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 £533, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 554 555 625
Rank change year-on-year +1 +70 +160
Contract jobs requiring a Retail Business Analyst 6 8 13
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.018% 0.021% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.023% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 10
10th Percentile £428 £431 £424
25th Percentile £450 £450 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £488 £488
Median % change year-on-year +9.23% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £600 £494 £525
90th Percentile - £520 £538
UK excluding London median daily rate £566 £525 £488
% change year-on-year +7.86% +7.69% -7.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 29,791 35,019 45,835
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 92.96% 94.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,801 21,166 31,341
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,619 1,520 1,529
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.85 £14.82
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% -4.49% +71.15%
75th Percentile £50.38 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £74.53 £77.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.08 £43.00 £43.95
% change year-on-year -41.69% -2.16% +95.33%

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 6 October 2025.

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 8 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 6 October 2025. 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 +4 5 £566 +16.15% 1
UK excluding London -8 3 £566 +7.86% 1
Work from Home +10 2 £600 - 1
London +10 2 £513 +8.18%
South East +9 1 - -
North of England -20 1 £600 -
North West - 1 £600 -
East of England - 1 £533 - 1

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

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

1 6 (100.00%) Retail
2 4 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
2 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 3 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (33.33%) Business Analysis
4 2 (33.33%) Supplier Management
4 2 (33.33%) EPoS
5 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
5 1 (16.67%) Marketing
5 1 (16.67%) SAP Implementation
5 1 (16.67%) BPMN
5 1 (16.67%) FMCG
5 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (16.67%) Oracle Retail
5 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (16.67%) SAP POS DM
5 1 (16.67%) Business Process Modelling
5 1 (16.67%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (16.67%) Scenario Testing
5 1 (16.67%) CMS
5 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
5 1 (16.67%) Content Management
5 1 (16.67%) SAP Retail
5 1 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (16.67%) Finance
5 1 (16.67%) Oracle
5 1 (16.67%) SAP
5 1 (16.67%) ERP
5 1 (16.67%) Retek

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 (16.67%) CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Retail
1 1 (16.67%) SAP POS DM
1 1 (16.67%) SAP Retail
General
1 6 (100.00%) Retail
2 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) EPoS
2 1 (16.67%) FMCG
2 1 (16.67%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 2 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Supplier Management
4 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
4 1 (16.67%) BPMN
4 1 (16.67%) Business Process Modelling
4 1 (16.67%) Content Management
4 1 (16.67%) ERP
4 1 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 1 (16.67%) SAP Implementation
4 1 (16.67%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle
1 1 (16.67%) Retek
1 1 (16.67%) SAP