Business Analyst Contracts in England

Business Analyst (BA)
UK > England

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in England is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 38 35
Rank change year-on-year -3 -3 +17
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,605 2,716 4,333
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 4.34% 5.37% 6.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.68% 5.68% 6.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,167 2,002 3,255
10th Percentile £387 £400 £375
25th Percentile £450 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £588
90th Percentile £725 £712 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £500
% change year-on-year +0.96% +4.00% +8.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 14 13
10th Percentile - £20.78 £18.60
25th Percentile £20.77 £29.74 £22.40
Median hourly rate £22.50 £60.25 £26.27
Median % change year-on-year -62.66% +129.35% -27.61%
75th Percentile £49.75 £64.69 £53.00
90th Percentile £72.00 £68.50 £61.75
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £60.25 £29.39
% change year-on-year -53.53% +105.04% -18.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,271 47,824 67,952
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 94.61% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,751 33,955 48,268
10th Percentile £275 £312 £313
25th Percentile £412 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,410 1,422 1,902
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.22%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.71 £48.70
90th Percentile £72.54 £77.00 £62.24
UK median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.38% +95.65% -

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in England

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in England

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in England

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in England

Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Analyst in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Analyst in England

Business Analyst
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 Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 27 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 +2 1,086 £575 +4.55% 174
North of England -8 194 £475 -5.00% 57
South East -28 117 £475 +2.70% 34
North West -12 102 £475 +1.06% 33
Yorkshire -9 79 £475 -5.00% 20
Midlands -30 78 £450 -5.26% 35
East of England -5 47 £425 -12.82% 14
West Midlands -33 47 £450 -5.26% 20
South West -35 44 £504 -2.89% 19
East Midlands +11 29 £420 -9.19% 15
North East +20 13 £465 -9.37% 4
Business Analyst
UK

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 27 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 England region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 479 (29.84%) Finance
2 434 (27.04%) Social Skills
3 427 (26.60%) Agile
4 367 (22.87%) Business Analysis
5 283 (17.63%) Requirements Gathering
6 271 (16.88%) Stakeholder Management
7 233 (14.52%) User Stories
8 223 (13.89%) Banking
9 208 (12.96%) Analytical Skills
10 183 (11.40%) SQL
11 177 (11.03%) Problem-Solving
12 176 (10.97%) Degree
13 146 (9.10%) Project Management
14 137 (8.54%) Workshop Facilitation
15 134 (8.35%) Data Analysis
16 130 (8.10%) Migration
17 125 (7.79%) User Acceptance Testing
18 122 (7.60%) Product Ownership
19 117 (7.29%) Change Management
20 113 (7.04%) Security Cleared
21 109 (6.79%) GAP Analysis
21 109 (6.79%) Public Sector
22 101 (6.29%) Scrum
22 101 (6.29%) Acceptance Criteria
23 97 (6.04%) Front Office
24 96 (5.98%) Business Intelligence
25 92 (5.73%) Asset Management
26 91 (5.67%) SAP
27 89 (5.55%) Microsoft
28 88 (5.48%) JIRA

