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 25 April 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 45 41
Rank change year-on-year 0 -4 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,751 1,167 1,612
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.39% 4.75% 4.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.76% 5.12% 4.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,230 811 1,178
10th Percentile £356 £375 £393
25th Percentile £417 £430 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £713 £775 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +0.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 12 7
10th Percentile £36.44 - -
25th Percentile £56.75 £25.26 £20.77
Median hourly rate £63.37 £32.82 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +93.11% +45.84% -61.21%
75th Percentile £73.75 £50.00 £49.75
90th Percentile £77.11 £56.75 £72.00
UK median hourly rate £62.94 £32.82 £28.00
% change year-on-year +91.79% +17.20% -51.72%

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 36,815 22,791 34,515
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.34% 92.69% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,071 15,196 22,978
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.24% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £643
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £517 £525
% change year-on-year -3.29% -1.52% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,480 893 2,410
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.20 £12.91
25th Percentile £20.79 £18.74 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.46 £31.64 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +43.68% -10.87% -21.11%
75th Percentile £67.25 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.69 £29.07 £35.50
% change year-on-year +46.84% -18.11% -21.11%

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 25 April 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 25 April 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 25 April 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 0 1,051 £537 -2.36% 93
North of England +12 285 £429 -0.23% 88
Midlands 0 156 £465 -4.37% 51
Yorkshire +8 133 £475 +5.56% 42
North West -7 128 £401 -5.76% 26
West Midlands +2 123 £475 -5.00% 31
South East -28 119 £500 +5.26% 74
South West -4 90 £450 -10.00% 24
North East +12 40 £425 +6.25% 21
East Midlands -22 31 £410 -1.80% 20
East of England -37 26 £500 +16.28% 24
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 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.

1 587 (33.52%) Agile
2 529 (30.21%) Stakeholder Management
3 508 (29.01%) Business Analysis
4 458 (26.16%) Requirements Gathering
5 428 (24.44%) User Stories
6 415 (23.70%) Workshop Facilitation
7 350 (19.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 279 (15.93%) User Acceptance Testing
9 262 (14.96%) Problem-Solving
10 256 (14.62%) JIRA
11 250 (14.28%) Acceptance Criteria
12 246 (14.05%) Security Cleared
13 244 (13.93%) Migration
14 206 (11.76%) SC Cleared
15 199 (11.36%) Confluence
16 188 (10.74%) SQL
17 168 (9.59%) Process Improvement
18 164 (9.37%) Validation
19 157 (8.97%) Data Analysis
19 157 (8.97%) Microsoft
20 151 (8.62%) Decision-Making
21 148 (8.45%) GAP Analysis
22 144 (8.22%) Data Modelling
22 144 (8.22%) Degree
22 144 (8.22%) Scrum
23 138 (7.88%) MS Visio
24 131 (7.48%) DevOps
25 121 (6.91%) Azure
26 119 (6.80%) Project Delivery
27 116 (6.62%) 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
1 199 (11.36%) Confluence
2 29 (1.66%) SharePoint
3 17 (0.97%) SAS
4 4 (0.23%) CMS
4 4 (0.23%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.17%) Appian
6 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.057%) Apache
7 1 (0.057%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.057%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.057%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 138 (7.88%) MS Visio
2 111 (6.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 60 (3.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 51 (2.91%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.23%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.17%) Notion
