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 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 143 95
Rank change year-on-year +30 -48 -3
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 732 542 934
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.39% 1.75% 2.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.65% 2.00% 2.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 488 356 626
10th Percentile £360 £400 £400
25th Percentile £413 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £638 £660 £638
90th Percentile £738 £781 £703
UK median daily rate £513 £530 £525
% change year-on-year -3.30% +0.95% -
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 £66.69 £66.00 £84.50
% change year-on-year +1.04% -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 27,581 27,123 34,426
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.93% 87.40% 88.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,503 16,556 23,537
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £649 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.41% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,803 997 1,447
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.22 £14.62
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.26 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.14% -20.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +27.14%

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 26 November 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 26 November 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 26 November 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 +25 438 £595 -0.83% 209
North of England -19 88 £490 -2.05% 212
Midlands +6 70 £450 -14.29% 157
South East +5 60 £500 - 199
Yorkshire -1 50 £506 -10.85% 65
South West +14 44 £500 +7.24% 76
West Midlands -12 36 £525 - 98
East Midlands +16 34 £358 -15.76% 59
North West -32 32 £465 -4.81% 113
East of England -21 17 £544 +3.57% 75
North East - 6 £475 - 37
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 46 (6.28%) Confluence
2 9 (1.23%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.14%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 46 (6.28%) MS Visio
2 40 (5.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (3.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (2.46%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (2.32%) Microsoft Office
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%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 20 (2.73%) Endur
2 18 (2.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (2.05%) SAP WM
4 14 (1.91%) SAP EWM
5 12 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
6 8 (1.09%) Loan IQ
7 7 (0.96%) Workday HCM
8 6 (0.82%) Payment Gateway
9 5 (0.68%) Aladdin
10 4 (0.55%) NetSuite
10 4 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
11 3 (0.41%) iTrent
11 3 (0.41%) Markit EDM
11 3 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
12 2 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
12 2 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
12 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
12 2 (0.27%) SAP Business One
12 2 (0.27%) Shopify
12 2 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 86 (11.75%) Power Platform
2 71 (9.70%) Azure
3 33 (4.51%) Azure DevOps
4 25 (3.42%) AWS
5 24 (3.28%) SaaS
6 18 (2.46%) Dynamics 365
7 17 (2.32%) Microsoft 365
8 15 (2.05%) PowerApps
9 13 (1.78%) Power Automate
10 11 (1.50%) Miro
11 10 (1.37%) Azure Data Factory
11 10 (1.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 9 (1.23%) Lucidchart
13 8 (1.09%) 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%) SuccessFactors
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 75 (10.25%) Power BI
2 20 (2.73%) Relational Database
3 18 (2.46%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (2.19%) SQL Server
5 11 (1.50%) Tableau
6 8 (1.09%) 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 (0.68%) SAP HANA
10 4 (0.55%) Power Query
11 3 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.41%) Snowflake Schema
12 2 (0.27%) Data Vault
12 2 (0.27%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.27%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.27%) SAP BW
12 2 (0.27%) Star Schema
13 1 (0.14%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 77 (10.52%) JIRA
2 11 (1.50%) 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%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.27%) Axure RP
7 2 (0.27%) ERwin
7 2 (0.27%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.27%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.14%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.14%) git-flow
8 1 (0.14%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.14%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.14%) TestDirector
General
1 320 (43.72%) Social Skills
2 265 (36.20%) Finance
3 147 (20.08%) Analytical Skills
4 97 (13.25%) Banking
5 74 (10.11%) Public Sector
6 58 (7.92%) Presentation Skills
7 41 (5.60%) Front Office
8 37 (5.05%) Documentation Skills
9 34 (4.64%) Influencing Skills
10 31 (4.23%) Investment Banking
11 29 (3.96%) Marketing
12 26 (3.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 25 (3.42%) Manufacturing
13 25 (3.42%) Retail
14 24 (3.28%) Legal
14 24 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
15 21 (2.87%) Local Government
16 18 (2.46%) Back Office
17 16 (2.19%) Telecoms
18 12 (1.64%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 490 (66.94%) Analyst
2 458 (62.57%) Business Analyst
3 88 (12.02%) Senior
4 69 (9.43%) Senior Analyst
5 60 (8.20%) Senior Business Analyst
6 44 (6.01%) Lead
7 39 (5.33%) Technical Analyst
8 37 (5.05%) Consultant
8 37 (5.05%) Financial Analyst
8 37 (5.05%) Technical Business Analyst
9 33 (4.51%) Project Manager
10 31 (4.23%) Finance Business Analyst
11 28 (3.83%) Developer
12 27 (3.69%) Architect
13 24 (3.28%) Data Business Analyst
14 21 (2.87%) Data Analyst
15 20 (2.73%) Banking Analyst
16 18 (2.46%) Banking Business Analyst
16 18 (2.46%) Insurance Business Analyst
16 18 (2.46%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (3.28%) .NET
2 17 (2.32%) CSS
2 17 (2.32%) HTML
3 16 (2.19%) XML
4 14 (1.91%) jQuery
5 13 (1.78%) React
6 11 (1.50%) EDI
6 11 (1.50%) REST
7 8 (1.09%) SailPoint
8 7 (0.96%) ASP.NET Web API
8 7 (0.96%) Bootstrap
8 7 (0.96%) HTML5
8 7 (0.96%) JSON
8 7 (0.96%) Memcached
8 7 (0.96%) Swagger
9 6 (0.82%) ADO
9 6 (0.82%) OAuth
9 6 (0.82%) PySpark
9 6 (0.82%) SOAP
10 5 (0.68%) Compass CSS Framework
Miscellaneous
1 80 (10.93%) Product Ownership
2 45 (6.15%) Management Information System
3 33 (4.51%) Data Protection Act
4 31 (4.23%) Onboarding
5 20 (2.73%) PMI
6 18 (2.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 16 (2.19%) Derivative
8 15 (2.05%) Reinsurance
9 14 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
9 14 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
10 13 (1.78%) Credit Risk
10 13 (1.78%) Greenfield Project
10 13 (1.78%) Virtual Team
11 11 (1.50%) Data Structures
12 10 (1.37%) Renewable Energy
13 9 (1.23%) Equities
14 8 (1.09%) Fixed Income
14 8 (1.09%) Mobile App
15 7 (0.96%) Life Science
15 7 (0.96%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.09%) 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
1 329 (44.95%) Agile
2 207 (28.28%) Stakeholder Management
3 178 (24.32%) Requirements Gathering
4 160 (21.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 150 (20.49%) Problem-Solving
6 128 (17.49%) Project Management
7 124 (16.94%) Workshop Facilitation
8 117 (15.98%) User Stories
9 111 (15.16%) User Acceptance Testing
10 108 (14.75%) Project Delivery
11 89 (12.16%) Analytics
12 78 (10.66%) Decision-Making
13 77 (10.52%) GAP Analysis
13 77 (10.52%) Scrum
14 76 (10.38%) Migration
15 75 (10.25%) Business Intelligence
16 72 (9.84%) Process Improvement
16 72 (9.84%) Use Case
17 68 (9.29%) Data Analysis
18 66 (9.02%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 92 (12.57%) SQL
2 39 (5.33%) Python
3 23 (3.14%) C#
4 16 (2.19%) Java
4 16 (2.19%) JavaScript
5 5 (0.68%) VBA
6 4 (0.55%) Perl
6 4 (0.55%) PL/SQL
6 4 (0.55%) VB.NET
7 3 (0.41%) C
7 3 (0.41%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.41%) Scala
8 2 (0.27%) Bash
8 2 (0.27%) C++
8 2 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.27%) Korn
8 2 (0.27%) PHP
8 2 (0.27%) Ruby
8 2 (0.27%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 103 (14.07%) Degree
2 78 (10.66%) Security Cleared
3 63 (8.61%) SC Cleared
4 38 (5.19%) CBAP
5 28 (3.83%) PMI Certification
6 14 (1.91%) SAP Certification
7 13 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (1.50%) ISEB
9 10 (1.37%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.37%) PMP
10 7 (0.96%) IIBA
11 6 (0.82%) Azure Certification
11 6 (0.82%) CSPO
12 5 (0.68%) ACCA
12 5 (0.68%) APMP
12 5 (0.68%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.41%) CIMA
14 3 (0.41%) CISSP
14 3 (0.41%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (6.97%) QA
2 33 (4.51%) GDPR
3 25 (3.42%) Data Quality
4 13 (1.78%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.37%) EMIR
5 10 (1.37%) MiFID
5 10 (1.37%) PCI DSS
5 10 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 9 (1.23%) NIST
7 8 (1.09%) PMO
7 8 (1.09%) PSD2
7 8 (1.09%) SLA
8 7 (0.96%) GxP
8 7 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (0.82%) GRC
9 6 (0.82%) ISO 20022
9 6 (0.82%) ISO 8583
10 4 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.55%) WCAG
11 3 (0.41%) HIPAA
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%) SCCM
3 2 (0.27%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.27%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 96 (13.11%) Microsoft
2 55 (7.51%) SAP
3 42 (5.74%) Salesforce
4 36 (4.92%) Oracle
5 24 (3.28%) ServiceNow
6 13 (1.78%) Workday
7 8 (1.09%) Adobe
7 8 (1.09%) GoldenSource
7 8 (1.09%) Google
8 7 (0.96%) MuleSoft
9 6 (0.82%) Murex
9 6 (0.82%) UiPath
10 5 (0.68%) Atlassian
10 5 (0.68%) Charles River
10 5 (0.68%) CyberArk
10 5 (0.68%) OpenLink
11 4 (0.55%) IBM
12 3 (0.41%) Avaloq
12 3 (0.41%) Bloomberg
12 3 (0.41%) Red Hat