Retail Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in London

Business Analyst - Retail (Retail BA)
England > London

The median Business Analyst - Retail (Retail BA) daily rate in London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025.

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

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 372 379 422
Rank change year-on-year +7 +43 +145
Contract jobs requiring a Retail Business Analyst 3 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.022% 0.019% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.021% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile £430 £425 £424
25th Percentile £456 £434 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £460 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -3.16% -9.52%
75th Percentile £550 £482 £503
90th Percentile £580 £489 £516
England median daily rate £533 £460 £488
% change year-on-year +15.76% -5.64% -7.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 12,705 14,579 19,099
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 93.97% 93.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,430 9,421 13,857
10th Percentile £333 £338 £344
25th Percentile £425 £450 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £550 £573
Median % change year-on-year -1.11% -3.93% -0.43%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £795
England median daily rate £510 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 230 152 224
10th Percentile £17.46 £17.25 £18.38
25th Percentile £21.25 £23.80 £21.75
Median hourly rate £26.68 £37.50 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year -28.87% -0.66% +17.05%
75th Percentile £47.50 £58.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.20 £80.75 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% -11.11% +50.00%

Retail Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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 London.

Retail Business Analyst job vacancy trend in London

Retail Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Retail Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Retail Business Analyst in London over the 6 months to 9 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Retail Business Analyst in London

Retail Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Retail Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 9 November 2025, 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 London region featuring Retail Business Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (66.67%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Backlog Management
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Confluence
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 1 (33.33%) Epics
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) Order Management
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) Salesforce
2 1 (33.33%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Shopify
2 1 (33.33%) Supplier Management
2 1 (33.33%) Use Case
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) User Stories

Retail Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (33.33%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Retail
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (33.33%) EPoS
1 1 (33.33%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (66.67%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Backlog Management
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 1 (33.33%) Epics
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Order Management
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Supplier Management
2 1 (33.33%) Use Case
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) User Stories
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe
1 1 (33.33%) Salesforce