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 4 December 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 50 34
Rank change year-on-year +6 -16 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,513 1,232 2,002
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.86% 4.03% 5.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.32% 4.34% 5.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,056 936 1,467
10th Percentile £350 £363 £400
25th Percentile £413 £444 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
75th Percentile £611 £638 £615
90th Percentile £706 £734 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 7
10th Percentile £25.18 £30.59 £27.54
25th Percentile £27.11 £36.14 £41.25
Median hourly rate £32.19 £50.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.62% -16.67% +71.43%
75th Percentile £72.63 £76.88 £68.78
90th Percentile £88.50 £80.75 £73.00
UK median hourly rate £32.89 £42.50 £57.00
% change year-on-year -22.61% -25.44% +71.43%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 28,419 28,414 35,414
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.22% 92.93% 93.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,221 17,533 24,351
10th Percentile £285 £300 £290
25th Percentile £403 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -1.69% -2.91%
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 1,705 993 1,381
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.36 £15.33
25th Percentile £17.88 £21.05 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.47 £37.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.08% -16.67% +36.36%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.80 £74.69 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +44.15%

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 4 December 2025.

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 4 December 2025.

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 4 December 2025. 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 +4 968 £525 -8.70% 175
North of England +10 203 £425 -1.16% 173
Midlands +10 124 £410 -13.68% 102
South East +5 103 £484 -2.27% 160
Yorkshire +21 100 £410 -8.89% 59
North West -6 84 £426 +3.27% 91
West Midlands -11 68 £500 +1.27% 67
South West +23 64 £488 +14.71% 65
East Midlands +21 56 £358 -12.95% 34
East of England -13 24 £450 -14.29% 51
North East +8 23 £425 +3.03% 27
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 December 2025, 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.

1 567 (37.48%) Agile
2 455 (30.07%) Business Analysis
3 448 (29.61%) Stakeholder Management
4 375 (24.79%) Requirements Gathering
5 314 (20.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 287 (18.97%) Workshop Facilitation
7 285 (18.84%) User Stories
8 250 (16.52%) Problem-Solving
9 212 (14.01%) User Acceptance Testing
10 197 (13.02%) SQL
11 192 (12.69%) JIRA
12 189 (12.49%) Migration
13 159 (10.51%) Data Analysis
14 147 (9.72%) Microsoft
15 146 (9.65%) Degree
16 141 (9.32%) Confluence
17 140 (9.25%) Scrum
18 131 (8.66%) Decision-Making
18 131 (8.66%) Waterfall
19 128 (8.46%) Process Improvement
20 126 (8.33%) Analytics
21 122 (8.06%) Project Delivery
22 119 (7.87%) GAP Analysis
23 114 (7.53%) Change Management
24 113 (7.47%) Acceptance Criteria
25 110 (7.27%) Project Management
26 109 (7.20%) Business Intelligence
27 108 (7.14%) Data Modelling
28 107 (7.07%) Microsoft Excel
28 107 (7.07%) Security Cleared

