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 22 May 2026.

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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 39 41
Rank change year-on-year -8 +2 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,747 1,206 1,565
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.23% 5.03% 4.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.58% 5.44% 4.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,206 840 1,139
10th Percentile £356 £358 £378
25th Percentile £416 £424 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £540
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -3.70% +2.86%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £631
90th Percentile £714 £775 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 10 7
10th Percentile £28.03 £24.66 -
25th Percentile £34.87 £25.26 £20.77
Median hourly rate £62.50 £40.81 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +53.17% +81.36% -62.66%
75th Percentile £89.70 £50.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £104.00 £59.00 £70.80
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £34.11 £28.00
% change year-on-year +83.23% +21.82% -53.53%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 38,122 22,159 33,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 92.41% 92.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,649 14,727 22,390
10th Percentile £320 £293 £282
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £642
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -3.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,628 898 2,440
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.51 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £36.65
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -18.14% -18.13%
75th Percentile £67.50 £62.50 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £42.69 £28.15 £36.50
% change year-on-year +51.63% -22.88% -18.89%

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 22 May 2026.

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 22 May 2026.

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 22 May 2026. 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 1,019 £533 -7.39% 140
North of England +3 284 £430 +1.18% 78
Midlands -4 175 £475 - 27
West Midlands +13 145 £475 -5.00% 14
South East -15 139 £500 +3.90% 59
North West -6 128 £400 -4.19% 33
Yorkshire +11 124 £475 +5.56% 33
South West -3 73 £425 -10.53% 21
North East +7 49 £450 +12.50% 12
East of England -19 34 £500 +13.64% 24
East Midlands -26 29 £393 +2.75% 12
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 May 2026, 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.

1 565 (32.34%) Agile
2 516 (29.54%) Business Analysis
3 505 (28.91%) Stakeholder Management
4 437 (25.01%) Requirements Gathering
5 426 (24.38%) User Stories
6 408 (23.35%) Workshop Facilitation
7 334 (19.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 282 (16.14%) User Acceptance Testing
9 255 (14.60%) Acceptance Criteria
10 250 (14.31%) JIRA
11 245 (14.02%) Problem-Solving
12 236 (13.51%) Security Cleared
13 226 (12.94%) Migration
14 198 (11.33%) Confluence
15 192 (10.99%) SC Cleared
16 174 (9.96%) SQL
17 163 (9.33%) Decision-Making
17 163 (9.33%) Validation
18 158 (9.04%) Microsoft
19 152 (8.70%) Data Analysis
20 148 (8.47%) Degree
21 146 (8.36%) Process Improvement
22 142 (8.13%) Data Modelling
23 140 (8.01%) Scrum
24 135 (7.73%) DevOps
25 132 (7.56%) GAP Analysis
25 132 (7.56%) MS Visio
26 130 (7.44%) Azure
27 116 (6.64%) Business Intelligence
27 116 (6.64%) Impact Assessments

