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 2 July 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 37 43
Rank change year-on-year -13 +6 -10
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,766 1,367 1,531
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.02% 5.29% 4.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.36% 5.74% 4.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,200 936 1,115
10th Percentile £360 £358 £367
25th Percentile £421 £413 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.82% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £613 £638 £625
90th Percentile £716 £765 £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% -29.17%
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% -19.57%

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 40,541 23,799 34,693
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.39% 92.15% 92.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,820 15,556 22,692
10th Percentile £325 £293 £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 £735 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,915 1,109 2,587
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.00 £12.87
25th Percentile £22.00 £17.98 £16.80
Median hourly rate £45.00 £28.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +57.89% -28.75% -8.95%
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £79.80 £75.00 £74.52
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £26.75 £37.50
% change year-on-year +60.75% -28.67% -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 2 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 2 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 2 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 -11 1,053 £550 -4.35% 203
North of England -20 257 £450 +5.88% 96
Midlands +2 168 £465 +9.41% 58
South East -9 157 £500 +2.56% 93
West Midlands +13 134 £475 -5.00% 31
North West -34 117 £425 -1.28% 43
Yorkshire -16 106 £475 +15.64% 43
South West -6 66 £450 - 39
North East 0 39 £475 +18.75% 11
East of England -13 33 £475 +5.56% 25
East Midlands -25 32 £415 +10.67% 27
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 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.

1 566 (32.05%) Agile
2 527 (29.84%) Business Analysis
3 522 (29.56%) Stakeholder Management
4 454 (25.71%) Requirements Gathering
5 421 (23.84%) User Stories
6 411 (23.27%) Workshop Facilitation
7 342 (19.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 297 (16.82%) User Acceptance Testing
9 267 (15.12%) Acceptance Criteria
10 242 (13.70%) JIRA
11 240 (13.59%) Problem-Solving
12 203 (11.49%) Security Cleared
13 200 (11.33%) Migration
14 190 (10.76%) Validation
15 187 (10.59%) SQL
16 174 (9.85%) Confluence
17 167 (9.46%) Data Analysis
18 161 (9.12%) Decision-Making
18 161 (9.12%) SC Cleared
19 160 (9.06%) Process Improvement
20 158 (8.95%) Azure
21 157 (8.89%) Microsoft
22 151 (8.55%) Data Modelling
23 143 (8.10%) Scrum
24 142 (8.04%) Degree
25 138 (7.81%) DevOps
26 125 (7.08%) AI
27 119 (6.74%) MS Visio
28 117 (6.63%) GAP Analysis
28 117 (6.63%) Impact Assessments

