Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

Business Analyst (BA)
UK > England

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in England is £520, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 40 49
Rank change year-on-year -22 +9 -15
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,735 1,408 1,319
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.76% 5.11% 4.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.08% 5.59% 4.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,141 969 989
10th Percentile £368 £354 £363
25th Percentile £431 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -1.69%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £625
90th Percentile £680 £763 £731
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 7 9
10th Percentile £29.73 £27.05 £28.72
25th Percentile £35.40 £29.35 £40.75
Median hourly rate £60.00 £31.49 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +90.54% -37.02% +5.26%
75th Percentile £76.75 £34.45 £69.75
90th Percentile £104.00 £57.10 £83.00
UK median hourly rate £56.75 £32.89 £42.50
% change year-on-year +72.54% -22.61% -21.30%

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 42,534 25,192 30,524
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.25% 91.35% 93.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,278 16,220 19,013
10th Percentile £325 £278 £300
25th Percentile £425 £401 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -3.67%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,509 1,371 1,458
10th Percentile £14.87 £13.75 £14.56
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £44.46 £25.15 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +76.76% -45.54% +2.62%
75th Percentile £68.00 £53.99 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £71.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -3.37%

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 21 September 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 21 September 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 21 September 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 -16 1,005 £527 -8.43% 628
North of England -20 253 £463 +8.82% 169
South East -6 176 £500 +5.26% 167
Midlands -9 167 £459 +17.56% 85
West Midlands +12 128 £450 -7.69% 52
North West -32 111 £439 +2.03% 91
Yorkshire -14 104 £475 +17.00% 52
South West -3 80 £494 +6.81% 70
North East -16 39 £525 +31.09% 26
East Midlands -22 38 £460 +28.49% 33
East of England -19 30 £463 +2.78% 44
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 September 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.

1 647 (37.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 618 (35.62%) Business Analysis
3 574 (33.08%) Requirements Gathering
4 559 (32.22%) Agile
5 496 (28.59%) Workshop Facilitation
6 453 (26.11%) User Stories
7 334 (19.25%) User Acceptance Testing
8 329 (18.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 289 (16.66%) Acceptance Criteria
10 228 (13.14%) Problem-Solving
11 206 (11.87%) JIRA
12 203 (11.70%) Validation
13 201 (11.59%) Process Improvement
14 193 (11.12%) SQL
15 181 (10.43%) AI
16 179 (10.32%) Migration
17 177 (10.20%) Data Analysis
18 173 (9.97%) Decision-Making
19 172 (9.91%) Microsoft
20 146 (8.41%) Data Modelling
21 143 (8.24%) Degree
21 143 (8.24%) Security Cleared
22 140 (8.07%) Requirements Workshops
23 139 (8.01%) Confluence
24 138 (7.95%) Azure
25 137 (7.90%) Scrum
26 122 (7.03%) Impact Assessments
27 120 (6.92%) GAP Analysis
27 120 (6.92%) Project Delivery
28 116 (6.69%) Translating Business Requirements

