Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

Business Analyst (BA)
UK > England

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 49 34
Rank change year-on-year +4 -15 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,511 1,242 2,038
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.91% 3.98% 5.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.38% 4.28% 5.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,055 947 1,503
10th Percentile £350 £366 £400
25th Percentile £413 £438 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £618
90th Percentile £709 £731 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 7
10th Percentile £25.18 £30.59 £27.54
25th Percentile £27.11 £36.14 £41.25
Median hourly rate £32.19 £50.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.62% -16.67% +71.43%
75th Percentile £72.63 £76.88 £68.78
90th Percentile £88.50 £80.75 £73.00
UK median hourly rate £33.45 £42.00 £57.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -26.32% +71.43%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 28,063 29,007 35,993
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.25% 92.93% 93.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,953 17,771 24,817
10th Percentile £281 £300 £290
25th Percentile £403 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -1.69% -2.91%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,702 1,078 1,400
10th Percentile £14.26 £15.25 £15.33
25th Percentile £17.88 £21.23 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.47 £40.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.33% -11.11% +38.38%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.95 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +48.33%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Business Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Business Analyst job vacancy trend in England

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in England

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in England over the 6 months to 27 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in England

Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in England

Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Analyst in England over the 6 months to 27 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Analyst in England

Business Analyst
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 Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 27 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 +4 969 £540 -6.09% 183
North of England +11 206 £425 -5.56% 119
Midlands +11 118 £406 -14.53% 87
South East +5 107 £490 +0.51% 154
Yorkshire +14 101 £408 -14.21% 34
North West -7 84 £437 +5.94% 66
West Midlands -13 63 £500 - 58
South West +24 61 £488 +14.71% 62
East Midlands +19 55 £358 -12.95% 29
North East +7 21 £425 +4.62% 22
East of England -16 21 £450 -14.29% 43
Business Analyst
UK

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 27 November 2025, Business Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 572 (37.86%) Agile
2 459 (30.38%) Business Analysis
3 449 (29.72%) Stakeholder Management
4 373 (24.69%) Requirements Gathering
5 314 (20.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 287 (18.99%) Workshop Facilitation
7 285 (18.86%) User Stories
8 253 (16.74%) Problem-Solving
9 207 (13.70%) User Acceptance Testing
10 196 (12.97%) SQL
11 189 (12.51%) JIRA
12 188 (12.44%) Migration
13 166 (10.99%) Data Analysis
14 154 (10.19%) Microsoft
15 144 (9.53%) Scrum
16 143 (9.46%) Confluence
16 143 (9.46%) Degree
17 135 (8.93%) Waterfall
18 134 (8.87%) Decision-Making
19 129 (8.54%) Analytics
20 127 (8.41%) Project Delivery
21 125 (8.27%) Process Improvement
22 124 (8.21%) GAP Analysis
23 120 (7.94%) Change Management
24 118 (7.81%) Project Management
25 111 (7.35%) Acceptance Criteria
26 108 (7.15%) Business Intelligence
27 106 (7.02%) Microsoft Excel
28 105 (6.95%) Security Cleared
29 104 (6.88%) Azure