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
1 174 (9.85%) Confluence
2 27 (1.53%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.51%) SAS
4 5 (0.28%) Jupyter
5 4 (0.23%) CMS
6 3 (0.17%) Appian
7 2 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.057%) Apache
Applications
1 119 (6.74%) MS Visio
2 92 (5.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 45 (2.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 38 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.17%) Notion
8 2 (0.11%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.057%) CATIA
9 1 (0.057%) InfoPath
9 1 (0.057%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.057%) Trello
Business Applications
1 23 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.02%) Aladdin
2 18 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.74%) Salesforce CRM
4 11 (0.62%) Endur
5 6 (0.34%) Findur
5 6 (0.34%) Loan IQ
5 6 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
5 6 (0.34%) Summit
6 5 (0.28%) Actimize
6 5 (0.28%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 5 (0.28%) Maximo
6 5 (0.28%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.23%) Fidessa
7 4 (0.23%) HFM
7 4 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
7 4 (0.23%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.23%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 158 (8.95%) Azure
2 107 (6.06%) Power Platform
3 60 (3.40%) Azure DevOps
4 50 (2.83%) AWS
5 26 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
6 25 (1.42%) Microsoft 365
7 23 (1.30%) SaaS
8 22 (1.25%) Lucidchart
9 21 (1.19%) Snowflake
10 17 (0.96%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 16 (0.91%) Miro
12 14 (0.79%) Azure Data Factory
13 12 (0.68%) Microsoft Copilot
14 11 (0.62%) GCP
14 11 (0.62%) GitHub
14 11 (0.62%) Power Automate
15 10 (0.57%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 10 (0.57%) SuccessFactors
16 9 (0.51%) Figma
16 9 (0.51%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.51%) Network Security
2 6 (0.34%) Wireless
3 4 (0.23%) 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 (0.057%) 5G
5 1 (0.057%) DNSSEC
5 1 (0.057%) Extranet
5 1 (0.057%) Firewall
5 1 (0.057%) Internet
5 1 (0.057%) PBX
5 1 (0.057%) SNMP
5 1 (0.057%) SONET
5 1 (0.057%) TETRA
5 1 (0.057%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (5.21%) Power BI
2 42 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
3 29 (1.64%) Metadata
4 26 (1.47%) Tableau
5 17 (0.96%) Relational Database
6 11 (0.62%) 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 (0.23%) Big Data
9 4 (0.23%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.23%) SQL Server
9 4 (0.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.11%) Looker
10 2 (0.11%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.11%) OLAP
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 242 (13.70%) JIRA
2 12 (0.68%) Jenkins
3 9 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
4 5 (0.28%) Balsamiq
5 4 (0.23%) Postman
6 3 (0.17%) Eclipse
6 3 (0.17%) Toad
7 2 (0.11%) GitLab
8 1 (0.057%) Gemini Tracker
8 1 (0.057%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.057%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.057%) SonarQube
General
1 621 (35.16%) Finance
2 568 (32.16%) Social Skills
3 398 (22.54%) Analytical Skills
4 262 (14.84%) Banking
5 147 (8.32%) Public Sector
6 129 (7.30%) Documentation Skills
7 99 (5.61%) Front Office
8 86 (4.87%) Retail
9 70 (3.96%) Investment Banking
10 65 (3.68%) Legal
11 53 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
12 46 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
13 36 (2.04%) Manufacturing
14 35 (1.98%) Financial Institution
15 33 (1.87%) Back Office
16 32 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
17 31 (1.76%) Marketing
18 25 (1.42%) Local Government
19 21 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
20 18 (1.02%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.47%) XML
2 23 (1.30%) Oracle Fusion
3 16 (0.91%) JSON
3 16 (0.91%) Middleware
4 15 (0.85%) ADO
5 11 (0.62%) REST
6 8 (0.45%) SOAP
7 7 (0.40%) VML
8 5 (0.28%) FHIR
8 5 (0.28%) NumPy
8 5 (0.28%) Pandas
8 5 (0.28%) SailPoint
8 5 (0.28%) Swagger
9 4 (0.23%) 802.1X
9 4 (0.23%) STL
9 4 (0.23%) YAML
10 3 (0.17%) EDI
10 3 (0.17%) OAuth
11 2 (0.11%) .NET
11 2 (0.11%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 152 (8.61%) Product Ownership
2 60 (3.40%) Derivative
3 55 (3.11%) Onboarding
4 45 (2.55%) Analytical Mindset
5 43 (2.43%) Fixed Income
6 41 (2.32%) Data Protection Act
7 38 (2.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 35 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
9 28 (1.59%) Credit Risk
10 26 (1.47%) Hedge funds
11 24 (1.36%) Data Structures
11 24 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
12 22 (1.25%) Market Risk
13 21 (1.19%) Management Information System
14 20 (1.13%) Operational Technology
15 18 (1.02%) NHS
16 17 (0.96%) Reference Data
17 16 (0.91%) Equities
17 16 (0.91%) PMI
17 16 (0.91%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.74%) 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
1 566 (32.05%) Agile
2 527 (29.84%) Business Analysis
3 522 (29.56%) Stakeholder Management
4 454 (25.71%) Requirements Gathering
5 421 (23.84%) User Stories
6 411 (23.27%) Workshop Facilitation
7 342 (19.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 297 (16.82%) User Acceptance Testing
9 267 (15.12%) Acceptance Criteria
10 240 (13.59%) Problem-Solving
11 200 (11.33%) Migration
12 190 (10.76%) Validation
13 167 (9.46%) Data Analysis
14 161 (9.12%) Decision-Making
15 160 (9.06%) Process Improvement
16 151 (8.55%) Data Modelling
17 143 (8.10%) Scrum
18 138 (7.81%) DevOps
19 125 (7.08%) AI
20 117 (6.63%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 187 (10.59%) SQL
2 45 (2.55%) Python
3 14 (0.79%) Korn
4 7 (0.40%) Java
5 4 (0.23%) R
6 3 (0.17%) VBA
7 2 (0.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.11%) PL/SQL
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%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.057%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.057%) Ruby
8 1 (0.057%) SOQL
8 1 (0.057%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 203 (11.49%) Security Cleared
2 161 (9.12%) SC Cleared
3 142 (8.04%) Degree
4 48 (2.72%) BPSS Clearance
5 36 (2.04%) CBAP
6 32 (1.81%) IIBA
7 25 (1.42%) PMI Certification
8 13 (0.74%) PMP
9 11 (0.62%) ACCA
10 10 (0.57%) CIMA
10 10 (0.57%) ISEB
11 9 (0.51%) DV Cleared
12 8 (0.45%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (0.40%) FFIEC
14 5 (0.28%) CSPO
14 5 (0.28%) ISTQB
14 5 (0.28%) Master's Degree
15 3 (0.17%) Azure Certification
15 3 (0.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 3 (0.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (5.21%) Data Quality
2 90 (5.10%) QA
3 40 (2.27%) GDPR
4 30 (1.70%) NIST
5 28 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 20 (1.13%) Accessibility
7 14 (0.79%) EMIR
7 14 (0.79%) GRC
7 14 (0.79%) MiFID
8 10 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 9 (0.51%) COBIT
9 9 (0.51%) PMO
10 8 (0.45%) IFRS
10 8 (0.45%) ISO 20022
11 7 (0.40%) PSD2
11 7 (0.40%) Solvency II
12 6 (0.34%) Basel III
13 5 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.28%) COREP
13 5 (0.28%) HL7
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 (0.057%) RACF
Systems Management
1 10 (0.57%) Ansible
2 6 (0.34%) Terraform
3 4 (0.23%) 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 (0.057%) Autotask
6 1 (0.057%) Grafana
6 1 (0.057%) Kibana
6 1 (0.057%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.057%) SCCM
6 1 (0.057%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 157 (8.89%) Microsoft
2 110 (6.23%) Salesforce
3 109 (6.17%) SAP
4 68 (3.85%) ServiceNow
5 61 (3.45%) Oracle
6 36 (2.04%) Murex
7 25 (1.42%) Databricks
8 21 (1.19%) Workday
9 18 (1.02%) Bloomberg
10 12 (0.68%) Pega
10 12 (0.68%) Splunk
11 11 (0.62%) ION Trading
12 10 (0.57%) Avaloq
12 10 (0.57%) OpenLink
12 10 (0.57%) Planon
13 9 (0.51%) CyberArk
13 9 (0.51%) Guidewire
13 9 (0.51%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 9 (0.51%) Sonatype
14 8 (0.45%) IBM