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 10 May 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 37 34
Rank change year-on-year -4 -3 +19
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,586 2,631 4,354
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 4.31% 5.37% 6.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.65% 5.68% 6.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,154 1,942 3,267
10th Percentile £381 £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 £613 £588
90th Percentile £750 £713 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +9.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 14 12
10th Percentile - £20.78 £18.55
25th Percentile £20.77 £29.74 £21.55
Median hourly rate £21.64 £60.25 £26.14
Median % change year-on-year -64.09% +130.53% -28.40%
75th Percentile £28.06 £64.69 £41.56
90th Percentile £52.25 £68.50 £53.68
UK median hourly rate £25.25 £60.25 £26.27
% change year-on-year -58.09% +129.35% -27.61%

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 34,080 46,338 66,904
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 94.61% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,599 32,894 47,614
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £645 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £740
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,444 1,371 1,856
10th Percentile £12.87 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.96 £15.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +95.65% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.30 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £64.88
UK median hourly rate £37.34 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -17.02% +88.21% +6.27%

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 10 May 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 10 May 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 10 May 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% 191
North of England -7 191 £475 -4.52% 54
South East -30 116 £475 - 42
North West -8 101 £475 +0.53% 23
Yorkshire -9 78 £475 -5.00% 28
Midlands -34 76 £450 -5.26% 38
East of England -2 48 £425 -12.82% 15
West Midlands -41 48 £450 -5.26% 27
South West -44 33 £495 -4.58% 16
East Midlands +17 26 £425 -10.53% 11
North East +13 11 £475 -5.00% 3
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 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.

1 487 (30.71%) Finance
2 429 (27.05%) Agile
2 429 (27.05%) Social Skills
3 371 (23.39%) Business Analysis
4 280 (17.65%) Requirements Gathering
5 271 (17.09%) Stakeholder Management
6 235 (14.82%) User Stories
7 224 (14.12%) Banking
8 201 (12.67%) Analytical Skills
9 184 (11.60%) SQL
10 177 (11.16%) Degree
11 169 (10.66%) Problem-Solving
12 145 (9.14%) Project Management
13 138 (8.70%) Migration
14 137 (8.64%) Workshop Facilitation
15 133 (8.39%) User Acceptance Testing
16 130 (8.20%) Data Analysis
17 127 (8.01%) Product Ownership
18 120 (7.57%) GAP Analysis
19 112 (7.06%) Acceptance Criteria
20 107 (6.75%) Change Management
21 106 (6.68%) Public Sector
22 104 (6.56%) Scrum
23 100 (6.31%) Front Office
24 97 (6.12%) Business Intelligence
25 96 (6.05%) Security Cleared
26 94 (5.93%) SAP
27 93 (5.86%) Asset Management
28 92 (5.80%) Microsoft
29 91 (5.74%) 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 59 (3.72%) Confluence
2 33 (2.08%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.63%) MTS
4 6 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.32%) CMS
6 3 (0.19%) Apache
6 3 (0.19%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.19%) SAS
7 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.063%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.063%) LiveLink
Applications
1 69 (4.35%) MS Visio
2 56 (3.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 41 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
