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 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 124 101
Rank change year-on-year +8 -23 -11
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 591 671 1,175
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.43% 1.84% 2.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.66% 2.13% 2.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 407 464 813
10th Percentile £363 £372 £411
25th Percentile £449 £425 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £688 £625 £650
90th Percentile £788 £700 £813
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 13
10th Percentile £50.54 - £36.60
25th Percentile £61.50 £18.35 £61.25
Median hourly rate £63.00 £46.87 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.41% -28.98% +63.98%
75th Percentile £65.25 £82.81 £70.00
90th Percentile £66.00 £84.67 -
UK median hourly rate £63.00 £36.13 £64.50
% change year-on-year +74.38% -43.99% +65.38%

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 22,200 31,464 43,415
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.22% 86.38% 90.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,506 20,624 30,476
10th Percentile £306 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 952 2,249 1,526
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.92 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.13 £15.95 £16.20
Median hourly rate £28.75 £36.50 £36.40
Median % change year-on-year -21.23% +0.29% +45.58%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.05 £36.00
% change year-on-year -22.32% +0.13% +40.19%

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 19 May 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 19 May 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 19 May 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 +21 388 £600 +8.21% 423
North of England +5 74 £463 -2.63% 100
North West +8 50 £456 -4.00% 62
Midlands +12 43 £500 +9.29% 54
West Midlands +15 36 £525 +10.53% 39
South East +1 29 £488 - 140
South West +35 27 £450 -18.55% 54
East of England +16 21 £500 +17.30% 33
Yorkshire +8 21 £475 -3.06% 24
East Midlands -4 7 £358 -20.44% 14
North East -5 3 £350 -5.41% 14
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 51 (8.63%) Confluence
2 12 (2.03%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.02%) CMS
3 6 (1.02%) WebSphere
4 5 (0.85%) SAS
5 3 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.34%) Apache
6 2 (0.34%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.34%) Drupal
6 2 (0.34%) IBM HTTP Server
6 2 (0.34%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.17%) MS Project Server
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 52 (8.80%) MS Visio
2 43 (7.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (4.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.51%) Trello
7 2 (0.34%) Notepad++
7 2 (0.34%) Open Workbench
8 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 39 (6.60%) Aladdin
2 18 (3.05%) thinkFolio
3 11 (1.86%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (1.35%) Endur
5 4 (0.68%) Actimize
5 4 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.51%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.51%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.51%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.51%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.51%) Shopify
6 3 (0.51%) Unit4 Business World
7 2 (0.34%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.34%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.17%) Exchequer
8 1 (0.17%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.17%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.17%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 43 (7.28%) Power Platform
2 40 (6.77%) Azure
3 21 (3.55%) AWS
4 12 (2.03%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (1.35%) SaaS
7 7 (1.18%) GCP
7 7 (1.18%) Lucidchart
8 6 (1.02%) Microsoft Copilot
8 6 (1.02%) SuccessFactors
9 5 (0.85%) Anthropic Claude
9 5 (0.85%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (0.68%) Azure AI
10 4 (0.68%) Google Gemini
10 4 (0.68%) PowerApps
10 4 (0.68%) Snowflake
11 3 (0.51%) Amazon MSK
11 3 (0.51%) Collibra
11 3 (0.51%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.85%) Network Security
1 5 (0.85%) SD-WAN
1 5 (0.85%) SSL
2 4 (0.68%) Firewall
3 3 (0.51%) Intranet
4 2 (0.34%) HTTP
4 2 (0.34%) Internet
4 2 (0.34%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (0.34%) Kerberos
4 2 (0.34%) VPN
5 1 (0.17%) IPsec
5 1 (0.17%) iSCSI
5 1 (0.17%) MQTT
5 1 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (6.77%) Power BI
2 22 (3.72%) Tableau
3 16 (2.71%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (2.20%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.02%) Data Mining
5 6 (1.02%) DB2
5 6 (1.02%) Metadata
6 5 (0.85%) Big Data
6 5 (0.85%) BusinessObjects
6 5 (0.85%) Crystal Reports
6 5 (0.85%) NoSQL
6 5 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (0.68%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (0.68%) Neo4j
7 4 (0.68%) Parquet
8 3 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.51%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.51%) QlikView
8 3 (0.51%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.34%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 78 (13.20%) JIRA
2 7 (1.18%) Git
3 3 (0.51%) Eclipse
3 3 (0.51%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.34%) GitLab
4 2 (0.34%) MagicDraw
4 2 (0.34%) Maven
4 2 (0.34%) XMLSpy
5 1 (0.17%) Gemini Tracker
5 1 (0.17%) IntelliJ
General
1 255 (43.15%) Finance
2 238 (40.27%) Social Skills
3 125 (21.15%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (14.04%) Front Office
5 65 (11.00%) Banking
