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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 205 160 173
Rank change year-on-year -45 +13 -4
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 1,458 2,314 3,732
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.47% 2.28% 2.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.72% 2.39% 2.47%
Number of salaries quoted 803 1,565 2,538
10th Percentile £34,750 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £45,617
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £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% +4.17%

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 84,952 96,876 150,957
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.60% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 59,894 57,115 82,331
10th Percentile £29,002 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +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 12 May 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 12 May 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 -34 1,254 £55,000 -8.33% 288
UK excluding London -33 1,029 £50,000 -9.09% 172
Work from Home -67 530 £55,000 -8.33% 125
London -66 376 £70,000 +7.69% 125
North of England -21 206 £52,500 -4.55% 44
South East -48 202 £52,500 -8.70% 32
Midlands -44 169 £47,500 -9.52% 34
East of England +96 164 £46,550 -6.90% 16
North West -12 130 £47,500 -20.83% 22
Scotland -26 128 £44,347 -19.37% 12
South West -29 127 £51,250 -6.82% 28
West Midlands -14 122 £47,500 -9.52% 23
Yorkshire -23 51 £52,500 +1.94% 16
East Midlands -33 46 £48,093 -8.39% 11
North East +3 25 £52,500 -12.50% 6
Wales -15 15 £49,000 +8.89% 4
Northern Ireland +15 12 £58,800 +23.79% 4
Isle of Man - 6 £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 77 (5.28%) Confluence
2 25 (1.71%) Apache
3 23 (1.58%) SharePoint
4 11 (0.75%) IIS
5 5 (0.34%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.34%) BizTalk Server
5 5 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.14%) Moodle
6 2 (0.14%) SAS
7 1 (0.069%) CMS
7 1 (0.069%) Drupal
7 1 (0.069%) SharePoint 2013
7 1 (0.069%) WordPress
Applications
1 154 (10.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 95 (6.52%) Microsoft Office
3 62 (4.25%) MS Visio
4 57 (3.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 22 (1.51%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.55%) Trello
7 5 (0.34%) Sketch
8 4 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.069%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 28 (1.92%) Salesforce CRM
2 19 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
4 13 (0.89%) iTrent
4 13 (0.89%) SAP CO
4 13 (0.89%) SAP FI
4 13 (0.89%) SAP FI/CO
5 10 (0.69%) Infor SunSystems
6 7 (0.48%) BPCS
7 5 (0.34%) NEC Housing
8 4 (0.27%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.27%) Workday HCM
9 2 (0.14%) Aladdin
9 2 (0.14%) Endur
9 2 (0.14%) Magento
9 2 (0.14%) Maximo
9 2 (0.14%) SAP GRC
9 2 (0.14%) SAP HR
9 2 (0.14%) Shopify
10 1 (0.069%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 141 (9.67%) Azure
2 127 (8.71%) Power Platform
3 100 (6.86%) AWS
4 54 (3.70%) SaaS
5 52 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
6 40 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
7 28 (1.92%) PowerApps
8 26 (1.78%) Dynamics 365
9 23 (1.58%) Miro
10 19 (1.30%) GCP
10 19 (1.30%) Power Automate
11 17 (1.17%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 14 (0.96%) IBM Cloud
13 11 (0.75%) PaaS
13 11 (0.75%) Serverless
14 10 (0.69%) AWS Lambda
15 9 (0.62%) Amazon S3
15 9 (0.62%) Amazon SQS
15 9 (0.62%) AWS Step Functions
15 9 (0.62%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 22 (1.51%) Firewall
1 22 (1.51%) Wireless
2 15 (1.03%) HTTP
3 14 (0.96%) LAN
3 14 (0.96%) WAN
4 12 (0.82%) BGP
4 12 (0.82%) OSPF
4 12 (0.82%) VLAN
5 10 (0.69%) DNS
6 9 (0.62%) TCP/IP
