Technical Business Analyst Job Trends

Technical Business Analyst (Technical BA)
UK

The median Technical Business Analyst (Technical BA) salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 October 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 635 637 698
Rank change year-on-year +2 +61 -65
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Business Analyst 178 40 68
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.081% 0.092%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.090% 0.096%
Number of salaries quoted 137 27 60
10th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £42,700
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £62,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £74,000 £81,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £51,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year +7.32% -2.38% -

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 109,627 44,572 70,730
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 89.76% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 74,613 25,684 40,879
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £35,750 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £54,824 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.71% -0.32% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,500 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.28% -7.00% -4.76%

Technical Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Technical Business Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Technical Business Analyst
Salary Trend

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

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

Technical Business Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Business Analyst over the 6 months to 5 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Technical Business Analyst in the UK

Technical Business 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 Technical Business Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 5 October 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 +14 160 £60,000 +9.09% 96
UK excluding London -50 112 £55,000 +7.32% 56
London -23 60 £60,000 -4.00% 54
North of England -2 57 £48,000 -8.57% 15
Work from Home -10 51 £55,000 +15.79% 43
North West +2 40 £45,750 -12.86% 9
North East - 17 £60,000 - 4
South West -60 16 £61,250 +11.36% 1
East of England -28 12 £58,500 +17.00% 9
South East -43 12 £52,500 +10.53% 22
Scotland +2 8 £65,000 - 5
Northern Ireland - 6 £75,000 - 2
Midlands - 1 £52,500 - 1
West Midlands - 1 £52,500 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 5 October 2026, Technical 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 Technical Business Analyst in the job title.

1 58 (32.58%) Agile
2 55 (30.90%) SQL
3 53 (29.78%) Stakeholder Management
4 50 (28.09%) User Stories
5 43 (24.16%) Business Analysis
6 36 (20.22%) Problem-Solving
6 36 (20.22%) Requirements Gathering
7 34 (19.10%) Acceptance Criteria
8 29 (16.29%) JIRA
8 29 (16.29%) Workshop Facilitation
9 25 (14.04%) Confluence
9 25 (14.04%) Data Analysis
10 24 (13.48%) Translating Business Requirements
11 23 (12.92%) QA
12 22 (12.36%) Microsoft
12 22 (12.36%) Power Platform
13 21 (11.80%) Data Mapping
14 20 (11.24%) SDLC
15 19 (10.67%) Power BI
16 17 (9.55%) GAP Analysis
17 16 (8.99%) MS Visio
17 16 (8.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 15 (8.43%) Process Improvement
18 15 (8.43%) Project Delivery
18 15 (8.43%) Scrum
18 15 (8.43%) User Acceptance Testing
19 14 (7.87%) Logistics
20 13 (7.30%) AI
20 13 (7.30%) Data Modelling
20 13 (7.30%) Microsoft Excel

Technical 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 25 (14.04%) Confluence
2 2 (1.12%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 16 (8.99%) MS Visio
2 13 (7.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (3.37%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.56%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (5.06%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 1 (0.56%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.56%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 22 (12.36%) Power Platform
2 12 (6.74%) Azure
3 5 (2.81%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (2.25%) PowerApps
5 3 (1.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 3 (1.69%) ClickUp
5 3 (1.69%) Power Automate
6 2 (1.12%) AWS
6 2 (1.12%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.12%) Miro
6 2 (1.12%) SaaS
7 1 (0.56%) dbt
7 1 (0.56%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.56%) Figma
7 1 (0.56%) Fivetran
7 1 (0.56%) GCP
7 1 (0.56%) Lucidchart
7 1 (0.56%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.56%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.56%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (10.67%) Power BI
2 8 (4.49%) Relational Database
3 3 (1.69%) Tableau
4 2 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.12%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.56%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.56%) Metadata
5 1 (0.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 29 (16.29%) JIRA
2 3 (1.69%) Git
2 3 (1.69%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.56%) Postman
General
1 48 (26.97%) Social Skills
2 35 (19.66%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (16.85%) Finance
4 16 (8.99%) Retail
5 8 (4.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (3.93%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (3.93%) Publishing
7 6 (3.37%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.81%) Automotive
8 5 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.25%) Law
9 4 (2.25%) Legal
10 3 (1.69%) Advertising
10 3 (1.69%) Banking
10 3 (1.69%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.69%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.12%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.12%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.56%) Front Office
12 1 (0.56%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.81%) JSON
2 2 (1.12%) .NET
2 2 (1.12%) REST
2 2 (1.12%) XML
3 1 (0.56%) EDI
3 1 (0.56%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.56%) Gherkin
3 1 (0.56%) Middleware
3 1 (0.56%) RESTful
3 1 (0.56%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 24 (13.48%) Product Ownership
2 6 (3.37%) Equities
3 5 (2.81%) FMCG
3 5 (2.81%) Hedge funds
3 5 (2.81%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (2.25%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (2.25%) Data Structures
4 4 (2.25%) EPoS
5 3 (1.69%) Derivative
5 3 (1.69%) Fixed Income
6 2 (1.12%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.12%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.56%) Blockchain
7 1 (0.56%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.56%) Credit Risk
7 1 (0.56%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.56%) Equity Derivative
7 1 (0.56%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.56%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.56%) Smart Home
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (32.58%) Agile
2 53 (29.78%) Stakeholder Management
3 50 (28.09%) User Stories
4 43 (24.16%) Business Analysis
5 36 (20.22%) Problem-Solving
5 36 (20.22%) Requirements Gathering
6 34 (19.10%) Acceptance Criteria
7 29 (16.29%) Workshop Facilitation
8 25 (14.04%) Data Analysis
9 24 (13.48%) Translating Business Requirements
10 21 (11.80%) Data Mapping
11 20 (11.24%) SDLC
12 17 (9.55%) GAP Analysis
13 16 (8.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 15 (8.43%) Process Improvement
14 15 (8.43%) Project Delivery
14 15 (8.43%) Scrum
14 15 (8.43%) User Acceptance Testing
15 14 (7.87%) Logistics
16 13 (7.30%) AI
Programming Languages
1 55 (30.90%) SQL
2 6 (3.37%) Python
3 5 (2.81%) Java
4 3 (1.69%) C++
5 2 (1.12%) C#
5 2 (1.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 10 (5.62%) Security Cleared
2 9 (5.06%) Degree
2 9 (5.06%) SC Cleared
3 3 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.56%) CSPO
4 1 (0.56%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.56%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (12.92%) QA
2 6 (3.37%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.69%) ISO 20022
3 3 (1.69%) ISO 8583
4 1 (0.56%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.56%) GDPR
4 1 (0.56%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.56%) PMO
Vendors
1 22 (12.36%) Microsoft
2 9 (5.06%) JD Edwards
3 6 (3.37%) Workday
4 5 (2.81%) Salesforce
4 5 (2.81%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.69%) Aderant
5 3 (1.69%) iManage
5 3 (1.69%) Intapp
6 2 (1.12%) Oracle
7 1 (0.56%) Databricks