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 22 November 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 51 34
Rank change year-on-year +7 -17 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,508 1,234 2,107
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.93% 3.95% 5.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.41% 4.25% 5.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,061 937 1,554
10th Percentile £350 £363 £400
25th Percentile £413 £438 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
75th Percentile £625 £635 £618
90th Percentile £725 £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% +80.45%
75th Percentile £72.63 £76.88 £68.78
90th Percentile £88.50 £80.75 £73.00
UK median hourly rate £33.45 £42.00 £57.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -26.32% +80.95%

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 27,895 29,050 36,997
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.23% 92.91% 93.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,870 17,756 25,553
10th Percentile £283 £300 £292
25th Percentile £404 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -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 1,704 1,106 1,431
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.22 £15.33
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.12 £19.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -12.82% +43.38%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.85 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +50.00%

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 22 November 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 22 November 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 22 November 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 +4 971 £550 -3.51% 394
North of England +10 203 £425 -5.56% 143
Midlands +5 116 £406 -14.53% 105
South East +11 106 £489 +0.77% 152
Yorkshire +8 98 £408 -14.21% 41
North West -12 84 £431 +1.41% 83
West Midlands -13 61 £500 - 71
South West +20 59 £488 +14.71% 60
East Midlands +22 55 £359 -12.71% 34
North East +11 21 £425 +4.62% 22
East of England -15 21 £450 -14.29% 41
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 November 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.

1 577 (38.26%) Agile
2 455 (30.17%) Business Analysis
3 439 (29.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 371 (24.60%) Requirements Gathering
5 311 (20.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 281 (18.63%) User Stories
7 280 (18.57%) Workshop Facilitation
8 249 (16.51%) Problem-Solving
9 208 (13.79%) User Acceptance Testing
10 199 (13.20%) SQL
11 188 (12.47%) JIRA
12 176 (11.67%) Migration
13 173 (11.47%) Data Analysis
14 153 (10.15%) Microsoft
15 145 (9.62%) Scrum
16 142 (9.42%) Confluence
17 141 (9.35%) Degree
18 136 (9.02%) Waterfall
19 132 (8.75%) Analytics
20 127 (8.42%) Decision-Making
21 124 (8.22%) Process Improvement
21 124 (8.22%) Project Management
22 123 (8.16%) GAP Analysis
22 123 (8.16%) Project Delivery
23 120 (7.96%) Change Management
24 107 (7.10%) Azure
25 106 (7.03%) DevOps
26 104 (6.90%) Acceptance Criteria
26 104 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
26 104 (6.90%) 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
1 142 (9.42%) Confluence
2 29 (1.92%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.46%) 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
7 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.066%) Camunda
8 1 (0.066%) JBoss
8 1 (0.066%) Mule
8 1 (0.066%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 104 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 98 (6.50%) MS Visio
3 51 (3.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 49 (3.25%) Microsoft Office
5 13 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.33%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.27%) Autodesk Inventor
8 2 (0.13%) Trello
9 1 (0.066%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.066%) Notion
