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Business Analyst Career Market Report 2026

2,912 active jobs. 932 companies. Median salary $85K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

2,912
Active Job Openings
932
Companies Hiring
$85K
Median Salary (US)
75%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Business Analyst market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 75% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $85K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $69K to $125K.

Remote roles pay 12% above the US national median

Remote-first employers competing nationally for talent. The premium reflects company quality (remote-first firms tend to be well-funded), not a work-mode bonus.

SQL is the most-demanded skill at 27%

DevOps demand rose +6.2pp — fastest-growing skill

Soprasteria leads hiring with 86 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Senior → Lead (+$35K, +37%)

Salary increase: +$35K · Sample: Senior → Lead

AI automation risk: medium-high (score 70/100)

Score: 70/100 · AI/LLM demand: 21% of postings

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Senior96$78K$95K$130K
Mid-Level61$65K$75K$121K
Junior27$61K$76K$115K
Lead5$100K$130K$239K
Manager4$106K$140K$158K

What jumps out

Senior → Lead: +$35K (37%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States144$85KUSD
Remote14$95KUSD
India3$10KUSD
United Kingdom3$29KGBP

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site1.2%
Remote7.0%
Hybrid3.3%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

SQL
27%
AI/LLM
21%
Data Analysis
19%
Project Management
18%
SCRUM
13%
Python
9%
DevOps
6%
Data Pipeline
4%

Skills on the Rise

DevOps ↑+6.2ppSQL ↑+5.7ppData Pipeline ↑+4.5ppProject Management ↑+4.2pp

Declining in Demand

Journalism ↓-26.3ppAgile ↓-25.6ppExcel ↓-19.7ppAttention to Detail ↓-8.7ppStakeholder Management ↓-8.4pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Soprasteria863.0%
Collabera592.0%
Capco531.8%
Usm401.4%
Jobgether391.3%
Mindlance391.3%
Amazon371.3%
Integratedresources301.0%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States818
India254
France138
United Kingdom117
Remote90
Singapore63
Canada56
Poland51

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree41.5%903
Bachelor's Degree20.1%438
Master's Degree16.4%358
MBA1.7%37

Certifications

MBA (3%)ITIL (2%)Certified Scrum Master (1%)PMP (1%)

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