Business IT Analyst Job Trends

Business IT Analyst
UK

The median Business IT Analyst salary in the UK is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 January 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 594 613 667
Rank change year-on-year +19 +54 +166
Permanent jobs requiring a Business IT Analyst 56 86 70
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.092% 0.16% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.18% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 46 67 62
10th Percentile £40,000 - £41,250
25th Percentile £50,376 £36,250 £42,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £45,000 £49,750
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -9.55% -5.24%
75th Percentile £95,000 £71,875 £59,688
90th Percentile £100,000 £77,500 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,250 £37,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +36.67% -21.05% -

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 55,541 49,002 57,717
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.82% 92.63% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 34,360 25,280 44,689
10th Percentile £28,697 £33,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,272 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -5.04%

Business IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Business IT Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Business IT Analyst
Salary Trend

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

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

Business IT Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business IT Analyst over the 6 months to 20 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Business IT Analyst in the UK

Business IT Analyst
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business IT Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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
England +38 51 £63,000 +40.00% 21
London +51 27 £95,000 +35.71% 10
UK excluding London +26 24 £51,250 +36.67% 18
Work from Home +67 20 £55,000 -12.00% 15
South West +19 10 £40,000 -11.11% 1
North of England -21 7 £53,750 +43.33% 3
Midlands +26 3 £55,000 +1.85% 6
Wales +6 3 £52,500 -2.33%
Yorkshire - 3 £55,000 - 1
West Midlands +27 2 £56,250 +4.17% 5
North West +17 2 £52,500 +5.00%
North East -19 2 £50,000 +33.33% 2
East Midlands - 1 £55,000 - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 20 January 2026, Business IT 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 IT Analyst in the job title.

1 25 (44.64%) Agile
2 19 (33.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 17 (30.36%) Business Analysis
3 17 (30.36%) Microsoft
4 15 (26.79%) User Stories
5 13 (23.21%) Continuous Improvement
5 13 (23.21%) Project Management
6 11 (19.64%) Degree
6 11 (19.64%) Requirements Gathering
6 11 (19.64%) Use Case
7 10 (17.86%) ERP
7 10 (17.86%) Logistics
8 9 (16.07%) Azure
8 9 (16.07%) Coaching
8 9 (16.07%) Roadmaps
8 9 (16.07%) User Acceptance Testing
8 9 (16.07%) Waterfall
9 8 (14.29%) Project Delivery
10 7 (12.50%) AI
10 7 (12.50%) Computer Science
10 7 (12.50%) Decision-Making
10 7 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (12.50%) Generative AI
10 7 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 7 (12.50%) Translating Business Requirements
10 7 (12.50%) UML
10 7 (12.50%) Workflow
11 6 (10.71%) Business Case
11 6 (10.71%) Business Strategy
11 6 (10.71%) Confluence

Business IT 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 6 (10.71%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (7.14%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 9 (16.07%) Azure
2 7 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (8.93%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (8.93%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (7.14%) Azure Data Factory
4 4 (7.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 4 (7.14%) ChatGPT
4 4 (7.14%) Microsoft Copilot
4 4 (7.14%) Microsoft Purview
4 4 (7.14%) PaaS
4 4 (7.14%) Power Platform
4 4 (7.14%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.14%) Data Lake
1 4 (7.14%) Power BI
2 2 (3.57%) Relational Database
2 2 (3.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (5.36%) JIRA
2 1 (1.79%) Git
2 1 (1.79%) Jenkins
General
1 23 (41.07%) Social Skills
2 20 (35.71%) Finance
3 15 (26.79%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (7.14%) Banking
6 3 (5.36%) Legal
6 3 (5.36%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (5.36%) Public Sector
6 3 (5.36%) Publishing
7 2 (3.57%) Marketing
7 2 (3.57%) Retail
8 1 (1.79%) Front Office
8 1 (1.79%) Law
8 1 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.93%) Driving Licence
1 5 (8.93%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (7.14%) AI Agents
2 4 (7.14%) Enterprise Cloud
2 4 (7.14%) Product Ownership
3 3 (5.36%) Digital Media
3 3 (5.36%) Equities
4 2 (3.57%) Credit Derivative
4 2 (3.57%) Derivative
4 2 (3.57%) Interest Rate Derivative
4 2 (3.57%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.57%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.79%) Credit Risk
5 1 (1.79%) Market Risk
5 1 (1.79%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (44.64%) Agile
2 19 (33.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 17 (30.36%) Business Analysis
4 15 (26.79%) User Stories
5 13 (23.21%) Continuous Improvement
5 13 (23.21%) Project Management
6 11 (19.64%) Requirements Gathering
6 11 (19.64%) Use Case
7 10 (17.86%) ERP
7 10 (17.86%) Logistics
8 9 (16.07%) Coaching
8 9 (16.07%) Roadmaps
8 9 (16.07%) User Acceptance Testing
8 9 (16.07%) Waterfall
9 8 (14.29%) Project Delivery
10 7 (12.50%) Computer Science
10 7 (12.50%) Decision-Making
10 7 (12.50%) Generative AI
10 7 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 7 (12.50%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.93%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (19.64%) Degree
2 4 (7.14%) IIBA
2 4 (7.14%) PMI Certification
2 4 (7.14%) PMP
3 3 (5.36%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (5.36%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.36%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.93%) COREP
2 2 (3.57%) QA
3 1 (1.79%) Basel II
3 1 (1.79%) MiFID
3 1 (1.79%) PMO
Systems Management
1 4 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (30.36%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.71%) Guidewire
3 4 (7.14%) Alteryx
3 4 (7.14%) Anaplan