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 24 April 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 44 40
Rank change year-on-year -1 -4 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,743 1,163 1,608
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.39% 4.73% 4.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.75% 5.10% 4.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,223 811 1,175
10th Percentile £357 £375 £393
25th Percentile £418 £425 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £713 £775 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +0.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 12 7
10th Percentile £49.98 - -
25th Percentile £58.18 £25.26 £20.77
Median hourly rate £64.19 £32.82 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +95.60% +45.84% -61.21%
75th Percentile £74.50 £50.00 £49.75
90th Percentile £77.29 £56.75 £72.00
UK median hourly rate £63.37 £32.82 £28.00
% change year-on-year +93.11% +17.20% -51.72%

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 36,696 22,801 34,514
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 92.69% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,998 15,199 22,979
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £409 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.90% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £643
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,471 888 2,404
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.20 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.79 £18.87 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.46 £31.76 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +43.14% -9.26% -22.22%
75th Percentile £67.25 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £29.23 £35.50
% change year-on-year +45.40% -17.66% -21.11%

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 24 April 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 24 April 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 24 April 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 1,052 £540 -1.82% 93
North of England +10 276 £430 -0.86% 83
Midlands +4 156 £465 -4.12% 51
Yorkshire +11 129 £500 +11.11% 40
North West -10 124 £400 -5.88% 27
West Midlands +1 123 £475 -5.00% 32
South East -23 118 £500 +5.26% 74
South West +2 90 £450 -10.00% 23
North East +13 39 £425 +6.25% 17
East Midlands -23 31 £410 - 19
East of England -31 26 £500 +16.28% 23
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 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.

1 582 (33.39%) Agile
2 530 (30.41%) Stakeholder Management
3 504 (28.92%) Business Analysis
4 456 (26.16%) Requirements Gathering
5 424 (24.33%) User Stories
6 412 (23.64%) Workshop Facilitation
7 346 (19.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 277 (15.89%) User Acceptance Testing
9 262 (15.03%) Problem-Solving
10 255 (14.63%) JIRA
11 248 (14.23%) Acceptance Criteria
12 245 (14.06%) Migration
13 244 (14.00%) Security Cleared
14 206 (11.82%) SC Cleared
15 199 (11.42%) Confluence
16 192 (11.02%) SQL
17 166 (9.52%) Validation
18 165 (9.47%) Process Improvement
19 158 (9.06%) Data Analysis
20 157 (9.01%) Microsoft
21 152 (8.72%) Decision-Making
22 147 (8.43%) GAP Analysis
23 142 (8.15%) Data Modelling
23 142 (8.15%) Scrum
24 139 (7.97%) Degree
25 137 (7.86%) MS Visio
26 131 (7.52%) DevOps
27 121 (6.94%) Azure
28 119 (6.83%) Project Delivery
29 116 (6.66%) Project Management

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 (11.42%) Confluence
2 29 (1.66%) SharePoint
3 17 (0.98%) SAS
4 4 (0.23%) CMS
4 4 (0.23%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.17%) Appian
6 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.057%) Apache
7 1 (0.057%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.057%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.057%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 137 (7.86%) MS Visio
2 111 (6.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 60 (3.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 51 (2.93%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.23%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.17%) Notion
