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 25 May 2026.

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

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 38 41
Rank change year-on-year -10 +3 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,737 1,211 1,566
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.20% 5.05% 4.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.55% 5.47% 4.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,200 844 1,139
10th Percentile £358 £359 £375
25th Percentile £417 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £538
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -3.26% +2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £630
90th Percentile £720 £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% -64.00%
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% -55.20%

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 38,208 22,129 33,862
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.30% 92.30% 92.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,677 14,721 22,447
10th Percentile £320 £290 £284
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,654 888 2,492
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.50 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.00 £29.07 £37.18
Median % change year-on-year +54.80% -21.81% -17.38%
75th Percentile £67.50 £62.24 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £73.70
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £27.97 £36.50
% change year-on-year +51.98% -23.38% -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 25 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 25 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 25 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 -6 1,015 £535 -6.96% 160
North of England +3 279 £432 +1.53% 82
Midlands -2 174 £475 - 27
West Midlands +3 145 £475 -5.00% 14
South East -11 140 £500 +2.56% 63
North West -13 128 £400 -4.48% 33
Yorkshire -2 119 £488 +8.33% 34
South West -8 72 £425 -10.53% 21
North East +9 49 £450 +12.50% 16
East of England -23 34 £500 +13.64% 23
East Midlands -28 28 £393 +4.80% 13
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 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.

1 560 (32.24%) Agile
2 513 (29.53%) Business Analysis
3 505 (29.07%) Stakeholder Management
4 434 (24.99%) Requirements Gathering
5 423 (24.35%) User Stories
6 402 (23.14%) Workshop Facilitation
7 333 (19.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 283 (16.29%) User Acceptance Testing
9 256 (14.74%) Acceptance Criteria
10 250 (14.39%) JIRA
11 247 (14.22%) Problem-Solving
12 235 (13.53%) Security Cleared
13 220 (12.67%) Migration
14 196 (11.28%) Confluence
15 191 (11.00%) SC Cleared
16 175 (10.07%) SQL
17 163 (9.38%) Validation
18 158 (9.10%) Microsoft
19 155 (8.92%) Decision-Making
20 152 (8.75%) Data Analysis
21 144 (8.29%) Degree
22 143 (8.23%) Process Improvement
23 139 (8.00%) Data Modelling
23 139 (8.00%) Scrum
24 137 (7.89%) DevOps
25 133 (7.66%) Azure
26 132 (7.60%) GAP Analysis
27 131 (7.54%) MS Visio
28 116 (6.68%) Impact Assessments
29 113 (6.51%) Project Delivery

