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

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 147 101
Rank change year-on-year +26 -46 -8
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 726 516 870
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.32% 1.78% 2.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.62% 2.01% 2.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 480 344 585
10th Percentile £362 £400 £400
25th Percentile £413 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.19% -0.91% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £738 £775 £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% +164.84%
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 27,756 25,643 33,123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.83% 88.51% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,663 15,859 22,544
10th Percentile £300 £310 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £544
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,804 849 1,407
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £14.68
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.75 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%
75th Percentile £54.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.25 £74.89 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.33
% change year-on-year -22.62% -24.99% +23.80%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 +20 420 £575 -4.25% 131
North of England -19 91 £465 -6.99% 205
Midlands +1 74 £463 -11.90% 142
South East -2 61 £500 - 188
South West +17 48 £500 +6.95% 64
Yorkshire -7 48 £501 -11.64% 69
West Midlands -19 41 £500 -4.76% 88
North West -28 35 £403 -15.62% 108
East Midlands +12 33 £358 -15.76% 52
East of England -23 19 £458 -10.59% 82
North East - 10 £450 - 31
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 53 (7.30%) Confluence
2 11 (1.52%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.41%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.14%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 51 (7.02%) MS Visio
2 45 (6.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (3.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
5 14 (1.93%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.69%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.41%) Notion
8 2 (0.28%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.28%) Sketch
8 2 (0.28%) Trello
9 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 20 (2.75%) Dynamics CRM
1 20 (2.75%) Endur
2 15 (2.07%) SAP WM
3 14 (1.93%) SAP EWM
4 12 (1.65%) SAP S/4HANA
5 8 (1.10%) Loan IQ
6 7 (0.96%) Workday HCM
7 6 (0.83%) Payment Gateway
8 5 (0.69%) 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 (0.28%) Oracle Financials
11 2 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
11 2 (0.28%) SAP Business One
11 2 (0.28%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 97 (13.36%) Power Platform
2 64 (8.82%) Azure
3 30 (4.13%) Azure DevOps
4 25 (3.44%) AWS
5 24 (3.31%) SaaS
6 20 (2.75%) Dynamics 365
6 20 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (2.34%) PowerApps
8 14 (1.93%) Power Automate
9 12 (1.65%) Miro
10 10 (1.38%) Azure Data Factory
10 10 (1.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 9 (1.24%) Lucidchart
12 8 (1.10%) Figma
13 7 (0.96%) GCP
14 5 (0.69%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 4 (0.55%) Apigee
15 4 (0.55%) Kong
15 4 (0.55%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
15 4 (0.55%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.55%) Firewall
1 4 (0.55%) HTTP
2 2 (0.28%) Broadband
2 2 (0.28%) Intranet
2 2 (0.28%) NAS
2 2 (0.28%) 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 86 (11.85%) Power BI
2 20 (2.75%) Relational Database
3 16 (2.20%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (2.20%) SQL Server
4 11 (1.52%) Tableau
5 8 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (0.96%) Data Mining
6 7 (0.96%) MongoDB
6 7 (0.96%) Redis
7 5 (0.69%) Metadata
7 5 (0.69%) Oracle Reports
7 5 (0.69%) SAP HANA
8 3 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.41%) Power Query
8 3 (0.41%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.41%) Snowflake Schema
9 2 (0.28%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.28%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.28%) SAP BW
9 2 (0.28%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 85 (11.71%) JIRA
2 10 (1.38%) Git
3 7 (0.96%) webpack
4 6 (0.83%) Postman
4 6 (0.83%) 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 (0.28%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.28%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.28%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.28%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.14%) Ant
9 1 (0.14%) JUnit
9 1 (0.14%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.14%) TestDirector
9 1 (0.14%) Toad
General
1 309 (42.56%) Social Skills
2 265 (36.50%) Finance
3 136 (18.73%) Analytical Skills
4 97 (13.36%) Banking
5 82 (11.29%) Public Sector
6 56 (7.71%) Presentation Skills
7 41 (5.65%) Documentation Skills
8 37 (5.10%) Influencing Skills
9 36 (4.96%) Front Office
