Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

Business Analyst (BA)
UK > England

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in England is £520, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 39 45
Rank change year-on-year -19 +6 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,743 1,417 1,401
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.82% 5.14% 4.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.13% 5.62% 4.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,148 981 1,030
10th Percentile £363 £355 £375
25th Percentile £425 £413 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £510 £528
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% -3.32% -1.22%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £630
90th Percentile £688 £770 £731
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 7 11
10th Percentile £29.12 £27.05 £26.50
25th Percentile £34.87 £29.61 £35.67
Median hourly rate £56.75 £34.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +66.91% -32.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £77.20 £65.00 £72.38
90th Percentile £104.00 £79.00 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £42.90 £46.25
% change year-on-year +28.21% -7.24% -18.86%

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 42,206 25,233 30,946
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 91.57% 92.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,476 16,290 20,133
10th Percentile £325 £281 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,208 1,360 1,737
10th Percentile £15.24 £13.55 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.79 £20.50
Median hourly rate £42.50 £26.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.46% -42.22% +6.95%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £66.33
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.74 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +65.94% -41.51% +2.38%

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 21 August 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 21 August 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 21 August 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 -15 1,005 £550 -4.35% 154
North of England -11 261 £463 +8.82% 69
South East -16 169 £500 +5.26% 86
Midlands -3 168 £465 +24.00% 44
West Midlands +13 128 £475 - 28
North West -21 123 £438 +1.63% 28
Yorkshire -16 102 £475 +16.56% 24
South West -4 81 £480 +3.34% 33
East Midlands -25 38 £460 +28.49% 16
North East -8 37 £525 +10.53% 19
East of England -6 32 £475 +5.56% 20
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 August 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.

1 589 (33.79%) Business Analysis
2 587 (33.68%) Stakeholder Management
3 553 (31.73%) Agile
4 519 (29.78%) Requirements Gathering
5 485 (27.83%) Workshop Facilitation
6 458 (26.28%) User Stories
7 351 (20.14%) User Acceptance Testing
8 330 (18.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 291 (16.70%) Acceptance Criteria
10 224 (12.85%) JIRA
11 221 (12.68%) Problem-Solving
12 198 (11.36%) Validation
13 196 (11.24%) Process Improvement
14 187 (10.73%) SQL
15 184 (10.56%) Migration
16 171 (9.81%) AI
17 168 (9.64%) Data Analysis
18 163 (9.35%) Decision-Making
18 163 (9.35%) Microsoft
19 155 (8.89%) Confluence
20 149 (8.55%) Security Cleared
21 144 (8.26%) Azure
22 141 (8.09%) Degree
23 134 (7.69%) Data Modelling
23 134 (7.69%) Scrum
24 121 (6.94%) Impact Assessments
25 119 (6.83%) Business Intelligence
26 118 (6.77%) SC Cleared
27 117 (6.71%) GAP Analysis
27 117 (6.71%) Salesforce

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
1 155 (8.89%) Confluence
2 26 (1.49%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.34%) CMS
4 5 (0.29%) Jupyter
5 4 (0.23%) SAS
6 3 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.11%) Apache
7 2 (0.11%) Appian
7 2 (0.11%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.057%) Camunda
8 1 (0.057%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.057%) Moodle
8 1 (0.057%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.057%) PowerExchange
8 1 (0.057%) Totara
Applications
1 98 (5.62%) MS Visio
2 71 (4.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 29 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.23%) Notion
5 4 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.057%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.057%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.057%) Trello
Business Applications
1 28 (1.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 26 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (0.86%) Salesforce CRM
4 12 (0.69%) Aladdin
5 10 (0.57%) Endur
6 7 (0.40%) Maximo
7 6 (0.34%) Findur
7 6 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
7 6 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
7 6 (0.34%) SAP HR
8 5 (0.29%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 5 (0.29%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.29%) Workday HCM
9 4 (0.23%) Actimize
9 4 (0.23%) HFM
9 4 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (0.23%) Summit
10 3 (0.17%) PeopleSoft HCM
10 3 (0.17%) SAP FI
10 3 (0.17%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 144 (8.26%) Azure
2 111 (6.37%) Power Platform
3 59 (3.38%) Azure DevOps
4 48 (2.75%) AWS
5 37 (2.12%) Dynamics 365
6 26 (1.49%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 25 (1.43%) SaaS
8 22 (1.26%) Microsoft 365
9 21 (1.20%) Snowflake
10 18 (1.03%) Lucidchart
10 18 (1.03%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 16 (0.92%) Miro
12 14 (0.80%) GCP
13 12 (0.69%) Entra ID
13 12 (0.69%) SuccessFactors
14 11 (0.63%) Microsoft Copilot
14 11 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
14 11 (0.63%) Power Automate
15 9 (0.52%) Azure Data Factory
16 8 (0.46%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 10 (0.57%) Network Security
2 6 (0.34%) Wireless
3 4 (0.23%) Intranet
4 2 (0.11%) 802.11
4 2 (0.11%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (0.11%) DNS
4 2 (0.11%) VPN
4 2 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.11%) Wireless Security
4 2 (0.11%) WLAN
5 1 (0.057%) 5G
5 1 (0.057%) Extranet
5 1 (0.057%) Firewall
5 1 (0.057%) Internet
5 1 (0.057%) PBX
5 1 (0.057%) SNMP
5 1 (0.057%) SSH
5 1 (0.057%) SSL
5 1 (0.057%) TETRA
5 1 (0.057%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (5.45%) Power BI
2 38 (2.18%) Data Warehouse
3 35 (2.01%) Metadata
4 23 (1.32%) Tableau
5 13 (0.75%) Data Lake
6 12 (0.69%) Relational Database
7 8 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
8 7 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (0.34%) Electronic Patient Records
9 6 (0.34%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 6 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (0.29%) Data Mining
11 4 (0.23%) GIS
11 4 (0.23%) RDBMS
11 4 (0.23%) SQL Server
12 3 (0.17%) Big Data
12 3 (0.17%) Looker
12 3 (0.17%) Oracle Database
12 3 (0.17%) SAP BW
13 2 (0.11%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 224 (12.85%) JIRA
2 4 (0.23%) Balsamiq
3 3 (0.17%) Eclipse
3 3 (0.17%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.11%) GitLab
5 1 (0.057%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.057%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.057%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 613 (35.17%) Finance
2 559 (32.07%) Social Skills
3 406 (23.29%) Analytical Skills
4 234 (13.43%) Banking
5 141 (8.09%) Documentation Skills
6 133 (7.63%) Public Sector
7 107 (6.14%) Retail
8 95 (5.45%) Front Office
9 65 (3.73%) Legal
10 62 (3.56%) Investment Banking
11 46 (2.64%) Presentation Skills
12 45 (2.58%) Manufacturing
13 35 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
14 34 (1.95%) Back Office
15 31 (1.78%) Local Government
15 31 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
16 29 (1.66%) Financial Institution
17 27 (1.55%) Marketing
18 24 (1.38%) Billing
