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 23 July 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 35 45
Rank change year-on-year -17 +10 -11
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,798 1,437 1,472
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.01% 5.26% 4.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.33% 5.72% 4.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,205 992 1,078
10th Percentile £363 £358 £363
25th Percentile £425 £413 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £688 £763 £731
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 12 9
10th Percentile £28.51 £25.45 £25.45
25th Percentile £34.87 £30.80 £40.75
Median hourly rate £60.00 £40.81 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +47.04% -18.39% -18.37%
75th Percentile £78.10 £51.88 £69.75
90th Percentile £104.00 £71.00 £75.75
UK median hourly rate £58.50 £34.11 £50.00
% change year-on-year +71.50% -31.78% -18.37%

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 41,522 25,105 32,718
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 91.81% 93.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,299 16,309 21,568
10th Percentile £325 £288 £300
25th Percentile £425 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,983 1,254 2,147
10th Percentile £16.00 £13.75 £13.51
25th Percentile £22.46 £17.87 £18.30
Median hourly rate £45.56 £27.29 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +66.91% -35.78% -3.53%
75th Percentile £68.00 £56.44 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.04 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.69 £25.15 £40.33
% change year-on-year +73.72% -37.63% -7.70%

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 23 July 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 23 July 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 23 July 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 1,045 £550 -4.35% 182
North of England -17 269 £450 +4.53% 98
South East -4 178 £500 +2.56% 101
Midlands +3 173 £475 +17.43% 39
West Midlands +11 136 £475 -5.00% 26
North West -31 123 £425 -1.39% 38
Yorkshire -18 110 £475 +15.15% 40
South West -9 67 £438 -6.72% 38
North East -6 39 £475 -8.65% 20
East Midlands -22 35 £443 +20.57% 13
East of England -17 33 £475 +10.47% 31
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 July 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.

1 567 (31.54%) Agile
2 551 (30.65%) Stakeholder Management
3 546 (30.37%) Business Analysis
4 484 (26.92%) Requirements Gathering
5 442 (24.58%) User Stories
5 442 (24.58%) Workshop Facilitation
6 350 (19.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 327 (18.19%) User Acceptance Testing
8 281 (15.63%) Acceptance Criteria
9 240 (13.35%) JIRA
10 235 (13.07%) Problem-Solving
11 201 (11.18%) Migration
11 201 (11.18%) Validation
12 187 (10.40%) Security Cleared
13 179 (9.96%) Process Improvement
14 178 (9.90%) SQL
15 166 (9.23%) Confluence
15 166 (9.23%) Decision-Making
16 165 (9.18%) Data Analysis
17 164 (9.12%) Azure
18 159 (8.84%) Microsoft
19 147 (8.18%) SC Cleared
20 145 (8.06%) Data Modelling
21 143 (7.95%) AI
22 137 (7.62%) Scrum
23 136 (7.56%) Degree
24 132 (7.34%) DevOps
25 121 (6.73%) Impact Assessments
26 117 (6.51%) GAP Analysis
26 117 (6.51%) MS Visio

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
1 166 (9.23%) Confluence
2 30 (1.67%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.33%) SAS
4 5 (0.28%) CMS
4 5 (0.28%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.11%) Apache
6 2 (0.11%) Appian
6 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.056%) Camunda
7 1 (0.056%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.056%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 117 (6.51%) MS Visio
2 80 (4.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 37 (2.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 33 (1.84%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.22%) Notion
6 3 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.11%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.056%) CATIA
8 1 (0.056%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.056%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.056%) Trello
Business Applications
1 28 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 23 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.89%) Salesforce CRM
4 14 (0.78%) Aladdin
5 9 (0.50%) Endur
6 8 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
7 6 (0.33%) Findur
7 6 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
7 6 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
7 6 (0.33%) SAP HR
8 5 (0.28%) Actimize
8 5 (0.28%) Fidessa
8 5 (0.28%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 5 (0.28%) Maximo
8 5 (0.28%) SAP FI
8 5 (0.28%) Summit
9 4 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
9 4 (0.22%) HFM
9 4 (0.22%) Oracle Financials
9 4 (0.22%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 164 (9.12%) Azure
2 110 (6.12%) Power Platform
3 67 (3.73%) Azure DevOps
4 49 (2.73%) AWS
5 31 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
6 25 (1.39%) Microsoft 365
7 24 (1.33%) SaaS
8 22 (1.22%) Lucidchart
9 21 (1.17%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 19 (1.06%) Snowflake
11 15 (0.83%) GCP
12 14 (0.78%) Miro
13 13 (0.72%) Azure Data Factory
13 13 (0.72%) Microsoft Copilot
13 13 (0.72%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 12 (0.67%) Entra ID
14 12 (0.67%) Power Automate
15 11 (0.61%) Figma
15 11 (0.61%) SuccessFactors
16 10 (0.56%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.50%) 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%) DNSSEC
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%) TETRA
4 1 (0.056%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (5.17%) Power BI
2 42 (2.34%) Data Warehouse
3 34 (1.89%) Metadata
4 25 (1.39%) Tableau
5 17 (0.95%) Relational Database
6 11 (0.61%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.33%) Data Mining
7 6 (0.33%) Electronic Patient Records
8 5 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
8 5 (0.28%) RDBMS
8 5 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.22%) Big Data
9 4 (0.22%) SQL Server
9 4 (0.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.11%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.11%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.11%) OLAP
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 2 (0.11%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 240 (13.35%) JIRA
2 8 (0.44%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.39%) Balsamiq
4 5 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (0.17%) Eclipse
6 2 (0.11%) GitLab
6 2 (0.11%) Postman
6 2 (0.11%) Toad
7 1 (0.056%) Gemini Tracker
7 1 (0.056%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.056%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.056%) SonarQube
General
1 633 (35.21%) Finance
2 552 (30.70%) Social Skills
3 420 (23.36%) Analytical Skills
4 244 (13.57%) Banking
5 152 (8.45%) Public Sector
6 136 (7.56%) Documentation Skills
7 94 (5.23%) Front Office
8 91 (5.06%) Retail
9 68 (3.78%) Legal
10 65 (3.62%) Investment Banking
11 51 (2.84%) Presentation Skills
12 41 (2.28%) Influencing Skills
13 35 (1.95%) Back Office
13 35 (1.95%) Manufacturing
14 34 (1.89%) Marketing
15 33 (1.84%) Financial Institution
16 30 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
17 28 (1.56%) Local Government
18 25 (1.39%) Police
19 23 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (1.56%) Oracle Fusion
2 21 (1.17%) XML
3 16 (0.89%) JSON
3 16 (0.89%) Middleware
4 15 (0.83%) ADO
5 8 (0.44%) SailPoint
6 7 (0.39%) REST
7 5 (0.28%) NumPy
7 5 (0.28%) Pandas
7 5 (0.28%) SOAP
7 5 (0.28%) STL
8 4 (0.22%) 802.1X
8 4 (0.22%) FHIR
8 4 (0.22%) Swagger
8 4 (0.22%) VML
9 3 (0.17%) EDI
9 3 (0.17%) FIX Protocol
9 3 (0.17%) OpenAPI
10 2 (0.11%) OAuth
10 2 (0.11%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 160 (8.90%) Product Ownership
2 66 (3.67%) Onboarding
3 56 (3.11%) Derivative
4 50 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
5 43 (2.39%) Data Protection Act
6 38 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
7 37 (2.06%) Fixed Income
8 34 (1.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 28 (1.56%) Data Structures
10 27 (1.50%) Operational Technology
11 26 (1.45%) Hedge funds
11 26 (1.45%) Management Information System
11 26 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
12 23 (1.28%) Credit Risk
13 21 (1.17%) Market Risk
14 20 (1.11%) Reference Data
15 17 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
15 17 (0.95%) NHS
16 16 (0.89%) Equities
17 14 (0.78%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.72%) Windows
2 6 (0.33%) Apple iOS
3 5 (0.28%) Android
3 5 (0.28%) Unix
4 3 (0.17%) Linux
5 2 (0.11%) AIX
5 2 (0.11%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.11%) Solaris
5 2 (0.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 567 (31.54%) Agile
2 551 (30.65%) Stakeholder Management
3 546 (30.37%) Business Analysis
4 484 (26.92%) Requirements Gathering
5 442 (24.58%) User Stories
5 442 (24.58%) Workshop Facilitation
6 350 (19.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 327 (18.19%) User Acceptance Testing
8 281 (15.63%) Acceptance Criteria
9 235 (13.07%) Problem-Solving
10 201 (11.18%) Migration
10 201 (11.18%) Validation
11 179 (9.96%) Process Improvement
12 166 (9.23%) Decision-Making
13 165 (9.18%) Data Analysis
14 145 (8.06%) Data Modelling
15 143 (7.95%) AI
16 137 (7.62%) Scrum
17 132 (7.34%) DevOps
18 121 (6.73%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 178 (9.90%) SQL
2 42 (2.34%) Python
3 14 (0.78%) Korn
4 7 (0.39%) 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
1 187 (10.40%) Security Cleared
2 147 (8.18%) SC Cleared
3 136 (7.56%) Degree
4 44 (2.45%) BPSS Clearance
5 32 (1.78%) CBAP
6 28 (1.56%) IIBA
7 23 (1.28%) PMI Certification
8 14 (0.78%) PMP
9 12 (0.67%) ISEB
10 11 (0.61%) ACCA
10 11 (0.61%) CIMA
11 10 (0.56%) DV Cleared
12 8 (0.44%) FFIEC
12 8 (0.44%) ISTQB
13 6 (0.33%) CSPO
13 6 (0.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 5 (0.28%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 4 (0.22%) ISEB Practitioner
16 3 (0.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (5.78%) Data Quality
2 89 (4.95%) QA
3 37 (2.06%) GDPR
4 30 (1.67%) NIST
5 28 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (1.00%) Accessibility
7 16 (0.89%) MiFID
8 15 (0.83%) EMIR
9 14 (0.78%) GRC
10 11 (0.61%) ISO 20022
11 10 (0.56%) PMO
11 10 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (0.50%) COBIT
13 8 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
14 7 (0.39%) Basel III
14 7 (0.39%) SEPA
14 7 (0.39%) Solvency II
15 5 (0.28%) COREP
15 5 (0.28%) IFRS
15 5 (0.28%) 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%) Ansible
1 6 (0.33%) Terraform
2 4 (0.22%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.17%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.056%) Autotask
5 1 (0.056%) Control-M
5 1 (0.056%) Grafana
5 1 (0.056%) Kibana
5 1 (0.056%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.056%) SCCM
5 1 (0.056%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 159 (8.84%) Microsoft
2 115 (6.40%) Salesforce
3 111 (6.17%) SAP
4 68 (3.78%) ServiceNow
5 64 (3.56%) Oracle
6 28 (1.56%) Murex
7 25 (1.39%) Databricks
8 23 (1.28%) Workday
9 15 (0.83%) CyberArk
10 13 (0.72%) Bloomberg
10 13 (0.72%) Pega
11 12 (0.67%) Guidewire
12 11 (0.61%) Splunk
13 10 (0.56%) Planon
13 10 (0.56%) Zscaler
14 9 (0.50%) Charles River
14 9 (0.50%) IBM
14 9 (0.50%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 8 (0.44%) Avaloq
15 8 (0.44%) OpenLink