Business Impact Analysis Contract Job Trends in England

Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Business Impact Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 521 471 509
Rank change year-on-year -50 +38 +176
Contract jobs citing Business Impact Analysis 25 25 48
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.079% 0.091% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.090% 0.10% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 15 34
10th Percentile £171 £176 £463
25th Percentile £173 £379 £518
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £476 £595
Median % change year-on-year -0.21% -20.00% +3.48%
75th Percentile £566 £675 £625
90th Percentile £575 £725 £644
UK median daily rate £475 £476 £575
% change year-on-year -0.21% -17.22% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £20.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £20.00 -

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Business Impact Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 27,843 24,416 31,995
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.51% 88.85% 88.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,784 15,001 21,658
10th Percentile £304 £310 £306
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £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 1,756 802 1,433
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.34 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.90
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -20.27% +23.66%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -23.53% +21.43%

Business Impact Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Business Impact Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Business Impact Analysis job vacancy trend in England

Business Impact Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Business Impact Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Business Impact Analysis

Business Impact Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Impact Analysis in England over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Impact Analysis in England

Business Impact Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Business Impact Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Business Impact Analysis

Business Impact Analysis
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 Impact Analysis within the England region over the 6 months to 4 January 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
South East -16 8 £172 -2.83% 2
North of England -45 8 £500 +29.87% 1
Yorkshire - 8 £500 -
Midlands -39 5 £559 +17.44%
West Midlands -39 5 £559 +17.44%
London -18 4 £563 -13.46% 8
South West -8 1 - -
Business Impact Analysis
UK

Business Impact Analysis
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:

Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (8.00%) MS Visio
General
1 19 (76.00%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 8 (32.00%) Retail
4 6 (24.00%) Legal
5 2 (8.00%) Banking
5 2 (8.00%) Front Office
5 2 (8.00%) Investment Banking
5 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (4.00%) Finance
6 1 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 12 (48.00%) Analyst
2 8 (32.00%) Desktop Analyst
2 8 (32.00%) Desktop Support
2 8 (32.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
2 8 (32.00%) Support Analyst
3 3 (12.00%) Business Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) Business Continuity Specialist
4 2 (8.00%) Lead
4 2 (8.00%) MiFID Business Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) Splunk Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) Chief Security Officer
5 1 (4.00%) Consultant
5 1 (4.00%) Information Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) Information Security Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) Information Security Officer
5 1 (4.00%) Security Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) Security Officer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (32.00%) Management Information System
1 8 (32.00%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (12.00%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (12.00%) Cyberattack
3 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (100.00%) Impact Analysis
2 9 (36.00%) Incident Management
2 9 (36.00%) ITSM
2 9 (36.00%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (36.00%) Service Management
3 8 (32.00%) Customer Service
3 8 (32.00%) Service Delivery
4 7 (28.00%) AI
4 7 (28.00%) ITIL
4 7 (28.00%) Observability
4 7 (28.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 6 (24.00%) Business Continuity
6 5 (20.00%) Incident Response
6 5 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (16.00%) Risk Management
8 3 (12.00%) BCP
8 3 (12.00%) Business Continuity Planning
8 3 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
9 2 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (8.00%) Product Governance
Programming Languages
1 7 (28.00%) Perl
1 7 (28.00%) Python
1 7 (28.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (4.00%) CISM
1 1 (4.00%) CISSP
1 1 (4.00%) CRISC
1 1 (4.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (40.00%) SLA
2 2 (8.00%) GRC
2 2 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (8.00%) MiFID
2 2 (8.00%) NIST
2 2 (8.00%) PMO
3 1 (4.00%) COBIT
3 1 (4.00%) GDPR
3 1 (4.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 9 (36.00%) ServiceNow
2 7 (28.00%) Splunk
3 3 (12.00%) Microsoft