Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

Business Analyst (BA)
UK > England

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in England is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 41 51
Rank change year-on-year -19 +10 -16
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,746 1,421 1,277
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.75% 5.09% 3.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.07% 5.57% 4.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,143 987 960
10th Percentile £363 £350 £363
25th Percentile £429 £413 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -1.69%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £675 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £518
% change year-on-year - -3.38% -1.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 7 9
10th Percentile £29.73 £27.05 £38.72
25th Percentile £35.40 £29.35 £41.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £31.49 £66.50
Median % change year-on-year +90.54% -52.65% +10.83%
75th Percentile £76.75 £34.45 £75.00
90th Percentile £104.00 £57.10 £83.00
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £32.89 £50.00
% change year-on-year +82.43% -34.22% -12.28%

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 42,912 25,497 30,028
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.18% 91.25% 93.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,400 16,457 18,407
10th Percentile £325 £278 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.11%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £727 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,611 1,389 1,358
10th Percentile £14.65 £13.80 £15.00
25th Percentile £20.50 £17.33 £21.37
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% -0.46%
75th Percentile £67.84 £52.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £79.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.74 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +65.94% -41.51% -2.82%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 1 October 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 -15 1,013 £525 -8.70% 492
North of England -20 250 £473 +11.18% 181
South East -5 180 £500 +2.56% 146
Midlands -8 168 £450 +20.00% 120
West Midlands +22 132 £450 -5.26% 78
North West -28 110 £450 +5.63% 92
Yorkshire -18 102 £469 +15.03% 63
South West +7 85 £480 +5.49% 57
North East -13 39 £525 +31.09% 26
East Midlands -28 35 £463 +29.19% 42
East of England -23 28 £450 - 46
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 October 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.

1 683 (39.12%) Stakeholder Management
2 636 (36.43%) Business Analysis
3 598 (34.25%) Requirements Gathering
4 561 (32.13%) Agile
5 521 (29.84%) Workshop Facilitation
6 463 (26.52%) User Stories
7 343 (19.64%) User Acceptance Testing
8 338 (19.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 297 (17.01%) Acceptance Criteria
10 235 (13.46%) Problem-Solving
11 212 (12.14%) Process Improvement
12 208 (11.91%) JIRA
13 205 (11.74%) Validation
14 199 (11.40%) Migration
15 197 (11.28%) SQL
16 189 (10.82%) AI
17 182 (10.42%) Microsoft
18 176 (10.08%) Data Analysis
19 174 (9.97%) Decision-Making
20 155 (8.88%) Data Modelling
21 149 (8.53%) Azure
21 149 (8.53%) Degree
21 149 (8.53%) Security Cleared
22 148 (8.48%) Requirements Workshops
23 144 (8.25%) Confluence
24 135 (7.73%) Scrum
25 128 (7.33%) Impact Assessments
26 127 (7.27%) GAP Analysis
27 126 (7.22%) Project Delivery
28 121 (6.93%) Data Quality

