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 18 March 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 45 40
Rank change year-on-year -1 -5 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,672 1,113 1,733
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.53% 4.54% 4.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.92% 4.88% 4.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,196 811 1,281
10th Percentile £350 £363 £400
25th Percentile £413 £434 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% +1.52%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £630
90th Percentile £700 £756 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +1.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 14 7
10th Percentile £25.00 - -
25th Percentile £41.83 £25.26 £20.77
Median hourly rate £65.00 £40.81 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.29% -22.28% -9.48%
75th Percentile £81.50 £55.63 £68.78
90th Percentile £90.25 £74.25 £72.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £34.68 £50.00
% change year-on-year +87.43% -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 33,982 22,808 35,149
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.00% 93.08% 92.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,431 15,062 23,531
10th Percentile £311 £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 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,232 782 2,275
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.45 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% -23.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £59.00
90th Percentile £76.58 £77.50 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £35.91 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +10.49% - -23.29%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 1,022 £525 -8.70% 136
North of England +7 249 £425 - 97
Midlands -2 146 £464 -6.08% 64
Yorkshire +3 121 £475 +5.56% 41
South East -20 113 £500 +2.56% 93
West Midlands -2 112 £475 -5.00% 37
North West -14 112 £400 - 33
South West +19 95 £469 -3.79% 36
North East +12 32 £425 +6.25% 25
East Midlands -26 32 £401 +0.38% 27
East of England -21 22 £481 +1.32% 25
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 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.

1 580 (34.69%) Agile
2 543 (32.48%) Stakeholder Management
3 504 (30.14%) Business Analysis
4 454 (27.15%) Requirements Gathering
5 395 (23.62%) Workshop Facilitation
6 381 (22.79%) User Stories
7 365 (21.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 266 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
9 261 (15.61%) JIRA
10 255 (15.25%) User Acceptance Testing
11 245 (14.65%) Migration
12 236 (14.11%) Security Cleared
13 213 (12.74%) Acceptance Criteria
14 202 (12.08%) Confluence
15 201 (12.02%) SC Cleared
16 195 (11.66%) SQL
17 158 (9.45%) Process Improvement
18 157 (9.39%) Data Analysis
19 152 (9.09%) Degree
19 152 (9.09%) Microsoft
20 142 (8.49%) Scrum
21 140 (8.37%) Decision-Making
22 139 (8.31%) Data Modelling
23 138 (8.25%) GAP Analysis
24 137 (8.19%) Validation
25 132 (7.89%) MS Visio
26 126 (7.54%) Project Delivery
27 123 (7.36%) DevOps
28 121 (7.24%) Power Platform
29 119 (7.12%) Business Intelligence

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
1 202 (12.08%) Confluence
2 28 (1.67%) SharePoint
3 16 (0.96%) SAS
4 5 (0.30%) CMS
5 4 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.060%) Appian
7 1 (0.060%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.060%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 132 (7.89%) MS Visio
2 116 (6.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 66 (3.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 53 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.24%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.24%) Notion
7 2 (0.12%) Autodesk Inventor
7 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.12%) Trello
8 1 (0.060%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.060%) CATIA
8 1 (0.060%) Sketch
8 1 (0.060%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 22 (1.32%) Endur
2 19 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (1.08%) Aladdin
3 18 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
4 15 (0.90%) Payment Gateway
5 9 (0.54%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.30%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 5 (0.30%) Temenos T24
7 4 (0.24%) Actimize
7 4 (0.24%) Adobe Campaign
7 4 (0.24%) Fidessa
7 4 (0.24%) Loan IQ
7 4 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (0.24%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.24%) SAP HR
8 3 (0.18%) Bloomberg TOMS
8 3 (0.18%) Eloqua
8 3 (0.18%) NEC Housing
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 3 (0.18%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 121 (7.24%) Power Platform
2 115 (6.88%) Azure
3 68 (4.07%) AWS
4 39 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
5 31 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
6 25 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
7 23 (1.38%) GitHub
8 22 (1.32%) SaaS
9 19 (1.14%) Lucidchart
10 17 (1.02%) GCP
10 17 (1.02%) Miro
10 17 (1.02%) Snowflake
11 15 (0.90%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 12 (0.72%) Power Automate
13 11 (0.66%) PowerApps
14 9 (0.54%) Figma
15 8 (0.48%) Entra ID
15 8 (0.48%) Microsoft Copilot
15 8 (0.48%) Microsoft Purview
16 7 (0.42%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.30%) Network Security
2 3 (0.18%) Firewall
2 3 (0.18%) Internet
3 2 (0.12%) Broadband
3 2 (0.12%) Cisco IPT
3 2 (0.12%) Intranet
3 2 (0.12%) NAS
3 2 (0.12%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.12%) WAN
3 2 (0.12%) X.25
4 1 (0.060%) DNS
4 1 (0.060%) LAN
4 1 (0.060%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (5.92%) Power BI
2 40 (2.39%) Data Warehouse
3 35 (2.09%) Tableau
4 21 (1.26%) Metadata
5 11 (0.66%) Relational Database
6 9 (0.54%) SQL Server
7 6 (0.36%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.30%) Big Data
8 5 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
8 5 (0.30%) Oracle Database
9 4 (0.24%) Amazon Athena
9 4 (0.24%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.18%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.18%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (0.18%) Power Query
10 3 (0.18%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.18%) SAP BW
11 2 (0.12%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 261 (15.61%) JIRA
2 21 (1.26%) Jenkins
3 20 (1.20%) Sonatype Nexus
4 8 (0.48%) Postman
5 5 (0.30%) Balsamiq
6 3 (0.18%) Toad
7 2 (0.12%) Browser DevTools
7 2 (0.12%) Charles Proxy
7 2 (0.12%) Fiddler
7 2 (0.12%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.060%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.060%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.060%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.060%) Gemini Tracker
8 1 (0.060%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.060%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 617 (36.90%) Social Skills
2 582 (34.81%) Finance
3 392 (23.44%) Analytical Skills
4 262 (15.67%) Banking
5 169 (10.11%) Public Sector
6 127 (7.60%) Documentation Skills
7 65 (3.89%) Retail
8 63 (3.77%) Front Office
9 57 (3.41%) Investment Banking
9 57 (3.41%) Legal
10 55 (3.29%) Influencing Skills
11 51 (3.05%) Presentation Skills
12 38 (2.27%) Marketing
12 38 (2.27%) Telecoms
13 31 (1.85%) Back Office
14 28 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
15 25 (1.50%) Local Government
16 24 (1.44%) Financial Institution
17 15 (0.90%) Law
17 15 (0.90%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (2.15%) REST
2 27 (1.61%) XML
3 18 (1.08%) JSON
3 18 (1.08%) SOAP
4 13 (0.78%) ADO
5 12 (0.72%) Swagger
6 11 (0.66%) OAuth
7 10 (0.60%) SailPoint
8 9 (0.54%) FHIR
9 8 (0.48%) Oracle Fusion
9 8 (0.48%) VML
10 7 (0.42%) JWT
10 7 (0.42%) OpenAPI
10 7 (0.42%) SAML
11 6 (0.36%) Middleware
12 5 (0.30%) .NET
13 4 (0.24%) HTML
13 4 (0.24%) RESTful
14 3 (0.18%) Murex MxML
14 3 (0.18%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 140 (8.37%) Product Ownership
