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 17 December 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 49 35
Rank change year-on-year 0 -14 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,478 1,209 1,911
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.71% 4.14% 5.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.16% 4.46% 5.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,035 913 1,406
10th Percentile £356 £375 £400
25th Percentile £413 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
75th Percentile £613 £638 £619
90th Percentile £720 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +2.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 5
10th Percentile £25.00 £29.52 £39.25
25th Percentile £26.80 £31.52 £51.25
Median hourly rate £31.49 £66.50 £67.56
Median % change year-on-year -52.65% -1.57% +103.19%
75th Percentile £68.09 £78.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.25 £84.60 £74.50
UK median hourly rate £32.75 £41.50 £60.78
% change year-on-year -21.10% -31.72% +92.95%

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 28,658 27,111 34,658
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.24% 92.91% 93.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,308 16,895 23,809
10th Percentile £290 £300 £288
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
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 1,754 870 1,350
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.62 £15.31
25th Percentile £18.20 £21.25 £19.62
Median hourly rate £26.30 £36.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.94% -20.00% +38.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.85 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.52 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.97% -25.51% +50.00%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 +3 955 £525 -8.70% 141
North of England +1 192 £425 -5.56% 131
Midlands +6 117 £410 -13.68% 77
South East +8 102 £480 +1.05% 122
Yorkshire +2 91 £468 +3.89% 42
North West -19 79 £411 -3.24% 75
South West +25 66 £488 +8.33% 43
West Midlands -19 66 £500 - 53
East Midlands +8 51 £358 -10.50% 24
North East +16 28 £425 +3.03% 18
East of England -14 22 £481 -8.33% 34
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 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.

1 554 (37.48%) Agile
2 446 (30.18%) Business Analysis
3 445 (30.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 368 (24.90%) Requirements Gathering
5 314 (21.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 292 (19.76%) Workshop Facilitation
7 280 (18.94%) User Stories
8 245 (16.58%) Problem-Solving
9 207 (14.01%) User Acceptance Testing
10 197 (13.33%) SQL
11 195 (13.19%) JIRA
11 195 (13.19%) Migration
12 150 (10.15%) Degree
13 148 (10.01%) Data Analysis
14 143 (9.68%) Confluence
15 142 (9.61%) Scrum
16 137 (9.27%) Microsoft
17 130 (8.80%) Process Improvement
18 128 (8.66%) Waterfall
19 127 (8.59%) Decision-Making
20 118 (7.98%) GAP Analysis
21 117 (7.92%) Project Delivery
22 116 (7.85%) Analytics
22 116 (7.85%) Security Cleared
23 111 (7.51%) Acceptance Criteria
23 111 (7.51%) Business Intelligence
23 111 (7.51%) Data Modelling
24 110 (7.44%) Project Management
25 109 (7.37%) Change Management
25 109 (7.37%) 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
1 143 (9.68%) Confluence
2 27 (1.83%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.41%) CMS
4 5 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
5 4 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.20%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.14%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.068%) Camunda
8 1 (0.068%) JBoss
8 1 (0.068%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.068%) Mule
8 1 (0.068%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 107 (7.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 101 (6.83%) MS Visio
3 54 (3.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 49 (3.32%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.41%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.27%) Autodesk Inventor
