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 20 April 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 44 40
Rank change year-on-year -1 -4 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,747 1,155 1,636
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.42% 4.71% 4.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.78% 5.08% 4.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,234 807 1,197
10th Percentile £357 £363 £392
25th Percentile £420 £425 £456
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 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 12 7
10th Percentile £46.42 - -
25th Percentile £60.24 £25.26 £20.77
Median hourly rate £68.75 £32.82 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +109.51% +45.84% -61.21%
75th Percentile £76.00 £50.00 £49.75
90th Percentile £77.65 £56.75 £72.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £32.82 £28.00
% change year-on-year +98.08% +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 36,515 22,716 34,500
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.32% 92.70% 92.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,911 15,169 22,973
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.95% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £644
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,450 868 2,386
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.42 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.72 £19.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% -7.14% -20.20%
75th Percentile £67.42 £64.81 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £76.25 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £30.45 £35.00
% change year-on-year +37.73% -13.00% -22.22%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 1,059 £540 -1.82% 164
North of England +4 275 £429 +0.94% 109
Midlands -5 158 £468 -3.86% 65
Yorkshire +5 128 £500 +11.11% 45
West Midlands -3 125 £475 -5.00% 44
North West -10 125 £400 -5.88% 41
South East -22 117 £500 +5.26% 70
South West +9 90 £450 -10.00% 30
North East +13 38 £425 +6.25% 24
East Midlands -19 31 £410 - 21
East of England -32 24 £488 +13.37% 32
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 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.

1 588 (33.66%) Agile
2 537 (30.74%) Stakeholder Management
3 505 (28.91%) Business Analysis
4 461 (26.39%) Requirements Gathering
5 420 (24.04%) User Stories
6 414 (23.70%) Workshop Facilitation
7 352 (20.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 280 (16.03%) User Acceptance Testing
9 265 (15.17%) Problem-Solving
10 255 (14.60%) JIRA
11 244 (13.97%) Acceptance Criteria
11 244 (13.97%) Security Cleared
12 239 (13.68%) Migration
13 207 (11.85%) SC Cleared
14 201 (11.51%) Confluence
15 197 (11.28%) SQL
16 165 (9.44%) Process Improvement
17 163 (9.33%) Validation
18 161 (9.22%) Data Analysis
19 156 (8.93%) Microsoft
20 149 (8.53%) Decision-Making
21 147 (8.41%) GAP Analysis
22 143 (8.19%) Scrum
23 142 (8.13%) Degree
24 141 (8.07%) Data Modelling
25 139 (7.96%) MS Visio
26 132 (7.56%) DevOps
27 121 (6.93%) Azure
28 120 (6.87%) Business Intelligence
29 119 (6.81%) 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
1 201 (11.51%) Confluence
2 31 (1.77%) SharePoint
3 17 (0.97%) SAS
4 5 (0.29%) CMS
5 4 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (0.23%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.17%) Appian
7 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.057%) Apache
8 1 (0.057%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.057%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.057%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 139 (7.96%) MS Visio
2 110 (6.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 59 (3.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 52 (2.98%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.23%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.17%) Notion
8 2 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.057%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.057%) CATIA
9 1 (0.057%) Sketch
9 1 (0.057%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 21 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (1.09%) Endur
3 18 (1.03%) Aladdin
4 17 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
5 11 (0.63%) Payment Gateway
6 6 (0.34%) Loan IQ
6 6 (0.34%) NetSuite
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%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.17%) SAP FI
9 3 (0.17%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 121 (6.93%) Azure
2 119 (6.81%) Power Platform
3 69 (3.95%) AWS
4 37 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
5 29 (1.66%) Microsoft 365
6 28 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
7 24 (1.37%) Lucidchart
8 20 (1.14%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 18 (1.03%) GitHub
10 17 (0.97%) Miro
11 16 (0.92%) GCP
12 15 (0.86%) SaaS
12 15 (0.86%) Snowflake
13 11 (0.63%) Power Automate
14 10 (0.57%) Microsoft Copilot
15 9 (0.52%) Figma
15 9 (0.52%) PowerApps
16 8 (0.46%) Microsoft Purview
16 8 (0.46%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 7 (0.40%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.23%) Network Security
2 3 (0.17%) Internet
2 3 (0.17%) Wireless
3 2 (0.11%) Broadband
3 2 (0.11%) Cisco IPT
3 2 (0.11%) DNS
3 2 (0.11%) Firewall
3 2 (0.11%) Intranet
3 2 (0.11%) NAS
3 2 (0.11%) X.25
4 1 (0.057%) SONET
4 1 (0.057%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (5.61%) Power BI
2 39 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
3 33 (1.89%) Tableau
4 28 (1.60%) Metadata