Business Analyst Skill Set
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
1 143 (9.46%) Confluence
2 28 (1.85%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.46%) CMS
4 5 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
5 4 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.20%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.13%) Apache Superset
7 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.066%) Camunda
8 1 (0.066%) JBoss
8 1 (0.066%) Mule
8 1 (0.066%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 106 (7.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 100 (6.62%) MS Visio
3 51 (3.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 48 (3.18%) Microsoft Office
5 13 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.33%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.26%) Autodesk Inventor
8 2 (0.13%) Trello
9 1 (0.066%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.066%) Notion
9 1 (0.066%) Sketch
9 1 (0.066%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 46 (3.04%) Endur
2 23 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (0.73%) Aladdin
5 10 (0.66%) Payment Gateway
6 9 (0.60%) NetSuite
6 9 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
7 7 (0.46%) Temenos T24
8 6 (0.40%) Loan IQ
9 4 (0.26%) SAP GTS
10 3 (0.20%) Elite 3E
10 3 (0.20%) Markit EDM
10 3 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.20%) SAP HR
11 2 (0.13%) BASE24
11 2 (0.13%) FIS Private Capital Suite
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
11 2 (0.13%) Shopify
11 2 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
11 2 (0.13%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 104 (6.88%) Azure
2 102 (6.75%) Power Platform
3 60 (3.97%) AWS
4 51 (3.38%) Azure DevOps
5 38 (2.51%) SaaS
6 33 (2.18%) Microsoft 365
7 26 (1.72%) GCP
8 24 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
9 23 (1.52%) Miro
10 21 (1.39%) Entra ID
11 19 (1.26%) Lucidchart
12 14 (0.93%) Snowflake
13 13 (0.86%) GitHub
14 12 (0.79%) Figma
15 11 (0.73%) Power Automate
16 10 (0.66%) Microsoft Copilot
17 9 (0.60%) PowerApps
17 9 (0.60%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
18 8 (0.53%) Microsoft Purview
19 7 (0.46%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.40%) Firewall
2 5 (0.33%) Network Security
3 3 (0.20%) WAN
4 2 (0.13%) ATM
4 2 (0.13%) Cisco IPT
4 2 (0.13%) Internet
4 2 (0.13%) Intranet
4 2 (0.13%) LAN
4 2 (0.13%) NAS
4 2 (0.13%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.066%) Broadband
5 1 (0.066%) DNS
5 1 (0.066%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.066%) Softphone
5 1 (0.066%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (6.09%) Power BI
2 43 (2.85%) Tableau
3 20 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (1.26%) Metadata
5 16 (1.06%) SQL Server
6 5 (0.33%) Data Lake
6 5 (0.33%) Oracle Database
6 5 (0.33%) Power Query
6 5 (0.33%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.33%) Star Schema
7 4 (0.26%) BigQuery
7 4 (0.26%) Data Mart
7 4 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.20%) Amazon Athena
8 3 (0.20%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (0.20%) Big Data
8 3 (0.20%) Geospatial Data
8 3 (0.20%) GIS
8 3 (0.20%) SAP BW
9 2 (0.13%) Looker
Development Applications
1 189 (12.51%) JIRA
2 11 (0.73%) Jenkins
2 11 (0.73%) Sonatype Nexus
3 3 (0.20%) Git
3 3 (0.20%) Postman
4 2 (0.13%) AdminStudio
4 2 (0.13%) Browser DevTools
4 2 (0.13%) Charles Proxy
4 2 (0.13%) Fiddler
5 1 (0.066%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.066%) Axure RP
5 1 (0.066%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.066%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.066%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 617 (40.83%) Social Skills
2 563 (37.26%) Finance
3 337 (22.30%) Analytical Skills
4 236 (15.62%) Banking
5 129 (8.54%) Public Sector
6 75 (4.96%) Documentation Skills
7 58 (3.84%) Back Office
8 57 (3.77%) Retail
9 56 (3.71%) Investment Banking
10 55 (3.64%) Front Office
11 53 (3.51%) Presentation Skills
12 52 (3.44%) Influencing Skills
13 50 (3.31%) Legal
14 41 (2.71%) Telecoms
15 39 (2.58%) Marketing
16 29 (1.92%) Manufacturing
17 28 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
18 26 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 26 (1.72%) Local Government
19 22 (1.46%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (1.39%) REST
1 21 (1.39%) XML
2 17 (1.13%) SailPoint
3 16 (1.06%) SAML
4 14 (0.93%) JSON