9 1 (0.066%) Sketch
9 1 (0.066%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 46 (3.05%) Endur
2 23 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (0.73%) Aladdin
5 10 (0.66%) Payment Gateway
6 9 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
7 8 (0.53%) NetSuite
8 7 (0.46%) Temenos T24
9 6 (0.40%) Loan IQ
10 4 (0.27%) SAP GTS
11 3 (0.20%) Elite 3E
11 3 (0.20%) Markit EDM
11 3 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
11 3 (0.20%) SAP HR
12 2 (0.13%) BASE24
12 2 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
12 2 (0.13%) HFM
12 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
12 2 (0.13%) Shopify
12 2 (0.13%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 107 (7.10%) Azure
2 95 (6.30%) Power Platform
3 59 (3.91%) AWS
4 53 (3.51%) Azure DevOps
5 37 (2.45%) SaaS
6 26 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
7 25 (1.66%) GCP
8 24 (1.59%) Miro
9 23 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
10 19 (1.26%) Entra ID
11 18 (1.19%) Lucidchart
12 13 (0.86%) GitHub
12 13 (0.86%) Snowflake
13 12 (0.80%) Figma
14 11 (0.73%) Power Automate
15 10 (0.66%) Microsoft Copilot
16 9 (0.60%) PowerApps
16 9 (0.60%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 7 (0.46%) Amazon EKS
17 7 (0.46%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.40%) Firewall
2 5 (0.33%) Network Security
3 3 (0.20%) Intranet
3 3 (0.20%) WAN
4 2 (0.13%) ATM
4 2 (0.13%) Cisco IPT
4 2 (0.13%) Internet
4 2 (0.13%) LAN
4 2 (0.13%) NAS
4 2 (0.13%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.066%) Broadband
5 1 (0.066%) DNS
5 1 (0.066%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.066%) Softphone
5 1 (0.066%) VoIP
5 1 (0.066%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (5.64%) Power BI
2 43 (2.85%) Tableau
3 19 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (1.19%) Metadata
5 15 (0.99%) SQL Server
6 7 (0.46%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.33%) Data Lake
7 5 (0.33%) Oracle Database
7 5 (0.33%) Power Query
7 5 (0.33%) Star Schema
8 4 (0.27%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.27%) Data Mart
8 4 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.20%) Amazon Athena
9 3 (0.20%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (0.20%) Big Data
9 3 (0.20%) Geospatial Data
9 3 (0.20%) GIS
9 3 (0.20%) SAP BW
10 2 (0.13%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 188 (12.47%) JIRA
2 11 (0.73%) Jenkins
2 11 (0.73%) Sonatype Nexus
3 3 (0.20%) Git
3 3 (0.20%) Postman
4 2 (0.13%) AdminStudio
4 2 (0.13%) Browser DevTools
4 2 (0.13%) Charles Proxy
4 2 (0.13%) Fiddler
5 1 (0.066%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.066%) Axure RP
5 1 (0.066%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.066%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.066%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 619 (41.05%) Social Skills
2 559 (37.07%) Finance
3 336 (22.28%) Analytical Skills
4 239 (15.85%) Banking
5 128 (8.49%) Public Sector
6 73 (4.84%) Documentation Skills
7 60 (3.98%) Back Office
8 58 (3.85%) Investment Banking
9 57 (3.78%) Front Office
9 57 (3.78%) Retail
10 53 (3.51%) Legal
10 53 (3.51%) Presentation Skills
11 50 (3.32%) Influencing Skills
12 39 (2.59%) Telecoms
13 38 (2.52%) Marketing
14 29 (1.92%) Manufacturing
15 28 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 28 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
16 27 (1.79%) Local Government
17 23 (1.53%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (1.39%) REST
1 21 (1.39%) XML
2 15 (0.99%) SailPoint
3 14 (0.93%) JSON
3 14 (0.93%) OAuth
3 14 (0.93%) SAML
4 11 (0.73%) ADO
5 10 (0.66%) SOAP
6 9 (0.60%) OpenID
7 7 (0.46%) Swagger
8 5 (0.33%) OAuth2
8 5 (0.33%) Oracle Fusion
8 5 (0.33%) Web Services
9 4 (0.27%) Anaconda
9 4 (0.27%) DCOM
9 4 (0.27%) FHIR
9 4 (0.27%) Gherkin
9 4 (0.27%) HTML
9 4 (0.27%) LDAP
9 4 (0.27%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 123 (8.16%) Product Ownership
