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 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 145 98
Rank change year-on-year +23 -47 -3
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 734 500 852
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.33% 1.77% 2.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.63% 2.00% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 488 335 587
10th Percentile £360 £400 £400
25th Percentile £413 £447 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.17% -0.91% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £729 £750 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 10 16
10th Percentile £61.66 £61.50 £21.50
25th Percentile £66.18 £61.94 £65.31
Median hourly rate £77.94 £66.00 £84.75
Median % change year-on-year +18.08% -22.12% +111.88%
75th Percentile £89.21 £73.69 £86.50
90th Percentile £93.43 £81.11 -
UK median hourly rate £77.94 £66.00 £84.75
% change year-on-year +18.08% -22.12% +185.16%

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 27,925 25,046 32,278
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.53% 88.69% 88.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,779 15,429 21,914
10th Percentile £302 £311 £308
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.47% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,785 824 1,417
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +25.35%
75th Percentile £56.69 £64.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.75
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.71% +25.00%

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 29 December 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 29 December 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 29 December 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 +21 417 £572 -4.67% 226
North of England -6 99 £450 -10.00% 206
Midlands +6 81 £475 -9.52% 148
South East +1 53 £500 - 230
South West +19 52 £500 +3.36% 78
Yorkshire -8 49 £506 -10.85% 85
West Midlands -7 48 £492 -10.55% 79
North West -20 42 £400 -15.79% 105
East Midlands +7 33 £359 -15.53% 63
East of England -19 20 £463 -9.76% 94
North East - 10 £450 - 20
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 56 (7.63%) Confluence
2 10 (1.36%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.54%) SAS
4 3 (0.41%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.14%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 54 (7.36%) MS Visio
2 46 (6.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (4.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (3.54%) Microsoft Office
5 14 (1.91%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.68%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.41%) Notion
8 2 (0.27%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.27%) Sketch
8 2 (0.27%) Trello
9 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 23 (3.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (2.59%) Endur
3 15 (2.04%) SAP WM
4 14 (1.91%) SAP EWM
5 11 (1.50%) SAP S/4HANA
6 8 (1.09%) Loan IQ
7 7 (0.95%) Workday HCM
8 6 (0.82%) Payment Gateway
9 4 (0.54%) Salesforce CRM
9 4 (0.54%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 3 (0.41%) iTrent
10 3 (0.41%) Markit EDM
10 3 (0.41%) NetSuite
10 3 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
10 3 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
11 2 (0.27%) NEC Housing
11 2 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
11 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
11 2 (0.27%) SAP Business One
11 2 (0.27%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 99 (13.49%) Power Platform
2 63 (8.58%) Azure
3 31 (4.22%) Azure DevOps
4 28 (3.81%) AWS
5 24 (3.27%) SaaS
6 21 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
6 21 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (2.32%) PowerApps
8 14 (1.91%) Power Automate
9 11 (1.50%) Azure Data Factory
9 11 (1.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 11 (1.50%) Miro
10 9 (1.23%) Lucidchart
11 8 (1.09%) Figma
12 7 (0.95%) GCP
13 6 (0.82%) Apigee
13 6 (0.82%) Kong
14 5 (0.68%) dbt
14 5 (0.68%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 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%) Network Security
2 1 (0.14%) WAN
2 1 (0.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (11.85%) Power BI
2 20 (2.72%) Relational Database
3 17 (2.32%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (2.18%) SQL Server
5 11 (1.50%) Tableau
6 8 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (0.95%) Data Mining
7 7 (0.95%) MongoDB
7 7 (0.95%) Redis
8 5 (0.68%) Metadata
8 5 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (0.68%) SAP HANA
9 3 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.41%) Electronic Patient Records
9 3 (0.41%) Power Query
9 3 (0.41%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.41%) Snowflake Schema
10 2 (0.27%) Metadata Repository
10 2 (0.27%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.27%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 86 (11.72%) JIRA
2 10 (1.36%) Git
3 7 (0.95%) webpack
4 6 (0.82%) Postman
4 6 (0.82%) Selenium
5 5 (0.68%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.54%) ERwin
6 4 (0.54%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.41%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.27%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.27%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.27%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.27%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.14%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.14%) Hudson