7 4 (0.27%) Notion
8 2 (0.14%) Trello
9 1 (0.068%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.068%) Sketch
9 1 (0.068%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 47 (3.18%) Endur
2 25 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
4 12 (0.81%) NetSuite
4 12 (0.81%) Payment Gateway
5 9 (0.61%) Aladdin
5 9 (0.61%) Salesforce CRM
6 7 (0.47%) Temenos T24
7 4 (0.27%) Loan IQ
8 3 (0.20%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.20%) Markit EDM
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.20%) SAP GTS
8 3 (0.20%) SAP HR
9 2 (0.14%) BASE24
9 2 (0.14%) FIS Private Capital Suite
9 2 (0.14%) NEC Housing
9 2 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
9 2 (0.14%) Unit4 Business World
9 2 (0.14%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 109 (7.37%) Power Platform
2 81 (5.48%) Azure
3 49 (3.32%) AWS
4 40 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
5 33 (2.23%) Microsoft 365
5 33 (2.23%) SaaS
6 29 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
7 23 (1.56%) Lucidchart
8 22 (1.49%) Miro
9 19 (1.29%) GCP
10 15 (1.01%) Entra ID
11 13 (0.88%) GitHub
11 13 (0.88%) Snowflake
12 12 (0.81%) Figma
12 12 (0.81%) Power Automate
12 12 (0.81%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 11 (0.74%) PowerApps
14 9 (0.61%) Microsoft Copilot
14 9 (0.61%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 6 (0.41%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.34%) Firewall
1 5 (0.34%) Network Security
2 3 (0.20%) Internet
3 2 (0.14%) Broadband
3 2 (0.14%) Cisco IPT
3 2 (0.14%) Intranet
3 2 (0.14%) NAS
3 2 (0.14%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.14%) WAN
3 2 (0.14%) X.25
4 1 (0.068%) ATM
4 1 (0.068%) DNS
4 1 (0.068%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.068%) LAN
4 1 (0.068%) Softphone
4 1 (0.068%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (6.43%) Power BI
2 44 (2.98%) Tableau
3 21 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (1.29%) Metadata
5 15 (1.01%) SQL Server
6 5 (0.34%) Oracle Database
7 4 (0.27%) BigQuery
7 4 (0.27%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.27%) Data Mart
7 4 (0.27%) Power Query
8 3 (0.20%) Amazon Athena
8 3 (0.20%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.20%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.20%) SAP BW
8 3 (0.20%) Star Schema
9 2 (0.14%) Big Data
9 2 (0.14%) Looker
9 2 (0.14%) Metadata Repository
9 2 (0.14%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 195 (13.19%) JIRA
2 12 (0.81%) Jenkins
2 12 (0.81%) Sonatype Nexus
3 5 (0.34%) Postman
4 3 (0.20%) Git
5 2 (0.14%) Browser DevTools
5 2 (0.14%) Charles Proxy
5 2 (0.14%) Fiddler
6 1 (0.068%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.068%) Axure RP
6 1 (0.068%) Balsamiq
6 1 (0.068%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.068%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.068%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 590 (39.92%) Social Skills
2 542 (36.67%) Finance
3 316 (21.38%) Analytical Skills
4 223 (15.09%) Banking
5 132 (8.93%) Public Sector
6 84 (5.68%) Documentation Skills
7 57 (3.86%) Back Office
8 54 (3.65%) Front Office
8 54 (3.65%) Influencing Skills
8 54 (3.65%) Legal
8 54 (3.65%) Retail
9 50 (3.38%) Investment Banking
10 48 (3.25%) Presentation Skills
11 44 (2.98%) Telecoms
12 43 (2.91%) Marketing
13 29 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 24 (1.62%) Manufacturing
15 23 (1.56%) Financial Institution
15 23 (1.56%) Local Government
16 21 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.69%) REST
2 23 (1.56%) XML
3 13 (0.88%) SailPoint
4 12 (0.81%) SOAP
5 11 (0.74%) JSON
6 10 (0.68%) SAML
7 9 (0.61%) ADO
7 9 (0.61%) OAuth
7 9 (0.61%) Swagger
8 5 (0.34%) .NET
8 5 (0.34%) Oracle Fusion
8 5 (0.34%) Web Services
9 4 (0.27%) DCOM
9 4 (0.27%) FHIR
9 4 (0.27%) Gherkin
9 4 (0.27%) HTML
9 4 (0.27%) Middleware
9 4 (0.27%) OpenID
9 4 (0.27%) RESTful
9 4 (0.27%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 119 (8.05%) Product Ownership