2 57 (3.41%) Onboarding
3 40 (2.39%) Data Protection Act
4 38 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
4 38 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
5 35 (2.09%) Fixed Income
6 33 (1.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 31 (1.85%) Derivative
8 25 (1.50%) PMI
9 24 (1.44%) Data Structures
9 24 (1.44%) Management Information System
9 24 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
10 22 (1.32%) NHS
11 21 (1.26%) Credit Risk
12 20 (1.20%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 19 (1.14%) Equities
14 18 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
15 12 (0.72%) Hedge funds
15 12 (0.72%) Reference Data
16 11 (0.66%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 16 (0.96%) Linux
2 12 (0.72%) Windows
3 5 (0.30%) Apple iOS
3 5 (0.30%) VMS
4 4 (0.24%) Unix
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 (0.060%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 580 (34.69%) Agile
2 543 (32.48%) Stakeholder Management
3 504 (30.14%) Business Analysis
4 454 (27.15%) Requirements Gathering
5 395 (23.62%) Workshop Facilitation
6 381 (22.79%) User Stories
7 365 (21.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 266 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
9 255 (15.25%) User Acceptance Testing
10 245 (14.65%) Migration
11 213 (12.74%) Acceptance Criteria
12 158 (9.45%) Process Improvement
13 157 (9.39%) Data Analysis
14 142 (8.49%) Scrum
15 140 (8.37%) Decision-Making
16 139 (8.31%) Data Modelling
17 138 (8.25%) GAP Analysis
18 137 (8.19%) Validation
19 126 (7.54%) Project Delivery
20 123 (7.36%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 195 (11.66%) SQL
2 42 (2.51%) Python
3 10 (0.60%) Korn
4 7 (0.42%) JavaScript
5 5 (0.30%) Java
6 4 (0.24%) R
6 4 (0.24%) VBA
7 3 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.12%) C#
8 2 (0.12%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.060%) C++
9 1 (0.060%) COBOL
9 1 (0.060%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 236 (14.11%) Security Cleared
2 201 (12.02%) SC Cleared
3 152 (9.09%) Degree
4 57 (3.41%) CBAP
5 42 (2.51%) BPSS Clearance
5 42 (2.51%) IIBA
6 35 (2.09%) PMI Certification
7 15 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (0.90%) PMP
8 13 (0.78%) ISEB
9 11 (0.66%) CSPO
9 11 (0.66%) Master's Degree
10 7 (0.42%) CFA
11 6 (0.36%) DV Cleared
12 5 (0.30%) MBA
13 4 (0.24%) ACCA
14 3 (0.18%) AWS Certification
14 3 (0.18%) CIMA
15 2 (0.12%) AAT
15 2 (0.12%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (5.62%) QA
2 79 (4.72%) Data Quality
3 48 (2.87%) GDPR
4 22 (1.32%) MiFID
5 17 (1.02%) Accessibility
5 17 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 16 (0.96%) EMIR
6 16 (0.96%) NIST
7 13 (0.78%) GRC
7 13 (0.78%) PSD2
8 12 (0.72%) ISO 8583
9 11 (0.66%) PCI DSS
10 10 (0.60%) ISO 20022
10 10 (0.60%) PMO
11 9 (0.54%) HL7
12 8 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 7 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.36%) SEPA
15 5 (0.30%) Basel III
System Software
1 7 (0.42%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.060%) Docker
2 1 (0.060%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.060%) RACF
2 1 (0.060%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (1.26%) Ansible
2 6 (0.36%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.12%) Terraform
5 1 (0.060%) Control-M
5 1 (0.060%) Grafana
5 1 (0.060%) Kibana
5 1 (0.060%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.060%) SCCM
Vendors
1 152 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 95 (5.68%) Salesforce
3 78 (4.67%) SAP
4 52 (3.11%) Oracle
5 47 (2.81%) ServiceNow
6 34 (2.03%) Murex
7 23 (1.38%) Bloomberg
8 19 (1.14%) Sonatype
9 17 (1.02%) Adobe
10 16 (0.96%) Workday
11 14 (0.84%) Databricks
12 13 (0.78%) Pega
13 12 (0.72%) Google
14 10 (0.60%) Avaloq
14 10 (0.60%) Guidewire
14 10 (0.60%) MuleSoft
14 10 (0.60%) Splunk
15 8 (0.48%) OneTrust
15 8 (0.48%) Refinitiv
16 7 (0.42%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud