Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

Business Analyst (BA)
UK > England

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in England is £507, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 36 42
Rank change year-on-year -16 +6 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,802 1,448 1,430
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.00% 5.25% 4.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.33% 5.72% 4.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,213 1,000 1,051
10th Percentile £363 £357 £363
25th Percentile £425 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.17% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £626
90th Percentile £688 £768 £731
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 11 10
10th Percentile £28.82 £25.26 £25.98
25th Percentile £34.87 £29.61 £40.88
Median hourly rate £58.50 £47.50 £58.25
Median % change year-on-year +23.16% -18.45% -8.63%
75th Percentile £77.65 £53.75 £73.69
90th Percentile £104.00 £72.50 £80.88
UK median hourly rate £56.75 £40.75 £50.00
% change year-on-year +39.26% -18.50% -21.57%

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 41,654 25,335 31,942
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.55% 91.78% 92.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,384 16,465 21,086
10th Percentile £325 £288 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,020 1,281 2,007
10th Percentile £16.00 £13.75 £13.86
25th Percentile £22.20 £17.79 £19.22
Median hourly rate £45.25 £26.30 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +72.05% -38.84% -1.71%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.49 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £25.15 £42.03
% change year-on-year +70.97% -40.16% -2.26%

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 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 27 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 27 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 -15 1,044 £550 -4.35% 133
North of England -17 268 £450 +4.41% 98
South East -3 177 £500 +2.56% 93
Midlands -1 172 £467 +16.63% 37
West Midlands +15 136 £475 -2.56% 25
North West -33 126 £428 -2.39% 35
Yorkshire -23 105 £475 +15.64% 39
South West -3 77 £454 -3.25% 33
North East -9 38 £475 -8.65% 24
East of England -9 34 £475 +7.95% 29
East Midlands -25 34 £460 +27.78% 12
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 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.

1 563 (31.24%) Agile
2 552 (30.63%) Business Analysis
3 551 (30.58%) Stakeholder Management
4 487 (27.03%) Requirements Gathering
5 447 (24.81%) User Stories
6 444 (24.64%) Workshop Facilitation
7 357 (19.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 330 (18.31%) User Acceptance Testing
9 280 (15.54%) Acceptance Criteria
10 235 (13.04%) JIRA
11 234 (12.99%) Problem-Solving
12 205 (11.38%) Migration
13 203 (11.27%) Validation
14 185 (10.27%) Process Improvement
14 185 (10.27%) Security Cleared
15 178 (9.88%) SQL
16 167 (9.27%) Decision-Making
17 165 (9.16%) Data Analysis
18 163 (9.05%) Azure
18 163 (9.05%) Confluence
18 163 (9.05%) Microsoft
19 146 (8.10%) Data Modelling
19 146 (8.10%) SC Cleared
20 145 (8.05%) AI
21 138 (7.66%) Degree
22 137 (7.60%) Scrum
23 127 (7.05%) DevOps
24 117 (6.49%) Business Intelligence
25 115 (6.38%) Salesforce
26 114 (6.33%) GAP Analysis

