Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

Business Analyst (BA)
UK > England

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in England is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 38 45
Rank change year-on-year -14 +7 -10
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,795 1,415 1,395
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.93% 5.13% 4.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.25% 5.59% 4.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,207 981 1,023
10th Percentile £363 £358 £375
25th Percentile £425 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £531
Median % change year-on-year - -3.39% -0.66%
75th Percentile £603 £638 £630
90th Percentile £688 £768 £731
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 9 10
10th Percentile £29.12 £31.04 £25.98
25th Percentile £34.87 £32.89 £40.88
Median hourly rate £60.00 £50.00 £58.25
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -14.16% -8.63%
75th Percentile £77.20 £57.50 £73.69
90th Percentile £104.00 £75.75 £80.88
UK median hourly rate £58.50 £48.75 £50.00
% change year-on-year +20.00% -2.50% -21.57%

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 42,226 25,298 31,012
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.54% 91.69% 92.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,604 16,413 20,392
10th Percentile £326 £285 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -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% -2.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,151 1,307 1,820
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.61 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.79 £21.25
Median hourly rate £43.56 £26.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.54% -42.22% +4.65%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.25 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.99% -41.51% -

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 7 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 7 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 7 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 -14 1,040 £550 -4.35% 176
North of England -15 265 £451 +6.00% 99
South East +2 181 £500 +2.56% 87
Midlands -4 172 £465 +21.57% 59
West Midlands +7 136 £475 - 38
North West -23 124 £438 +2.10% 37
Yorkshire -20 105 £475 +16.14% 36
South West +3 75 £463 -1.85% 30
North East -10 37 £475 -8.65% 28
East Midlands -26 34 £460 +28.49% 21
East of England -9 33 £475 +5.56% 27
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 7 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.

1 580 (32.31%) Stakeholder Management
2 571 (31.81%) Business Analysis
3 570 (31.75%) Agile
4 502 (27.97%) Requirements Gathering
5 471 (26.24%) Workshop Facilitation
6 455 (25.35%) User Stories
7 348 (19.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 339 (18.89%) User Acceptance Testing
9 290 (16.16%) Acceptance Criteria
10 234 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
11 229 (12.76%) JIRA
12 199 (11.09%) Migration
13 196 (10.92%) Validation
14 194 (10.81%) SQL
15 188 (10.47%) Process Improvement
16 174 (9.69%) Security Cleared
17 171 (9.53%) Data Analysis
18 170 (9.47%) Decision-Making
19 166 (9.25%) Microsoft
20 163 (9.08%) Confluence
21 158 (8.80%) AI
22 156 (8.69%) Azure
23 148 (8.25%) Data Modelling
24 143 (7.97%) Degree
25 139 (7.74%) SC Cleared
26 135 (7.52%) Scrum
27 122 (6.80%) DevOps
28 118 (6.57%) Business Intelligence
29 117 (6.52%) Impact Assessments
29 117 (6.52%) 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
1 163 (9.08%) Confluence
2 30 (1.67%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.33%) CMS
4 5 (0.28%) Jupyter
5 4 (0.22%) SAS
6 3 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.11%) Apache
7 2 (0.11%) Appian
7 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.056%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.056%) Camunda
8 1 (0.056%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.056%) Moodle
8 1 (0.056%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.056%) PowerExchange
8 1 (0.056%) Totara
Applications
1 110 (6.13%) MS Visio
2 73 (4.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
4 28 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.22%) Notion
6 3 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.056%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.056%) InfoPath
7 1 (0.056%) Trello
Business Applications
1 29 (1.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 28 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.89%) Salesforce CRM
4 13 (0.72%) Aladdin
5 11 (0.61%) Endur
6 7 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
7 6 (0.33%) Findur
7 6 (0.33%) Maximo
7 6 (0.33%) SAP HR
8 5 (0.28%) Actimize
8 5 (0.28%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 5 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.28%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.22%) Adobe Campaign
9 4 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
9 4 (0.22%) Fidessa
9 4 (0.22%) HFM
9 4 (0.22%) SAP ERP
9 4 (0.22%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 156 (8.69%) Azure
2 110 (6.13%) Power Platform
3 65 (3.62%) Azure DevOps
4 49 (2.73%) AWS
5 42 (2.34%) Dynamics 365
6 24 (1.34%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 23 (1.28%) SaaS
8 22 (1.23%) Lucidchart
8 22 (1.23%) Microsoft 365
9 21 (1.17%) Snowflake
10 15 (0.84%) Miro
10 15 (0.84%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 14 (0.78%) GCP
11 14 (0.78%) Microsoft Copilot
12 13 (0.72%) Power Automate
13 12 (0.67%) Entra ID
14 11 (0.61%) Figma
14 11 (0.61%) Microsoft Purview
14 11 (0.61%) SuccessFactors
15 10 (0.56%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 10 (0.56%) Network Security
2 6 (0.33%) Intranet
2 6 (0.33%) Wireless
3 2 (0.11%) 802.11
3 2 (0.11%) Cisco ISE
3 2 (0.11%) DNS
3 2 (0.11%) VPN
3 2 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.11%) Wireless Security
3 2 (0.11%) WLAN
4 1 (0.056%) 5G
4 1 (0.056%) Extranet
4 1 (0.056%) Firewall
4 1 (0.056%) Internet
4 1 (0.056%) PBX
4 1 (0.056%) SNMP
4 1 (0.056%) SONET
4 1 (0.056%) SSH
4 1 (0.056%) SSL
4 1 (0.056%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (5.01%) Power BI
2 39 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
3 32 (1.78%) Metadata
4 23 (1.28%) Tableau
5 16 (0.89%) Relational Database
6 13 (0.72%) Data Lake
7 7 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
7 7 (0.39%) Data Mining
7 7 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (0.33%) Electronic Patient Records
8 6 (0.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 6 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (0.28%) SQL Server
10 4 (0.22%) Big Data
10 4 (0.22%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.17%) Looker
11 3 (0.17%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.17%) SAP BW
12 2 (0.11%) GIS
12 2 (0.11%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 229 (12.76%) JIRA
2 7 (0.39%) Balsamiq
3 3 (0.17%) Eclipse
3 3 (0.17%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.11%) GitLab
5 1 (0.056%) Gemini Tracker
5 1 (0.056%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.056%) Postman
5 1 (0.056%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.056%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.056%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.056%) Toad
General
1 632 (35.21%) Finance
2 564 (31.42%) Social Skills
3 424 (23.62%) Analytical Skills
4 246 (13.70%) Banking
5 145 (8.08%) Public Sector
6 135 (7.52%) Documentation Skills
7 101 (5.63%) Retail
8 96 (5.35%) Front Office
9 68 (3.79%) Investment Banking
9 68 (3.79%) Legal
10 50 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
11 42 (2.34%) Manufacturing
12 38 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
13 34 (1.89%) Local Government
14 33 (1.84%) Financial Institution
15 32 (1.78%) Back Office
15 32 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
16 31 (1.73%) Marketing
17 26 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 25 (1.39%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (1.62%) Oracle Fusion
2 18 (1.00%) XML
3 16 (0.89%) JSON
4 15 (0.84%) Middleware
5 14 (0.78%) ADO
6 8 (0.45%) SailPoint
7 7 (0.39%) REST
8 6 (0.33%) FHIR
9 5 (0.28%) NumPy
9 5 (0.28%) Pandas
9 5 (0.28%) STL
10 4 (0.22%) 802.1X
10 4 (0.22%) SOAP
10 4 (0.22%) VML
11 3 (0.17%) FIX Protocol
11 3 (0.17%) OpenAPI
11 3 (0.17%) Swagger
12 2 (0.11%) EDI
12 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Graph
12 2 (0.11%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 160 (8.91%) Product Ownership
2 71 (3.96%) Onboarding
3 57 (3.18%) Derivative
4 48 (2.67%) Analytical Mindset
5 39 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
6 36 (2.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 36 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
7 32 (1.78%) Fixed Income
8 30 (1.67%) Data Structures
8 30 (1.67%) Management Information System
9 27 (1.50%) Operational Technology
10 26 (1.45%) Hedge funds
11 23 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
12 21 (1.17%) Credit Risk
12 21 (1.17%) Reference Data
13 20 (1.11%) Market Risk
14 17 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
15 16 (0.89%) Equities
15 16 (0.89%) FMCG
15 16 (0.89%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 12 (0.67%) Windows
2 6 (0.33%) Apple iOS
3 5 (0.28%) Android
4 4 (0.22%) Unix
5 3 (0.17%) Linux
6 2 (0.11%) AIX
6 2 (0.11%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.11%) Solaris
6 2 (0.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 580 (32.31%) Stakeholder Management
2 571 (31.81%) Business Analysis
3 570 (31.75%) Agile
4 502 (27.97%) Requirements Gathering
5 471 (26.24%) Workshop Facilitation
6 455 (25.35%) User Stories
7 348 (19.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 339 (18.89%) User Acceptance Testing
9 290 (16.16%) Acceptance Criteria
10 234 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
11 199 (11.09%) Migration
12 196 (10.92%) Validation
13 188 (10.47%) Process Improvement
14 171 (9.53%) Data Analysis
15 170 (9.47%) Decision-Making
16 158 (8.80%) AI
17 148 (8.25%) Data Modelling
18 135 (7.52%) Scrum
19 122 (6.80%) DevOps
20 118 (6.57%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 194 (10.81%) SQL
2 40 (2.23%) Python
3 13 (0.72%) Korn
4 8 (0.45%) Java
5 4 (0.22%) R
6 2 (0.11%) PL/SQL
6 2 (0.11%) Shell Script
6 2 (0.11%) VBA
7 1 (0.056%) ABAP
7 1 (0.056%) C
7 1 (0.056%) C#
7 1 (0.056%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.056%) Groovy
7 1 (0.056%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.056%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.056%) Ruby
7 1 (0.056%) SOQL
7 1 (0.056%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 174 (9.69%) Security Cleared
2 143 (7.97%) Degree
3 139 (7.74%) SC Cleared
4 39 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
5 31 (1.73%) IIBA
6 28 (1.56%) CBAP
7 26 (1.45%) PMI Certification
8 17 (0.95%) PMP
9 13 (0.72%) ACCA
9 13 (0.72%) CIMA
9 13 (0.72%) FFIEC
10 12 (0.67%) DV Cleared
11 11 (0.61%) ISEB
12 7 (0.39%) ISTQB
13 6 (0.33%) CSPO
13 6 (0.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 5 (0.28%) Master's Degree
14 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (0.22%) Computer Science Degree
15 4 (0.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (6.13%) Data Quality
2 95 (5.29%) QA
3 37 (2.06%) GDPR
4 35 (1.95%) NIST
5 28 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (0.95%) Accessibility
6 17 (0.95%) MiFID
7 14 (0.78%) COBIT
7 14 (0.78%) EMIR
7 14 (0.78%) GRC
8 11 (0.61%) PMO
9 10 (0.56%) ISO 20022
10 8 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
10 8 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (0.39%) IFRS
11 7 (0.39%) Solvency II
12 6 (0.33%) Basel III
12 6 (0.33%) HL7
12 6 (0.33%) SEPA
12 6 (0.33%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (0.72%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.11%) Docker
5 1 (0.056%) RACF
Systems Management
1 6 (0.33%) Terraform
2 3 (0.17%) HP ALM
2 3 (0.17%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.056%) Ansible
4 1 (0.056%) Autotask
4 1 (0.056%) Control-M
4 1 (0.056%) Grafana
4 1 (0.056%) Kibana
4 1 (0.056%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.056%) SCCM
4 1 (0.056%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 166 (9.25%) Microsoft
2 117 (6.52%) Salesforce
3 110 (6.13%) SAP
4 71 (3.96%) ServiceNow
5 61 (3.40%) Oracle
6 29 (1.62%) Murex
7 24 (1.34%) Databricks
8 22 (1.23%) Workday
9 15 (0.84%) CyberArk
10 13 (0.72%) Pega
11 12 (0.67%) Bloomberg
11 12 (0.67%) Guidewire
12 11 (0.61%) IBM
13 10 (0.56%) Planon
13 10 (0.56%) Zscaler
14 9 (0.50%) Charles River
14 9 (0.50%) OpenLink
14 9 (0.50%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 7 (0.39%) Cisco
15 7 (0.39%) Splunk