6 45 (7.61%) Public Sector
7 36 (6.09%) Presentation Skills
8 29 (4.91%) Legal
9 22 (3.72%) Influencing Skills
10 18 (3.05%) Retail
11 17 (2.88%) Financial Institution
11 17 (2.88%) Pharmaceutical
12 16 (2.71%) Back Office
13 15 (2.54%) Manufacturing
13 15 (2.54%) Marketing
14 14 (2.37%) Local Government
15 13 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
15 13 (2.20%) Investment Banking
16 12 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
17 9 (1.52%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 432 (73.10%) Analyst
2 407 (68.87%) Business Analyst
3 56 (9.48%) Business Manager
4 47 (7.95%) Senior
5 42 (7.11%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
6 39 (6.60%) Senior Analyst
6 39 (6.60%) Technical Analyst
6 39 (6.60%) Technical Business Analyst
7 37 (6.26%) Architect
8 36 (6.09%) Senior Business Analyst
9 27 (4.57%) Data Analyst
10 25 (4.23%) Data Business Analyst
11 23 (3.89%) Project Manager
12 20 (3.38%) Financial Analyst
13 19 (3.21%) Finance Business Analyst
14 18 (3.05%) Developer
14 18 (3.05%) Lead
14 18 (3.05%) Project Analyst
14 18 (3.05%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
15 15 (2.54%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.71%) JSON
2 15 (2.54%) XML
3 10 (1.69%) Web Services
4 9 (1.52%) REST
5 7 (1.18%) SAML
6 5 (0.85%) .NET
6 5 (0.85%) React
7 4 (0.68%) CSS
7 4 (0.68%) FpML
7 4 (0.68%) HTML
7 4 (0.68%) JDBC
7 4 (0.68%) Kafka
7 4 (0.68%) LDAP
7 4 (0.68%) ODBC
7 4 (0.68%) PyTorch
7 4 (0.68%) SOAP
7 4 (0.68%) TensorFlow
8 3 (0.51%) OAuth
8 3 (0.51%) WPF
8 3 (0.51%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 56 (9.48%) Fixed Income
2 52 (8.80%) Derivative
3 43 (7.28%) Onboarding
4 42 (7.11%) Hedge funds
5 36 (6.09%) Product Ownership
6 34 (5.75%) Management Information System
7 15 (2.54%) Data Protection Act
8 13 (2.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 11 (1.86%) PMI
10 10 (1.69%) CMDB
11 9 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
11 9 (1.52%) Data Structures
12 8 (1.35%) Equities
12 8 (1.35%) Market Risk
12 8 (1.35%) Operational Technology
12 8 (1.35%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 7 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (1.18%) Reference Data
14 6 (1.02%) Algorithms
14 6 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.68%) Unix
2 2 (0.34%) Windows
3 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.17%) Linux
3 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 271 (45.85%) Agile
2 158 (26.73%) Stakeholder Management
3 133 (22.50%) Problem-Solving
4 117 (19.80%) Requirements Gathering
5 98 (16.58%) Project Management
6 93 (15.74%) User Stories
7 91 (15.40%) User Acceptance Testing
8 88 (14.89%) Data Analysis
9 82 (13.87%) Decision-Making
10 80 (13.54%) Workshop Facilitation
11 77 (13.03%) Business Intelligence
12 76 (12.86%) Analytics
13 74 (12.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 66 (11.17%) Change Management
15 61 (10.32%) Asset Management
16 56 (9.48%) Process Improvement
16 56 (9.48%) Scrum
17 55 (9.31%) Acceptance Criteria
17 55 (9.31%) Waterfall
18 51 (8.63%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 123 (20.81%) SQL
2 79 (13.37%) Python
3 13 (2.20%) Java
4 7 (1.18%) R
5 5 (0.85%) JavaScript
6 4 (0.68%) C#
6 4 (0.68%) PHP
7 3 (0.51%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.51%) Scala
7 3 (0.51%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.34%) Bash
8 2 (0.34%) Lua
8 2 (0.34%) Perl
9 1 (0.17%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.17%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.17%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.17%) VBA
Qualifications
1 95 (16.07%) Degree
2 56 (9.48%) Security Cleared
3 41 (6.94%) SC Cleared
4 29 (4.91%) CBAP
5 17 (2.88%) PMI Certification
6 16 (2.71%) IIBA
7 13 (2.20%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.18%) ISEB
9 6 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.02%) CCA
9 6 (1.02%) CISSP
9 6 (1.02%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.02%) PMP
10 4 (0.68%) CISA
10 4 (0.68%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (0.51%) ACCA
11 3 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (0.34%) CEH
12 2 (0.34%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.55%) GDPR
2 17 (2.88%) Data Quality
2 17 (2.88%) QA
3 12 (2.03%) MiFID
4 10 (1.69%) NIST
5 9 (1.52%) EMIR
6 8 (1.35%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (1.18%) PMO
8 5 (0.85%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.68%) Dodd-Frank
9 4 (0.68%) GRC
9 4 (0.68%) SEPA
9 4 (0.68%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.34%) Basel III
11 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.34%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.34%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.34%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (1.69%) Docker
2 9 (1.52%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (1.52%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.34%) HP Data Protector
3 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.34%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (0.17%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.17%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.17%) Rancher
4 1 (0.17%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 52 (8.80%) Microsoft
2 37 (6.26%) BISAM
3 33 (5.58%) SAP
4 26 (4.40%) Salesforce
5 22 (3.72%) Charles River
6 20 (3.38%) SimCorp
7 18 (3.05%) Calypso
8 17 (2.88%) ServiceNow
9 15 (2.54%) Oracle
10 9 (1.52%) ION Trading
10 9 (1.52%) Murex
11 6 (1.02%) IBM
12 5 (0.85%) Adobe
12 5 (0.85%) Informatica
12 5 (0.85%) OpenText
12 5 (0.85%) Qualtrics
12 5 (0.85%) VMware
13 4 (0.68%) Google
13 4 (0.68%) Workday
14 3 (0.51%) Atlassian