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 10 July 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 37 44
Rank change year-on-year -13 +7 -11
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,820 1,411 1,525
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.06% 5.22% 4.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.39% 5.67% 4.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,237 969 1,104
10th Percentile £358 £358 £363
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £713 £768 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 13 10
10th Percentile £28.21 £25.26 £21.20
25th Percentile £34.87 £27.21 £30.06
Median hourly rate £61.50 £34.11 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year +80.30% -26.25% -24.49%
75th Percentile £78.55 £50.00 £69.31
90th Percentile £104.00 £69.50 £75.38
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £34.06 £50.00
% change year-on-year +76.19% -31.89% -18.37%

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 41,428 24,879 34,445
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.44% 92.04% 92.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,397 16,215 22,554
10th Percentile £325 £293 £300
25th Percentile £420 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £638
90th Percentile £738 £746 £750
UK median daily rate £522 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.40% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,961 1,195 2,501
10th Percentile £16.01 £13.76 £13.00
25th Percentile £22.10 £17.87 £17.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £28.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.71% -30.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67.84 £57.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £74.50 £74.37
UK median hourly rate £43.50 £26.39 £37.50
% change year-on-year +64.87% -29.64% -14.05%

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 10 July 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 10 July 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 10 July 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 -11 1,072 £550 -4.35% 181
North of England -19 267 £450 +5.88% 86
Midlands -2 174 £464 +9.12% 39
South East +2 172 £500 +2.56% 89
West Midlands +7 137 £475 -5.00% 28
North West -27 121 £425 -1.28% 32
Yorkshire -12 110 £463 +12.12% 42
South West +1 70 £450 -1.10% 45
North East -7 39 £475 +18.75% 12
East Midlands -20 35 £425 +13.33% 11
East of England -26 32 £463 +2.78% 17
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 July 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.

1 578 (31.76%) Agile
2 551 (30.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 545 (29.95%) Business Analysis
4 484 (26.59%) Requirements Gathering
5 437 (24.01%) User Stories
6 433 (23.79%) Workshop Facilitation
7 353 (19.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 315 (17.31%) User Acceptance Testing
9 279 (15.33%) Acceptance Criteria
10 250 (13.74%) JIRA
11 244 (13.41%) Problem-Solving
12 210 (11.54%) Migration
13 200 (10.99%) Validation
14 199 (10.93%) Security Cleared
15 187 (10.27%) SQL
16 179 (9.84%) Confluence
17 173 (9.51%) Process Improvement
18 170 (9.34%) Data Analysis
19 168 (9.23%) Decision-Making
20 163 (8.96%) Microsoft
21 160 (8.79%) Azure
22 157 (8.63%) SC Cleared
23 152 (8.35%) Data Modelling
24 143 (7.86%) Degree
25 142 (7.80%) Scrum
26 138 (7.58%) DevOps
27 133 (7.31%) AI
28 125 (6.87%) Impact Assessments
29 122 (6.70%) GAP Analysis
29 122 (6.70%) MS Visio

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
1 179 (9.84%) Confluence
2 31 (1.70%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.49%) SAS
4 6 (0.33%) CMS
5 5 (0.27%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.16%) Appian
7 2 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.055%) Apache
8 1 (0.055%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.055%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 122 (6.70%) MS Visio
2 91 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 45 (2.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 39 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.16%) Notion
6 3 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.11%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.055%) CATIA