4 14 (0.93%) OAuth
5 11 (0.73%) ADO
6 10 (0.66%) SOAP
7 9 (0.60%) OpenID
8 7 (0.46%) Swagger
9 5 (0.33%) OAuth2
9 5 (0.33%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (0.33%) Web Services
10 4 (0.26%) .NET
10 4 (0.26%) Anaconda
10 4 (0.26%) DCOM
10 4 (0.26%) FHIR
10 4 (0.26%) Gherkin
10 4 (0.26%) HTML
10 4 (0.26%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 125 (8.27%) Product Ownership
2 79 (5.23%) Onboarding
3 39 (2.58%) Data Protection Act
4 34 (2.25%) Analytical Mindset
4 34 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
5 30 (1.99%) Derivative
5 30 (1.99%) Management Information System
6 29 (1.92%) Data Structures
6 29 (1.92%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 28 (1.85%) Fixed Income
8 26 (1.72%) PMI
9 25 (1.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 24 (1.59%) Reinsurance
11 22 (1.46%) Data Centre
12 21 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
13 20 (1.32%) Credit Risk
14 19 (1.26%) Cloud Native
15 17 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
16 15 (0.99%) Equities
16 15 (0.99%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 12 (0.79%) Linux
2 10 (0.66%) Windows
3 4 (0.26%) VMS
4 2 (0.13%) Android
4 2 (0.13%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.13%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.066%) AIX
5 1 (0.066%) Solaris
5 1 (0.066%) Unix
5 1 (0.066%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 572 (37.86%) Agile
2 459 (30.38%) Business Analysis
3 449 (29.72%) Stakeholder Management
4 373 (24.69%) Requirements Gathering
5 314 (20.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 287 (18.99%) Workshop Facilitation
7 285 (18.86%) User Stories
8 253 (16.74%) Problem-Solving
9 207 (13.70%) User Acceptance Testing
10 188 (12.44%) Migration
11 166 (10.99%) Data Analysis
12 144 (9.53%) Scrum
13 135 (8.93%) Waterfall
14 134 (8.87%) Decision-Making
15 129 (8.54%) Analytics
16 127 (8.41%) Project Delivery
17 125 (8.27%) Process Improvement
18 124 (8.21%) GAP Analysis
19 120 (7.94%) Change Management
20 118 (7.81%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 196 (12.97%) SQL
2 50 (3.31%) Python
3 8 (0.53%) C#
4 7 (0.46%) JavaScript
4 7 (0.46%) Korn
5 6 (0.40%) VBA
6 5 (0.33%) Java
6 5 (0.33%) R
7 1 (0.066%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.066%) C++
7 1 (0.066%) COBOL
7 1 (0.066%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.066%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.066%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 143 (9.46%) Degree
2 105 (6.95%) Security Cleared
3 82 (5.43%) SC Cleared
4 44 (2.91%) CBAP
5 32 (2.12%) PMI Certification
6 17 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (0.86%) Master's Degree
9 10 (0.66%) DV Cleared
9 10 (0.66%) IIBA
10 9 (0.60%) ACCA
11 8 (0.53%) ISEB
11 8 (0.53%) PMP
12 7 (0.46%) CIMA
12 7 (0.46%) CSPO
13 6 (0.40%) CFA
14 3 (0.20%) AWS Certification
14 3 (0.20%) FFIEC
14 3 (0.20%) MBA
15 2 (0.13%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (5.56%) QA
2 66 (4.37%) Data Quality
3 50 (3.31%) GDPR
4 29 (1.92%) MiFID
5 22 (1.46%) EMIR
6 16 (1.06%) ISO 20022
7 15 (0.99%) GRC
8 14 (0.93%) PSD2
9 13 (0.86%) SEPA
10 11 (0.73%) NIST
11 10 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 9 (0.60%) Accessibility
13 8 (0.53%) PCI DSS
14 7 (0.46%) ISO 8583
14 7 (0.46%) PMO
14 7 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 6 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 5 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
16 5 (0.33%) Basel III
16 5 (0.33%) Solvency II
System Software
1 15 (0.99%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.066%) Docker
2 1 (0.066%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.066%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.066%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (0.99%) Kubernetes
2 14 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
3 12 (0.79%) Ansible
4 7 (0.46%) Terraform
5 4 (0.26%) SCCM
6 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 154 (10.19%) Microsoft
2 83 (5.49%) Salesforce
3 66 (4.37%) SAP
4 55 (3.64%) Oracle
5 41 (2.71%) ServiceNow
6 22 (1.46%) Murex
7 19 (1.26%) OpenLink
8 16 (1.06%) Google
9 14 (0.93%) MuleSoft
10 13 (0.86%) Adobe
10 13 (0.86%) Workday
11 10 (0.66%) Bloomberg
11 10 (0.66%) OneTrust
12 9 (0.60%) CyberArk
12 9 (0.60%) Sonatype
13 8 (0.53%) Atlassian
13 8 (0.53%) Charles River
13 8 (0.53%) Guidewire
13 8 (0.53%) Temenos
14 7 (0.46%) Pega