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 November 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 50 34
Rank change year-on-year +5 -16 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,513 1,238 2,091
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.96% 3.99% 5.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.44% 4.29% 5.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,069 943 1,541
10th Percentile £352 £363 £400
25th Percentile £413 £447 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
75th Percentile £625 £630 £615
90th Percentile £725 £731 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 7
10th Percentile £25.18 £30.59 £27.54
25th Percentile £27.11 £36.14 £41.25
Median hourly rate £32.19 £50.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.62% -16.67% +80.45%
75th Percentile £72.63 £76.88 £68.78
90th Percentile £88.50 £80.75 £73.00
UK median hourly rate £33.45 £42.00 £57.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -26.32% +80.95%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 27,794 28,871 36,520
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.21% 92.97% 93.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,815 17,661 25,211
10th Percentile £281 £300 £290
25th Percentile £404 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -1.69% -2.91%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,691 1,070 1,414
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.22 £15.37
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.25 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -12.82% +49.84%
75th Percentile £56.47 £66.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.63 £45.00
% change year-on-year -29.40% -20.83% +55.17%

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025. 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 +3 969 £550 - 391
North of England +11 206 £425 -5.56% 141
Midlands +13 118 £401 -15.58% 106
South East +9 107 £490 -1.01% 147
Yorkshire +13 100 £408 -11.89% 43
North West -11 85 £434 +2.12% 76
West Midlands -16 63 £500 - 72
South West +19 60 £475 +11.76% 68
East Midlands +15 55 £360 -12.46% 34
North East +5 21 £425 +4.62% 24
East of England -26 20 £450 -14.29% 40
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 November 2025, 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.

1 576 (38.07%) Agile
2 456 (30.14%) Business Analysis
3 439 (29.02%) Stakeholder Management
4 367 (24.26%) Requirements Gathering
5 313 (20.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 280 (18.51%) User Stories
7 277 (18.31%) Workshop Facilitation
8 251 (16.59%) Problem-Solving
9 208 (13.75%) User Acceptance Testing
10 199 (13.15%) SQL
11 187 (12.36%) JIRA
12 176 (11.63%) Migration
13 174 (11.50%) Data Analysis
14 154 (10.18%) Microsoft
15 144 (9.52%) Scrum
16 142 (9.39%) Confluence
16 142 (9.39%) Degree
17 136 (8.99%) Waterfall
18 134 (8.86%) Analytics
19 127 (8.39%) Decision-Making
20 126 (8.33%) Process Improvement
21 124 (8.20%) Project Management
22 123 (8.13%) Change Management
22 123 (8.13%) GAP Analysis
22 123 (8.13%) Project Delivery
23 108 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
24 106 (7.01%) Azure
24 106 (7.01%) Security Cleared
25 105 (6.94%) DevOps
26 103 (6.81%) 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
1 142 (9.39%) Confluence
2 29 (1.92%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.46%) CMS
4 5 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.20%) Anypoint
6 2 (0.13%) Apache Superset
6 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.066%) Camunda
7 1 (0.066%) JBoss
7 1 (0.066%) Mule
7 1 (0.066%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 108 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 96 (6.35%) MS Visio
3 53 (3.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 52 (3.44%) Microsoft Office
5 13 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.33%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.26%) Autodesk Inventor
8 2 (0.13%) Trello
9 1 (0.066%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.066%) Notion
9 1 (0.066%) Sketch
9 1 (0.066%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 46 (3.04%) Endur
2 22 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
4 12 (0.79%) Aladdin
5 10 (0.66%) Payment Gateway
6 9 (0.59%) NetSuite
6 9 (0.59%) Salesforce CRM
7 7 (0.46%) Temenos T24
8 6 (0.40%) Loan IQ
9 4 (0.26%) SAP GTS
10 3 (0.20%) Elite 3E
10 3 (0.20%) Markit EDM
10 3 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.20%) SAP HR
11 2 (0.13%) BASE24
11 2 (0.13%) HFM
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
11 2 (0.13%) Shopify
11 2 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
11 2 (0.13%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 106 (7.01%) Azure
2 94 (6.21%) Power Platform
3 59 (3.90%) AWS
4 52 (3.44%) Azure DevOps
5 37 (2.45%) SaaS
6 26 (1.72%) GCP
6 26 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
7 24 (1.59%) Miro
8 23 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
9 19 (1.26%) Entra ID
10 18 (1.19%) Lucidchart
11 13 (0.86%) GitHub
11 13 (0.86%) Snowflake
12 12 (0.79%) Figma
13 11 (0.73%) Power Automate
14 10 (0.66%) Microsoft Copilot
15 9 (0.59%) PowerApps
15 9 (0.59%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 8 (0.53%) SuccessFactors
17 7 (0.46%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.46%) Firewall
2 5 (0.33%) Network Security
3 3 (0.20%) Intranet
3 3 (0.20%) WAN
4 2 (0.13%) ATM
4 2 (0.13%) Cisco IPT
4 2 (0.13%) Internet
4 2 (0.13%) LAN
4 2 (0.13%) NAS
4 2 (0.13%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.066%) Broadband
5 1 (0.066%) DNS
5 1 (0.066%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.066%) Softphone
5 1 (0.066%) VoIP
5 1 (0.066%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (5.68%) Power BI
2 43 (2.84%) Tableau
3 20 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (1.19%) Metadata
5 15 (0.99%) SQL Server
6 7 (0.46%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.40%) Oracle Database
8 5 (0.33%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.33%) Power Query
8 5 (0.33%) Star Schema
9 4 (0.26%) BigQuery
9 4 (0.26%) Data Mart
9 4 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (0.20%) Amazon Athena
10 3 (0.20%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.20%) Big Data
10 3 (0.20%) Geospatial Data
10 3 (0.20%) GIS
10 3 (0.20%) SAP BW
11 2 (0.13%) Looker
Development Applications
1 187 (12.36%) JIRA
2 11 (0.73%) Jenkins
2 11 (0.73%) Sonatype Nexus
3 3 (0.20%) Git
3 3 (0.20%) Postman
4 2 (0.13%) AdminStudio
4 2 (0.13%) Browser DevTools
4 2 (0.13%) Charles Proxy
4 2 (0.13%) Fiddler
5 1 (0.066%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.066%) Axure RP
5 1 (0.066%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.066%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.066%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 618 (40.85%) Social Skills
2 566 (37.41%) Finance
3 340 (22.47%) Analytical Skills
4 242 (15.99%) Banking
5 127 (8.39%) Public Sector
6 73 (4.82%) Documentation Skills
7 60 (3.97%) Back Office
7 60 (3.97%) Front Office
7 60 (3.97%) Investment Banking
8 57 (3.77%) Retail
9 53 (3.50%) Presentation Skills
10 52 (3.44%) Legal
11 51 (3.37%) Influencing Skills
12 40 (2.64%) Telecoms
13 37 (2.45%) Marketing
14 29 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 29 (1.92%) Local Government
14 29 (1.92%) Manufacturing
15 28 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
16 24 (1.59%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (1.45%) REST
2 21 (1.39%) XML
3 15 (0.99%) SailPoint
4 14 (0.93%) JSON
4 14 (0.93%) OAuth
4 14 (0.93%) SAML
5 11 (0.73%) ADO
6 10 (0.66%) SOAP
7 9 (0.59%) OpenID
8 7 (0.46%) Swagger
9 5 (0.33%) LDAP
9 5 (0.33%) OAuth2
9 5 (0.33%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (0.33%) Web Services
10 4 (0.26%) .NET
10 4 (0.26%) Anaconda
10 4 (0.26%) DCOM
10 4 (0.26%) FHIR
10 4 (0.26%) Gherkin
10 4 (0.26%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 122 (8.06%) Product Ownership
2 77 (5.09%) Onboarding
3 41 (2.71%) Data Protection Act
4 34 (2.25%) Analytical Mindset
5 33 (2.18%) Derivative
6 32 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
7 31 (2.05%) Management Information System
8 30 (1.98%) Data Structures
8 30 (1.98%) Fixed Income
9 28 (1.85%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 26 (1.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 26 (1.72%) PMI
10 26 (1.72%) Reinsurance
11 21 (1.39%) Data Centre
12 20 (1.32%) Credit Risk
12 20 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
13 19 (1.26%) Cloud Native
14 18 (1.19%) Equities
15 17 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
16 15 (0.99%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 11 (0.73%) Linux
2 10 (0.66%) Windows
3 4 (0.26%) VMS
4 2 (0.13%) Android
4 2 (0.13%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.13%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.066%) AIX
5 1 (0.066%) Solaris
5 1 (0.066%) Unix
5 1 (0.066%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 576 (38.07%) Agile
2 456 (30.14%) Business Analysis
3 439 (29.02%) Stakeholder Management
4 367 (24.26%) Requirements Gathering
5 313 (20.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 280 (18.51%) User Stories
7 277 (18.31%) Workshop Facilitation
8 251 (16.59%) Problem-Solving
9 208 (13.75%) User Acceptance Testing
10 176 (11.63%) Migration
11 174 (11.50%) Data Analysis
12 144 (9.52%) Scrum
13 136 (8.99%) Waterfall
14 134 (8.86%) Analytics
15 127 (8.39%) Decision-Making
16 126 (8.33%) Process Improvement
17 124 (8.20%) Project Management
18 123 (8.13%) Change Management
18 123 (8.13%) GAP Analysis
18 123 (8.13%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 199 (13.15%) SQL
2 53 (3.50%) Python
3 8 (0.53%) C#
4 7 (0.46%) Korn
4 7 (0.46%) VBA
5 6 (0.40%) JavaScript
6 5 (0.33%) Java
6 5 (0.33%) R
7 1 (0.066%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.066%) C++
7 1 (0.066%) COBOL
7 1 (0.066%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.066%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.066%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 142 (9.39%) Degree
2 106 (7.01%) Security Cleared
3 81 (5.35%) SC Cleared
4 44 (2.91%) CBAP
5 32 (2.12%) PMI Certification
6 15 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (0.86%) Master's Degree
8 12 (0.79%) DV Cleared
9 11 (0.73%) IIBA
10 9 (0.59%) ACCA
11 8 (0.53%) ISEB
11 8 (0.53%) PMP
12 7 (0.46%) CIMA
13 6 (0.40%) CFA
14 5 (0.33%) CSPO
15 3 (0.20%) AWS Certification
15 3 (0.20%) FFIEC
15 3 (0.20%) MBA
15 3 (0.20%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (5.82%) QA
2 66 (4.36%) Data Quality
3 52 (3.44%) GDPR
4 32 (2.12%) MiFID
5 23 (1.52%) EMIR
6 16 (1.06%) ISO 20022
7 15 (0.99%) GRC
8 14 (0.93%) PSD2
9 13 (0.86%) NIST
9 13 (0.86%) SEPA
10 11 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 8 (0.53%) Accessibility
11 8 (0.53%) Basel III
11 8 (0.53%) PCI DSS
11 8 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (0.46%) ISO 8583
12 7 (0.46%) PMO
13 6 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 5 (0.33%) Solvency II
System Software
1 15 (0.99%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.066%) Docker
2 1 (0.066%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.066%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.066%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (0.99%) Kubernetes
2 14 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
3 12 (0.79%) Ansible
4 7 (0.46%) Terraform
5 4 (0.26%) SCCM
6 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 154 (10.18%) Microsoft
2 81 (5.35%) Salesforce
3 68 (4.49%) SAP
4 55 (3.64%) Oracle
5 43 (2.84%) ServiceNow
6 23 (1.52%) Murex
7 19 (1.26%) OpenLink
8 17 (1.12%) Google
9 14 (0.93%) MuleSoft
10 13 (0.86%) Workday
11 12 (0.79%) Adobe
12 10 (0.66%) Guidewire
13 9 (0.59%) Bloomberg
13 9 (0.59%) Charles River
13 9 (0.59%) CyberArk
13 9 (0.59%) OneTrust
13 9 (0.59%) Sonatype
14 8 (0.53%) Atlassian
15 7 (0.46%) Alibaba
15 7 (0.46%) Temenos