8 1 (0.055%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.055%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.055%) Trello
Business Applications
1 26 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (0.99%) Aladdin
4 16 (0.88%) Salesforce CRM
5 11 (0.60%) Endur
6 7 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
7 6 (0.33%) Findur
7 6 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
7 6 (0.33%) Summit
8 5 (0.27%) Actimize
8 5 (0.27%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 5 (0.27%) Maximo
8 5 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.27%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.27%) SAP FI
8 5 (0.27%) SAP HR
9 4 (0.22%) Adobe Campaign
9 4 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
9 4 (0.22%) HFM
9 4 (0.22%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 160 (8.79%) Azure
2 111 (6.10%) Power Platform
3 65 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
4 50 (2.75%) AWS
5 29 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
6 27 (1.48%) Microsoft 365
7 24 (1.32%) Lucidchart
7 24 (1.32%) SaaS
8 21 (1.15%) Snowflake
9 18 (0.99%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 16 (0.88%) Miro
11 14 (0.77%) Azure Data Factory
12 13 (0.71%) GitHub
12 13 (0.71%) Microsoft Copilot
13 12 (0.66%) Figma
13 12 (0.66%) Power Automate
14 11 (0.60%) GCP
14 11 (0.60%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 11 (0.60%) SuccessFactors
15 10 (0.55%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.49%) Network Security
2 6 (0.33%) Intranet
2 6 (0.33%) Wireless
3 2 (0.11%) 802.11
3 2 (0.11%) Cisco ISE
3 2 (0.11%) DNS
3 2 (0.11%) VPN
3 2 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.11%) Wireless Security
3 2 (0.11%) WLAN
4 1 (0.055%) 5G
4 1 (0.055%) DNSSEC
4 1 (0.055%) Extranet
4 1 (0.055%) Firewall
4 1 (0.055%) Internet
4 1 (0.055%) PBX
4 1 (0.055%) SNMP
4 1 (0.055%) SONET
4 1 (0.055%) TETRA
4 1 (0.055%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (5.27%) Power BI
2 42 (2.31%) Data Warehouse
3 32 (1.76%) Metadata
4 26 (1.43%) Tableau
5 17 (0.93%) Relational Database
6 11 (0.60%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.33%) Data Mining
7 6 (0.33%) Electronic Patient Records
7 6 (0.33%) RDBMS
8 5 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
8 5 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.22%) Big Data
9 4 (0.22%) SQL Server
9 4 (0.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.16%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.11%) Looker
11 2 (0.11%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 250 (13.74%) JIRA
2 12 (0.66%) Jenkins
3 9 (0.49%) Sonatype Nexus
4 7 (0.38%) Balsamiq
5 4 (0.22%) Postman
6 3 (0.16%) Eclipse
6 3 (0.16%) Toad
7 2 (0.11%) GitLab
8 1 (0.055%) Gemini Tracker
8 1 (0.055%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.055%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.055%) SonarQube
General
1 640 (35.16%) Finance
2 583 (32.03%) Social Skills
3 416 (22.86%) Analytical Skills
4 261 (14.34%) Banking
5 155 (8.52%) Public Sector
6 136 (7.47%) Documentation Skills
7 97 (5.33%) Front Office
8 91 (5.00%) Retail
9 69 (3.79%) Investment Banking
10 65 (3.57%) Legal
11 51 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
12 43 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
13 38 (2.09%) Manufacturing
14 34 (1.87%) Back Office
14 34 (1.87%) Financial Institution
15 31 (1.70%) Marketing
15 31 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
16 29 (1.59%) Local Government
17 23 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 20 (1.10%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (1.54%) Oracle Fusion
2 25 (1.37%) XML
3 18 (0.99%) JSON
4 16 (0.88%) Middleware
5 15 (0.82%) ADO
6 9 (0.49%) REST
7 7 (0.38%) SOAP
8 6 (0.33%) Swagger
9 5 (0.27%) FHIR
9 5 (0.27%) NumPy
9 5 (0.27%) Pandas
9 5 (0.27%) SailPoint
9 5 (0.27%) VML
10 4 (0.22%) 802.1X
10 4 (0.22%) STL
11 3 (0.16%) EDI
11 3 (0.16%) OpenAPI
11 3 (0.16%) YAML
12 2 (0.11%) .NET
12 2 (0.11%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 156 (8.57%) Product Ownership
2 65 (3.57%) Onboarding
3 58 (3.19%) Derivative
4 45 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
