Business Analysis Contract Job Trends in England

Business Analysis
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Business Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 150 101
Rank change year-on-year +30 -49 -9
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 699 536 971
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.37% 1.74% 2.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.62% 2.00% 2.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 473 357 642
10th Percentile £358 £400 £406
25th Percentile £413 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £639
90th Percentile £725 £780 £700
UK median daily rate £514 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% - -2.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 18
10th Percentile £62.30 £50.05 £21.68
25th Percentile £67.25 £63.25 £55.94
Median hourly rate £78.75 £66.00 £79.75
Median % change year-on-year +19.32% -17.24% +195.59%
75th Percentile £90.63 £69.75 £86.50
90th Percentile £94.00 £72.90 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £66.00 £79.75
% change year-on-year +6.06% -17.24% +184.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,673 26,735 35,521
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.45% 86.67% 88.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,934 16,321 24,366
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.50% -0.05%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,740 959 1,495
10th Percentile £14.69 £15.09 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.06 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.10% -17.98% +27.14%
75th Percentile £45.46 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £73.80 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.63
% change year-on-year -28.14% -19.77% +24.64%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Business Analysis job vacancy trend in England

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Business Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Business Analysis

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis in England over the 6 months to 10 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analysis in England

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Business Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Business Analysis

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Analysis in England over the 6 months to 10 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Analysis in England

Business Analysis
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 10 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
London +23 422 £595 -0.83% 417
North of England -6 85 £483 -3.50% 262
Midlands +9 67 £447 -14.86% 168
South East +11 57 £500 - 378
Yorkshire 0 47 £492 -13.23% 78
West Midlands -16 38 £525 - 104
South West +18 37 £463 -1.86% 99
North West -17 33 £470 -6.00% 149
East Midlands +13 29 £358 -15.76% 64
East of England -18 16 £625 +16.28% 82
North East - 5 £456 - 38
Business Analysis
UK

