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 26 July 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 236 192
Rank change year-on-year +109 -44 -57
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,531 681 1,216
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.51% 1.38% 1.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.60% 1.53% 1.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,144 522 812
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £58,650
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +2.30% +2.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £102,500 £94,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year - +2.04% -2.00%

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 95,392 44,432 84,355
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.35% 90.12% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 65,258 26,408 58,586
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £96,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.12%

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 26 July 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 26 July 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 +104 1,393 £55,000 -10.61% 365
UK excluding London +142 1,042 £50,000 - 312
North of England +156 452 £50,000 - 90
London +9 407 £68,000 -17.07% 133
Work from Home +11 385 £55,000 -8.33% 136
Midlands +55 209 £47,750 -9.05% 39
Yorkshire +94 193 £52,445 -2.43% 35
North West +79 155 £46,421 -2.27% 31
West Midlands +48 136 £47,500 -9.52% 27
South West +16 118 £55,000 +12.49% 33
North East +30 104 £50,000 +17.65% 24
South East +15 103 £50,500 -1.94% 98
East of England +31 82 £49,500 +5.88% 29
East Midlands +16 72 £50,000 -13.04% 12
Scotland +46 51 £50,000 +1.90% 15
Wales -40 18 £53,171 +1.06% 6
Northern Ireland -67 8 £50,000 +66.67% 5
Channel Islands - 1 £57,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 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.

1 512 (33.44%) Agile
2 510 (33.31%) Business Analysis
3 292 (19.07%) User Stories
4 252 (16.46%) Requirements Gathering
5 236 (15.41%) Stakeholder Management
6 214 (13.98%) Workshop Facilitation
7 183 (11.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 180 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
9 162 (10.58%) Acceptance Criteria
10 160 (10.45%) Process Improvement
11 158 (10.32%) Degree
12 134 (8.75%) Scrum
13 129 (8.43%) User Acceptance Testing
14 126 (8.23%) Project Management
15 122 (7.97%) Continuous Improvement
16 114 (7.45%) Project Delivery
17 111 (7.25%) Waterfall
18 109 (7.12%) SQL
19 106 (6.92%) Security Cleared
20 105 (6.86%) JIRA
21 104 (6.79%) Decision-Making
22 101 (6.60%) Data Analysis
23 100 (6.53%) AI
23 100 (6.53%) Microsoft
24 83 (5.42%) Power Platform
25 82 (5.36%) Validation
26 81 (5.29%) ERP
27 77 (5.03%) Business Intelligence
27 77 (5.03%) Coaching
27 77 (5.03%) MS Visio