5 43 (2.36%) Data Protection Act
6 42 (2.31%) Fixed Income
7 38 (2.09%) Legacy Systems
8 37 (2.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 30 (1.65%) Credit Risk
10 26 (1.43%) Data Structures
10 26 (1.43%) Hedge funds
10 26 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
11 25 (1.37%) Management Information System
12 23 (1.26%) Market Risk
12 23 (1.26%) Operational Technology
13 18 (0.99%) NHS
14 17 (0.93%) Reference Data
15 16 (0.88%) Equities
15 16 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
15 16 (0.88%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.71%) Windows
2 6 (0.33%) Apple iOS
2 6 (0.33%) Unix
3 5 (0.27%) Android
4 3 (0.16%) Linux
5 2 (0.11%) AIX
5 2 (0.11%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.11%) Solaris
5 2 (0.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 578 (31.76%) Agile
2 551 (30.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 545 (29.95%) Business Analysis
4 484 (26.59%) Requirements Gathering
5 437 (24.01%) User Stories
6 433 (23.79%) Workshop Facilitation
7 353 (19.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 315 (17.31%) User Acceptance Testing
9 279 (15.33%) Acceptance Criteria
10 244 (13.41%) Problem-Solving
11 210 (11.54%) Migration
12 200 (10.99%) Validation
13 173 (9.51%) Process Improvement
14 170 (9.34%) Data Analysis
15 168 (9.23%) Decision-Making
16 152 (8.35%) Data Modelling
17 142 (7.80%) Scrum
18 138 (7.58%) DevOps
19 133 (7.31%) AI
20 125 (6.87%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 187 (10.27%) SQL
2 45 (2.47%) Python
3 14 (0.77%) Korn
4 7 (0.38%) Java
5 4 (0.22%) R
6 3 (0.16%) VBA
7 2 (0.11%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.11%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.055%) ABAP
8 1 (0.055%) C
8 1 (0.055%) C#
8 1 (0.055%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.055%) Groovy
8 1 (0.055%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.055%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.055%) Ruby
8 1 (0.055%) SOQL
8 1 (0.055%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 199 (10.93%) Security Cleared
2 157 (8.63%) SC Cleared
3 143 (7.86%) Degree
4 49 (2.69%) BPSS Clearance
5 34 (1.87%) CBAP
6 31 (1.70%) IIBA
7 22 (1.21%) PMI Certification
8 12 (0.66%) PMP
9 11 (0.60%) ACCA
9 11 (0.60%) CIMA
10 10 (0.55%) ISEB
11 9 (0.49%) DV Cleared
12 8 (0.44%) FFIEC
13 7 (0.38%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (0.27%) CSPO
14 5 (0.27%) ISTQB
15 3 (0.16%) DBS Check
15 3 (0.16%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 3 (0.16%) Master's Degree
15 3 (0.16%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (5.44%) Data Quality
2 88 (4.84%) QA
3 40 (2.20%) GDPR
4 30 (1.65%) NIST
5 28 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 21 (1.15%) Accessibility
7 15 (0.82%) EMIR
7 15 (0.82%) GRC
7 15 (0.82%) MiFID
8 11 (0.60%) ISO 20022
9 10 (0.55%) PMO
9 10 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 9 (0.49%) COBIT
11 7 (0.38%) Basel III
11 7 (0.38%) PSD2
11 7 (0.38%) SEPA
11 7 (0.38%) Solvency II
12 6 (0.33%) IFRS
13 5 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.27%) COREP
System Software
1 6 (0.33%) Active Directory
1 6 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.11%) Docker
4 1 (0.055%) RACF
Systems Management
1 10 (0.55%) Ansible
2 6 (0.33%) Terraform
3 4 (0.22%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.16%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.11%) Control-M
5 2 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.055%) Autotask
6 1 (0.055%) Grafana
6 1 (0.055%) Kibana
6 1 (0.055%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.055%) SCCM
6 1 (0.055%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 163 (8.96%) Microsoft
2 112 (6.15%) SAP
3 111 (6.10%) Salesforce
4 71 (3.90%) ServiceNow
5 67 (3.68%) Oracle
6 33 (1.81%) Murex
7 26 (1.43%) Databricks
8 23 (1.26%) Workday
9 17 (0.93%) Bloomberg
10 12 (0.66%) CyberArk
10 12 (0.66%) Pega
10 12 (0.66%) Splunk
11 11 (0.60%) Guidewire
11 11 (0.60%) ION Trading
12 10 (0.55%) OpenLink
12 10 (0.55%) Planon
13 9 (0.49%) Avaloq
13 9 (0.49%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 9 (0.49%) Sonatype
14 8 (0.44%) Charles River