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 7 December 2025.

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

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 50 33
Rank change year-on-year +6 -17 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,497 1,230 2,029
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.83% 4.06% 5.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.30% 4.37% 5.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,048 933 1,488
10th Percentile £352 £375 £400
25th Percentile £413 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
75th Percentile £613 £638 £618
90th Percentile £712 £731 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 7
10th Percentile £25.18 £30.59 £27.54
25th Percentile £27.11 £36.14 £41.25
Median hourly rate £32.19 £50.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.62% -16.67% +71.43%
75th Percentile £72.63 £76.88 £68.78
90th Percentile £88.50 £80.75 £73.00
UK median hourly rate £32.89 £42.50 £57.00
% change year-on-year -22.61% -25.44% +71.43%

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 28,233 28,165 35,983
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.17% 92.89% 93.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,092 17,437 24,751
10th Percentile £285 £300 £294
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% -1.69% -2.91%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,705 974 1,399
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.34 £15.32
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.05 £19.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.48% -17.22% +36.36%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £74.42 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £44.00
% change year-on-year -27.63% -21.02% +40.98%

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 7 December 2025.

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 7 December 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 7 December 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 +5 964 £525 -8.70% 185
North of England +10 202 £427 -0.12% 189
Midlands +3 118 £415 -12.63% 116
South East +3 102 £488 - 166
Yorkshire +13 101 £425 -5.56% 68
North West -2 82 £429 +4.00% 97
West Midlands -9 67 £500 +1.27% 74
South West +11 64 £488 +14.71% 67
East Midlands +15 51 £358 -11.06% 38
North East +19 25 £425 +3.03% 28
East of England -15 22 £456 -13.10% 63
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 7 December 2025, 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.

1 562 (37.54%) Agile
2 453 (30.26%) Business Analysis
3 449 (29.99%) Stakeholder Management
4 370 (24.72%) Requirements Gathering
5 311 (20.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 290 (19.37%) Workshop Facilitation
7 288 (19.24%) User Stories
8 246 (16.43%) Problem-Solving
9 208 (13.89%) User Acceptance Testing
10 199 (13.29%) SQL
11 194 (12.96%) JIRA
12 188 (12.56%) Migration
13 156 (10.42%) Data Analysis
14 146 (9.75%) Degree
15 141 (9.42%) Confluence
16 140 (9.35%) Microsoft
17 139 (9.29%) Scrum
18 129 (8.62%) Decision-Making
18 129 (8.62%) Waterfall
19 124 (8.28%) Analytics
19 124 (8.28%) Process Improvement
20 123 (8.22%) GAP Analysis
21 119 (7.95%) Project Delivery
22 113 (7.55%) Acceptance Criteria
23 112 (7.48%) Change Management
24 109 (7.28%) Business Intelligence
24 109 (7.28%) Data Modelling
25 108 (7.21%) Project Management
26 107 (7.15%) Microsoft Excel
26 107 (7.15%) Security Cleared