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
1 163 (9.05%) Confluence
2 29 (1.61%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.33%) CMS
4 5 (0.28%) Jupyter
4 5 (0.28%) SAS
5 3 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.11%) Apache
6 2 (0.11%) Appian
6 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.055%) Camunda
7 1 (0.055%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.055%) Moodle
7 1 (0.055%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.055%) Totara
Applications
1 114 (6.33%) MS Visio
2 76 (4.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 34 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 30 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.22%) Notion
6 3 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.055%) CATIA
7 1 (0.055%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.055%) InfoPath
7 1 (0.055%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.055%) Trello
Business Applications
1 27 (1.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 24 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.89%) Salesforce CRM
4 14 (0.78%) Aladdin
5 9 (0.50%) Endur
6 8 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
7 6 (0.33%) Findur
7 6 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
7 6 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
7 6 (0.33%) SAP HR
8 5 (0.28%) Actimize
8 5 (0.28%) Fidessa
8 5 (0.28%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 5 (0.28%) Maximo
8 5 (0.28%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.22%) Adobe Campaign
9 4 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
9 4 (0.22%) HFM
9 4 (0.22%) SAP CO
9 4 (0.22%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 163 (9.05%) Azure
2 112 (6.22%) Power Platform
3 65 (3.61%) Azure DevOps
4 49 (2.72%) AWS
5 35 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
6 25 (1.39%) Microsoft 365
7 24 (1.33%) SaaS
8 22 (1.22%) Lucidchart
8 22 (1.22%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 19 (1.05%) Snowflake
10 15 (0.83%) GCP
10 15 (0.83%) Miro
11 14 (0.78%) Microsoft Copilot
11 14 (0.78%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 13 (0.72%) Azure Data Factory
12 13 (0.72%) Power Automate
13 12 (0.67%) Entra ID
14 11 (0.61%) Figma
14 11 (0.61%) SuccessFactors
15 10 (0.55%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.50%) 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 94 (5.22%) Power BI
2 42 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
3 34 (1.89%) Metadata
4 25 (1.39%) Tableau
5 16 (0.89%) Relational Database
6 12 (0.67%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.33%) Data Mining
7 6 (0.33%) Electronic Patient Records
8 5 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
8 5 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.22%) Big Data
9 4 (0.22%) RDBMS
9 4 (0.22%) SQL Server
9 4 (0.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.17%) SAP BW
11 2 (0.11%) Data Vault
11 2 (0.11%) Looker
11 2 (0.11%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.11%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 235 (13.04%) JIRA
2 7 (0.39%) Balsamiq
2 7 (0.39%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (0.17%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.11%) GitLab
5 2 (0.11%) Postman
5 2 (0.11%) Toad
6 1 (0.055%) Gemini Tracker
6 1 (0.055%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.055%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.055%) SonarQube
General
1 633 (35.13%) Finance
2 557 (30.91%) Social Skills
3 418 (23.20%) Analytical Skills
4 243 (13.49%) Banking
5 156 (8.66%) Public Sector
6 137 (7.60%) Documentation Skills
7 94 (5.22%) Front Office
8 93 (5.16%) Retail
9 68 (3.77%) Legal
10 64 (3.55%) Investment Banking
11 51 (2.83%) Presentation Skills
12 40 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
13 36 (2.00%) Manufacturing
14 35 (1.94%) Back Office
14 35 (1.94%) Marketing
15 33 (1.83%) Local Government
15 33 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
16 32 (1.78%) Financial Institution
17 26 (1.44%) Police
18 23 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (1.55%) Oracle Fusion
2 20 (1.11%) XML
3 16 (0.89%) ADO
3 16 (0.89%) JSON
3 16 (0.89%) Middleware
4 8 (0.44%) SailPoint
5 7 (0.39%) REST
