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 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 149 95
Rank change year-on-year +32 -54 -4
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 740 467 834
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.33% 1.73% 2.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.64% 1.94% 2.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 494 315 585
10th Percentile £358 £400 £400
25th Percentile £413 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 9 15
10th Percentile £61.66 - £21.40
25th Percentile £66.18 £61.50 £60.63
Median hourly rate £77.94 £66.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.08% -22.35% +112.50%
75th Percentile £89.21 £75.00 £86.50
90th Percentile £93.43 £81.63 -
UK median hourly rate £77.94 £66.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year +18.08% -22.35% +162.67%

All Process & 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 28,047 24,036 31,494
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.31% 89.14% 87.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,899 14,761 21,230
10th Percentile £304 £310 £305
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £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 1,744 772 1,471
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.54 £14.18
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.50 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.63% -18.24% +21.43%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.84 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.59 £75.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £40.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -19.75% +15.71%

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 15 January 2026.

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 15 January 2026.

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 15 January 2026. 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 +29 417 £575 -3.16% 105
North of England +1 95 £450 -5.66% 68
Midlands +12 85 £475 -9.52% 46
South West +9 55 £500 - 42
South East -8 53 £500 - 97
West Midlands -7 52 £492 -6.29% 29
Yorkshire -10 46 £501 -11.64% 26
North West -21 42 £400 -15.79% 32
East Midlands +1 33 £359 -15.53% 17
East of England -14 22 £585 +17.00% 35
North East - 9 £444 - 12
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 58 (7.84%) Confluence
2 11 (1.49%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.22%) SAS
4 3 (0.41%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 58 (7.84%) MS Visio
2 51 (6.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 33 (4.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (3.78%) Microsoft Office
5 13 (1.76%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.54%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.41%) Notion
7 3 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.27%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.27%) Sketch
8 2 (0.27%) Trello
Business Applications
1 21 (2.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (2.70%) Endur
3 15 (2.03%) SAP WM
4 14 (1.89%) SAP EWM
5 11 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
6 8 (1.08%) Loan IQ
7 7 (0.95%) Workday HCM
8 6 (0.81%) Payment Gateway
9 4 (0.54%) Salesforce CRM
9 4 (0.54%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 3 (0.41%) iTrent
10 3 (0.41%) NetSuite
11 2 (0.27%) Markit EDM
11 2 (0.27%) NEC Housing
11 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
11 2 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
11 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
11 2 (0.27%) SAP Business One
11 2 (0.27%) Temenos T24
12 1 (0.14%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 101 (13.65%) Power Platform
2 63 (8.51%) Azure
3 34 (4.59%) AWS
4 31 (4.19%) Azure DevOps
5 23 (3.11%) SaaS
6 22 (2.97%) Microsoft 365
7 20 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
8 16 (2.16%) PowerApps
9 13 (1.76%) Power Automate
10 12 (1.62%) Azure Data Factory
10 12 (1.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 9 (1.22%) Lucidchart
12 8 (1.08%) Miro
13 7 (0.95%) Apigee
13 7 (0.95%) GCP
13 7 (0.95%) Kong
14 6 (0.81%) dbt
15 5 (0.68%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 4 (0.54%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
16 4 (0.54%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.27%) Broadband
1 2 (0.27%) Firewall
1 2 (0.27%) HTTP
1 2 (0.27%) Intranet
1 2 (0.27%) NAS
1 2 (0.27%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.14%) Internet
2 1 (0.14%) LAN
2 1 (0.14%) WAN
2 1 (0.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (11.89%) Power BI
2 17 (2.30%) Relational Database
3 16 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (1.49%) SQL Server
5 10 (1.35%) Tableau
6 7 (0.95%) Data Mining
7 5 (0.68%) Electronic Patient Records
7 5 (0.68%) Metadata
7 5 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (0.68%) SAP HANA
8 4 (0.54%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.54%) Redis
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%) Data Vault
10 2 (0.27%) Metadata Repository
10 2 (0.27%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 87 (11.76%) JIRA
2 10 (1.35%) Git
3 6 (0.81%) Postman
4 5 (0.68%) Selenium
5 4 (0.54%) Cucumber
5 4 (0.54%) ERwin
5 4 (0.54%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.54%) webpack
6 3 (0.41%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.27%) Axure RP
7 2 (0.27%) ER Studio
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.27%) PowerDesigner
8 1 (0.14%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.14%) Hudson
8 1 (0.14%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.14%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.14%) WinAutomation
