Business Analyst Job Trends

Business Analyst (BA)
UK

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in the UK is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 224 223
Rank change year-on-year +89 -1 -92
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,567 688 929
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.38% 1.39% 1.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.48% 1.55% 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,142 535 679
10th Percentile £39,836 £38,850 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +1.21%
75th Percentile £65,723 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,250 £52,000 £49,750
% change year-on-year -1.44% +4.52% -0.50%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 106,084 44,466 74,570
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 89.67% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 73,032 26,165 45,576
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.36% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Business Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Business Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Business Analyst
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Analyst in the UK

Business Analyst
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 Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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 +92 1,436 £55,000 -12.00% 603
UK excluding London +130 1,089 £51,250 -1.44% 400
North of England +147 485 £50,000 +5.26% 79
Work from Home +28 430 £55,000 -8.33% 208
London -11 401 £67,750 -15.31% 305
Yorkshire +88 214 £57,500 +4.55% 31
Midlands +54 188 £50,000 -9.09% 67
North West +68 155 £46,500 -2.11% 25
South West +28 146 £55,000 +10.00% 43
West Midlands +37 123 £50,000 +3.63% 45
South East +15 118 £52,500 -8.70% 133
North East +30 116 £50,000 +25.00% 23
East of England -4 78 £50,000 - 23
East Midlands +12 65 £50,000 -15.25% 22
Scotland +23 44 £55,000 +4.76% 29
Wales -58 19 £50,000 -4.76% 7
Northern Ireland -74 11 £70,000 +3.70% 20
Channel Islands - 1 £57,500 -

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 September 2026, Business Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 540 (34.46%) Agile
2 493 (31.46%) Business Analysis
3 328 (20.93%) User Stories
4 294 (18.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 286 (18.25%) Requirements Gathering
6 233 (14.87%) Workshop Facilitation
7 218 (13.91%) Problem-Solving
8 190 (12.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 186 (11.87%) Process Improvement
10 182 (11.61%) Acceptance Criteria
11 165 (10.53%) Degree
12 146 (9.32%) Continuous Improvement
12 146 (9.32%) Project Delivery
13 140 (8.93%) Scrum
14 134 (8.55%) AI
14 134 (8.55%) JIRA
15 129 (8.23%) User Acceptance Testing
16 128 (8.17%) Waterfall
17 127 (8.10%) SQL
18 121 (7.72%) Security Cleared
19 118 (7.53%) Project Management
20 114 (7.28%) Microsoft
21 110 (7.02%) Data Analysis
22 108 (6.89%) Decision-Making
23 91 (5.81%) Coaching
24 90 (5.74%) ERP
25 86 (5.49%) Confluence
26 85 (5.42%) Business Intelligence
27 84 (5.36%) Epics
27 84 (5.36%) Translating Business Requirements