Business Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 48 (6.87%) Confluence
2 10 (1.43%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.29%) Apache Superset
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 42 (6.01%) MS Visio
2 33 (4.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (2.72%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (1.86%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.57%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.29%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.29%) Sketch
8 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 19 (2.72%) Endur
2 16 (2.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (2.15%) SAP WM
4 14 (2.00%) SAP EWM
5 13 (1.86%) SAP S/4HANA
6 8 (1.14%) Aladdin
7 7 (1.00%) Workday HCM
8 5 (0.72%) Salesforce CRM
9 4 (0.57%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.57%) Payment Gateway
10 3 (0.43%) iTrent
10 3 (0.43%) Loan IQ
10 3 (0.43%) Markit EDM
10 3 (0.43%) NEC Housing
10 3 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
11 2 (0.29%) Oracle Financials
11 2 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
11 2 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
11 2 (0.29%) SAP Business One
11 2 (0.29%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 69 (9.87%) Power Platform
2 65 (9.30%) Azure
3 32 (4.58%) Azure DevOps
4 23 (3.29%) SaaS
5 22 (3.15%) AWS
6 17 (2.43%) Dynamics 365
7 14 (2.00%) PowerApps
8 12 (1.72%) Power Automate
9 10 (1.43%) Azure Data Factory
9 10 (1.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 9 (1.29%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (1.29%) Miro
11 8 (1.14%) Figma
11 8 (1.14%) Lucidchart
12 7 (1.00%) GCP
13 4 (0.57%) dbt
13 4 (0.57%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 3 (0.43%) Snowflake
15 2 (0.29%) Azure Logic Apps
15 2 (0.29%) Commercetools
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.57%) Firewall
2 3 (0.43%) HTTP
3 2 (0.29%) Broadband
3 2 (0.29%) Intranet
3 2 (0.29%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.14%) Internet
4 1 (0.14%) LAN
4 1 (0.14%) NAS
4 1 (0.14%) Network Security
4 1 (0.14%) WAN
4 1 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (8.87%) Power BI
2 21 (3.00%) Relational Database
3 17 (2.43%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (2.29%) SQL Server
5 13 (1.86%) Tableau
6 8 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (1.00%) MongoDB
7 7 (1.00%) Redis
8 6 (0.86%) Data Mining
8 6 (0.86%) Oracle Reports
9 5 (0.72%) SAP HANA
10 4 (0.57%) Power Query
11 3 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.43%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.43%) Snowflake Schema
12 2 (0.29%) Data Vault
12 2 (0.29%) SAP BW
13 1 (0.14%) Metadata
13 1 (0.14%) Metadata Repository
13 1 (0.14%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 71 (10.16%) JIRA
2 12 (1.72%) Git
3 7 (1.00%) Selenium
3 7 (1.00%) webpack
4 6 (0.86%) Cucumber
5 5 (0.72%) Postman
6 4 (0.57%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.43%) AdminStudio
7 3 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.43%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.29%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.29%) ERwin
8 2 (0.29%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.29%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.14%) git-flow
General
1 308 (44.06%) Social Skills
2 256 (36.62%) Finance
3 127 (18.17%) Analytical Skills
4 101 (14.45%) Banking
5 60 (8.58%) Public Sector
6 48 (6.87%) Presentation Skills
7 46 (6.58%) Front Office
8 31 (4.43%) Documentation Skills
8 31 (4.43%) Influencing Skills
9 30 (4.29%) Investment Banking
10 28 (4.01%) Marketing
11 26 (3.72%) Manufacturing
12 24 (3.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 22 (3.15%) Retail
14 21 (3.00%) Legal
14 21 (3.00%) Local Government
15 18 (2.58%) Organisational Skills
16 16 (2.29%) Back Office
17 15 (2.15%) Financial Institution
18 12 (1.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 457 (65.38%) Analyst
2 428 (61.23%) Business Analyst
3 74 (10.59%) Senior
4 56 (8.01%) Senior Analyst
5 49 (7.01%) Senior Business Analyst
6 42 (6.01%) Lead
7 37 (5.29%) Consultant
8 33 (4.72%) Financial Analyst
9 31 (4.43%) Technical Analyst
10 29 (4.15%) Architect
10 29 (4.15%) Project Manager
10 29 (4.15%) Technical Business Analyst
11 27 (3.86%) Finance Business Analyst
12 26 (3.72%) Data Analyst
13 25 (3.58%) Developer
14 24 (3.43%) Data Business Analyst
15 19 (2.72%) Banking Analyst
15 19 (2.72%) Insurance Business Analyst
15 19 (2.72%) SAP Consultant