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
1 198 (11.33%) Confluence
2 23 (1.32%) SharePoint
3 17 (0.97%) SAS
4 5 (0.29%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.17%) Appian
5 3 (0.17%) CMS
6 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.057%) Apache
7 1 (0.057%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 132 (7.56%) MS Visio
2 104 (5.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 51 (2.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 49 (2.80%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.29%) Notion
7 3 (0.17%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.057%) CATIA
8 1 (0.057%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.057%) Trello
Business Applications
1 22 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 20 (1.14%) Aladdin
4 12 (0.69%) Endur
5 10 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
6 8 (0.46%) NetSuite
7 6 (0.34%) Findur
7 6 (0.34%) Loan IQ
7 6 (0.34%) Summit
8 5 (0.29%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 5 (0.29%) Maximo
8 5 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
8 5 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
8 5 (0.29%) SAP ERP
9 4 (0.23%) Actimize
9 4 (0.23%) Adobe Campaign
9 4 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
9 4 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
9 4 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (0.23%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 130 (7.44%) Azure
2 114 (6.53%) Power Platform
3 64 (3.66%) AWS
4 41 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
5 31 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
6 29 (1.66%) Microsoft 365
7 23 (1.32%) Lucidchart
8 21 (1.20%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 18 (1.03%) SaaS
10 15 (0.86%) Miro
11 14 (0.80%) GitHub
11 14 (0.80%) Snowflake
12 12 (0.69%) GCP
13 11 (0.63%) Power Automate
14 10 (0.57%) Azure Data Factory
14 10 (0.57%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 9 (0.52%) Figma
15 9 (0.52%) PowerApps
16 7 (0.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 7 (0.40%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.40%) Network Security
2 6 (0.34%) Wireless
3 3 (0.17%) Intranet
4 2 (0.11%) 802.11
4 2 (0.11%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (0.11%) DNS
4 2 (0.11%) Internet
4 2 (0.11%) VPN
4 2 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.11%) Wireless Security
4 2 (0.11%) WLAN
4 2 (0.11%) X.25
5 1 (0.057%) 5G
5 1 (0.057%) Broadband
5 1 (0.057%) DNSSEC
5 1 (0.057%) Extranet
5 1 (0.057%) Firewall
5 1 (0.057%) PBX
5 1 (0.057%) SONET
5 1 (0.057%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (5.44%) Power BI
2 41 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
3 30 (1.72%) Tableau
4 26 (1.49%) Metadata
5 15 (0.86%) Relational Database
6 7 (0.40%) Big Data
6 7 (0.40%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.34%) RDBMS
8 5 (0.29%) Electronic Patient Records
9 4 (0.23%) SQL Server
10 3 (0.17%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.17%) Power Query
11 2 (0.11%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.11%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.11%) Data Vault
11 2 (0.11%) Looker
11 2 (0.11%) OLAP
12 1 (0.057%) BigQuery
12 1 (0.057%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 250 (14.31%) JIRA
2 13 (0.74%) Jenkins
3 10 (0.57%) Sonatype Nexus
4 7 (0.40%) Postman
5 5 (0.29%) Balsamiq
6 3 (0.17%) Toad
7 2 (0.11%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.11%) GitLab
8 1 (0.057%) Gemini Tracker
8 1 (0.057%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.057%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.057%) SonarQube
General
1 614 (35.15%) Finance
2 589 (33.71%) Social Skills
3 394 (22.55%) Analytical Skills
4 266 (15.23%) Banking
5 150 (8.59%) Public Sector
6 130 (7.44%) Documentation Skills
7 86 (4.92%) Front Office
8 84 (4.81%) Retail
9 68 (3.89%) Investment Banking
10 65 (3.72%) Legal
11 56 (3.21%) Presentation Skills
12 48 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
13 38 (2.18%) Financial Institution
14 37 (2.12%) Marketing
15 34 (1.95%) Back Office
16 32 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
17 24 (1.37%) Manufacturing
18 22 (1.26%) Local Government
19 20 (1.14%) Law
19 20 (1.14%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.49%) XML
2 23 (1.32%) REST
3 17 (0.97%) JSON
4 16 (0.92%) Oracle Fusion
5 13 (0.74%) ADO
5 13 (0.74%) SOAP
6 11 (0.63%) Middleware
6 11 (0.63%) VML
7 9 (0.52%) Swagger
8 6 (0.34%) OAuth
