Business Analyst Contracts in the East Midlands

Business Analyst (BA)
England > East Midlands

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in the East Midlands is £420 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 50 30
Rank change year-on-year +16 -20 +15
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 30 36 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 3.88% 3.45% 5.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.14% 3.67% 5.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 29 62
10th Percentile £355 £367 £350
25th Percentile £356 £400 £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.19% +2.78% +5.88%
75th Percentile £470 £500 £500
90th Percentile £499 £565 £522
England median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +6.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.50
Median hourly rate - - £20.00
75th Percentile - - £21.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £22.50 £60.25 £26.27
% change year-on-year -62.66% +129.35% -28.03%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands. 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 725 981 1,331
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.79% 94.06% 94.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 484 755 978
10th Percentile £163 £213 £181
25th Percentile £258 £325 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% +5.88% +13.33%
75th Percentile £550 £565 £507
90th Percentile £625 £700 £600
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 62 93
10th Percentile £11.81 £11.80 £9.59
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.35 £13.50
Median hourly rate £17.50 £20.36 £17.11
Median % change year-on-year -14.05% +19.03% +16.36%
75th Percentile £26.15 £31.50 £24.50
90th Percentile £51.91 £64.50 £35.00
England median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.09% +100.00% +0.36%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings that featured Business Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in the East Midlands

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in the East Midlands

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in the East Midlands

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in the East Midlands

Business Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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
Northamptonshire +19 13 £406 -1.58% 5
Derbyshire +7 7 £420 -11.58% 2
Leicestershire +2 3 £413 -10.81% 5
Nottinghamshire 0 3 £475 +2.70% 1
Lincolnshire +11 1 - - 1
Business Analyst
England

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Business Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East Midlands region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 12 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 11 (36.67%) Agile
3 8 (26.67%) Finance
4 7 (23.33%) Project Management
5 5 (16.67%) Scrum
5 5 (16.67%) Waterfall
5 5 (16.67%) Journey Map
6 4 (13.33%) Social Skills
6 4 (13.33%) User Stories
6 4 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (13.33%) Requirements Gathering
6 4 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (13.33%) Change Management
6 4 (13.33%) Requirements Analysis
6 4 (13.33%) BPMN
7 3 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (10.00%) Test Scripting
7 3 (10.00%) Kanban
7 3 (10.00%) Degree
7 3 (10.00%) Data Analysis
7 3 (10.00%) SQL
7 3 (10.00%) ERP
7 3 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (10.00%) ISEB
7 3 (10.00%) NHS
7 3 (10.00%) User Journey Map
7 3 (10.00%) Public Sector
7 3 (10.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 3 (10.00%) Electronic Patient Records
7 3 (10.00%) SuccessFactors

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Maximo
1 1 (3.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.00%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (3.33%) Azure
2 1 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (3.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.00%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (3.33%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (3.33%) Power BI
General
1 8 (26.67%) Finance
2 4 (13.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.67%) Banking
4 2 (6.67%) Front Office
4 2 (6.67%) Manufacturing
4 2 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.67%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) NHS
2 2 (6.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (6.67%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (6.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.67%) Onboarding
2 2 (6.67%) Wiki
3 1 (3.33%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.33%) Learning Management System
3 1 (3.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.33%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 11 (36.67%) Agile
3 7 (23.33%) Project Management
4 5 (16.67%) Journey Map
4 5 (16.67%) Scrum
4 5 (16.67%) Waterfall
5 4 (13.33%) BPMN
5 4 (13.33%) Change Management
5 4 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (13.33%) Requirements Analysis
5 4 (13.33%) Requirements Gathering
5 4 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (13.33%) User Stories
6 3 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (10.00%) Data Analysis
6 3 (10.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 3 (10.00%) ERP
6 3 (10.00%) Kanban
6 3 (10.00%) Test Scripting
6 3 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.00%) SQL
2 1 (3.33%) Python
2 1 (3.33%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (10.00%) CBAP
1 3 (10.00%) Degree
1 3 (10.00%) ISEB
1 3 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.67%) IIBA
2 2 (6.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.33%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.33%) PMO
1 1 (3.33%) PSD2
Vendors
1 2 (6.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (6.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (3.33%) Ariba
2 1 (3.33%) Salesforce
2 1 (3.33%) SAP
2 1 (3.33%) Workday