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 24 July 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 35 44
Rank change year-on-year -17 +9 -10
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,812 1,437 1,467
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.03% 5.25% 4.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.36% 5.72% 4.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,215 990 1,077
10th Percentile £363 £358 £363
25th Percentile £425 £413 £428
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 £768 £731
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 11 9
10th Percentile £28.82 £25.26 £25.45
25th Percentile £34.87 £29.61 £40.75
Median hourly rate £58.50 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.16% -5.00% -18.37%
75th Percentile £77.65 £53.75 £69.75
90th Percentile £104.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK median hourly rate £56.75 £40.75 £50.00
% change year-on-year +39.26% -18.50% -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 41,600 25,116 32,526
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.55% 91.78% 93.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,351 16,327 21,449
10th Percentile £325 £288 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -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% -2.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,993 1,255 2,125
10th Percentile £16.00 £13.71 £13.64
25th Percentile £22.42 £17.87 £18.50
Median hourly rate £45.56 £26.50 £42.91
Median % change year-on-year +71.91% -38.24% -2.72%
75th Percentile £68.00 £56.35 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.04 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.55 £25.15 £40.94
% change year-on-year +73.17% -38.57% -6.42%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 -14 1,051 £550 -4.35% 137
North of England -15 275 £450 +4.53% 101
South East +6 178 £500 +2.56% 99
Midlands -1 173 £475 +18.75% 32
West Midlands +11 136 £475 -5.00% 21
North West -25 129 £426 -1.96% 35
Yorkshire -14 109 £475 +15.15% 40
South West -8 72 £450 -4.05% 41
North East -6 38 £475 -8.65% 26
East Midlands -20 35 £443 +22.92% 11
East of England -10 33 £475 +7.95% 28
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 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.

1 569 (31.40%) Agile
2 557 (30.74%) Stakeholder Management
3 553 (30.52%) Business Analysis
4 489 (26.99%) Requirements Gathering
5 450 (24.83%) User Stories
6 446 (24.61%) Workshop Facilitation
7 358 (19.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 333 (18.38%) User Acceptance Testing
9 282 (15.56%) Acceptance Criteria
10 239 (13.19%) JIRA
11 236 (13.02%) Problem-Solving
12 206 (11.37%) Migration
13 203 (11.20%) Validation
14 188 (10.38%) Security Cleared
15 183 (10.10%) Process Improvement
16 178 (9.82%) SQL
17 167 (9.22%) Confluence
17 167 (9.22%) Decision-Making
18 166 (9.16%) Data Analysis
19 164 (9.05%) Microsoft
20 163 (9.00%) Azure
21 148 (8.17%) SC Cleared
22 147 (8.11%) Data Modelling
23 145 (8.00%) AI
24 140 (7.73%) Degree
25 138 (7.62%) Scrum
26 130 (7.17%) DevOps
27 121 (6.68%) Impact Assessments
28 117 (6.46%) Business Intelligence
28 117 (6.46%) 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
1 167 (9.22%) Confluence
2 30 (1.66%) 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 (0.055%) Camunda
7 1 (0.055%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.055%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 116 (6.40%) MS Visio
2 79 (4.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 37 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 33 (1.82%) 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 (0.055%) CATIA
8 1 (0.055%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.055%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.055%) Trello
Business Applications
1 29 (1.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 24 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.88%) Salesforce CRM
4 14 (0.77%) 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
1 163 (9.00%) Azure
2 112 (6.18%) Power Platform
3 65 (3.59%) Azure DevOps
4 49 (2.70%) AWS
5 35 (1.93%) Dynamics 365
6 26 (1.43%) Microsoft 365
7 24 (1.32%) SaaS
8 22 (1.21%) Lucidchart
9 21 (1.16%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 19 (1.05%) Snowflake
11 15 (0.83%) GCP
11 15 (0.83%) Miro
12 13 (0.72%) Azure Data Factory
12 13 (0.72%) Microsoft Copilot
12 13 (0.72%) Power Automate
12 13 (0.72%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 12 (0.66%) Entra ID
14 11 (0.61%) Figma
14 11 (0.61%) SuccessFactors
15 10 (0.55%) PowerApps
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 (0.055%) 5G
4 1 (0.055%) DNSSEC
4 1 (0.055%) Extranet
4 1 (0.055%) Firewall
4 1 (0.055%) Internet
4 1 (0.055%) PBX
4 1 (0.055%) SNMP
4 1 (0.055%) SONET
4 1 (0.055%) TETRA
4 1 (0.055%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (5.19%) Power BI
2 42 (2.32%) Data Warehouse
3 35 (1.93%) Metadata
4 25 (1.38%) Tableau
5 17 (0.94%) Relational Database
6 12 (0.66%) 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 3 (0.17%) SAP BW
