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 March 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 46 41
Rank change year-on-year -1 -5 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,706 1,146 1,713
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.56% 4.64% 4.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.96% 4.99% 4.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,224 834 1,257
10th Percentile £355 £361 £400
25th Percentile £413 £425 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £630
90th Percentile £700 £761 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 14 8
10th Percentile £25.00 - -
25th Percentile £50.24 £25.26 £20.77
Median hourly rate £68.75 £40.81 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year +68.48% +1.38% -30.60%
75th Percentile £79.13 £55.63 £68.17
90th Percentile £89.25 £74.25 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £68.75 £34.68 £50.00
% change year-on-year +98.24% -30.64% -13.79%

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 34,420 22,977 34,988
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.07% 93.06% 92.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,721 15,223 23,383
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £409 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,262 800 2,288
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.50 £21.24 £16.25
Median hourly rate £38.63 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.37% +7.69% -23.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £76.58 £77.22 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +10.77% - -23.85%

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 March 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 March 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 March 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 +2 1,044 £525 -8.70% 153
North of England +5 258 £425 - 104
Midlands -2 148 £465 -3.38% 62
Yorkshire -2 124 £475 +5.56% 44
West Midlands -6 115 £475 -5.00% 39
North West -17 114 £400 -2.38% 36
South East -29 114 £500 +5.26% 84
South West +25 96 £456 -6.41% 33
North East +12 36 £425 +6.25% 24
East Midlands -24 31 £401 -1.96% 23
East of England -25 23 £475 +5.56% 31
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 March 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.

1 589 (34.53%) Agile
2 550 (32.24%) Stakeholder Management
3 506 (29.66%) Business Analysis
4 466 (27.32%) Requirements Gathering
5 407 (23.86%) Workshop Facilitation
6 392 (22.98%) User Stories
7 371 (21.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 271 (15.89%) Problem-Solving
9 266 (15.59%) JIRA
10 265 (15.53%) User Acceptance Testing
11 245 (14.36%) Migration
12 241 (14.13%) Security Cleared
13 220 (12.90%) Acceptance Criteria
14 205 (12.02%) SC Cleared
15 204 (11.96%) Confluence
16 197 (11.55%) SQL
17 165 (9.67%) Process Improvement
18 156 (9.14%) Data Analysis
19 154 (9.03%) Microsoft
20 152 (8.91%) Degree
21 146 (8.56%) Scrum
22 142 (8.32%) Decision-Making
22 142 (8.32%) Validation
23 140 (8.21%) GAP Analysis
24 137 (8.03%) Data Modelling
25 136 (7.97%) MS Visio
26 129 (7.56%) Project Delivery
27 127 (7.44%) DevOps
28 118 (6.92%) Power Platform
28 118 (6.92%) Project Management

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
1 204 (11.96%) Confluence
2 28 (1.64%) SharePoint
3 16 (0.94%) SAS
4 4 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 4 (0.23%) CMS
5 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.059%) Appian
6 1 (0.059%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.059%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 136 (7.97%) MS Visio
2 116 (6.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 63 (3.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 54 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.23%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.23%) Notion
7 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.059%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.059%) Autodesk Inventor
