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

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 148 99
Rank change year-on-year +31 -49 -6
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 727 532 947
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.39% 1.71% 2.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.64% 1.97% 2.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 487 352 630
10th Percentile £360 £400 £400
25th Percentile £413 £458 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £638 £655 £639
90th Percentile £738 £775 £700
UK median daily rate £513 £535 £525
% change year-on-year -4.21% +1.90% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 17
10th Percentile £58.79 £54.45 £21.58
25th Percentile £59.00 £64.63 £51.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £66.50 £84.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -21.30% +191.38%
75th Percentile £88.75 £77.79 £86.50
90th Percentile £93.25 £82.66 -
UK median hourly rate £66.69 £66.50 £84.50
% change year-on-year +0.28% -21.30% +187.81%

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 27,490 26,978 34,630
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.21% 86.87% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,441 16,489 23,672
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,813 961 1,464
10th Percentile £14.87 £15.10 £14.51
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.03% -17.78% +26.90%
75th Percentile £48.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.62 £74.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.95
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.36% +25.57%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 +15 432 £600 - 301
North of England -19 87 £475 -5.38% 221
Midlands +10 71 £450 -14.29% 162
South East +10 59 £500 - 208
Yorkshire -6 48 £498 -12.17% 68
South West +16 45 £500 +6.10% 76
West Midlands -21 38 £525 - 99
East Midlands +10 33 £358 -15.76% 63
North West -32 33 £445 -11.00% 118
East of England -21 16 £625 +13.64% 79
North East - 6 £475 - 39
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 10 (1.38%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.14%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 46 (6.33%) MS Visio
2 38 (5.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (2.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
5 16 (2.20%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.55%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.28%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.28%) Sketch
7 2 (0.28%) Trello
8 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 20 (2.75%) Endur
2 17 (2.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (2.06%) SAP WM
4 14 (1.93%) SAP EWM
5 12 (1.65%) SAP S/4HANA
6 7 (0.96%) Workday HCM
7 6 (0.83%) Aladdin
7 6 (0.83%) Payment Gateway
8 4 (0.55%) Loan IQ
8 4 (0.55%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
9 3 (0.41%) iTrent
9 3 (0.41%) Markit EDM
9 3 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
10 2 (0.28%) Oracle Financials
10 2 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
10 2 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
10 2 (0.28%) SAP Business One
10 2 (0.28%) Shopify
10 2 (0.28%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 77 (10.59%) Power Platform
2 69 (9.49%) Azure
3 33 (4.54%) Azure DevOps
4 26 (3.58%) AWS
5 23 (3.16%) SaaS
6 17 (2.34%) Dynamics 365
7 14 (1.93%) PowerApps
8 12 (1.65%) Power Automate
9 11 (1.51%) Miro
10 10 (1.38%) Azure Data Factory
10 10 (1.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 10 (1.38%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (1.24%) Lucidchart
12 8 (1.10%) Figma
13 7 (0.96%) GCP
14 4 (0.55%) dbt
14 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Copilot
14 4 (0.55%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 4 (0.55%) SuccessFactors
15 3 (0.41%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.69%) Firewall
2 4 (0.55%) HTTP
3 2 (0.28%) Broadband
3 2 (0.28%) Intranet
3 2 (0.28%) NAS
3 2 (0.28%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.14%) Internet
4 1 (0.14%) LAN
4 1 (0.14%) Network Security
4 1 (0.14%) WAN
4 1 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (9.35%) 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 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
9 5 (0.69%) SAP HANA
10 4 (0.55%) Power Query
11 3 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.41%) Snowflake Schema
12 2 (0.28%) Data Vault
12 2 (0.28%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.28%) SAP BW
13 1 (0.14%) Metadata
13 1 (0.14%) Metadata Repository
13 1 (0.14%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 76 (10.45%) JIRA
2 11 (1.51%) Git
3 7 (0.96%) Selenium
3 7 (0.96%) webpack
4 6 (0.83%) Cucumber
4 6 (0.83%) Postman
5 4 (0.55%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.41%) AdminStudio
6 3 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (0.41%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.28%) Axure RP
7 2 (0.28%) ERwin
7 2 (0.28%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.28%) 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
