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 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 50 37
Rank change year-on-year +4 -13 0
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,503 1,097 1,792
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.75% 4.10% 4.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.19% 4.41% 5.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,060 837 1,338
10th Percentile £350 £391 £400
25th Percentile £413 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% +1.52%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £700 £734 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 6
10th Percentile £25.00 £25.26 £20.77
25th Percentile £26.80 £27.92 £23.39
Median hourly rate £31.49 £31.52 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -24.95% +80.96%
75th Percentile £68.09 £77.88 £64.11
90th Percentile £88.25 £88.45 £68.78
UK median hourly rate £35.75 £33.39 £31.50
% change year-on-year +7.07% +5.98% +35.72%

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 28,977 24,875 33,578
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.56% 92.88% 93.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,506 15,412 22,849
10th Percentile £300 £300 £275
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
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 1,753 755 1,530
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.81 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £43.63
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% -19.77% +24.64%
75th Percentile £61.25 £64.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.60 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £26.30 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -19.08% -23.53% +25.00%

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 14 January 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 14 January 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 14 January 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 +1 930 £525 -5.62% 108
North of England +5 204 £410 -6.82% 77
Midlands +9 136 £450 -5.26% 52
South East +4 105 £478 -2.05% 89
Yorkshire +6 94 £463 +2.78% 28
North West -7 89 £400 -6.43% 38
West Midlands -1 84 £485 -3.00% 41
South West +23 81 £463 -2.63% 30
East Midlands +10 52 £358 -10.50% 11
North East +19 35 £425 +6.25% 13
East of England -7 25 £500 - 19
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 January 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.

1 574 (38.19%) Agile
2 506 (33.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 469 (31.20%) Business Analysis
4 406 (27.01%) Requirements Gathering
5 327 (21.76%) Workshop Facilitation
6 324 (21.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 312 (20.76%) User Stories
8 264 (17.56%) Problem-Solving
9 221 (14.70%) JIRA
10 218 (14.50%) User Acceptance Testing
11 207 (13.77%) Migration
12 192 (12.77%) SQL
13 159 (10.58%) Confluence
14 154 (10.25%) Security Cleared
15 151 (10.05%) Degree
16 148 (9.85%) Microsoft
17 146 (9.71%) Data Analysis
18 143 (9.51%) Scrum
19 141 (9.38%) Acceptance Criteria
20 132 (8.78%) Process Improvement
21 131 (8.72%) Waterfall
22 127 (8.45%) SC Cleared
23 126 (8.38%) Decision-Making
24 124 (8.25%) Project Delivery
25 120 (7.98%) Analytics
26 117 (7.78%) GAP Analysis
27 116 (7.72%) Data Modelling
28 114 (7.58%) Business Intelligence
28 114 (7.58%) Change Management
28 114 (7.58%) Power Platform

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
1 159 (10.58%) Confluence
2 29 (1.93%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.67%) SAS
4 4 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 4 (0.27%) CMS
5 3 (0.20%) Anypoint
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.067%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.067%) Appian
7 1 (0.067%) Camunda
7 1 (0.067%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.067%) Mule
7 1 (0.067%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 107 (7.12%) MS Visio
2 104 (6.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 59 (3.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 53 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.33%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.27%) Autodesk Inventor
