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 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 148 97
Rank change year-on-year +27 -51 -3
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 729 518 864
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.29% 1.81% 2.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.59% 2.04% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 482 346 586
10th Percentile £363 £400 £400
25th Percentile £413 £445 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.65% -0.91% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £736 £763 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 10 16
10th Percentile £61.66 £61.50 £21.50
25th Percentile £66.18 £61.94 £65.31
Median hourly rate £77.94 £66.00 £84.75
Median % change year-on-year +18.08% -22.12% +111.88%
75th Percentile £89.21 £73.69 £86.50
90th Percentile £93.43 £81.11 -
UK median hourly rate £77.94 £66.00 £84.75
% change year-on-year +18.08% -22.12% +185.16%

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 28,123 25,389 32,672
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.50% 88.70% 88.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,892 15,664 22,179
10th Percentile £300 £313 £308
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £648 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,806 836 1,435
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.44
25th Percentile £18.00 £20.43 £19.09
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +23.09%
75th Percentile £56.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.29% +24.29%

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 26 December 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 26 December 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 26 December 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 +21 412 £575 -4.25% 185
North of England -21 97 £465 -7.00% 201
Midlands -1 80 £475 -9.52% 153
South East -2 56 £500 - 228
South West +14 51 £500 - 84
Yorkshire -4 49 £506 -10.85% 84
West Midlands -13 47 £500 -6.98% 81
North West -30 40 £400 -16.14% 99
East Midlands +9 33 £359 -15.53% 67
East of England -23 20 £463 -9.76% 112
North East - 10 £450 - 22
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 56 (7.68%) Confluence
2 10 (1.37%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.55%) SAS
4 3 (0.41%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.14%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 54 (7.41%) MS Visio
2 44 (6.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (3.29%) Microsoft Office
5 14 (1.92%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.69%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.41%) Notion
8 2 (0.27%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.27%) Sketch
8 2 (0.27%) Trello
9 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 23 (3.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (2.61%) Endur
3 15 (2.06%) SAP WM
4 14 (1.92%) SAP EWM
5 11 (1.51%) SAP S/4HANA
6 8 (1.10%) Loan IQ
7 7 (0.96%) Workday HCM
8 6 (0.82%) Payment Gateway
9 4 (0.55%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
9 4 (0.55%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 3 (0.41%) Aladdin
10 3 (0.41%) iTrent
10 3 (0.41%) Markit EDM
10 3 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
10 3 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
11 2 (0.27%) NEC Housing
11 2 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
11 2 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
11 2 (0.27%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 99 (13.58%) Power Platform
2 65 (8.92%) Azure
3 31 (4.25%) Azure DevOps
4 28 (3.84%) AWS
5 24 (3.29%) SaaS
6 21 (2.88%) Dynamics 365
6 21 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (2.33%) PowerApps
8 14 (1.92%) Power Automate
9 11 (1.51%) Azure Data Factory
9 11 (1.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 11 (1.51%) Miro
10 9 (1.23%) Lucidchart
11 8 (1.10%) Figma
12 7 (0.96%) GCP
13 5 (0.69%) dbt
13 5 (0.69%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 4 (0.55%) Kong
14 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Copilot
14 4 (0.55%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.55%) Firewall
1 4 (0.55%) HTTP
2 2 (0.27%) Broadband
2 2 (0.27%) Intranet
2 2 (0.27%) NAS
2 2 (0.27%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.14%) Internet
3 1 (0.14%) LAN
3 1 (0.14%) Network Security
3 1 (0.14%) WAN
3 1 (0.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (11.93%) Power BI
2 20 (2.74%) Relational Database
3 17 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (2.19%) SQL Server
5 11 (1.51%) Tableau
6 8 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (0.96%) Data Mining
7 7 (0.96%) MongoDB
7 7 (0.96%) Redis
8 5 (0.69%) Metadata
8 5 (0.69%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (0.69%) SAP HANA
9 3 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.41%) Power Query
9 3 (0.41%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.41%) Snowflake Schema
10 2 (0.27%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.27%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.27%) SAP BW
10 2 (0.27%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 86 (11.80%) JIRA
2 10 (1.37%) Git
3 7 (0.96%) webpack
4 6 (0.82%) Postman
4 6 (0.82%) Selenium
5 5 (0.69%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.55%) ERwin
6 4 (0.55%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.41%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.27%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.27%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.27%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.27%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.14%) Ant
9 1 (0.14%) Hudson
9 1 (0.14%) JUnit