6 5 (0.28%) NumPy
6 5 (0.28%) Pandas
6 5 (0.28%) SOAP
6 5 (0.28%) STL
7 4 (0.22%) 802.1X
7 4 (0.22%) FHIR
7 4 (0.22%) Swagger
7 4 (0.22%) VML
8 3 (0.17%) EDI
8 3 (0.17%) FIX Protocol
8 3 (0.17%) OpenAPI
9 2 (0.11%) OAuth
9 2 (0.11%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 159 (8.82%) Product Ownership
2 67 (3.72%) Onboarding
3 55 (3.05%) Derivative
4 49 (2.72%) Analytical Mindset
5 41 (2.28%) Data Protection Act
6 37 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
7 36 (2.00%) Fixed Income
8 33 (1.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 31 (1.72%) Data Structures
10 28 (1.55%) Management Information System
11 27 (1.50%) Operational Technology
12 26 (1.44%) Hedge funds
12 26 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
13 22 (1.22%) Reference Data
14 21 (1.17%) Credit Risk
15 20 (1.11%) Market Risk
16 17 (0.94%) Equities
16 17 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
16 17 (0.94%) NHS
17 15 (0.83%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.72%) Windows
2 6 (0.33%) Apple iOS
3 5 (0.28%) Android
4 4 (0.22%) Unix
5 3 (0.17%) Linux
6 2 (0.11%) AIX
6 2 (0.11%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.11%) Solaris
6 2 (0.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 563 (31.24%) Agile
2 552 (30.63%) Business Analysis
3 551 (30.58%) Stakeholder Management
4 487 (27.03%) Requirements Gathering
5 447 (24.81%) User Stories
6 444 (24.64%) Workshop Facilitation
7 357 (19.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 330 (18.31%) User Acceptance Testing
9 280 (15.54%) Acceptance Criteria
10 234 (12.99%) Problem-Solving
11 205 (11.38%) Migration
12 203 (11.27%) Validation
13 185 (10.27%) Process Improvement
14 167 (9.27%) Decision-Making
15 165 (9.16%) Data Analysis
16 146 (8.10%) Data Modelling
17 145 (8.05%) AI
18 137 (7.60%) Scrum
19 127 (7.05%) DevOps
20 117 (6.49%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 178 (9.88%) SQL
2 42 (2.33%) Python
3 14 (0.78%) Korn
4 8 (0.44%) Java
5 4 (0.22%) R
6 2 (0.11%) PL/SQL
6 2 (0.11%) Shell Script
6 2 (0.11%) VBA
7 1 (0.055%) ABAP
7 1 (0.055%) C
7 1 (0.055%) C#
7 1 (0.055%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.055%) Groovy
7 1 (0.055%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.055%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.055%) Ruby
7 1 (0.055%) SOQL
7 1 (0.055%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 185 (10.27%) Security Cleared
2 146 (8.10%) SC Cleared
3 138 (7.66%) Degree
4 45 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 31 (1.72%) CBAP
6 28 (1.55%) IIBA
7 26 (1.44%) PMI Certification
8 17 (0.94%) PMP
9 12 (0.67%) DV Cleared
9 12 (0.67%) ISEB
10 11 (0.61%) ACCA
10 11 (0.61%) CIMA
11 8 (0.44%) FFIEC
11 8 (0.44%) ISTQB
12 6 (0.33%) CSPO
12 6 (0.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 5 (0.28%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 4 (0.22%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (5.83%) Data Quality
2 94 (5.22%) QA
3 36 (2.00%) GDPR
4 30 (1.66%) NIST
5 28 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (1.00%) Accessibility
7 17 (0.94%) MiFID
8 15 (0.83%) EMIR
9 14 (0.78%) GRC
10 11 (0.61%) ISO 20022
11 10 (0.55%) PMO
11 10 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
12 9 (0.50%) COBIT
13 7 (0.39%) Basel III
13 7 (0.39%) SEPA
13 7 (0.39%) Solvency II
14 5 (0.28%) COREP
14 5 (0.28%) IFRS
14 5 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (0.72%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.11%) Docker
5 1 (0.055%) RACF
Systems Management
1 6 (0.33%) Terraform
2 5 (0.28%) Ansible
3 4 (0.22%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.17%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.055%) Autotask
6 1 (0.055%) Control-M
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 (9.05%) Microsoft
2 115 (6.38%) Salesforce
3 108 (5.99%) SAP
4 68 (3.77%) ServiceNow
5 63 (3.50%) Oracle
6 27 (1.50%) Murex
7 26 (1.44%) Databricks
8 22 (1.22%) Workday
9 15 (0.83%) CyberArk
10 13 (0.72%) Pega
11 12 (0.67%) Bloomberg
11 12 (0.67%) Guidewire
12 10 (0.55%) Planon
12 10 (0.55%) Splunk
12 10 (0.55%) Zscaler
13 9 (0.50%) Charles River
13 9 (0.50%) IBM
13 9 (0.50%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 8 (0.44%) ION Trading
14 8 (0.44%) OpenLink