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
1 139 (8.01%) Confluence
2 23 (1.33%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.40%) CMS
4 5 (0.29%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.17%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.17%) SAS
6 2 (0.12%) Apache
6 2 (0.12%) Appian
7 1 (0.058%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.058%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.058%) Camunda
7 1 (0.058%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.058%) Moodle
7 1 (0.058%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.058%) PowerExchange
7 1 (0.058%) Totara
Applications
1 88 (5.07%) MS Visio
2 66 (3.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 28 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
4 25 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.23%) Notion
5 4 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.058%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.058%) Trello
Business Applications
1 34 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (1.61%) SAP S/4HANA
3 16 (0.92%) Salesforce CRM
4 10 (0.58%) Aladdin
4 10 (0.58%) Endur
4 10 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
5 9 (0.52%) Oracle General Ledger
5 9 (0.52%) Oracle Receivables
6 8 (0.46%) Maximo
7 7 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.29%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.29%) SAP HR
8 5 (0.29%) Workday HCM
9 4 (0.23%) HFM
9 4 (0.23%) NetSuite
10 3 (0.17%) Fidessa
10 3 (0.17%) Findur
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle Financials
10 3 (0.17%) Primavera
10 3 (0.17%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 138 (7.95%) Azure
2 107 (6.17%) Power Platform
3 62 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
4 47 (2.71%) AWS
5 44 (2.54%) Dynamics 365
6 30 (1.73%) SaaS
7 26 (1.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 20 (1.15%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 20 (1.15%) Snowflake
9 19 (1.10%) Lucidchart
10 17 (0.98%) Microsoft 365
11 16 (0.92%) Miro
12 12 (0.69%) GCP
13 11 (0.63%) Entra ID
13 11 (0.63%) Microsoft Copilot
13 11 (0.63%) SuccessFactors
14 10 (0.58%) Power Automate
15 9 (0.52%) Azure Data Factory
16 8 (0.46%) IBM Blueworks
16 8 (0.46%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.35%) Network Security
2 5 (0.29%) Intranet
3 4 (0.23%) Wireless
4 3 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.12%) 802.11
5 2 (0.12%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (0.12%) VPN
5 2 (0.12%) WAN
5 2 (0.12%) Wireless Security
5 2 (0.12%) WLAN
6 1 (0.058%) 5G
6 1 (0.058%) DNS
6 1 (0.058%) HTTP
6 1 (0.058%) LAN
6 1 (0.058%) PBX
6 1 (0.058%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.058%) SNMP
6 1 (0.058%) SSH
6 1 (0.058%) SSL
6 1 (0.058%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (5.30%) Power BI
2 35 (2.02%) Metadata
3 32 (1.84%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (1.04%) Tableau
5 13 (0.75%) Data Lake
6 8 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
6 8 (0.46%) Relational Database
7 7 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (0.35%) Data Mining
8 6 (0.35%) GIS
8 6 (0.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 6 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.23%) SQL Server
10 3 (0.17%) Big Data
10 3 (0.17%) Electronic Patient Records
10 3 (0.17%) Looker
10 3 (0.17%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.17%) SAP BW
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 206 (11.87%) JIRA
2 2 (0.12%) Balsamiq
2 2 (0.12%) Eclipse
2 2 (0.12%) GitLab
2 2 (0.12%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.058%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.058%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.058%) SonarQube
General
1 618 (35.62%) Finance
2 562 (32.39%) Social Skills
3 386 (22.25%) Analytical Skills
4 245 (14.12%) Banking
5 139 (8.01%) Documentation Skills
6 135 (7.78%) Public Sector
7 111 (6.40%) Retail
8 92 (5.30%) Front Office
9 65 (3.75%) Investment Banking
10 63 (3.63%) Legal
11 48 (2.77%) Influencing Skills
11 48 (2.77%) Manufacturing
12 44 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
13 32 (1.84%) Back Office
13 32 (1.84%) Local Government
14 29 (1.67%) Financial Institution
14 29 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
15 26 (1.50%) Billing
15 26 (1.50%) Marketing
16 23 (1.33%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.50%) Oracle Fusion
