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 26 June 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 37 42
Rank change year-on-year -12 +5 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,743 1,335 1,535
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.02% 5.30% 4.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.35% 5.74% 4.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,189 919 1,119
10th Percentile £358 £357 £375
25th Percentile £420 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £613 £638 £625
90th Percentile £715 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 12 8
10th Percentile £28.03 £25.26 £20.77
25th Percentile £34.53 £26.72 £21.13
Median hourly rate £61.50 £40.81 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year +50.72% +15.76% -41.25%
75th Percentile £89.70 £51.88 £54.50
90th Percentile £104.00 £71.00 £70.10
UK median hourly rate £49.25 £34.11 £42.50
% change year-on-year +44.39% -19.74% -26.09%

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 40,088 23,260 34,683
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.37% 92.28% 92.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,631 15,261 22,669
10th Percentile £325 £293 £293
25th Percentile £418 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £635 £638
90th Percentile £734 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,855 1,061 2,606
10th Percentile £15.99 £13.85 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.93 £17.87 £16.67
Median hourly rate £45.00 £28.18 £39.78
Median % change year-on-year +59.69% -29.15% -8.17%
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.61 £26.45 £37.50
% change year-on-year +64.86% -29.47% -12.79%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 -9 1,030 £550 -4.35% 96
North of England -17 257 £447 +5.24% 77
Midlands -6 172 £475 +11.76% 44
South East -5 154 £500 +2.56% 79
West Midlands +12 137 £475 -5.00% 24
North West -29 118 £417 -1.88% 31
Yorkshire -15 105 £475 +15.64% 35
South West -7 66 £425 -5.56% 25
North East 0 41 £475 +18.75% 13
East of England -20 34 £475 +5.56% 18
East Midlands -17 33 £405 +8.00% 20
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 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.

1 565 (32.42%) Agile
2 519 (29.78%) Business Analysis
3 516 (29.60%) Stakeholder Management
4 451 (25.87%) Requirements Gathering
5 427 (24.50%) User Stories
6 409 (23.47%) Workshop Facilitation
7 332 (19.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 298 (17.10%) User Acceptance Testing
9 271 (15.55%) Acceptance Criteria
10 248 (14.23%) JIRA
11 241 (13.83%) Problem-Solving
12 205 (11.76%) Security Cleared
13 197 (11.30%) Migration
14 190 (10.90%) Validation
15 183 (10.50%) SQL
16 179 (10.27%) Confluence
17 165 (9.47%) SC Cleared
18 163 (9.35%) Data Analysis
19 160 (9.18%) Microsoft
20 159 (9.12%) Decision-Making
21 155 (8.89%) Azure
22 154 (8.84%) Process Improvement
23 147 (8.43%) Degree
24 145 (8.32%) Data Modelling
25 142 (8.15%) DevOps
26 140 (8.03%) Scrum
27 120 (6.88%) Impact Assessments
28 119 (6.83%) AI
28 119 (6.83%) GAP Analysis
28 119 (6.83%) MS Visio

