Technical Business Analyst Job Trends

Technical Business Analyst (Technical BA)
UK

The median Technical Business Analyst (Technical BA) salary in the UK is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 May 2026.

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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 630 616 737
Rank change year-on-year -14 +121 +22
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Business Analyst 106 41 139
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.096% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.11% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 87 36 105
10th Percentile £42,000 - £45,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,750 £76,000
90th Percentile £94,400 £86,250 £84,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -14.29% +1.68%

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 86,735 38,286 93,021
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.39% 89.27% 94.69%
Number of salaries quoted 57,617 21,482 68,158
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,931 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -6.10%

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 24 May 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 24 May 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 -11 96 £55,000 - 23
UK excluding London -23 65 £48,000 +6.67% 22
North of England -4 39 £46,500 -11.43% 4
London -20 35 £73,750 +1.72% 10
North West +21 25 £45,000 -14.29% 2
Work from Home +21 24 £55,000 +22.22% 18
South East -25 11 £53,750 +19.44% 5
North East -32 10 £60,000 +33.33% 1
East of England -12 6 - - 4
Scotland - 5 £55,000 - 3
Yorkshire -43 4 £58,750 +23.68% 1
South West - 3 £40,000 - 2
Midlands -30 1 £42,500 -22.73%
West Midlands -32 1 £42,500 -22.73%

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

For the 6 months to 24 May 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 33 (31.13%) Stakeholder Management
2 30 (28.30%) Agile
2 30 (28.30%) User Stories
3 25 (23.58%) SQL
4 22 (20.75%) Business Analysis
5 18 (16.98%) Data Mapping
6 17 (16.04%) Acceptance Criteria
7 16 (15.09%) Data Analysis
8 15 (14.15%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (13.21%) Requirements Gathering
10 13 (12.26%) Power BI
10 13 (12.26%) Power Platform
10 13 (12.26%) Workshop Facilitation
11 12 (11.32%) GAP Analysis
11 12 (11.32%) Microsoft
11 12 (11.32%) MS Visio
11 12 (11.32%) Process Improvement
12 11 (10.38%) JIRA
12 11 (10.38%) User Acceptance Testing
13 10 (9.43%) Microsoft Excel
14 9 (8.49%) Business Process Mapping
14 9 (8.49%) Confluence
14 9 (8.49%) QA
14 9 (8.49%) Wireframes
15 8 (7.55%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
15 8 (7.55%) Requirements Management
16 7 (6.60%) Security Cleared
16 7 (6.60%) Waterfall
17 6 (5.66%) Business Case
17 6 (5.66%) Data Flow Diagram

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 9 (8.49%) Confluence
2 6 (5.66%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.94%) Jupyter
Applications
1 12 (11.32%) MS Visio
2 10 (9.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.94%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 5 (4.72%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 1 (0.94%) Findur
Cloud Services
1 13 (12.26%) Power Platform
2 4 (3.77%) Azure
3 3 (2.83%) Serverless
4 2 (1.89%) Amazon Cognito
4 2 (1.89%) Amazon S3
4 2 (1.89%) AWS
4 2 (1.89%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.94%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.94%) Azure Functions
5 1 (0.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (0.94%) ClickUp
5 1 (0.94%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.94%) Figma
5 1 (0.94%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.94%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (12.26%) Power BI
2 2 (1.89%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (1.89%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.94%) Delta Lake
3 1 (0.94%) Spark SQL
3 1 (0.94%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (10.38%) JIRA
2 1 (0.94%) Git
2 1 (0.94%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.94%) Postman
General
1 24 (22.64%) Social Skills
2 20 (18.87%) Finance
3 16 (15.09%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (11.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (7.55%) Law
6 6 (5.66%) Legal
7 5 (4.72%) Banking
8 3 (2.83%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.89%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.89%) Retail
10 1 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.94%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.89%) OpenAPI
1 2 (1.89%) Swagger
2 1 (0.94%) .NET
2 1 (0.94%) Gherkin
2 1 (0.94%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.66%) Product Ownership
2 2 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (1.89%) Data Structures
2 2 (1.89%) Digital Wallet
2 2 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (1.89%) Onboarding
2 2 (1.89%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 1 (0.94%) Client/Server
3 1 (0.94%) DTCC
3 1 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (0.94%) Equities
3 1 (0.94%) Legacy Applications
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (31.13%) Stakeholder Management
2 30 (28.30%) Agile
2 30 (28.30%) User Stories
3 22 (20.75%) Business Analysis
4 18 (16.98%) Data Mapping
5 17 (16.04%) Acceptance Criteria
6 16 (15.09%) Data Analysis
7 15 (14.15%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (13.21%) Requirements Gathering
9 13 (12.26%) Workshop Facilitation
10 12 (11.32%) GAP Analysis
10 12 (11.32%) Process Improvement
11 11 (10.38%) User Acceptance Testing
12 9 (8.49%) Business Process Mapping
12 9 (8.49%) Wireframes
13 8 (7.55%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
13 8 (7.55%) Requirements Management
14 7 (6.60%) Waterfall
15 6 (5.66%) Data Modelling
15 6 (5.66%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (23.58%) SQL
2 2 (1.89%) Python
3 1 (0.94%) C#
3 1 (0.94%) C++
3 1 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (0.94%) Java
3 1 (0.94%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (6.60%) Security Cleared
2 6 (5.66%) SC Cleared
3 5 (4.72%) Degree
4 2 (1.89%) AWS Certification
4 2 (1.89%) IIBA
5 1 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.49%) QA
2 2 (1.89%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.89%) ISO 20022
2 2 (1.89%) PSD2
3 1 (0.94%) COREP
3 1 (0.94%) EMIR
3 1 (0.94%) GDPR
3 1 (0.94%) MiFID
Vendors
1 12 (11.32%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.72%) Aderant
2 5 (4.72%) iManage
2 5 (4.72%) Intapp
2 5 (4.72%) JD Edwards
3 1 (0.94%) OpenLink