9 5 (0.29%) FHIR
9 5 (0.29%) NumPy
9 5 (0.29%) Pandas
10 4 (0.23%) .NET
10 4 (0.23%) 802.1X
10 4 (0.23%) JWT
10 4 (0.23%) OpenAPI
10 4 (0.23%) SailPoint
11 3 (0.17%) STL
11 3 (0.17%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 153 (8.76%) Product Ownership
2 48 (2.75%) Derivative
3 43 (2.46%) Analytical Mindset
3 43 (2.46%) Onboarding
4 41 (2.35%) Fixed Income
5 40 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
6 39 (2.23%) Data Protection Act
7 32 (1.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 26 (1.49%) Credit Risk
9 24 (1.37%) NHS
10 23 (1.32%) Data Structures
10 23 (1.32%) Hedge funds
11 22 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
12 19 (1.09%) Management Information System
12 19 (1.09%) Market Risk
13 18 (1.03%) Operational Technology
14 16 (0.92%) PMI
15 15 (0.86%) Equities
16 14 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
17 12 (0.69%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.74%) Windows
2 8 (0.46%) Linux
3 6 (0.34%) Unix
4 5 (0.29%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.17%) Android
6 2 (0.11%) AIX
6 2 (0.11%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.11%) Solaris
6 2 (0.11%) VMS
6 2 (0.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 565 (32.34%) Agile
2 516 (29.54%) Business Analysis
3 505 (28.91%) Stakeholder Management
4 437 (25.01%) Requirements Gathering
5 426 (24.38%) User Stories
6 408 (23.35%) Workshop Facilitation
7 334 (19.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 282 (16.14%) User Acceptance Testing
9 255 (14.60%) Acceptance Criteria
10 245 (14.02%) Problem-Solving
11 226 (12.94%) Migration
12 163 (9.33%) Decision-Making
12 163 (9.33%) Validation
13 152 (8.70%) Data Analysis
14 146 (8.36%) Process Improvement
15 142 (8.13%) Data Modelling
16 140 (8.01%) Scrum
17 135 (7.73%) DevOps
18 132 (7.56%) GAP Analysis
19 116 (6.64%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 174 (9.96%) SQL
2 41 (2.35%) Python
3 12 (0.69%) Korn
4 5 (0.29%) Java
5 4 (0.23%) R
5 4 (0.23%) VBA
6 3 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.11%) C#
7 2 (0.11%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.11%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.057%) ABAP
8 1 (0.057%) C
8 1 (0.057%) Groovy
8 1 (0.057%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.057%) Ruby
8 1 (0.057%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 236 (13.51%) Security Cleared
2 192 (10.99%) SC Cleared
3 148 (8.47%) Degree
4 50 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
5 48 (2.75%) CBAP
6 45 (2.58%) IIBA
7 24 (1.37%) PMI Certification
8 14 (0.80%) CSPO
9 12 (0.69%) PMP
10 10 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (0.57%) ISEB
11 9 (0.52%) ACCA
12 8 (0.46%) CIMA
12 8 (0.46%) DV Cleared
13 7 (0.40%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.23%) CFA
14 4 (0.23%) MBA
15 3 (0.17%) Azure Certification
15 3 (0.17%) FFIEC
15 3 (0.17%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (5.55%) QA
2 88 (5.04%) Data Quality
3 46 (2.63%) GDPR
4 25 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 25 (1.43%) NIST
5 22 (1.26%) Accessibility
6 17 (0.97%) EMIR
7 15 (0.86%) MiFID
8 11 (0.63%) GRC
9 10 (0.57%) PMO
10 9 (0.52%) ISO 20022
10 9 (0.52%) PSD2
10 9 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
11 7 (0.40%) IFRS
12 6 (0.34%) Basel III
12 6 (0.34%) COBIT
12 6 (0.34%) ISO 8583
12 6 (0.34%) Solvency II
13 5 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (0.34%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.11%) Docker
2 2 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.057%) RACF
Systems Management
1 11 (0.63%) Ansible
2 5 (0.29%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.29%) Terraform
3 2 (0.11%) Control-M
3 2 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.057%) Autotask
4 1 (0.057%) Grafana
4 1 (0.057%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.057%) Kibana
4 1 (0.057%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.057%) SCCM
4 1 (0.057%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 158 (9.04%) Microsoft
2 113 (6.47%) Salesforce
3 101 (5.78%) SAP
4 55 (3.15%) Oracle
5 50 (2.86%) ServiceNow
6 32 (1.83%) Murex
7 20 (1.14%) Databricks
8 19 (1.09%) Workday
9 17 (0.97%) Bloomberg
10 12 (0.69%) Splunk
11 11 (0.63%) OpenLink
12 10 (0.57%) Guidewire
12 10 (0.57%) Pega
12 10 (0.57%) Planon
12 10 (0.57%) Sonatype
13 9 (0.52%) Avaloq
13 9 (0.52%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 8 (0.46%) Zuora
15 7 (0.40%) Charles River
15 7 (0.40%) Sage