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
1 144 (8.25%) Confluence
2 24 (1.37%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.46%) CMS
4 4 (0.23%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.17%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.11%) Apache
6 2 (0.11%) Appian
6 2 (0.11%) SAS
7 1 (0.057%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.057%) Camunda
7 1 (0.057%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.057%) Moodle
7 1 (0.057%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.057%) PowerExchange
7 1 (0.057%) Totara
Applications
1 86 (4.93%) MS Visio
2 63 (3.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 32 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
4 21 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.23%) Notion
7 2 (0.11%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.057%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.057%) Trello
Business Applications
1 34 (1.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 29 (1.66%) SAP S/4HANA
3 16 (0.92%) Salesforce CRM
4 10 (0.57%) Endur
4 10 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
5 9 (0.52%) Aladdin
5 9 (0.52%) Oracle Receivables
6 8 (0.46%) Maximo
6 8 (0.46%) Oracle General Ledger
7 7 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
8 6 (0.34%) Workday HCM
9 5 (0.29%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.29%) SAP HR
10 4 (0.23%) HFM
10 4 (0.23%) NetSuite
10 4 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
10 4 (0.23%) SAP FI
11 3 (0.17%) Oracle FAH
11 3 (0.17%) PeopleSoft HCM
11 3 (0.17%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 149 (8.53%) Azure
2 111 (6.36%) Power Platform
3 72 (4.12%) Azure DevOps
4 48 (2.75%) AWS
5 47 (2.69%) Dynamics 365
6 32 (1.83%) SaaS
7 25 (1.43%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 24 (1.37%) Lucidchart
9 23 (1.32%) Snowflake
10 20 (1.15%) Microsoft 365
11 19 (1.09%) Miro
11 19 (1.09%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 14 (0.80%) GCP
13 12 (0.69%) Entra ID
13 12 (0.69%) SuccessFactors
14 11 (0.63%) Microsoft Copilot
15 10 (0.57%) Microsoft Purview
15 10 (0.57%) Power Automate
16 9 (0.52%) Azure Data Factory
16 9 (0.52%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.40%) Network Security
2 5 (0.29%) Intranet
3 4 (0.23%) Wireless
4 3 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.11%) 802.11
5 2 (0.11%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (0.11%) PBX
5 2 (0.11%) VoIP
5 2 (0.11%) VPN
5 2 (0.11%) WAN
5 2 (0.11%) Wireless Security
5 2 (0.11%) WLAN
6 1 (0.057%) CTI
6 1 (0.057%) DNS
6 1 (0.057%) HTTP
6 1 (0.057%) LAN
6 1 (0.057%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.057%) SNMP
6 1 (0.057%) SSL
6 1 (0.057%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (5.44%) Power BI
2 42 (2.41%) Metadata
3 32 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (1.03%) Tableau
5 16 (0.92%) Data Lake
6 8 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
6 8 (0.46%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.34%) Data Mining
7 6 (0.34%) GIS
7 6 (0.34%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 6 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (0.23%) Looker
8 4 (0.23%) SQL Server
9 3 (0.17%) Big Data
9 3 (0.17%) Electronic Patient Records
9 3 (0.17%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.17%) Power Query
9 3 (0.17%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 208 (11.91%) JIRA
2 3 (0.17%) Balsamiq
3 2 (0.11%) Eclipse
3 2 (0.11%) GitLab
3 2 (0.11%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.057%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.057%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.057%) SonarQube
General
1 612 (35.05%) Finance
2 575 (32.93%) Social Skills
3 387 (22.16%) Analytical Skills
4 243 (13.92%) Banking
5 141 (8.08%) Public Sector
6 138 (7.90%) Documentation Skills
7 106 (6.07%) Retail
8 88 (5.04%) Front Office
9 63 (3.61%) Investment Banking
10 62 (3.55%) Legal
11 49 (2.81%) Influencing Skills
11 49 (2.81%) Manufacturing
12 40 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
13 33 (1.89%) Back Office
14 31 (1.78%) Local Government
15 30 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
16 28 (1.60%) Financial Institution
17 26 (1.49%) Billing