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
1 141 (9.42%) Confluence
2 27 (1.80%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.47%) CMS
4 5 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
5 4 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.20%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.13%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.067%) Camunda
8 1 (0.067%) JBoss
8 1 (0.067%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.067%) Mule
8 1 (0.067%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 107 (7.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 103 (6.88%) MS Visio
3 52 (3.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 48 (3.21%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.33%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.27%) Autodesk Inventor
7 4 (0.27%) Notion
8 2 (0.13%) Trello
9 1 (0.067%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.067%) Sketch
9 1 (0.067%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 47 (3.14%) Endur
2 23 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (0.73%) NetSuite
5 10 (0.67%) Payment Gateway
6 9 (0.60%) Aladdin
6 9 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
7 7 (0.47%) Temenos T24
8 5 (0.33%) Loan IQ
9 3 (0.20%) Elite 3E
9 3 (0.20%) Markit EDM
9 3 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
9 3 (0.20%) SAP GTS
9 3 (0.20%) SAP HR
10 2 (0.13%) FIS Private Capital Suite
10 2 (0.13%) NEC Housing
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
10 2 (0.13%) Shopify
10 2 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
10 2 (0.13%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 104 (6.95%) Power Platform
2 96 (6.41%) Azure
3 58 (3.87%) AWS
4 47 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
5 41 (2.74%) SaaS
6 33 (2.20%) Microsoft 365
7 27 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
8 25 (1.67%) GCP
9 23 (1.54%) Lucidchart
10 22 (1.47%) Miro
11 21 (1.40%) Entra ID
12 14 (0.94%) GitHub
12 14 (0.94%) Snowflake
13 12 (0.80%) Figma
13 12 (0.80%) Power Automate
14 11 (0.73%) PowerApps
15 10 (0.67%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 9 (0.60%) Microsoft Copilot
16 9 (0.60%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 7 (0.47%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.33%) Firewall
1 5 (0.33%) Network Security
2 3 (0.20%) WAN
3 2 (0.13%) ATM
3 2 (0.13%) Cisco IPT
3 2 (0.13%) Internet
3 2 (0.13%) Intranet
3 2 (0.13%) LAN
3 2 (0.13%) NAS
3 2 (0.13%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.13%) X.25
4 1 (0.067%) Broadband
4 1 (0.067%) DNS
4 1 (0.067%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.067%) Softphone
4 1 (0.067%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (6.21%) Power BI
2 43 (2.87%) Tableau
3 22 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (1.20%) Metadata
5 16 (1.07%) SQL Server
6 5 (0.33%) Oracle Database
6 5 (0.33%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.27%) BigQuery
7 4 (0.27%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.27%) Data Mart
7 4 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (0.27%) Power Query
7 4 (0.27%) Star Schema
8 3 (0.20%) Amazon Athena
8 3 (0.20%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (0.20%) SAP BW
9 2 (0.13%) Big Data
9 2 (0.13%) Looker
10 1 (0.067%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.067%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 194 (12.96%) JIRA
2 12 (0.80%) Jenkins
2 12 (0.80%) Sonatype Nexus
3 3 (0.20%) Git
3 3 (0.20%) Postman
4 2 (0.13%) Browser DevTools
4 2 (0.13%) Charles Proxy
4 2 (0.13%) Fiddler
5 1 (0.067%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.067%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.067%) Axure RP
5 1 (0.067%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.067%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.067%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 613 (40.95%) Social Skills
2 555 (37.07%) Finance
3 329 (21.98%) Analytical Skills
4 229 (15.30%) Banking
5 127 (8.48%) Public Sector
6 79 (5.28%) Documentation Skills
7 59 (3.94%) Back Office
8 54 (3.61%) Influencing Skills
8 54 (3.61%) Investment Banking
8 54 (3.61%) Retail
9 52 (3.47%) Front Office
9 52 (3.47%) Legal
9 52 (3.47%) Presentation Skills
10 42 (2.81%) Telecoms
11 40 (2.67%) Marketing
12 28 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 27 (1.80%) Manufacturing
14 26 (1.74%) Local Government
15 25 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
