Business Analyst Contracts in England

Business Analyst (BA)
UK > England

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in England is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 44 33
Rank change year-on-year +6 -11 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,385 1,521 2,592
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 5.22% 4.09% 5.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.66% 4.40% 5.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 950 1,108 1,915
10th Percentile £358 £363 £400
25th Percentile £413 £429 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £625
90th Percentile £763 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 9 12
10th Percentile £25.26 £20.77 £22.60
25th Percentile £27.21 £21.25 £33.25
Median hourly rate £34.11 £42.50 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year -19.74% -30.61% +153.10%
75th Percentile £50.00 £68.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £69.50 £75.75 £76.75
UK median hourly rate £34.06 £46.25 £61.25
% change year-on-year -26.37% -24.49% +135.58%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 24,457 34,585 45,524
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.10% 92.93% 94.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,942 22,634 32,270
10th Percentile £290 £300 £313
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £663
90th Percentile £747 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,155 2,533 1,388
10th Percentile £13.81 £12.88 £14.49
25th Percentile £17.93 £16.86 £19.51
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £44.06
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% -9.20% +79.82%
75th Percentile £57.00 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £74.53 £77.58
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £37.50 £43.63
% change year-on-year -29.47% -14.05% +74.52%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Business Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in England

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in England.

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in England

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in England over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in England

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in England.

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in England

Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Analyst in England over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

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 6 July 2025. 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 +6 928 £575 +2.22% 957
North of England +5 189 £425 -10.53% 176
North West +12 108 £431 -9.37% 101
Midlands +7 85 £425 -5.56% 107
South East +14 82 £488 +2.63% 188
Yorkshire +12 73 £413 -13.16% 61
West Midlands -7 43 £500 +11.11% 64
East Midlands +15 41 £375 -13.29% 42
South West +41 39 £450 - 63
East of England +1 26 £450 +5.88% 58
North East -6 8 £400 - 15
Business Analyst
UK

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 6 July 2025, Business Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 532 (38.41%) Finance
2 517 (37.33%) Social Skills
3 515 (37.18%) Agile
4 450 (32.49%) Business Analysis
5 325 (23.47%) Stakeholder Management
6 302 (21.81%) Analytical Skills
7 265 (19.13%) Requirements Gathering
8 250 (18.05%) Problem-Solving
9 237 (17.11%) User Stories
10 222 (16.03%) SQL
11 198 (14.30%) Data Analysis
12 196 (14.15%) User Acceptance Testing
13 187 (13.50%) Banking
14 181 (13.07%) Workshop Facilitation
15 172 (12.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 151 (10.90%) JIRA
17 146 (10.54%) Project Management
18 140 (10.11%) Migration
19 134 (9.68%) Degree
20 131 (9.46%) Decision-Making
21 125 (9.03%) Change Management
21 125 (9.03%) Front Office
22 123 (8.88%) Process Improvement
23 121 (8.74%) Analytics
24 120 (8.66%) GAP Analysis
24 120 (8.66%) Microsoft
25 118 (8.52%) Scrum
25 118 (8.52%) Asset Management
25 118 (8.52%) Confluence
26 115 (8.30%) Business Intelligence

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 118 (8.52%) Confluence
2 20 (1.44%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
4 4 (0.29%) CMS
4 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.22%) SAS
6 2 (0.14%) IBM HTTP Server
6 2 (0.14%) Smallworld
7 1 (0.072%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.072%) Camunda
7 1 (0.072%) JBoss
Applications
1 90 (6.50%) MS Visio
2 77 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 45 (3.25%) Microsoft Office
4 37 (2.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.29%) Trello
7 3 (0.22%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 48 (3.47%) Aladdin
2 28 (2.02%) Endur
3 20 (1.44%) SAP S/4HANA
4 19 (1.37%) thinkFolio
5 18 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
6 9 (0.65%) Loan IQ
7 5 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
7 5 (0.36%) SAP CO
7 5 (0.36%) SAP FI
7 5 (0.36%) SAP FI/CO
7 5 (0.36%) Shopify
7 5 (0.36%) Temenos T24
8 4 (0.29%) ION Anvil
8 4 (0.29%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
8 4 (0.29%) Unit4 Business World
9 3 (0.22%) MultiFonds
9 3 (0.22%) SAP GTS
10 2 (0.14%) Aligne
10 2 (0.14%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 103 (7.44%) Azure
2 73 (5.27%) Power Platform
3 46 (3.32%) AWS
4 41 (2.96%) Azure DevOps
5 28 (2.02%) SaaS
6 23 (1.66%) GCP
7 18 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
8 15 (1.08%) Entra ID
8 15 (1.08%) Lucidchart
8 15 (1.08%) Microsoft 365
9 12 (0.87%) Miro
10 10 (0.72%) PowerApps
11 9 (0.65%) Snowflake
12 8 (0.58%) Azure AKS
13 7 (0.51%) Amazon EKS
13 7 (0.51%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 7 (0.51%) Microsoft Purview
14 6 (0.43%) AWS CloudFormation
14 6 (0.43%) Cloud Computing
14 6 (0.43%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.36%) Intranet
2 3 (0.22%) Firewall
3 2 (0.14%) ATM
3 2 (0.14%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (0.14%) Network Security
3 2 (0.14%) VoIP
4 1 (0.072%) DNS
4 1 (0.072%) GPRS
4 1 (0.072%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.072%) LAN
4 1 (0.072%) NGN
4 1 (0.072%) SNMP
4 1 (0.072%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (4.62%) Power BI
2 28 (2.02%) Data Warehouse
3 24 (1.73%) Tableau
4 9 (0.65%) Data Mart
5 8 (0.58%) Data Lake
5 8 (0.58%) SQL Server
6 7 (0.51%) Relational Database
6 7 (0.51%) Star Schema
7 6 (0.43%) GIS
8 5 (0.36%) Metadata
8 5 (0.36%) MS Access
9 3 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.22%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.22%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.22%) Power Query
9 3 (0.22%) SAP BW
9 3 (0.22%) Spatial Data
10 2 (0.14%) Big Data
10 2 (0.14%) Electronic Patient Records
10 2 (0.14%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 151 (10.90%) JIRA
2 4 (0.29%) Postman
2 4 (0.29%) SoapUI
3 2 (0.14%) AdminStudio
3 2 (0.14%) Git
3 2 (0.14%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.072%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.072%) Gemini Tracker
4 1 (0.072%) Jenkins
General
1 532 (38.41%) Finance
2 517 (37.33%) Social Skills
3 302 (21.81%) Analytical Skills
4 187 (13.50%) Banking
5 125 (9.03%) Front Office
6 67 (4.84%) Public Sector
7 54 (3.90%) Retail
8 52 (3.75%) Back Office
9 51 (3.68%) Presentation Skills
10 44 (3.18%) Investment Banking
11 41 (2.96%) Legal
12 40 (2.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 33 (2.38%) Financial Institution
14 32 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
14 32 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
15 26 (1.88%) Manufacturing
16 25 (1.81%) Marketing
16 25 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
17 22 (1.59%) Local Government
18 21 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.08%) XML
2 14 (1.01%) JSON
3 10 (0.72%) SAML
4 9 (0.65%) ADO
4 9 (0.65%) OAuth
5 8 (0.58%) OpenID
5 8 (0.58%) SailPoint
5 8 (0.58%) Web Services
6 7 (0.51%) REST
7 5 (0.36%) FpML
7 5 (0.36%) OAuth2
8 4 (0.29%) DCOM
8 4 (0.29%) LDAP
8 4 (0.29%) VML
9 3 (0.22%) RAML
10 2 (0.14%) Gherkin
10 2 (0.14%) HTML