9 1 (0.14%) TestDirector
9 1 (0.14%) Toad
General
1 316 (43.35%) Social Skills
2 260 (35.67%) Finance
3 140 (19.20%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (13.17%) Banking
5 82 (11.25%) Public Sector
6 55 (7.54%) Presentation Skills
7 46 (6.31%) Documentation Skills
8 35 (4.80%) Front Office
8 35 (4.80%) Influencing Skills
9 29 (3.98%) Investment Banking
10 28 (3.84%) Marketing
11 27 (3.70%) Legal
12 26 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 26 (3.57%) Manufacturing
13 22 (3.02%) Organisational Skills
13 22 (3.02%) Retail
14 20 (2.74%) Local Government
15 17 (2.33%) Telecoms
16 15 (2.06%) Back Office
17 13 (1.78%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 488 (66.94%) Analyst
2 453 (62.14%) Business Analyst
3 88 (12.07%) Senior
4 68 (9.33%) Senior Analyst
5 61 (8.37%) Senior Business Analyst
6 41 (5.62%) Lead
7 36 (4.94%) Technical Analyst
8 34 (4.66%) Consultant
8 34 (4.66%) Technical Business Analyst
9 33 (4.53%) Financial Analyst
10 29 (3.98%) Finance Business Analyst
10 29 (3.98%) Project Manager
11 28 (3.84%) Architect
12 27 (3.70%) Developer
13 24 (3.29%) Data Business Analyst
14 22 (3.02%) Banking Analyst
15 20 (2.74%) Banking Business Analyst
16 18 (2.47%) Insurance Business Analyst
17 17 (2.33%) IT Business Analyst
17 17 (2.33%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.02%) .NET
2 18 (2.47%) XML
3 17 (2.33%) CSS
3 17 (2.33%) HTML
4 14 (1.92%) jQuery
5 13 (1.78%) React
6 12 (1.65%) REST
7 11 (1.51%) EDI
8 9 (1.23%) JSON
9 8 (1.10%) SailPoint
10 7 (0.96%) ASP.NET Web API
10 7 (0.96%) Bootstrap
10 7 (0.96%) HTML5
10 7 (0.96%) Memcached
10 7 (0.96%) PySpark
10 7 (0.96%) SOAP
10 7 (0.96%) Swagger
11 6 (0.82%) OAuth
12 5 (0.69%) ADO
12 5 (0.69%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 85 (11.66%) Product Ownership
2 42 (5.76%) Management Information System
3 29 (3.98%) Onboarding
4 28 (3.84%) Data Protection Act
5 19 (2.61%) PMI
6 15 (2.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 14 (1.92%) Data Structures
8 13 (1.78%) Greenfield Project
8 13 (1.78%) Reinsurance
9 12 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (1.65%) Virtual Team
10 11 (1.51%) Credit Risk
10 11 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
11 9 (1.23%) Renewable Energy
12 8 (1.10%) Derivative
12 8 (1.10%) Mobile App
12 8 (1.10%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 7 (0.96%) Cloud Native
13 7 (0.96%) Life Science
13 7 (0.96%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.10%) Linux
2 5 (0.69%) Windows
3 4 (0.55%) Unix
4 3 (0.41%) CentOS
4 3 (0.41%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.27%) AIX
6 1 (0.14%) Android
6 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.14%) Solaris
6 1 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 326 (44.72%) Agile
2 212 (29.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 174 (23.87%) Requirements Gathering
4 173 (23.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 154 (21.12%) Problem-Solving
6 137 (18.79%) Workshop Facilitation
7 134 (18.38%) User Stories
8 111 (15.23%) Project Management
9 110 (15.09%) User Acceptance Testing
10 94 (12.89%) Project Delivery
11 87 (11.93%) Analytics
11 87 (11.93%) Business Intelligence
12 82 (11.25%) Migration
13 79 (10.84%) Decision-Making
14 76 (10.43%) Process Improvement
15 74 (10.15%) GAP Analysis
15 74 (10.15%) Use Case
16 73 (10.01%) Data Modelling
16 73 (10.01%) Scrum
17 68 (9.33%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 91 (12.48%) SQL
2 37 (5.08%) Python
3 22 (3.02%) C#
4 18 (2.47%) JavaScript
5 16 (2.19%) Java
6 4 (0.55%) Perl
6 4 (0.55%) PL/SQL
7 3 (0.41%) C
7 3 (0.41%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.41%) Scala
7 3 (0.41%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.41%) VB.NET
7 3 (0.41%) VBA
8 2 (0.27%) Bash
8 2 (0.27%) C++
8 2 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.27%) Korn
8 2 (0.27%) PHP
8 2 (0.27%) Ruby
8 2 (0.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 101 (13.85%) Degree
2 90 (12.35%) Security Cleared
3 74 (10.15%) SC Cleared
4 33 (4.53%) CBAP
5 27 (3.70%) PMI Certification
6 16 (2.19%) IIBA
7 14 (1.92%) SAP Certification
8 12 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (1.65%) ISEB
9 11 (1.51%) PMP
10 8 (1.10%) CSPO
10 8 (1.10%) DV Cleared
11 7 (0.96%) Azure Certification
12 6 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.69%) APMP
13 5 (0.69%) Master's Degree
14 3 (0.41%) ACCA
14 3 (0.41%) CISSP
15 2 (0.27%) CIMA
15 2 (0.27%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (6.04%) QA
2 40 (5.49%) GDPR
3 27 (3.70%) Data Quality
4 14 (1.92%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.37%) PCI DSS
5 10 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 9 (1.23%) GxP
6 9 (1.23%) MiFID
6 9 (1.23%) NIST
6 9 (1.23%) PMO
6 9 (1.23%) SLA
7 8 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.10%) PSD2
8 6 (0.82%) EMIR
8 6 (0.82%) GRC
8 6 (0.82%) ISO 8583
9 5 (0.69%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.55%) WCAG
11 3 (0.41%) HIPAA
System Software
1 2 (0.27%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.14%) Docker
2 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (0.96%) Terraform
2 3 (0.41%) Ansible
3 2 (0.27%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.27%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 103 (14.13%) Microsoft
2 55 (7.54%) SAP
3 43 (5.90%) Salesforce
4 33 (4.53%) Oracle
5 18 (2.47%) ServiceNow
6 9 (1.23%) Google
6 9 (1.23%) Workday
7 8 (1.10%) GoldenSource
7 8 (1.10%) MuleSoft
8 7 (0.96%) Adobe
8 7 (0.96%) Murex
9 5 (0.69%) Atlassian
9 5 (0.69%) OpenLink
10 4 (0.55%) CyberArk
10 4 (0.55%) IBM
10 4 (0.55%) Sparx
11 3 (0.41%) Bloomberg
11 3 (0.41%) HubSpot
11 3 (0.41%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.41%) UiPath