18 24 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.49%) Oracle Fusion
2 17 (0.98%) XML
3 15 (0.86%) Middleware
4 14 (0.80%) ADO
4 14 (0.80%) JSON
5 7 (0.40%) SailPoint
6 6 (0.34%) Terraform
7 5 (0.29%) FHIR
7 5 (0.29%) REST
7 5 (0.29%) STL
8 4 (0.23%) 802.1X
8 4 (0.23%) NumPy
8 4 (0.23%) Pandas
8 4 (0.23%) VML
9 3 (0.17%) FIX Protocol
9 3 (0.17%) OpenAPI
9 3 (0.17%) Swagger
10 2 (0.11%) EDI
10 2 (0.11%) Kafka
10 2 (0.11%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 169 (9.70%) Product Ownership
2 76 (4.36%) Onboarding
3 56 (3.21%) Derivative
4 48 (2.75%) Analytical Mindset
5 43 (2.47%) Data Protection Act
6 36 (2.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 33 (1.89%) Fixed Income
8 31 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
9 29 (1.66%) Data Structures
10 28 (1.61%) Management Information System
11 26 (1.49%) Operational Technology
12 22 (1.26%) Credit Risk
12 22 (1.26%) Hedge funds
13 20 (1.15%) Market Risk
14 19 (1.09%) Reference Data
15 18 (1.03%) Equities
16 17 (0.98%) FMCG
17 16 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
18 15 (0.86%) NHS
19 14 (0.80%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 8 (0.46%) Windows
2 5 (0.29%) Apple iOS
3 4 (0.23%) Android
3 4 (0.23%) Unix
4 2 (0.11%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.057%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 589 (33.79%) Business Analysis
2 587 (33.68%) Stakeholder Management
3 553 (31.73%) Agile
4 519 (29.78%) Requirements Gathering
5 485 (27.83%) Workshop Facilitation
6 458 (26.28%) User Stories
7 351 (20.14%) User Acceptance Testing
8 330 (18.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 291 (16.70%) Acceptance Criteria
10 221 (12.68%) Problem-Solving
11 198 (11.36%) Validation
12 196 (11.24%) Process Improvement
13 184 (10.56%) Migration
14 171 (9.81%) AI
15 168 (9.64%) Data Analysis
16 163 (9.35%) Decision-Making
17 134 (7.69%) Data Modelling
17 134 (7.69%) Scrum
18 121 (6.94%) Impact Assessments
19 119 (6.83%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 187 (10.73%) SQL
2 32 (1.84%) Python
3 14 (0.80%) Korn
4 8 (0.46%) Java
5 3 (0.17%) R
6 2 (0.11%) PL/SQL
6 2 (0.11%) Shell Script
6 2 (0.11%) VBA
7 1 (0.057%) ABAP
7 1 (0.057%) C
7 1 (0.057%) C#
7 1 (0.057%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.057%) Groovy
7 1 (0.057%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.057%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.057%) Ruby
7 1 (0.057%) SOQL
7 1 (0.057%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 149 (8.55%) Security Cleared
2 141 (8.09%) Degree
3 118 (6.77%) SC Cleared
4 34 (1.95%) IIBA
5 32 (1.84%) BPSS Clearance
6 28 (1.61%) CBAP
7 25 (1.43%) PMI Certification
8 16 (0.92%) PMP
9 14 (0.80%) ACCA
9 14 (0.80%) CIMA
9 14 (0.80%) FFIEC
10 11 (0.63%) DV Cleared
10 11 (0.63%) ISEB
11 7 (0.40%) ISTQB
12 6 (0.34%) CSPO
12 6 (0.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.23%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (0.23%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (6.08%) Data Quality
2 93 (5.34%) QA
3 35 (2.01%) NIST
4 33 (1.89%) GDPR
5 25 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (0.98%) MiFID
7 15 (0.86%) COBIT
8 14 (0.80%) Accessibility
8 14 (0.80%) GRC
9 13 (0.75%) EMIR
10 11 (0.63%) PMO
11 9 (0.52%) ISO 20022
12 8 (0.46%) IFRS
13 7 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.40%) Solvency II
14 6 (0.34%) Basel III
14 6 (0.34%) SEPA
14 6 (0.34%) SLA
15 5 (0.29%) HL7
System Software
1 13 (0.75%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.11%) Docker
5 1 (0.057%) RACF
Systems Management
1 3 (0.17%) HP ALM
1 3 (0.17%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.057%) Ansible
3 1 (0.057%) Autotask
3 1 (0.057%) Control-M
3 1 (0.057%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.057%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.057%) SCCM
Vendors
1 163 (9.35%) Microsoft
2 117 (6.71%) Salesforce
3 110 (6.31%) SAP
4 71 (4.07%) ServiceNow
5 54 (3.10%) Oracle
6 31 (1.78%) Murex
7 24 (1.38%) Databricks
8 19 (1.09%) Workday
9 17 (0.98%) CyberArk
10 12 (0.69%) Guidewire
10 12 (0.69%) IBM
10 12 (0.69%) Pega
11 11 (0.63%) Bloomberg
12 10 (0.57%) Planon
12 10 (0.57%) Zscaler
13 9 (0.52%) OpenLink
14 8 (0.46%) Charles River
15 7 (0.40%) Cisco
15 7 (0.40%) Splunk
16 6 (0.34%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud