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 3 June 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 38 41
Rank change year-on-year -11 +3 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,730 1,226 1,554
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.15% 5.12% 4.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.49% 5.54% 4.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,190 846 1,139
10th Percentile £356 £358 £380
25th Percentile £416 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £629
90th Percentile £725 £768 £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 £62.00 £34.11 £28.00
% change year-on-year +81.76% +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 38,507 22,115 34,261
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.34% 92.38% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,765 14,615 22,560
10th Percentile £325 £290 £285
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £517 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% -1.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £504 £525
% change year-on-year +1.69% -4.00% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,712 936 2,585
10th Percentile £15.79 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.13 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.00 £29.57 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year +52.21% -21.68% -16.11%
75th Percentile £67.50 £60.00 £62.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +51.79% -25.33% -16.67%

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 3 June 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 3 June 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 3 June 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 -9 1,014 £550 -4.35% 200
North of England -7 275 £433 +1.88% 82
Midlands -2 169 £475 - 53
West Midlands +4 140 £475 -5.00% 31
South East -14 139 £500 +2.56% 82
North West -11 127 £400 -5.88% 36
Yorkshire -5 114 £488 +11.81% 33
South West -4 71 £425 -10.53% 41
North East +5 47 £450 +12.50% 14
East of England -17 36 £500 +16.96% 29
East Midlands -31 28 £393 +4.80% 22
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 June 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.

1 563 (32.54%) Agile
2 515 (29.77%) Business Analysis
3 505 (29.19%) Stakeholder Management
4 436 (25.20%) Requirements Gathering
5 426 (24.62%) User Stories
6 404 (23.35%) Workshop Facilitation
7 339 (19.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 285 (16.47%) User Acceptance Testing
9 265 (15.32%) Acceptance Criteria
10 247 (14.28%) JIRA
11 246 (14.22%) Problem-Solving
12 232 (13.41%) Security Cleared
13 212 (12.25%) Migration
14 191 (11.04%) Confluence
15 187 (10.81%) SC Cleared
16 169 (9.77%) Validation
17 168 (9.71%) SQL
18 162 (9.36%) Microsoft
19 153 (8.84%) Decision-Making
20 152 (8.79%) Data Analysis
21 143 (8.27%) Degree
21 143 (8.27%) Scrum
22 142 (8.21%) DevOps
23 141 (8.15%) Process Improvement
24 139 (8.03%) Azure
25 136 (7.86%) Data Modelling
26 130 (7.51%) GAP Analysis
27 122 (7.05%) MS Visio
28 116 (6.71%) Impact Assessments
29 112 (6.47%) Project Management

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
1 191 (11.04%) Confluence
2 21 (1.21%) 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
1 122 (7.05%) MS Visio
2 97 (5.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 48 (2.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 46 (2.66%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.17%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.17%) Notion
6 3 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.058%) CATIA
7 1 (0.058%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.058%) Trello
Business Applications
1 21 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
1 21 (1.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (1.16%) Aladdin
3 13 (0.75%) Endur
4 11 (0.64%) Salesforce CRM
5 6 (0.35%) Findur
5 6 (0.35%) Loan IQ
5 6 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
5 6 (0.35%) Summit
6 5 (0.29%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 5 (0.29%) Maximo
6 5 (0.29%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
6 5 (0.29%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.23%) Actimize
7 4 (0.23%) Adobe Campaign
7 4 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
7 4 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.23%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 139 (8.03%) Azure
2 106 (6.13%) Power Platform
3 63 (3.64%) AWS
4 48 (2.77%) Azure DevOps
5 26 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
6 21 (1.21%) Microsoft 365
7 20 (1.16%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 19 (1.10%) Lucidchart
9 18 (1.04%) SaaS
10 15 (0.87%) Miro
11 14 (0.81%) Snowflake
12 13 (0.75%) GitHub
13 11 (0.64%) Azure Data Factory
13 11 (0.64%) Power Automate
14 10 (0.58%) GCP
14 10 (0.58%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 9 (0.52%) Figma
16 8 (0.46%) PowerApps
17 7 (0.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 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
5 1 (0.058%) 5G
5 1 (0.058%) Broadband
5 1 (0.058%) DNSSEC
5 1 (0.058%) Extranet
5 1 (0.058%) Firewall
5 1 (0.058%) PBX
5 1 (0.058%) SNMP
5 1 (0.058%) SONET
5 1 (0.058%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (5.03%) Power BI
2 38 (2.20%) Data Warehouse
3 28 (1.62%) Tableau
4 27 (1.56%) Metadata
5 15 (0.87%) Relational Database
6 7 (0.40%) Big Data
6 7 (0.40%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.35%) Electronic Patient Records
7 6 (0.35%) RDBMS
8 4 (0.23%) 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%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.058%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 247 (14.28%) JIRA
2 12 (0.69%) Jenkins
3 9 (0.52%) 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
1 607 (35.09%) Finance
2 582 (33.64%) Social Skills
3 396 (22.89%) Analytical Skills
4 260 (15.03%) Banking
5 150 (8.67%) Public Sector
6 130 (7.51%) Documentation Skills
7 93 (5.38%) Front Office
8 81 (4.68%) Retail
9 68 (3.93%) Investment Banking
10 64 (3.70%) Legal
11 56 (3.24%) Presentation Skills
12 45 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
13 38 (2.20%) Back Office
14 36 (2.08%) Financial Institution
15 35 (2.02%) Marketing
16 32 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
17 24 (1.39%) Manufacturing
18 23 (1.33%) Local Government
19 20 (1.16%) Law
20 17 (0.98%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.56%) XML
2 21 (1.21%) REST
3 17 (0.98%) JSON
3 17 (0.98%) Oracle Fusion
4 15 (0.87%) ADO
5 13 (0.75%) SOAP
6 11 (0.64%) Middleware
7 9 (0.52%) Swagger
7 9 (0.52%) VML
8 6 (0.35%) 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%) YAML
11 3 (0.17%) RESTful
11 3 (0.17%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 155 (8.96%) Product Ownership
2 50 (2.89%) Derivative
3 45 (2.60%) Onboarding
4 42 (2.43%) Fixed Income
5 41 (2.37%) Analytical Mindset
6 38 (2.20%) Data Protection Act
7 37 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
8 34 (1.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 27 (1.56%) Credit Risk
10 26 (1.50%) Hedge funds
11 25 (1.45%) NHS
12 22 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
13 20 (1.16%) Data Structures
13 20 (1.16%) Market Risk
14 19 (1.10%) Management Information System
14 19 (1.10%) Operational Technology
15 15 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
16 14 (0.81%) Equities
16 14 (0.81%) PMI
17 13 (0.75%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 12 (0.69%) Windows
2 6 (0.35%) Linux
2 6 (0.35%) Unix
3 5 (0.29%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.23%) Android
5 2 (0.12%) AIX
5 2 (0.12%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.12%) Solaris
5 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.058%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 563 (32.54%) Agile
2 515 (29.77%) Business Analysis
3 505 (29.19%) Stakeholder Management
4 436 (25.20%) Requirements Gathering
5 426 (24.62%) User Stories
6 404 (23.35%) Workshop Facilitation
7 339 (19.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 285 (16.47%) User Acceptance Testing
9 265 (15.32%) Acceptance Criteria
10 246 (14.22%) Problem-Solving
11 212 (12.25%) Migration
12 169 (9.77%) Validation
13 153 (8.84%) Decision-Making
14 152 (8.79%) Data Analysis
15 143 (8.27%) Scrum
16 142 (8.21%) DevOps
17 141 (8.15%) Process Improvement
18 136 (7.86%) Data Modelling
19 130 (7.51%) GAP Analysis
20 116 (6.71%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 168 (9.71%) SQL
2 41 (2.37%) 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%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.058%) ABAP
8 1 (0.058%) C
8 1 (0.058%) C#
8 1 (0.058%) Groovy
8 1 (0.058%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.058%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.058%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.058%) Ruby
8 1 (0.058%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 232 (13.41%) Security Cleared
2 187 (10.81%) SC Cleared
3 143 (8.27%) Degree
4 50 (2.89%) BPSS Clearance
5 43 (2.49%) IIBA
6 40 (2.31%) CBAP
7 23 (1.33%) PMI Certification
8 13 (0.75%) PMP
9 11 (0.64%) ACCA
10 10 (0.58%) CIMA
10 10 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (0.58%) ISEB
11 9 (0.52%) CSPO
12 8 (0.46%) DV Cleared
13 7 (0.40%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.23%) FFIEC
14 4 (0.23%) MBA
15 3 (0.17%) Azure Certification
15 3 (0.17%) CFA
15 3 (0.17%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (5.32%) QA
2 85 (4.91%) Data Quality
3 46 (2.66%) GDPR
4 27 (1.56%) NIST
5 25 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 21 (1.21%) Accessibility
7 17 (0.98%) EMIR
8 14 (0.81%) MiFID
9 12 (0.69%) GRC
10 11 (0.64%) PMO
11 10 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (0.52%) IFRS
12 9 (0.52%) ISO 20022
12 9 (0.52%) PSD2
13 7 (0.40%) COBIT
13 7 (0.40%) Solvency II
14 6 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.35%) ISO 8583
15 5 (0.29%) HL7
15 5 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (0.29%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.12%) Docker
4 1 (0.058%) RACF
4 1 (0.058%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (0.58%) Ansible
2 5 (0.29%) Terraform
3 4 (0.23%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.12%) Control-M
4 2 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.058%) Autotask
5 1 (0.058%) Grafana
5 1 (0.058%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.058%) Kibana
5 1 (0.058%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.058%) SCCM
5 1 (0.058%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 162 (9.36%) Microsoft
2 110 (6.36%) Salesforce
3 99 (5.72%) SAP
4 57 (3.29%) Oracle
5 53 (3.06%) ServiceNow
6 32 (1.85%) Murex
7 21 (1.21%) Databricks
8 19 (1.10%) Workday
9 16 (0.92%) Bloomberg
10 12 (0.69%) Splunk
11 11 (0.64%) OpenLink
12 10 (0.58%) Guidewire
12 10 (0.58%) Planon
13 9 (0.52%) Avaloq
13 9 (0.52%) Pega
13 9 (0.52%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 9 (0.52%) Sonatype
14 8 (0.46%) ION Trading
15 7 (0.40%) Charles River
15 7 (0.40%) Cisco