Help Tell the Global Story of Business Analysis
Take the 2026 Global State of Business Analysis Survey
Key Takeaways
- Participate in just 10 minutes to contribute your experience
- Your responses help shape the Global State of Business Analysis Report
- Receive an exclusive, complimentary summary report with key insights
- Provide input on skills, challenges, opportunities, salary, and industries
- Survey responses are anonymous, confidential, and aggregated, ensuring privacy
Got 10 minutes? Share your perspective on business analysis, and we’ll send you an exclusive summary of the key insights we gather.
The 2026 Global State of Business Analysis Survey is now open—and your insights matter. This is your chance to share what’s happening in your world: the skills you rely on, the challenges you’re navigating, the opportunities you see emerging, the industries you support, and how compensation is shifting.
Business analysis is moving fast, and the most accurate global perspective comes from the people doing the work every day. That’s you! By participating, you’re helping to create a data-driven view of the profession (the largest of its kind), one that supports practitioners, teams, and organizations around the world.
Share your unique business analysis experience with the world. Take the Global State of Business Analysis Survey!
Why Your Perspective Matters
Your experiences help highlight real trends in business analysis, informing global research reports and giving the community a deeper understanding of how the profession is evolving. Your responses will inform the annual Global State of Business Analysis Report—a member resource for analyzing the challenges and opportunities that define business analysis today.
What You’ll Get
After completing the survey, you’ll receive an exclusive, complimentary summary report featuring the key findings. To receive the report, please provide your name and email address. This is optional and not required to participate
All responses are anonymous and confidential. Data will be aggregated to ensure privacy. Please share the survey with your business analysis peers!
Survey deadline: Friday, December 19
What’s Inside the Survey
The survey includes demographic questions such as age, education level, years of experience, salary, reporting areas, and industries. It also explores topics like:
- The skills and competencies most relevant to your work
- The role of business analysis in areas like cybersecurity, agile, data analytics, product ownership, and artificial intelligence
- Emerging developments in business analysis and career growth
Why It Matters
As the 2025 Global State of Business Analysis Report showed, business analysis is a cornerstone of modern organizations. It enables informed decision-making, resource optimization, risk mitigation, and improved customer outcomes.
To sustain its impact, organizations must recognize the value of business analysis. Your participation ensures that the profession’s evolving trends, challenges, and opportunities are captured and communicated globally.
These insights help professionals at every stage make informed career decisions and advocate for the value of business analysis within their organizations.
Every voice matters.
Share Your Experience Before the Survey Closes
It only takes a few minutes, but your story will help show how business analysis is practised across the globe.
Begin the survey now.
About the Author
Robert McClements is the Communications and Media Relations Specialist at IIBA. With over eight years of communications experience at non-governmental organizations, he contributes to IIBA’s marketing and communications efforts in support of the business analysis profession and community. Residing in his hometown of Montreal, Robert enjoys spending time with his family, listening to music, and reading.
