Bash
9 3 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.24%) PHP
10 2 (0.24%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.12%) ABAP
11 1 (0.12%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.12%) R
11 1 (0.12%) RPG
11 1 (0.12%) RPG IV
11 1 (0.12%) VBA
Qualifications
1 202 (24.63%) Degree
2 133 (16.22%) CBAP
3 79 (9.63%) DBS Check
4 62 (7.56%) BPSS Clearance
5 35 (4.27%) PMI Certification
6 32 (3.90%) Master's Degree
7 24 (2.93%) PMP
8 13 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (1.46%) Security Cleared
10 10 (1.22%) ACCA
10 10 (1.22%) CIMA
10 10 (1.22%) IIBA
10 10 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (1.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 6 (0.73%) CCA
12 6 (0.73%) CCNA
12 6 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (0.73%) CSPO
12 6 (0.73%) ISEB
13 5 (0.61%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (5.37%) QA
2 25 (3.05%) PMO
3 12 (1.46%) GDPR
4 8 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
4 8 (0.98%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.61%) ISO 20022
5 5 (0.61%) SEPA
6 4 (0.49%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.49%) MiFID
7 3 (0.37%) EMIR
8 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.12%) GRC
9 1 (0.12%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.12%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (0.24%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.24%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 106 (12.93%) Oracle
2 84 (10.24%) Microsoft
3 46 (5.61%) BISAM
4 45 (5.49%) Charles River
5 39 (4.76%) Calypso
5 39 (4.76%) SimCorp
6 17 (2.07%) YouTube
7 15 (1.83%) SAP
8 14 (1.71%) Salesforce
9 10 (1.22%) Anaplan
9 10 (1.22%) ServiceNow
10 9 (1.10%) Atlassian
11 7 (0.85%) Google
12 6 (0.73%) Bloomberg
12 6 (0.73%) CheckPoint
12 6 (0.73%) Cisco
12 6 (0.73%) Fortinet
12 6 (0.73%) Guidewire
12 6 (0.73%) Meraki
12 6 (0.73%) SolarWinds