General
1 318 (42.97%) Social Skills
2 264 (35.68%) Finance
3 149 (20.14%) Analytical Skills
4 104 (14.05%) Banking
5 86 (11.62%) Public Sector
6 55 (7.43%) Documentation Skills
6 55 (7.43%) Presentation Skills
7 37 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
8 35 (4.73%) Front Office
9 34 (4.59%) Investment Banking
10 31 (4.19%) Legal
11 29 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
12 27 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 26 (3.51%) Retail
14 25 (3.38%) Manufacturing
14 25 (3.38%) Marketing
15 20 (2.70%) Local Government
16 19 (2.57%) Telecoms
17 17 (2.30%) Financial Institution
18 14 (1.89%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 504 (68.11%) Analyst
2 468 (63.24%) Business Analyst
3 99 (13.38%) Senior
4 81 (10.95%) Senior Analyst
5 73 (9.86%) Senior Business Analyst
6 44 (5.95%) Lead
7 39 (5.27%) Technical Analyst
8 37 (5.00%) Technical Business Analyst
9 33 (4.46%) Consultant
10 30 (4.05%) Financial Analyst
10 30 (4.05%) Project Manager
11 27 (3.65%) Finance Business Analyst
12 26 (3.51%) Banking Analyst
13 25 (3.38%) Developer
14 24 (3.24%) Architect
14 24 (3.24%) Banking Business Analyst
15 20 (2.70%) Data Business Analyst
16 19 (2.57%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
17 18 (2.43%) IT Analyst
17 18 (2.43%) IT Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.57%) XML
2 18 (2.43%) .NET
3 15 (2.03%) REST
4 14 (1.89%) CSS
4 14 (1.89%) HTML
5 12 (1.62%) JSON
6 11 (1.49%) EDI
6 11 (1.49%) jQuery
7 8 (1.08%) OAuth
7 8 (1.08%) PySpark
7 8 (1.08%) SOAP
7 8 (1.08%) Swagger
7 8 (1.08%) VML
8 7 (0.95%) ASP.NET Web API
8 7 (0.95%) OpenAPI
8 7 (0.95%) React
8 7 (0.95%) SailPoint
9 6 (0.81%) JWT
10 5 (0.68%) ADO
10 5 (0.68%) Compass CSS Framework
Miscellaneous
1 86 (11.62%) Product Ownership
2 39 (5.27%) Management Information System
3 30 (4.05%) Onboarding
4 27 (3.65%) Data Protection Act
5 24 (3.24%) PMI
6 16 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
7 14 (1.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 14 (1.89%) Virtual Team
8 13 (1.76%) Data Structures
9 12 (1.62%) Credit Risk
9 12 (1.62%) Greenfield Project
10 11 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
10 11 (1.49%) Renewable Energy
11 9 (1.22%) Reinsurance
11 9 (1.22%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 8 (1.08%) NHS
13 7 (0.95%) Cloud Native
13 7 (0.95%) Life Science
14 6 (0.81%) Reference Data
14 6 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.08%) Linux
2 5 (0.68%) Windows
3 4 (0.54%) Unix
4 3 (0.41%) CentOS
4 3 (0.41%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.27%) AIX
6 1 (0.14%) Solaris
6 1 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 337 (45.54%) Agile
2 238 (32.16%) Stakeholder Management
3 194 (26.22%) Requirements Gathering
4 173 (23.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 159 (21.49%) Problem-Solving
6 156 (21.08%) Workshop Facilitation
7 149 (20.14%) User Stories
8 119 (16.08%) User Acceptance Testing
9 118 (15.95%) Project Management
10 98 (13.24%) Project Delivery
11 96 (12.97%) Migration
12 87 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
13 84 (11.35%) Analytics
14 83 (11.22%) Decision-Making
15 79 (10.68%) GAP Analysis
16 76 (10.27%) Use Case
17 75 (10.14%) Data Modelling
17 75 (10.14%) Scrum
18 74 (10.00%) Acceptance Criteria
18 74 (10.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 91 (12.30%) SQL
2 35 (4.73%) Python
3 21 (2.84%) C#
4 18 (2.43%) JavaScript
5 15 (2.03%) Java
6 4 (0.54%) Perl
6 4 (0.54%) VBA
7 3 (0.41%) C
7 3 (0.41%) PL/SQL
7 3 (0.41%) Scala
7 3 (0.41%) VB.NET
8 2 (0.27%) C++
8 2 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.27%) Korn
9 1 (0.14%) ABAP
9 1 (0.14%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.14%) R
9 1 (0.14%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.14%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.14%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 110 (14.86%) Degree
2 99 (13.38%) Security Cleared
3 84 (11.35%) SC Cleared
4 43 (5.81%) CBAP
5 33 (4.46%) PMI Certification
6 26 (3.51%) IIBA
7 16 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (1.89%) SAP Certification
9 12 (1.62%) PMP
10 11 (1.49%) ISEB
11 10 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
12 8 (1.08%) Azure Certification
12 8 (1.08%) CSPO
13 7 (0.95%) DV Cleared
13 7 (0.95%) Master's Degree
14 5 (0.68%) APMP
15 2 (0.27%) APMG
15 2 (0.27%) CFA
15 2 (0.27%) Six Sigma Black Belt
15 2 (0.27%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (6.76%) QA
2 40 (5.41%) GDPR
3 24 (3.24%) Data Quality
4 10 (1.35%) Accessibility
4 10 (1.35%) PMO
5 9 (1.22%) GxP
5 9 (1.22%) NIST
5 9 (1.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 8 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.08%) MiFID
6 8 (1.08%) PCI DSS
6 8 (1.08%) PSD2
6 8 (1.08%) SLA
7 7 (0.95%) GRC
8 6 (0.81%) ISO 8583
9 5 (0.68%) EMIR
9 5 (0.68%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.54%) WCAG
11 3 (0.41%) GMP
System Software
1 1 (0.14%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.14%) Docker
1 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (1.08%) Terraform
2 3 (0.41%) Ansible
3 2 (0.27%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 102 (13.78%) Microsoft
2 54 (7.30%) SAP
3 44 (5.95%) Salesforce
4 28 (3.78%) Oracle
5 16 (2.16%) ServiceNow
6 11 (1.49%) MuleSoft
7 9 (1.22%) Murex
7 9 (1.22%) Workday
8 8 (1.08%) GoldenSource
9 7 (0.95%) Google
10 6 (0.81%) OpenLink
11 5 (0.68%) Atlassian
11 5 (0.68%) Bloomberg
12 4 (0.54%) Avaloq
12 4 (0.54%) CyberArk
12 4 (0.54%) IBM
12 4 (0.54%) Sparx
13 3 (0.41%) Adobe
13 3 (0.41%) HubSpot
13 3 (0.41%) UiPath