Retail Business Analyst Contract Job Trends

Business Analyst - Retail (Retail BA)
UK

The median Business Analyst - Retail (Retail BA) daily rate in the UK is £516, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 583 512 581
Rank change year-on-year -71 +69 +175
Contract jobs requiring a Retail Business Analyst 5 4 10
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.014% 0.013% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.014% 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 7
10th Percentile £439 £406 £448
25th Percentile £478 £414 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £449 £488
Median % change year-on-year +15.04% -7.95% -7.14%
75th Percentile £590 £488 £525
90th Percentile £663 £522 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £533 £538 £488
% change year-on-year -0.93% +10.26% -9.30%

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 33,229 29,465 40,074
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.31% 92.70% 93.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,002 18,045 26,741
10th Percentile £300 £291 £280
25th Percentile £405 £409 £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 £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,953 888 1,677
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.60 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.22 £18.93
Median hourly rate £26.50 £32.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.46% -23.53% +28.79%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.31 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.60 £73.75 £76.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £31.51 £44.78
% change year-on-year -20.18% -29.63% +65.05%

Retail Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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.

Retail Business Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Retail Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Retail Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Retail Business Analyst over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Retail Business Analyst in the UK

Retail Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Retail 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 Retail Business Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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 -42 5 £516 +15.04%
London -8 3 £500 +14.29%
UK excluding London -55 2 £533 -0.93%
South East -7 1 - -
Work from Home - 1 £675 -
East of England - 1 £533 -

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

For the 6 months to 11 January 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 featuring Retail Business Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) ERP
1 3 (60.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 2 (40.00%) GAP Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (20.00%) Adobe
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (20.00%) Backlog Management
3 1 (20.00%) BPMN
3 1 (20.00%) CMS
3 1 (20.00%) Confluence
3 1 (20.00%) Content Management
3 1 (20.00%) CRM
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (20.00%) Data Transformation
3 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Epics
3 1 (20.00%) JIRA
3 1 (20.00%) Master Data Management
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle Retail
3 1 (20.00%) Order Management
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Delivery

Retail 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 (20.00%) CMS
1 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Retail
1 1 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (20.00%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (100.00%) Retail
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Marketing
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (20.00%) FMCG
1 1 (20.00%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) ERP
1 3 (60.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 2 (40.00%) GAP Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Backlog Management
3 1 (20.00%) CRM
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (20.00%) Data Transformation
3 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (20.00%) Epics
3 1 (20.00%) Master Data Management
3 1 (20.00%) Order Management
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
3 1 (20.00%) User Experience
3 1 (20.00%) User Stories
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle
1 1 (20.00%) Retek
1 1 (20.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (20.00%) SAP