Business Analyst Skill Set
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 56 (3.49%) Confluence
2 33 (2.06%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.62%) MTS
4 6 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 6 (0.37%) CMS
5 3 (0.19%) Apache
5 3 (0.19%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.19%) SAS
6 2 (0.12%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.062%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.062%) LiveLink
Applications
1 70 (4.36%) MS Visio
2 57 (3.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 40 (2.49%) Microsoft Office
4 38 (2.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.19%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 46 (2.87%) Endur
2 28 (1.74%) Loan IQ
3 21 (1.31%) Aligne
4 18 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
5 15 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
6 14 (0.87%) Aladdin
7 10 (0.62%) EuroRunner
8 9 (0.56%) ION MarketView
9 7 (0.44%) SAP PM
10 6 (0.37%) SAP Hybris
11 5 (0.31%) NetSuite
11 5 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
11 5 (0.31%) Shopify
12 4 (0.25%) SAP MDG
13 3 (0.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 3 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
14 2 (0.12%) ION Anvil
14 2 (0.12%) Magento
14 2 (0.12%) Oracle EBS R12
14 2 (0.12%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 80 (4.98%) Power Platform
2 77 (4.80%) Azure
3 62 (3.86%) AWS
4 35 (2.18%) SaaS
5 22 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
6 21 (1.31%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (0.62%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (0.56%) SuccessFactors
9 8 (0.50%) Cloud Computing
9 8 (0.50%) Collibra
9 8 (0.50%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 7 (0.44%) Lucidchart
11 6 (0.37%) OCI
11 6 (0.37%) PaaS
12 5 (0.31%) Adobe Analytics
12 5 (0.31%) Google Analytics
12 5 (0.31%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
13 4 (0.25%) BigCommerce
13 4 (0.25%) Serverless
14 3 (0.19%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.87%) FIX Connectivity
2 6 (0.37%) Radio Access Network
3 3 (0.19%) Internet
3 3 (0.19%) Intranet
4 2 (0.12%) 4G
4 2 (0.12%) 5G
4 2 (0.12%) Firewall
5 1 (0.062%) Broadband
5 1 (0.062%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.062%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.062%) LTE
5 1 (0.062%) MPLS
5 1 (0.062%) NAS
5 1 (0.062%) Network Security
5 1 (0.062%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.062%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (4.67%) Power BI
2 36 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (0.81%) Tableau
4 11 (0.69%) Relational Database
5 9 (0.56%) Metadata
6 8 (0.50%) Big Data
6 8 (0.50%) Data Lake
6 8 (0.50%) Geospatial Data
6 8 (0.50%) SQL Server
6 8 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (0.44%) Electronic Patient Records
8 5 (0.31%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 5 (0.31%) SAP HANA
9 4 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.19%) Data Mart
10 3 (0.19%) DataStage
10 3 (0.19%) GIS
10 3 (0.19%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 3 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 88 (5.48%) JIRA
2 11 (0.69%) Eclipse
2 11 (0.69%) TeamCity
3 9 (0.56%) Postman
3 9 (0.56%) SoapUI
4 7 (0.44%) PyCharm
5 1 (0.062%) Rational Software Modeler
5 1 (0.062%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 479 (29.84%) Finance
2 434 (27.04%) Social Skills
3 223 (13.89%) Banking
4 208 (12.96%) Analytical Skills
5 109 (6.79%) Public Sector
6 97 (6.04%) Front Office
7 88 (5.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 69 (4.30%) Investment Banking
9 65 (4.05%) Manufacturing
10 63 (3.93%) Presentation Skills
11 54 (3.36%) Retail
12 37 (2.31%) Back Office
12 37 (2.31%) Marketing
13 30 (1.87%) Pharmaceutical
14 29 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
15 28 (1.74%) Telecoms
16 24 (1.50%) Local Government
17 20 (1.25%) Legal
18 18 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
19 15 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (1.43%) XML
2 21 (1.31%) FIX Protocol
3 15 (0.93%) JSON
4 9 (0.56%) SOAP
5 6 (0.37%) Oracle Fusion
5 6 (0.37%) SailPoint
5 6 (0.37%) Web Services
6 5 (0.31%) .NET
6 5 (0.31%) Apache Camel
