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 8 July 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 37 45
Rank change year-on-year -13 +8 -12
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,790 1,396 1,519
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.03% 5.23% 4.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.36% 5.68% 4.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,215 959 1,106
10th Percentile £359 £358 £363
25th Percentile £423 £413 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £606 £638 £625
90th Percentile £713 £768 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 13 9
10th Percentile £28.21 £25.26 £20.77
25th Percentile £34.87 £27.21 £21.25
Median hourly rate £61.50 £34.11 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +80.30% -19.74% -30.61%
75th Percentile £78.55 £50.00 £68.00
90th Percentile £104.00 £69.50 £75.75
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £34.06 £46.25
% change year-on-year +76.19% -26.37% -24.49%

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 41,083 24,574 34,436
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 92.11% 92.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,165 16,017 22,554
10th Percentile £325 £290 £300
25th Percentile £419 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £638
90th Percentile £734 £747 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,941 1,164 2,498
10th Percentile £16.00 £13.85 £12.88
25th Percentile £22.00 £17.98 £16.83
Median hourly rate £45.00 £28.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.71% -30.00% -8.95%
75th Percentile £67.84 £56.87 £63.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.75 £74.11
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £26.45 £37.50
% change year-on-year +62.57% -29.47% -12.79%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 -12 1,063 £550 -4.35% 169
North of England -20 258 £450 +5.88% 89
Midlands +1 169 £465 +9.41% 42
South East -4 167 £500 +2.56% 93
West Midlands +14 136 £475 -5.00% 29
North West -32 114 £427 -0.93% 35
Yorkshire -15 108 £469 +13.64% 44
South West -6 69 £450 - 34
North East -6 39 £475 +18.75% 10
East of England -19 32 £463 +2.78% 15
East Midlands -21 31 £405 +8.00% 13
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 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.

1 565 (31.56%) Agile
2 533 (29.78%) Stakeholder Management
3 532 (29.72%) Business Analysis
4 465 (25.98%) Requirements Gathering
5 426 (23.80%) User Stories
6 420 (23.46%) Workshop Facilitation
7 350 (19.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 304 (16.98%) User Acceptance Testing
9 271 (15.14%) Acceptance Criteria
10 243 (13.58%) JIRA
11 240 (13.41%) Problem-Solving
12 204 (11.40%) Migration
13 197 (11.01%) Security Cleared
14 196 (10.95%) Validation
15 185 (10.34%) SQL
16 177 (9.89%) Confluence
17 169 (9.44%) Process Improvement
18 168 (9.39%) Data Analysis
19 166 (9.27%) Decision-Making
20 160 (8.94%) Microsoft
21 158 (8.83%) Azure
22 156 (8.72%) SC Cleared
23 148 (8.27%) Data Modelling
24 142 (7.93%) Scrum
25 141 (7.88%) Degree
26 135 (7.54%) DevOps
27 129 (7.21%) AI
28 122 (6.82%) Impact Assessments
29 120 (6.70%) MS Visio
30 119 (6.65%) GAP Analysis

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
1 177 (9.89%) Confluence
2 29 (1.62%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.50%) SAS
4 5 (0.28%) CMS
4 5 (0.28%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.17%) Appian
6 2 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.056%) Apache
7 1 (0.056%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 120 (6.70%) MS Visio
2 90 (5.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 44 (2.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 39 (2.18%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.17%) 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 26 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.01%) Aladdin
3 17 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
