Business Analysis Jobs

Business Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Business Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Business Analysis over the 6 months to 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 210 155 179
Rank change year-on-year -55 +24 -10
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 1,449 2,157 4,104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.34% 2.31% 2.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.61% 2.42% 2.49%
Number of salaries quoted 788 1,456 2,632
10th Percentile £34,600 £41,250 £37,510
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,381 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £85,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Business Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 89,730 89,109 165,036
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.98% 95.44% 95.91%
Number of salaries quoted 62,034 53,947 83,947
10th Percentile £29,500 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Business Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analysis in the UK

Business Analysis
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Analysis.

Salary trend for Business Analysis in the UK

Business Analysis
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Analysis in the UK

Business Analysis
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 8 June 2024. 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 -47 1,285 £55,000 -8.33% 263
UK excluding London -31 1,024 £50,000 -9.09% 140
Work from Home -85 541 £55,000 -8.33% 137
London -75 380 £70,146 +7.92% 135
Midlands -37 210 £47,500 -9.52% 37
South East -30 203 £52,500 -8.70% 21
North of England -62 194 £52,500 -4.55% 31
East of England +77 165 £47,500 -5.00% 14
West Midlands -38 129 £47,500 -9.52% 22
North West -30 124 £47,500 -17.39% 15
South West -42 123 £50,000 -9.09% 20
Scotland -52 97 £44,347 -15.53% 13
East Midlands -12 81 £48,687 -9.42% 15
Yorkshire -23 51 £52,500 -1.42% 10
North East -14 19 £52,500 -12.50% 6
Wales -17 16 £50,250 +11.67% 2
Northern Ireland +17 12 £58,800 +23.79% 3
Isle of Man - 4 £54,000 -