8 1 (0.059%) CATIA
8 1 (0.059%) Sketch
8 1 (0.059%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.059%) Trello
Business Applications
1 22 (1.29%) Endur
2 19 (1.11%) SAP S/4HANA
3 18 (1.06%) Aladdin
3 18 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
4 15 (0.88%) Payment Gateway
5 9 (0.53%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.29%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 5 (0.29%) Summit
6 5 (0.29%) Temenos T24
7 4 (0.23%) Actimize
7 4 (0.23%) Adobe Campaign
7 4 (0.23%) Fidessa
7 4 (0.23%) Loan IQ
7 4 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.23%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.18%) Bloomberg TOMS
8 3 (0.18%) Eloqua
8 3 (0.18%) NEC Housing
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 118 (6.92%) Power Platform
2 117 (6.86%) Azure
3 68 (3.99%) AWS
4 40 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
5 31 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
6 25 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
7 23 (1.35%) GitHub
8 21 (1.23%) Lucidchart
8 21 (1.23%) SaaS
9 19 (1.11%) Miro
10 17 (1.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 17 (1.00%) Snowflake
11 16 (0.94%) GCP
12 11 (0.64%) Power Automate
13 10 (0.59%) PowerApps
14 9 (0.53%) Entra ID
14 9 (0.53%) Figma
15 8 (0.47%) Microsoft Purview
16 7 (0.41%) Kong
16 7 (0.41%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.29%) Network Security
2 3 (0.18%) Firewall
2 3 (0.18%) Internet
2 3 (0.18%) Wireless
3 2 (0.12%) Broadband
3 2 (0.12%) Cisco IPT
3 2 (0.12%) DNS
3 2 (0.12%) Intranet
3 2 (0.12%) NAS
3 2 (0.12%) X.25
4 1 (0.059%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.059%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (5.63%) Power BI
2 40 (2.34%) Data Warehouse
3 34 (1.99%) Tableau
4 22 (1.29%) Metadata
5 13 (0.76%) Relational Database
6 9 (0.53%) SQL Server
7 6 (0.35%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.29%) Big Data
8 5 (0.29%) Electronic Patient Records
8 5 (0.29%) Oracle Database
8 5 (0.29%) RDBMS
9 4 (0.23%) Amazon Athena
10 3 (0.18%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.18%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.18%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (0.18%) Power Query
11 2 (0.12%) OLAP
11 2 (0.12%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 266 (15.59%) JIRA
2 21 (1.23%) Jenkins
3 20 (1.17%) Sonatype Nexus
4 8 (0.47%) Postman
5 5 (0.29%) Balsamiq
6 3 (0.18%) Toad
7 2 (0.12%) Browser DevTools
7 2 (0.12%) Charles Proxy
7 2 (0.12%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.12%) Fiddler
7 2 (0.12%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.059%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.059%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.059%) Gemini Tracker
8 1 (0.059%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.059%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 626 (36.69%) Social Skills
2 591 (34.64%) Finance
3 398 (23.33%) Analytical Skills
4 261 (15.30%) Banking
5 172 (10.08%) Public Sector
6 130 (7.62%) Documentation Skills
7 67 (3.93%) Retail
8 64 (3.75%) Front Office
9 59 (3.46%) Investment Banking
9 59 (3.46%) Legal
10 53 (3.11%) Presentation Skills
11 51 (2.99%) Influencing Skills
12 38 (2.23%) Marketing
12 38 (2.23%) Telecoms
13 35 (2.05%) Back Office
14 29 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
15 26 (1.52%) Local Government
16 25 (1.47%) Financial Institution
17 16 (0.94%) Law
17 16 (0.94%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (1.99%) REST
2 29 (1.70%) XML
3 18 (1.06%) JSON
4 17 (1.00%) SOAP
5 12 (0.70%) ADO
5 12 (0.70%) Swagger
6 11 (0.64%) OAuth
7 9 (0.53%) FHIR
7 9 (0.53%) SailPoint
8 8 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
8 8 (0.47%) VML
9 7 (0.41%) JWT
9 7 (0.41%) OpenAPI
9 7 (0.41%) SAML
10 6 (0.35%) Middleware
11 5 (0.29%) .NET
12 4 (0.23%) HTML
12 4 (0.23%) RESTful
13 3 (0.18%) Murex MxML
13 3 (0.18%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 142 (8.32%) Product Ownership
2 59 (3.46%) Onboarding
3 42 (2.46%) Data Protection Act
4 40 (2.34%) Analytical Mindset
5 39 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
6 37 (2.17%) Fixed Income
7 34 (1.99%) Derivative
8 33 (1.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 26 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
10 25 (1.47%) Management Information System
11 24 (1.41%) Data Structures
11 24 (1.41%) PMI
12 23 (1.35%) Credit Risk
12 23 (1.35%) NHS
13 20 (1.17%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 19 (1.11%) Equities
15 18 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
16 12 (0.70%) Hedge funds
16 12 (0.70%) Market Risk
16 12 (0.70%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 16 (0.94%) Linux
2 12 (0.70%) Windows
3 6 (0.35%) Unix
4 5 (0.29%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.29%) VMS
5 3 (0.18%) Android
6 2 (0.12%) AIX
6 2 (0.12%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.12%) Solaris
6 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.059%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 589 (34.53%) Agile
2 550 (32.24%) Stakeholder Management
3 506 (29.66%) Business Analysis
4 466 (27.32%) Requirements Gathering
5 407 (23.86%) Workshop Facilitation
6 392 (22.98%) User Stories
7 371 (21.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 271 (15.89%) Problem-Solving
9 265 (15.53%) User Acceptance Testing
10 245 (14.36%) Migration
11 220 (12.90%) Acceptance Criteria
12 165 (9.67%) Process Improvement
13 156 (9.14%) Data Analysis
14 146 (8.56%) Scrum
15 142 (8.32%) Decision-Making
15 142 (8.32%) Validation
16 140 (8.21%) GAP Analysis
17 137 (8.03%) Data Modelling
18 129 (7.56%) Project Delivery
19 127 (7.44%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 197 (11.55%) SQL
2 42 (2.46%) Python
3 10 (0.59%) Korn
4 7 (0.41%) JavaScript
5 5 (0.29%) Java
6 4 (0.23%) VBA
7 3 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (0.18%) R
8 2 (0.12%) C#
8 2 (0.12%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.059%) C++
9 1 (0.059%) COBOL
9 1 (0.059%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 241 (14.13%) Security Cleared
2 205 (12.02%) SC Cleared
3 152 (8.91%) Degree
4 56 (3.28%) CBAP
5 42 (2.46%) IIBA
6 41 (2.40%) BPSS Clearance
7 34 (1.99%) PMI Certification
8 15 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (0.88%) PMP
9 13 (0.76%) ISEB
10 12 (0.70%) CSPO
11 11 (0.64%) Master's Degree
12 7 (0.41%) CFA
13 6 (0.35%) DV Cleared
14 5 (0.29%) MBA
15 4 (0.23%) ACCA
16 3 (0.18%) AWS Certification
16 3 (0.18%) CIMA
17 2 (0.12%) AAT
17 2 (0.12%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (5.57%) QA
2 82 (4.81%) Data Quality
3 50 (2.93%) GDPR
4 22 (1.29%) MiFID
5 20 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (1.06%) Accessibility
6 18 (1.06%) NIST
7 16 (0.94%) EMIR
8 13 (0.76%) GRC
8 13 (0.76%) PSD2
9 12 (0.70%) ISO 8583
10 11 (0.64%) PCI DSS
11 10 (0.59%) ISO 20022
12 9 (0.53%) HL7
12 9 (0.53%) PMO
13 8 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 7 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
15 6 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 6 (0.35%) SEPA
15 6 (0.35%) Solvency II
System Software
1 8 (0.47%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.059%) Docker
2 1 (0.059%) RACF
Systems Management
1 21 (1.23%) Ansible
2 6 (0.35%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.12%) Terraform
5 1 (0.059%) Control-M
5 1 (0.059%) Grafana
5 1 (0.059%) Kibana
5 1 (0.059%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.059%) SCCM
Vendors
1 154 (9.03%) Microsoft
2 97 (5.69%) Salesforce
3 76 (4.45%) SAP
4 54 (3.17%) Oracle
5 47 (2.75%) ServiceNow
6 34 (1.99%) Murex
7 23 (1.35%) Bloomberg
8 19 (1.11%) Sonatype
9 17 (1.00%) Adobe
10 16 (0.94%) Workday
11 14 (0.82%) Databricks
12 13 (0.76%) Pega
13 11 (0.64%) Google
14 10 (0.59%) Avaloq
14 10 (0.59%) Guidewire
14 10 (0.59%) Splunk
15 9 (0.53%) MuleSoft
15 9 (0.53%) OpenLink
16 8 (0.47%) OneTrust
16 8 (0.47%) Refinitiv