4 15 (0.84%) Salesforce CRM
5 11 (0.61%) Endur
6 7 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
7 6 (0.34%) Findur
7 6 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
7 6 (0.34%) Summit
8 5 (0.28%) Actimize
8 5 (0.28%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 5 (0.28%) Loan IQ
8 5 (0.28%) Maximo
8 5 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.28%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.28%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.22%) Adobe Campaign
9 4 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
9 4 (0.22%) HFM
9 4 (0.22%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 158 (8.83%) Azure
2 108 (6.03%) Power Platform
3 62 (3.46%) Azure DevOps
4 49 (2.74%) AWS
5 27 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
5 27 (1.51%) Microsoft 365
6 23 (1.28%) SaaS
7 22 (1.23%) Lucidchart
8 21 (1.17%) Snowflake
9 17 (0.95%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 16 (0.89%) Miro
11 13 (0.73%) Azure Data Factory
11 13 (0.73%) Microsoft Copilot
12 11 (0.61%) GCP
12 11 (0.61%) GitHub
12 11 (0.61%) Power Automate
12 11 (0.61%) SuccessFactors
13 10 (0.56%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 9 (0.50%) Figma
14 9 (0.50%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.50%) Network Security
2 6 (0.34%) Wireless
3 4 (0.22%) Intranet
4 2 (0.11%) 802.11
4 2 (0.11%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (0.11%) DNS
4 2 (0.11%) VPN
4 2 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.11%) Wireless Security
4 2 (0.11%) WLAN
5 1 (0.056%) 5G
5 1 (0.056%) DNSSEC
5 1 (0.056%) Extranet
5 1 (0.056%) Firewall
5 1 (0.056%) Internet
5 1 (0.056%) PBX
5 1 (0.056%) SNMP
5 1 (0.056%) SONET
5 1 (0.056%) TETRA
5 1 (0.056%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (5.25%) Power BI
2 41 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
3 30 (1.68%) Metadata
4 26 (1.45%) Tableau
5 17 (0.95%) Relational Database
6 10 (0.56%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.34%) Data Mining
7 6 (0.34%) Electronic Patient Records
7 6 (0.34%) RDBMS
8 5 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
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 3 (0.17%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.11%) Looker
11 2 (0.11%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.11%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 243 (13.58%) JIRA
2 12 (0.67%) Jenkins
3 9 (0.50%) Sonatype Nexus
4 5 (0.28%) Balsamiq
5 4 (0.22%) Postman
6 3 (0.17%) Eclipse
6 3 (0.17%) Toad
7 2 (0.11%) GitLab
8 1 (0.056%) Gemini Tracker
8 1 (0.056%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.056%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.056%) SonarQube
General
1 630 (35.20%) Finance
2 574 (32.07%) Social Skills
3 408 (22.79%) Analytical Skills
4 261 (14.58%) Banking
5 151 (8.44%) Public Sector
6 130 (7.26%) Documentation Skills
7 98 (5.47%) Front Office
8 88 (4.92%) Retail
9 69 (3.85%) Investment Banking
10 66 (3.69%) Legal
11 51 (2.85%) Presentation Skills
12 44 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
13 37 (2.07%) Manufacturing
14 35 (1.96%) Financial Institution
15 33 (1.84%) Back Office
16 31 (1.73%) Marketing
17 30 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
18 26 (1.45%) Local Government
19 23 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
20 20 (1.12%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.51%) Oracle Fusion
2 24 (1.34%) XML
3 16 (0.89%) JSON
3 16 (0.89%) Middleware
4 15 (0.84%) ADO
5 9 (0.50%) REST
6 7 (0.39%) SOAP
7 6 (0.34%) VML
8 5 (0.28%) FHIR
8 5 (0.28%) NumPy
8 5 (0.28%) Pandas
8 5 (0.28%) SailPoint
9 4 (0.22%) 802.1X
9 4 (0.22%) STL
9 4 (0.22%) Swagger
10 3 (0.17%) EDI
10 3 (0.17%) YAML
11 2 (0.11%) .NET
11 2 (0.11%) OAuth
12 1 (0.056%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 152 (8.49%) Product Ownership
2 62 (3.46%) Onboarding
3 58 (3.24%) Derivative
4 44 (2.46%) Analytical Mindset
5 41 (2.29%) Data Protection Act
