September 2026, released 23 October 2026
Business analyst jobs in the UK
ONS category: Management consultants and business analysts (SOC 2431). All experience levels together, not a graduate only count.
Management consultants and business analysts share this ONS category. It does not isolate consulting graduate schemes, particular firms or the IT business analysts counted in a separate occupation.
What was counted, exactly
New online job adverts posted during September 2026, collected by Textkernel and published by ONS in Labour Demand Volumes by Standard Occupation Classification (SOC 2020), UK, edition January 2017 to September 2026, released 23 October 2026. The unedited occupation label is Management consultants and business analysts, Standard Occupation Classification 2020 code 2431. Regions are the twelve ITL1 statistical regions of the UK. Careery presents the recorded values without changing them.
UK adverts in September 2026
4,633
New online job adverts for management consultants and business analysts, not unique vacancies.
Reading the figures
London has 1,352 adverts and the South East has 734. September's UK total of 4,633 is below August's 5,494 in this edition. The combined label means the movement cannot be assigned to consulting rather than business analysis.
Every UK region
Recorded adverts for the same occupation and edition. A smaller total does not imply less competition: this dataset contains no applicant counts.
| Region | Adverts |
|---|---|
| London | 1,352 |
| South East | 734 |
| North West | 430 |
| South West | 377 |
| West Midlands | 359 |
| East of England | 339 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 275 |
| Scotland | 261 |
| East Midlands | 219 |
| Wales | 110 |
| North East | 90 |
| Northern Ireland | 76 |
UK trend: recorded monthly observations
The trend runs from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026. Twelve consecutive months with March 2026 suppressed as [x] for all thirteen occupations. July 2026 is present. This is not an unbroken run of twelve values. Suppression is not zero and no missing value has been added or estimated.
| Recorded month | Adverts |
|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | 3,501 |
| Nov 2025 | 4,003 |
| Dec 2025 | 1,868 |
| Jan 2026 | 3,080 |
| Feb 2026 | 2,706 |
| Mar 2026 | [x] |
| Apr 2026 | 3,233 |
| May 2026 | 3,620 |
| Jun 2026 | 4,181 |
| Jul 2026 | 4,234 |
| Aug 2026 | 5,494 |
| Sep 2026 | 4,633 |
What this does not tell you
- Adverts are not vacancies. An advert may represent several roles or none, and a role may be advertised more than once. The ONS Vacancy Survey is a different series. Read the distinction.
- These are not current openings. Adverts posted during September 2026 were counted and published afterwards. Nothing here tells you what is open today.
- No graduate or senior split. Management consultants and business analysts includes experience levels together. There is no salary, applicant count, employer breakdown or hiring outcome in this data.
- UK only. These figures do not describe Riyadh, Dubai or any market outside the United Kingdom.
- Suppression is not zero. [x] is reproduced where ONS withholds or does not publish a value. March 2026 is suppressed for this occupation, not filled in.
- Official statistics in development. ONS is still refining the methodology. ONS collected and published the data and does not endorse Careery.
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You may reuse these figures under the Open Government Licence v3.0 with attribution. A link to this page is appreciated, not required.
Source: ONS, Labour Demand Volumes by Standard Occupation Classification (SOC 2020), UK. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Management consultants and business analysts, SOC 2431. Figures for September 2026, edition January 2017 to September 2026, released 23 October 2026. Compiled by Careery, https://thecareery.com/uk-job-adverts/business-analyst-jobs-uk
Check the figures in Table 3 of the original ONS workbook. Download the regional CSV and monthly trend CSV, rebuilt from the raw workbook by the checkable extractor. Select SOC 2431 for this occupation. Suppression markers remain [x] in the tables and CSVs.
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