Business Analysis Contracts in England

Business Analysis
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Business Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Business Analysis over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 102 94
Rank change year-on-year -21 -8 +11
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 685 1,241 1,966
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.85% 2.46% 2.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.14% 2.72% 3.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 474 874 1,436
10th Percentile £387 £411 £392
25th Percentile £438 £455 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £635 £650 £625
90th Percentile £709 £800 £700
UK median daily rate £530 £525 £514
% change year-on-year +0.95% +2.14% +8.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 14 5
10th Percentile - £35.00 £36.95
25th Percentile £18.35 £46.00 £53.00
Median hourly rate £72.70 £62.75 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.85% +0.40% +133.64%
75th Percentile £84.29 £66.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £86.50 £70.00 £68.55
UK median hourly rate £59.00 £62.50 £53.00
% change year-on-year -5.60% +17.92% +100.15%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Business Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,992 45,544 64,506
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.24% 90.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,975 31,977 45,770
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,229 1,592 1,769
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.87 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.60
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.17% +49.20% -

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Business Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analysis in England

Business Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Analysis in England.

Daily rate trend for Business Analysis in England

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analysis in England

Business Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Analysis in England.

Hourly rate trend for Business Analysis in England

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Analysis in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Analysis in England

Business Analysis
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the England region over the 6 months to 28 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
London -16 396 £570 -5.00% 152
North of England +4 86 £475 - 30
South East -27 68 £525 +10.53% 36
Midlands -9 55 £475 -3.06% 35
North West +7 54 £475 - 19
South West -9 34 £575 +4.55% 20
West Midlands -22 29 £475 -5.00% 25
Yorkshire +4 27 £490 -2.00% 7
East of England -2 26 £428 -14.50% 16
East Midlands +28 25 £450 -2.70% 10
North East +23 4 £375 -6.25% 4
Business Analysis
UK

