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 27 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 132 96
Rank change year-on-year +14 -36 -4
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 680 562 994
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.38% 1.80% 2.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.62% 2.08% 2.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 470 377 650
10th Percentile £360 £390 £406
25th Percentile £419 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £639
90th Percentile £738 £760 £705
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -0.95% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 14
10th Percentile £62.30 £47.85 £21.29
25th Percentile £67.25 £57.75 £29.31
Median hourly rate £78.75 £70.75 £79.75
Median % change year-on-year +11.31% -11.29% +227.11%
75th Percentile £90.63 £77.70 £86.50
90th Percentile £94.00 £82.55 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £70.75 £79.75
% change year-on-year -1.06% -11.29% +195.59%

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 25,934 26,984 35,910
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.81% 86.59% 88.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,426 16,444 24,762
10th Percentile £297 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £417 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,664 1,003 1,488
10th Percentile £14.51 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.59 £20.27 £18.95
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +27.14%
75th Percentile £44.75 £66.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £74.35 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.13 £37.39 £43.17
% change year-on-year -32.80% -13.38% +26.81%

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 27 October 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 27 October 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 27 October 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 +11 419 £595 +3.48% 341
North of England -9 86 £488 -2.50% 221
Midlands +5 61 £447 -14.86% 160
South East +4 51 £475 -5.00% 296
Yorkshire -9 42 £494 -10.64% 67
West Midlands -7 39 £508 -3.33% 103
North West -26 37 £488 -2.50% 123
South West +20 34 £469 +0.27% 72
East Midlands +6 22 £358 -15.76% 56
East of England -15 16 £544 +3.57% 70
North East - 7 £438 - 35
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 52 (7.65%) Confluence
2 7 (1.03%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.29%) Apache Superset
4 1 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 44 (6.47%) MS Visio
2 32 (4.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (1.91%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.59%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.15%) Sketch
7 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (2.50%) Endur
2 15 (2.21%) Aladdin
2 15 (2.21%) SAP WM
3 14 (2.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (2.06%) SAP EWM
4 13 (1.91%) SAP S/4HANA
5 7 (1.03%) Workday HCM
6 5 (0.74%) Salesforce CRM
6 5 (0.74%) thinkFolio
7 4 (0.59%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.59%) Payment Gateway
8 3 (0.44%) iTrent
8 3 (0.44%) Loan IQ
8 3 (0.44%) NEC Housing
8 3 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
9 2 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.29%) Oracle Financials
9 2 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
9 2 (0.29%) SAP Business One
9 2 (0.29%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 67 (9.85%) Azure
2 65 (9.56%) Power Platform
3 31 (4.56%) Azure DevOps
4 24 (3.53%) SaaS
5 22 (3.24%) AWS
6 16 (2.35%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (1.47%) Miro
8 9 (1.32%) Azure Data Factory
8 9 (1.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 9 (1.32%) PowerApps
9 8 (1.18%) GCP
10 7 (1.03%) Figma
10 7 (1.03%) Microsoft 365
10 7 (1.03%) Power Automate
11 6 (0.88%) Lucidchart
12 3 (0.44%) dbt
12 3 (0.44%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 3 (0.44%) Snowflake
13 2 (0.29%) Azure Logic Apps
13 2 (0.29%) Contentful
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.59%) Firewall
2 3 (0.44%) HTTP
3 2 (0.29%) Broadband
3 2 (0.29%) Intranet
3 2 (0.29%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.15%) Internet
4 1 (0.15%) LAN
4 1 (0.15%) Network Security
4 1 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (8.53%) Power BI
2 21 (3.09%) Relational Database
3 16 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (2.35%) SQL Server
4 13 (1.91%) Tableau
5 8 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.03%) MongoDB
6 7 (1.03%) Redis
7 6 (0.88%) Data Mining
8 5 (0.74%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (0.74%) SAP HANA
9 4 (0.59%) Power Query
10 3 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.44%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.29%) Metadata
11 2 (0.29%) SAP BW
12 1 (0.15%) BusinessObjects
12 1 (0.15%) Metadata Repository
12 1 (0.15%) Snowflake Schema
12 1 (0.15%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 74 (10.88%) JIRA
2 12 (1.76%) Git
3 7 (1.03%) webpack
4 6 (0.88%) Selenium
5 5 (0.74%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.59%) Postman
7 3 (0.44%) AdminStudio
7 3 (0.44%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.44%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.29%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.29%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.15%) Axure RP
9 1 (0.15%) git-flow
General
1 296 (43.53%) Social Skills
2 255 (37.50%) Finance
3 126 (18.53%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (13.53%) Banking
5 54 (7.94%) Front Office
6 47 (6.91%) Presentation Skills
