Technical Business Analyst Job Trends

Technical Business Analyst (Technical BA)
UK

The median Technical Business Analyst (Technical BA) salary in the UK is £56,076 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 August 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 631 653 706
Rank change year-on-year +22 +53 -26
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Business Analyst 151 36 89
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.072% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.080% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 121 31 68
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £39,250
25th Percentile £45,750 £46,875 £51,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,076 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% -8.33% -4.95%
75th Percentile £73,750 £69,375 £75,625
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £87,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,125 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -9.09%

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 100,469 44,986 78,750
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.01% 89.94% 95.03%
Number of salaries quoted 68,644 26,650 52,502
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,400 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £48,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.38% -4.00% -6.54%

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 16 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Technical Business Analyst in the UK

Technical Business Analyst
Top 13 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 16 August 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 +8 138 £55,000 - 28
UK excluding London -21 103 £53,125 +6.25% 17
North of England +1 64 £46,750 -1.58% 10
Work from Home +8 50 £55,000 +15.79% 14
North West +35 47 £45,000 -14.29% 3
London -24 39 £75,000 +3.45% 11
South East -32 17 £52,500 +10.53% 2
North East -47 17 £60,000 +33.33% 5
East of England -25 11 £55,000 +10.00%
South West -72 5 £60,000 +9.09% 3
Scotland - 5 £55,000 -
Midlands -26 1 £52,500 -4.55% 2
West Midlands -28 1 £52,500 -4.55% 1

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

For the 6 months to 16 August 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 46 (30.46%) Stakeholder Management
2 45 (29.80%) Agile
2 45 (29.80%) SQL
3 44 (29.14%) User Stories
4 30 (19.87%) Business Analysis
5 26 (17.22%) Acceptance Criteria
6 25 (16.56%) Requirements Gathering
6 25 (16.56%) Workshop Facilitation
7 22 (14.57%) Data Analysis
8 21 (13.91%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (13.25%) Data Mapping
9 20 (13.25%) Power BI
9 20 (13.25%) Power Platform
10 19 (12.58%) JIRA
11 18 (11.92%) SDLC
12 17 (11.26%) GAP Analysis
13 16 (10.60%) Confluence
13 16 (10.60%) Microsoft
13 16 (10.60%) Project Delivery
13 16 (10.60%) QA
14 15 (9.93%) Microsoft Excel
14 15 (9.93%) MS Visio
14 15 (9.93%) Process Improvement
15 13 (8.61%) Data Modelling
15 13 (8.61%) Translating Business Requirements
16 11 (7.28%) Continuous Improvement
16 11 (7.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 10 (6.62%) Business Intelligence
17 10 (6.62%) Roadmaps
17 10 (6.62%) Software Engineering

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 16 (10.60%) Confluence
2 4 (2.65%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.66%) Jupyter
Applications
1 15 (9.93%) Microsoft Excel
1 15 (9.93%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.99%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.66%) PlantUML
3 1 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (5.96%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 1 (0.66%) Findur
Cloud Services
1 20 (13.25%) Power Platform
2 9 (5.96%) Azure
3 3 (1.99%) ClickUp
3 3 (1.99%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (1.32%) SaaS
5 1 (0.66%) AWS
5 1 (0.66%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (0.66%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.66%) Azure Functions
5 1 (0.66%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.66%) Figma
5 1 (0.66%) Lucidchart
5 1 (0.66%) Miro
5 1 (0.66%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.66%) Serverless
5 1 (0.66%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.66%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (13.25%) Power BI
2 3 (1.99%) Relational Database
2 3 (1.99%) Tableau
3 2 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.66%) Delta Lake
4 1 (0.66%) Spark SQL
4 1 (0.66%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (12.58%) JIRA
2 3 (1.99%) Git
2 3 (1.99%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.66%) Postman
General
1 36 (23.84%) Social Skills
2 28 (18.54%) Finance
3 27 (17.88%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (9.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (7.28%) Retail
6 6 (3.97%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (3.97%) Legal
7 5 (3.31%) Law
8 4 (2.65%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.99%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.99%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.32%) Advertising
10 2 (1.32%) Banking
11 1 (0.66%) Games
11 1 (0.66%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.66%) Marketing
11 1 (0.66%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.65%) JSON
2 2 (1.32%) .NET
3 1 (0.66%) EDI
3 1 (0.66%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.66%) Gherkin
3 1 (0.66%) Middleware
3 1 (0.66%) PySpark
3 1 (0.66%) RESTful
3 1 (0.66%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.60%) Product Ownership
2 5 (3.31%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (3.31%) Equities
2 5 (3.31%) Hedge funds
3 4 (2.65%) EPoS
3 4 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.32%) Derivative
4 2 (1.32%) Fixed Income
4 2 (1.32%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.66%) Client/Server
5 1 (0.66%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.66%) Credit Risk
5 1 (0.66%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.66%) DTCC
5 1 (0.66%) Hackathon
5 1 (0.66%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (0.66%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.66%) Smart Home
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (30.46%) Stakeholder Management
2 45 (29.80%) Agile
3 44 (29.14%) User Stories
4 30 (19.87%) Business Analysis
5 26 (17.22%) Acceptance Criteria
6 25 (16.56%) Requirements Gathering
6 25 (16.56%) Workshop Facilitation
7 22 (14.57%) Data Analysis
8 21 (13.91%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (13.25%) Data Mapping
10 18 (11.92%) SDLC
11 17 (11.26%) GAP Analysis
12 16 (10.60%) Project Delivery
13 15 (9.93%) Process Improvement
14 13 (8.61%) Data Modelling
14 13 (8.61%) Translating Business Requirements
15 11 (7.28%) Continuous Improvement
15 11 (7.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 10 (6.62%) Business Intelligence
16 10 (6.62%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 45 (29.80%) SQL
2 5 (3.31%) Java
3 3 (1.99%) C++
3 3 (1.99%) Python
4 2 (1.32%) C#
4 2 (1.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.66%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (5.30%) Security Cleared
2 7 (4.64%) SC Cleared
3 6 (3.97%) Degree
4 3 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (10.60%) QA
2 4 (2.65%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.99%) ISO 20022
3 3 (1.99%) ISO 8583
4 1 (0.66%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.66%) EMIR
4 1 (0.66%) GDPR
4 1 (0.66%) MiFID
4 1 (0.66%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.66%) PMO
Vendors
1 16 (10.60%) Microsoft
2 9 (5.96%) JD Edwards
3 4 (2.65%) Aderant
3 4 (2.65%) iManage
3 4 (2.65%) Intapp
3 4 (2.65%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.66%) Databricks
4 1 (0.66%) OpenLink
4 1 (0.66%) Oracle