6 9 (0.62%) VoIP
7 7 (0.48%) EIGRP
7 7 (0.48%) HSRP
7 7 (0.48%) MPLS
7 7 (0.48%) Network Security
7 7 (0.48%) SD-WAN
7 7 (0.48%) Spanning Tree
7 7 (0.48%) VRRP
7 7 (0.48%) Wireshark
7 7 (0.48%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (7.61%) Power BI
2 46 (3.16%) Data Warehouse
3 43 (2.95%) Tableau
4 36 (2.47%) SQL Server
5 27 (1.85%) Relational Database
6 25 (1.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 21 (1.44%) BusinessObjects
7 21 (1.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 17 (1.17%) NoSQL
9 13 (0.89%) Big Data
9 13 (0.89%) Data Lake
10 9 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
10 9 (0.62%) Metadata
10 9 (0.62%) Oracle Reports
11 8 (0.55%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 8 (0.55%) MySQL
12 7 (0.48%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
12 7 (0.48%) Data Mining
12 7 (0.48%) Qlik Sense
12 7 (0.48%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 147 (10.08%) JIRA
2 13 (0.89%) Visual Studio
3 12 (0.82%) Git
4 10 (0.69%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (0.27%) Postman
7 2 (0.14%) Android Studio
7 2 (0.14%) Balsamiq
7 2 (0.14%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.14%) Hudson
7 2 (0.14%) JUnit
7 2 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (0.14%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.069%) Bugzilla
8 1 (0.069%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.069%) JMeter
8 1 (0.069%) Selenium
8 1 (0.069%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.069%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.069%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 457 (31.34%) Social Skills
2 434 (29.77%) Finance
3 401 (27.50%) Analytical Skills
4 175 (12.00%) Retail
5 167 (11.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 145 (9.95%) Presentation Skills
7 140 (9.60%) Law
8 108 (7.41%) Banking
9 104 (7.13%) Public Sector
10 101 (6.93%) Legal
11 93 (6.38%) Marketing
12 63 (4.32%) Investment Banking
13 61 (4.18%) Influencing Skills
14 33 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
15 30 (2.06%) Front Office
16 29 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
17 27 (1.85%) Local Government
18 26 (1.78%) Pharmaceutical
19 24 (1.65%) Games
20 22 (1.51%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 829 (56.86%) Analyst
2 650 (44.58%) Business Analyst
3 186 (12.76%) Senior
4 103 (7.06%) Senior Analyst
5 99 (6.79%) Project Manager
6 89 (6.10%) Senior Business Analyst
7 80 (5.49%) Principal Business Analyst
8 74 (5.08%) Lead
9 66 (4.53%) Developer
10 61 (4.18%) Architect
11 58 (3.98%) Consultant
12 55 (3.77%) Systems Analyst
13 44 (3.02%) IT Analyst
14 38 (2.61%) Senior Manager
15 36 (2.47%) IT Manager
15 36 (2.47%) Technical Analyst
15 36 (2.47%) Technical Business Analyst
16 35 (2.40%) Business Manager
17 34 (2.33%) Business IT Analyst
17 34 (2.33%) IT Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (3.70%) .NET
2 31 (2.13%) React
3 28 (1.92%) Web Services
4 24 (1.65%) EDI
5 21 (1.44%) Apache NiFi
6 20 (1.37%) .NET Framework
6 20 (1.37%) ASP.NET
7 18 (1.23%) JSON
8 17 (1.17%) XML
9 16 (1.10%) SOAP
10 14 (0.96%) Keras
10 14 (0.96%) NumPy
10 14 (0.96%) REST
10 14 (0.96%) TensorFlow
11 11 (0.75%) .NET Core
12 10 (0.69%) CSS
12 10 (0.69%) HTML
13 9 (0.62%) BAPI
13 9 (0.62%) SAP Fiori
13 9 (0.62%) Unity DI Container
Miscellaneous
1 84 (5.76%) Management Information System
2 83 (5.69%) Product Ownership
3 51 (3.50%) Self-Motivation
4 41 (2.81%) Cloud Native
5 34 (2.33%) Algorithms
5 34 (2.33%) Data Structures
6 28 (1.92%) Taxonomies
7 26 (1.78%) Onboarding
8 23 (1.58%) Derivative
9 22 (1.51%) Mobile App
10 21 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
11 20 (1.37%) Reinsurance
12 19 (1.30%) Virtual Team
13 14 (0.96%) Blockchain
14 13 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