8 2 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.057%) CATIA
9 1 (0.057%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 19 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
1 19 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.03%) Aladdin
3 16 (0.92%) Endur
4 10 (0.57%) Payment Gateway
5 8 (0.46%) NetSuite
6 6 (0.34%) Loan IQ
6 6 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
6 6 (0.34%) Summit
7 5 (0.29%) Findur
7 5 (0.29%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 5 (0.29%) Temenos T24
8 4 (0.23%) Actimize
8 4 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
8 4 (0.23%) Fidessa
8 4 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
8 4 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.23%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 121 (6.94%) Azure
2 113 (6.48%) Power Platform
3 69 (3.96%) AWS
4 37 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
5 30 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
6 29 (1.66%) Microsoft 365
7 24 (1.38%) Lucidchart
8 20 (1.15%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 19 (1.09%) Miro
10 18 (1.03%) GitHub
11 16 (0.92%) GCP
11 16 (0.92%) SaaS
11 16 (0.92%) Snowflake
12 11 (0.63%) Power Automate
13 10 (0.57%) Microsoft Copilot
14 9 (0.52%) PowerApps
15 8 (0.46%) Figma
15 8 (0.46%) Microsoft Purview
15 8 (0.46%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 7 (0.40%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.23%) Network Security
2 3 (0.17%) Internet
2 3 (0.17%) Wireless
3 2 (0.11%) Broadband
3 2 (0.11%) Cisco IPT
3 2 (0.11%) DNS
3 2 (0.11%) Firewall
3 2 (0.11%) Intranet
3 2 (0.11%) NAS
3 2 (0.11%) X.25
4 1 (0.057%) SONET
4 1 (0.057%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (5.28%) Power BI
2 39 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
3 32 (1.84%) Tableau
4 29 (1.66%) Metadata
5 15 (0.86%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.34%) Big Data
6 6 (0.34%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.34%) Electronic Patient Records
6 6 (0.34%) RDBMS
7 5 (0.29%) SQL Server
8 3 (0.17%) Amazon Athena
8 3 (0.17%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.17%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.17%) Power Query
9 2 (0.11%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.11%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.11%) OLAP
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 255 (14.63%) JIRA
2 17 (0.98%) Jenkins
3 14 (0.80%) Sonatype Nexus
4 8 (0.46%) Postman
5 5 (0.29%) Balsamiq
6 3 (0.17%) Toad
7 2 (0.11%) Browser DevTools
7 2 (0.11%) Charles Proxy
7 2 (0.11%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.11%) Fiddler
7 2 (0.11%) GitLab
8 1 (0.057%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.057%) Gemini Tracker
8 1 (0.057%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.057%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.057%) SonarQube
General
1 607 (34.83%) Finance
2 606 (34.77%) Social Skills
3 410 (23.52%) Analytical Skills
4 268 (15.38%) Banking
5 165 (9.47%) Public Sector
6 133 (7.63%) Documentation Skills
7 85 (4.88%) Retail
8 79 (4.53%) Front Office
9 62 (3.56%) Investment Banking
9 62 (3.56%) Legal
9 62 (3.56%) Presentation Skills
10 49 (2.81%) Influencing Skills
11 39 (2.24%) Marketing
12 37 (2.12%) Financial Institution
13 33 (1.89%) Back Office
14 31 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
15 29 (1.66%) Telecoms
16 20 (1.15%) Manufacturing
17 19 (1.09%) Local Government
18 17 (0.98%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (1.78%) REST
2 27 (1.55%) XML
3 17 (0.98%) JSON
4 16 (0.92%) SOAP
5 13 (0.75%) ADO
5 13 (0.75%) Middleware
6 12 (0.69%) Swagger
6 12 (0.69%) VML
7 10 (0.57%) OAuth
8 9 (0.52%) FHIR
8 9 (0.52%) Oracle Fusion
9 7 (0.40%) JWT
9 7 (0.40%) OpenAPI
10 6 (0.34%) SailPoint
11 5 (0.29%) .NET
11 5 (0.29%) NumPy
11 5 (0.29%) Pandas
11 5 (0.29%) SAML
12 4 (0.23%) HTML
13 3 (0.17%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 152 (8.72%) Product Ownership
2 53 (3.04%) Onboarding
3 44 (2.52%) Analytical Mindset
4 43 (2.47%) Data Protection Act