8 2 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.057%) CATIA
9 1 (0.057%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 19 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
1 19 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.03%) Aladdin
3 15 (0.86%) Endur
4 10 (0.57%) Payment Gateway
5 8 (0.46%) NetSuite
6 6 (0.34%) Loan IQ
6 6 (0.34%) Summit
7 5 (0.29%) Findur
7 5 (0.29%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 5 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
7 5 (0.29%) Temenos T24
8 4 (0.23%) Actimize
8 4 (0.23%) Adobe Campaign
8 4 (0.23%) Fidessa
8 4 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
8 4 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.23%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 121 (6.91%) Azure
2 111 (6.34%) Power Platform
3 70 (4.00%) AWS
4 37 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
5 30 (1.71%) Dynamics 365
6 29 (1.66%) Microsoft 365
7 25 (1.43%) Lucidchart
8 20 (1.14%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 19 (1.09%) Miro
10 18 (1.03%) GitHub
11 17 (0.97%) GCP
12 16 (0.91%) SaaS
12 16 (0.91%) Snowflake
13 11 (0.63%) Power Automate
14 10 (0.57%) Microsoft Copilot
15 9 (0.51%) PowerApps
16 8 (0.46%) Figma
16 8 (0.46%) Microsoft Purview
16 8 (0.46%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 7 (0.40%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.34%) Wireless
2 4 (0.23%) Network Security
3 3 (0.17%) DNS
3 3 (0.17%) Internet
4 2 (0.11%) Broadband
4 2 (0.11%) Cisco IPT
4 2 (0.11%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (0.11%) Firewall
4 2 (0.11%) Intranet
4 2 (0.11%) NAS
4 2 (0.11%) VPN
4 2 (0.11%) X.25
5 1 (0.057%) 802.11
5 1 (0.057%) DNSSEC
5 1 (0.057%) SONET
5 1 (0.057%) TETRA
5 1 (0.057%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.057%) Wireless Security
5 1 (0.057%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (5.14%) Power BI
2 38 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
3 32 (1.83%) Tableau
4 29 (1.66%) Metadata
5 15 (0.86%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.34%) Big Data
6 6 (0.34%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.34%) Electronic Patient Records
6 6 (0.34%) RDBMS
7 5 (0.29%) SQL Server
8 3 (0.17%) Amazon Athena
8 3 (0.17%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.17%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.17%) Power Query
9 2 (0.11%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.11%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.11%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.11%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 256 (14.62%) JIRA
2 17 (0.97%) Jenkins
3 14 (0.80%) Sonatype Nexus
4 8 (0.46%) Postman
5 5 (0.29%) Balsamiq
6 3 (0.17%) Toad
7 2 (0.11%) Browser DevTools
7 2 (0.11%) Charles Proxy
7 2 (0.11%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.11%) Fiddler
7 2 (0.11%) GitLab
8 1 (0.057%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.057%) Gemini Tracker
8 1 (0.057%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.057%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.057%) SonarQube
General
1 614 (35.07%) Social Skills
2 609 (34.78%) Finance
3 407 (23.24%) Analytical Skills
4 271 (15.48%) Banking
5 164 (9.37%) Public Sector
6 131 (7.48%) Documentation Skills
7 85 (4.85%) Retail
8 79 (4.51%) Front Office
9 64 (3.66%) Investment Banking
10 62 (3.54%) Presentation Skills
11 61 (3.48%) Legal
12 49 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
13 39 (2.23%) Marketing
14 37 (2.11%) Financial Institution
15 31 (1.77%) Back Office
15 31 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
16 29 (1.66%) Telecoms
17 20 (1.14%) Manufacturing
18 19 (1.09%) Local Government
19 17 (0.97%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (1.77%) REST
2 27 (1.54%) XML
3 17 (0.97%) JSON
4 16 (0.91%) SOAP
5 13 (0.74%) ADO
5 13 (0.74%) Middleware
6 12 (0.69%) Swagger
6 12 (0.69%) VML
7 10 (0.57%) OAuth
8 9 (0.51%) FHIR
8 9 (0.51%) Oracle Fusion
9 7 (0.40%) JWT
9 7 (0.40%) OpenAPI
10 6 (0.34%) SailPoint
11 5 (0.29%) .NET
11 5 (0.29%) NumPy
11 5 (0.29%) Pandas
11 5 (0.29%) SAML
12 4 (0.23%) HTML
