CBAP Job Trends

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 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 631 590 726
Rank change year-on-year -41 +136 +255
Permanent jobs citing CBAP 20 122 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.034% 0.23% 0.020%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.10% 0.63% 0.067%
Number of salaries quoted 13 64 11
10th Percentile - - £50,000
25th Percentile £45,750 - £54,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £50,967 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +56.96% -15.06% +20.00%
75th Percentile £90,000 - £62,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £67,000 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,967 £57,500
% change year-on-year -1.90% -11.36% +15.00%

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 19,068 19,475 16,344
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.97% 36.50% 29.21%
Number of salaries quoted 7,707 7,594 11,040
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.56% +3.48% -
75th Percentile £75,900 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,953 £92,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £55,000 £51,300
% change year-on-year -10.91% +7.21% +1.40%

CBAP
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CBAP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

CBAP job vacancy trend in the UK

CBAP
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CBAP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CBAP

CBAP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CBAP over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for CBAP in the UK

CBAP
Top 10 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 13 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 -30 16 £80,000 +56.96% 13
London +59 12 £81,250 +10.17% 9
UK excluding London -40 7 £50,000 -1.90% 11
Work from Home +66 6 £46,500 -49.73% 9
South West - 2 - -
Wales - 2 £50,000 -
Midlands +23 1 £57,435 -4.28% 3
West Midlands +21 1 £57,435 -4.28% 3
Scotland -2 1 £45,000 - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

CBAP
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 5 (25.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (20.00%) MS Visio
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (5.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Oracle Cash Management
1 2 (10.00%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (10.00%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 5 (25.00%) Azure
1 5 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) Power BI
2 2 (10.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (40.00%) JIRA
General
1 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (45.00%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (45.00%) Finance
3 4 (20.00%) Legal
4 3 (15.00%) Law
5 2 (10.00%) Aerospace
5 2 (10.00%) General Ledger
5 2 (10.00%) Marketing
6 1 (5.00%) Financial Institution
6 1 (5.00%) Games
6 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (85.00%) Analyst
2 12 (60.00%) Business Analyst
3 4 (20.00%) Product Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Business Systems Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Digital Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Systems Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Transformation Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Finance Systems Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Financial Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Business Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) IT Manager
5 2 (10.00%) Lead
5 2 (10.00%) Lead Business Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Oracle Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Product Owner
5 2 (10.00%) Senior
5 2 (10.00%) Senior Business Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Senior Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (5.00%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 8 (40.00%) PMI
2 4 (20.00%) Product Ownership
3 2 (10.00%) Data Centre
4 1 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (5.00%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (45.00%) Agile
2 9 (45.00%) Business Analysis
2 9 (45.00%) Decision-Making
2 9 (45.00%) User Stories
3 6 (30.00%) AI
3 6 (30.00%) Business Case
3 6 (30.00%) Data Analysis
3 6 (30.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 6 (30.00%) Roadmaps
3 6 (30.00%) Sprint Planning
3 6 (30.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 5 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (25.00%) Change Management
4 5 (25.00%) DevOps
4 5 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
4 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (25.00%) Scrum
5 4 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
5 4 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (65.00%) Degree
2 9 (45.00%) PMI Certification
3 2 (10.00%) ACCA
3 2 (10.00%) CIMA
3 2 (10.00%) CSPO
3 2 (10.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (10.00%) PMP
3 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.00%) CAPM
4 1 (5.00%) CITP
4 1 (5.00%) IIBA
4 1 (5.00%) ISEB
4 1 (5.00%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (5.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (5.00%) MBA
4 1 (5.00%) PgMP
4 1 (5.00%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) QA
2 3 (15.00%) GDPR
3 1 (5.00%) Basel III
3 1 (5.00%) EMIR
3 1 (5.00%) MiFID
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Google
1 2 (10.00%) Oracle
2 1 (5.00%) HubSpot
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.00%) Yardi