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 70 (4.57%) Confluence
2 22 (1.44%) SharePoint
3 13 (0.85%) Apache
3 13 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (0.85%) Apache Spark
4 7 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
5 3 (0.20%) SAS
6 1 (0.065%) Appian
6 1 (0.065%) CMS
6 1 (0.065%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.065%) Mendix
6 1 (0.065%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 77 (5.03%) MS Visio
2 59 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 41 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
4 18 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.065%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.065%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 16 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.85%) SAP CO
2 13 (0.85%) SAP FI
2 13 (0.85%) SAP FI/CO
3 10 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (0.59%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 7 (0.46%) Fidessa
6 3 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.13%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.13%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.13%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.13%) Temenos T24
8 1 (0.065%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.065%) Findur
8 1 (0.065%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 1 (0.065%) SAP BRIM
8 1 (0.065%) SAP Hybris
8 1 (0.065%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 83 (5.42%) Power Platform
2 44 (2.87%) Azure
3 33 (2.16%) AWS
3 33 (2.16%) Dynamics 365
4 30 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (1.11%) Microsoft Copilot
7 15 (0.98%) GCP
8 13 (0.85%) Amazon S3
8 13 (0.85%) OpenShift
9 12 (0.78%) SaaS
10 10 (0.65%) Power Automate
10 10 (0.65%) PowerApps
11 8 (0.52%) Lucidchart
12 7 (0.46%) Boomi
12 7 (0.46%) Miro
12 7 (0.46%) OneDrive
13 6 (0.39%) Microsoft Purview
13 6 (0.39%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
14 5 (0.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.46%) Multicast
2 6 (0.39%) FIX Connectivity
3 2 (0.13%) Broadband
3 2 (0.13%) Intranet
4 1 (0.065%) Internet
4 1 (0.065%) SMS
4 1 (0.065%) X.21
4 1 (0.065%) X.25
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (4.90%) Power BI
2 19 (1.24%) Tableau
3 14 (0.91%) Spark SQL
4 13 (0.85%) Apache Hive
4 13 (0.85%) Impala
4 13 (0.85%) Oracle Database
4 13 (0.85%) Parquet
5 10 (0.65%) Relational Database
6 9 (0.59%) Big Data
7 8 (0.52%) SQL Server
8 6 (0.39%) DTS
9 4 (0.26%) Db2
9 4 (0.26%) DB2 UDB
9 4 (0.26%) QlikView
9 4 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.20%) Metadata
11 2 (0.13%) Spotfire
12 1 (0.065%) BusinessObjects
12 1 (0.065%) GIS
Development Applications
1 105 (6.86%) JIRA
2 17 (1.11%) Git
3 13 (0.85%) IBM UrbanCode
4 4 (0.26%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.26%) Hudson
4 4 (0.26%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.20%) Postman
6 1 (0.065%) Balsamiq
6 1 (0.065%) LSMW
General
1 428 (27.96%) Finance
2 306 (19.99%) Social Skills
3 282 (18.42%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (8.36%) Public Sector
5 94 (6.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 91 (5.94%) Law
7 72 (4.70%) Legal
8 68 (4.44%) Banking
9 53 (3.46%) Retail
10 47 (3.07%) Influencing Skills
11 34 (2.22%) Manufacturing
12 26 (1.70%) Documentation Skills
12 26 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
13 25 (1.63%) Marketing
14 22 (1.44%) Advertising
15 21 (1.37%) Investment Banking
15 21 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
16 19 (1.24%) Aerospace
16 19 (1.24%) Telecoms
17 18 (1.18%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (0.91%) PySpark
2 13 (0.85%) Pandas
3 10 (0.65%) Gherkin
4 8 (0.52%) FIX Protocol
4 8 (0.52%) Middleware
5 6 (0.39%) JSON
6 5 (0.33%) EDI
6 5 (0.33%) REST
7 4 (0.26%) .NET
8 3 (0.20%) Lightning Web Components
8 3 (0.20%) XML
9 2 (0.13%) Classic ASP
9 2 (0.13%) FpML
9 2 (0.13%) SAP PI
9 2 (0.13%) Visualforce
9 2 (0.13%) XML Messaging
10 1 (0.065%) ADO
10 1 (0.065%) Oracle Fusion
10 1 (0.065%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 139 (9.08%) Product Ownership
2 26 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 23 (1.50%) Management Information System
4 21 (1.37%) Derivative
4 21 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
4 21 (1.37%) Onboarding
5 17 (1.11%) Data Structures
6 14 (0.91%) Equities
7 12 (0.78%) Driving Licence
7 12 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 11 (0.72%) Fixed Income
8 11 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
8 11 (0.72%) Renewable Energy
9 10 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (0.52%) Low-Code
11 7 (0.46%) AI Agents
11 7 (0.46%) Distributed Architecture
11 7 (0.46%) Distributed Computing
11 7 (0.46%) Eurex
11 7 (0.46%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 9 (0.59%) Windows
2 7 (0.46%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 512 (33.44%) Agile
2 510 (33.31%) Business Analysis
3 292 (19.07%) User Stories
4 252 (16.46%) Requirements Gathering
5 236 (15.41%) Stakeholder Management
6 214 (13.98%) Workshop Facilitation
7 183 (11.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 180 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
9 162 (10.58%) Acceptance Criteria
10 160 (10.45%) Process Improvement
11 134 (8.75%) Scrum
12 129 (8.43%) User Acceptance Testing
13 126 (8.23%) Project Management
14 122 (7.97%) Continuous Improvement
15 114 (7.45%) Project Delivery
16 111 (7.25%) Waterfall
17 104 (6.79%) Decision-Making
18 101 (6.60%) Data Analysis
19 100 (6.53%) AI
20 82 (5.36%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 109 (7.12%) SQL
2 20 (1.31%) Python
3 7 (0.46%) Java
4 3 (0.20%) C++
4 3 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (0.13%) Apex Code
5 2 (0.13%) C#
6 1 (0.065%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.065%) VBA
Qualifications
1 158 (10.32%) Degree
2 106 (6.92%) Security Cleared
3 64 (4.18%) SC Cleared
4 36 (2.35%) DV Cleared
5 28 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
6 20 (1.31%) IIBA
7 17 (1.11%) PMI Certification
8 13 (0.85%) CBAP
9 12 (0.78%) PMP
10 9 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.39%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.39%) ISEB
12 5 (0.33%) CIPD
13 4 (0.26%) CFA
13 4 (0.26%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 4 (0.26%) SAP Certification
14 3 (0.20%) CSPO
15 2 (0.13%) Postgraduate
16 1 (0.065%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (3.53%) QA
2 40 (2.61%) Data Quality
3 19 (1.24%) MiFID
4 16 (1.05%) GDPR
4 16 (1.05%) PMO
5 13 (0.85%) EMIR
6 9 (0.59%) Accessibility
7 7 (0.46%) ISO 20022
8 5 (0.33%) TickIT
9 4 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.20%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.13%) FINREP
11 2 (0.13%) GRC
11 2 (0.13%) SEPA
11 2 (0.13%) SLA
11 2 (0.13%) TARGET2
12 1 (0.065%) GAAP
12 1 (0.065%) IFRS
12 1 (0.065%) PSD2
12 1 (0.065%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 3 (0.20%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.065%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 100 (6.53%) Microsoft
2 63 (4.11%) Salesforce
3 31 (2.02%) SAP
4 23 (1.50%) Oracle
5 19 (1.24%) ServiceNow
6 14 (0.91%) Aderant
6 14 (0.91%) Intapp
6 14 (0.91%) JD Edwards
7 13 (0.85%) Red Hat
8 10 (0.65%) Google
9 9 (0.59%) iManage
10 8 (0.52%) Bloomberg
10 8 (0.52%) ION Trading
11 7 (0.46%) Charles River
11 7 (0.46%) CQG
11 7 (0.46%) Guidewire
11 7 (0.46%) Patsystems
11 7 (0.46%) Reuters
11 7 (0.46%) TOWER Software
11 7 (0.46%) Trayport