13 3 (0.17%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 156 (8.91%) Product Ownership
2 55 (3.14%) Onboarding
3 45 (2.57%) Data Protection Act
4 44 (2.51%) Analytical Mindset
5 43 (2.46%) Derivative
6 39 (2.23%) Fixed Income
6 39 (2.23%) Legacy Systems
7 30 (1.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 27 (1.54%) Credit Risk
9 26 (1.48%) NHS
10 24 (1.37%) Management Information System
11 23 (1.31%) Data Structures
11 23 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
12 19 (1.09%) Hedge funds
13 18 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
14 17 (0.97%) Equities
14 17 (0.97%) Market Risk
14 17 (0.97%) PMI
15 14 (0.80%) SWIFT Messaging Network
16 13 (0.74%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.74%) Linux
2 12 (0.69%) Windows
3 7 (0.40%) Unix
4 5 (0.29%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.29%) VMS
5 3 (0.17%) Android
6 2 (0.11%) AIX
6 2 (0.11%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.11%) Solaris
6 2 (0.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 587 (33.52%) Agile
2 529 (30.21%) Stakeholder Management
3 508 (29.01%) Business Analysis
4 458 (26.16%) Requirements Gathering
5 428 (24.44%) User Stories
6 415 (23.70%) Workshop Facilitation
7 350 (19.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 279 (15.93%) User Acceptance Testing
9 262 (14.96%) Problem-Solving
10 250 (14.28%) Acceptance Criteria
11 244 (13.93%) Migration
12 168 (9.59%) Process Improvement
13 164 (9.37%) Validation
14 157 (8.97%) Data Analysis
15 151 (8.62%) Decision-Making
16 148 (8.45%) GAP Analysis
17 144 (8.22%) Data Modelling
17 144 (8.22%) Scrum
18 131 (7.48%) DevOps
19 119 (6.80%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 188 (10.74%) SQL
2 43 (2.46%) Python
3 12 (0.69%) Korn
4 7 (0.40%) JavaScript
5 6 (0.34%) VBA
6 5 (0.29%) R
7 4 (0.23%) Java
8 2 (0.11%) C#
8 2 (0.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.11%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.057%) ABAP
9 1 (0.057%) C++
9 1 (0.057%) Groovy
9 1 (0.057%) Ruby
9 1 (0.057%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 246 (14.05%) Security Cleared
2 206 (11.76%) SC Cleared
3 144 (8.22%) Degree
4 52 (2.97%) BPSS Clearance
5 47 (2.68%) CBAP
6 45 (2.57%) IIBA
7 25 (1.43%) PMI Certification
8 15 (0.86%) CSPO
9 14 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (0.69%) PMP
11 9 (0.51%) ISEB
12 8 (0.46%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.34%) DV Cleared
14 4 (0.23%) ACCA
14 4 (0.23%) CFA
14 4 (0.23%) MBA
15 3 (0.17%) CIMA
16 2 (0.11%) APMP
16 2 (0.11%) CAPM
16 2 (0.11%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (5.65%) QA
2 88 (5.03%) Data Quality
3 53 (3.03%) GDPR
4 24 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 21 (1.20%) NIST
6 20 (1.14%) Accessibility
7 18 (1.03%) MiFID
8 16 (0.91%) EMIR
9 12 (0.69%) GRC
10 11 (0.63%) PMO
10 11 (0.63%) PSD2
11 10 (0.57%) ISO 20022
12 9 (0.51%) HL7
13 8 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 8 (0.46%) ISO 8583
14 7 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
14 7 (0.40%) Basel III
14 7 (0.40%) PCI DSS
15 6 (0.34%) Solvency II
16 5 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (0.40%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.17%) Docker
3 1 (0.057%) RACF
3 1 (0.057%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (0.86%) Ansible
2 8 (0.46%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.11%) Control-M
3 2 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.11%) Terraform
4 1 (0.057%) Grafana
4 1 (0.057%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.057%) Kibana
4 1 (0.057%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.057%) SCCM
4 1 (0.057%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 157 (8.97%) Microsoft
2 105 (6.00%) Salesforce
3 83 (4.74%) SAP
4 55 (3.14%) ServiceNow
5 52 (2.97%) Oracle
6 30 (1.71%) Murex
7 20 (1.14%) Bloomberg
8 18 (1.03%) Databricks
8 18 (1.03%) Workday
9 14 (0.80%) Adobe
10 13 (0.74%) Pega
10 13 (0.74%) Sonatype
11 12 (0.69%) Guidewire
11 12 (0.69%) Splunk
12 11 (0.63%) Avaloq
12 11 (0.63%) Google
13 9 (0.51%) OpenLink
13 9 (0.51%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 8 (0.46%) MuleSoft
14 8 (0.46%) Zuora