9 1 (0.14%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.14%) TestDirector
9 1 (0.14%) Toad
General
1 316 (43.05%) Social Skills
2 263 (35.83%) Finance
3 142 (19.35%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (13.49%) Banking
5 84 (11.44%) Public Sector
6 57 (7.77%) Presentation Skills
7 47 (6.40%) Documentation Skills
8 35 (4.77%) Front Office
8 35 (4.77%) Influencing Skills
9 30 (4.09%) Investment Banking
10 29 (3.95%) Legal
11 27 (3.68%) Marketing
12 26 (3.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 25 (3.41%) Manufacturing
13 25 (3.41%) Organisational Skills
14 22 (3.00%) Retail
15 20 (2.72%) Local Government
16 17 (2.32%) Telecoms
17 15 (2.04%) Back Office
17 15 (2.04%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 493 (67.17%) Analyst
2 458 (62.40%) Business Analyst
3 91 (12.40%) Senior
4 73 (9.95%) Senior Analyst
5 66 (8.99%) Senior Business Analyst
6 43 (5.86%) Lead
7 38 (5.18%) Technical Analyst
8 36 (4.90%) Technical Business Analyst
9 34 (4.63%) Consultant
10 32 (4.36%) Financial Analyst
11 29 (3.95%) Project Manager
12 28 (3.81%) Finance Business Analyst
13 27 (3.68%) Developer
14 26 (3.54%) Architect
15 23 (3.13%) Banking Analyst
15 23 (3.13%) Data Business Analyst
16 21 (2.86%) Banking Business Analyst
17 18 (2.45%) Insurance Business Analyst
18 17 (2.32%) Business IT Analyst
18 17 (2.32%) IT Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.72%) .NET
1 20 (2.72%) XML
2 17 (2.32%) CSS
2 17 (2.32%) HTML
3 14 (1.91%) jQuery
3 14 (1.91%) REST
4 11 (1.50%) EDI
4 11 (1.50%) JSON
4 11 (1.50%) React
5 9 (1.23%) SOAP
5 9 (1.23%) Swagger
6 8 (1.09%) OAuth
6 8 (1.09%) SailPoint
7 7 (0.95%) ASP.NET Web API
7 7 (0.95%) Bootstrap
7 7 (0.95%) HTML5
7 7 (0.95%) Memcached
7 7 (0.95%) PySpark
8 6 (0.82%) OpenAPI
8 6 (0.82%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 89 (12.13%) Product Ownership
2 42 (5.72%) Management Information System
3 30 (4.09%) Onboarding
4 28 (3.81%) Data Protection Act
5 22 (3.00%) PMI
6 15 (2.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 14 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
7 14 (1.91%) Data Structures
8 13 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
8 13 (1.77%) Reinsurance
9 12 (1.63%) Virtual Team
10 11 (1.50%) Credit Risk
10 11 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
11 9 (1.23%) Renewable Energy
12 8 (1.09%) Derivative
12 8 (1.09%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 7 (0.95%) Cloud Native
13 7 (0.95%) Life Science
13 7 (0.95%) Mobile App
13 7 (0.95%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.09%) 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%) Android
6 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.14%) Solaris
6 1 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 330 (44.96%) Agile
2 217 (29.56%) Stakeholder Management
3 177 (24.11%) Requirements Gathering
4 171 (23.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 155 (21.12%) Problem-Solving
6 144 (19.62%) Workshop Facilitation
7 139 (18.94%) User Stories
8 113 (15.40%) Project Management
9 112 (15.26%) User Acceptance Testing
10 96 (13.08%) Project Delivery
11 87 (11.85%) Analytics
11 87 (11.85%) Business Intelligence
12 84 (11.44%) Migration
13 80 (10.90%) Decision-Making
14 78 (10.63%) Use Case
15 77 (10.49%) GAP Analysis
15 77 (10.49%) Process Improvement
16 74 (10.08%) Data Modelling
16 74 (10.08%) Scrum
17 71 (9.67%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 93 (12.67%) SQL
2 35 (4.77%) Python
3 22 (3.00%) C#
4 18 (2.45%) JavaScript
5 14 (1.91%) Java
6 4 (0.54%) Perl
6 4 (0.54%) PL/SQL
7 3 (0.41%) C
7 3 (0.41%) Scala
7 3 (0.41%) VB.NET
7 3 (0.41%) VBA
8 2 (0.27%) C++
8 2 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.27%) Korn
8 2 (0.27%) Ruby
8 2 (0.27%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.14%) ABAP
9 1 (0.14%) Jython
9 1 (0.14%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.14%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 108 (14.71%) Degree
2 90 (12.26%) Security Cleared
3 74 (10.08%) SC Cleared
4 38 (5.18%) CBAP
5 30 (4.09%) PMI Certification
6 18 (2.45%) IIBA
7 14 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (1.91%) SAP Certification
8 12 (1.63%) ISEB
9 11 (1.50%) PMP
10 8 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (1.09%) CSPO
10 8 (1.09%) DV Cleared
11 7 (0.95%) Azure Certification
12 6 (0.82%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.68%) APMP
14 3 (0.41%) ACCA
15 2 (0.27%) CIMA
15 2 (0.27%) ISTQB
15 2 (0.27%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (6.27%) QA
2 38 (5.18%) GDPR
3 27 (3.68%) Data Quality
4 14 (1.91%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.36%) PMO
5 10 (1.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 9 (1.23%) GxP
6 9 (1.23%) MiFID
6 9 (1.23%) NIST
6 9 (1.23%) SLA
7 8 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.09%) PCI DSS
7 8 (1.09%) PSD2
8 6 (0.82%) EMIR
8 6 (0.82%) GRC
8 6 (0.82%) ISO 8583
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 2 (0.27%) 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 (0.95%) Terraform
2 3 (0.41%) Ansible
3 2 (0.27%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.27%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 103 (14.03%) Microsoft
2 54 (7.36%) SAP
3 43 (5.86%) Salesforce
4 32 (4.36%) Oracle
5 17 (2.32%) ServiceNow
6 10 (1.36%) MuleSoft
7 9 (1.23%) Google
7 9 (1.23%) Workday
8 8 (1.09%) GoldenSource
9 7 (0.95%) Adobe
9 7 (0.95%) Murex
10 5 (0.68%) Atlassian
10 5 (0.68%) OpenLink
11 4 (0.54%) CyberArk
11 4 (0.54%) IBM
11 4 (0.54%) Sparx
12 3 (0.41%) Avaloq
12 3 (0.41%) Bloomberg
12 3 (0.41%) Charles River
12 3 (0.41%) Red Hat