Business Analysis Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Business Analysis
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Business Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 56 60
Rank change year-on-year +3 +4 -11
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 21 6 11
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 2.46% 0.83% 1.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.85% 0.98% 1.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 6 7
10th Percentile £315 £406 £436
25th Percentile £351 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £358 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.76% -10.53% +11.76%
75th Percentile £398 £462 £581
90th Percentile £447 £510 £673
England median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.99
Median hourly rate - - £21.52
75th Percentile - - £22.04
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £78.75 £66.00 £79.75
% change year-on-year +19.32% -17.24% +227.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

Business Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 738 612 685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 86.42% 84.18% 84.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 512 373 499
10th Percentile £210 £266 £213
25th Percentile £350 £356 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £445 £480
Median % change year-on-year -6.18% -7.29% +1.05%
75th Percentile £525 £550 £588
90th Percentile £638 £619 £700
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 28 53
10th Percentile £16.17 £14.90 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £17.00 £16.66
Median hourly rate £18.87 £23.25 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.84% +3.33% +32.86%
75th Percentile £25.15 £50.00 £51.50
90th Percentile - £51.50 £69.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.07 £44.50
% change year-on-year -33.94% -14.45% +27.14%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Business Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Business Analysis job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Business Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Business Analysis

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 3 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analysis in the East Midlands

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Business Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Business Analysis

Business Analysis
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 November 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Northamptonshire +4 19 £358 -20.00% 11
Leicestershire -7 1 - - 14
Derbyshire - 1 - - 9
Business Analysis
England

Business Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.76%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (9.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (9.52%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (4.76%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 2 (9.52%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 11 (52.38%) Finance
2 8 (38.10%) Social Skills
3 7 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (23.81%) Banking
5 3 (14.29%) Marketing
6 2 (9.52%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (4.76%) Aerospace
7 1 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (4.76%) Legal
7 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
7 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (80.95%) Analyst
2 16 (76.19%) Business Analyst
3 5 (23.81%) Payments Analyst
3 5 (23.81%) Payments Business Analyst
4 4 (19.05%) ETL Analyst
5 3 (14.29%) Salesforce Analyst
5 3 (14.29%) Salesforce Business Analyst
6 2 (9.52%) Data Analyst
6 2 (9.52%) Finance Business Analyst
6 2 (9.52%) Financial Analyst
6 2 (9.52%) Financial Business Analyst
6 2 (9.52%) Financial Services Business Analyst
6 2 (9.52%) Product Owner
6 2 (9.52%) Programme Manager
6 2 (9.52%) Senior
6 2 (9.52%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (9.52%) Senior Business Analyst
6 2 (9.52%) Service Analyst
7 1 (4.76%) Data Business Analyst
7 1 (4.76%) ITSM Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Management Information System
1 4 (19.05%) Onboarding
1 4 (19.05%) Product Ownership
2 2 (9.52%) PMI
3 1 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (90.48%) Agile
2 9 (42.86%) Scrum
3 8 (38.10%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (38.10%) User Stories
3 8 (38.10%) Waterfall
4 7 (33.33%) Kanban
4 7 (33.33%) Project Management
4 7 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
5 6 (28.57%) Acceptance Criteria
5 6 (28.57%) Decision-Making
6 5 (23.81%) Business Strategy
6 5 (23.81%) CRM
6 5 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (23.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (19.05%) Customer Experience
7 4 (19.05%) Epics
7 4 (19.05%) ETL
7 4 (19.05%) KYC
7 4 (19.05%) Microservices
7 4 (19.05%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) Degree
2 2 (9.52%) CBAP
2 2 (9.52%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) ISO 8583
1 2 (9.52%) PCI DSS
1 2 (9.52%) PSD2
1 2 (9.52%) QA
2 1 (4.76%) GDPR
2 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 5 (23.81%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.76%) Remedy
3 1 (4.76%) SAP
3 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow