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 9 March 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 47 40
Rank change year-on-year +2 -7 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,679 1,113 1,729
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.66% 4.47% 4.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.06% 4.80% 4.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,201 815 1,280
10th Percentile £350 £363 £400
25th Percentile £413 £436 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £625
90th Percentile £700 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 13 8
10th Percentile £25.00 - -
25th Percentile £41.83 £25.26 £20.77
Median hourly rate £65.00 £34.11 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year +90.56% -18.79% -30.29%
75th Percentile £81.50 £50.00 £68.17
90th Percentile £90.25 £71.50 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £34.11 £50.00
% change year-on-year +90.56% -31.78% -17.01%

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 33,152 23,173 35,320
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.08% 93.04% 92.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,955 15,154 23,611
10th Percentile £307 £300 £270
25th Percentile £412 £409 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £748
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,163 767 2,289
10th Percentile £15.27 £15.55 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.34 £21.34 £16.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +7.69% -22.27%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £59.92
90th Percentile £75.63 £77.31 £71.77
UK median hourly rate £34.95 £33.75 £32.69
% change year-on-year +3.54% +3.24% -20.33%

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 9 March 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 9 March 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 9 March 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 +2 1,025 £525 -8.70% 99
North of England +9 246 £425 - 88
Midlands -3 149 £469 -6.30% 62
Yorkshire +12 119 £475 +5.56% 35
South East -14 116 £495 +2.86% 97
West Midlands 0 111 £475 -5.00% 41
North West -8 109 £400 - 36
South West +17 94 £463 -7.50% 28
East Midlands -17 36 £405 -1.10% 21
North East +14 34 £425 +6.25% 18
East of England -30 23 £500 +5.26% 25
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 March 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.

1 590 (35.14%) Agile
2 554 (33.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 507 (30.20%) Business Analysis
4 444 (26.44%) Requirements Gathering
5 377 (22.45%) Workshop Facilitation
6 365 (21.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 365 (21.74%) User Stories
7 271 (16.14%) Problem-Solving
8 254 (15.13%) JIRA
9 241 (14.35%) User Acceptance Testing
10 240 (14.29%) Migration
11 235 (14.00%) Security Cleared
12 202 (12.03%) Acceptance Criteria
13 199 (11.85%) SC Cleared
14 196 (11.67%) SQL
15 195 (11.61%) Confluence
16 156 (9.29%) Degree
17 154 (9.17%) Data Analysis
18 152 (9.05%) Process Improvement
19 151 (8.99%) Microsoft
20 143 (8.52%) Decision-Making
21 140 (8.34%) Scrum
22 139 (8.28%) Data Modelling
23 134 (7.98%) GAP Analysis
23 134 (7.98%) Validation
24 125 (7.44%) MS Visio
24 125 (7.44%) Project Delivery
25 123 (7.33%) Power Platform
26 122 (7.27%) Business Intelligence
26 122 (7.27%) DevOps

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
1 195 (11.61%) Confluence
2 28 (1.67%) SharePoint
3 16 (0.95%) SAS
4 6 (0.36%) CMS
5 4 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.060%) Appian
7 1 (0.060%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.060%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 125 (7.44%) MS Visio
2 114 (6.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 67 (3.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 53 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.24%) Autodesk Inventor
6 4 (0.24%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.24%) Notion
7 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.12%) Trello
8 1 (0.060%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.060%) CATIA
8 1 (0.060%) Sketch
8 1 (0.060%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 23 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
1 23 (1.37%) Endur
2 16 (0.95%) Aladdin
2 16 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
3 15 (0.89%) Payment Gateway
4 9 (0.54%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.30%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 5 (0.30%) Temenos T24
6 4 (0.24%) Adobe Campaign
6 4 (0.24%) Fidessa
6 4 (0.24%) Loan IQ
6 4 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
6 4 (0.24%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.18%) Actimize
7 3 (0.18%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 3 (0.18%) Eloqua
7 3 (0.18%) NEC Housing
7 3 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.18%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 3 (0.18%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 123 (7.33%) Power Platform
2 110 (6.55%) Azure
3 70 (4.17%) AWS
4 38 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
5 35 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
6 28 (1.67%) SaaS
7 27 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
8 23 (1.37%) GitHub
9 20 (1.19%) Lucidchart
10 17 (1.01%) Miro
10 17 (1.01%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 17 (1.01%) Snowflake
11 16 (0.95%) GCP
12 14 (0.83%) Power Automate
13 12 (0.71%) PowerApps
14 9 (0.54%) Entra ID
14 9 (0.54%) Microsoft Copilot
15 7 (0.42%) Apigee
15 7 (0.42%) Kong
15 7 (0.42%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.30%) Network Security
2 3 (0.18%) Firewall
2 3 (0.18%) Internet
3 2 (0.12%) Broadband
3 2 (0.12%) Cisco IPT
3 2 (0.12%) Intranet
3 2 (0.12%) NAS
3 2 (0.12%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.12%) WAN
3 2 (0.12%) X.25
4 1 (0.060%) DNS
4 1 (0.060%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.060%) LAN
4 1 (0.060%) Softphone
4 1 (0.060%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (6.02%) Power BI
2 37 (2.20%) Data Warehouse
2 37 (2.20%) Tableau
3 19 (1.13%) Metadata
4 10 (0.60%) Relational Database
4 10 (0.60%) SQL Server
5 6 (0.36%) Data Lake
6 4 (0.24%) Amazon Athena
6 4 (0.24%) Big Data
6 4 (0.24%) Oracle Database
7 3 (0.18%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (0.18%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.18%) Electronic Patient Records
7 3 (0.18%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.18%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 3 (0.18%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (0.18%) Power Query
7 3 (0.18%) SAP BW
8 2 (0.12%) OLAP
8 2 (0.12%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 254 (15.13%) JIRA
2 21 (1.25%) Jenkins
3 20 (1.19%) Sonatype Nexus
4 8 (0.48%) Postman
5 3 (0.18%) Balsamiq
5 3 (0.18%) Toad
6 2 (0.12%) Browser DevTools
6 2 (0.12%) Charles Proxy
6 2 (0.12%) Fiddler
6 2 (0.12%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.060%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.060%) Axure RP
7 1 (0.060%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.060%) Gemini Tracker
7 1 (0.060%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.060%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 621 (36.99%) Social Skills
2 586 (34.90%) Finance
3 383 (22.81%) Analytical Skills
4 260 (15.49%) Banking
5 170 (10.13%) Public Sector
6 121 (7.21%) Documentation Skills
7 62 (3.69%) Front Office
8 60 (3.57%) Retail
9 58 (3.45%) Legal
10 56 (3.34%) Influencing Skills
10 56 (3.34%) Investment Banking
11 49 (2.92%) Presentation Skills
12 44 (2.62%) Telecoms
13 40 (2.38%) Marketing
14 30 (1.79%) Back Office
15 28 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
16 26 (1.55%) Financial Institution
16 26 (1.55%) Local Government
17 15 (0.89%) Law
17 15 (0.89%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (2.32%) REST
2 25 (1.49%) XML
3 20 (1.19%) SOAP
4 19 (1.13%) JSON
5 14 (0.83%) ADO
6 12 (0.71%) OAuth
6 12 (0.71%) Swagger
7 10 (0.60%) SailPoint
8 8 (0.48%) SAML
8 8 (0.48%) VML
9 7 (0.42%) FHIR
9 7 (0.42%) JWT
9 7 (0.42%) OpenAPI
9 7 (0.42%) Oracle Fusion
10 5 (0.30%) .NET
10 5 (0.30%) Middleware
11 4 (0.24%) HTML
11 4 (0.24%) RESTful
11 4 (0.24%) Web Services
11 4 (0.24%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 140 (8.34%) Product Ownership
2 59 (3.51%) Onboarding
3 40 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
4 38 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
5 36 (2.14%) Fixed Income
6 35 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
7 32 (1.91%) Derivative
7 32 (1.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 26 (1.55%) Data Structures
9 25 (1.49%) PMI
10 23 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
11 22 (1.31%) Credit Risk
11 22 (1.31%) NHS
12 20 (1.19%) Equities
12 20 (1.19%) Management Information System
12 20 (1.19%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 17 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
14 12 (0.71%) CMDB
14 12 (0.71%) Mobile App
15 11 (0.66%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 16 (0.95%) Linux
2 14 (0.83%) Windows
3 5 (0.30%) VMS
4 4 (0.24%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.18%) Android
5 3 (0.18%) Unix
6 2 (0.12%) AIX
6 2 (0.12%) Solaris
6 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.060%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.060%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 590 (35.14%) Agile
2 554 (33.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 507 (30.20%) Business Analysis
4 444 (26.44%) Requirements Gathering
5 377 (22.45%) Workshop Facilitation
6 365 (21.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 365 (21.74%) User Stories
7 271 (16.14%) Problem-Solving
8 241 (14.35%) User Acceptance Testing
9 240 (14.29%) Migration
10 202 (12.03%) Acceptance Criteria
11 154 (9.17%) Data Analysis
12 152 (9.05%) Process Improvement
13 143 (8.52%) Decision-Making
14 140 (8.34%) Scrum
15 139 (8.28%) Data Modelling
16 134 (7.98%) GAP Analysis
16 134 (7.98%) Validation
17 125 (7.44%) Project Delivery
18 122 (7.27%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 196 (11.67%) SQL
2 45 (2.68%) Python
3 8 (0.48%) Korn
4 7 (0.42%) JavaScript
5 5 (0.30%) Java
5 5 (0.30%) R
6 4 (0.24%) VBA
7 3 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.12%) C#
9 1 (0.060%) C++
9 1 (0.060%) COBOL
9 1 (0.060%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.060%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 235 (14.00%) Security Cleared
2 199 (11.85%) SC Cleared
3 156 (9.29%) Degree
4 56 (3.34%) CBAP
5 42 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
6 40 (2.38%) IIBA
7 33 (1.97%) PMI Certification
8 15 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (0.77%) PMP
10 12 (0.71%) ISEB
11 11 (0.66%) CSPO
11 11 (0.66%) Master's Degree
12 7 (0.42%) CFA
13 6 (0.36%) DV Cleared
14 5 (0.30%) MBA
15 4 (0.24%) ACCA
16 3 (0.18%) AWS Certification
16 3 (0.18%) CIMA
17 2 (0.12%) AAT
17 2 (0.12%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (5.36%) QA
2 76 (4.53%) Data Quality
3 45 (2.68%) GDPR
4 22 (1.31%) MiFID
5 17 (1.01%) Accessibility
5 17 (1.01%) EMIR
6 16 (0.95%) NIST
6 16 (0.95%) PSD2
7 14 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 12 (0.71%) ISO 20022
8 12 (0.71%) ISO 8583
9 11 (0.66%) GRC
9 11 (0.66%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 8 (0.48%) SEPA
11 7 (0.42%) HL7
11 7 (0.42%) PMO
12 6 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (0.36%) Basel III
12 6 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (0.48%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.060%) Docker
2 1 (0.060%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.060%) RACF
2 1 (0.060%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.060%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (1.25%) Ansible
2 6 (0.36%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.12%) Terraform
6 1 (0.060%) Control-M
6 1 (0.060%) Grafana
6 1 (0.060%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.060%) Kibana
6 1 (0.060%) SCCM
Vendors
1 151 (8.99%) Microsoft
2 102 (6.08%) Salesforce
3 73 (4.35%) SAP
4 49 (2.92%) Oracle
5 48 (2.86%) ServiceNow
6 35 (2.08%) Murex
7 24 (1.43%) Bloomberg
8 19 (1.13%) Sonatype
9 17 (1.01%) Adobe
10 15 (0.89%) Workday
11 14 (0.83%) MuleSoft
12 12 (0.71%) Google
13 11 (0.66%) Guidewire
13 11 (0.66%) Pega
14 10 (0.60%) Avaloq
14 10 (0.60%) Databricks
14 10 (0.60%) Splunk
15 8 (0.48%) CyberArk
15 8 (0.48%) OpenLink
15 8 (0.48%) Refinitiv