2 77 (5.11%) Onboarding
3 39 (2.59%) Data Protection Act
4 34 (2.25%) Analytical Mindset
5 32 (2.12%) Derivative
5 32 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
6 31 (2.06%) Management Information System
7 30 (1.99%) Data Structures
8 28 (1.86%) Fixed Income
8 28 (1.86%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 26 (1.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 26 (1.72%) PMI
9 26 (1.72%) Reinsurance
10 21 (1.39%) Data Centre
11 20 (1.33%) Credit Risk
11 20 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
12 19 (1.26%) Cloud Native
13 18 (1.19%) Equities
14 17 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
15 15 (0.99%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 11 (0.73%) Linux
2 10 (0.66%) Windows
3 4 (0.27%) VMS
4 2 (0.13%) Android
4 2 (0.13%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.13%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.066%) AIX
5 1 (0.066%) Solaris
5 1 (0.066%) Unix
5 1 (0.066%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 577 (38.26%) Agile
2 455 (30.17%) Business Analysis
3 439 (29.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 371 (24.60%) Requirements Gathering
5 311 (20.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 281 (18.63%) User Stories
7 280 (18.57%) Workshop Facilitation
8 249 (16.51%) Problem-Solving
9 208 (13.79%) User Acceptance Testing
10 176 (11.67%) Migration
11 173 (11.47%) Data Analysis
12 145 (9.62%) Scrum
13 136 (9.02%) Waterfall
14 132 (8.75%) Analytics
15 127 (8.42%) Decision-Making
16 124 (8.22%) Process Improvement
16 124 (8.22%) Project Management
17 123 (8.16%) GAP Analysis
17 123 (8.16%) Project Delivery
18 120 (7.96%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 199 (13.20%) SQL
2 52 (3.45%) Python
3 8 (0.53%) C#
4 7 (0.46%) JavaScript
4 7 (0.46%) Korn
4 7 (0.46%) VBA
5 5 (0.33%) Java
5 5 (0.33%) R
6 1 (0.066%) Apex Code
6 1 (0.066%) C++
6 1 (0.066%) COBOL
6 1 (0.066%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.066%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.066%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 141 (9.35%) Degree
2 104 (6.90%) Security Cleared
3 80 (5.31%) SC Cleared
4 44 (2.92%) CBAP
5 32 (2.12%) PMI Certification
6 17 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (0.86%) Master's Degree
9 11 (0.73%) DV Cleared
10 10 (0.66%) IIBA
11 9 (0.60%) ACCA
12 8 (0.53%) ISEB
12 8 (0.53%) PMP
13 7 (0.46%) CIMA
14 6 (0.40%) CFA
15 5 (0.33%) CSPO
16 3 (0.20%) AWS Certification
16 3 (0.20%) FFIEC
16 3 (0.20%) MBA
16 3 (0.20%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (5.64%) QA
2 66 (4.38%) Data Quality
3 51 (3.38%) GDPR
4 30 (1.99%) MiFID
5 22 (1.46%) EMIR
6 16 (1.06%) GRC
6 16 (1.06%) ISO 20022
7 14 (0.93%) PSD2
8 13 (0.86%) NIST
8 13 (0.86%) SEPA
9 11 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 8 (0.53%) Accessibility
10 8 (0.53%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (0.46%) Basel III
11 7 (0.46%) ISO 8583
11 7 (0.46%) PMO
12 6 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 5 (0.33%) Solvency II
System Software
1 14 (0.93%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.066%) Docker
2 1 (0.066%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.066%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.066%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (0.99%) Kubernetes
2 14 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
3 12 (0.80%) Ansible
4 7 (0.46%) Terraform
5 4 (0.27%) SCCM
6 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 153 (10.15%) Microsoft
2 81 (5.37%) Salesforce
3 67 (4.44%) SAP
4 55 (3.65%) Oracle
5 43 (2.85%) ServiceNow
6 22 (1.46%) Murex
7 19 (1.26%) OpenLink
8 16 (1.06%) Google
9 14 (0.93%) MuleSoft
10 13 (0.86%) Adobe
10 13 (0.86%) Workday
11 10 (0.66%) Bloomberg
12 9 (0.60%) CyberArk
12 9 (0.60%) Guidewire
12 9 (0.60%) OneTrust
12 9 (0.60%) Sonatype
13 8 (0.53%) Atlassian
13 8 (0.53%) Charles River
14 7 (0.46%) Alibaba
14 7 (0.46%) Temenos