17 26 (1.49%) Marketing
18 25 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.49%) Oracle Fusion
2 16 (0.92%) Middleware
3 15 (0.86%) JSON
4 14 (0.80%) 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%) OpenAPI
8 4 (0.23%) STL
8 4 (0.23%) Swagger
9 3 (0.17%) EDI
9 3 (0.17%) FIX Protocol
9 3 (0.17%) NumPy
9 3 (0.17%) Pandas
9 3 (0.17%) VML
10 2 (0.11%) REST
10 2 (0.11%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 167 (9.56%) Product Ownership
2 89 (5.10%) Onboarding
3 51 (2.92%) Derivative
4 43 (2.46%) Data Protection Act
5 36 (2.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 35 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
7 34 (1.95%) Analytical Mindset
8 33 (1.89%) Data Structures
9 29 (1.66%) Fixed Income
10 26 (1.49%) Management Information System
11 24 (1.37%) Reference Data
12 21 (1.20%) Operational Technology
13 18 (1.03%) Equities
14 17 (0.97%) Credit Risk
14 17 (0.97%) Taxonomies
15 16 (0.92%) Hedge funds
15 16 (0.92%) Market Risk
15 16 (0.92%) NHS
16 15 (0.86%) FMCG
17 14 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 16 (0.92%) Windows
2 4 (0.23%) Android
3 3 (0.17%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.057%) Linux
4 1 (0.057%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 683 (39.12%) Stakeholder Management
2 636 (36.43%) Business Analysis
3 598 (34.25%) Requirements Gathering
4 561 (32.13%) Agile
5 521 (29.84%) Workshop Facilitation
6 463 (26.52%) User Stories
7 343 (19.64%) User Acceptance Testing
8 338 (19.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 297 (17.01%) Acceptance Criteria
10 235 (13.46%) Problem-Solving
11 212 (12.14%) Process Improvement
12 205 (11.74%) Validation
13 199 (11.40%) Migration
14 189 (10.82%) AI
15 176 (10.08%) Data Analysis
16 174 (9.97%) Decision-Making
17 155 (8.88%) Data Modelling
18 148 (8.48%) Requirements Workshops
19 135 (7.73%) Scrum
20 128 (7.33%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 197 (11.28%) SQL
2 29 (1.66%) Python
3 15 (0.86%) Korn
4 9 (0.52%) Java
5 5 (0.29%) PL/SQL
6 3 (0.17%) R
7 2 (0.11%) C#
7 2 (0.11%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.057%) ABAP
8 1 (0.057%) C
8 1 (0.057%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.057%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.057%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.057%) Ruby
8 1 (0.057%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.057%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 149 (8.53%) Degree
1 149 (8.53%) Security Cleared
2 117 (6.70%) SC Cleared
3 42 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
4 34 (1.95%) IIBA
5 29 (1.66%) CBAP
6 26 (1.49%) PMI Certification
7 23 (1.32%) ACCA
8 22 (1.26%) CIMA
9 16 (0.92%) PMP
10 12 (0.69%) DV Cleared
10 12 (0.69%) FFIEC
11 10 (0.57%) ISEB
12 8 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (0.40%) ISTQB
14 6 (0.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 5 (0.29%) CSPO
16 4 (0.23%) Master's Degree
16 4 (0.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 3 (0.17%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (6.93%) Data Quality
2 88 (5.04%) QA
3 23 (1.32%) GDPR
4 22 (1.26%) NIST
5 17 (0.97%) MiFID
6 15 (0.86%) Accessibility
7 14 (0.80%) IFRS
8 12 (0.69%) COBIT
8 12 (0.69%) GRC
8 12 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 12 (0.69%) PMO
9 10 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
9 10 (0.57%) EMIR
9 10 (0.57%) ISO 20022
10 6 (0.34%) Basel III
10 6 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.29%) SEPA
12 4 (0.23%) FINREP
12 4 (0.23%) ISO 15022
13 3 (0.17%) HL7
System Software
1 14 (0.80%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (0.17%) HP ALM
1 3 (0.17%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.057%) Autotask
2 1 (0.057%) Grafana
2 1 (0.057%) Kibana
2 1 (0.057%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 182 (10.42%) Microsoft
2 114 (6.53%) SAP
3 105 (6.01%) Salesforce
4 60 (3.44%) Oracle
4 60 (3.44%) ServiceNow
5 32 (1.83%) Murex
6 28 (1.60%) Databricks
7 18 (1.03%) CyberArk
7 18 (1.03%) Workday
8 15 (0.86%) IBM
9 13 (0.74%) Bloomberg
9 13 (0.74%) Guidewire
10 10 (0.57%) Pega
11 8 (0.46%) Charles River
11 8 (0.46%) IFS
11 8 (0.46%) OpenLink
12 7 (0.40%) Ariba
12 7 (0.40%) Infor
12 7 (0.40%) Zscaler
13 6 (0.34%) ION Trading