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 14 June 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 38 41
Rank change year-on-year -11 +3 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,756 1,287 1,554
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.11% 5.22% 4.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.44% 5.65% 4.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,206 890 1,138
10th Percentile £356 £358 £375
25th Percentile £419 £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 £729
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% -52.34%
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% -27.66%

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 39,506 22,778 34,836
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.39% 92.36% 92.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,359 14,973 22,731
10th Percentile £325 £293 £286
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 £514 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.80% -4.76% -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,786 999 2,664
10th Percentile £15.93 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.35 £18.13 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.00 £29.00 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.17% -26.58% -11.30%
75th Percentile £67.50 £58.88 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £43.30 £27.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +57.46% -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 14 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 14 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 14 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 1,034 £536 -6.78% 162
North of England -11 269 £433 +4.97% 74
Midlands -5 170 £475 +5.56% 47
South East -17 146 £500 +2.56% 80
West Midlands +7 139 £475 -9.52% 20
North West -20 126 £401 -5.76% 30
Yorkshire -7 110 £475 +15.15% 32
South West +5 74 £425 -7.61% 37
North East +2 44 £475 +18.75% 13
East of England -18 35 £500 +11.11% 24
East Midlands -29 29 £405 +8.00% 27
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 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.

1 570 (32.46%) Agile
2 524 (29.84%) Business Analysis
3 520 (29.61%) Stakeholder Management
4 455 (25.91%) Requirements Gathering
5 437 (24.89%) User Stories
6 412 (23.46%) Workshop Facilitation
7 341 (19.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 301 (17.14%) User Acceptance Testing
9 272 (15.49%) Acceptance Criteria
10 257 (14.64%) JIRA
11 244 (13.90%) Problem-Solving
12 233 (13.27%) Security Cleared
13 207 (11.79%) Migration
14 192 (10.93%) Confluence
15 187 (10.65%) SC Cleared
16 182 (10.36%) Validation
17 179 (10.19%) SQL
18 166 (9.45%) Microsoft
19 162 (9.23%) Data Analysis
20 156 (8.88%) Decision-Making
21 151 (8.60%) Azure
22 149 (8.49%) Process Improvement
23 148 (8.43%) Degree
24 147 (8.37%) DevOps
24 147 (8.37%) Scrum
25 145 (8.26%) Data Modelling
26 124 (7.06%) GAP Analysis
27 123 (7.00%) Impact Assessments
28 122 (6.95%) MS Visio
29 112 (6.38%) 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
1 192 (10.93%) Confluence
2 26 (1.48%) 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
1 122 (6.95%) MS Visio
2 93 (5.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 49 (2.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 48 (2.73%) 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 21 (1.20%) 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%) Payment Gateway
6 5 (0.28%) SAP ERP
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
1 151 (8.60%) Azure
2 105 (5.98%) Power Platform
3 65 (3.70%) AWS
4 53 (3.02%) Azure DevOps
5 26 (1.48%) Dynamics 365
6 23 (1.31%) Microsoft 365
7 20 (1.14%) Lucidchart
7 20 (1.14%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 18 (1.03%) SaaS
9 16 (0.91%) Snowflake
10 15 (0.85%) Miro
11 13 (0.74%) GitHub
12 12 (0.68%) GCP
13 11 (0.63%) Azure Data Factory
13 11 (0.63%) Power Automate
13 11 (0.63%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 9 (0.51%) Figma
15 8 (0.46%) PowerApps
15 8 (0.46%) SuccessFactors
16 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 87 (4.95%) Power BI
2 39 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
3 28 (1.59%) Metadata
3 28 (1.59%) Tableau
4 15 (0.85%) Relational Database
5 7 (0.40%) Big Data
5 7 (0.40%) Data Lake
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
8 3 (0.17%) SQL Server
9 2 (0.11%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.11%) Looker
9 2 (0.11%) OLAP
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.057%) Amazon QuickSight
10 1 (0.057%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 257 (14.64%) JIRA
2 12 (0.68%) Jenkins
3 9 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
4 7 (0.40%) Postman
5 5 (0.28%) Balsamiq
6 3 (0.17%) Toad
7 2 (0.11%) GitLab
8 1 (0.057%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.057%) Gemini Tracker
8 1 (0.057%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.057%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.057%) SonarQube
General
1 606 (34.51%) Finance
2 579 (32.97%) Social Skills
3 398 (22.67%) Analytical Skills
4 257 (14.64%) Banking
5 154 (8.77%) Public Sector
6 133 (7.57%) Documentation Skills
7 92 (5.24%) Front Office
8 84 (4.78%) Retail
9 70 (3.99%) Investment Banking
10 65 (3.70%) Legal
11 57 (3.25%) Presentation Skills
12 45 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
13 38 (2.16%) Back Office
14 35 (1.99%) Financial Institution
15 33 (1.88%) Marketing
16 32 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
17 25 (1.42%) Manufacturing
18 22 (1.25%) Local Government
19 20 (1.14%) Law
20 18 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.54%) XML
2 22 (1.25%) Oracle Fusion
3 20 (1.14%) REST
4 17 (0.97%) JSON
5 15 (0.85%) ADO
6 14 (0.80%) Middleware
7 13 (0.74%) SOAP
8 9 (0.51%) Swagger
9 8 (0.46%) VML
10 6 (0.34%) OAuth
11 5 (0.28%) FHIR
11 5 (0.28%) NumPy
11 5 (0.28%) Pandas
11 5 (0.28%) SailPoint
12 4 (0.23%) .NET
12 4 (0.23%) 802.1X
12 4 (0.23%) JWT
12 4 (0.23%) OpenAPI
12 4 (0.23%) RESTful
12 4 (0.23%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 156 (8.88%) 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 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
6 38 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
7 37 (2.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 28 (1.59%) Credit Risk
9 26 (1.48%) Hedge funds
10 24 (1.37%) NHS
11 22 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
12 21 (1.20%) Data Structures
12 21 (1.20%) Market Risk
13 20 (1.14%) Management Information System
13 20 (1.14%) Operational Technology
14 17 (0.97%) PMI
15 15 (0.85%) Equities
16 14 (0.80%) Reference Data
16 14 (0.80%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 14 (0.80%) 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
1 570 (32.46%) Agile
2 524 (29.84%) Business Analysis
3 520 (29.61%) Stakeholder Management
4 455 (25.91%) Requirements Gathering
5 437 (24.89%) User Stories
6 412 (23.46%) Workshop Facilitation
7 341 (19.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 301 (17.14%) User Acceptance Testing
9 272 (15.49%) Acceptance Criteria
10 244 (13.90%) Problem-Solving
11 207 (11.79%) Migration
12 182 (10.36%) Validation
13 162 (9.23%) Data Analysis
14 156 (8.88%) Decision-Making
15 149 (8.49%) Process Improvement
16 147 (8.37%) DevOps
16 147 (8.37%) Scrum
17 145 (8.26%) Data Modelling
18 124 (7.06%) GAP Analysis
19 123 (7.00%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 179 (10.19%) 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%) 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
1 233 (13.27%) Security Cleared
2 187 (10.65%) SC Cleared
3 148 (8.43%) 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
9 11 (0.63%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (0.51%) Master's Degree
11 8 (0.46%) DV Cleared
12 6 (0.34%) CSPO
13 5 (0.28%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.23%) FFIEC
14 4 (0.23%) MBA
15 3 (0.17%) Azure Certification
15 3 (0.17%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (5.35%) QA
2 83 (4.73%) Data Quality
3 45 (2.56%) GDPR
4 28 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 27 (1.54%) NIST
6 22 (1.25%) Accessibility
7 15 (0.85%) EMIR
7 15 (0.85%) MiFID
8 14 (0.80%) GRC
9 10 (0.57%) PMO
9 10 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 9 (0.51%) ISO 20022
10 9 (0.51%) PSD2
11 8 (0.46%) IFRS
12 7 (0.40%) COBIT
12 7 (0.40%) Solvency II
13 6 (0.34%) ISO 8583
14 5 (0.28%) HL7
14 5 (0.28%) PCI DSS
14 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
1 166 (9.45%) Microsoft
2 109 (6.21%) Salesforce
3 103 (5.87%) SAP
4 60 (3.42%) Oracle
5 58 (3.30%) ServiceNow
6 30 (1.71%) Murex
7 21 (1.20%) Databricks
8 18 (1.03%) Workday
9 16 (0.91%) Bloomberg
10 12 (0.68%) Splunk
11 11 (0.63%) OpenLink
11 11 (0.63%) Pega
12 10 (0.57%) ION Trading
12 10 (0.57%) Planon
13 9 (0.51%) Avaloq
13 9 (0.51%) Guidewire
13 9 (0.51%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 9 (0.51%) Sonatype
14 7 (0.40%) Cisco
14 7 (0.40%) Sage