Business Analyst Contracts in England

Business Analyst (BA)
UK > England

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in England is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 41 38
Rank change year-on-year -4 -3 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,160 1,612 2,702
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 4.76% 4.33% 5.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.14% 4.67% 5.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 806 1,174 1,996
10th Percentile £375 £390 £400
25th Percentile £425 £451 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £600
90th Percentile £775 £734 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £522
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.60% +4.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 7 14
10th Percentile - - £20.78
25th Percentile £25.26 £20.77 £29.74
Median hourly rate £32.82 £22.50 £60.25
Median % change year-on-year +45.84% -62.66% +129.35%
75th Percentile £50.00 £49.75 £64.69
90th Percentile £56.75 £72.00 £68.50
UK median hourly rate £32.82 £28.00 £60.25
% change year-on-year +17.20% -53.53% +105.04%

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 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

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 1 May 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 1 May 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 1 May 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 -1 769 £550 -4.35% 408
North of England -12 135 £425 -10.53% 61
North West +8 93 £425 -10.53% 40
South East +14 83 £488 +2.63% 111
Midlands +11 71 £475 +5.56% 52
South West +55 48 £500 -2.44% 39
West Midlands +11 46 £500 +11.11% 34
Yorkshire -27 34 £450 -6.25% 16
East Midlands +5 25 £390 -7.14% 14
East of England +6 23 £428 +0.59% 41
North East -4 8 £400 -15.79% 6
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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.

1 419 (36.12%) Finance
2 418 (36.03%) Agile
3 378 (32.59%) Social Skills
4 368 (31.72%) Business Analysis
5 264 (22.76%) Stakeholder Management
6 241 (20.78%) Analytical Skills
7 228 (19.66%) Problem-Solving
8 215 (18.53%) Requirements Gathering
9 183 (15.78%) User Stories
10 150 (12.93%) SQL
11 146 (12.59%) Data Analysis
12 139 (11.98%) Banking
12 139 (11.98%) User Acceptance Testing
13 137 (11.81%) Degree
14 129 (11.12%) Workshop Facilitation
15 123 (10.60%) JIRA
15 123 (10.60%) Migration
16 117 (10.09%) Front Office
17 115 (9.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 114 (9.83%) Analytics
19 111 (9.57%) Project Management
20 106 (9.14%) Decision-Making
21 105 (9.05%) Asset Management
21 105 (9.05%) Process Improvement
22 101 (8.71%) Security Cleared
23 95 (8.19%) Microsoft
24 94 (8.10%) Business Intelligence
24 94 (8.10%) Change Management
25 87 (7.50%) Fixed Income
26 82 (7.07%) GAP Analysis