5 41 (2.29%) Fixed Income
6 37 (2.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 37 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
7 30 (1.68%) Credit Risk
8 26 (1.45%) Hedge funds
9 25 (1.40%) Data Structures
10 24 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
11 23 (1.28%) Management Information System
11 23 (1.28%) Operational Technology
12 22 (1.23%) Market Risk
13 18 (1.01%) NHS
14 17 (0.95%) Reference Data
15 16 (0.89%) Equities
15 16 (0.89%) Reinsurance
16 15 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.73%) Windows
2 6 (0.34%) Apple iOS
2 6 (0.34%) Unix
3 5 (0.28%) Android
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
1 565 (31.56%) Agile
2 533 (29.78%) Stakeholder Management
3 532 (29.72%) Business Analysis
4 465 (25.98%) Requirements Gathering
5 426 (23.80%) User Stories
6 420 (23.46%) Workshop Facilitation
7 350 (19.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 304 (16.98%) User Acceptance Testing
9 271 (15.14%) Acceptance Criteria
10 240 (13.41%) Problem-Solving
11 204 (11.40%) Migration
12 196 (10.95%) Validation
13 169 (9.44%) Process Improvement
14 168 (9.39%) Data Analysis
15 166 (9.27%) Decision-Making
16 148 (8.27%) Data Modelling
17 142 (7.93%) Scrum
18 135 (7.54%) DevOps
19 129 (7.21%) AI
20 122 (6.82%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 185 (10.34%) SQL
2 45 (2.51%) Python
3 14 (0.78%) Korn
4 7 (0.39%) Java
5 4 (0.22%) R
6 3 (0.17%) VBA
7 2 (0.11%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.11%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.056%) ABAP
8 1 (0.056%) C
8 1 (0.056%) C#
8 1 (0.056%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.056%) Groovy
8 1 (0.056%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.056%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.056%) Ruby
8 1 (0.056%) SOQL
8 1 (0.056%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 197 (11.01%) Security Cleared
2 156 (8.72%) SC Cleared
3 141 (7.88%) Degree
4 48 (2.68%) BPSS Clearance
5 33 (1.84%) CBAP
6 30 (1.68%) IIBA
7 22 (1.23%) PMI Certification
8 11 (0.61%) ACCA
8 11 (0.61%) PMP
9 10 (0.56%) CIMA
9 10 (0.56%) ISEB
10 8 (0.45%) DV Cleared
10 8 (0.45%) FFIEC
11 7 (0.39%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (0.28%) CSPO
12 5 (0.28%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.17%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 3 (0.17%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (5.36%) Data Quality
2 86 (4.80%) QA
3 39 (2.18%) GDPR
4 30 (1.68%) NIST
5 28 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 19 (1.06%) Accessibility
7 15 (0.84%) GRC
8 14 (0.78%) EMIR
8 14 (0.78%) MiFID
9 10 (0.56%) ISO 20022
9 10 (0.56%) PMO
9 10 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 9 (0.50%) COBIT
11 7 (0.39%) Basel III
11 7 (0.39%) IFRS
11 7 (0.39%) PSD2
11 7 (0.39%) Solvency II
12 6 (0.34%) SEPA
13 5 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.28%) COREP
System Software
1 6 (0.34%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.11%) Docker
5 1 (0.056%) RACF
Systems Management
1 10 (0.56%) Ansible
2 6 (0.34%) Terraform
3 4 (0.22%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.17%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.11%) Control-M
5 2 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.056%) Autotask
6 1 (0.056%) Grafana
6 1 (0.056%) Kibana
6 1 (0.056%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.056%) SCCM
6 1 (0.056%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 160 (8.94%) Microsoft
2 111 (6.20%) Salesforce
2 111 (6.20%) SAP
3 70 (3.91%) ServiceNow
4 66 (3.69%) Oracle
5 35 (1.96%) Murex
6 26 (1.45%) Databricks
7 21 (1.17%) Workday
8 17 (0.95%) Bloomberg
9 12 (0.67%) Pega
9 12 (0.67%) Splunk
10 11 (0.61%) CyberArk
10 11 (0.61%) ION Trading
11 10 (0.56%) Avaloq
11 10 (0.56%) Guidewire
11 10 (0.56%) OpenLink
11 10 (0.56%) Planon
12 9 (0.50%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 9 (0.50%) Sonatype
13 8 (0.45%) IBM