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 18 June 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 38 41
Rank change year-on-year -10 +3 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,738 1,305 1,565
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.04% 5.26% 4.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.38% 5.70% 4.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,189 900 1,146
10th Percentile £356 £357 £375
25th Percentile £417 £413 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £713 £763 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 13 9
10th Percentile £28.03 - -
25th Percentile £34.53 £25.26 £20.77
Median hourly rate £61.50 £34.11 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +80.30% +21.82% -53.33%
75th Percentile £89.70 £50.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £104.00 £69.50 £69.40
UK median hourly rate £49.25 £33.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year +47.01% -21.18% -29.17%

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 39,699 22,906 35,015
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 92.33% 92.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,420 15,063 22,824
10th Percentile £325 £293 £288
25th Percentile £415 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £635 £638
90th Percentile £733 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,798 1,026 2,684
10th Percentile £15.92 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.28 £18.13 £16.58
Median hourly rate £45.00 £28.75 £39.53
Median % change year-on-year +56.52% -27.26% -12.17%
75th Percentile £67.50 £58.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £43.61 £27.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +58.56% -26.67% -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 18 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 18 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 18 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 -11 1,012 £538 -6.52% 105
North of England -17 262 £435 +5.33% 76
Midlands +2 175 £475 +8.57% 46
South East -8 152 £500 +2.56% 87
West Midlands +19 140 £475 -5.00% 24
North West -19 123 £410 -3.53% 28
Yorkshire -19 105 £475 +15.64% 35
South West +9 76 £425 -7.61% 35
North East -3 43 £475 +18.75% 14
East of England -17 34 £475 +7.95% 17
East Midlands -24 33 £399 +6.40% 22
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 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.

1 557 (32.05%) Agile
2 519 (29.86%) Business Analysis
3 511 (29.40%) Stakeholder Management
4 447 (25.72%) Requirements Gathering
5 429 (24.68%) User Stories
6 401 (23.07%) Workshop Facilitation
7 331 (19.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 295 (16.97%) User Acceptance Testing
9 267 (15.36%) Acceptance Criteria
10 249 (14.33%) JIRA
11 237 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
12 221 (12.72%) Security Cleared
13 202 (11.62%) Migration
14 183 (10.53%) Confluence
15 179 (10.30%) SC Cleared
15 179 (10.30%) Validation
16 171 (9.84%) SQL
17 165 (9.49%) Microsoft
18 157 (9.03%) Data Analysis
19 154 (8.86%) Decision-Making
20 152 (8.75%) Azure
21 148 (8.52%) Process Improvement
22 144 (8.29%) Degree
23 143 (8.23%) DevOps
24 141 (8.11%) Data Modelling
25 140 (8.06%) Scrum
26 122 (7.02%) MS Visio
27 121 (6.96%) Impact Assessments
28 118 (6.79%) GAP Analysis
29 112 (6.44%) Salesforce