4 43 (2.47%) Derivative
5 39 (2.24%) Fixed Income
5 39 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
6 30 (1.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 27 (1.55%) Credit Risk
8 26 (1.49%) NHS
9 24 (1.38%) Management Information System
10 23 (1.32%) Data Structures
10 23 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
11 20 (1.15%) Hedge funds
12 18 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
13 17 (0.98%) Equities
13 17 (0.98%) Market Risk
13 17 (0.98%) PMI
14 14 (0.80%) SWIFT Messaging Network
15 13 (0.75%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.75%) Linux
2 12 (0.69%) Windows
3 7 (0.40%) Unix
4 5 (0.29%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.29%) VMS
5 3 (0.17%) Android
6 2 (0.11%) AIX
6 2 (0.11%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.11%) Solaris
6 2 (0.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 582 (33.39%) Agile
2 530 (30.41%) Stakeholder Management
3 504 (28.92%) Business Analysis
4 456 (26.16%) Requirements Gathering
5 424 (24.33%) User Stories
6 412 (23.64%) Workshop Facilitation
7 346 (19.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 277 (15.89%) User Acceptance Testing
9 262 (15.03%) Problem-Solving
10 248 (14.23%) Acceptance Criteria
11 245 (14.06%) Migration
12 166 (9.52%) Validation
13 165 (9.47%) Process Improvement
14 158 (9.06%) Data Analysis
15 152 (8.72%) Decision-Making
16 147 (8.43%) GAP Analysis
17 142 (8.15%) Data Modelling
17 142 (8.15%) Scrum
18 131 (7.52%) DevOps
19 119 (6.83%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 192 (11.02%) SQL
2 44 (2.52%) Python
3 12 (0.69%) Korn
4 7 (0.40%) JavaScript
5 6 (0.34%) VBA
6 5 (0.29%) R
7 4 (0.23%) Java
8 2 (0.11%) C#
8 2 (0.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.11%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.057%) ABAP
9 1 (0.057%) C++
9 1 (0.057%) Groovy
9 1 (0.057%) Ruby
9 1 (0.057%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 244 (14.00%) Security Cleared
2 206 (11.82%) SC Cleared
3 139 (7.97%) Degree
4 50 (2.87%) BPSS Clearance
5 47 (2.70%) CBAP
6 42 (2.41%) IIBA
7 25 (1.43%) PMI Certification
8 15 (0.86%) CSPO
9 14 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (0.69%) PMP
11 8 (0.46%) ISEB
11 8 (0.46%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.34%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.23%) ACCA
13 4 (0.23%) CFA
13 4 (0.23%) MBA
14 3 (0.17%) CIMA
15 2 (0.11%) CAPM
15 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Certification
15 2 (0.11%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (5.68%) QA
2 88 (5.05%) Data Quality
3 53 (3.04%) GDPR
4 24 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 19 (1.09%) MiFID
5 19 (1.09%) NIST
6 18 (1.03%) Accessibility
7 16 (0.92%) EMIR
8 12 (0.69%) GRC
9 11 (0.63%) PMO
9 11 (0.63%) PSD2
10 9 (0.52%) HL7
10 9 (0.52%) ISO 20022
11 8 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 8 (0.46%) ISO 8583
12 7 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
12 7 (0.40%) Basel III
12 7 (0.40%) PCI DSS
13 6 (0.34%) Solvency II
14 5 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (0.40%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.17%) Docker
3 1 (0.057%) RACF
3 1 (0.057%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (0.86%) Ansible
2 8 (0.46%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.11%) Control-M
3 2 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.11%) Terraform
4 1 (0.057%) Grafana
4 1 (0.057%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.057%) Kibana
4 1 (0.057%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.057%) SCCM
4 1 (0.057%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 157 (9.01%) Microsoft
2 106 (6.08%) Salesforce
3 83 (4.76%) SAP
4 54 (3.10%) ServiceNow
5 52 (2.98%) Oracle
6 30 (1.72%) Murex
7 21 (1.20%) Bloomberg
8 18 (1.03%) Databricks
9 17 (0.98%) Workday
10 14 (0.80%) Adobe
11 13 (0.75%) Pega
11 13 (0.75%) Sonatype
12 12 (0.69%) Guidewire
12 12 (0.69%) Splunk
13 11 (0.63%) Avaloq
13 11 (0.63%) Google
14 9 (0.52%) OpenLink
14 9 (0.52%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 8 (0.46%) MuleSoft
15 8 (0.46%) Zuora