7 4 (0.25%) ADO
7 4 (0.25%) VML
8 3 (0.19%) HTML
8 3 (0.19%) OAuth
9 2 (0.12%) Middleware
9 2 (0.12%) OAuth2
10 1 (0.062%) Apache NiFi
10 1 (0.062%) Kafka
10 1 (0.062%) pytest
10 1 (0.062%) REST
10 1 (0.062%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 122 (7.60%) Product Ownership
2 60 (3.74%) Derivative
3 55 (3.43%) Fixed Income
4 49 (3.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 48 (2.99%) Equities
6 33 (2.06%) Hedge funds
7 30 (1.87%) Onboarding
8 29 (1.81%) Management Information System
9 25 (1.56%) Reinsurance
10 22 (1.37%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 21 (1.31%) Mobile App
12 18 (1.12%) Market Risk
12 18 (1.12%) Renewable Energy
13 16 (1.00%) IoT
14 14 (0.87%) Cloud Native
14 14 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
14 14 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
14 14 (0.87%) Solar Panel
15 13 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
16 11 (0.69%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 15 (0.93%) Unix
1 15 (0.93%) Windows
2 7 (0.44%) Linux
3 5 (0.31%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.25%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.12%) VMS
6 1 (0.062%) Android
6 1 (0.062%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.062%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.062%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 427 (26.60%) Agile
2 367 (22.87%) Business Analysis
3 283 (17.63%) Requirements Gathering
4 271 (16.88%) Stakeholder Management
5 233 (14.52%) User Stories
6 177 (11.03%) Problem-Solving
7 146 (9.10%) Project Management
8 137 (8.54%) Workshop Facilitation
9 134 (8.35%) Data Analysis
10 130 (8.10%) Migration
11 125 (7.79%) User Acceptance Testing
12 117 (7.29%) Change Management
13 109 (6.79%) GAP Analysis
14 101 (6.29%) Acceptance Criteria
14 101 (6.29%) Scrum
15 96 (5.98%) Business Intelligence
16 92 (5.73%) Asset Management
17 83 (5.17%) Process Improvement
18 82 (5.11%) Use Case
19 81 (5.05%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 183 (11.40%) SQL
2 46 (2.87%) Python
3 24 (1.50%) Java
4 15 (0.93%) JavaScript
5 7 (0.44%) Groovy
6 5 (0.31%) C#
6 5 (0.31%) PL/SQL
6 5 (0.31%) VBA
6 5 (0.31%) XPath
6 5 (0.31%) XQuery
7 2 (0.12%) R
8 1 (0.062%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.062%) JCL
8 1 (0.062%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 176 (10.97%) Degree
2 113 (7.04%) Security Cleared
3 86 (5.36%) SC Cleared
4 25 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
5 19 (1.18%) CBAP
6 18 (1.12%) DV Cleared
6 18 (1.12%) IIBA
7 11 (0.69%) ISEB
8 8 (0.50%) PMI Certification
9 6 (0.37%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (0.37%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.19%) ACCA
10 3 (0.19%) CIMA
10 3 (0.19%) HNC
10 3 (0.19%) Numerate Degree
11 2 (0.12%) CCA
11 2 (0.12%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.12%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.12%) MBA
11 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (5.11%) QA
2 50 (3.12%) Data Quality
3 33 (2.06%) EMIR
3 33 (2.06%) GDPR
4 32 (1.99%) MiFID
5 20 (1.25%) GxP
6 19 (1.18%) Good Clinical Practice
7 18 (1.12%) SEPA
8 15 (0.93%) Dodd-Frank
9 12 (0.75%) PMO
10 6 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.25%) Accessibility
11 4 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 3 (0.19%) Basel III
12 3 (0.19%) GRC
12 3 (0.19%) IFRS
12 3 (0.19%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.19%) SLA
13 2 (0.12%) IFRS 9
13 2 (0.12%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (0.44%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.12%) Docker
2 2 (0.12%) HDFS
2 2 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 4 (0.25%) ZABBIX
2 2 (0.12%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.062%) SCCM
3 1 (0.062%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 91 (5.67%) SAP
2 89 (5.55%) Microsoft
3 45 (2.80%) Oracle
4 39 (2.43%) Bloomberg
5 35 (2.18%) Salesforce
6 27 (1.68%) ServiceNow
7 16 (1.00%) ION Trading
8 15 (0.93%) OpenLink
9 13 (0.81%) Adobe
9 13 (0.81%) MarketAxess
9 13 (0.81%) Tradeweb
10 11 (0.69%) BISAM
10 11 (0.69%) Pega
11 10 (0.62%) Workday
12 9 (0.56%) Refinitiv
13 8 (0.50%) Murex
14 7 (0.44%) Guidewire
14 7 (0.44%) IBM
15 6 (0.37%) Calypso
15 6 (0.37%) Google