10 30 (4.13%) Marketing
11 28 (3.86%) Investment Banking
12 27 (3.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 27 (3.72%) Manufacturing
13 26 (3.58%) Legal
14 23 (3.17%) Retail
15 22 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
16 20 (2.75%) Local Government
17 17 (2.34%) Telecoms
18 16 (2.20%) Back Office
19 13 (1.79%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 478 (65.84%) Analyst
2 444 (61.16%) Business Analyst
3 87 (11.98%) Senior
4 67 (9.23%) Senior Analyst
5 60 (8.26%) Senior Business Analyst
6 43 (5.92%) Lead
7 36 (4.96%) Technical Analyst
8 35 (4.82%) Financial Analyst
9 34 (4.68%) Consultant
9 34 (4.68%) Technical Business Analyst
10 31 (4.27%) Finance Business Analyst
11 30 (4.13%) Project Manager
12 28 (3.86%) Architect
12 28 (3.86%) Developer
13 25 (3.44%) Data Business Analyst
14 21 (2.89%) Banking Analyst
15 19 (2.62%) Banking Business Analyst
16 18 (2.48%) Data Analyst
17 17 (2.34%) Insurance Business Analyst
17 17 (2.34%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.03%) .NET
2 18 (2.48%) XML
3 17 (2.34%) CSS
3 17 (2.34%) HTML
4 14 (1.93%) jQuery
5 13 (1.79%) React
6 12 (1.65%) REST
7 11 (1.52%) EDI
8 9 (1.24%) 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%) SOAP
10 7 (0.96%) Swagger
11 6 (0.83%) OAuth
11 6 (0.83%) PySpark
12 5 (0.69%) Compass CSS Framework
12 5 (0.69%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 87 (11.98%) Product Ownership
2 42 (5.79%) Management Information System
3 32 (4.41%) Onboarding
4 29 (3.99%) Data Protection Act
5 19 (2.62%) PMI
6 15 (2.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 14 (1.93%) Data Structures
8 13 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
8 13 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
8 13 (1.79%) Reinsurance
9 12 (1.65%) Virtual Team
10 11 (1.52%) Credit Risk
10 11 (1.52%) Derivative
10 11 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
11 9 (1.24%) Reference Data
11 9 (1.24%) Renewable Energy
12 8 (1.10%) Equities
12 8 (1.10%) Fixed Income
12 8 (1.10%) Mobile App
12 8 (1.10%) SWIFT Messaging Network
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 (0.28%) AIX
6 1 (0.14%) Android
6 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.14%) Solaris
6 1 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 327 (45.04%) Agile
2 204 (28.10%) Stakeholder Management
3 169 (23.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 164 (22.59%) Requirements Gathering
5 154 (21.21%) Problem-Solving
6 132 (18.18%) Workshop Facilitation
7 129 (17.77%) User Stories
8 114 (15.70%) Project Management
9 105 (14.46%) User Acceptance Testing
10 98 (13.50%) Project Delivery
11 86 (11.85%) Analytics
11 86 (11.85%) Business Intelligence
12 81 (11.16%) Migration
13 80 (11.02%) Decision-Making
14 77 (10.61%) Scrum
15 76 (10.47%) Process Improvement
16 74 (10.19%) GAP Analysis
17 72 (9.92%) Use Case
18 71 (9.78%) Continuous Improvement
19 70 (9.64%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 89 (12.26%) SQL
2 37 (5.10%) Python
3 22 (3.03%) C#
4 18 (2.48%) JavaScript
5 16 (2.20%) 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 (0.28%) Bash
8 2 (0.28%) C++
8 2 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.28%) Korn
8 2 (0.28%) PHP
8 2 (0.28%) Ruby
8 2 (0.28%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 102 (14.05%) Degree
2 85 (11.71%) Security Cleared
3 68 (9.37%) SC Cleared
4 34 (4.68%) CBAP
5 27 (3.72%) PMI Certification
6 14 (1.93%) SAP Certification
7 12 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (1.65%) ISEB
8 11 (1.52%) IIBA
8 11 (1.52%) PMP
9 9 (1.24%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.10%) CSPO
11 6 (0.83%) Azure Certification
11 6 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.69%) APMP
12 5 (0.69%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.41%) ACCA
13 3 (0.41%) CISSP
13 3 (0.41%) Six Sigma Black Belt
13 3 (0.41%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (6.20%) QA
2 34 (4.68%) GDPR
3 27 (3.72%) Data Quality
4 14 (1.93%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.38%) PCI DSS
5 10 (1.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 9 (1.24%) GxP
6 9 (1.24%) MiFID
6 9 (1.24%) NIST
6 9 (1.24%) PMO
6 9 (1.24%) SLA
7 8 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.10%) PSD2
8 6 (0.83%) EMIR
8 6 (0.83%) GRC
8 6 (0.83%) ISO 8583
9 5 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.69%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.55%) WCAG
11 3 (0.41%) HIPAA
System Software
1 2 (0.28%) 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 6 (0.83%) Terraform
2 3 (0.41%) Ansible
3 2 (0.28%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.28%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 99 (13.64%) Microsoft
2 56 (7.71%) SAP
3 41 (5.65%) Salesforce
4 34 (4.68%) Oracle
5 18 (2.48%) ServiceNow
6 10 (1.38%) Workday
7 9 (1.24%) Google
8 8 (1.10%) GoldenSource
8 8 (1.10%) MuleSoft
9 7 (0.96%) Adobe
9 7 (0.96%) Murex
10 5 (0.69%) Atlassian
10 5 (0.69%) CyberArk
10 5 (0.69%) OpenLink
11 4 (0.55%) IBM
11 4 (0.55%) Sparx
11 4 (0.55%) UiPath
12 3 (0.41%) Bloomberg
12 3 (0.41%) Charles River
12 3 (0.41%) Red Hat