4 35 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.25%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.13%) Trello
9 1 (0.063%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 45 (2.84%) Endur
2 25 (1.58%) Loan IQ
3 21 (1.32%) Aligne
4 19 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
5 16 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
6 15 (0.95%) Aladdin
7 10 (0.63%) EuroRunner
8 9 (0.57%) ION MarketView
9 7 (0.44%) SAP PM
10 6 (0.38%) NetSuite
11 5 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
11 5 (0.32%) SAP Hybris
12 4 (0.25%) SAP MDG
12 4 (0.25%) Shopify
13 3 (0.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 3 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
14 2 (0.13%) SAP CO
14 2 (0.13%) SAP FI
14 2 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
14 2 (0.13%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 90 (5.67%) Azure
2 81 (5.11%) Power Platform
3 64 (4.04%) AWS
4 38 (2.40%) SaaS
5 23 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (0.63%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (0.63%) SuccessFactors
8 8 (0.50%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (0.50%) Collibra
8 8 (0.50%) Miro
8 8 (0.50%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 7 (0.44%) Lucidchart
10 6 (0.38%) OCI
10 6 (0.38%) PaaS
11 5 (0.32%) Adobe Analytics
11 5 (0.32%) Entra ID
11 5 (0.32%) Google Analytics
11 5 (0.32%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
12 4 (0.25%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.88%) FIX Connectivity
2 6 (0.38%) Radio Access Network
3 3 (0.19%) Internet
3 3 (0.19%) Intranet
3 3 (0.19%) NAS
3 3 (0.19%) WAN
4 2 (0.13%) 4G
4 2 (0.13%) 5G
4 2 (0.13%) Firewall
5 1 (0.063%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.063%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.063%) LTE
5 1 (0.063%) MPLS
5 1 (0.063%) Network Security
5 1 (0.063%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.063%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (4.85%) Power BI
2 33 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (0.95%) Tableau
4 11 (0.69%) Relational Database
5 9 (0.57%) Metadata
6 8 (0.50%) Data Lake
6 8 (0.50%) Geospatial Data
6 8 (0.50%) SAP HANA
6 8 (0.50%) SQL Server
6 8 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (0.44%) Big Data
7 7 (0.44%) NoSQL
8 5 (0.32%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 5 (0.32%) Electronic Patient Records
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%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 3 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 91 (5.74%) JIRA
2 11 (0.69%) Eclipse
2 11 (0.69%) TeamCity
3 9 (0.57%) Postman
3 9 (0.57%) SoapUI
4 7 (0.44%) PyCharm
5 1 (0.063%) Rational Software Modeler
5 1 (0.063%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 487 (30.71%) Finance
2 429 (27.05%) Social Skills
3 224 (14.12%) Banking
4 201 (12.67%) Analytical Skills
5 106 (6.68%) Public Sector
6 100 (6.31%) Front Office
7 87 (5.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 73 (4.60%) Investment Banking
9 63 (3.97%) Presentation Skills
10 62 (3.91%) Manufacturing
11 55 (3.47%) Retail
12 46 (2.90%) Back Office
13 37 (2.33%) Marketing
14 33 (2.08%) Pharmaceutical
15 30 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
16 25 (1.58%) Telecoms
17 23 (1.45%) Legal
17 23 (1.45%) Local Government
18 19 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
19 16 (1.01%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (1.39%) XML
2 20 (1.26%) FIX Protocol
3 13 (0.82%) JSON
4 9 (0.57%) SOAP
5 7 (0.44%) SAP PI
5 7 (0.44%) Web Services
6 6 (0.38%) .NET
6 6 (0.38%) SailPoint
7 5 (0.32%) Apache Camel
7 5 (0.32%) Oracle Fusion
8 4 (0.25%) VML
9 3 (0.19%) ADO
9 3 (0.19%) HTML
9 3 (0.19%) OAuth
10 2 (0.13%) OAuth2
11 1 (0.063%) AngularJS
11 1 (0.063%) Kafka
11 1 (0.063%) React
11 1 (0.063%) REST
11 1 (0.063%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 127 (8.01%) Product Ownership
