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

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 141 98
Rank change year-on-year +26 -43 -6
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 728 532 919
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.36% 1.75% 2.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.63% 1.99% 2.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 480 347 614
10th Percentile £360 £400 £400
25th Percentile £413 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - -
75th Percentile £638 £660 £638
90th Percentile £738 £780 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 11 17
10th Percentile £58.79 - £21.58
25th Percentile £59.00 £61.50 £51.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £66.00 £84.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% -21.89% +164.06%
75th Percentile £88.75 £72.38 £86.50
90th Percentile £93.25 £80.59 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £66.00 £84.50
% change year-on-year +6.06% -21.89% +184.32%

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 27,644 26,739 33,894
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.47% 87.82% 88.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,602 16,417 23,106
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £416 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £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 1,795 955 1,428
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.22 £14.93
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.22 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.85%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.75
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.71% +25.00%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 +24 432 £581 -3.17% 188
North of England -23 86 £475 -5.00% 221
Midlands +9 72 £450 -14.29% 159
South East +9 59 £500 - 195
Yorkshire 0 47 £506 -10.85% 69
South West +20 45 £500 +7.24% 72
West Midlands -18 38 £525 - 100
East Midlands +12 34 £359 -15.53% 59
North West -36 33 £425 -13.00% 119
East of England -21 20 £463 -11.90% 80
North East - 6 £475 - 36
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 47 (6.46%) Confluence
2 9 (1.24%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.14%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 47 (6.46%) MS Visio
2 41 (5.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (3.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (2.61%) Microsoft Office
5 18 (2.47%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.55%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.27%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.27%) Sketch
7 2 (0.27%) Trello
8 1 (0.14%) Notion
8 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (2.88%) Endur
2 19 (2.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (2.06%) SAP WM
4 14 (1.92%) SAP EWM
5 12 (1.65%) 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
10 3 (0.41%) Aladdin
10 3 (0.41%) iTrent
10 3 (0.41%) Markit EDM
10 3 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
10 3 (0.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
11 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
11 2 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
11 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
11 2 (0.27%) SAP Business One
11 2 (0.27%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 86 (11.81%) Power Platform
2 69 (9.48%) Azure
3 33 (4.53%) Azure DevOps
4 26 (3.57%) AWS
5 23 (3.16%) SaaS
6 19 (2.61%) Dynamics 365
7 17 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
8 16 (2.20%) PowerApps
9 14 (1.92%) Power Automate
10 11 (1.51%) Miro
11 10 (1.37%) Azure Data Factory
11 10 (1.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 9 (1.24%) Lucidchart
13 8 (1.10%) Figma
14 7 (0.96%) GCP
15 4 (0.55%) dbt
15 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Copilot
15 4 (0.55%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 4 (0.55%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 3 (0.41%) ChatGPT
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 76 (10.44%) Power BI
2 20 (2.75%) Relational Database
3 17 (2.34%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (2.20%) 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 6 (0.82%) Oracle Reports
9 5 (0.69%) SAP HANA
10 3 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.41%) Power Query
10 3 (0.41%) Snowflake Schema
11 2 (0.27%) Data Vault
11 2 (0.27%) Metadata
11 2 (0.27%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.27%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.27%) SAP BW
11 2 (0.27%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 78 (10.71%) JIRA
2 11 (1.51%) Git
3 7 (0.96%) Selenium
3 7 (0.96%) webpack
4 6 (0.82%) Cucumber
4 6 (0.82%) Postman
5 4 (0.55%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.55%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.41%) AdminStudio
6 3 (0.41%) ERwin
6 3 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.27%) Axure RP
7 2 (0.27%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.27%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.14%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.14%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.14%) git-flow
8 1 (0.14%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.14%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 313 (42.99%) Social Skills
2 265 (36.40%) Finance
3 143 (19.64%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (13.46%) Banking
5 75 (10.30%) Public Sector
6 58 (7.97%) Presentation Skills
7 38 (5.22%) Documentation Skills
8 37 (5.08%) Front Office
9 36 (4.95%) Influencing Skills
10 30 (4.12%) Investment Banking
11 29 (3.98%) Marketing
12 27 (3.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 25 (3.43%) Manufacturing
14 24 (3.30%) Legal
14 24 (3.30%) Organisational Skills
14 24 (3.30%) Retail
15 20 (2.75%) Local Government
16 18 (2.47%) Back Office
17 17 (2.34%) Telecoms
18 13 (1.79%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 484 (66.48%) Analyst
2 450 (61.81%) Business Analyst
3 86 (11.81%) Senior
4 66 (9.07%) Senior Analyst
5 57 (7.83%) Senior Business Analyst
6 42 (5.77%) Lead
7 39 (5.36%) Technical Analyst
8 37 (5.08%) Technical Business Analyst
9 36 (4.95%) Financial Analyst
10 33 (4.53%) Consultant
11 32 (4.40%) Project Manager
12 30 (4.12%) Finance Business Analyst
13 29 (3.98%) Developer
14 27 (3.71%) Architect
15 24 (3.30%) Data Business Analyst
16 21 (2.88%) Data Analyst
17 20 (2.75%) Banking Analyst
18 18 (2.47%) Banking Business Analyst
19 17 (2.34%) Insurance Business Analyst
19 17 (2.34%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (3.30%) .NET
2 17 (2.34%) CSS
2 17 (2.34%) HTML
2 17 (2.34%) XML
3 14 (1.92%) jQuery
4 13 (1.79%) React
5 11 (1.51%) EDI
5 11 (1.51%) REST
6 8 (1.10%) JSON
6 8 (1.10%) SailPoint
7 7 (0.96%) ASP.NET Web API
7 7 (0.96%) Bootstrap
7 7 (0.96%) HTML5
7 7 (0.96%) Memcached
7 7 (0.96%) Swagger
8 6 (0.82%) ADO
8 6 (0.82%) OAuth
8 6 (0.82%) PySpark
8 6 (0.82%) SOAP
9 5 (0.69%) Compass CSS Framework
Miscellaneous
1 83 (11.40%) Product Ownership
2 46 (6.32%) Management Information System
3 33 (4.53%) Onboarding
4 31 (4.26%) Data Protection Act
5 21 (2.88%) PMI
6 18 (2.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 16 (2.20%) Derivative
8 14 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
8 14 (1.92%) Reinsurance
9 13 (1.79%) Credit Risk
9 13 (1.79%) Data Structures
9 13 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
9 13 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (1.79%) Virtual Team
10 10 (1.37%) Renewable Energy
11 8 (1.10%) Equities
11 8 (1.10%) Fixed Income
11 8 (1.10%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.10%) Reference Data
12 7 (0.96%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.10%) Linux
2 7 (0.96%) Windows
3 4 (0.55%) Unix
4 3 (0.41%) CentOS
4 3 (0.41%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.27%) AIX
5 2 (0.27%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.14%) Android
6 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.14%) Solaris
6 1 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 325 (44.64%) Agile
2 202 (27.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 173 (23.76%) Requirements Gathering
4 164 (22.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 149 (20.47%) Problem-Solving
6 124 (17.03%) Workshop Facilitation
7 119 (16.35%) Project Management
7 119 (16.35%) User Stories
8 113 (15.52%) User Acceptance Testing
9 102 (14.01%) Project Delivery
10 86 (11.81%) Analytics
11 78 (10.71%) Migration
12 75 (10.30%) Business Intelligence
12 75 (10.30%) Scrum
13 73 (10.03%) Decision-Making
13 73 (10.03%) Use Case
14 71 (9.75%) Process Improvement
15 70 (9.62%) GAP Analysis
16 67 (9.20%) Roadmaps
17 66 (9.07%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 87 (11.95%) SQL
2 38 (5.22%) Python
3 24 (3.30%) C#
4 17 (2.34%) Java
4 17 (2.34%) JavaScript
5 4 (0.55%) Perl
5 4 (0.55%) PL/SQL
5 4 (0.55%) VB.NET
5 4 (0.55%) VBA
6 3 (0.41%) C
6 3 (0.41%) PowerShell
6 3 (0.41%) Scala
7 2 (0.27%) Bash
7 2 (0.27%) C++
7 2 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.27%) Korn
7 2 (0.27%) PHP
7 2 (0.27%) Ruby
7 2 (0.27%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 103 (14.15%) Degree
2 81 (11.13%) Security Cleared
3 64 (8.79%) SC Cleared
4 39 (5.36%) CBAP
5 29 (3.98%) PMI Certification
6 14 (1.92%) SAP Certification
7 13 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (1.37%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.37%) ISEB
8 10 (1.37%) PMP
9 7 (0.96%) CSPO
9 7 (0.96%) IIBA
10 6 (0.82%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.69%) APMP
11 5 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.69%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.55%) 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 51 (7.01%) QA
2 33 (4.53%) GDPR
3 25 (3.43%) Data Quality
4 13 (1.79%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.37%) PCI DSS
5 10 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 9 (1.24%) NIST
6 9 (1.24%) SLA
7 8 (1.10%) PMO
7 8 (1.10%) PSD2
8 7 (0.96%) GxP
8 7 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (0.82%) EMIR
9 6 (0.82%) GRC
9 6 (0.82%) ISO 20022
9 6 (0.82%) ISO 8583
9 6 (0.82%) MiFID
10 4 (0.55%) WCAG
11 3 (0.41%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.41%) SEPA
System Software
1 3 (0.41%) 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
2 3 (0.41%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.41%) SCCM
3 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.27%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 93 (12.77%) Microsoft
2 56 (7.69%) SAP
3 42 (5.77%) Salesforce
4 36 (4.95%) Oracle
5 25 (3.43%) ServiceNow
6 13 (1.79%) Workday
7 8 (1.10%) Adobe
7 8 (1.10%) GoldenSource
7 8 (1.10%) Google
8 7 (0.96%) MuleSoft
9 6 (0.82%) Murex
10 5 (0.69%) Atlassian
10 5 (0.69%) CyberArk
10 5 (0.69%) OpenLink
10 5 (0.69%) UiPath
11 4 (0.55%) IBM
12 3 (0.41%) Avaloq
12 3 (0.41%) Bloomberg
12 3 (0.41%) HubSpot
12 3 (0.41%) Red Hat