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 20 June 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 38 41
Rank change year-on-year -11 +3 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,733 1,308 1,552
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.01% 5.25% 4.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.34% 5.69% 4.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,191 900 1,135
10th Percentile £356 £356 £375
25th Percentile £418 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £516 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.15% -1.67% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £713 £763 £733
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 12 9
10th Percentile £28.03 £25.26 -
25th Percentile £34.53 £26.72 £20.77
Median hourly rate £61.50 £40.81 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +50.72% +45.73% -53.33%
75th Percentile £89.70 £51.88 £50.00
90th Percentile £104.00 £71.00 £69.40
UK median hourly rate £49.25 £34.11 £42.50
% change year-on-year +44.39% -19.74% -29.17%

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 39,906 22,978 35,050
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.37% 92.28% 92.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,562 15,111 22,827
10th Percentile £325 £294 £290
25th Percentile £415 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.95% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £635 £638
90th Percentile £734 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,811 1,028 2,703
10th Percentile £15.93 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.93 £18.13 £16.58
Median hourly rate £45.56 £29.00 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year +57.09% -26.58% -12.22%
75th Percentile £67.84 £58.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £74.37
UK median hourly rate £44.94 £27.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +63.40% -26.67% -16.67%

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 20 June 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 20 June 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 20 June 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 -13 1,013 £540 -6.09% 99
North of England -18 261 £435 +5.45% 72
Midlands -6 174 £475 +11.76% 50
South East -14 151 £500 +2.56% 86
West Midlands +9 139 £475 -5.00% 25
North West -29 122 £410 -2.09% 27
Yorkshire -20 105 £475 +15.15% 34
South West +3 73 £425 -5.56% 33
North East -2 43 £475 +18.75% 13
East of England -23 34 £475 +7.95% 17
East Midlands -23 33 £393 +4.80% 25
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 June 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.

1 558 (32.20%) Agile
2 517 (29.83%) Business Analysis
3 509 (29.37%) Stakeholder Management
4 445 (25.68%) Requirements Gathering
5 427 (24.64%) User Stories
6 399 (23.02%) Workshop Facilitation
7 328 (18.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 295 (17.02%) User Acceptance Testing
9 270 (15.58%) Acceptance Criteria
10 250 (14.43%) JIRA
11 238 (13.73%) Problem-Solving
12 217 (12.52%) Security Cleared
13 198 (11.43%) Migration
14 181 (10.44%) Confluence
14 181 (10.44%) Validation
15 176 (10.16%) SC Cleared
16 173 (9.98%) SQL
17 160 (9.23%) Data Analysis
18 159 (9.17%) Microsoft
19 153 (8.83%) Decision-Making
20 151 (8.71%) Azure
21 149 (8.60%) Process Improvement
22 144 (8.31%) Degree
23 143 (8.25%) DevOps
24 141 (8.14%) Scrum
25 140 (8.08%) Data Modelling
26 121 (6.98%) Impact Assessments
27 118 (6.81%) MS Visio
28 117 (6.75%) GAP Analysis
29 110 (6.35%) AI

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
1 181 (10.44%) Confluence
2 24 (1.38%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.04%) SAS
4 5 (0.29%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.17%) Appian
5 3 (0.17%) CMS
6 2 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.058%) Apache
Applications
1 118 (6.81%) MS Visio
2 93 (5.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 48 (2.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 43 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.12%) Notion
8 1 (0.058%) CATIA
8 1 (0.058%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.058%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.058%) Trello
Business Applications
1 20 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.10%) Aladdin
2 19 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.75%) Salesforce CRM
4 10 (0.58%) Endur
5 6 (0.35%) Findur
5 6 (0.35%) Loan IQ
5 6 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
5 6 (0.35%) Summit
6 5 (0.29%) Actimize
6 5 (0.29%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 5 (0.29%) Maximo
6 5 (0.29%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.23%) Adobe Campaign
7 4 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (0.23%) HFM
7 4 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
7 4 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.23%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 151 (8.71%) Azure
2 98 (5.65%) Power Platform
3 63 (3.64%) AWS
4 55 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
5 24 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
6 22 (1.27%) Lucidchart
7 21 (1.21%) Microsoft 365
8 19 (1.10%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 18 (1.04%) SaaS
10 16 (0.92%) Snowflake
11 15 (0.87%) Miro
12 13 (0.75%) GitHub
13 12 (0.69%) Azure Data Factory
13 12 (0.69%) Power Automate
14 11 (0.63%) GCP
15 10 (0.58%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 9 (0.52%) Figma
16 9 (0.52%) SuccessFactors
17 8 (0.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 8 (0.46%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.46%) Network Security
2 6 (0.35%) Wireless
3 4 (0.23%) Intranet
4 2 (0.12%) 802.11
4 2 (0.12%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (0.12%) DNS
4 2 (0.12%) VPN
4 2 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.12%) Wireless Security
4 2 (0.12%) WLAN
5 1 (0.058%) 5G
5 1 (0.058%) DNSSEC
5 1 (0.058%) Extranet
5 1 (0.058%) Firewall
5 1 (0.058%) Internet
5 1 (0.058%) PBX
5 1 (0.058%) SNMP
5 1 (0.058%) SONET
5 1 (0.058%) TETRA
5 1 (0.058%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (4.85%) Power BI
2 36 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
3 27 (1.56%) Tableau
4 26 (1.50%) Metadata
5 16 (0.92%) Relational Database
6 7 (0.40%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.35%) Big Data
7 6 (0.35%) Electronic Patient Records
7 6 (0.35%) RDBMS
8 5 (0.29%) Data Mining
9 4 (0.23%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.23%) SQL Server
10 3 (0.17%) Power Query
11 2 (0.12%) Data Vault
11 2 (0.12%) Looker
11 2 (0.12%) OLAP
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.058%) Crystal Reports
12 1 (0.058%) MS Access
12 1 (0.058%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 250 (14.43%) JIRA
2 12 (0.69%) Jenkins
3 9 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
4 5 (0.29%) Balsamiq
5 4 (0.23%) Postman
6 3 (0.17%) Eclipse
6 3 (0.17%) Toad
7 2 (0.12%) GitLab
8 1 (0.058%) Gemini Tracker
8 1 (0.058%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.058%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.058%) SonarQube
General
1 592 (34.16%) Finance
2 565 (32.60%) Social Skills
3 389 (22.45%) Analytical Skills
4 255 (14.71%) Banking
5 147 (8.48%) Public Sector
6 129 (7.44%) Documentation Skills
7 92 (5.31%) Front Office
8 83 (4.79%) Retail
9 69 (3.98%) Investment Banking
10 64 (3.69%) Legal
11 55 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
12 45 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
13 35 (2.02%) Back Office
13 35 (2.02%) Financial Institution
14 32 (1.85%) Marketing
15 31 (1.79%) Manufacturing
15 31 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
16 22 (1.27%) Local Government
17 20 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 18 (1.04%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.50%) XML
2 22 (1.27%) Oracle Fusion
3 17 (0.98%) JSON
4 15 (0.87%) Middleware
5 14 (0.81%) ADO
5 14 (0.81%) REST
6 10 (0.58%) SOAP
7 8 (0.46%) VML
8 7 (0.40%) Swagger
9 5 (0.29%) FHIR
9 5 (0.29%) NumPy
9 5 (0.29%) OAuth
9 5 (0.29%) Pandas
9 5 (0.29%) SailPoint
10 4 (0.23%) 802.1X
10 4 (0.23%) JWT
10 4 (0.23%) OpenAPI
10 4 (0.23%) STL
10 4 (0.23%) YAML
11 3 (0.17%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 156 (9.00%) Product Ownership
2 54 (3.12%) Derivative
