Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

Business Analyst (BA)
UK > England

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in England is £514, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 40 51
Rank change year-on-year -21 +11 -16
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,724 1,416 1,274
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.72% 5.10% 3.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.04% 5.60% 4.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,136 991 960
10th Percentile £363 £350 £363
25th Percentile £428 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.75% -4.76% -0.28%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £625
90th Percentile £675 £750 £726
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 7 10
10th Percentile £29.43 £27.05 £39.73
25th Percentile £37.00 £29.35 £43.44
Median hourly rate £61.50 £31.49 £67.25
Median % change year-on-year +95.30% -53.17% +12.08%
75th Percentile £76.75 £34.45 £77.81
90th Percentile £104.00 £57.10 £82.68
UK median hourly rate £61.50 £32.89 £58.25
% change year-on-year +86.99% -43.54% +2.19%

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 42,656 25,279 29,913
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.08% 91.06% 93.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,141 16,283 18,289
10th Percentile £325 £278 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.24%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,680 1,407 1,330
10th Percentile £14.59 £13.80 £15.00
25th Percentile £20.48 £17.33 £21.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -6.40%
75th Percentile £68.00 £52.08 £67.50
90th Percentile £79.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.74 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +65.94% -40.82% -4.49%

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 6 October 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 6 October 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 6 October 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 -17 991 £525 -7.08% 521
North of England -21 249 £466 +9.71% 201
South East -8 181 £500 +2.56% 192
Midlands -7 166 £450 +20.00% 123
West Midlands +15 130 £450 -5.26% 81
North West -21 115 £449 +4.30% 110
Yorkshire -19 97 £463 +12.12% 61
South West +9 87 £480 +6.67% 62
North East -14 38 £525 +31.09% 30
East Midlands -21 35 £460 +28.49% 42
East of England -21 29 £450 - 56
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 October 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.

1 683 (39.62%) Stakeholder Management
2 646 (37.47%) Business Analysis
3 599 (34.74%) Requirements Gathering
4 553 (32.08%) Agile
5 525 (30.45%) Workshop Facilitation
6 458 (26.57%) User Stories
7 339 (19.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 335 (19.43%) User Acceptance Testing
9 300 (17.40%) Acceptance Criteria
10 227 (13.17%) Problem-Solving
11 210 (12.18%) Process Improvement
12 206 (11.95%) JIRA
13 205 (11.89%) Validation
14 196 (11.37%) SQL
15 193 (11.19%) Migration
16 190 (11.02%) AI
17 180 (10.44%) Microsoft
18 179 (10.38%) Data Analysis
19 171 (9.92%) Decision-Making
20 154 (8.93%) Security Cleared
21 153 (8.87%) Data Modelling
22 150 (8.70%) Degree
23 148 (8.58%) Requirements Workshops
24 145 (8.41%) Azure
25 142 (8.24%) Confluence
26 134 (7.77%) Impact Assessments
27 133 (7.71%) GAP Analysis
28 131 (7.60%) Scrum
29 128 (7.42%) Project Delivery
30 121 (7.02%) Data Quality