10 2 (0.14%) Murex MxML
10 2 (0.14%) SOAP
10 2 (0.14%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 79 (5.70%) Derivative
2 76 (5.49%) Product Ownership
3 75 (5.42%) Fixed Income
4 59 (4.26%) Onboarding
5 46 (3.32%) Hedge funds
6 35 (2.53%) Management Information System
7 28 (2.02%) Reinsurance
8 25 (1.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 24 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
9 24 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
10 23 (1.66%) Market Risk
11 21 (1.52%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 20 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
13 18 (1.30%) Data Structures
13 18 (1.30%) Equities
14 13 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
14 13 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
15 12 (0.87%) Data Centre
16 10 (0.72%) Cloud Native
16 10 (0.72%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 7 (0.51%) Windows
2 3 (0.22%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.14%) Unix
4 1 (0.072%) Linux
4 1 (0.072%) VMS
4 1 (0.072%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 515 (37.18%) Agile
2 450 (32.49%) Business Analysis
3 325 (23.47%) Stakeholder Management
4 265 (19.13%) Requirements Gathering
5 250 (18.05%) Problem-Solving
6 237 (17.11%) User Stories
7 198 (14.30%) Data Analysis
8 196 (14.15%) User Acceptance Testing
9 181 (13.07%) Workshop Facilitation
10 172 (12.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 146 (10.54%) Project Management
12 140 (10.11%) Migration
13 131 (9.46%) Decision-Making
14 125 (9.03%) Change Management
15 123 (8.88%) Process Improvement
16 121 (8.74%) Analytics
17 120 (8.66%) GAP Analysis
18 118 (8.52%) Asset Management
18 118 (8.52%) Scrum
19 115 (8.30%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 222 (16.03%) SQL
2 98 (7.08%) Python
3 7 (0.51%) VBA
4 6 (0.43%) C#
5 5 (0.36%) Java
5 5 (0.36%) R
6 3 (0.22%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.14%) MATLAB
7 2 (0.14%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.072%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.072%) Magik
Qualifications
1 134 (9.68%) Degree
2 89 (6.43%) Security Cleared
3 58 (4.19%) SC Cleared
4 39 (2.82%) CBAP
5 19 (1.37%) DV Cleared
6 17 (1.23%) PMI Certification
7 15 (1.08%) IIBA
8 9 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (0.58%) ACCA
9 8 (0.58%) Master's Degree
9 8 (0.58%) PMP
10 7 (0.51%) ISEB
10 7 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.43%) CIMA
12 4 (0.29%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 3 (0.22%) CISSP
13 3 (0.22%) CRISC
14 2 (0.14%) CCA
14 2 (0.14%) CIPFA
14 2 (0.14%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (5.27%) QA
2 43 (3.10%) MiFID
3 35 (2.53%) Data Quality
3 35 (2.53%) EMIR
4 28 (2.02%) GDPR
5 13 (0.94%) Dodd-Frank
5 13 (0.94%) NIST
6 10 (0.72%) SEPA
7 9 (0.65%) Accessibility
7 9 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
8 8 (0.58%) Basel III
8 8 (0.58%) GRC
9 7 (0.51%) PMO
9 7 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (0.43%) COREP
11 5 (0.36%) HIPAA
12 4 (0.29%) GxP
12 4 (0.29%) ISO 20022
12 4 (0.29%) Solvency II
System Software
1 19 (1.37%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 11 (0.79%) Kubernetes
2 10 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (0.43%) Terraform
4 3 (0.22%) Cisco UCCX
4 3 (0.22%) SCCM
5 2 (0.14%) HP Data Protector
5 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.14%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.072%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.072%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 120 (8.66%) Microsoft
2 71 (5.13%) SAP
3 51 (3.68%) Salesforce
4 43 (3.10%) Oracle
5 39 (2.82%) ServiceNow
6 38 (2.74%) BISAM
7 28 (2.02%) Charles River
8 26 (1.88%) Murex
9 22 (1.59%) Calypso
10 21 (1.52%) SimCorp
11 18 (1.30%) OpenLink
12 16 (1.16%) ION Trading
13 14 (1.01%) Workday
14 11 (0.79%) Virgin Media
15 10 (0.72%) Adobe
16 9 (0.65%) Databricks
16 9 (0.65%) Google
17 8 (0.58%) Duck Creek
18 7 (0.51%) Alibaba
18 7 (0.51%) Guidewire