5 14 (0.80%) Relational Database
6 7 (0.40%) SQL Server
7 6 (0.34%) Big Data
7 6 (0.34%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.34%) Electronic Patient Records
7 6 (0.34%) RDBMS
8 4 (0.23%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.17%) Amazon Athena
9 3 (0.17%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.17%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 3 (0.17%) Power Query
10 2 (0.11%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.11%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.11%) Delta Lake
10 2 (0.11%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 255 (14.60%) 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%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.057%) Gemini Tracker
8 1 (0.057%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.057%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.057%) SonarQube
General
1 615 (35.20%) Finance
2 612 (35.03%) Social Skills
3 414 (23.70%) Analytical Skills
4 268 (15.34%) Banking
5 170 (9.73%) Public Sector
6 132 (7.56%) Documentation Skills
7 81 (4.64%) Retail
8 80 (4.58%) Front Office
9 62 (3.55%) Investment Banking
9 62 (3.55%) Presentation Skills
10 61 (3.49%) Legal
11 49 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
12 37 (2.12%) Marketing
13 35 (2.00%) Financial Institution
14 34 (1.95%) Back Office
15 31 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
16 29 (1.66%) Telecoms
17 21 (1.20%) Local Government
18 18 (1.03%) Manufacturing
19 16 (0.92%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (1.83%) REST
2 27 (1.55%) XML
3 17 (0.97%) JSON
4 16 (0.92%) 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 (0.52%) FHIR
9 7 (0.40%) JWT
9 7 (0.40%) OpenAPI
9 7 (0.40%) Oracle Fusion
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%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 154 (8.82%) Product Ownership
2 56 (3.21%) Onboarding
3 43 (2.46%) Data Protection Act
3 43 (2.46%) Derivative
4 42 (2.40%) Analytical Mindset
5 41 (2.35%) Fixed Income
6 40 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
7 32 (1.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 27 (1.55%) Credit Risk
9 26 (1.49%) NHS
10 25 (1.43%) Management Information System
11 24 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
12 23 (1.32%) Data Structures
13 19 (1.09%) PMI
14 18 (1.03%) Equities
14 18 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
14 18 (1.03%) Hedge funds
15 17 (0.97%) Market Risk
16 16 (0.92%) SWIFT Messaging Network
17 12 (0.69%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 14 (0.80%) Linux
1 14 (0.80%) Windows
2 7 (0.40%) Unix
3 5 (0.29%) Apple iOS
3 5 (0.29%) VMS
4 3 (0.17%) Android
5 2 (0.11%) AIX
5 2 (0.11%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.11%) Solaris
5 2 (0.11%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.057%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 588 (33.66%) Agile
2 537 (30.74%) Stakeholder Management
3 505 (28.91%) Business Analysis
4 461 (26.39%) Requirements Gathering
5 420 (24.04%) User Stories
6 414 (23.70%) Workshop Facilitation
7 352 (20.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 280 (16.03%) User Acceptance Testing
9 265 (15.17%) Problem-Solving
10 244 (13.97%) Acceptance Criteria
11 239 (13.68%) Migration
12 165 (9.44%) Process Improvement
13 163 (9.33%) Validation
14 161 (9.22%) Data Analysis
15 149 (8.53%) Decision-Making
16 147 (8.41%) GAP Analysis
17 143 (8.19%) Scrum
18 141 (8.07%) Data Modelling
19 132 (7.56%) DevOps
20 120 (6.87%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 197 (11.28%) SQL
2 43 (2.46%) Python
3 10 (0.57%) Korn
4 7 (0.40%) JavaScript
5 6 (0.34%) VBA
6 5 (0.29%) Java
7 4 (0.23%) R
8 3 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.11%) C#
9 2 (0.11%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.057%) ABAP
10 1 (0.057%) C++
10 1 (0.057%) COBOL
10 1 (0.057%) Groovy
10 1 (0.057%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 244 (13.97%) Security Cleared
2 207 (11.85%) SC Cleared
3 142 (8.13%) Degree
4 51 (2.92%) BPSS Clearance
5 49 (2.80%) CBAP
6 42 (2.40%) IIBA
7 27 (1.55%) PMI Certification
8 15 (0.86%) CSPO
9 14 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (0.69%) PMP
11 8 (0.46%) ISEB
11 8 (0.46%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.34%) CFA
12 6 (0.34%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.23%) ACCA
13 4 (0.23%) MBA
14 3 (0.17%) CIMA
15 2 (0.11%) CAPM
15 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Certification
15 2 (0.11%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (5.90%) QA
2 87 (4.98%) Data Quality
3 53 (3.03%) GDPR
4 25 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 20 (1.14%) MiFID
6 19 (1.09%) Accessibility
6 19 (1.09%) NIST
7 16 (0.92%) EMIR
8 11 (0.63%) GRC
8 11 (0.63%) PMO
9 10 (0.57%) ISO 20022
9 10 (0.57%) PSD2
10 9 (0.52%) HL7
11 8 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 8 (0.46%) ISO 8583
12 7 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
12 7 (0.40%) PCI DSS
13 6 (0.34%) Basel III
13 6 (0.34%) Solvency II
14 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
1 156 (8.93%) Microsoft
2 101 (5.78%) Salesforce
3 77 (4.41%) SAP
4 55 (3.15%) ServiceNow
5 52 (2.98%) Oracle
6 31 (1.77%) Murex
7 21 (1.20%) Bloomberg
8 18 (1.03%) Databricks
9 16 (0.92%) Adobe
10 15 (0.86%) Workday
11 13 (0.74%) Pega
11 13 (0.74%) Sonatype
12 12 (0.69%) Guidewire
12 12 (0.69%) Splunk
13 11 (0.63%) Avaloq
13 11 (0.63%) Google
14 10 (0.57%) OpenLink
15 9 (0.52%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
16 8 (0.46%) MuleSoft
17 7 (0.40%) Charles River