2 74 (5.01%) Onboarding
3 37 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
4 36 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
5 35 (2.37%) Analytical Mindset
6 31 (2.10%) Management Information System
7 30 (2.03%) Data Structures
8 29 (1.96%) Fixed Income
8 29 (1.96%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 27 (1.83%) Derivative
10 26 (1.76%) PMI
11 25 (1.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 23 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
13 18 (1.22%) Credit Risk
13 18 (1.22%) Equities
14 16 (1.08%) Data Centre
14 16 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
15 15 (1.01%) Mobile App
15 15 (1.01%) Reinsurance
16 13 (0.88%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.01%) Linux
2 10 (0.68%) Windows
3 6 (0.41%) VMS
4 2 (0.14%) Android
4 2 (0.14%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.068%) AIX
5 1 (0.068%) Solaris
5 1 (0.068%) Unix
5 1 (0.068%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 554 (37.48%) Agile
2 446 (30.18%) Business Analysis
3 445 (30.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 368 (24.90%) Requirements Gathering
5 314 (21.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 292 (19.76%) Workshop Facilitation
7 280 (18.94%) User Stories
8 245 (16.58%) Problem-Solving
9 207 (14.01%) User Acceptance Testing
10 195 (13.19%) Migration
11 148 (10.01%) Data Analysis
12 142 (9.61%) Scrum
13 130 (8.80%) Process Improvement
14 128 (8.66%) Waterfall
15 127 (8.59%) Decision-Making
16 118 (7.98%) GAP Analysis
17 117 (7.92%) Project Delivery
18 116 (7.85%) Analytics
19 111 (7.51%) Business Intelligence
19 111 (7.51%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 197 (13.33%) SQL
2 50 (3.38%) Python
3 10 (0.68%) C#
4 8 (0.54%) JavaScript
5 7 (0.47%) Korn
6 5 (0.34%) Java
6 5 (0.34%) R
6 5 (0.34%) VBA
7 1 (0.068%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.068%) C++
7 1 (0.068%) COBOL
7 1 (0.068%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.068%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.068%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 150 (10.15%) Degree
2 116 (7.85%) Security Cleared
3 93 (6.29%) SC Cleared
4 49 (3.32%) CBAP
5 32 (2.17%) PMI Certification
6 20 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (0.95%) IIBA
9 13 (0.88%) Master's Degree
10 12 (0.81%) CSPO
11 9 (0.61%) ISEB
12 8 (0.54%) DV Cleared
12 8 (0.54%) PMP
13 7 (0.47%) CFA
14 6 (0.41%) ACCA
15 4 (0.27%) CIMA
16 3 (0.20%) AWS Certification
16 3 (0.20%) MBA
17 2 (0.14%) DBS Check
17 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (5.62%) QA
2 68 (4.60%) Data Quality
3 49 (3.32%) GDPR
4 28 (1.89%) MiFID
5 20 (1.35%) EMIR
6 16 (1.08%) PSD2
7 15 (1.01%) GRC
8 14 (0.95%) ISO 20022
9 10 (0.68%) Accessibility
9 10 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 10 (0.68%) NIST
9 10 (0.68%) PCI DSS
9 10 (0.68%) SEPA
10 9 (0.61%) PMO
11 8 (0.54%) ISO 8583
12 7 (0.47%) Basel III
12 7 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 6 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.27%) HL7
System Software
1 10 (0.68%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.068%) Docker
2 1 (0.068%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.068%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.068%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (0.88%) Ansible
2 9 (0.61%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.20%) Terraform
5 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.14%) SCCM
5 2 (0.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 137 (9.27%) Microsoft
2 92 (6.22%) Salesforce
3 66 (4.47%) SAP
4 51 (3.45%) Oracle
5 36 (2.44%) ServiceNow
6 25 (1.69%) Murex
7 19 (1.29%) OpenLink
8 18 (1.22%) Google
9 14 (0.95%) Bloomberg
10 13 (0.88%) Adobe
10 13 (0.88%) MuleSoft
11 11 (0.74%) OneTrust
11 11 (0.74%) Workday
12 10 (0.68%) Guidewire
12 10 (0.68%) Sonatype
13 9 (0.61%) CyberArk
14 8 (0.54%) Pega
14 8 (0.54%) Temenos
15 7 (0.47%) Atlassian
15 7 (0.47%) Avaloq