Business Analyst Skill Set
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 86 (5.49%) Confluence
2 17 (1.08%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.19%) SAS
5 1 (0.064%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.064%) Appian
5 1 (0.064%) CMS
5 1 (0.064%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.064%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 82 (5.23%) MS Visio
2 67 (4.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 42 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
4 20 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.064%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.064%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.064%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 16 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (0.70%) SAP CO
3 11 (0.70%) SAP FI
3 11 (0.70%) SAP FI/CO
4 9 (0.57%) Fidessa
4 9 (0.57%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 2 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.13%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.13%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.13%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.064%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.064%) Endur
6 1 (0.064%) Findur
6 1 (0.064%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.064%) SAP BRIM
6 1 (0.064%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.064%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.064%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 83 (5.30%) Power Platform
2 68 (4.34%) Azure
3 34 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
4 29 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
5 28 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
6 27 (1.72%) AWS
7 20 (1.28%) SaaS
8 12 (0.77%) PowerApps
9 11 (0.70%) Microsoft Copilot
9 11 (0.70%) Power Automate
10 8 (0.51%) Miro
11 7 (0.45%) Boomi
12 6 (0.38%) Figma
12 6 (0.38%) Lucidchart
13 5 (0.32%) ClickUp
13 5 (0.32%) GCP
13 5 (0.32%) NetDocuments
13 5 (0.32%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
14 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Purview
14 4 (0.26%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.57%) Multicast
2 8 (0.51%) FIX Connectivity
3 2 (0.13%) Intranet
4 1 (0.064%) Broadband
4 1 (0.064%) SMS
4 1 (0.064%) X.21
4 1 (0.064%) X.25
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (5.04%) Power BI
2 15 (0.96%) Relational Database
3 11 (0.70%) SQL Server
4 7 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (0.45%) Tableau
5 6 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (0.38%) DTS
6 5 (0.32%) Metadata
7 3 (0.19%) Spotfire
8 2 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.13%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.13%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.064%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.064%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.064%) Db2
9 1 (0.064%) DB2 UDB
9 1 (0.064%) QlikView
9 1 (0.064%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 134 (8.55%) JIRA
2 7 (0.45%) Git
3 6 (0.38%) Hudson
4 4 (0.26%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.26%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.19%) Postman
6 2 (0.13%) Balsamiq
6 2 (0.13%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.13%) LSMW
7 1 (0.064%) JIRA Agile
General
1 384 (24.51%) Finance
2 332 (21.19%) Social Skills
3 297 (18.95%) Analytical Skills
4 148 (9.44%) Public Sector
5 102 (6.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 93 (5.93%) Law
7 61 (3.89%) Legal
8 59 (3.77%) Banking
9 58 (3.70%) Retail
10 46 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
11 37 (2.36%) Manufacturing
12 32 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
13 30 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
14 27 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
15 24 (1.53%) Marketing
16 23 (1.47%) Aerospace
17 22 (1.40%) Spanish Language
18 21 (1.34%) Advertising
19 17 (1.08%) Front Office
20 14 (0.89%) Portuguese Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (0.83%) Gherkin
2 11 (0.70%) FIX Protocol
3 9 (0.57%) JSON
4 8 (0.51%) Middleware
5 7 (0.45%) XML
6 6 (0.38%) .NET
6 6 (0.38%) REST
7 3 (0.19%) EDI
8 2 (0.13%) ADO
8 2 (0.13%) Classic ASP
8 2 (0.13%) SAP PI
8 2 (0.13%) XML Messaging
8 2 (0.13%) XSLT
9 1 (0.064%) FpML
9 1 (0.064%) RESTful
9 1 (0.064%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 162 (10.34%) Product Ownership
2 29 (1.85%) Derivative
3 25 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
4 24 (1.53%) Management Information System
4 24 (1.53%) Onboarding
5 20 (1.28%) Equities
5 20 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
6 19 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
7 17 (1.08%) Data Structures
8 15 (0.96%) Fixed Income
8 15 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
9 14 (0.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (0.64%) Driving Licence
10 10 (0.64%) PMI
11 9 (0.57%) Distributed Architecture
11 9 (0.57%) Distributed Computing
11 9 (0.57%) Eurex
11 9 (0.57%) Renewable Energy
12 8 (0.51%) Life Science
13 7 (0.45%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 11 (0.70%) Windows
2 9 (0.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 540 (34.46%) Agile
2 493 (31.46%) Business Analysis
3 328 (20.93%) User Stories
4 294 (18.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 286 (18.25%) Requirements Gathering
6 233 (14.87%) Workshop Facilitation
7 218 (13.91%) Problem-Solving
8 190 (12.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 186 (11.87%) Process Improvement
10 182 (11.61%) Acceptance Criteria
11 146 (9.32%) Continuous Improvement
11 146 (9.32%) Project Delivery
12 140 (8.93%) Scrum
13 134 (8.55%) AI
14 129 (8.23%) User Acceptance Testing
15 128 (8.17%) Waterfall
16 118 (7.53%) Project Management
17 110 (7.02%) Data Analysis
18 108 (6.89%) Decision-Making
19 91 (5.81%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 127 (8.10%) SQL
2 12 (0.77%) Python
3 7 (0.45%) Java
4 4 (0.26%) C#
5 3 (0.19%) C++
5 3 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 165 (10.53%) Degree
2 121 (7.72%) Security Cleared
3 75 (4.79%) SC Cleared
4 36 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 35 (2.23%) DV Cleared
6 20 (1.28%) IIBA
7 16 (1.02%) PMI Certification
8 15 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (0.83%) CBAP
10 7 (0.45%) CFA
10 7 (0.45%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.38%) ISEB
11 6 (0.38%) PMP
12 5 (0.32%) SAP Certification
13 4 (0.26%) CSPO
14 3 (0.19%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 2 (0.13%) CCA
15 2 (0.13%) Master's Degree
15 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Certification
15 2 (0.13%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (4.15%) QA
2 40 (2.55%) Data Quality
3 18 (1.15%) MiFID
4 17 (1.08%) PMO
5 13 (0.83%) EMIR
6 11 (0.70%) Accessibility
6 11 (0.70%) GDPR
7 5 (0.32%) TickIT
8 4 (0.26%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.19%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.13%) FINREP
10 2 (0.13%) GRC
10 2 (0.13%) SLA
11 1 (0.064%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.064%) GAAP
11 1 (0.064%) IFRS
11 1 (0.064%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.064%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.064%) PSD2
11 1 (0.064%) Software Quality Assurance
Systems Management
1 1 (0.064%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 114 (7.28%) Microsoft
2 54 (3.45%) Salesforce
3 39 (2.49%) SAP
4 15 (0.96%) Oracle
4 15 (0.96%) ServiceNow
5 13 (0.83%) Aderant
5 13 (0.83%) Intapp
6 11 (0.70%) ION Trading
6 11 (0.70%) Workday
7 10 (0.64%) Bloomberg
7 10 (0.64%) JD Edwards
8 9 (0.57%) CQG
8 9 (0.57%) Guidewire
8 9 (0.57%) Patsystems
8 9 (0.57%) Reuters
8 9 (0.57%) Trayport
9 8 (0.51%) Charles River
9 8 (0.51%) iManage
10 7 (0.45%) Atlassian
10 7 (0.45%) YouTube