7 4 (0.27%) Notion
8 2 (0.13%) Trello
9 1 (0.067%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.067%) Sketch
9 1 (0.067%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 39 (2.59%) Endur
2 23 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
4 12 (0.80%) Payment Gateway
5 11 (0.73%) Aladdin
6 10 (0.67%) NetSuite
7 7 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.33%) Loan IQ
9 4 (0.27%) NEC Housing
10 3 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
10 3 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.20%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 3 (0.20%) SAP HR
11 2 (0.13%) BASE24
11 2 (0.13%) Fidessa
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle EBS R12
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
11 2 (0.13%) SAP GTS
11 2 (0.13%) Temenos T24
11 2 (0.13%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 114 (7.58%) Power Platform
2 80 (5.32%) Azure
3 62 (4.13%) AWS
4 33 (2.20%) Microsoft 365
5 32 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (1.73%) SaaS
7 24 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
8 21 (1.40%) Lucidchart
9 17 (1.13%) GCP
10 16 (1.06%) GitHub
10 16 (1.06%) Miro
11 15 (1.00%) Snowflake
12 14 (0.93%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 11 (0.73%) Figma
13 11 (0.73%) Power Automate
13 11 (0.73%) PowerApps
14 10 (0.67%) Entra ID
15 8 (0.53%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 7 (0.47%) Apigee
16 7 (0.47%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.27%) Firewall
2 3 (0.20%) Internet
2 3 (0.20%) Network Security
3 2 (0.13%) Broadband
3 2 (0.13%) Cisco IPT
3 2 (0.13%) Intranet
3 2 (0.13%) NAS
3 2 (0.13%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.13%) WAN
3 2 (0.13%) X.25
4 1 (0.067%) ATM
4 1 (0.067%) DNS
4 1 (0.067%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.067%) LAN
4 1 (0.067%) Softphone
4 1 (0.067%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (6.39%) Power BI
2 41 (2.73%) Tableau
3 26 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (1.20%) Metadata
5 14 (0.93%) SQL Server
6 5 (0.33%) Oracle Database
6 5 (0.33%) Power Query
7 4 (0.27%) Amazon Athena
7 4 (0.27%) Big Data
7 4 (0.27%) BigQuery
7 4 (0.27%) Star Schema
8 3 (0.20%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (0.20%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.20%) SAP BW
9 2 (0.13%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.13%) Looker
9 2 (0.13%) Metadata Repository
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 2 (0.13%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 221 (14.70%) JIRA
2 13 (0.86%) Jenkins
2 13 (0.86%) Sonatype Nexus
3 6 (0.40%) Postman
4 3 (0.20%) Git
5 2 (0.13%) Browser DevTools
5 2 (0.13%) Charles Proxy
5 2 (0.13%) Fiddler
6 1 (0.067%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.067%) Axure RP
6 1 (0.067%) Balsamiq
6 1 (0.067%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.067%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.067%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.067%) Toad
General
1 601 (39.99%) Social Skills
2 529 (35.20%) Finance
3 338 (22.49%) Analytical Skills
4 233 (15.50%) Banking
5 140 (9.31%) Public Sector
6 104 (6.92%) Documentation Skills
7 63 (4.19%) Retail
8 58 (3.86%) Influencing Skills
9 53 (3.53%) Front Office
9 53 (3.53%) Investment Banking
9 53 (3.53%) Legal
10 51 (3.39%) Presentation Skills
11 46 (3.06%) Back Office
12 45 (2.99%) Telecoms
13 37 (2.46%) Marketing
14 26 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
15 25 (1.66%) Local Government
16 21 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 21 (1.40%) Manufacturing
17 20 (1.33%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (2.20%) REST
2 25 (1.66%) XML
3 16 (1.06%) SOAP
4 13 (0.86%) JSON
5 12 (0.80%) SailPoint
6 10 (0.67%) OAuth
7 9 (0.60%) ADO
7 9 (0.60%) Swagger
8 7 (0.47%) SAML
8 7 (0.47%) VML
9 6 (0.40%) .NET
9 6 (0.40%) JWT
9 6 (0.40%) OpenAPI
9 6 (0.40%) RESTful
10 5 (0.33%) Middleware
