Business Analysis Contracts in England

Business Analysis
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Business Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 125 111
Rank change year-on-year +10 -14 -23
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 620 686 1,107
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.43% 1.85% 2.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.66% 2.16% 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 428 460 749
10th Percentile £360 £363 £413
25th Percentile £447 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £688 £625 £650
90th Percentile £788 £738 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £533
% change year-on-year - -1.55% +1.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 12
10th Percentile £46.56 - £35.00
25th Percentile £59.63 £18.35 £41.00
Median hourly rate £64.50 £42.50 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.76% -35.61% +133.63%
75th Percentile £69.00 £82.07 £70.00
90th Percentile £79.38 £84.44 -
UK median hourly rate £64.50 £42.50 £66.00
% change year-on-year +51.76% -35.61% +127.59%

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 23,265 31,763 42,456
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.18% 85.54% 89.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,982 20,585 29,701
10th Percentile £300 £305 £325
25th Percentile £406 £413 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £504 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.00% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,161 2,328 1,553
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.79 £11.87
25th Percentile £17.80 £16.06 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £37.34
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% +2.09% +45.40%
75th Percentile £55.00 £61.60 £64.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.00 £75.82
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +4.17% +38.46%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Business Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analysis in England

Business Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Analysis in England.

Daily rate trend for Business Analysis in England

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis in England over the 6 months to 30 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analysis in England

Business Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Analysis in England.

Hourly rate trend for Business Analysis in England

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Analysis in England over the 6 months to 30 June 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 30 June 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 +23 421 £600 +7.33% 1,055
North of England +5 84 £469 -1.26% 225
North West +7 51 £475 - 146
Midlands +8 46 £463 -1.60% 154
West Midlands +11 33 £525 +10.53% 103
Yorkshire +6 30 £469 -3.30% 67
South East +18 28 £488 +2.63% 201
South West +22 17 £425 -19.81% 92
East of England +10 15 £450 +2.56% 89
East Midlands -4 13 £358 -15.96% 50
North East +1 3 £350 -5.41% 12
Business Analysis
UK