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 (8.24%) Confluence
2 22 (1.28%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.46%) CMS
4 3 (0.17%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.12%) Appian
5 2 (0.12%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.12%) SAS
6 1 (0.058%) Apache
6 1 (0.058%) Apache Superset
6 1 (0.058%) Camunda
6 1 (0.058%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.058%) Moodle
6 1 (0.058%) Oracle Coherence
6 1 (0.058%) PowerExchange
6 1 (0.058%) Totara
Applications
1 81 (4.70%) MS Visio
2 62 (3.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 32 (1.86%) Microsoft Office
4 21 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.23%) Notion
7 1 (0.058%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.058%) InfoPath
7 1 (0.058%) Trello
Business Applications
1 34 (1.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 29 (1.68%) SAP S/4HANA
3 16 (0.93%) Salesforce CRM
4 10 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
5 9 (0.52%) Aladdin
5 9 (0.52%) Endur
5 9 (0.52%) Oracle Receivables
6 8 (0.46%) Maximo
6 8 (0.46%) Oracle General Ledger
7 7 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
8 6 (0.35%) Workday HCM
9 5 (0.29%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.29%) SAP HR
10 4 (0.23%) HFM
10 4 (0.23%) NetSuite
10 4 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
10 4 (0.23%) SAP FI
11 3 (0.17%) Oracle FAH
11 3 (0.17%) PeopleSoft HCM
11 3 (0.17%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 145 (8.41%) Azure
2 108 (6.26%) Power Platform
3 70 (4.06%) Azure DevOps
4 48 (2.78%) AWS
5 46 (2.67%) Dynamics 365
6 32 (1.86%) SaaS
7 24 (1.39%) Snowflake
8 23 (1.33%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 21 (1.22%) Lucidchart
10 20 (1.16%) Microsoft 365
11 18 (1.04%) Miro
11 18 (1.04%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 14 (0.81%) GCP
13 12 (0.70%) Entra ID
13 12 (0.70%) SuccessFactors
14 10 (0.58%) Microsoft Copilot
14 10 (0.58%) Microsoft Purview
15 9 (0.52%) Power Automate
16 8 (0.46%) Figma
16 8 (0.46%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.41%) Network Security
2 5 (0.29%) Intranet
3 4 (0.23%) Wireless
4 3 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.12%) 802.11
5 2 (0.12%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (0.12%) PBX
5 2 (0.12%) VoIP
5 2 (0.12%) VPN
5 2 (0.12%) WAN
5 2 (0.12%) Wireless Security
5 2 (0.12%) WLAN
6 1 (0.058%) CTI
6 1 (0.058%) DNS
6 1 (0.058%) Extranet
6 1 (0.058%) HTTP
6 1 (0.058%) Internet
6 1 (0.058%) LAN
6 1 (0.058%) SNMP
6 1 (0.058%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (5.39%) Power BI
2 41 (2.38%) Metadata
3 31 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (1.04%) Tableau
5 17 (0.99%) Data Lake
6 8 (0.46%) Relational Database
7 7 (0.41%) Amazon Redshift
8 6 (0.35%) Data Mining
8 6 (0.35%) GIS
8 6 (0.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 6 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.23%) Looker
9 4 (0.23%) SQL Server
10 3 (0.17%) Big Data
10 3 (0.17%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.17%) Power Query
10 3 (0.17%) SAP BW
11 2 (0.12%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 206 (11.95%) JIRA
2 3 (0.17%) Balsamiq
3 2 (0.12%) Eclipse
3 2 (0.12%) GitLab
3 2 (0.12%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.058%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.058%) Rational DOORS
General
1 594 (34.45%) Finance
2 564 (32.71%) Social Skills
3 374 (21.69%) Analytical Skills
4 236 (13.69%) Banking
5 154 (8.93%) Public Sector
6 134 (7.77%) Documentation Skills
7 105 (6.09%) Retail
8 82 (4.76%) Front Office
9 61 (3.54%) Investment Banking
9 61 (3.54%) Legal
10 49 (2.84%) Manufacturing
11 48 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
12 38 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
13 34 (1.97%) Back Office
14 33 (1.91%) Local Government
15 28 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
16 26 (1.51%) Marketing
17 25 (1.45%) Billing
17 25 (1.45%) Financial Institution
17 25 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.51%) Oracle Fusion
2 15 (0.87%) JSON
2 15 (0.87%) Middleware
3 14 (0.81%) XML
4 10 (0.58%) ADO
5 6 (0.35%) SailPoint
