Hybrid/Remote Business Analysis Job Trends

Business Analysis
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Business Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 236 159
Rank change year-on-year +57 -77 -21
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 197 227 453
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.31% 1.38% 2.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.50% 1.47% 2.25%
Number of salaries quoted 171 150 331
10th Percentile £38,750 £43,225 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,750 £49,063 £48,259
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £58,750 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -0.42% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £72,774
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,875 £85,000
UK median annual salary £48,238 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.11% -4.17% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Business Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,165 15,405 20,125
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.43% 93.51% 93.50%
Number of salaries quoted 8,370 9,087 16,278
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,875 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Business Analysis and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Business Analysis job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Business Analysis
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Business Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Business Analysis

Business Analysis
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Business Analysis over the 6 months to 10 January 2026.

Business Analysis salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Business Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 12 (6.09%) Confluence
2 10 (5.08%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.51%) SAS
Applications
1 22 (11.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (7.61%) MS Visio
3 13 (6.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (6.09%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (3.55%) Adobe XD
6 4 (2.03%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.52%) Elite 3E
2 2 (1.02%) Endur
3 1 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (10.15%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (8.63%) Power Platform
3 16 (8.12%) Azure
4 14 (7.11%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (4.06%) Miro
5 8 (4.06%) Power Automate
6 7 (3.55%) Figma
7 6 (3.05%) SaaS
8 5 (2.54%) AWS
9 4 (2.03%) PaaS
10 3 (1.52%) Lucidchart
10 3 (1.52%) PowerApps
11 2 (1.02%) Amazon Cognito
11 2 (1.02%) Amazon S3
11 2 (1.02%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (1.02%) ChatGPT
11 2 (1.02%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (1.02%) IaaS
11 2 (1.02%) Serverless
11 2 (1.02%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.03%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.51%) Intranet
2 1 (0.51%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.60%) Power BI
2 4 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (2.03%) Qlik Sense
2 4 (2.03%) Tableau
3 3 (1.52%) Power Query
4 2 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.51%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.51%) GIS
5 1 (0.51%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.51%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 20 (10.15%) JIRA
2 3 (1.52%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.51%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.51%) Git
3 1 (0.51%) GitLab
3 1 (0.51%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.51%) Maven
3 1 (0.51%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 95 (48.22%) Social Skills
2 71 (36.04%) Finance
3 53 (26.90%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (15.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 30 (15.23%) Legal
6 26 (13.20%) Public Sector
7 18 (9.14%) Marketing
8 15 (7.61%) Law
9 11 (5.58%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (5.08%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (5.08%) Retail
11 9 (4.57%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (3.55%) Back Office
12 7 (3.55%) Digital Health
12 7 (3.55%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (2.03%) Advertising
13 4 (2.03%) Banking
13 4 (2.03%) Electronics
13 4 (2.03%) Manufacturing
13 4 (2.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 125 (63.45%) Analyst
2 113 (57.36%) Business Analyst
3 28 (14.21%) Senior
4 24 (12.18%) Lead
5 23 (11.68%) Senior Business Analyst
6 22 (11.17%) Senior Analyst
7 16 (8.12%) Project Manager
8 14 (7.11%) IT Manager
9 13 (6.60%) Architect
9 13 (6.60%) IT Project Manager
9 13 (6.60%) Lead Business Analyst
10 11 (5.58%) Data Analyst
10 11 (5.58%) Insurance Business Analyst
11 10 (5.08%) Data Business Analyst
12 8 (4.06%) IT Analyst
12 8 (4.06%) SQL Analyst
13 7 (3.55%) Business Manager
13 7 (3.55%) User Experience Architect
14 6 (3.05%) Principal Business Analyst
14 6 (3.05%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.54%) .NET
2 4 (2.03%) Web Services
3 2 (1.02%) CSS
3 2 (1.02%) HTML
3 2 (1.02%) Middleware
3 2 (1.02%) OpenAPI
3 2 (1.02%) Swagger
4 1 (0.51%) Apache CXF
4 1 (0.51%) CSS3
4 1 (0.51%) Dropwizard
4 1 (0.51%) FreeMarker
4 1 (0.51%) Gherkin
4 1 (0.51%) HTML5
4 1 (0.51%) JAX-RS
4 1 (0.51%) MERN Stack
4 1 (0.51%) Mongoose
4 1 (0.51%) Node.js
4 1 (0.51%) Nunjucks
4 1 (0.51%) REST
4 1 (0.51%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 33 (16.75%) Product Ownership
2 11 (5.58%) Reinsurance
3 7 (3.55%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (3.55%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.55%) PMI
4 5 (2.54%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.03%) Digital Media
6 2 (1.02%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.02%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.02%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.02%) Educational Technology
6 2 (1.02%) FMCG
6 2 (1.02%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.51%) CMDB
7 1 (0.51%) Credit Risk
7 1 (0.51%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.51%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.51%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.51%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (68.53%) Agile
2 56 (28.43%) Process Improvement
3 49 (24.87%) Project Management
4 46 (23.35%) Continuous Improvement
5 42 (21.32%) Stakeholder Management
6 40 (20.30%) User Stories
7 34 (17.26%) Problem-Solving
7 34 (17.26%) Workshop Facilitation
8 32 (16.24%) Change Management
9 30 (15.23%) AI
9 30 (15.23%) Project Delivery
9 30 (15.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 27 (13.71%) Data Analysis
11 26 (13.20%) Scrum
12 25 (12.69%) Roadmaps
13 24 (12.18%) Waterfall
14 23 (11.68%) Coaching
14 23 (11.68%) Decision-Making
15 22 (11.17%) Mentoring
15 22 (11.17%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 23 (11.68%) SQL
2 5 (2.54%) C#
3 3 (1.52%) Python
4 2 (1.02%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.51%) Java
5 1 (0.51%) VBA
Qualifications
1 45 (22.84%) Degree
2 17 (8.63%) Security Cleared
3 10 (5.08%) IIBA
3 10 (5.08%) PMI Certification
4 7 (3.55%) SC Cleared
5 6 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.54%) Master's Degree
7 4 (2.03%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.03%) PMP
8 3 (1.52%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.52%) ISTQB
9 2 (1.02%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.02%) CBAP
9 2 (1.02%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.51%) CSPO
10 1 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.51%) SAFe Agilist
10 1 (0.51%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 1 (0.51%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (11.68%) QA
2 19 (9.64%) Accessibility
3 9 (4.57%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.02%) EMIR
4 2 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.51%) MiFID
5 1 (0.51%) P3O
5 1 (0.51%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.51%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.51%) Control-M
1 1 (0.51%) SCCM
Vendors
1 45 (22.84%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.55%) Adobe
3 6 (3.05%) SAP
4 5 (2.54%) iManage
5 4 (2.03%) Civica
5 4 (2.03%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.52%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.02%) Aderant
7 2 (1.02%) Intapp
8 1 (0.51%) Anaplan
8 1 (0.51%) Calypso
8 1 (0.51%) Murex
8 1 (0.51%) OpenLink
8 1 (0.51%) Oracle