IT Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

IT Business Analyst (IT BA)
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Business Analyst (IT BA) daily rate in the UK excluding London is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 390 331 359
Rank change year-on-year -59 +28 +92
Contract jobs requiring an IT Business Analyst 11 19 37
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.060% 0.13% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.066% 0.14% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 15 29
10th Percentile £381 £430 £411
25th Percentile £416 £472 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £513 £528 £538
90th Percentile £528 £588 £575
UK median daily rate £500 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £57.66 -
UK median hourly rate - £57.66 -

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 16,552 13,292 18,225
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.37% 92.34% 93.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,214 7,875 11,830
10th Percentile £213 £213 £213
25th Percentile £375 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,639 745 1,302
10th Percentile £13.95 £15.28 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.60 £20.26 £18.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £31.76 £46.09
Median % change year-on-year -20.81% -31.09% +78.99%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £71.25 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £26.11 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -19.66% -27.78% +41.02%

IT Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

IT Business Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

IT Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Business Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Business Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London

IT Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Business Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for IT Business Analyst in the UK excluding London

IT Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Business Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Business Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London

IT Business Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Business Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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 -15 4 £500 -6.98% 1
Scotland +8 2 £425 -11.69%
Midlands -42 2 - - 3
South West -9 1 £438 -12.50%
East Midlands -21 1 - - 3
North West -36 1 £365 -27.00%
West Midlands -41 1 - -
North of England -43 1 £365 -27.00% 1
Wales - 1 £438 -
IT Business Analyst
UK

IT Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 2 January 2026, IT 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Business Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (81.82%) Business Analysis
2 6 (54.55%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (27.27%) Logistics
4 3 (27.27%) Migration
4 3 (27.27%) Use Case
4 3 (27.27%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (18.18%) Business Case
5 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
5 2 (18.18%) Prototyping
5 2 (18.18%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (18.18%) Service Management
5 2 (18.18%) Strategic Planning
5 2 (18.18%) UML
5 2 (18.18%) User Stories
5 2 (18.18%) Wireframes
6 1 (9.09%) AI
6 1 (9.09%) Business Continuity
6 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (9.09%) Business Process Mapping
6 1 (9.09%) Business Transformation
6 1 (9.09%) Data Migration
6 1 (9.09%) Data Modelling
6 1 (9.09%) Decision-Making
6 1 (9.09%) Functional Testing
6 1 (9.09%) Information Management
6 1 (9.09%) ITIL
6 1 (9.09%) JIRA
6 1 (9.09%) Journey Map
6 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365

IT Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (9.09%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (9.09%) OCI
1 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 4 (36.36%) Finance
2 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
4 1 (9.09%) Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
4 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 1 (9.09%) Retail
4 1 (9.09%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (9.09%) FMCG
2 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Business Analysis
2 6 (54.55%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (27.27%) Logistics
4 3 (27.27%) Migration
4 3 (27.27%) Use Case
4 3 (27.27%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (18.18%) Business Case
5 2 (18.18%) Prototyping
5 2 (18.18%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (18.18%) Service Management
5 2 (18.18%) Strategic Planning
5 2 (18.18%) UML
5 2 (18.18%) User Stories
5 2 (18.18%) Wireframes
6 1 (9.09%) Decision-Making
6 1 (9.09%) Journey Map
6 1 (9.09%) Storyboarding
6 1 (9.09%) Technology Transformation
6 1 (9.09%) User Journey Map
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle
2 1 (9.09%) Salesforce