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
1 196 (11.28%) Confluence
2 22 (1.27%) SharePoint
3 17 (0.98%) SAS
4 5 (0.29%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.17%) Appian
5 3 (0.17%) CMS
6 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.058%) Apache
7 1 (0.058%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 131 (7.54%) MS Visio
2 102 (5.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 50 (2.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 49 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.29%) Notion
7 3 (0.17%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.058%) CATIA
8 1 (0.058%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.058%) Trello
Business Applications
1 22 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 20 (1.15%) Aladdin
4 12 (0.69%) Endur
5 10 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
6 8 (0.46%) NetSuite
7 6 (0.35%) Findur
7 6 (0.35%) Loan IQ
7 6 (0.35%) 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
1 133 (7.66%) Azure
2 110 (6.33%) Power Platform
3 64 (3.68%) AWS
4 43 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
5 31 (1.78%) Dynamics 365
6 24 (1.38%) Microsoft 365
7 23 (1.32%) Lucidchart
8 20 (1.15%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 18 (1.04%) SaaS
10 15 (0.86%) Miro
11 14 (0.81%) GitHub
11 14 (0.81%) Snowflake
12 12 (0.69%) GCP
13 11 (0.63%) Power Automate
14 10 (0.58%) Azure Data Factory
14 10 (0.58%) 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 Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.40%) Network Security
2 6 (0.35%) Wireless
3 3 (0.17%) Intranet
4 2 (0.12%) 802.11
4 2 (0.12%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (0.12%) DNS
4 2 (0.12%) Internet
4 2 (0.12%) VPN
4 2 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.12%) Wireless Security
4 2 (0.12%) WLAN
4 2 (0.12%) X.25
5 1 (0.058%) 5G
5 1 (0.058%) Broadband
5 1 (0.058%) Extranet
5 1 (0.058%) Firewall
5 1 (0.058%) PBX
5 1 (0.058%) SONET
5 1 (0.058%) TETRA
5 1 (0.058%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (5.24%) Power BI
2 42 (2.42%) Data Warehouse
3 30 (1.73%) Tableau
4 26 (1.50%) Metadata
5 15 (0.86%) Relational Database
6 7 (0.40%) Big Data
6 7 (0.40%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.35%) RDBMS
8 5 (0.29%) Electronic Patient Records
9 3 (0.17%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 3 (0.17%) Power Query
9 3 (0.17%) SQL Server
10 2 (0.12%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.12%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.12%) Data Vault
10 2 (0.12%) Looker
10 2 (0.12%) OLAP
11 1 (0.058%) Amazon QuickSight
11 1 (0.058%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 250 (14.39%) JIRA
2 13 (0.75%) Jenkins
3 10 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
4 7 (0.40%) Postman
5 5 (0.29%) Balsamiq
6 3 (0.17%) Toad
7 2 (0.12%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.12%) GitLab
8 1 (0.058%) Gemini Tracker
8 1 (0.058%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.058%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.058%) SonarQube
General
1 612 (35.23%) Finance
2 591 (34.02%) Social Skills
3 393 (22.63%) Analytical Skills
4 265 (15.26%) Banking
5 149 (8.58%) Public Sector
6 128 (7.37%) Documentation Skills
7 86 (4.95%) Front Office
8 83 (4.78%) Retail
9 68 (3.91%) Investment Banking
10 64 (3.68%) Legal
11 56 (3.22%) Presentation Skills
12 47 (2.71%) Influencing Skills
13 38 (2.19%) Financial Institution
14 36 (2.07%) Marketing
15 35 (2.01%) Back Office
16 32 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
17 24 (1.38%) Manufacturing
18 22 (1.27%) Local Government
19 20 (1.15%) Law
19 20 (1.15%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.50%) XML
2 23 (1.32%) REST
3 17 (0.98%) JSON
4 16 (0.92%) Oracle Fusion
5 13 (0.75%) ADO
5 13 (0.75%) SOAP
6 11 (0.63%) Middleware
7 10 (0.58%) VML
8 9 (0.52%) Swagger
9 6 (0.35%) OAuth
10 5 (0.29%) FHIR
10 5 (0.29%) NumPy
10 5 (0.29%) Pandas
11 4 (0.23%) .NET
11 4 (0.23%) 802.1X
11 4 (0.23%) JWT
11 4 (0.23%) OpenAPI
11 4 (0.23%) SailPoint
12 3 (0.17%) SAML
12 3 (0.17%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 154 (8.87%) Product Ownership
2 48 (2.76%) Derivative
3 43 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
4 42 (2.42%) Onboarding
5 41 (2.36%) Fixed Income
6 40 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
7 38 (2.19%) Data Protection Act
8 31 (1.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 26 (1.50%) Credit Risk
10 24 (1.38%) Hedge funds
10 24 (1.38%) NHS
11 22 (1.27%) Data Structures
11 22 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
12 19 (1.09%) Management Information System
12 19 (1.09%) Market Risk
13 18 (1.04%) Operational Technology
14 16 (0.92%) PMI
15 15 (0.86%) Equities
15 15 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
16 12 (0.69%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.75%) Windows
2 8 (0.46%) Linux
3 6 (0.35%) Unix
4 5 (0.29%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.17%) Android
6 2 (0.12%) AIX
6 2 (0.12%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.12%) Solaris
6 2 (0.12%) VMS
6 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 560 (32.24%) Agile
2 513 (29.53%) Business Analysis
3 505 (29.07%) Stakeholder Management
4 434 (24.99%) Requirements Gathering
5 423 (24.35%) User Stories
6 402 (23.14%) Workshop Facilitation
7 333 (19.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 283 (16.29%) User Acceptance Testing
9 256 (14.74%) Acceptance Criteria
10 247 (14.22%) Problem-Solving
11 220 (12.67%) Migration
12 163 (9.38%) Validation
13 155 (8.92%) Decision-Making
14 152 (8.75%) Data Analysis
15 143 (8.23%) Process Improvement
16 139 (8.00%) Data Modelling
16 139 (8.00%) Scrum
17 137 (7.89%) DevOps
18 132 (7.60%) GAP Analysis
19 116 (6.68%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 175 (10.07%) SQL
2 41 (2.36%) 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 (0.12%) C#
7 2 (0.12%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.12%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.058%) ABAP
8 1 (0.058%) C
8 1 (0.058%) Groovy
8 1 (0.058%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.058%) Ruby
8 1 (0.058%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 235 (13.53%) Security Cleared
2 191 (11.00%) SC Cleared
3 144 (8.29%) Degree
4 50 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
5 48 (2.76%) CBAP
6 45 (2.59%) IIBA
7 24 (1.38%) PMI Certification
8 13 (0.75%) CSPO
9 12 (0.69%) PMP
10 10 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (0.58%) 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 (5.58%) QA
2 86 (4.95%) Data Quality
3 46 (2.65%) GDPR
4 25 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 25 (1.44%) NIST
5 21 (1.21%) Accessibility
6 17 (0.98%) EMIR
7 15 (0.86%) MiFID
8 11 (0.63%) GRC
9 10 (0.58%) 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
11 7 (0.40%) Solvency II
12 6 (0.35%) Basel III
12 6 (0.35%) COBIT
12 6 (0.35%) ISO 8583
13 5 (0.29%) HL7
System Software
1 6 (0.35%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.12%) Docker
2 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.058%) RACF
Systems Management
1 11 (0.63%) Ansible
2 5 (0.29%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.29%) Terraform
3 2 (0.12%) Control-M
3 2 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.058%) Autotask
4 1 (0.058%) Grafana
4 1 (0.058%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.058%) Kibana
4 1 (0.058%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.058%) SCCM
4 1 (0.058%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 158 (9.10%) Microsoft
2 112 (6.45%) Salesforce
3 101 (5.81%) SAP
4 55 (3.17%) Oracle
5 50 (2.88%) ServiceNow
6 32 (1.84%) Murex
7 21 (1.21%) Databricks
8 19 (1.09%) Workday
9 17 (0.98%) Bloomberg
10 12 (0.69%) Splunk
11 11 (0.63%) OpenLink
12 10 (0.58%) Guidewire
12 10 (0.58%) Pega
12 10 (0.58%) Planon
12 10 (0.58%) 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%) ION Trading