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 27 September 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 627 632 714
Rank change year-on-year +5 +82 -79
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Business Analyst 183 36 62
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.073% 0.082%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.081% 0.086%
Number of salaries quoted 144 26 54
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £40,900
25th Percentile £47,250 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.63% -10.42% -4.95%
75th Percentile £71,250 £62,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £80,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%

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 109,253 44,520 72,425
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.96% 89.71% 95.27%
Number of salaries quoted 74,753 26,003 42,216
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,750
25th Percentile £40,625 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,589 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.53% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -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 27 September 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 27 September 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 +23 166 £60,000 +11.63% 75
UK excluding London -29 118 £55,000 +10.00% 45
North of England +6 65 £47,000 -10.48% 16
London -10 57 £63,750 +2.00% 36
Work from Home -3 50 £55,000 +15.79% 39
North West +15 46 £45,250 -13.81% 7
North East - 19 £60,000 - 6
South West -70 16 £61,250 +11.36% 1
South East -41 13 £52,500 +10.53% 12
East of England -25 12 £58,500 +17.00% 9
Scotland +19 8 £65,000 - 5
Northern Ireland - 3 £75,000 - 2
Midlands - 1 £52,500 -
West Midlands - 1 £52,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 27 September 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 59 (32.24%) Stakeholder Management
2 58 (31.69%) Agile
3 57 (31.15%) SQL
4 53 (28.96%) User Stories
5 43 (23.50%) Business Analysis
6 37 (20.22%) Requirements Gathering
7 34 (18.58%) Acceptance Criteria
7 34 (18.58%) Problem-Solving
8 31 (16.94%) Workshop Facilitation
9 29 (15.85%) JIRA
10 27 (14.75%) Data Analysis
11 25 (13.66%) Confluence
11 25 (13.66%) Data Mapping
12 24 (13.11%) Microsoft
12 24 (13.11%) Power Platform
12 24 (13.11%) Translating Business Requirements
13 23 (12.57%) QA
14 22 (12.02%) Power BI
15 20 (10.93%) SDLC
16 19 (10.38%) GAP Analysis
17 18 (9.84%) MS Visio
18 17 (9.29%) Process Improvement
18 17 (9.29%) Project Delivery
19 16 (8.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 15 (8.20%) Microsoft Excel
20 15 (8.20%) Scrum
20 15 (8.20%) User Acceptance Testing
21 13 (7.10%) AI
21 13 (7.10%) Data Modelling
21 13 (7.10%) Logistics

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 (13.66%) Confluence
2 3 (1.64%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 18 (9.84%) MS Visio
2 15 (8.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.55%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (4.92%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 1 (0.55%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.55%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 24 (13.11%) Power Platform
2 12 (6.56%) Azure
3 4 (2.19%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (1.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 3 (1.64%) ClickUp
4 3 (1.64%) PowerApps
5 2 (1.09%) AWS
5 2 (1.09%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.09%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.09%) Miro
5 2 (1.09%) Power Automate
5 2 (1.09%) SaaS
6 1 (0.55%) dbt
6 1 (0.55%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.55%) Figma
6 1 (0.55%) Fivetran
6 1 (0.55%) GCP
6 1 (0.55%) Lucidchart
6 1 (0.55%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.55%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (12.02%) Power BI
2 7 (3.83%) Relational Database
3 3 (1.64%) Tableau
4 2 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.09%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.55%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.55%) Metadata
5 1 (0.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 29 (15.85%) JIRA
2 3 (1.64%) Git
2 3 (1.64%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.55%) Postman
General
1 49 (26.78%) Social Skills
2 36 (19.67%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (16.39%) Finance
4 15 (8.20%) Retail
5 11 (6.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (3.83%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.28%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (3.28%) Legal
7 6 (3.28%) Publishing
8 5 (2.73%) Law
9 4 (2.19%) Automotive
9 4 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.64%) Advertising
10 3 (1.64%) Banking
10 3 (1.64%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.64%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.09%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.09%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.55%) Front Office
12 1 (0.55%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.73%) JSON
2 2 (1.09%) .NET
2 2 (1.09%) XML
3 1 (0.55%) EDI
3 1 (0.55%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.55%) Gherkin
3 1 (0.55%) Middleware
3 1 (0.55%) REST
3 1 (0.55%) RESTful
3 1 (0.55%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 23 (12.57%) Product Ownership
2 6 (3.28%) Equities
2 6 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (2.73%) Hedge funds
4 4 (2.19%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (2.19%) EPoS
4 4 (2.19%) FMCG
5 3 (1.64%) Data Structures
5 3 (1.64%) Derivative
5 3 (1.64%) Fixed Income
6 2 (1.09%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.09%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.55%) Blockchain
7 1 (0.55%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.55%) Credit Risk
7 1 (0.55%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.55%) Equity Derivative
7 1 (0.55%) Hackathon
7 1 (0.55%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.55%) Smart Home
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (32.24%) Stakeholder Management
2 58 (31.69%) Agile
3 53 (28.96%) User Stories
4 43 (23.50%) Business Analysis
5 37 (20.22%) Requirements Gathering
6 34 (18.58%) Acceptance Criteria
6 34 (18.58%) Problem-Solving
7 31 (16.94%) Workshop Facilitation
8 27 (14.75%) Data Analysis
9 25 (13.66%) Data Mapping
10 24 (13.11%) Translating Business Requirements
11 20 (10.93%) SDLC
12 19 (10.38%) GAP Analysis
13 17 (9.29%) Process Improvement
13 17 (9.29%) Project Delivery
14 16 (8.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 15 (8.20%) Scrum
15 15 (8.20%) User Acceptance Testing
16 13 (7.10%) AI
16 13 (7.10%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 57 (31.15%) SQL
2 6 (3.28%) Python
3 5 (2.73%) Java
4 3 (1.64%) C++
5 2 (1.09%) C#
5 2 (1.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 11 (6.01%) Security Cleared
2 10 (5.46%) SC Cleared
3 9 (4.92%) Degree
4 3 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.55%) CSPO
5 1 (0.55%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.55%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (12.57%) QA
2 6 (3.28%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.64%) ISO 20022
3 3 (1.64%) ISO 8583
4 1 (0.55%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.55%) GDPR
4 1 (0.55%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.55%) PMO
Vendors
1 24 (13.11%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.92%) JD Edwards
3 5 (2.73%) Salesforce
4 4 (2.19%) Aderant
4 4 (2.19%) iManage
4 4 (2.19%) Intapp
4 4 (2.19%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.64%) Workday
6 2 (1.09%) Oracle
7 1 (0.55%) Databricks