2 65 (4.10%) Derivative
3 58 (3.66%) Fixed Income
4 53 (3.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 51 (3.22%) Equities
6 36 (2.27%) Hedge funds
7 35 (2.21%) Onboarding
8 29 (1.83%) Management Information System
9 28 (1.77%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 23 (1.45%) Reinsurance
11 22 (1.39%) Mobile App
12 19 (1.20%) Market Risk
13 18 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
13 18 (1.13%) Renewable Energy
14 16 (1.01%) IoT
15 14 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
15 14 (0.88%) Solar Panel
16 11 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
16 11 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
17 9 (0.57%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.13%) Windows
2 15 (0.95%) Unix
3 7 (0.44%) Linux
4 5 (0.32%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.25%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.19%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.13%) VMS
8 1 (0.063%) Android
8 1 (0.063%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.063%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 429 (27.05%) Agile
2 371 (23.39%) Business Analysis
3 280 (17.65%) Requirements Gathering
4 271 (17.09%) Stakeholder Management
5 235 (14.82%) User Stories
6 169 (10.66%) Problem-Solving
7 145 (9.14%) Project Management
8 138 (8.70%) Migration
9 137 (8.64%) Workshop Facilitation
10 133 (8.39%) User Acceptance Testing
11 130 (8.20%) Data Analysis
12 120 (7.57%) GAP Analysis
13 112 (7.06%) Acceptance Criteria
14 107 (6.75%) Change Management
15 104 (6.56%) Scrum
16 97 (6.12%) Business Intelligence
17 93 (5.86%) Asset Management
18 86 (5.42%) Process Improvement
19 85 (5.36%) ERP
20 83 (5.23%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 184 (11.60%) SQL
2 48 (3.03%) Python
3 25 (1.58%) Java
4 15 (0.95%) JavaScript
5 7 (0.44%) Groovy
6 6 (0.38%) C#
7 5 (0.32%) PL/SQL
7 5 (0.32%) VBA
7 5 (0.32%) XPath
7 5 (0.32%) XQuery
8 2 (0.13%) R
9 1 (0.063%) JCL
9 1 (0.063%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 177 (11.16%) Degree
2 96 (6.05%) Security Cleared
3 76 (4.79%) SC Cleared
4 26 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
5 21 (1.32%) CBAP
6 19 (1.20%) IIBA
7 13 (0.82%) DV Cleared
8 11 (0.69%) ISEB
9 8 (0.50%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.38%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (0.25%) ACCA
11 4 (0.25%) CIMA
11 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.25%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.19%) CSPO
12 3 (0.19%) HNC
12 3 (0.19%) Numerate Degree
13 2 (0.13%) CCA
13 2 (0.13%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.13%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (4.85%) QA
2 48 (3.03%) Data Quality
3 35 (2.21%) GDPR
4 34 (2.14%) EMIR
5 33 (2.08%) MiFID
6 20 (1.26%) GxP
7 19 (1.20%) Good Clinical Practice
8 17 (1.07%) SEPA
9 14 (0.88%) Dodd-Frank
10 12 (0.76%) PMO
11 11 (0.69%) PCI DSS
12 9 (0.57%) ISO 20022
13 6 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 4 (0.25%) Accessibility
14 4 (0.25%) NIST
15 3 (0.19%) Basel III
15 3 (0.19%) GRC
15 3 (0.19%) SLA
16 2 (0.13%) Basel II
System Software
1 9 (0.57%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.13%) Docker
2 2 (0.13%) HDFS
2 2 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 4 (0.25%) ZABBIX
2 2 (0.13%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.063%) SCCM
3 1 (0.063%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 94 (5.93%) SAP
2 92 (5.80%) Microsoft
3 42 (2.65%) Oracle
4 40 (2.52%) Bloomberg
5 35 (2.21%) Salesforce
6 31 (1.95%) ServiceNow
7 17 (1.07%) OpenLink
8 16 (1.01%) ION Trading
9 13 (0.82%) Adobe
9 13 (0.82%) MarketAxess
9 13 (0.82%) Tradeweb
10 12 (0.76%) BISAM
10 12 (0.76%) Workday
11 11 (0.69%) Guidewire
12 10 (0.63%) Murex
13 9 (0.57%) Refinitiv
14 7 (0.44%) CyberSource
15 6 (0.38%) Ariba
15 6 (0.38%) Calypso
15 6 (0.38%) IBM