Business Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 23 (3.36%) Confluence
2 10 (1.46%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.73%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.44%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.44%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.44%) CMS
5 2 (0.29%) Apache
6 1 (0.15%) LiveLink
6 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.15%) SAS
Applications
1 35 (5.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (4.38%) Microsoft Office
3 29 (4.23%) MS Visio
4 18 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.31%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 25 (3.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (2.04%) SAP PM
3 13 (1.90%) Aligne
4 10 (1.46%) Endur
5 6 (0.88%) Magento
5 6 (0.88%) Oracle Financials
5 6 (0.88%) SAP Hybris
6 5 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
7 4 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.44%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 3 (0.44%) SAP BPC
8 3 (0.44%) SAP CO
8 3 (0.44%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.44%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.44%) SAP FI/CO
9 2 (0.29%) Oracle Cash Management
9 2 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
9 2 (0.29%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 55 (8.03%) Azure
2 38 (5.55%) AWS
3 32 (4.67%) Power Platform
4 28 (4.09%) SaaS
5 23 (3.36%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (3.21%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (2.19%) Serverless
8 13 (1.90%) PaaS
9 10 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (1.31%) Power Automate
11 8 (1.17%) Azure Service Bus
11 8 (1.17%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (1.17%) PowerApps
12 7 (1.02%) Adobe Analytics
12 7 (1.02%) Azure Functions
12 7 (1.02%) SAP Commerce Cloud
13 6 (0.88%) SuccessFactors
14 5 (0.73%) Azure Key Vault
14 5 (0.73%) Azure Storage
14 5 (0.73%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.88%) FIX Connectivity
1 6 (0.88%) WAN
2 5 (0.73%) Firewall
2 5 (0.73%) SDH
2 5 (0.73%) SSH
3 4 (0.58%) Junos
4 3 (0.44%) Intranet
4 3 (0.44%) PBX
4 3 (0.44%) Skype
4 3 (0.44%) VoIP
5 2 (0.29%) Network Security
5 2 (0.29%) SMS
5 2 (0.29%) VPN
6 1 (0.15%) Broadband
6 1 (0.15%) DKIM
6 1 (0.15%) Internet
6 1 (0.15%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.15%) LAN
6 1 (0.15%) MPLS
6 1 (0.15%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.65%) Power BI
2 16 (2.34%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (1.61%) Big Data
4 9 (1.31%) Data Lake
4 9 (1.31%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (1.02%) Relational Database
5 7 (1.02%) SAP HANA
6 6 (0.88%) Hadoop
7 5 (0.73%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (0.73%) OLTP
8 4 (0.58%) Electronic Patient Records
8 4 (0.58%) Tableau
9 3 (0.44%) Apache Hive
9 3 (0.44%) Geospatial Data
9 3 (0.44%) GIS
9 3 (0.44%) Impala
9 3 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.44%) Presto
9 3 (0.44%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 38 (5.55%) JIRA
2 7 (1.02%) Git
2 7 (1.02%) Rational DOORS
3 6 (0.88%) Visual Studio Team System
4 5 (0.73%) Cucumber
4 5 (0.73%) JUnit
5 4 (0.58%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.29%) Moq
6 2 (0.29%) NUnit
7 1 (0.15%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.15%) Rational Software Modeler
General
1 255 (37.23%) Social Skills
2 208 (30.36%) Finance
3 160 (23.36%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (9.64%) Banking
5 62 (9.05%) Public Sector
6 59 (8.61%) Presentation Skills
7 40 (5.84%) Influencing Skills
8 37 (5.40%) Manufacturing
9 33 (4.82%) Retail
10 25 (3.65%) Front Office
11 24 (3.50%) Investment Banking
12 23 (3.36%) Telecoms
13 20 (2.92%) Pharmaceutical
14 19 (2.77%) Legal
15 15 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
16 14 (2.04%) Law
17 12 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
17 12 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 12 (1.75%) Local Government
17 12 (1.75%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 404 (58.98%) Analyst
2 368 (53.72%) Business Analyst
3 64 (9.34%) Senior
4 60 (8.76%) Project Manager
5 54 (7.88%) Architect
6 50 (7.30%) Senior Analyst
7 44 (6.42%) Senior Business Analyst
8 33 (4.82%) Consultant
9 30 (4.38%) Financial Analyst
10 29 (4.23%) Developer
11 27 (3.94%) Lead
12 24 (3.50%) IT Analyst
13 23 (3.36%) Finance Business Analyst
14 22 (3.21%) Business IT Analyst
15 21 (3.07%) IT Business Analyst
15 21 (3.07%) SAP Analyst
16 20 (2.92%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
16 20 (2.92%) Solutions Architect
17 18 (2.63%) Service Manager
18 17 (2.48%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.63%) XML
2 17 (2.48%) .NET
3 15 (2.19%) JSON
4 13 (1.90%) Web Services
5 9 (1.31%) WPF
6 8 (1.17%) HTML
7 7 (1.02%) CSS
8 6 (0.88%) FIX Protocol
9 5 (0.73%) .NET Framework
9 5 (0.73%) ARM Templates
9 5 (0.73%) Hibernate
9 5 (0.73%) J2EE
9 5 (0.73%) JPA
9 5 (0.73%) REST
9 5 (0.73%) SOAP
9 5 (0.73%) Spring
10 4 (0.58%) ASP.NET
10 4 (0.58%) ASP.NET MVC
10 4 (0.58%) Kafka
10 4 (0.58%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 48 (7.01%) Product Ownership
2 37 (5.40%) Management Information System
3 12 (1.75%) Onboarding
4 11 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
4 11 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
4 11 (1.61%) Virtual Team
5 10 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (1.31%) IoT
6 9 (1.31%) Renewable Energy
6 9 (1.31%) Solar Panel
7 7 (1.02%) Cloud Native
7 7 (1.02%) CMDB
7 7 (1.02%) Derivative
7 7 (1.02%) Reinsurance
8 6 (0.88%) Data Structures
8 6 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (0.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (0.88%) NHS
9 5 (0.73%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.61%) Unix
2 9 (1.31%) Apple iOS
3 6 (0.88%) Linux
4 1 (0.15%) Android
4 1 (0.15%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (33.43%) Agile
2 176 (25.69%) Problem-Solving
3 165 (24.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 149 (21.75%) Project Management
5 128 (18.69%) Requirements Gathering
6 110 (16.06%) User Stories
7 81 (11.82%) Acceptance Criteria
8 78 (11.39%) Change Management
9 77 (11.24%) Scrum
10 74 (10.80%) Migration
11 71 (10.36%) Project Delivery
12 70 (10.22%) Workshop Facilitation
13 63 (9.20%) User Acceptance Testing
14 59 (8.61%) Data Analysis
15 58 (8.47%) Roadmaps
16 57 (8.32%) Business Case
17 56 (8.18%) Decision-Making
18 51 (7.45%) Analytics
19 47 (6.86%) DevOps
20 46 (6.72%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 50 (7.30%) SQL
2 22 (3.21%) C#
3 21 (3.07%) Java
4 17 (2.48%) Python
5 13 (1.90%) JavaScript
6 8 (1.17%) Swift
7 7 (1.02%) Perl
8 5 (0.73%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.44%) VBA
10 2 (0.29%) Lua
10 2 (0.29%) PHP
10 2 (0.29%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 118 (17.23%) Degree
2 87 (12.70%) Security Cleared
3 64 (9.34%) SC Cleared
4 18 (2.63%) DV Cleared
5 17 (2.48%) CBAP
6 15 (2.19%) IIBA
7 9 (1.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 8 (1.17%) ISEB
9 7 (1.02%) CCNP
9 7 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (1.02%) HND
9 7 (1.02%) PMI Certification
9 7 (1.02%) SAP Certification
9 7 (1.02%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (0.73%) APMP
10 5 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (0.58%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.58%) JNCIA
12 3 (0.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (7.15%) QA
2 15 (2.19%) GxP
3 14 (2.04%) GDPR
4 12 (1.75%) Good Clinical Practice
5 11 (1.61%) Data Quality
6 8 (1.17%) PMO
7 7 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.88%) EMIR
9 4 (0.58%) MiFID
9 4 (0.58%) NIST
9 4 (0.58%) SEPA
9 4 (0.58%) SLA
10 3 (0.44%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.44%) GAAP
10 3 (0.44%) GRC
10 3 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 3 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.29%) IFRS
11 2 (0.29%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 5 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.29%) HDFS
3 1 (0.15%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (1.31%) Terraform
2 2 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.15%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 76 (11.09%) Microsoft
2 71 (10.36%) SAP
3 28 (4.09%) ServiceNow
4 25 (3.65%) Oracle
5 13 (1.90%) Salesforce
6 10 (1.46%) Adobe
7 9 (1.31%) Juniper
8 8 (1.17%) Bloomberg
8 8 (1.17%) Cisco
8 8 (1.17%) Okta
9 7 (1.02%) IBM
9 7 (1.02%) Nokia
10 6 (0.88%) ION Trading
10 6 (0.88%) VMware
11 5 (0.73%) Ariba
11 5 (0.73%) Hyperion
11 5 (0.73%) MarketAxess
11 5 (0.73%) Tradeweb
12 4 (0.58%) NEC
12 4 (0.58%) OpenLink