Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CBAP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 562 884 970
Rank change year-on-year +322 +86 +201
Permanent jobs citing CBAP 130 12 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.012% 0.018%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.51% 0.044% 0.056%
Number of salaries quoted 58 9 12
10th Percentile - £37,500 £45,125
25th Percentile - £40,927 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,967 £48,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +6.18% -6.34% -13.14%
75th Percentile - £57,500 £54,063
90th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £58,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,967 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.01% -2.00% -15.25%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CBAP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 25,404 27,420 33,991
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 48.81% 27.84% 32.71%
Number of salaries quoted 11,182 17,336 15,221
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £38,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -6.90% +5.45%
75th Percentile £68,568 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -0.99% +1.00%

CBAP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CBAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CBAP in the UK

CBAP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CBAP.

Salary trend for CBAP in the UK

CBAP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CBAP over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for CBAP in the UK

CBAP
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CBAP within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 +290 127 £50,967 +6.74% 17
UK excluding London +322 124 £50,967 +4.01% 7
East of England - 78 £50,967 - 1
South East +134 29 £50,967 +1.93% 4
Midlands +91 10 £60,000 +9.09%
West Midlands +58 9 £60,000 +9.09%
London +114 6 £66,250 +38.74% 12
North of England +88 4 - - 1
North West +35 4 - - 1
Work from Home +194 3 £47,500 -5.00% 11
Scotland +134 3 - -
East Midlands - 1 £47,500 -

CBAP
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 2 (1.54%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (2.31%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.31%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 18 (13.85%) SaaS
2 3 (2.31%) Power Platform
3 2 (1.54%) Miro
4 1 (0.77%) Algolia
4 1 (0.77%) Amplience
4 1 (0.77%) BigCommerce
4 1 (0.77%) Bloomreach
4 1 (0.77%) Cloudinary
4 1 (0.77%) Commercetools
4 1 (0.77%) Contentful
4 1 (0.77%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.54%) Power BI
2 1 (0.77%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.54%) JIRA
General
1 121 (93.08%) Analytical Skills
2 111 (85.38%) Social Skills
3 89 (68.46%) Influencing Skills
4 11 (8.46%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (6.15%) Banking
5 8 (6.15%) Finance
6 2 (1.54%) Retail
Job Titles
1 129 (99.23%) Analyst
2 88 (67.69%) Business Change Analyst
2 88 (67.69%) Change Analyst
3 24 (18.46%) Business Analyst
4 6 (4.62%) Operations Analyst
4 6 (4.62%) Operations Business Analyst
5 2 (1.54%) Senior
5 2 (1.54%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (1.54%) Senior Business Analyst
6 1 (0.77%) Author
6 1 (0.77%) Business IT Analyst
6 1 (0.77%) Consulting Manager
6 1 (0.77%) Digital Analyst
6 1 (0.77%) Digital Business Analyst
6 1 (0.77%) Digital Transformation
6 1 (0.77%) Digital Transformation Business Analyst
6 1 (0.77%) Finance Business Analyst
6 1 (0.77%) IT Analyst
6 1 (0.77%) Senior Transformation Analyst
6 1 (0.77%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.77%) MACH
Miscellaneous
1 28 (21.54%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (4.62%) Operational Technology
3 5 (3.85%) PMI
4 2 (1.54%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 1 (0.77%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.77%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (100.00%) Business Analysis
2 117 (90.00%) Problem-Solving
3 106 (81.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 96 (73.85%) Workshop Facilitation
5 94 (72.31%) MoSCoW
6 90 (69.23%) Change Management
6 90 (69.23%) Continuous Improvement
7 89 (68.46%) Business Case
7 89 (68.46%) Collaborative Working
7 89 (68.46%) Strategic Thinking
7 89 (68.46%) Use Case
8 24 (18.46%) Critical Thinking
9 20 (15.38%) Project Management
10 19 (14.62%) Stakeholder Management
11 18 (13.85%) PRINCE2
12 17 (13.08%) Business Enablement
12 17 (13.08%) Technology Enablement
13 16 (12.31%) Agile
14 13 (10.00%) Decision-Making
15 11 (8.46%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.54%) SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (25.38%) Degree
2 22 (16.92%) PMI Certification
3 18 (13.85%) PMP
4 17 (13.08%) Master's Degree
5 7 (5.38%) IIBA
6 6 (4.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (1.54%) ISEB
8 1 (0.77%) ACCA
8 1 (0.77%) CFA
8 1 (0.77%) CIMA
8 1 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.77%) CSPO
8 1 (0.77%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.85%) QA
2 2 (1.54%) ISO 20022
2 2 (1.54%) SEPA
Vendors
1 17 (13.08%) YouTube
2 2 (1.54%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.77%) Adyen