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 77 (6.64%) Confluence
2 16 (1.38%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.52%) CMS
4 4 (0.34%) SAS
5 2 (0.17%) Drupal
5 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.086%) Camunda
6 1 (0.086%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 67 (5.78%) MS Visio
2 52 (4.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (3.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.34%) Trello
7 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.17%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 35 (3.02%) Aladdin
2 23 (1.98%) SAP S/4HANA
3 21 (1.81%) Endur
4 16 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
5 14 (1.21%) thinkFolio
6 8 (0.69%) Loan IQ
7 6 (0.52%) SAP CO
7 6 (0.52%) SAP FI
7 6 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
7 6 (0.52%) Unit4 Business World
8 5 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
8 5 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
9 4 (0.34%) Shopify
10 3 (0.26%) FLEXCUBE
10 3 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
10 3 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
11 2 (0.17%) Actimize
11 2 (0.17%) Misys Midas
11 2 (0.17%) Oracle EBS R12
11 2 (0.17%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 71 (6.12%) Power Platform
2 68 (5.86%) Azure
3 23 (1.98%) AWS
3 23 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
4 16 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
5 13 (1.12%) SaaS
6 12 (1.03%) Lucidchart
6 12 (1.03%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (1.03%) PowerApps
7 11 (0.95%) GCP
8 8 (0.69%) Entra ID
9 7 (0.60%) Azure Data Factory
10 6 (0.52%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (0.52%) Miro
10 6 (0.52%) Snowflake
11 5 (0.43%) GitHub
11 5 (0.43%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 5 (0.43%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 4 (0.34%) Power Automate
12 4 (0.34%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.43%) Network Security
2 4 (0.34%) Intranet
3 2 (0.17%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.086%) DNS
4 1 (0.086%) GPRS
4 1 (0.086%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.086%) NGN
4 1 (0.086%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (5.17%) Power BI
2 19 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
2 19 (1.64%) Tableau
3 16 (1.38%) Data Lake
4 6 (0.52%) SQL Server
5 5 (0.43%) Data Mart
6 4 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.26%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (0.26%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.26%) MS Access
7 3 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (0.26%) Power Query
7 3 (0.26%) SAP BW
7 3 (0.26%) Star Schema
8 2 (0.17%) Data Hub
8 2 (0.17%) GIS
8 2 (0.17%) Metadata
8 2 (0.17%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.17%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 123 (10.60%) JIRA
2 4 (0.34%) Postman
2 4 (0.34%) SoapUI
3 2 (0.17%) Eclipse
3 2 (0.17%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.086%) Gemini Tracker
4 1 (0.086%) IntelliJ
4 1 (0.086%) Jenkins
General
1 419 (36.12%) Finance
2 378 (32.59%) Social Skills
3 241 (20.78%) Analytical Skills
4 139 (11.98%) Banking
5 117 (10.09%) Front Office
6 73 (6.29%) Public Sector
7 49 (4.22%) Retail
8 43 (3.71%) Presentation Skills
9 31 (2.67%) Back Office
9 31 (2.67%) Legal
10 30 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 27 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
11 27 (2.33%) Investment Banking
11 27 (2.33%) Marketing
12 26 (2.24%) Financial Institution
12 26 (2.24%) Manufacturing
13 20 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
14 19 (1.64%) Local Government
15 16 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
15 16 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (0.86%) XML
2 9 (0.78%) Web Services
3 7 (0.60%) JSON
4 6 (0.52%) ADO
4 6 (0.52%) FpML
4 6 (0.52%) SailPoint
5 5 (0.43%) REST
6 4 (0.34%) FIX Protocol
6 4 (0.34%) Oracle Fusion
6 4 (0.34%) RESTful
7 3 (0.26%) HTML
7 3 (0.26%) Murex MxML
7 3 (0.26%) VML
8 2 (0.17%) .NET
8 2 (0.17%) Gherkin
8 2 (0.17%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (0.17%) SOAP
9 1 (0.086%) Plotly
9 1 (0.086%) RAML
9 1 (0.086%) React
Miscellaneous
1 87 (7.50%) Fixed Income
2 81 (6.98%) Derivative
3 78 (6.72%) Product Ownership
4 63 (5.43%) Hedge funds
5 52 (4.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 42 (3.62%) Equities
6 42 (3.62%) Onboarding
7 34 (2.93%) Management Information System
8 18 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (1.12%) Market Risk
10 12 (1.03%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 11 (0.95%) Data Structures
12 9 (0.78%) CMDB
12 9 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (0.78%) LIMS
13 8 (0.69%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (0.69%) Life Science
13 8 (0.69%) Mobile App
13 8 (0.69%) Reference Data
13 8 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.55%) Apple iOS
2 8 (0.69%) Windows
3 2 (0.17%) Linux
4 1 (0.086%) Unix
4 1 (0.086%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 418 (36.03%) Agile
2 368 (31.72%) Business Analysis
3 264 (22.76%) Stakeholder Management
4 228 (19.66%) Problem-Solving
5 215 (18.53%) Requirements Gathering
6 183 (15.78%) User Stories
7 146 (12.59%) Data Analysis
8 139 (11.98%) User Acceptance Testing
9 129 (11.12%) Workshop Facilitation
10 123 (10.60%) Migration
11 115 (9.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 114 (9.83%) Analytics
13 111 (9.57%) Project Management
14 106 (9.14%) Decision-Making
15 105 (9.05%) Asset Management
15 105 (9.05%) Process Improvement
16 94 (8.10%) Business Intelligence
16 94 (8.10%) Change Management
17 82 (7.07%) GAP Analysis
17 82 (7.07%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 150 (12.93%) SQL
2 75 (6.47%) Python
3 6 (0.52%) Java
4 5 (0.43%) VBA
5 4 (0.34%) R
6 3 (0.26%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.26%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.17%) MATLAB
7 2 (0.17%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.086%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.086%) C#
8 1 (0.086%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 137 (11.81%) Degree
2 101 (8.71%) Security Cleared
3 69 (5.95%) SC Cleared
4 28 (2.41%) CBAP
5 21 (1.81%) DV Cleared
6 15 (1.29%) IIBA
7 12 (1.03%) PMI Certification
8 8 (0.69%) CISSP
9 7 (0.60%) ISEB
10 6 (0.52%) CISA
10 6 (0.52%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (0.52%) PMP
11 5 (0.43%) CCA
11 5 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (0.34%) ACCA
12 4 (0.34%) CFA
12 4 (0.34%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (0.34%) MBA
13 3 (0.26%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (4.40%) QA
2 25 (2.16%) MiFID
3 21 (1.81%) GDPR
4 20 (1.72%) EMIR
5 19 (1.64%) Data Quality
6 13 (1.12%) NIST
7 10 (0.86%) Dodd-Frank
7 10 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.69%) Accessibility
9 7 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (0.52%) PMO
11 5 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.43%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.43%) SEPA
12 4 (0.34%) Basel III
12 4 (0.34%) GxP
12 4 (0.34%) SOC 2
13 3 (0.26%) COREP
13 3 (0.26%) GRC
14 2 (0.17%) FINREP
System Software
1 14 (1.21%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.086%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (0.26%) Cisco UCCX
2 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.17%) HP Data Protector
3 2 (0.17%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.086%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.086%) SCCM
4 1 (0.086%) Terraform
Vendors
1 95 (8.19%) Microsoft
2 69 (5.95%) SAP
3 48 (4.14%) Salesforce
4 32 (2.76%) Oracle
5 31 (2.67%) BISAM
6 23 (1.98%) ServiceNow
7 21 (1.81%) Charles River
8 15 (1.29%) Calypso
8 15 (1.29%) SimCorp
9 14 (1.21%) Virgin Media
10 13 (1.12%) ION Trading
10 13 (1.12%) OpenLink
11 12 (1.03%) Adobe
11 12 (1.03%) Murex
12 8 (0.69%) Databricks
12 8 (0.69%) Workday
13 7 (0.60%) Google
14 6 (0.52%) Bloomberg
15 5 (0.43%) Ariba
15 5 (0.43%) Palantir