3 51 (2.94%) Onboarding
4 42 (2.42%) Analytical Mindset
4 42 (2.42%) Fixed Income
5 40 (2.31%) Data Protection Act
6 36 (2.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 35 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
8 27 (1.56%) Credit Risk
9 26 (1.50%) Hedge funds
10 23 (1.33%) Data Structures
11 22 (1.27%) NHS
11 22 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
12 20 (1.15%) Market Risk
12 20 (1.15%) Operational Technology
13 18 (1.04%) Management Information System
14 17 (0.98%) PMI
15 16 (0.92%) Reference Data
16 15 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
16 15 (0.87%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.75%) Windows
2 6 (0.35%) Apple iOS
2 6 (0.35%) Unix
3 5 (0.29%) Android
4 3 (0.17%) Linux
5 2 (0.12%) AIX
5 2 (0.12%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.12%) Solaris
5 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 558 (32.20%) Agile
2 517 (29.83%) Business Analysis
3 509 (29.37%) Stakeholder Management
4 445 (25.68%) Requirements Gathering
5 427 (24.64%) User Stories
6 399 (23.02%) Workshop Facilitation
7 328 (18.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 295 (17.02%) User Acceptance Testing
9 270 (15.58%) Acceptance Criteria
10 238 (13.73%) Problem-Solving
11 198 (11.43%) Migration
12 181 (10.44%) Validation
13 160 (9.23%) Data Analysis
14 153 (8.83%) Decision-Making
15 149 (8.60%) Process Improvement
16 143 (8.25%) DevOps
17 141 (8.14%) Scrum
18 140 (8.08%) Data Modelling
19 121 (6.98%) Impact Assessments
20 117 (6.75%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 173 (9.98%) SQL
2 42 (2.42%) Python
3 13 (0.75%) Korn
4 6 (0.35%) Java
5 4 (0.23%) R
6 3 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (0.17%) VBA
7 2 (0.12%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.058%) ABAP
8 1 (0.058%) C
8 1 (0.058%) Groovy
8 1 (0.058%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.058%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.058%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.058%) Ruby
8 1 (0.058%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 217 (12.52%) Security Cleared
2 176 (10.16%) SC Cleared
3 144 (8.31%) Degree
4 51 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
5 39 (2.25%) IIBA
6 37 (2.14%) CBAP
7 25 (1.44%) PMI Certification
8 12 (0.69%) PMP
9 11 (0.63%) ACCA
10 10 (0.58%) CIMA
10 10 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (0.52%) ISEB
11 9 (0.52%) Master's Degree
12 8 (0.46%) DV Cleared
13 6 (0.35%) FFIEC
14 5 (0.29%) CSPO
14 5 (0.29%) ISTQB
15 4 (0.23%) MBA
16 3 (0.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 3 (0.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (5.31%) QA
2 82 (4.73%) Data Quality
3 45 (2.60%) GDPR
4 29 (1.67%) NIST
5 27 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 21 (1.21%) Accessibility
7 14 (0.81%) EMIR
7 14 (0.81%) GRC
8 12 (0.69%) MiFID
9 10 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 9 (0.52%) COBIT
10 9 (0.52%) PMO
11 8 (0.46%) IFRS
11 8 (0.46%) ISO 20022
12 7 (0.40%) PSD2
12 7 (0.40%) Solvency II
13 5 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.29%) Basel III
13 5 (0.29%) COREP
13 5 (0.29%) HL7
System Software
1 7 (0.40%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.12%) Docker
5 1 (0.058%) RACF
Systems Management
1 10 (0.58%) Ansible
2 6 (0.35%) Terraform
3 4 (0.23%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.12%) Control-M
4 2 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.058%) Autotask
5 1 (0.058%) Grafana
5 1 (0.058%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.058%) Kibana
5 1 (0.058%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.058%) SCCM
5 1 (0.058%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 159 (9.17%) Microsoft
2 109 (6.29%) Salesforce
3 105 (6.06%) SAP
4 62 (3.58%) ServiceNow
5 60 (3.46%) Oracle
6 31 (1.79%) Murex
7 21 (1.21%) Databricks
8 18 (1.04%) Workday
9 15 (0.87%) Bloomberg
10 12 (0.69%) Splunk
11 11 (0.63%) ION Trading
11 11 (0.63%) Pega
12 10 (0.58%) Guidewire
12 10 (0.58%) OpenLink
12 10 (0.58%) Planon
13 9 (0.52%) Avaloq
13 9 (0.52%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 9 (0.52%) Sonatype
14 7 (0.40%) Cisco
15 6 (0.35%) IBM