7 45 (6.62%) Public Sector
8 31 (4.56%) Influencing Skills
9 29 (4.26%) Documentation Skills
10 27 (3.97%) Manufacturing
11 26 (3.82%) Investment Banking
11 26 (3.82%) Marketing
12 24 (3.53%) Legal
13 22 (3.24%) Retail
14 17 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
15 15 (2.21%) Back Office
15 15 (2.21%) Financial Institution
16 14 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 13 (1.91%) Local Government
18 12 (1.76%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 458 (67.35%) Analyst
2 430 (63.24%) Business Analyst
3 72 (10.59%) Senior
4 56 (8.24%) Senior Analyst
5 49 (7.21%) Senior Business Analyst
6 46 (6.76%) Lead
7 39 (5.74%) Consultant
8 30 (4.41%) Architect
8 30 (4.41%) Financial Analyst
9 29 (4.26%) Project Manager
9 29 (4.26%) Technical Analyst
10 26 (3.82%) Data Analyst
10 26 (3.82%) Finance Business Analyst
10 26 (3.82%) Technical Business Analyst
11 24 (3.53%) Developer
12 23 (3.38%) Data Business Analyst
13 19 (2.79%) Insurance Business Analyst
13 19 (2.79%) SAP Consultant
14 18 (2.65%) Business Manager
15 17 (2.50%) Banking Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (3.53%) .NET
2 17 (2.50%) CSS
2 17 (2.50%) HTML
3 16 (2.35%) XML
4 14 (2.06%) jQuery
5 13 (1.91%) React
6 9 (1.32%) JSON
6 9 (1.32%) REST
7 7 (1.03%) ASP.NET Web API
7 7 (1.03%) Bootstrap
7 7 (1.03%) HTML5
7 7 (1.03%) Memcached
7 7 (1.03%) SailPoint
8 6 (0.88%) ADO
8 6 (0.88%) WPF
9 5 (0.74%) Compass CSS Framework
9 5 (0.74%) PySpark
10 4 (0.59%) RESTful
10 4 (0.59%) Swagger
10 4 (0.59%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 71 (10.44%) Product Ownership
2 36 (5.29%) Management Information System
3 34 (5.00%) Onboarding
4 31 (4.56%) Data Protection Act
5 26 (3.82%) Derivative
6 20 (2.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 19 (2.79%) PMI
8 16 (2.35%) Fixed Income
8 16 (2.35%) Reinsurance
9 14 (2.06%) Hedge funds
10 13 (1.91%) Credit Risk
10 13 (1.91%) Virtual Team
11 12 (1.76%) Analytical Mindset
11 12 (1.76%) Equities
12 11 (1.62%) Data Structures
13 10 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
13 10 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
14 9 (1.32%) Market Risk
14 9 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
14 9 (1.32%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.03%) Linux
2 6 (0.88%) Windows
3 3 (0.44%) CentOS
3 3 (0.44%) Mac OS
3 3 (0.44%) Unix
3 3 (0.44%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.29%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.15%) AIX
5 1 (0.15%) Android
5 1 (0.15%) Solaris
5 1 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 305 (44.85%) Agile
2 173 (25.44%) Stakeholder Management
3 167 (24.56%) Requirements Gathering
4 144 (21.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 134 (19.71%) Problem-Solving
6 113 (16.62%) Project Management
7 99 (14.56%) Workshop Facilitation
8 98 (14.41%) User Stories
9 95 (13.97%) Project Delivery
10 94 (13.82%) User Acceptance Testing
11 89 (13.09%) Analytics
12 79 (11.62%) Data Analysis
13 74 (10.88%) Scrum
14 70 (10.29%) Decision-Making
15 67 (9.85%) Business Intelligence
15 67 (9.85%) Roadmaps
16 61 (8.97%) GAP Analysis
16 61 (8.97%) Use Case
17 60 (8.82%) Change Management
17 60 (8.82%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 99 (14.56%) SQL
2 49 (7.21%) Python
3 21 (3.09%) C#
4 14 (2.06%) JavaScript
5 13 (1.91%) Java
6 5 (0.74%) VBA
7 3 (0.44%) C
7 3 (0.44%) Perl
7 3 (0.44%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.44%) VB.NET
8 2 (0.29%) Bash
8 2 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.29%) PHP
8 2 (0.29%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.29%) R
8 2 (0.29%) Ruby
8 2 (0.29%) Scala
8 2 (0.29%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.15%) C++
9 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 104 (15.29%) Degree
2 62 (9.12%) Security Cleared
3 48 (7.06%) SC Cleared
4 41 (6.03%) CBAP
5 27 (3.97%) PMI Certification
6 14 (2.06%) SAP Certification
7 11 (1.62%) ISEB
8 10 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (1.47%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.47%) PMP
9 8 (1.18%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.88%) IIBA
11 5 (0.74%) ACCA
11 5 (0.74%) APMP
11 5 (0.74%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.44%) CIMA
12 3 (0.44%) CISSP
12 3 (0.44%) CSPO
12 3 (0.44%) FFIEC
12 3 (0.44%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (6.47%) QA
2 30 (4.41%) GDPR
3 20 (2.94%) Data Quality
4 16 (2.35%) EMIR
4 16 (2.35%) MiFID
5 13 (1.91%) Accessibility
6 12 (1.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 9 (1.32%) NIST
8 8 (1.18%) PCI DSS
9 7 (1.03%) GRC
9 7 (1.03%) GxP
9 7 (1.03%) SLA
10 6 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.88%) ISO 20022
10 6 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 6 (0.88%) PSD2
11 5 (0.74%) PMO
11 5 (0.74%) SEPA
12 4 (0.59%) Dodd-Frank
12 4 (0.59%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (0.44%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (0.74%) Terraform
2 3 (0.44%) SCCM
3 2 (0.29%) Ansible
3 2 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.29%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (0.15%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 85 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 53 (7.79%) SAP
3 37 (5.44%) Salesforce
4 29 (4.26%) Oracle
5 23 (3.38%) ServiceNow
6 12 (1.76%) Charles River
6 12 (1.76%) Workday
7 8 (1.18%) BISAM
8 7 (1.03%) Adobe
8 7 (1.03%) GoldenSource
9 6 (0.88%) Calypso
9 6 (0.88%) OpenLink
9 6 (0.88%) SimCorp
10 5 (0.74%) Google
10 5 (0.74%) Murex
10 5 (0.74%) UiPath
11 4 (0.59%) Atlassian
11 4 (0.59%) CyberArk
11 4 (0.59%) MuleSoft
12 3 (0.44%) Red Hat