16 23 (1.54%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (1.40%) REST
1 21 (1.40%) XML
2 16 (1.07%) SAML
3 15 (1.00%) SailPoint
4 14 (0.94%) JSON
4 14 (0.94%) OAuth
5 11 (0.73%) ADO
6 10 (0.67%) SOAP
7 9 (0.60%) OpenID
8 7 (0.47%) Swagger
9 5 (0.33%) OAuth2
9 5 (0.33%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (0.33%) Web Services
10 4 (0.27%) .NET
10 4 (0.27%) Anaconda
10 4 (0.27%) DCOM
10 4 (0.27%) Gherkin
10 4 (0.27%) HTML
10 4 (0.27%) Middleware
10 4 (0.27%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 127 (8.48%) Product Ownership
2 79 (5.28%) Onboarding
3 38 (2.54%) Data Protection Act
4 37 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
5 33 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
6 32 (2.14%) Management Information System
7 31 (2.07%) Data Structures
7 31 (2.07%) Derivative
8 30 (2.00%) Fixed Income
9 29 (1.94%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 28 (1.87%) PMI
11 25 (1.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 22 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
13 19 (1.27%) Data Centre
13 19 (1.27%) Reinsurance
14 18 (1.20%) Cloud Native
14 18 (1.20%) Credit Risk
15 17 (1.14%) Equities
16 16 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
17 15 (1.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.87%) Linux
2 9 (0.60%) Windows
3 5 (0.33%) VMS
4 2 (0.13%) Android
4 2 (0.13%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.067%) AIX
5 1 (0.067%) Solaris
5 1 (0.067%) Unix
5 1 (0.067%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 562 (37.54%) Agile
2 453 (30.26%) Business Analysis
3 449 (29.99%) Stakeholder Management
4 370 (24.72%) Requirements Gathering
5 311 (20.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 290 (19.37%) Workshop Facilitation
7 288 (19.24%) User Stories
8 246 (16.43%) Problem-Solving
9 208 (13.89%) User Acceptance Testing
10 188 (12.56%) Migration
11 156 (10.42%) Data Analysis
12 139 (9.29%) Scrum
13 129 (8.62%) Decision-Making
13 129 (8.62%) Waterfall
14 124 (8.28%) Analytics
14 124 (8.28%) Process Improvement
15 123 (8.22%) GAP Analysis
16 119 (7.95%) Project Delivery
17 113 (7.55%) Acceptance Criteria
18 112 (7.48%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 199 (13.29%) SQL
2 49 (3.27%) Python
3 9 (0.60%) C#
4 8 (0.53%) JavaScript
5 7 (0.47%) Korn
6 5 (0.33%) Java
6 5 (0.33%) R
6 5 (0.33%) VBA
7 1 (0.067%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.067%) C++
7 1 (0.067%) COBOL
7 1 (0.067%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.067%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.067%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 146 (9.75%) Degree
2 107 (7.15%) Security Cleared
3 85 (5.68%) SC Cleared
4 51 (3.41%) CBAP
5 33 (2.20%) PMI Certification
6 18 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (0.87%) Master's Degree
9 12 (0.80%) IIBA
10 11 (0.73%) CSPO
11 10 (0.67%) DV Cleared
12 7 (0.47%) CFA
12 7 (0.47%) ISEB
12 7 (0.47%) PMP
13 6 (0.40%) ACCA
14 4 (0.27%) CIMA
15 3 (0.20%) AWS Certification
15 3 (0.20%) FFIEC
15 3 (0.20%) MBA
16 2 (0.13%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (5.74%) QA
2 68 (4.54%) Data Quality
3 50 (3.34%) GDPR
4 26 (1.74%) MiFID
5 18 (1.20%) EMIR
6 16 (1.07%) ISO 20022
7 15 (1.00%) GRC
8 14 (0.94%) PSD2
9 12 (0.80%) SEPA
10 11 (0.73%) NIST
11 10 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 9 (0.60%) Accessibility
13 8 (0.53%) PCI DSS
14 7 (0.47%) Basel III
14 7 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 7 (0.47%) ISO 8583
14 7 (0.47%) PMO
14 7 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 6 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
16 5 (0.33%) Solvency II
System Software
1 14 (0.94%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.067%) Docker
2 1 (0.067%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.067%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.067%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (1.07%) Kubernetes
2 13 (0.87%) Ansible
2 13 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (0.47%) Terraform
4 3 (0.20%) SCCM
5 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 140 (9.35%) Microsoft
2 86 (5.74%) Salesforce
3 67 (4.48%) SAP
4 54 (3.61%) Oracle
5 41 (2.74%) ServiceNow
6 23 (1.54%) Murex
7 19 (1.27%) OpenLink
8 17 (1.14%) Google
9 14 (0.94%) Adobe
9 14 (0.94%) MuleSoft
10 12 (0.80%) Bloomberg
10 12 (0.80%) Workday
11 11 (0.73%) OneTrust
12 10 (0.67%) Sonatype
13 9 (0.60%) CyberArk
14 8 (0.53%) Atlassian
14 8 (0.53%) Guidewire
14 8 (0.53%) Pega
14 8 (0.53%) Temenos
15 7 (0.47%) Charles River