16 18 (2.58%) Banking Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.58%) .NET
2 17 (2.43%) CSS
2 17 (2.43%) HTML
3 16 (2.29%) XML
4 14 (2.00%) jQuery
5 13 (1.86%) React
6 10 (1.43%) REST
7 9 (1.29%) EDI
7 9 (1.29%) JSON
8 7 (1.00%) ASP.NET Web API
8 7 (1.00%) Bootstrap
8 7 (1.00%) HTML5
8 7 (1.00%) Memcached
8 7 (1.00%) SailPoint
9 6 (0.86%) ADO
9 6 (0.86%) PySpark
9 6 (0.86%) WPF
10 5 (0.72%) Compass CSS Framework
10 5 (0.72%) Swagger
11 4 (0.57%) Anaconda
Miscellaneous
1 77 (11.02%) Product Ownership
2 40 (5.72%) Management Information System
3 30 (4.29%) Data Protection Act
4 29 (4.15%) Onboarding
5 20 (2.86%) Derivative
6 19 (2.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 18 (2.58%) PMI
8 16 (2.29%) Reinsurance
9 13 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (1.86%) Virtual Team
10 12 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
10 12 (1.72%) Credit Risk
10 12 (1.72%) Data Structures
10 12 (1.72%) Equities
10 12 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
11 11 (1.57%) Fixed Income
12 9 (1.29%) Hedge funds
12 9 (1.29%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 8 (1.14%) Mobile App
13 8 (1.14%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.00%) Linux
2 6 (0.86%) Windows
3 3 (0.43%) CentOS
3 3 (0.43%) Mac OS
3 3 (0.43%) Unix
3 3 (0.43%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.29%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.14%) AIX
5 1 (0.14%) Android
5 1 (0.14%) Solaris
5 1 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 305 (43.63%) Agile
2 185 (26.47%) Stakeholder Management
3 170 (24.32%) Requirements Gathering
4 150 (21.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 137 (19.60%) Problem-Solving
6 122 (17.45%) Project Management
7 107 (15.31%) Workshop Facilitation
8 105 (15.02%) User Stories
9 104 (14.88%) User Acceptance Testing
10 96 (13.73%) Project Delivery
11 87 (12.45%) Analytics
12 71 (10.16%) Decision-Making
13 70 (10.01%) Data Analysis
13 70 (10.01%) Scrum
14 68 (9.73%) GAP Analysis
15 66 (9.44%) Business Intelligence
15 66 (9.44%) Use Case
16 65 (9.30%) Roadmaps
17 60 (8.58%) Waterfall
18 59 (8.44%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 90 (12.88%) SQL
2 42 (6.01%) Python
3 23 (3.29%) C#
4 15 (2.15%) JavaScript
5 14 (2.00%) Java
6 6 (0.86%) VBA
7 4 (0.57%) VB.NET
8 3 (0.43%) C
8 3 (0.43%) Perl
8 3 (0.43%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.43%) Scala
9 2 (0.29%) Bash
9 2 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.29%) PHP
9 2 (0.29%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.29%) R
9 2 (0.29%) Ruby
9 2 (0.29%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.14%) C++
10 1 (0.14%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 95 (13.59%) Degree
2 69 (9.87%) Security Cleared
3 55 (7.87%) SC Cleared
4 37 (5.29%) CBAP
5 26 (3.72%) PMI Certification
6 14 (2.00%) SAP Certification
7 11 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.57%) ISEB
8 10 (1.43%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.43%) PMP
9 8 (1.14%) IIBA
10 6 (0.86%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.72%) ACCA
11 5 (0.72%) APMP
11 5 (0.72%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.57%) CSPO
13 3 (0.43%) CIMA
13 3 (0.43%) CISSP
13 3 (0.43%) FFIEC
13 3 (0.43%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (6.72%) QA
2 31 (4.43%) GDPR
3 21 (3.00%) Data Quality
4 13 (1.86%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.72%) MiFID
5 12 (1.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 11 (1.57%) EMIR
7 9 (1.29%) NIST
8 8 (1.14%) PCI DSS
8 8 (1.14%) PMO
9 7 (1.00%) GRC
9 7 (1.00%) GxP
9 7 (1.00%) SLA
10 6 (0.86%) ISO 20022
10 6 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 6 (0.86%) PSD2
11 5 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.72%) SEPA
12 4 (0.57%) ISO 8583
12 4 (0.57%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (0.43%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (0.86%) Terraform
2 3 (0.43%) SCCM
3 2 (0.29%) Ansible
3 2 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.29%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (0.14%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 85 (12.16%) Microsoft
2 52 (7.44%) SAP
3 40 (5.72%) Salesforce
4 30 (4.29%) Oracle
5 23 (3.29%) ServiceNow
6 13 (1.86%) Workday
7 8 (1.14%) GoldenSource
8 7 (1.00%) Adobe
8 7 (1.00%) Charles River
9 6 (0.86%) Google
9 6 (0.86%) UiPath
10 5 (0.72%) MuleSoft
10 5 (0.72%) OpenLink
11 4 (0.57%) Atlassian
11 4 (0.57%) CyberArk
11 4 (0.57%) Murex
12 3 (0.43%) Avaloq
12 3 (0.43%) Dynatrace
12 3 (0.43%) HubSpot
12 3 (0.43%) IBM