11 2 (0.11%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.11%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.11%) OLAP
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 239 (13.19%) 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 (0.055%) Gemini Tracker
7 1 (0.055%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.055%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.055%) SonarQube
General
1 641 (35.38%) Finance
2 558 (30.79%) Social Skills
3 421 (23.23%) Analytical Skills
4 248 (13.69%) Banking
5 155 (8.55%) Public Sector
6 136 (7.51%) Documentation Skills
7 93 (5.13%) Front Office
7 93 (5.13%) Retail
8 68 (3.75%) Legal
9 65 (3.59%) Investment Banking
10 51 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
11 41 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
12 35 (1.93%) Back Office
12 35 (1.93%) Manufacturing
12 35 (1.93%) Marketing
13 33 (1.82%) Financial Institution
13 33 (1.82%) Local Government
14 31 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
15 26 (1.43%) Police
16 23 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (1.55%) Oracle Fusion
2 21 (1.16%) XML
3 16 (0.88%) ADO
3 16 (0.88%) JSON
3 16 (0.88%) Middleware
4 8 (0.44%) SailPoint
5 7 (0.39%) REST
6 5 (0.28%) NumPy
6 5 (0.28%) Pandas
6 5 (0.28%) SOAP
6 5 (0.28%) STL
7 4 (0.22%) 802.1X
7 4 (0.22%) FHIR
7 4 (0.22%) Swagger
7 4 (0.22%) VML
8 3 (0.17%) EDI
8 3 (0.17%) FIX Protocol
8 3 (0.17%) OpenAPI
9 2 (0.11%) OAuth
9 2 (0.11%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 161 (8.89%) Product Ownership
2 66 (3.64%) Onboarding
3 56 (3.09%) Derivative
4 50 (2.76%) Analytical Mindset
5 41 (2.26%) Data Protection Act
6 38 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
7 37 (2.04%) Fixed Income
8 33 (1.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 30 (1.66%) Data Structures
10 28 (1.55%) Management Information System
11 27 (1.49%) Operational Technology
12 26 (1.43%) Hedge funds
12 26 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
13 23 (1.27%) Credit Risk
14 22 (1.21%) Reference Data
15 21 (1.16%) Market Risk
16 17 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
16 17 (0.94%) NHS
17 16 (0.88%) Equities
18 15 (0.83%) 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
1 569 (31.40%) Agile
2 557 (30.74%) Stakeholder Management
3 553 (30.52%) Business Analysis
4 489 (26.99%) Requirements Gathering
5 450 (24.83%) User Stories
6 446 (24.61%) Workshop Facilitation
7 358 (19.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 333 (18.38%) User Acceptance Testing
9 282 (15.56%) Acceptance Criteria
10 236 (13.02%) Problem-Solving
11 206 (11.37%) Migration
12 203 (11.20%) Validation
13 183 (10.10%) Process Improvement
14 167 (9.22%) Decision-Making
15 166 (9.16%) Data Analysis
16 147 (8.11%) Data Modelling
17 145 (8.00%) AI
18 138 (7.62%) Scrum
19 130 (7.17%) DevOps
20 121 (6.68%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 178 (9.82%) SQL
2 42 (2.32%) Python
3 14 (0.77%) 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 (0.055%) ABAP
7 1 (0.055%) C
7 1 (0.055%) C#
7 1 (0.055%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.055%) Groovy
7 1 (0.055%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.055%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.055%) Ruby
7 1 (0.055%) SOQL
7 1 (0.055%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 188 (10.38%) Security Cleared
2 148 (8.17%) SC Cleared
3 140 (7.73%) Degree
4 45 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
5 32 (1.77%) CBAP
6 29 (1.60%) IIBA
7 26 (1.43%) PMI Certification
8 17 (0.94%) PMP
9 12 (0.66%) DV Cleared
9 12 (0.66%) ISEB
10 11 (0.61%) ACCA
10 11 (0.61%) CIMA
11 8 (0.44%) FFIEC
11 8 (0.44%) ISTQB
12 6 (0.33%) CSPO
12 6 (0.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 5 (0.28%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 4 (0.22%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (5.79%) Data Quality
2 91 (5.02%) QA
3 36 (1.99%) GDPR
4 30 (1.66%) NIST
5 28 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (0.99%) Accessibility
7 16 (0.88%) MiFID
8 15 (0.83%) EMIR
9 14 (0.77%) GRC
10 11 (0.61%) ISO 20022
11 10 (0.55%) PMO
11 10 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
12 9 (0.50%) COBIT
13 7 (0.39%) Basel III
13 7 (0.39%) SEPA
13 7 (0.39%) Solvency II
14 5 (0.28%) COREP
14 5 (0.28%) IFRS
14 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 (0.055%) 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 (0.055%) Autotask
5 1 (0.055%) Control-M
5 1 (0.055%) Grafana
5 1 (0.055%) Kibana
5 1 (0.055%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.055%) SCCM
5 1 (0.055%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 164 (9.05%) Microsoft
2 114 (6.29%) Salesforce
3 111 (6.13%) SAP
4 68 (3.75%) ServiceNow
5 64 (3.53%) Oracle
6 28 (1.55%) Murex
7 26 (1.43%) Databricks
8 23 (1.27%) Workday
9 15 (0.83%) CyberArk
10 13 (0.72%) Bloomberg
10 13 (0.72%) Pega
11 12 (0.66%) Guidewire
12 11 (0.61%) Splunk
13 10 (0.55%) Planon
13 10 (0.55%) 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