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 16 June 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 37 41
Rank change year-on-year -11 +4 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,755 1,287 1,550
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.10% 5.21% 4.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.43% 5.64% 4.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,200 890 1,135
10th Percentile £356 £358 £375
25th Percentile £418 £413 £450
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 £733
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 £34.87 £25.26 £20.77
Median hourly rate £62.50 £34.11 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +83.23% +21.82% -53.33%
75th Percentile £89.70 £50.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £104.00 £69.50 £69.40
UK median hourly rate £62.00 £33.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year +85.07% -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 39,592 22,802 34,769
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 92.33% 92.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,389 14,983 22,663
10th Percentile £325 £290 £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 £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,786 1,008 2,673
10th Percentile £15.93 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.28 £18.13 £16.58
Median hourly rate £45.00 £28.75 £39.55
Median % change year-on-year +56.52% -27.31% -12.11%
75th Percentile £67.50 £58.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £43.61 £27.45 £37.50
% change year-on-year +58.85% -26.80% -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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -12 1,029 £535 -6.96% 153
North of England -8 268 £435 +5.33% 91
Midlands -5 172 £475 +5.56% 49
South East -12 148 £500 +2.56% 92
West Midlands +5 140 £475 -9.52% 25
North West -22 124 £401 -5.59% 37
Yorkshire -10 110 £475 +15.15% 40
South West +3 75 £425 -7.61% 36
North East 0 45 £475 +18.75% 15
East of England -20 35 £500 +11.11% 25
East Midlands -28 30 £399 +6.40% 23
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 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.

1 571 (32.54%) Agile
2 522 (29.74%) Business Analysis
3 516 (29.40%) Stakeholder Management
4 450 (25.64%) Requirements Gathering
5 436 (24.84%) User Stories
6 407 (23.19%) Workshop Facilitation
7 339 (19.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 297 (16.92%) User Acceptance Testing
9 272 (15.50%) Acceptance Criteria
10 257 (14.64%) JIRA
11 243 (13.85%) Problem-Solving
12 229 (13.05%) Security Cleared
13 207 (11.79%) Migration
14 191 (10.88%) Confluence
15 185 (10.54%) SC Cleared
16 181 (10.31%) Validation
17 178 (10.14%) SQL
18 165 (9.40%) Microsoft
19 161 (9.17%) Data Analysis
20 156 (8.89%) Decision-Making
21 153 (8.72%) Azure
22 150 (8.55%) Process Improvement
23 148 (8.43%) DevOps
24 147 (8.38%) Degree
25 146 (8.32%) Scrum
26 145 (8.26%) Data Modelling
27 123 (7.01%) GAP Analysis
27 123 (7.01%) Impact Assessments
27 123 (7.01%) MS Visio
28 111 (6.32%) 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
1 191 (10.88%) Confluence
2 27 (1.54%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.03%) SAS
4 5 (0.28%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.17%) Appian
5 3 (0.17%) CMS
6 2 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.057%) Apache
Applications
1 123 (7.01%) MS Visio
2 94 (5.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 49 (2.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 47 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.11%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.11%) Notion
8 1 (0.057%) CATIA
8 1 (0.057%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.057%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.057%) Trello
Business Applications
1 20 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (1.08%) Aladdin
2 19 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.74%) Salesforce CRM
4 12 (0.68%) Endur
5 6 (0.34%) Findur
5 6 (0.34%) Loan IQ
5 6 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
5 6 (0.34%) Summit
6 5 (0.28%) Actimize
6 5 (0.28%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 5 (0.28%) Maximo
6 5 (0.28%) 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
1 153 (8.72%) Azure
2 104 (5.93%) Power Platform
3 65 (3.70%) AWS
4 54 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
5 24 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
5 24 (1.37%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (1.25%) Lucidchart
7 20 (1.14%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 18 (1.03%) SaaS
9 16 (0.91%) Miro
9 16 (0.91%) Snowflake
10 13 (0.74%) GitHub
11 12 (0.68%) GCP
12 11 (0.63%) Azure Data Factory
12 11 (0.63%) Power Automate
12 11 (0.63%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 9 (0.51%) Figma
14 8 (0.46%) PowerApps
14 8 (0.46%) SuccessFactors
15 7 (0.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.46%) Network Security
2 6 (0.34%) Wireless
3 4 (0.23%) Intranet
4 2 (0.11%) 802.11
4 2 (0.11%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (0.11%) DNS
4 2 (0.11%) Internet
4 2 (0.11%) VPN
4 2 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.11%) Wireless Security
4 2 (0.11%) WLAN
5 1 (0.057%) 5G
5 1 (0.057%) Broadband
5 1 (0.057%) Extranet
5 1 (0.057%) Firewall
5 1 (0.057%) PBX
5 1 (0.057%) SNMP
5 1 (0.057%) SONET
5 1 (0.057%) TETRA
5 1 (0.057%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (5.01%) Power BI
2 39 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
3 28 (1.60%) Metadata
3 28 (1.60%) Tableau
4 15 (0.85%) Relational Database
5 7 (0.40%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.34%) Big Data
6 6 (0.34%) Electronic Patient Records
6 6 (0.34%) RDBMS
7 4 (0.23%) Data Mining
7 4 (0.23%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.17%) Power Query
9 2 (0.11%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.11%) Looker
9 2 (0.11%) OLAP
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.11%) SQL Server
10 1 (0.057%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.057%) MS Access
10 1 (0.057%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 257 (14.64%) JIRA
2 12 (0.68%) Jenkins
3 9 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
4 5 (0.28%) Balsamiq
4 5 (0.28%) Postman
5 3 (0.17%) Toad
6 2 (0.11%) GitLab
7 1 (0.057%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.057%) Gemini Tracker
7 1 (0.057%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.057%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.057%) SonarQube
General
1 600 (34.19%) Finance
2 576 (32.82%) Social Skills
3 397 (22.62%) Analytical Skills
4 254 (14.47%) Banking
5 153 (8.72%) Public Sector
6 132 (7.52%) Documentation Skills
7 90 (5.13%) Front Office
8 84 (4.79%) Retail
9 68 (3.87%) Investment Banking
10 64 (3.65%) Legal
11 56 (3.19%) Presentation Skills
12 45 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
13 38 (2.17%) Back Office
14 35 (1.99%) Financial Institution
15 33 (1.88%) Marketing
16 32 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
17 27 (1.54%) Manufacturing
18 22 (1.25%) Local Government
19 20 (1.14%) Law
20 18 (1.03%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.48%) XML
2 22 (1.25%) Oracle Fusion
3 18 (1.03%) REST
4 16 (0.91%) JSON
5 15 (0.85%) ADO
5 15 (0.85%) Middleware
6 11 (0.63%) SOAP
7 8 (0.46%) VML
8 7 (0.40%) Swagger
9 6 (0.34%) OAuth
10 5 (0.28%) FHIR
10 5 (0.28%) NumPy
10 5 (0.28%) Pandas
10 5 (0.28%) SailPoint
11 4 (0.23%) 802.1X
11 4 (0.23%) JWT
11 4 (0.23%) OpenAPI
11 4 (0.23%) YAML
12 3 (0.17%) EDI
12 3 (0.17%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 156 (8.89%) Product Ownership
2 53 (3.02%) Derivative
3 52 (2.96%) Onboarding
4 43 (2.45%) Fixed Income
5 42 (2.39%) Analytical Mindset
6 38 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