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
1 179 (10.27%) Confluence
2 26 (1.49%) SharePoint
3 13 (0.75%) SAS
4 5 (0.29%) 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
1 119 (6.83%) MS Visio
2 94 (5.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 48 (2.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 42 (2.41%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.17%) Notion
8 2 (0.11%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.057%) CATIA
9 1 (0.057%) InfoPath
9 1 (0.057%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.057%) Trello
Business Applications
1 20 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.09%) Aladdin
3 16 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
4 13 (0.75%) Salesforce CRM
5 11 (0.63%) Endur
6 6 (0.34%) Findur
6 6 (0.34%) Loan IQ
6 6 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
6 6 (0.34%) Summit
7 5 (0.29%) Actimize
7 5 (0.29%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 5 (0.29%) Maximo
7 5 (0.29%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
8 4 (0.23%) Fidessa
8 4 (0.23%) HFM
8 4 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
8 4 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.23%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 155 (8.89%) Azure
2 100 (5.74%) Power Platform
3 58 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
4 56 (3.21%) AWS
5 24 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
5 24 (1.38%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (1.26%) Lucidchart
7 21 (1.20%) Snowflake
8 20 (1.15%) SaaS
9 18 (1.03%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 15 (0.86%) Miro
11 14 (0.80%) Azure Data Factory
12 13 (0.75%) GitHub
13 11 (0.63%) GCP
13 11 (0.63%) Power Automate
14 10 (0.57%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 9 (0.52%) Figma
15 9 (0.52%) Microsoft Copilot
15 9 (0.52%) Microsoft Purview
15 9 (0.52%) SuccessFactors
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%) 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%) DNSSEC
5 1 (0.057%) Extranet
5 1 (0.057%) Firewall
5 1 (0.057%) Internet
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 (4.99%) Power BI
2 41 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
3 28 (1.61%) Metadata
4 27 (1.55%) Tableau
5 16 (0.92%) Relational Database
6 11 (0.63%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.34%) Data Mining
7 6 (0.34%) Electronic Patient Records
7 6 (0.34%) RDBMS
8 5 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
8 5 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.23%) Big Data
9 4 (0.23%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.23%) SQL Server
9 4 (0.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.11%) Looker
10 2 (0.11%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.11%) OLAP
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 248 (14.23%) 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 (0.11%) GitLab
8 1 (0.057%) Gemini Tracker
8 1 (0.057%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.057%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.057%) SonarQube
General
1 600 (34.42%) Finance
2 567 (32.53%) Social Skills
3 398 (22.83%) Analytical Skills
4 259 (14.86%) Banking
5 142 (8.15%) Public Sector
6 126 (7.23%) Documentation Skills
7 96 (5.51%) Front Office
8 88 (5.05%) Retail
9 70 (4.02%) Investment Banking
10 67 (3.84%) Legal
11 54 (3.10%) Presentation Skills
12 46 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
13 35 (2.01%) Back Office
13 35 (2.01%) Financial Institution
13 35 (2.01%) Manufacturing
14 32 (1.84%) Marketing
15 31 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
16 22 (1.26%) Local Government
17 21 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 18 (1.03%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (1.61%) XML
2 22 (1.26%) Oracle Fusion
3 18 (1.03%) JSON
4 16 (0.92%) Middleware
5 15 (0.86%) ADO
6 13 (0.75%) REST
7 10 (0.57%) SOAP
8 8 (0.46%) VML
9 7 (0.40%) Swagger
10 5 (0.29%) FHIR
10 5 (0.29%) NumPy
10 5 (0.29%) OAuth
10 5 (0.29%) Pandas
10 5 (0.29%) SailPoint
11 4 (0.23%) 802.1X
11 4 (0.23%) JWT
11 4 (0.23%) OpenAPI
11 4 (0.23%) STL
11 4 (0.23%) YAML
12 3 (0.17%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 154 (8.84%) Product Ownership
2 55 (3.16%) Derivative
3 53 (3.04%) Onboarding
4 44 (2.52%) Analytical Mindset
5 43 (2.47%) Fixed Income
6 40 (2.29%) Data Protection Act
7 37 (2.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 35 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
9 27 (1.55%) Credit Risk
10 26 (1.49%) Hedge funds
11 23 (1.32%) Data Structures
12 22 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
13 20 (1.15%) Management Information System
13 20 (1.15%) Market Risk
13 20 (1.15%) Operational Technology
14 19 (1.09%) NHS
15 18 (1.03%) PMI
16 17 (0.98%) Reference Data
17 16 (0.92%) Equities
18 15 (0.86%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.75%) Windows
2 6 (0.34%) Apple iOS
2 6 (0.34%) Unix
3 5 (0.29%) Android
4 3 (0.17%) Linux
5 2 (0.11%) AIX
5 2 (0.11%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.11%) Solaris
5 2 (0.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 565 (32.42%) Agile
2 519 (29.78%) Business Analysis
3 516 (29.60%) Stakeholder Management
4 451 (25.87%) Requirements Gathering
5 427 (24.50%) User Stories
6 409 (23.47%) Workshop Facilitation
7 332 (19.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 298 (17.10%) User Acceptance Testing
9 271 (15.55%) Acceptance Criteria
10 241 (13.83%) Problem-Solving
11 197 (11.30%) Migration
12 190 (10.90%) Validation
13 163 (9.35%) Data Analysis
14 159 (9.12%) Decision-Making
15 154 (8.84%) Process Improvement
16 145 (8.32%) Data Modelling
17 142 (8.15%) DevOps
18 140 (8.03%) Scrum
19 120 (6.88%) Impact Assessments
20 119 (6.83%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 183 (10.50%) SQL
2 44 (2.52%) Python
3 14 (0.80%) Korn
4 7 (0.40%) Java
5 4 (0.23%) R
6 3 (0.17%) VBA
7 2 (0.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
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
1 205 (11.76%) Security Cleared
2 165 (9.47%) SC Cleared
3 147 (8.43%) Degree
4 50 (2.87%) BPSS Clearance
5 39 (2.24%) CBAP
6 35 (2.01%) IIBA
7 26 (1.49%) PMI Certification
8 12 (0.69%) PMP
9 10 (0.57%) ACCA
9 10 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (0.52%) CIMA
10 9 (0.52%) ISEB
11 8 (0.46%) DV Cleared
12 7 (0.40%) FFIEC
12 7 (0.40%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.29%) CSPO
13 5 (0.29%) ISTQB
14 3 (0.17%) Azure Certification
14 3 (0.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 3 (0.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (5.34%) QA
2 87 (4.99%) Data Quality
3 43 (2.47%) GDPR
4 30 (1.72%) NIST
5 28 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 20 (1.15%) Accessibility
7 14 (0.80%) EMIR
7 14 (0.80%) GRC
8 13 (0.75%) MiFID
9 10 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 9 (0.52%) COBIT
10 9 (0.52%) PMO
11 8 (0.46%) IFRS
11 8 (0.46%) ISO 20022
12 7 (0.40%) PSD2
12 7 (0.40%) Solvency II
13 5 (0.29%) Basel III
13 5 (0.29%) COREP
13 5 (0.29%) HL7
13 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 (0.11%) Docker
5 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%) HP ALM
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%) Kibana
5 1 (0.057%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.057%) SCCM
5 1 (0.057%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 160 (9.18%) Microsoft
2 111 (6.37%) Salesforce
3 105 (6.02%) SAP
4 66 (3.79%) ServiceNow
5 60 (3.44%) Oracle
6 32 (1.84%) Murex
7 25 (1.43%) Databricks
8 19 (1.09%) Workday
9 16 (0.92%) Bloomberg
10 12 (0.69%) Splunk
11 11 (0.63%) ION Trading
11 11 (0.63%) Pega
12 10 (0.57%) OpenLink
12 10 (0.57%) Planon
13 9 (0.52%) Avaloq
13 9 (0.52%) Guidewire
13 9 (0.52%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 9 (0.52%) Sonatype
14 7 (0.40%) Charles River
14 7 (0.40%) Cisco