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
1 141 (9.32%) Confluence
2 28 (1.85%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.46%) CMS
4 5 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
5 4 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.20%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.13%) Apache Superset
7 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.066%) Camunda
8 1 (0.066%) JBoss
8 1 (0.066%) Mule
8 1 (0.066%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 107 (7.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 103 (6.81%) MS Visio
3 53 (3.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 48 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
5 10 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.33%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.26%) Autodesk Inventor
8 3 (0.20%) Notion
9 2 (0.13%) Trello
10 1 (0.066%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.066%) Sketch
10 1 (0.066%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 47 (3.11%) Endur
2 23 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (0.73%) NetSuite
5 10 (0.66%) Payment Gateway
6 9 (0.59%) Aladdin
6 9 (0.59%) Salesforce CRM
7 7 (0.46%) Temenos T24
8 5 (0.33%) Loan IQ
9 4 (0.26%) SAP GTS
10 3 (0.20%) Elite 3E
10 3 (0.20%) Markit EDM
10 3 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.20%) SAP HR
11 2 (0.13%) FIS Private Capital Suite
11 2 (0.13%) NEC Housing
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
11 2 (0.13%) Shopify
11 2 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
11 2 (0.13%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 106 (7.01%) Power Platform
2 100 (6.61%) Azure
3 59 (3.90%) AWS
4 47 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
5 40 (2.64%) SaaS
6 34 (2.25%) Microsoft 365
7 29 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
8 26 (1.72%) GCP
9 23 (1.52%) Miro
10 22 (1.45%) Lucidchart
11 21 (1.39%) Entra ID
12 14 (0.93%) GitHub
12 14 (0.93%) Snowflake
13 12 (0.79%) Figma
13 12 (0.79%) Power Automate
14 11 (0.73%) PowerApps
15 10 (0.66%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 9 (0.59%) Microsoft Copilot
16 9 (0.59%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 7 (0.46%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.33%) Firewall
1 5 (0.33%) Network Security
2 3 (0.20%) WAN
3 2 (0.13%) ATM
3 2 (0.13%) Cisco IPT
3 2 (0.13%) Internet
3 2 (0.13%) Intranet
3 2 (0.13%) LAN
3 2 (0.13%) NAS
3 2 (0.13%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.13%) X.25
4 1 (0.066%) Broadband
4 1 (0.066%) DNS
4 1 (0.066%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.066%) Softphone
4 1 (0.066%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (6.28%) Power BI
2 44 (2.91%) Tableau
3 23 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (1.26%) Metadata
5 16 (1.06%) SQL Server
6 6 (0.40%) Data Lake
7 5 (0.33%) Oracle Database
7 5 (0.33%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.33%) Star Schema
8 4 (0.26%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.26%) Data Mart
8 4 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.26%) Power Query
9 3 (0.20%) Amazon Athena
9 3 (0.20%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (0.20%) Big Data
9 3 (0.20%) Geospatial Data
9 3 (0.20%) GIS
9 3 (0.20%) SAP BW
10 2 (0.13%) Looker
Development Applications
1 192 (12.69%) JIRA
2 12 (0.79%) Jenkins
2 12 (0.79%) Sonatype Nexus
3 3 (0.20%) Git
3 3 (0.20%) Postman
4 2 (0.13%) AdminStudio
4 2 (0.13%) Browser DevTools
4 2 (0.13%) Charles Proxy
4 2 (0.13%) Fiddler
5 1 (0.066%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.066%) Axure RP
5 1 (0.066%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.066%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.066%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 617 (40.78%) Social Skills
2 563 (37.21%) Finance
3 334 (22.08%) Analytical Skills
4 235 (15.53%) Banking
5 128 (8.46%) Public Sector
6 79 (5.22%) Documentation Skills
7 59 (3.90%) Back Office
8 56 (3.70%) Retail
9 55 (3.64%) Influencing Skills
10 54 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
11 52 (3.44%) Investment Banking
11 52 (3.44%) Legal
12 51 (3.37%) Front Office
13 42 (2.78%) Telecoms
14 41 (2.71%) Marketing
15 28 (1.85%) Manufacturing
16 27 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 26 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
18 25 (1.65%) Local Government
19 23 (1.52%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (1.45%) REST