2 15 (0.86%) Middleware
3 14 (0.81%) JSON
4 13 (0.75%) XML
5 11 (0.63%) ADO
6 7 (0.40%) SailPoint
7 5 (0.29%) Terraform
8 4 (0.23%) 802.1X
8 4 (0.23%) FHIR
8 4 (0.23%) Gherkin
8 4 (0.23%) NumPy
8 4 (0.23%) Pandas
8 4 (0.23%) STL
8 4 (0.23%) VML
9 3 (0.17%) FIX Protocol
9 3 (0.17%) OpenAPI
9 3 (0.17%) Swagger
10 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Graph
10 2 (0.12%) REST
10 2 (0.12%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 175 (10.09%) Product Ownership
2 85 (4.90%) Onboarding
3 54 (3.11%) Derivative
4 44 (2.54%) Data Protection Act
5 37 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
6 35 (2.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 31 (1.79%) Data Structures
8 30 (1.73%) Fixed Income
8 30 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
9 26 (1.50%) Management Information System
10 22 (1.27%) Operational Technology
11 21 (1.21%) Credit Risk
12 20 (1.15%) Reference Data
13 19 (1.10%) Equities
14 18 (1.04%) FMCG
14 18 (1.04%) Market Risk
15 17 (0.98%) Hedge funds
16 16 (0.92%) NHS
17 13 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
17 13 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 16 (0.92%) Windows
2 4 (0.23%) Android
3 3 (0.17%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.058%) Linux
4 1 (0.058%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 647 (37.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 618 (35.62%) Business Analysis
3 574 (33.08%) Requirements Gathering
4 559 (32.22%) Agile
5 496 (28.59%) Workshop Facilitation
6 453 (26.11%) User Stories
7 334 (19.25%) User Acceptance Testing
8 329 (18.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 289 (16.66%) Acceptance Criteria
10 228 (13.14%) Problem-Solving
11 203 (11.70%) Validation
12 201 (11.59%) Process Improvement
13 181 (10.43%) AI
14 179 (10.32%) Migration
15 177 (10.20%) Data Analysis
16 173 (9.97%) Decision-Making
17 146 (8.41%) Data Modelling
18 140 (8.07%) Requirements Workshops
19 137 (7.90%) Scrum
20 122 (7.03%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 193 (11.12%) SQL
2 30 (1.73%) Python
3 14 (0.81%) Korn
4 8 (0.46%) Java
5 4 (0.23%) PL/SQL
6 3 (0.17%) R
7 2 (0.12%) VBA
8 1 (0.058%) ABAP
8 1 (0.058%) C
8 1 (0.058%) C#
8 1 (0.058%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.058%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.058%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.058%) Ruby
8 1 (0.058%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.058%) SOQL
8 1 (0.058%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 143 (8.24%) Degree
1 143 (8.24%) Security Cleared
2 113 (6.51%) SC Cleared
3 40 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
4 34 (1.96%) IIBA
5 26 (1.50%) CBAP
6 24 (1.38%) PMI Certification
7 23 (1.33%) ACCA
8 22 (1.27%) CIMA
9 16 (0.92%) PMP
10 12 (0.69%) DV Cleared
10 12 (0.69%) FFIEC
11 10 (0.58%) ISEB
12 8 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (0.40%) ISTQB
14 6 (0.35%) CSPO
14 6 (0.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 4 (0.23%) Master's Degree
15 4 (0.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 3 (0.17%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (6.40%) Data Quality
2 89 (5.13%) QA
3 25 (1.44%) GDPR
4 23 (1.33%) NIST
5 17 (0.98%) MiFID
6 14 (0.81%) IFRS
6 14 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (0.69%) Accessibility
7 12 (0.69%) COBIT
7 12 (0.69%) GRC
8 11 (0.63%) EMIR
8 11 (0.63%) PMO
9 10 (0.58%) ISO 20022
10 8 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
11 7 (0.40%) Basel III
12 6 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.29%) SEPA
14 4 (0.23%) FINREP
14 4 (0.23%) ISO 15022
15 3 (0.17%) COREP
System Software
1 13 (0.75%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.12%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (0.17%) HP ALM
1 3 (0.17%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.058%) Autotask
2 1 (0.058%) Control-M
2 1 (0.058%) Grafana
2 1 (0.058%) Kibana
Vendors
1 172 (9.91%) Microsoft
2 112 (6.46%) Salesforce
2 112 (6.46%) SAP
3 60 (3.46%) Oracle
3 60 (3.46%) ServiceNow
4 33 (1.90%) Murex
5 21 (1.21%) Databricks
6 18 (1.04%) Workday
7 17 (0.98%) CyberArk
8 15 (0.86%) IBM
9 13 (0.75%) Bloomberg
9 13 (0.75%) Guidewire
10 9 (0.52%) Pega
11 8 (0.46%) Charles River
11 8 (0.46%) IFS
11 8 (0.46%) OpenLink
12 7 (0.40%) Infor
12 7 (0.40%) Zscaler
13 6 (0.35%) Ariba
13 6 (0.35%) Informatica