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
1 183 (10.53%) Confluence
2 24 (1.38%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.04%) SAS
4 5 (0.29%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.17%) Appian
5 3 (0.17%) CMS
6 2 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.058%) Apache
Applications
1 122 (7.02%) MS Visio
2 94 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 49 (2.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 46 (2.65%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.12%) Notion
8 1 (0.058%) CATIA
8 1 (0.058%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.058%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.058%) Trello
Business Applications
1 20 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.09%) Aladdin
2 19 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.75%) Salesforce CRM
4 11 (0.63%) Endur
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%) Actimize
6 5 (0.29%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 5 (0.29%) Maximo
6 5 (0.29%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.23%) Adobe Campaign
7 4 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (0.23%) HFM
7 4 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
7 4 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.23%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 152 (8.75%) Azure
2 99 (5.70%) Power Platform
3 63 (3.62%) AWS
4 54 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
5 24 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
6 23 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
7 22 (1.27%) Lucidchart
8 20 (1.15%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 18 (1.04%) SaaS
10 16 (0.92%) Snowflake
11 15 (0.86%) Miro
12 13 (0.75%) GitHub
13 12 (0.69%) Power Automate
14 11 (0.63%) Azure Data Factory
14 11 (0.63%) GCP
14 11 (0.63%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 9 (0.52%) Figma
15 9 (0.52%) SuccessFactors
16 8 (0.46%) Microsoft Copilot
17 7 (0.40%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.46%) Network Security
2 6 (0.35%) Wireless
3 4 (0.23%) Intranet
4 2 (0.12%) 802.11
4 2 (0.12%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (0.12%) DNS
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%) DNSSEC
5 1 (0.058%) Extranet
5 1 (0.058%) Firewall
5 1 (0.058%) Internet
5 1 (0.058%) PBX
5 1 (0.058%) SNMP
5 1 (0.058%) SONET
5 1 (0.058%) TETRA
5 1 (0.058%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (4.83%) Power BI
2 36 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
3 27 (1.55%) Tableau
4 26 (1.50%) Metadata
5 15 (0.86%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.35%) Big Data
6 6 (0.35%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.35%) Electronic Patient Records
6 6 (0.35%) RDBMS
7 4 (0.23%) Data Mining
7 4 (0.23%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.17%) Power Query
9 2 (0.12%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.12%) Looker
9 2 (0.12%) OLAP
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.12%) SQL Server
10 1 (0.058%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.058%) MS Access
10 1 (0.058%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 249 (14.33%) JIRA
2 12 (0.69%) Jenkins
3 9 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
4 5 (0.29%) Balsamiq
5 4 (0.23%) Postman
6 3 (0.17%) Eclipse
6 3 (0.17%) Toad
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
1 592 (34.06%) Finance
2 565 (32.51%) Social Skills
3 391 (22.50%) Analytical Skills
4 251 (14.44%) Banking
5 150 (8.63%) Public Sector
6 130 (7.48%) Documentation Skills
7 90 (5.18%) Front Office
8 84 (4.83%) Retail
9 66 (3.80%) Investment Banking
10 65 (3.74%) Legal
11 56 (3.22%) Presentation Skills
12 45 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
13 35 (2.01%) Back Office
13 35 (2.01%) Financial Institution
14 33 (1.90%) Marketing
15 32 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
16 29 (1.67%) Manufacturing
17 23 (1.32%) Local Government
18 20 (1.15%) Law
19 19 (1.09%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.44%) XML
2 22 (1.27%) Oracle Fusion
3 15 (0.86%) ADO
3 15 (0.86%) JSON
3 15 (0.86%) Middleware
4 14 (0.81%) REST
5 10 (0.58%) SOAP
6 8 (0.46%) VML
7 7 (0.40%) Swagger
8 5 (0.29%) FHIR
8 5 (0.29%) NumPy
8 5 (0.29%) OAuth
8 5 (0.29%) Pandas
8 5 (0.29%) SailPoint
9 4 (0.23%) 802.1X
9 4 (0.23%) JWT
9 4 (0.23%) OpenAPI
9 4 (0.23%) YAML
10 3 (0.17%) EDI
10 3 (0.17%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 154 (8.86%) Product Ownership
2 52 (2.99%) Derivative
2 52 (2.99%) Onboarding
3 42 (2.42%) Analytical Mindset
3 42 (2.42%) Fixed Income
4 38 (2.19%) Data Protection Act
5 36 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
6 35 (2.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 26 (1.50%) Credit Risk
7 26 (1.50%) Hedge funds
8 22 (1.27%) Data Structures
8 22 (1.27%) NHS
8 22 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
9 20 (1.15%) Market Risk
9 20 (1.15%) Operational Technology
10 19 (1.09%) Management Information System
11 17 (0.98%) PMI
12 16 (0.92%) Reference Data
13 14 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
13 14 (0.81%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.75%) Windows
2 6 (0.35%) Apple iOS
2 6 (0.35%) Unix
3 5 (0.29%) Android
4 3 (0.17%) Linux
5 2 (0.12%) AIX
5 2 (0.12%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.12%) Solaris
5 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 557 (32.05%) Agile
2 519 (29.86%) Business Analysis
3 511 (29.40%) Stakeholder Management
4 447 (25.72%) Requirements Gathering
5 429 (24.68%) User Stories
6 401 (23.07%) Workshop Facilitation
7 331 (19.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 295 (16.97%) User Acceptance Testing
9 267 (15.36%) Acceptance Criteria
10 237 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
11 202 (11.62%) Migration
12 179 (10.30%) Validation
13 157 (9.03%) Data Analysis
14 154 (8.86%) Decision-Making
15 148 (8.52%) Process Improvement
16 143 (8.23%) DevOps
17 141 (8.11%) Data Modelling
18 140 (8.06%) Scrum
19 121 (6.96%) Impact Assessments
20 118 (6.79%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 171 (9.84%) SQL
2 42 (2.42%) Python
3 13 (0.75%) Korn
4 6 (0.35%) Java
5 4 (0.23%) R
6 3 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (0.17%) VBA
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%) 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
1 221 (12.72%) Security Cleared
2 179 (10.30%) SC Cleared
3 144 (8.29%) Degree
4 51 (2.93%) BPSS Clearance
5 40 (2.30%) IIBA
6 37 (2.13%) CBAP
7 25 (1.44%) PMI Certification
8 12 (0.69%) ACCA
8 12 (0.69%) PMP
9 11 (0.63%) CIMA
10 10 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (0.52%) ISEB
11 9 (0.52%) Master's Degree
12 8 (0.46%) DV Cleared
13 5 (0.29%) CSPO
13 5 (0.29%) FFIEC
13 5 (0.29%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.23%) MBA
15 3 (0.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 3 (0.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (5.29%) QA
2 82 (4.72%) Data Quality
3 46 (2.65%) GDPR
4 28 (1.61%) NIST
5 27 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 20 (1.15%) Accessibility
7 14 (0.81%) GRC
8 13 (0.75%) EMIR
9 12 (0.69%) MiFID
10 10 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 9 (0.52%) PMO
12 8 (0.46%) COBIT
12 8 (0.46%) IFRS
12 8 (0.46%) ISO 20022
13 7 (0.40%) PSD2
13 7 (0.40%) Solvency II
14 5 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.29%) HL7
14 5 (0.29%) ISO 8583
14 5 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (0.40%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.12%) Docker
5 1 (0.058%) RACF
Systems Management
1 10 (0.58%) Ansible
2 6 (0.35%) 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
1 165 (9.49%) Microsoft
2 112 (6.44%) Salesforce
3 106 (6.10%) SAP
4 60 (3.45%) ServiceNow
5 59 (3.39%) Oracle
6 29 (1.67%) Murex
7 21 (1.21%) Databricks
8 18 (1.04%) Workday
9 15 (0.86%) Bloomberg
10 12 (0.69%) Splunk
11 11 (0.63%) Pega
12 10 (0.58%) Guidewire
12 10 (0.58%) ION Trading
12 10 (0.58%) OpenLink
12 10 (0.58%) Planon
13 9 (0.52%) Avaloq
13 9 (0.52%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 9 (0.52%) Sonatype
14 7 (0.40%) Cisco
14 7 (0.40%) Sage