Business Systems Analyst Contract Job Trends

Business System Analyst
UK

The median Business System Analyst daily rate in the UK is £563, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 528 504 539
Rank change year-on-year -24 +35 +103
Contract jobs requiring a Business Systems Analyst 51 30 63
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.094% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.10% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 21 41
10th Percentile £411 £413 £406
25th Percentile £475 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £583 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.43% +5.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £641 £688 £615
90th Percentile £700 £738 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £28.80 -
25th Percentile - £29.26 £52.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 £30.26 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year +98.28% -42.91% -15.20%
75th Percentile - £31.02 £53.50
90th Percentile - £31.32 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £30.26 -

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 33,508 29,606 39,607
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.31% 92.68% 93.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,195 18,121 26,431
10th Percentile £300 £291 £281
25th Percentile £405 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £638
90th Percentile £719 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £479 £500
% change year-on-year -0.89% -4.15% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,969 900 1,622
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.52 £14.18
25th Percentile £18.22 £21.05 £19.06
Median hourly rate £26.50 £32.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.46% -26.97% +34.85%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.24 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.46 £73.75 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £31.50 £45.11
% change year-on-year -20.16% -30.16% +67.04%

Business Systems Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Business Systems Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Business Systems Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Business Systems Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Systems Analyst over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Systems Analyst in the UK

Business Systems Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Business Systems Analyst
Top 12 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 Systems Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
England -33 43 £595 +2.15% 13
London +5 29 £625 - 2
Work from Home -1 25 £550 -5.58% 9
UK excluding London -55 14 £500 - 12
West Midlands -30 5 £506 -11.96% 4
Midlands -35 5 £506 -11.96% 4
North of England -47 4 £475 +11.76% 5
North West -30 3 £450 +20.00% 3
South East - 3 £500 - 1
South West -13 2 £450 -20.00% 1
Scotland -2 1 £415 -17.00%
Yorkshire -45 1 £513 +13.89% 2

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

For the 6 months to 9 January 2026, Business Systems 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 Systems Analyst in the job title.

1 23 (45.10%) Agile
2 13 (25.49%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (19.61%) Business Analysis
3 10 (19.61%) Degree
4 9 (17.65%) Azure
4 9 (17.65%) SQL
4 9 (17.65%) User Stories
5 8 (15.69%) Microsoft
5 8 (15.69%) Project Management
5 8 (15.69%) Salesforce
6 7 (13.73%) Business Process Mapping
6 7 (13.73%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (11.76%) Computer Science
7 6 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (11.76%) ERP
7 6 (11.76%) Process Improvement
7 6 (11.76%) Requirements Gathering
7 6 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
8 5 (9.80%) AI
8 5 (9.80%) Data Integration
8 5 (9.80%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 5 (9.80%) Generative AI
8 5 (9.80%) Systems Analysis
8 5 (9.80%) Waterfall
9 4 (7.84%) Acceptance Criteria
9 4 (7.84%) Analytics
9 4 (7.84%) Anthropic Claude
9 4 (7.84%) Azure Certification
9 4 (7.84%) Backlog Management

Business Systems 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 (1.96%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (3.92%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (5.88%) Oracle Payables
1 3 (5.88%) Oracle Receivables
1 3 (5.88%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (3.92%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (3.92%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (3.92%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (1.96%) Elite 3E
3 1 (1.96%) NetSuite
3 1 (1.96%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (1.96%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (1.96%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (1.96%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 9 (17.65%) Azure
2 4 (7.84%) Anthropic Claude
2 4 (7.84%) ChatGPT
3 3 (5.88%) Power Platform
4 2 (3.92%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (3.92%) iPaaS
4 2 (3.92%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.96%) AWS
5 1 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.96%) OCI
5 1 (1.96%) SaaS
5 1 (1.96%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.88%) Power BI
2 2 (3.92%) DB2
2 2 (3.92%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.96%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (1.96%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (5.88%) JIRA
2 1 (1.96%) Eclipse
2 1 (1.96%) Postman
General
1 26 (50.98%) Social Skills
2 17 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (33.33%) Finance
3 5 (9.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (9.80%) Legal
4 4 (7.84%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (7.84%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (5.88%) Manufacturing
5 3 (5.88%) Marketing
5 3 (5.88%) Retail
6 2 (3.92%) General Ledger
6 2 (3.92%) Law
6 2 (3.92%) Local Government
7 1 (1.96%) Banking
7 1 (1.96%) Billing
7 1 (1.96%) Dutch Language
7 1 (1.96%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.96%) German Language
7 1 (1.96%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.84%) LangChain
2 3 (5.88%) Middleware
3 2 (3.92%) REST
4 1 (1.96%) EDI
4 1 (1.96%) JSON
4 1 (1.96%) OpenAPI
4 1 (1.96%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (1.96%) SOAP
4 1 (1.96%) Swagger
4 1 (1.96%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.73%) Management Information System
2 6 (11.76%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (7.84%) AS400
3 4 (7.84%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (7.84%) Product Ownership
4 3 (5.88%) iSeries
5 2 (3.92%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (3.92%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.92%) Reinsurance
6 1 (1.96%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (45.10%) Agile
2 13 (25.49%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (19.61%) Business Analysis
4 9 (17.65%) User Stories
5 8 (15.69%) Project Management
6 7 (13.73%) Business Process Mapping
6 7 (13.73%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (11.76%) Computer Science
7 6 (11.76%) ERP
7 6 (11.76%) Process Improvement
7 6 (11.76%) Requirements Gathering
7 6 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
8 5 (9.80%) AI
8 5 (9.80%) Data Integration
8 5 (9.80%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 5 (9.80%) Generative AI
8 5 (9.80%) Systems Analysis
8 5 (9.80%) Waterfall
9 4 (7.84%) Creative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 9 (17.65%) SQL
2 2 (3.92%) Korn
2 2 (3.92%) PL/SQL
2 2 (3.92%) RPG
Qualifications
1 10 (19.61%) Degree
2 6 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (7.84%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.96%) ISEB
4 1 (1.96%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.96%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.96%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (1.96%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.88%) QA
2 2 (3.92%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 8 (15.69%) Microsoft
1 8 (15.69%) Salesforce
2 4 (7.84%) Oracle
3 2 (3.92%) Guidewire
4 1 (1.96%) BeyondTrust
4 1 (1.96%) CA Agile Central
4 1 (1.96%) CyberArk
4 1 (1.96%) DocuSign
4 1 (1.96%) FNZ
4 1 (1.96%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 1 (1.96%) SAP
4 1 (1.96%) Workday