Business Change Business Analyst Contract Job Trends

Business Analyst - Business Change
UK

The median Business Analyst - Business Change daily rate in the UK is £569, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 698 548 563
Rank change year-on-year -150 +15 +62
Contract jobs requiring a Business Change Business Analyst 4 5 6
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.007% 0.015% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.017% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 3
10th Percentile £413 £388 £585
25th Percentile £457 £444 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £563 £625
Median % change year-on-year +1.16% -10.00% +21.95%
75th Percentile £717 £653 -
90th Percentile £782 £681 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £388 £488 -
% change year-on-year -20.41% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 50,556 30,128 35,360
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.16% 90.91% 92.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,767 19,028 21,436
10th Percentile £325 £278 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £636 £623 £638
90th Percentile £736 £725 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,987 1,619 1,546
10th Percentile £14.45 £13.75 £14.85
25th Percentile £19.78 £17.27 £20.75
Median hourly rate £41.74 £25.15 £42.96
Median % change year-on-year +65.94% -41.45% -3.47%
75th Percentile £67.50 £51.13 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £68.31 £74.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.00 £25.08 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.50% -41.69% -2.27%

Business Change Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Business Change Business Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Business Change Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Change Business Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Change Business Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Business Change Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Change Business Analyst over the 6 months to 3 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Change Business Analyst in the UK

Business Change Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Change Business Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Change Business Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Business Change Business Analyst
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Change Business Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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
England -126 4 £569 +1.16% 9
London -73 3 £750 +25.00% 4
East Midlands -17 1 £388 +10.86%
Midlands -49 1 £388 +10.86%
Work from Home -70 1 £750 - 5
UK excluding London -122 1 £388 -20.41% 6

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

For the 6 months to 3 October 2026, Business Change 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 featuring Business Change Business Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Change Management
2 2 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) ERP
2 2 (50.00%) Impact Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) SAP
2 2 (50.00%) SAP HR
2 2 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (50.00%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Backlog Management
3 1 (25.00%) Backlog Refinement
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Business Case
3 1 (25.00%) Confluence
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Journey Map
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Emotional Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Epics
3 1 (25.00%) Feasibility Study
3 1 (25.00%) JIRA
3 1 (25.00%) Journey Map
3 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared

Business Change Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (25.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) SAP HR
1 2 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) SuccessFactors
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Law
3 1 (25.00%) Police
3 1 (25.00%) Retail
3 1 (25.00%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Change Management
2 2 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 2 (50.00%) ERP
2 2 (50.00%) Impact Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (50.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (25.00%) Backlog Management
3 1 (25.00%) Backlog Refinement
3 1 (25.00%) Business Case
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Emotional Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Epics
3 1 (25.00%) Feasibility Study
3 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
3 1 (25.00%) Wireframes
3 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) SAP