10 5 (0.33%) Oracle Fusion
11 4 (0.27%) Anaconda
11 4 (0.27%) FHIR
11 4 (0.27%) HTML
11 4 (0.27%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 122 (8.12%) Product Ownership
2 72 (4.79%) Onboarding
3 36 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
4 34 (2.26%) Analytical Mindset
4 34 (2.26%) Data Protection Act
5 31 (2.06%) PMI
6 28 (1.86%) Management Information System
7 27 (1.80%) Fixed Income
7 27 (1.80%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 26 (1.73%) Data Structures
9 25 (1.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 21 (1.40%) Derivative
11 20 (1.33%) Equities
12 19 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
13 18 (1.20%) Credit Risk
14 15 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
15 14 (0.93%) NHS
16 13 (0.86%) Data Centre
16 13 (0.86%) Mobile App
17 11 (0.73%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.06%) Linux
2 10 (0.67%) Windows
3 6 (0.40%) VMS
4 2 (0.13%) Android
4 2 (0.13%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.067%) AIX
5 1 (0.067%) Solaris
5 1 (0.067%) Unix
5 1 (0.067%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 574 (38.19%) Agile
2 506 (33.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 469 (31.20%) Business Analysis
4 406 (27.01%) Requirements Gathering
5 327 (21.76%) Workshop Facilitation
6 324 (21.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 312 (20.76%) User Stories
8 264 (17.56%) Problem-Solving
9 218 (14.50%) User Acceptance Testing
10 207 (13.77%) Migration
11 146 (9.71%) Data Analysis
12 143 (9.51%) Scrum
13 141 (9.38%) Acceptance Criteria
14 132 (8.78%) Process Improvement
15 131 (8.72%) Waterfall
16 126 (8.38%) Decision-Making
17 124 (8.25%) Project Delivery
18 120 (7.98%) Analytics
19 117 (7.78%) GAP Analysis
20 116 (7.72%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 192 (12.77%) SQL
2 43 (2.86%) Python
3 8 (0.53%) JavaScript
4 7 (0.47%) Korn
5 5 (0.33%) R
5 5 (0.33%) VBA
6 4 (0.27%) C#
6 4 (0.27%) Java
7 3 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.067%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.067%) C++
8 1 (0.067%) COBOL
8 1 (0.067%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.067%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 154 (10.25%) Security Cleared
2 151 (10.05%) Degree
3 127 (8.45%) SC Cleared
4 58 (3.86%) CBAP
5 39 (2.59%) PMI Certification
6 29 (1.93%) IIBA
7 26 (1.73%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (0.93%) Master's Degree
9 13 (0.86%) CSPO
10 12 (0.80%) PMP
11 9 (0.60%) ISEB
12 8 (0.53%) CFA
12 8 (0.53%) DV Cleared
13 6 (0.40%) ACCA
14 5 (0.33%) MBA
15 4 (0.27%) CIMA
16 3 (0.20%) AWS Certification
17 2 (0.13%) APMP
17 2 (0.13%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (5.92%) QA
2 64 (4.26%) Data Quality
3 49 (3.26%) GDPR
4 26 (1.73%) MiFID
5 19 (1.26%) EMIR
6 16 (1.06%) PSD2
7 14 (0.93%) ISO 20022
8 12 (0.80%) Accessibility
8 12 (0.80%) GRC
9 10 (0.67%) PCI DSS
10 9 (0.60%) ISO 8583
10 9 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 9 (0.60%) SEPA
11 8 (0.53%) NIST
11 8 (0.53%) PMO
12 7 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 6 (0.40%) Basel III
14 5 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.33%) IFRS
14 5 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (0.60%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.067%) Docker
2 1 (0.067%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.067%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.067%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (0.93%) Ansible
2 6 (0.40%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.13%) SCCM
5 1 (0.067%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.067%) Terraform
Vendors
1 148 (9.85%) Microsoft
2 101 (6.72%) Salesforce
3 66 (4.39%) SAP
4 49 (3.26%) Oracle
5 32 (2.13%) ServiceNow
6 24 (1.60%) Murex
7 17 (1.13%) Bloomberg
7 17 (1.13%) MuleSoft
8 16 (1.06%) Google
9 14 (0.93%) OpenLink
10 12 (0.80%) Adobe
11 11 (0.73%) Sonatype
12 9 (0.60%) OneTrust
13 8 (0.53%) Avaloq
13 8 (0.53%) CyberArk
13 8 (0.53%) Guidewire
13 8 (0.53%) Pega
13 8 (0.53%) Workday
14 6 (0.40%) Atlassian
14 6 (0.40%) eFront