Business Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 76 (5.24%) Confluence
2 36 (2.48%) Apache
3 32 (2.21%) SharePoint
4 11 (0.76%) IIS
5 5 (0.35%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.35%) BizTalk Server
5 5 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.28%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.14%) Moodle
7 2 (0.14%) SAS
8 1 (0.069%) CMS
8 1 (0.069%) Drupal
8 1 (0.069%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (0.069%) WordPress
Applications
1 154 (10.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 96 (6.63%) Microsoft Office
3 61 (4.21%) MS Visio
4 55 (3.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 26 (1.79%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.55%) Trello
7 5 (0.35%) Sketch
8 4 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.069%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 22 (1.52%) Salesforce CRM
2 20 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 14 (0.97%) SAP CO
4 14 (0.97%) SAP FI
4 14 (0.97%) SAP FI/CO
5 13 (0.90%) iTrent
6 10 (0.69%) Infor SunSystems
7 7 (0.48%) BPCS
8 6 (0.41%) Maximo
9 5 (0.35%) NEC Housing
10 4 (0.28%) SAP ERP
10 4 (0.28%) Workday HCM
11 2 (0.14%) Aladdin
11 2 (0.14%) Endur
11 2 (0.14%) Magento
11 2 (0.14%) SAP GRC
11 2 (0.14%) SAP HR
11 2 (0.14%) SAP WM
11 2 (0.14%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 155 (10.70%) Power Platform
2 144 (9.94%) Azure
3 106 (7.32%) AWS
4 54 (3.73%) SaaS
5 48 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
6 37 (2.55%) Microsoft 365
7 27 (1.86%) Miro
7 27 (1.86%) PowerApps
8 26 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
9 20 (1.38%) Power Automate
10 19 (1.31%) GCP
11 16 (1.10%) dbt
12 14 (0.97%) IBM Cloud
13 13 (0.90%) Serverless
14 12 (0.83%) AWS Lambda
14 12 (0.83%) Azure Data Factory
14 12 (0.83%) PaaS
15 11 (0.76%) Amazon S3
15 11 (0.76%) AWS Step Functions
15 11 (0.76%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 23 (1.59%) Firewall
2 22 (1.52%) Wireless
3 15 (1.04%) LAN
3 15 (1.04%) WAN
4 14 (0.97%) HTTP
5 12 (0.83%) BGP
5 12 (0.83%) OSPF
5 12 (0.83%) VLAN
6 10 (0.69%) DNS
6 10 (0.69%) TCP/IP
7 9 (0.62%) VoIP
8 7 (0.48%) EIGRP
8 7 (0.48%) HSRP
8 7 (0.48%) MPLS
8 7 (0.48%) Network Security
8 7 (0.48%) SD-WAN
8 7 (0.48%) Spanning Tree
8 7 (0.48%) VRRP
8 7 (0.48%) Wireshark
8 7 (0.48%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 137 (9.45%) Power BI
2 63 (4.35%) Tableau
3 48 (3.31%) Data Warehouse
4 36 (2.48%) SQL Server
5 29 (2.00%) Big Data
5 29 (2.00%) Data Lake
6 27 (1.86%) Relational Database
7 25 (1.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 23 (1.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 20 (1.38%) BusinessObjects
9 20 (1.38%) NoSQL
10 16 (1.10%) Apache Arrow
10 16 (1.10%) Dremio
11 12 (0.83%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 12 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
12 8 (0.55%) MySQL
13 7 (0.48%) Data Mining
13 7 (0.48%) Metadata
13 7 (0.48%) Qlik Sense
14 6 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 143 (9.87%) JIRA
2 13 (0.90%) Git
3 11 (0.76%) Jenkins
3 11 (0.76%) Visual Studio
4 6 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 4 (0.28%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.21%) JUnit
6 3 (0.21%) Postman
7 2 (0.14%) Android Studio
7 2 (0.14%) Balsamiq
7 2 (0.14%) Hudson
7 2 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (0.14%) Selenium
7 2 (0.14%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.069%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.069%) JMeter
8 1 (0.069%) NeoLoad
8 1 (0.069%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.069%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.069%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 423 (29.19%) Social Skills
2 419 (28.92%) Finance
3 403 (27.81%) Analytical Skills
4 221 (15.25%) Retail
5 154 (10.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 145 (10.01%) Legal
7 127 (8.76%) Banking
8 124 (8.56%) Law
9 121 (8.35%) Presentation Skills
10 88 (6.07%) Marketing
11 80 (5.52%) Investment Banking
12 70 (4.83%) Public Sector
13 50 (3.45%) Front Office
14 46 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
15 31 (2.14%) Pharmaceutical
16 28 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
17 26 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
18 25 (1.73%) Local Government
19 24 (1.66%) Games
20 22 (1.52%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 812 (56.04%) Analyst
2 646 (44.58%) Business Analyst
3 179 (12.35%) Senior
4 98 (6.76%) Project Manager
5 95 (6.56%) Lead
6 92 (6.35%) Senior Analyst
7 81 (5.59%) Senior Business Analyst
8 80 (5.52%) Principal Business Analyst
9 63 (4.35%) Developer
10 62 (4.28%) Consultant
11 61 (4.21%) Architect
12 55 (3.80%) Lead Business Analyst
13 46 (3.17%) Systems Analyst
14 42 (2.90%) Senior Manager
15 36 (2.48%) Financial Analyst
15 36 (2.48%) IT Analyst
15 36 (2.48%) IT Manager
15 36 (2.48%) Technical Analyst
15 36 (2.48%) Technical Business Analyst
16 33 (2.28%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (3.86%) .NET
2 32 (2.21%) React
3 29 (2.00%) Web Services
4 23 (1.59%) EDI
5 22 (1.52%) .NET Framework
6 20 (1.38%) ASP.NET
7 19 (1.31%) JSON
8 17 (1.17%) SOAP
8 17 (1.17%) XML
9 16 (1.10%) Apache NiFi
9 16 (1.10%) Keras
9 16 (1.10%) NumPy
9 16 (1.10%) REST
9 16 (1.10%) TensorFlow
10 13 (0.90%) .NET Core
11 11 (0.76%) Unity DI Container
12 10 (0.69%) CSS
12 10 (0.69%) HTML
13 9 (0.62%) BAPI
13 9 (0.62%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 92 (6.35%) Product Ownership
2 84 (5.80%) Management Information System
3 46 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
4 41 (2.83%) Derivative
5 37 (2.55%) Algorithms
6 36 (2.48%) Cloud Native
7 33 (2.28%) Data Structures
8 27 (1.86%) Hedge funds
9 23 (1.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 22 (1.52%) Mobile App
11 21 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
11 21 (1.45%) Onboarding
11 21 (1.45%) Virtual Team
12 19 (1.31%) Taxonomies
13 18 (1.24%) Fixed Income
14 16 (1.10%) Equities
14 16 (1.10%) Reinsurance
15 14 (0.97%) Blockchain
15 14 (0.97%) FMCG
15 14 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.17%) Windows
2 13 (0.90%) Android
3 11 (0.76%) Apple iOS
4 9 (0.62%) Linux
5 7 (0.48%) Unix
6 2 (0.14%) AIX
6 2 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.14%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 522 (36.02%) Agile
2 464 (32.02%) Problem-Solving
3 317 (21.88%) Project Management
4 266 (18.36%) Coaching
5 253 (17.46%) Decision-Making
6 250 (17.25%) Change Management
6 250 (17.25%) Requirements Gathering
7 198 (13.66%) Analytics
8 191 (13.18%) Stakeholder Management
9 164 (11.32%) User Stories
10 160 (11.04%) Business Intelligence
11 143 (9.87%) Data Analysis
12 141 (9.73%) Roadmaps
13 140 (9.66%) SDLC
14 134 (9.25%) Continuous Improvement
14 134 (9.25%) Workshop Facilitation
15 131 (9.04%) Scrum
16 128 (8.83%) ITIL
17 125 (8.63%) GAP Analysis
18 117 (8.07%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 199 (13.73%) SQL
2 134 (9.25%) Python
3 35 (2.42%) JavaScript
4 30 (2.07%) C#
4 30 (2.07%) T-SQL
5 26 (1.79%) Java
6 17 (1.17%) TypeScript
7 16 (1.10%) MATLAB
7 16 (1.10%) PowerShell
8 11 (0.76%) R
8 11 (0.76%) VBA
9 10 (0.69%) VB
10 7 (0.48%) RPG
10 7 (0.48%) RPG IV
11 6 (0.41%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.35%) GLSL
13 4 (0.28%) C++
13 4 (0.28%) Go
13 4 (0.28%) Ruby
13 4 (0.28%) Scala
Qualifications
1 380 (26.22%) Degree
2 146 (10.08%) Security Cleared
3 89 (6.14%) SC Cleared
4 50 (3.45%) Master's Degree
5 38 (2.62%) Computer Science Degree
6 34 (2.35%) DV Cleared
7 25 (1.73%) PMI Certification
8 23 (1.59%) PMP
9 20 (1.38%) IIBA
10 19 (1.31%) DBS Check
11 18 (1.24%) MBA
12 17 (1.17%) CISM
12 17 (1.17%) CISSP
13 16 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
13 16 (1.10%) GIAC
14 15 (1.04%) CBAP
15 14 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
15 14 (0.97%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 12 (0.83%) CCIE
17 10 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (8.28%) QA
2 36 (2.48%) PMO
3 21 (1.45%) GDPR
4 18 (1.24%) Data Quality
5 17 (1.17%) Accessibility
5 17 (1.17%) COBIT
6 15 (1.04%) SLA
7 8 (0.55%) NIST
8 6 (0.41%) Web Application Security Consortium
9 5 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.35%) SEPA
9 5 (0.35%) TARGET2
10 4 (0.28%) EMIR
10 4 (0.28%) MiFID
10 4 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.21%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.14%) GRC
12 2 (0.14%) JSP 440
12 2 (0.14%) NIST 800
System Software
1 7 (0.48%) Firmware
2 5 (0.35%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.35%) Docker
3 4 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (1.04%) Ansible
2 10 (0.69%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.41%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 5 (0.35%) Graphite
4 5 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.35%) SCCM
5 3 (0.21%) Terraform
6 2 (0.14%) Kibana
6 2 (0.14%) Nagios
6 2 (0.14%) Netcool
6 2 (0.14%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.14%) RSA Archer
6 2 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.14%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.069%) MIIS
7 1 (0.069%) Puppet
7 1 (0.069%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 206 (14.22%) Microsoft
2 55 (3.80%) SAP
3 45 (3.11%) Salesforce
4 30 (2.07%) IBM
5 26 (1.79%) Databricks
6 23 (1.59%) Oracle
7 17 (1.17%) Google
8 16 (1.10%) Cisco
8 16 (1.10%) Sage
9 11 (0.76%) Workday
10 10 (0.69%) Alibaba
10 10 (0.69%) Infor
11 9 (0.62%) VMware
12 8 (0.55%) Bloomberg
13 7 (0.48%) Ekahau
14 6 (0.41%) ServiceNow
15 5 (0.35%) Atlassian
15 5 (0.35%) Facebook
15 5 (0.35%) NEC
15 5 (0.35%) Splunk