Retail Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

Business Analyst - Retail (Retail BA)
UK > England

The median Business Analyst - Retail (Retail BA) daily rate in England is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2026.

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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 577 454 528
Rank change year-on-year -123 +74 +104
Contract jobs requiring a Retail Business Analyst 5 15 5
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.012% 0.062% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.067% 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 11 5
10th Percentile £178 £409 £417
25th Percentile £361 £430 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile £509 £484 £525
90th Percentile £526 £544 £533
UK median daily rate £500 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +11.11% -7.69% -3.70%

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 37,960 22,434 33,770
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 92.38% 92.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,575 14,905 22,421
10th Percentile £319 £295 £283
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.44% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £644
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,608 926 2,442
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.79 £18.50 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £36.92
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -18.73% -17.97%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.19 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £42.69 £28.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +52.45% -23.29% -18.89%

Retail Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Retail Business Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Retail Business Analyst job vacancy trend in England

Retail Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Retail Business Analyst job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Retail Business Analyst job vacancies in England

Retail Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Retail Business Analyst in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Retail Business Analyst in England

Retail Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Retail Business Analyst job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Retail Business Analyst job vacancies in England

Retail 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 Retail Business Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 20 May 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 -63 4 £475 +5.56% 1
South East -65 1 £525 -2.33%
Retail Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 2026, Retail 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 Retail Business Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 2 (40.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Customer Experience
2 2 (40.00%) E-Commerce
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (40.00%) SAP
2 2 (40.00%) Scrum
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) User Stories
3 1 (20.00%) ACCA
3 1 (20.00%) Adobe
3 1 (20.00%) AI
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (20.00%) Backlog Management
3 1 (20.00%) BPMN
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Business Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) CIMA
3 1 (20.00%) Confluence
3 1 (20.00%) Content Management
3 1 (20.00%) CRM
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (20.00%) Epics
3 1 (20.00%) ERP
3 1 (20.00%) GAP Analysis

Retail 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 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (20.00%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (20.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (20.00%) PowerApps
1 1 (20.00%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (100.00%) Retail
2 2 (40.00%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) AI Agents
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (20.00%) Low-Code
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 2 (40.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Customer Experience
2 2 (40.00%) E-Commerce
2 2 (40.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (40.00%) Scrum
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) User Stories
3 1 (20.00%) AI
3 1 (20.00%) Business Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Content Management
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (20.00%) Integration Patterns
3 1 (20.00%) Order Management
3 1 (20.00%) Prototyping
3 1 (20.00%) Story Mapping
3 1 (20.00%) Swim Lanes
3 1 (20.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) ACCA
1 1 (20.00%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Adobe
2 1 (20.00%) Salesforce