Business Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Business Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Business Analysis over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 203 165 166
Rank change year-on-year -38 +1 +4
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 1,471 2,404 3,675
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.50% 2.29% 2.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.74% 2.39% 2.50%
Number of salaries quoted 826 1,624 2,547
10th Percentile £34,750 £41,750 £37,900
25th Percentile £43,063 £48,750 £45,752
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% +5.45%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £85,000 £88,291
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Business Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,476 100,576 147,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.05% 95.63% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 59,789 58,947 82,930
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,476
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,700 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.86% +2.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Analysis in the UK

Business Analysis
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 Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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 -26 1,259 £55,000 -8.33% 301
UK excluding London -31 1,032 £50,000 -9.09% 159
Work from Home -61 534 £55,000 -8.33% 117
London -62 383 £70,000 +7.69% 157
North of England -27 212 £52,500 -4.55% 32
South East -51 206 £52,500 -8.70% 44
East of England +108 162 £44,050 -11.90% 18
Midlands -42 161 £47,500 -9.52% 29
North West +1 132 £48,500 -19.17% 18
Scotland -32 130 £45,237 -17.75% 13
South West -17 126 £52,500 -4.55% 21
West Midlands -35 115 £47,500 -9.52% 21
Yorkshire -10 53 £53,750 +4.10% 11
East Midlands -38 45 £42,500 -19.05% 8
North East +11 27 £52,500 -8.70% 3
Wales -22 16 £49,000 +8.89% 6
Northern Ireland +14 11 £58,800 +23.79% 3
Isle of Man - 9 £45,000 -

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 73 (4.96%) Confluence
2 26 (1.77%) SharePoint
3 25 (1.70%) Apache
4 12 (0.82%) Anypoint
5 11 (0.75%) IIS
6 8 (0.54%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.34%) BizTalk Server
8 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.14%) Moodle
10 1 (0.068%) CMS
10 1 (0.068%) Drupal
10 1 (0.068%) SAS
10 1 (0.068%) SharePoint 2013
10 1 (0.068%) WordPress
Applications
1 153 (10.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 98 (6.66%) Microsoft Office
3 59 (4.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 59 (4.01%) MS Visio
4 23 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.54%) Trello
6 5 (0.34%) Sketch
7 4 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.068%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 30 (2.04%) Salesforce CRM
2 22 (1.50%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
4 14 (0.95%) SAP CO
4 14 (0.95%) SAP FI
4 14 (0.95%) SAP FI/CO
5 13 (0.88%) iTrent
6 10 (0.68%) Infor SunSystems
7 7 (0.48%) BPCS
8 5 (0.34%) NEC Housing
9 4 (0.27%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.20%) Aladdin
11 2 (0.14%) Endur
11 2 (0.14%) Magento
11 2 (0.14%) Maximo
11 2 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
11 2 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
11 2 (0.14%) SAP GRC
11 2 (0.14%) Shopify
11 2 (0.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 140 (9.52%) Azure
2 125 (8.50%) Power Platform
3 92 (6.25%) AWS
4 54 (3.67%) SaaS
5 50 (3.40%) Azure DevOps
6 46 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
7 29 (1.97%) PowerApps
8 28 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
9 23 (1.56%) Miro
10 21 (1.43%) Power Automate
11 19 (1.29%) GCP
11 19 (1.29%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 14 (0.95%) IBM Cloud
13 11 (0.75%) PaaS
14 10 (0.68%) Azure Data Factory
15 8 (0.54%) Figma
15 8 (0.54%) IaaS
16 6 (0.41%) Azure Service Fabric
16 6 (0.41%) Entra ID
16 6 (0.41%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 22 (1.50%) Firewall
1 22 (1.50%) Wireless
2 17 (1.16%) HTTP
3 14 (0.95%) LAN
3 14 (0.95%) WAN
4 12 (0.82%) BGP
4 12 (0.82%) OSPF
4 12 (0.82%) VLAN
5 10 (0.68%) DNS
6 9 (0.61%) TCP/IP
6 9 (0.61%) VoIP
7 7 (0.48%) EIGRP
7 7 (0.48%) HSRP
7 7 (0.48%) MPLS
7 7 (0.48%) Network Security
7 7 (0.48%) SD-WAN
7 7 (0.48%) Spanning Tree
7 7 (0.48%) VRRP
7 7 (0.48%) Wireshark
7 7 (0.48%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (7.34%) Power BI
2 45 (3.06%) Data Warehouse
3 41 (2.79%) Tableau
4 34 (2.31%) SQL Server
5 27 (1.84%) Relational Database
6 25 (1.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 19 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 17 (1.16%) BusinessObjects
9 13 (0.88%) Big Data
9 13 (0.88%) Data Lake
10 11 (0.75%) NoSQL
11 9 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
11 9 (0.61%) Metadata
11 9 (0.61%) Oracle Reports
12 7 (0.48%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
12 7 (0.48%) Data Mining
12 7 (0.48%) Qlik Sense
12 7 (0.48%) Semantic Layer
12 7 (0.48%) Star Schema
13 6 (0.41%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 146 (9.93%) JIRA
2 10 (0.68%) Jenkins
3 9 (0.61%) Visual Studio
4 8 (0.54%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 7 (0.48%) Git
6 4 (0.27%) Postman
7 2 (0.14%) Android Studio
7 2 (0.14%) Balsamiq
7 2 (0.14%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.14%) Hudson
7 2 (0.14%) JUnit
7 2 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (0.14%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.068%) Bugzilla
8 1 (0.068%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.068%) JMeter
8 1 (0.068%) Selenium
8 1 (0.068%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.068%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.068%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 469 (31.88%) Social Skills
2 433 (29.44%) Finance
3 400 (27.19%) Analytical Skills
4 169 (11.49%) Retail
5 163 (11.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 138 (9.38%) Law
7 137 (9.31%) Presentation Skills
8 120 (8.16%) Public Sector
9 103 (7.00%) Banking
10 93 (6.32%) Marketing
11 91 (6.19%) Legal
12 57 (3.87%) Influencing Skills
12 57 (3.87%) Investment Banking
13 38 (2.58%) Documentation Skills
14 28 (1.90%) Local Government
14 28 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
15 26 (1.77%) Front Office
16 24 (1.63%) Manufacturing
16 24 (1.63%) Pharmaceutical
17 23 (1.56%) Games
Job Titles
1 833 (56.63%) Analyst
2 662 (45.00%) Business Analyst
3 184 (12.51%) Senior
4 109 (7.41%) Senior Analyst
5 100 (6.80%) Project Manager
6 94 (6.39%) Senior Business Analyst
7 80 (5.44%) Principal Business Analyst
8 74 (5.03%) Lead
9 72 (4.89%) Architect
10 65 (4.42%) Developer
11 61 (4.15%) Consultant
12 52 (3.54%) Systems Analyst
13 45 (3.06%) IT Analyst
14 37 (2.52%) Business Manager
15 36 (2.45%) IT Manager
15 36 (2.45%) Technical Analyst
15 36 (2.45%) Technical Business Analyst
16 35 (2.38%) Business IT Analyst
16 35 (2.38%) IT Business Analyst
17 34 (2.31%) Insurance Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (3.06%) .NET
2 28 (1.90%) React
3 27 (1.84%) Web Services
4 22 (1.50%) EDI
5 21 (1.43%) Apache NiFi
6 20 (1.36%) ASP.NET
7 19 (1.29%) JSON
8 16 (1.09%) SOAP
9 14 (0.95%) Keras
9 14 (0.95%) NumPy
9 14 (0.95%) REST
9 14 (0.95%) TensorFlow
9 14 (0.95%) XML
10 12 (0.82%) .NET Framework
11 10 (0.68%) CSS
11 10 (0.68%) HTML
12 9 (0.61%) BAPI
12 9 (0.61%) SAP Fiori
13 7 (0.48%) Middleware
14 6 (0.41%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 84 (5.71%) Management Information System
1 84 (5.71%) Product Ownership
2 55 (3.74%) Self-Motivation
3 40 (2.72%) Cloud Native
4 33 (2.24%) Algorithms
5 32 (2.18%) Data Structures
6 29 (1.97%) Taxonomies
7 25 (1.70%) Onboarding
8 23 (1.56%) Reinsurance
9 21 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
10 18 (1.22%) Mobile App
11 17 (1.16%) Virtual Team