Business Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 50 (8.06%) Confluence
2 10 (1.61%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.48%) CMS
3 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.32%) Apache
4 2 (0.32%) IBM HTTP Server
4 2 (0.32%) SAS
4 2 (0.32%) WebLogic
4 2 (0.32%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.16%) MS Project Server
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 47 (7.58%) MS Visio
2 41 (6.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (4.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (3.06%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (1.45%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.48%) Trello
7 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 44 (7.10%) Aladdin
2 19 (3.06%) thinkFolio
3 11 (1.77%) Endur
4 9 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.81%) Unit4 Business World
6 4 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.65%) Shopify
7 2 (0.32%) Actimize
7 2 (0.32%) Aligne
7 2 (0.32%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.32%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.32%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.32%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.32%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.32%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.16%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.16%) SAP Payroll
8 1 (0.16%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 49 (7.90%) Azure
2 43 (6.94%) Power Platform
3 25 (4.03%) AWS
4 11 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (1.61%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (1.61%) SaaS
6 8 (1.29%) GCP
7 7 (1.13%) Lucidchart
7 7 (1.13%) SuccessFactors
8 6 (0.97%) Microsoft Copilot
8 6 (0.97%) Snowflake
9 5 (0.81%) Anthropic Claude
9 5 (0.81%) Azure AI
9 5 (0.81%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (0.81%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (0.65%) Google Gemini
10 4 (0.65%) Miro
10 4 (0.65%) PowerApps
11 3 (0.48%) BigCommerce
12 2 (0.32%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.29%) Firewall
2 5 (0.81%) SSL
3 4 (0.65%) HTTP
3 4 (0.65%) SD-WAN
4 3 (0.48%) Intranet
5 2 (0.32%) Internet
5 2 (0.32%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (0.32%) Kerberos
5 2 (0.32%) VPN
5 2 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.16%) IPsec
6 1 (0.16%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.16%) MQTT
6 1 (0.16%) Network Security
6 1 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (6.45%) Power BI
2 22 (3.55%) Tableau
3 17 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (1.94%) SQL Server
5 5 (0.81%) BusinessObjects
5 5 (0.81%) Crystal Reports
5 5 (0.81%) NoSQL
5 5 (0.81%) Relational Database
5 5 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (0.65%) Big Data
6 4 (0.65%) Neo4j
7 3 (0.48%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.48%) Metadata
8 2 (0.32%) Data Mart
8 2 (0.32%) DB2
8 2 (0.32%) GIS
8 2 (0.32%) MS Access
8 2 (0.32%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.32%) Power Query
8 2 (0.32%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 77 (12.42%) JIRA
2 8 (1.29%) Git
3 3 (0.48%) AdminStudio
3 3 (0.48%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.32%) Eclipse
4 2 (0.32%) GitLab
4 2 (0.32%) Maven
5 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.16%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.16%) Gemini Tracker
5 1 (0.16%) git-flow
5 1 (0.16%) Postman
5 1 (0.16%) Selenium
General
1 278 (44.84%) Finance
2 267 (43.06%) Social Skills
3 134 (21.61%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (15.48%) Front Office
5 81 (13.06%) Banking
6 37 (5.97%) Presentation Skills
6 37 (5.97%) Public Sector
7 27 (4.35%) Legal
8 24 (3.87%) Influencing Skills
8 24 (3.87%) Retail
9 20 (3.23%) Investment Banking
10 19 (3.06%) Back Office
10 19 (3.06%) Documentation Skills
11 18 (2.90%) Financial Institution
12 15 (2.42%) Pharmaceutical
13 13 (2.10%) Manufacturing
13 13 (2.10%) Marketing
13 13 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
14 12 (1.94%) Local Government
15 7 (1.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 453 (73.06%) Analyst
2 439 (70.81%) Business Analyst
3 60 (9.68%) Business Manager
4 46 (7.42%) Senior
5 43 (6.94%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
6 37 (5.97%) Senior Analyst
7 35 (5.65%) Technical Analyst
7 35 (5.65%) Technical Business Analyst
8 33 (5.32%) Senior Business Analyst
9 31 (5.00%) Data Analyst
9 31 (5.00%) Data Business Analyst
10 29 (4.68%) Architect
11 28 (4.52%) Lead
12 27 (4.35%) Project Manager
13 24 (3.87%) Financial Analyst
14 23 (3.71%) Project Analyst
15 21 (3.39%) Finance Business Analyst
16 20 (3.23%) Consultant
17 19 (3.06%) Developer
18 16 (2.58%) Lead Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.26%) JSON
2 13 (2.10%) XML
3 10 (1.61%) .NET
4 9 (1.45%) REST
4 9 (1.45%) Web Services
5 7 (1.13%) SAML
6 6 (0.97%) React
7 4 (0.65%) JDBC
7 4 (0.65%) LDAP
7 4 (0.65%) ODBC
7 4 (0.65%) PyTorch
7 4 (0.65%) SOAP
7 4 (0.65%) TensorFlow
8 3 (0.48%) ADO
8 3 (0.48%) CSS
8 3 (0.48%) HTML
8 3 (0.48%) OAuth
8 3 (0.48%) VML
8 3 (0.48%) WPF
8 3 (0.48%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 59 (9.52%) Fixed Income
2 58 (9.35%) Derivative
3 48 (7.74%) Onboarding
4 44 (7.10%) Hedge funds
5 39 (6.29%) Product Ownership
6 29 (4.68%) Management Information System
7 19 (3.06%) Data Protection Act
8 14 (2.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 12 (1.94%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (1.94%) Market Risk
9 12 (1.94%) PMI
10 11 (1.77%) Equities
11 10 (1.61%) Data Structures
12 9 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (1.29%) CMDB
14 7 (1.13%) Credit Risk
14 7 (1.13%) Operational Technology
14 7 (1.13%) Reinsurance
14 7 (1.13%) SWIFT Messaging Network
15 6 (0.97%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.48%) Windows
1 3 (0.48%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.16%) Linux
2 1 (0.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 294 (47.42%) Agile
2 175 (28.23%) Stakeholder Management
3 138 (22.26%) Requirements Gathering
4 123 (19.84%) Problem-Solving
5 115 (18.55%) Project Management
6 107 (17.26%) Data Analysis
7 103 (16.61%) User Acceptance Testing
8 97 (15.65%) User Stories
9 84 (13.55%) Workshop Facilitation
10 82 (13.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 81 (13.06%) Analytics
12 78 (12.58%) Business Intelligence
13 76 (12.26%) Decision-Making
14 72 (11.61%) Change Management
15 70 (11.29%) Scrum
16 69 (11.13%) Asset Management
17 64 (10.32%) Migration
17 64 (10.32%) Project Delivery
18 62 (10.00%) GAP Analysis
18 62 (10.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 130 (20.97%) SQL
2 80 (12.90%) Python
3 14 (2.26%) Java
4 7 (1.13%) R
5 5 (0.81%) C#
5 5 (0.81%) PowerShell
5 5 (0.81%) TypeScript
6 4 (0.65%) Bash
6 4 (0.65%) PHP
6 4 (0.65%) VBA
7 3 (0.48%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.48%) Scala
8 2 (0.32%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.16%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 100 (16.13%) Degree
2 42 (6.77%) Security Cleared
3 38 (6.13%) CBAP
4 31 (5.00%) SC Cleared
5 20 (3.23%) PMI Certification
6 16 (2.58%) IIBA
7 10 (1.61%) DV Cleared
8 8 (1.29%) PMP
9 7 (1.13%) ISEB
9 7 (1.13%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (0.65%) CEH
11 4 (0.65%) CISSP
11 4 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (0.48%) ACCA
12 3 (0.48%) CSPO
13 2 (0.32%) CCA
13 2 (0.32%) CFA
13 2 (0.32%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (3.87%) QA
2 21 (3.39%) Data Quality
3 18 (2.90%) GDPR
4 17 (2.74%) MiFID
5 14 (2.26%) EMIR
6 8 (1.29%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (1.13%) NIST
7 7 (1.13%) PMO
8 6 (0.97%) GRC
9 5 (0.81%) Dodd-Frank
10 4 (0.65%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.65%) Basel III
10 4 (0.65%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.65%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.65%) SEPA
11 3 (0.48%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.32%) COBIT
12 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.32%) FATCA
12 2 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (1.45%) Docker
2 5 (0.81%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (1.45%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.48%) SCCM
4 2 (0.32%) HP Data Protector
4 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.32%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.16%) Rancher
5 1 (0.16%) Terraform
Vendors
1 57 (9.19%) Microsoft
2 38 (6.13%) BISAM
3 32 (5.16%) SAP
4 26 (4.19%) Charles River
5 25 (4.03%) Salesforce
6 23 (3.71%) ServiceNow
7 21 (3.39%) SimCorp
8 19 (3.06%) Calypso
9 15 (2.42%) Oracle
10 9 (1.45%) ION Trading
10 9 (1.45%) Murex
11 8 (1.29%) Workday
12 5 (0.81%) Adobe
12 5 (0.81%) OpenText
12 5 (0.81%) Qualtrics
13 4 (0.65%) Google
13 4 (0.65%) UiPath
13 4 (0.65%) VMware
14 3 (0.48%) Databricks
14 3 (0.48%) Dynatrace