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 17 May 2026.

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

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 42 41
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,763 1,205 1,560
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.29% 4.93% 4.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.65% 5.33% 4.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,219 834 1,135
10th Percentile £358 £361 £381
25th Percentile £417 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £713 £775 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 11 7
10th Percentile £28.03 - -
25th Percentile £34.87 £25.26 £20.77
Median hourly rate £62.50 £34.11 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +83.23% +51.60% -62.66%
75th Percentile £89.70 £50.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £104.00 £57.50 £70.80
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £32.82 £28.00
% change year-on-year +90.46% +17.20% -53.53%

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 37,948 22,606 33,748
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 92.41% 92.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,576 15,046 22,372
10th Percentile £318 £296 £283
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -0.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £510 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,610 912 2,431
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.75 £18.50 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.56 £30.00 £37.18
Median % change year-on-year +51.85% -19.31% -17.38%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £42.69 £28.17 £36.58
% change year-on-year +51.55% -22.99% -18.72%

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 17 May 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 17 May 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 17 May 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 -4 1,035 £525 -8.70% 148
North of England +4 284 £428 +0.71% 92
Midlands -6 173 £465 -2.11% 37
West Midlands +7 139 £475 -5.00% 26
South East -17 137 £500 +5.26% 77
Yorkshire +8 128 £475 +4.11% 41
North West -10 125 £400 -2.44% 34
South West -3 77 £450 -10.00% 22
North East +14 48 £450 +12.50% 18
East Midlands -21 33 £393 +0.77% 10
East of England -20 32 £488 +10.80% 27
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 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.

1 588 (33.35%) Agile
2 520 (29.50%) Business Analysis
2 520 (29.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 452 (25.64%) Requirements Gathering
4 435 (24.67%) User Stories
5 409 (23.20%) Workshop Facilitation
6 335 (19.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 283 (16.05%) User Acceptance Testing
8 261 (14.80%) Acceptance Criteria
9 254 (14.41%) JIRA
10 250 (14.18%) Problem-Solving
11 243 (13.78%) Security Cleared
12 229 (12.99%) Migration
13 205 (11.63%) Confluence
14 197 (11.17%) SC Cleared
15 182 (10.32%) SQL
16 160 (9.08%) Microsoft
17 159 (9.02%) Decision-Making
18 158 (8.96%) Validation
19 153 (8.68%) Data Analysis
19 153 (8.68%) Degree
20 151 (8.56%) Process Improvement
21 145 (8.22%) Data Modelling
21 145 (8.22%) Scrum
22 137 (7.77%) DevOps
22 137 (7.77%) GAP Analysis
23 133 (7.54%) Azure
24 132 (7.49%) MS Visio
25 118 (6.69%) Power Platform
26 117 (6.64%) Business Intelligence

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
1 205 (11.63%) Confluence
2 24 (1.36%) SharePoint
3 17 (0.96%) SAS
4 4 (0.23%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.17%) Appian
5 3 (0.17%) CMS
6 2 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.057%) Apache
7 1 (0.057%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 132 (7.49%) MS Visio
2 104 (5.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 53 (3.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 49 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.28%) Notion
7 3 (0.17%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.057%) CATIA
9 1 (0.057%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 22 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
1 22 (1.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.02%) Aladdin
3 12 (0.68%) Endur
4 10 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
5 8 (0.45%) NetSuite
6 7 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
7 6 (0.34%) Loan IQ
7 6 (0.34%) Summit
8 5 (0.28%) Findur
8 5 (0.28%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 5 (0.28%) SAP ERP
9 4 (0.23%) Actimize
9 4 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
9 4 (0.23%) Fidessa
9 4 (0.23%) Maximo
9 4 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
9 4 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
9 4 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (0.23%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 133 (7.54%) Azure
2 118 (6.69%) Power Platform
3 69 (3.91%) AWS
4 42 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
5 31 (1.76%) Dynamics 365
6 29 (1.64%) Microsoft 365
7 22 (1.25%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 21 (1.19%) Lucidchart
9 18 (1.02%) SaaS
10 16 (0.91%) GitHub
11 15 (0.85%) Miro
12 14 (0.79%) GCP
13 13 (0.74%) Snowflake
14 11 (0.62%) Power Automate
15 10 (0.57%) Azure Data Factory
15 10 (0.57%) Microsoft Copilot
15 10 (0.57%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 9 (0.51%) Figma
16 9 (0.51%) Microsoft Purview
16 9 (0.51%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.34%) Wireless
2 4 (0.23%) Network Security
3 3 (0.17%) Intranet
4 2 (0.11%) 802.11
4 2 (0.11%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (0.11%) DNS
4 2 (0.11%) Internet
4 2 (0.11%) VPN
4 2 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.11%) Wireless Security
4 2 (0.11%) WLAN
4 2 (0.11%) X.25
5 1 (0.057%) 5G
5 1 (0.057%) Broadband
5 1 (0.057%) Firewall
5 1 (0.057%) NAS
5 1 (0.057%) PBX
5 1 (0.057%) SONET
5 1 (0.057%) TETRA
5 1 (0.057%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (5.50%) Power BI
2 41 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
3 31 (1.76%) Tableau
4 29 (1.64%) Metadata
5 15 (0.85%) Relational Database
6 7 (0.40%) Big Data
6 7 (0.40%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.34%) RDBMS
8 5 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
9 4 (0.23%) SQL Server
10 3 (0.17%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.17%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.17%) Power Query
11 2 (0.11%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.11%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.11%) Data Vault
11 2 (0.11%) Looker
11 2 (0.11%) OLAP
12 1 (0.057%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 254 (14.41%) JIRA
2 15 (0.85%) Jenkins
3 12 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
4 8 (0.45%) Postman
5 5 (0.28%) Balsamiq
6 3 (0.17%) Toad
7 2 (0.11%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.11%) GitLab
8 1 (0.057%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.057%) Gemini Tracker
8 1 (0.057%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.057%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.057%) SonarQube
General
1 614 (34.83%) Finance
2 597 (33.86%) Social Skills
3 400 (22.69%) Analytical Skills
4 262 (14.86%) Banking
5 161 (9.13%) Public Sector
6 132 (7.49%) Documentation Skills
7 83 (4.71%) Front Office
7 83 (4.71%) Retail
8 63 (3.57%) Legal
9 62 (3.52%) Investment Banking
10 56 (3.18%) Presentation Skills
11 49 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
12 39 (2.21%) Marketing
13 38 (2.16%) Financial Institution
14 35 (1.99%) Back Office
15 32 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
16 23 (1.30%) Manufacturing
17 21 (1.19%) Telecoms
18 20 (1.13%) Law
18 20 (1.13%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (1.59%) REST
2 26 (1.47%) XML
3 16 (0.91%) JSON
3 16 (0.91%) Oracle Fusion
4 15 (0.85%) SOAP
5 13 (0.74%) ADO
6 12 (0.68%) VML
7 11 (0.62%) Middleware
7 11 (0.62%) Swagger
8 8 (0.45%) OAuth
9 6 (0.34%) JWT
9 6 (0.34%) OpenAPI
10 5 (0.28%) FHIR
10 5 (0.28%) NumPy
10 5 (0.28%) Pandas
11 4 (0.23%) .NET
11 4 (0.23%) 802.1X
11 4 (0.23%) SailPoint
12 3 (0.17%) SAML
12 3 (0.17%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 158 (8.96%) Product Ownership
2 46 (2.61%) Derivative
2 46 (2.61%) Onboarding
3 42 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
4 41 (2.33%) Fixed Income
4 41 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
5 40 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
6 30 (1.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 26 (1.47%) Credit Risk
8 24 (1.36%) Data Structures
8 24 (1.36%) NHS
9 22 (1.25%) Hedge funds
10 21 (1.19%) Management Information System
10 21 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
11 19 (1.08%) Market Risk
12 17 (0.96%) PMI
13 16 (0.91%) Operational Technology
14 15 (0.85%) Equities
14 15 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
15 12 (0.68%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 12 (0.68%) Windows
2 10 (0.57%) Linux
3 6 (0.34%) Unix
4 5 (0.28%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.17%) Android
6 2 (0.11%) AIX
6 2 (0.11%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.11%) Solaris
6 2 (0.11%) VMS
6 2 (0.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 588 (33.35%) Agile
2 520 (29.50%) Business Analysis
2 520 (29.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 452 (25.64%) Requirements Gathering
4 435 (24.67%) User Stories
5 409 (23.20%) Workshop Facilitation
6 335 (19.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 283 (16.05%) User Acceptance Testing
8 261 (14.80%) Acceptance Criteria
9 250 (14.18%) Problem-Solving
10 229 (12.99%) Migration
11 159 (9.02%) Decision-Making
12 158 (8.96%) Validation
13 153 (8.68%) Data Analysis
14 151 (8.56%) Process Improvement
15 145 (8.22%) Data Modelling
15 145 (8.22%) Scrum
16 137 (7.77%) DevOps
16 137 (7.77%) GAP Analysis
17 117 (6.64%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 182 (10.32%) SQL
2 43 (2.44%) Python
3 10 (0.57%) Korn
4 5 (0.28%) Java
5 4 (0.23%) JavaScript
5 4 (0.23%) R
5 4 (0.23%) VBA
6 3 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.11%) C#
7 2 (0.11%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.057%) ABAP
8 1 (0.057%) C
8 1 (0.057%) C++
8 1 (0.057%) Groovy
8 1 (0.057%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.057%) Ruby
8 1 (0.057%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 243 (13.78%) Security Cleared
2 197 (11.17%) SC Cleared
3 153 (8.68%) Degree
4 54 (3.06%) BPSS Clearance
5 49 (2.78%) CBAP
6 46 (2.61%) IIBA
7 25 (1.42%) PMI Certification
8 15 (0.85%) CSPO
9 13 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (0.68%) PMP
11 10 (0.57%) DV Cleared
11 10 (0.57%) ISEB
12 9 (0.51%) ACCA
13 8 (0.45%) CIMA
14 7 (0.40%) Master's Degree
15 4 (0.23%) CFA
15 4 (0.23%) MBA
16 3 (0.17%) Azure Certification
16 3 (0.17%) FFIEC
16 3 (0.17%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (5.50%) QA
2 90 (5.10%) Data Quality
3 47 (2.67%) GDPR
4 25 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 25 (1.42%) NIST
5 21 (1.19%) Accessibility
6 16 (0.91%) EMIR
7 15 (0.85%) MiFID
8 11 (0.62%) GRC
8 11 (0.62%) ISO 20022
9 9 (0.51%) PMO
9 9 (0.51%) PSD2
10 7 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
10 7 (0.40%) Basel III
10 7 (0.40%) IFRS
10 7 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (0.34%) COBIT
11 6 (0.34%) ISO 8583
11 6 (0.34%) Solvency II
12 5 (0.28%) HL7
System Software
1 6 (0.34%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.17%) Docker
3 2 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.057%) RACF
Systems Management
1 13 (0.74%) Ansible
2 6 (0.34%) Kubernetes
2 6 (0.34%) Terraform
3 2 (0.11%) Control-M
3 2 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.057%) Autotask
4 1 (0.057%) Grafana
4 1 (0.057%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.057%) Kibana
4 1 (0.057%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.057%) SCCM
4 1 (0.057%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 160 (9.08%) Microsoft
2 112 (6.35%) Salesforce
3 100 (5.67%) SAP
4 55 (3.12%) Oracle
5 52 (2.95%) ServiceNow
6 33 (1.87%) Murex
7 20 (1.13%) Databricks
8 19 (1.08%) Bloomberg
8 19 (1.08%) Workday
9 13 (0.74%) Pega
10 12 (0.68%) Guidewire
10 12 (0.68%) Splunk
11 11 (0.62%) Sonatype
12 10 (0.57%) OpenLink
12 10 (0.57%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 9 (0.51%) Avaloq
13 9 (0.51%) Planon
14 8 (0.45%) Adobe
14 8 (0.45%) Zuora
15 7 (0.40%) Charles River