1 321 (44.15%) Social Skills
2 261 (35.90%) Finance
3 145 (19.94%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (13.20%) Banking
5 74 (10.18%) Public Sector
6 54 (7.43%) Presentation Skills
7 44 (6.05%) Front Office
8 36 (4.95%) Documentation Skills
9 33 (4.54%) Influencing Skills
10 32 (4.40%) Investment Banking
11 28 (3.85%) Marketing
12 26 (3.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 25 (3.44%) Manufacturing
14 24 (3.30%) Legal
14 24 (3.30%) Retail
15 22 (3.03%) Local Government
15 22 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
16 18 (2.48%) Back Office
17 15 (2.06%) Telecoms
18 13 (1.79%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 483 (66.44%) Analyst
2 456 (62.72%) Business Analyst
3 84 (11.55%) Senior
4 65 (8.94%) Senior Analyst
5 56 (7.70%) Senior Business Analyst
6 43 (5.91%) Lead
7 39 (5.36%) Technical Analyst
8 37 (5.09%) Consultant
8 37 (5.09%) Technical Business Analyst
9 34 (4.68%) Financial Analyst
10 32 (4.40%) Project Manager
11 28 (3.85%) Finance Business Analyst
12 27 (3.71%) Data Business Analyst
12 27 (3.71%) Developer
13 26 (3.58%) Architect
14 24 (3.30%) Data Analyst
15 19 (2.61%) Banking Analyst
16 18 (2.48%) SAP Consultant
17 17 (2.34%) Insurance Business Analyst
17 17 (2.34%) Project Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.44%) .NET
2 17 (2.34%) CSS
2 17 (2.34%) HTML
3 16 (2.20%) XML
4 14 (1.93%) jQuery
5 13 (1.79%) React
6 11 (1.51%) EDI
6 11 (1.51%) REST
7 8 (1.10%) 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 (0.83%) ADO
9 6 (0.83%) OAuth
9 6 (0.83%) PySpark
9 6 (0.83%) SOAP
9 6 (0.83%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 79 (10.87%) Product Ownership
2 44 (6.05%) Management Information System
3 34 (4.68%) Data Protection Act
4 32 (4.40%) Onboarding
5 20 (2.75%) PMI
6 18 (2.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 17 (2.34%) Derivative
8 16 (2.20%) Reinsurance
9 14 (1.93%) Analytical Mindset
10 13 (1.79%) Credit Risk
10 13 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
10 13 (1.79%) Virtual Team
11 12 (1.65%) Data Structures
11 12 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
12 9 (1.24%) Equities
12 9 (1.24%) Fixed Income
13 8 (1.10%) Mobile App
13 8 (1.10%) Renewable Energy
14 7 (0.96%) Hedge funds
14 7 (0.96%) SWIFT Messaging Network
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 (0.28%) AIX
5 2 (0.28%) 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
1 322 (44.29%) Agile
2 203 (27.92%) Stakeholder Management
3 180 (24.76%) Requirements Gathering
4 161 (22.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 145 (19.94%) Problem-Solving
6 127 (17.47%) Project Management
7 115 (15.82%) Workshop Facilitation
8 112 (15.41%) User Stories
9 107 (14.72%) User Acceptance Testing
10 103 (14.17%) Project Delivery
11 90 (12.38%) Analytics
12 75 (10.32%) Scrum
13 74 (10.18%) GAP Analysis
13 74 (10.18%) Use Case
14 72 (9.90%) Data Analysis
15 69 (9.49%) Business Intelligence
15 69 (9.49%) Decision-Making
15 69 (9.49%) Process Improvement
16 67 (9.22%) Roadmaps
17 65 (8.94%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 93 (12.79%) SQL
2 41 (5.64%) Python
3 23 (3.16%) C#
4 16 (2.20%) Java
5 15 (2.06%) JavaScript
6 6 (0.83%) VBA
7 4 (0.55%) Perl
7 4 (0.55%) VB.NET
8 3 (0.41%) C
8 3 (0.41%) PL/SQL
8 3 (0.41%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.41%) Scala
9 2 (0.28%) Bash
9 2 (0.28%) C++
9 2 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.28%) Korn
9 2 (0.28%) PHP
9 2 (0.28%) Ruby
9 2 (0.28%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.14%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 100 (13.76%) Degree
2 76 (10.45%) Security Cleared
3 62 (8.53%) SC Cleared
4 39 (5.36%) CBAP
5 28 (3.85%) PMI Certification
6 14 (1.93%) SAP Certification
7 13 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (1.51%) ISEB
9 10 (1.38%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.38%) PMP
10 8 (1.10%) IIBA
11 6 (0.83%) Azure Certification
12 5 (0.69%) ACCA
12 5 (0.69%) APMP
12 5 (0.69%) CSPO
12 5 (0.69%) 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 50 (6.88%) QA
2 34 (4.68%) GDPR
3 23 (3.16%) Data Quality
4 13 (1.79%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 10 (1.38%) EMIR
6 10 (1.38%) MiFID
6 10 (1.38%) NIST
6 10 (1.38%) PCI DSS
7 8 (1.10%) PMO
7 8 (1.10%) PSD2
7 8 (1.10%) SLA
8 7 (0.96%) GRC
8 7 (0.96%) GxP
8 7 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (0.83%) ISO 20022
9 6 (0.83%) ISO 8583
10 5 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.55%) WCAG
12 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%) 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 (0.28%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.28%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 91 (12.52%) Microsoft
2 54 (7.43%) SAP
3 41 (5.64%) Salesforce
4 32 (4.40%) Oracle
5 25 (3.44%) ServiceNow
6 13 (1.79%) Workday
7 8 (1.10%) Adobe
7 8 (1.10%) GoldenSource
8 7 (0.96%) Google
8 7 (0.96%) MuleSoft
9 6 (0.83%) Charles River
9 6 (0.83%) Murex
9 6 (0.83%) UiPath
10 5 (0.69%) Atlassian
10 5 (0.69%) CyberArk
10 5 (0.69%) OpenLink
11 4 (0.55%) IBM
12 3 (0.41%) Bloomberg
12 3 (0.41%) Calypso
12 3 (0.41%) Red Hat