7 37 (2.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 37 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
8 27 (1.54%) Credit Risk
9 26 (1.48%) Hedge funds
10 24 (1.37%) NHS
11 22 (1.25%) Data Structures
11 22 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
12 20 (1.14%) Market Risk
12 20 (1.14%) Operational Technology
13 19 (1.08%) Management Information System
14 17 (0.97%) PMI
15 15 (0.85%) Equities
15 15 (0.85%) Reference Data
16 14 (0.80%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.74%) Windows
2 6 (0.34%) Unix
3 5 (0.28%) Apple iOS
3 5 (0.28%) Linux
4 4 (0.23%) Android
5 2 (0.11%) AIX
5 2 (0.11%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.11%) Solaris
5 2 (0.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 571 (32.54%) Agile
2 522 (29.74%) Business Analysis
3 516 (29.40%) Stakeholder Management
4 450 (25.64%) Requirements Gathering
5 436 (24.84%) User Stories
6 407 (23.19%) Workshop Facilitation
7 339 (19.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 297 (16.92%) User Acceptance Testing
9 272 (15.50%) Acceptance Criteria
10 243 (13.85%) Problem-Solving
11 207 (11.79%) Migration
12 181 (10.31%) Validation
13 161 (9.17%) Data Analysis
14 156 (8.89%) Decision-Making
15 150 (8.55%) Process Improvement
16 148 (8.43%) DevOps
17 146 (8.32%) Scrum
18 145 (8.26%) Data Modelling
19 123 (7.01%) GAP Analysis
19 123 (7.01%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 178 (10.14%) SQL
2 42 (2.39%) Python
3 13 (0.74%) Korn
4 6 (0.34%) Java
5 4 (0.23%) R
6 3 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (0.17%) VBA
7 2 (0.11%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.057%) ABAP
8 1 (0.057%) C
8 1 (0.057%) Groovy
8 1 (0.057%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.057%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.057%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.057%) Ruby
8 1 (0.057%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 229 (13.05%) Security Cleared
2 185 (10.54%) SC Cleared
3 147 (8.38%) Degree
4 52 (2.96%) BPSS Clearance
5 42 (2.39%) IIBA
6 40 (2.28%) CBAP
7 25 (1.42%) PMI Certification
8 12 (0.68%) ACCA
8 12 (0.68%) ISEB
8 12 (0.68%) PMP
9 11 (0.63%) CIMA
10 10 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (0.51%) Master's Degree
12 8 (0.46%) DV Cleared
13 6 (0.34%) CSPO
14 5 (0.28%) ISTQB
15 4 (0.23%) FFIEC
15 4 (0.23%) MBA
16 3 (0.17%) Azure Certification
16 3 (0.17%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (5.36%) QA
2 83 (4.73%) Data Quality
3 46 (2.62%) GDPR
4 27 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (1.54%) NIST
5 22 (1.25%) Accessibility
6 14 (0.80%) EMIR
6 14 (0.80%) GRC
7 13 (0.74%) MiFID
8 10 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 9 (0.51%) ISO 20022
9 9 (0.51%) PMO
10 8 (0.46%) IFRS
11 7 (0.40%) COBIT
11 7 (0.40%) PSD2
11 7 (0.40%) Solvency II
12 5 (0.28%) Basel III
12 5 (0.28%) HL7
12 5 (0.28%) ISO 8583
12 5 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (0.40%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.11%) Docker
4 1 (0.057%) RACF
Systems Management
1 10 (0.57%) Ansible
2 6 (0.34%) Terraform
3 4 (0.23%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.11%) Control-M
4 2 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.057%) Autotask
5 1 (0.057%) Grafana
5 1 (0.057%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.057%) Kibana
5 1 (0.057%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.057%) SCCM
5 1 (0.057%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 165 (9.40%) Microsoft
2 111 (6.32%) Salesforce
3 104 (5.93%) SAP
4 59 (3.36%) Oracle
4 59 (3.36%) ServiceNow
5 30 (1.71%) Murex
6 21 (1.20%) Databricks
7 18 (1.03%) Workday
8 16 (0.91%) Bloomberg
9 12 (0.68%) Splunk
10 11 (0.63%) OpenLink
10 11 (0.63%) Pega
11 10 (0.57%) ION Trading
11 10 (0.57%) Planon
12 9 (0.51%) Avaloq
12 9 (0.51%) Guidewire
12 9 (0.51%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 9 (0.51%) Sonatype
13 7 (0.40%) Cisco
13 7 (0.40%) Sage