2 21 (1.39%) XML
3 16 (1.06%) SailPoint
3 16 (1.06%) SAML
4 14 (0.93%) JSON
4 14 (0.93%) OAuth
5 11 (0.73%) ADO
6 10 (0.66%) SOAP
7 9 (0.59%) OpenID
8 7 (0.46%) Swagger
9 5 (0.33%) OAuth2
9 5 (0.33%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (0.33%) Web Services
10 4 (0.26%) .NET
10 4 (0.26%) Anaconda
10 4 (0.26%) DCOM
10 4 (0.26%) Gherkin
10 4 (0.26%) HTML
10 4 (0.26%) Middleware
10 4 (0.26%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 128 (8.46%) Product Ownership
2 80 (5.29%) Onboarding
3 39 (2.58%) Data Protection Act
4 36 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
5 33 (2.18%) Legacy Systems
6 32 (2.12%) Derivative
6 32 (2.12%) Management Information System
7 31 (2.05%) Data Structures
8 30 (1.98%) Fixed Income
8 30 (1.98%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 28 (1.85%) PMI
10 25 (1.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 22 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
12 20 (1.32%) Credit Risk
12 20 (1.32%) Data Centre
12 20 (1.32%) Reinsurance
13 18 (1.19%) Cloud Native
14 17 (1.12%) Equities
14 17 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
15 15 (0.99%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.86%) Linux
2 11 (0.73%) Windows
3 5 (0.33%) VMS
4 2 (0.13%) Android
4 2 (0.13%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.13%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.066%) AIX
5 1 (0.066%) Solaris
5 1 (0.066%) Unix
5 1 (0.066%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 567 (37.48%) Agile
2 455 (30.07%) Business Analysis
3 448 (29.61%) Stakeholder Management
4 375 (24.79%) Requirements Gathering
5 314 (20.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 287 (18.97%) Workshop Facilitation
7 285 (18.84%) User Stories
8 250 (16.52%) Problem-Solving
9 212 (14.01%) User Acceptance Testing
10 189 (12.49%) Migration
11 159 (10.51%) Data Analysis
12 140 (9.25%) Scrum
13 131 (8.66%) Decision-Making
13 131 (8.66%) Waterfall
14 128 (8.46%) Process Improvement
15 126 (8.33%) Analytics
16 122 (8.06%) Project Delivery
17 119 (7.87%) GAP Analysis
18 114 (7.53%) Change Management
19 113 (7.47%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 197 (13.02%) SQL
2 50 (3.30%) Python
3 9 (0.59%) C#
4 8 (0.53%) JavaScript
5 7 (0.46%) Korn
6 5 (0.33%) Java
6 5 (0.33%) R
6 5 (0.33%) VBA
7 1 (0.066%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.066%) C++
7 1 (0.066%) COBOL
7 1 (0.066%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.066%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.066%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 146 (9.65%) Degree
2 107 (7.07%) Security Cleared
3 85 (5.62%) SC Cleared
4 50 (3.30%) CBAP
5 33 (2.18%) PMI Certification
6 18 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (0.86%) Master's Degree
9 11 (0.73%) IIBA
10 10 (0.66%) CSPO
10 10 (0.66%) DV Cleared
11 8 (0.53%) ACCA
12 7 (0.46%) CFA
12 7 (0.46%) ISEB
12 7 (0.46%) PMP
13 6 (0.40%) CIMA
14 3 (0.20%) AWS Certification
14 3 (0.20%) FFIEC
14 3 (0.20%) MBA
15 2 (0.13%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (5.82%) QA
2 67 (4.43%) Data Quality
3 51 (3.37%) GDPR
4 26 (1.72%) MiFID
5 18 (1.19%) EMIR
6 16 (1.06%) ISO 20022
7 15 (0.99%) GRC
8 14 (0.93%) PSD2
9 13 (0.86%) SEPA
10 11 (0.73%) NIST
11 10 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 9 (0.59%) Accessibility
13 8 (0.53%) PCI DSS
14 7 (0.46%) Basel III
14 7 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 7 (0.46%) ISO 8583
14 7 (0.46%) PMO
14 7 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 5 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
15 5 (0.33%) Solvency II
System Software
1 15 (0.99%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.066%) Docker
2 1 (0.066%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.066%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.066%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (1.06%) Kubernetes
2 14 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
3 13 (0.86%) Ansible
4 7 (0.46%) Terraform
5 4 (0.26%) SCCM
6 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 147 (9.72%) Microsoft
2 87 (5.75%) Salesforce
3 66 (4.36%) SAP
4 55 (3.64%) Oracle
5 42 (2.78%) ServiceNow
6 22 (1.45%) Murex
7 19 (1.26%) OpenLink
8 17 (1.12%) Google
9 14 (0.93%) Adobe
9 14 (0.93%) MuleSoft
10 13 (0.86%) Workday
11 11 (0.73%) Bloomberg
11 11 (0.73%) OneTrust
12 10 (0.66%) Sonatype
13 9 (0.59%) CyberArk
14 8 (0.53%) Atlassian
14 8 (0.53%) Guidewire
14 8 (0.53%) Pega
14 8 (0.53%) Temenos
15 7 (0.46%) Alibaba