15 12 (0.82%) FMCG
15 12 (0.82%) IoT
16 11 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
16 11 (0.75%) Low-Code
17 10 (0.69%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.23%) Windows
2 12 (0.82%) Android
3 10 (0.69%) Apple iOS
4 7 (0.48%) Linux
5 6 (0.41%) Unix
6 3 (0.21%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.14%) AIX
7 2 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 522 (35.80%) Agile
2 467 (32.03%) Problem-Solving
3 313 (21.47%) Project Management
4 258 (17.70%) Decision-Making
5 254 (17.42%) Requirements Gathering
6 250 (17.15%) Change Management
7 224 (15.36%) Stakeholder Management
8 220 (15.09%) Coaching
9 198 (13.58%) Analytics
10 182 (12.48%) User Stories
11 164 (11.25%) Business Intelligence
12 151 (10.36%) Data Analysis
13 142 (9.74%) Roadmaps
14 139 (9.53%) Workshop Facilitation
15 138 (9.47%) Continuous Improvement
16 136 (9.33%) Scrum
17 130 (8.92%) Business Case
18 128 (8.78%) Data Modelling
19 122 (8.37%) Project Delivery
20 114 (7.82%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 180 (12.35%) SQL
2 120 (8.23%) Python
3 34 (2.33%) JavaScript
4 32 (2.19%) T-SQL
5 28 (1.92%) C#
6 22 (1.51%) Java
7 17 (1.17%) PowerShell
8 15 (1.03%) TypeScript
9 14 (0.96%) MATLAB
9 14 (0.96%) R
10 13 (0.89%) VBA
11 11 (0.75%) PL/SQL
11 11 (0.75%) VB
12 7 (0.48%) RPG
12 7 (0.48%) RPG IV
13 5 (0.34%) GLSL
14 4 (0.27%) C++
14 4 (0.27%) Go
15 3 (0.21%) Ruby
15 3 (0.21%) Scala
Qualifications
1 334 (22.91%) Degree
2 148 (10.15%) Security Cleared
3 88 (6.04%) SC Cleared
4 48 (3.29%) Master's Degree
5 37 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 30 (2.06%) DV Cleared
7 27 (1.85%) PMI Certification
8 25 (1.71%) PMP
9 19 (1.30%) DBS Check
10 18 (1.23%) CISM
10 18 (1.23%) CISSP
10 18 (1.23%) MBA
11 17 (1.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 16 (1.10%) GIAC
12 16 (1.10%) IIBA
12 16 (1.10%) ISEB
13 15 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
13 15 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
14 12 (0.82%) CCIE
15 11 (0.75%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (5.62%) QA
2 39 (2.67%) PMO
3 24 (1.65%) Data Quality
4 20 (1.37%) GDPR
5 17 (1.17%) COBIT
6 16 (1.10%) Accessibility
7 14 (0.96%) SLA
8 8 (0.55%) NIST
9 6 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (0.41%) Web Application Security Consortium
10 5 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (0.34%) SEPA
10 5 (0.34%) TARGET2
11 4 (0.27%) EMIR
11 4 (0.27%) MiFID
12 3 (0.21%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.14%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.14%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.14%) JSP 440
System Software
1 7 (0.48%) Firmware
2 6 (0.41%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.34%) Docker
4 4 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (1.03%) Ansible
2 10 (0.69%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.41%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 5 (0.34%) Graphite
4 5 (0.34%) SCCM
5 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.21%) Terraform
7 2 (0.14%) Kibana
7 2 (0.14%) Nagios
7 2 (0.14%) Netcool
7 2 (0.14%) RSA Archer
7 2 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.14%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.069%) MIIS
8 1 (0.069%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.069%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 205 (14.06%) Microsoft
2 55 (3.77%) Salesforce
2 55 (3.77%) SAP
3 31 (2.13%) Databricks
4 29 (1.99%) Oracle
5 27 (1.85%) IBM
6 17 (1.17%) Google
7 16 (1.10%) Cisco
7 16 (1.10%) Sage
8 11 (0.75%) Workday
9 10 (0.69%) Alibaba
9 10 (0.69%) Infor
10 9 (0.62%) VMware
11 7 (0.48%) Ekahau
12 6 (0.41%) Bloomberg
12 6 (0.41%) MicroStrategy
12 6 (0.41%) ServiceNow
13 5 (0.34%) Facebook
13 5 (0.34%) NEC
13 5 (0.34%) Splunk