12 15 (1.02%) Derivative
13 14 (0.95%) Blockchain
14 13 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
15 11 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
15 11 (0.75%) Driving Licence
15 11 (0.75%) IoT
15 11 (0.75%) Low-Code
16 10 (0.68%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.22%) Windows
2 9 (0.61%) Android
3 7 (0.48%) Apple iOS
3 7 (0.48%) Linux
4 6 (0.41%) Unix
5 3 (0.20%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.14%) AIX
6 2 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 542 (36.85%) Agile
2 465 (31.61%) Problem-Solving
3 303 (20.60%) Project Management
4 261 (17.74%) Decision-Making
4 261 (17.74%) Requirements Gathering
5 254 (17.27%) Change Management
6 247 (16.79%) Stakeholder Management
7 207 (14.07%) Coaching
8 194 (13.19%) Analytics
9 181 (12.30%) User Stories
10 160 (10.88%) Business Intelligence
11 148 (10.06%) Data Analysis
12 143 (9.72%) Roadmaps
13 141 (9.59%) Project Delivery
13 141 (9.59%) Workshop Facilitation
14 133 (9.04%) Scrum
15 130 (8.84%) Business Case
15 130 (8.84%) Continuous Improvement
16 129 (8.77%) Data Modelling
17 127 (8.63%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 180 (12.24%) SQL
2 118 (8.02%) Python
3 33 (2.24%) T-SQL
4 31 (2.11%) JavaScript
5 19 (1.29%) C#
6 17 (1.16%) Java
6 17 (1.16%) PowerShell
7 15 (1.02%) R
8 14 (0.95%) MATLAB
9 12 (0.82%) VBA
10 11 (0.75%) PL/SQL
11 10 (0.68%) TypeScript
12 7 (0.48%) RPG
12 7 (0.48%) RPG IV
12 7 (0.48%) VB
13 6 (0.41%) Ruby
14 5 (0.34%) GLSL
15 3 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.20%) Go
15 3 (0.20%) Scala
Qualifications
1 323 (21.96%) Degree
2 150 (10.20%) Security Cleared
3 91 (6.19%) SC Cleared
4 45 (3.06%) Master's Degree
5 38 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (2.18%) DV Cleared
7 29 (1.97%) PMI Certification
8 26 (1.77%) PMP
9 19 (1.29%) DBS Check
10 18 (1.22%) CISM
10 18 (1.22%) CISSP
11 16 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
11 16 (1.09%) GIAC
11 16 (1.09%) ISEB
11 16 (1.09%) MBA
12 15 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
12 15 (1.02%) IIBA
12 15 (1.02%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 12 (0.82%) CCIE
14 11 (0.75%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (4.69%) QA
2 38 (2.58%) PMO
3 26 (1.77%) Data Quality
4 18 (1.22%) GDPR
5 17 (1.16%) COBIT
6 16 (1.09%) Accessibility
7 13 (0.88%) SLA
8 10 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (0.54%) NIST
10 6 (0.41%) Web Application Security Consortium
11 5 (0.34%) SEPA
11 5 (0.34%) TARGET2
12 3 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.20%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 2 (0.14%) EMIR
13 2 (0.14%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.14%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.14%) JSP 440
13 2 (0.14%) MiFID
System Software
1 7 (0.48%) Firmware
2 6 (0.41%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.34%) Docker
4 4 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (1.02%) Ansible
2 9 (0.61%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.41%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 5 (0.34%) Graphite
5 3 (0.20%) SCCM
5 3 (0.20%) Terraform
6 2 (0.14%) Kibana
6 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.14%) Nagios
6 2 (0.14%) Netcool
6 2 (0.14%) RSA Archer
6 2 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.14%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.068%) MIIS
7 1 (0.068%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.068%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 212 (14.41%) Microsoft
2 69 (4.69%) Salesforce
3 54 (3.67%) SAP
4 31 (2.11%) Databricks
5 29 (1.97%) Oracle
6 27 (1.84%) IBM
7 17 (1.16%) Google
8 16 (1.09%) Cisco
8 16 (1.09%) Sage
9 12 (0.82%) MuleSoft
10 10 (0.68%) Alibaba
10 10 (0.68%) Infor
11 9 (0.61%) VMware
11 9 (0.61%) Workday
12 7 (0.48%) Ekahau
12 7 (0.48%) ServiceNow
13 6 (0.41%) MicroStrategy
14 5 (0.34%) Atlassian
14 5 (0.34%) NEC
14 5 (0.34%) Northgate