6 5 (0.29%) Terraform
7 4 (0.23%) 802.1X
7 4 (0.23%) EDI
7 4 (0.23%) FHIR
7 4 (0.23%) Gherkin
7 4 (0.23%) OpenAPI
7 4 (0.23%) Swagger
8 3 (0.17%) FIX Protocol
8 3 (0.17%) STL
9 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Graph
9 2 (0.12%) REST
9 2 (0.12%) RESTful
9 2 (0.12%) VML
10 1 (0.058%) WebAuthn
Miscellaneous
1 161 (9.34%) Product Ownership
2 85 (4.93%) Onboarding
3 50 (2.90%) Derivative
4 41 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
5 35 (2.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 35 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
6 34 (1.97%) Data Structures
7 31 (1.80%) Analytical Mindset
8 27 (1.57%) Fixed Income
8 27 (1.57%) Management Information System
9 23 (1.33%) Reference Data
10 19 (1.10%) Operational Technology
11 18 (1.04%) Equities
11 18 (1.04%) Taxonomies
12 16 (0.93%) Credit Risk
12 16 (0.93%) FMCG
12 16 (0.93%) Hedge funds
13 15 (0.87%) Market Risk
13 15 (0.87%) NHS
14 14 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 15 (0.87%) Windows
2 4 (0.23%) Android
3 3 (0.17%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.058%) Linux
4 1 (0.058%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 683 (39.62%) Stakeholder Management
2 646 (37.47%) Business Analysis
3 599 (34.74%) Requirements Gathering
4 553 (32.08%) Agile
5 525 (30.45%) Workshop Facilitation
6 458 (26.57%) User Stories
7 339 (19.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 335 (19.43%) User Acceptance Testing
9 300 (17.40%) Acceptance Criteria
10 227 (13.17%) Problem-Solving
11 210 (12.18%) Process Improvement
12 205 (11.89%) Validation
13 193 (11.19%) Migration
14 190 (11.02%) AI
15 179 (10.38%) Data Analysis
16 171 (9.92%) Decision-Making
17 153 (8.87%) Data Modelling
18 148 (8.58%) Requirements Workshops
19 134 (7.77%) Impact Assessments
20 133 (7.71%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 196 (11.37%) SQL
2 27 (1.57%) Python
3 15 (0.87%) Korn
4 9 (0.52%) Java
5 5 (0.29%) PL/SQL
6 2 (0.12%) C#
6 2 (0.12%) R
6 2 (0.12%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.058%) ABAP
7 1 (0.058%) C
7 1 (0.058%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.058%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.058%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.058%) Ruby
7 1 (0.058%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 154 (8.93%) Security Cleared
2 150 (8.70%) Degree
3 121 (7.02%) SC Cleared
4 47 (2.73%) BPSS Clearance
5 35 (2.03%) IIBA
6 30 (1.74%) CBAP
7 26 (1.51%) PMI Certification
8 23 (1.33%) ACCA
9 22 (1.28%) CIMA
10 16 (0.93%) PMP
11 12 (0.70%) DV Cleared
11 12 (0.70%) FFIEC
12 10 (0.58%) ISEB
13 8 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (0.41%) ISTQB
15 6 (0.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 4 (0.23%) CSPO
16 4 (0.23%) Master's Degree
16 4 (0.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 3 (0.17%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (7.02%) Data Quality
2 87 (5.05%) QA
3 22 (1.28%) GDPR
4 21 (1.22%) NIST
5 16 (0.93%) MiFID
6 14 (0.81%) Accessibility
6 14 (0.81%) IFRS
7 12 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
7 12 (0.70%) COBIT
7 12 (0.70%) GRC
8 11 (0.64%) PMO
9 10 (0.58%) ISO 20022
9 10 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 9 (0.52%) EMIR
11 6 (0.35%) Basel III
11 6 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.29%) SEPA
13 4 (0.23%) FINREP
13 4 (0.23%) ISO 15022
14 3 (0.17%) HL7
System Software
1 14 (0.81%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.12%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (0.52%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.17%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.058%) Autotask
3 1 (0.058%) Grafana
3 1 (0.058%) Kibana
3 1 (0.058%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 180 (10.44%) Microsoft
2 114 (6.61%) SAP
3 103 (5.97%) Salesforce
4 59 (3.42%) Oracle
5 57 (3.31%) ServiceNow
6 32 (1.86%) Murex
7 28 (1.62%) Databricks
8 18 (1.04%) CyberArk
8 18 (1.04%) Workday
9 15 (0.87%) IBM
10 13 (0.75%) Bloomberg
10 13 (0.75%) Guidewire
11 10 (0.58%) Pega
12 8 (0.46%) Charles River
12 8 (0.46%) IFS
13 7 (0.41%) Ariba
13 7 (0.41%) Infor
13 7 (0.41%) Zscaler
14 6 (0.35%) Informatica
14 6 (0.35%) ION Trading