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 27 March 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 44 41
Rank change year-on-year -2 -3 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,715 1,140 1,698
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.55% 4.71% 4.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.94% 5.06% 4.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,230 821 1,244
10th Percentile £356 £363 £400
25th Percentile £413 £425 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £625
90th Percentile £700 £775 £712
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 13 8
10th Percentile £25.00 - -
25th Percentile £50.24 £25.26 £20.77
Median hourly rate £68.75 £34.11 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year +101.55% -15.25% -30.60%
75th Percentile £79.13 £50.00 £68.17
90th Percentile £89.25 £69.50 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £68.75 £34.11 £50.00
% change year-on-year +101.55% -31.78% -13.79%

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 34,699 22,524 34,944
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.13% 92.96% 92.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,859 15,103 23,349
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £409 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,284 813 2,292
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.75 £21.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.54 £34.11 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.85% +4.95% -24.42%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.43 £77.00 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £32.90
% change year-on-year +15.38% -1.20% -24.38%

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 March 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 March 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 March 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 +2 1,048 £525 -8.70% 148
North of England +2 262 £425 - 104
Midlands -3 153 £465 -4.12% 55
Yorkshire +7 126 £475 +5.56% 43
West Midlands -4 117 £475 -5.00% 35
North West -12 117 £400 -2.44% 37
South East -28 111 £500 +2.56% 78
South West +20 97 £466 -6.85% 35
North East +15 35 £425 +6.25% 24
East Midlands -16 34 £400 -2.32% 20
East of England -30 23 £475 +5.56% 32
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 March 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.

1 592 (34.52%) Agile
2 546 (31.84%) Stakeholder Management
3 504 (29.39%) Business Analysis
4 469 (27.35%) Requirements Gathering
5 415 (24.20%) Workshop Facilitation
6 398 (23.21%) User Stories
7 372 (21.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 268 (15.63%) User Acceptance Testing
9 266 (15.51%) Problem-Solving
10 260 (15.16%) JIRA
11 247 (14.40%) Migration
12 238 (13.88%) Security Cleared
13 226 (13.18%) Acceptance Criteria
14 203 (11.84%) SC Cleared
15 199 (11.60%) Confluence
16 198 (11.55%) SQL
17 164 (9.56%) Process Improvement
18 157 (9.15%) Data Analysis
19 154 (8.98%) Microsoft
20 151 (8.80%) Validation
21 150 (8.75%) Degree
22 146 (8.51%) Decision-Making
22 146 (8.51%) GAP Analysis
23 144 (8.40%) Scrum
24 139 (8.10%) MS Visio
25 135 (7.87%) Data Modelling
26 132 (7.70%) Project Delivery
27 123 (7.17%) DevOps
28 121 (7.06%) Project Management
29 119 (6.94%) Microsoft Excel

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
1 199 (11.60%) Confluence
2 29 (1.69%) SharePoint
3 17 (0.99%) SAS
4 5 (0.29%) CMS
5 4 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.058%) Appian
7 1 (0.058%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.058%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 139 (8.10%) MS Visio
2 119 (6.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 63 (3.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 52 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.23%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.23%) Notion
7 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.058%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.058%) Autodesk Inventor
8 1 (0.058%) CATIA
8 1 (0.058%) Sketch
8 1 (0.058%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.058%) Trello
Business Applications
1 21 (1.22%) Endur
2 19 (1.11%) SAP S/4HANA
3 18 (1.05%) Aladdin
3 18 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
4 15 (0.87%) Payment Gateway
5 8 (0.47%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.29%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 5 (0.29%) Summit
6 5 (0.29%) Temenos T24
7 4 (0.23%) Actimize
7 4 (0.23%) Adobe Campaign
7 4 (0.23%) Fidessa
7 4 (0.23%) Loan IQ
7 4 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
7 4 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.23%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.17%) Bloomberg TOMS
8 3 (0.17%) NEC Housing
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 118 (6.88%) Power Platform
2 114 (6.65%) Azure
3 68 (3.97%) AWS
4 38 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
5 31 (1.81%) Microsoft 365
6 25 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
7 21 (1.22%) Lucidchart
8 20 (1.17%) GitHub
9 19 (1.11%) Miro
10 18 (1.05%) SaaS
11 17 (0.99%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 17 (0.99%) Snowflake
12 16 (0.93%) GCP
13 11 (0.64%) Power Automate
14 10 (0.58%) PowerApps
15 9 (0.52%) Figma
16 8 (0.47%) Microsoft Purview
17 7 (0.41%) Apigee
17 7 (0.41%) Kong
17 7 (0.41%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.29%) Network Security
2 3 (0.17%) Firewall
2 3 (0.17%) Internet
2 3 (0.17%) Wireless
3 2 (0.12%) Broadband
3 2 (0.12%) Cisco IPT
3 2 (0.12%) DNS
3 2 (0.12%) Intranet
3 2 (0.12%) NAS
3 2 (0.12%) X.25
4 1 (0.058%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.058%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (5.60%) Power BI
2 41 (2.39%) Data Warehouse
3 35 (2.04%) Tableau
4 22 (1.28%) Metadata
5 13 (0.76%) Relational Database
6 9 (0.52%) SQL Server
7 6 (0.35%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.29%) Big Data
8 5 (0.29%) Electronic Patient Records
8 5 (0.29%) Oracle Database
8 5 (0.29%) RDBMS
9 4 (0.23%) Amazon Athena
9 4 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (0.17%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.17%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.17%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.17%) Power Query
11 2 (0.12%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.12%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 260 (15.16%) JIRA
2 18 (1.05%) Jenkins
3 17 (0.99%) Sonatype Nexus
4 8 (0.47%) Postman
5 5 (0.29%) Balsamiq
6 3 (0.17%) Toad
7 2 (0.12%) Browser DevTools
7 2 (0.12%) Charles Proxy
7 2 (0.12%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.12%) Fiddler
7 2 (0.12%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.058%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.058%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.058%) Gemini Tracker
8 1 (0.058%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.058%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 614 (35.80%) Social Skills
2 596 (34.75%) Finance
3 399 (23.27%) Analytical Skills
4 260 (15.16%) Banking
5 170 (9.91%) Public Sector
6 135 (7.87%) Documentation Skills
7 72 (4.20%) Retail
8 65 (3.79%) Front Office
9 59 (3.44%) Investment Banking
9 59 (3.44%) Legal
10 53 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
11 48 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
12 38 (2.22%) Marketing
13 37 (2.16%) Back Office
13 37 (2.16%) Telecoms
14 28 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
15 27 (1.57%) Local Government
16 25 (1.46%) Financial Institution
17 16 (0.93%) Manufacturing
18 15 (0.87%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (1.98%) REST
2 28 (1.63%) XML
3 17 (0.99%) SOAP
4 16 (0.93%) JSON
5 12 (0.70%) Swagger
6 11 (0.64%) ADO
6 11 (0.64%) OAuth
7 9 (0.52%) FHIR
8 8 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
8 8 (0.47%) VML
9 7 (0.41%) JWT
9 7 (0.41%) OpenAPI
9 7 (0.41%) SAML
10 6 (0.35%) .NET
10 6 (0.35%) Middleware
10 6 (0.35%) SailPoint
11 4 (0.23%) HTML
11 4 (0.23%) RESTful
12 3 (0.17%) Murex MxML
12 3 (0.17%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 147 (8.57%) Product Ownership
2 60 (3.50%) Onboarding
3 42 (2.45%) Data Protection Act
4 40 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
5 38 (2.22%) Fixed Income
6 37 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
7 34 (1.98%) Derivative
8 31 (1.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 25 (1.46%) Management Information System
9 25 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
10 24 (1.40%) NHS
10 24 (1.40%) PMI
11 23 (1.34%) Data Structures
12 21 (1.22%) Credit Risk
13 20 (1.17%) Equities
14 19 (1.11%) SWIFT Messaging Network
15 17 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
16 13 (0.76%) Hedge funds
17 12 (0.70%) Market Risk
17 12 (0.70%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 16 (0.93%) Linux
2 13 (0.76%) Windows
3 6 (0.35%) Unix
4 5 (0.29%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.29%) VMS
5 3 (0.17%) Android
6 2 (0.12%) AIX
6 2 (0.12%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.12%) Solaris
6 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.058%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 592 (34.52%) Agile
2 546 (31.84%) Stakeholder Management
3 504 (29.39%) Business Analysis
4 469 (27.35%) Requirements Gathering
5 415 (24.20%) Workshop Facilitation
6 398 (23.21%) User Stories
7 372 (21.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 268 (15.63%) User Acceptance Testing
9 266 (15.51%) Problem-Solving
10 247 (14.40%) Migration
11 226 (13.18%) Acceptance Criteria
12 164 (9.56%) Process Improvement
13 157 (9.15%) Data Analysis
14 151 (8.80%) Validation
15 146 (8.51%) Decision-Making
15 146 (8.51%) GAP Analysis
16 144 (8.40%) Scrum
17 135 (7.87%) Data Modelling
18 132 (7.70%) Project Delivery
19 123 (7.17%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 198 (11.55%) SQL
2 42 (2.45%) Python
3 10 (0.58%) Korn
4 7 (0.41%) JavaScript
5 5 (0.29%) Java
5 5 (0.29%) VBA
6 3 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (0.17%) R
7 2 (0.12%) C#
7 2 (0.12%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.058%) C++
8 1 (0.058%) COBOL
8 1 (0.058%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 238 (13.88%) Security Cleared
2 203 (11.84%) SC Cleared
3 150 (8.75%) Degree
4 55 (3.21%) CBAP
5 43 (2.51%) IIBA
6 42 (2.45%) BPSS Clearance
7 34 (1.98%) PMI Certification
8 15 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (0.87%) PMP
9 13 (0.76%) ISEB
10 11 (0.64%) CSPO
10 11 (0.64%) Master's Degree
11 7 (0.41%) CFA
12 6 (0.35%) DV Cleared
13 5 (0.29%) MBA
14 4 (0.23%) ACCA
15 3 (0.17%) AWS Certification
15 3 (0.17%) CIMA
16 2 (0.12%) AAT
16 2 (0.12%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (5.77%) QA
2 85 (4.96%) Data Quality
3 50 (2.92%) GDPR
4 22 (1.28%) MiFID
5 21 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (1.05%) Accessibility
6 18 (1.05%) NIST
7 16 (0.93%) EMIR
8 14 (0.82%) PSD2
9 12 (0.70%) GRC
9 12 (0.70%) ISO 8583
10 11 (0.64%) PCI DSS
11 9 (0.52%) HL7
11 9 (0.52%) ISO 20022
11 9 (0.52%) PMO
12 8 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 7 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (0.35%) Solvency II
15 5 (0.29%) Basel III
System Software
1 8 (0.47%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.058%) Docker
2 1 (0.058%) RACF
Systems Management
1 18 (1.05%) Ansible
2 6 (0.35%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.12%) Control-M
3 2 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.12%) Terraform
4 1 (0.058%) Grafana
4 1 (0.058%) Kibana
4 1 (0.058%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.058%) SCCM
Vendors
1 154 (8.98%) Microsoft
2 98 (5.71%) Salesforce
3 75 (4.37%) SAP
4 55 (3.21%) Oracle
5 48 (2.80%) ServiceNow
6 33 (1.92%) Murex
7 23 (1.34%) Bloomberg
8 16 (0.93%) Adobe
8 16 (0.93%) Sonatype
9 15 (0.87%) Workday
10 14 (0.82%) Databricks
11 12 (0.70%) Pega
12 11 (0.64%) Google
13 10 (0.58%) Avaloq
13 10 (0.58%) Guidewire
13 10 (0.58%) Splunk
14 9 (0.52%) MuleSoft
14 9 (0.52%) OpenLink
15 8 (0.47%) OneTrust
15 8 (0.47%) Refinitiv