IT Business Analyst Contracts in England

IT Business Analyst (IT BA)
UK > England

The median IT Business Analyst (IT BA) daily rate in England is £525 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 462 519 574
Rank change year-on-year +57 +55 -57
Contract jobs requiring an IT Business Analyst 73 144 206
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.20% 0.28% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.30% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 77 132
10th Percentile £425 £409 £400
25th Percentile £469 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £511
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +0.24% +13.61%
75th Percentile £613 £613 £597
90th Percentile £638 £700 £699
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £500
% change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £75.00 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £62.50 -
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -

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% -

IT Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Business Analyst in England

IT Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for IT Business Analyst in England

IT Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for IT Business Analyst in England

IT Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Business Analyst in England

IT 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 IT 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 +40 47 £575 +4.55% 6
South East +33 14 £500 +8.70% 3
North of England +30 5 £499 +14.00% 3
Yorkshire +22 4 £499 -0.25% 1
South West +20 3 £531 +32.81%
Midlands +16 2 £463 - 2
West Midlands +22 1 £475 +2.70% 1
East of England +14 1 £455 -15.35%
North West +11 1 - - 2
East Midlands - 1 £450 - 1
IT Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, IT 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 IT Business Analyst in the job title.

1 35 (47.95%) Social Skills
2 27 (36.99%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (34.25%) Agile
4 22 (30.14%) Finance
4 22 (30.14%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (28.77%) Stakeholder Management
5 21 (28.77%) Business Analysis
6 16 (21.92%) Degree
6 16 (21.92%) Change Management
7 15 (20.55%) Banking
7 15 (20.55%) Project Management
8 13 (17.81%) Requirements Gathering
8 13 (17.81%) DevOps
9 12 (16.44%) ITIL
9 12 (16.44%) Requirements Management
10 11 (15.07%) Data Analysis
10 11 (15.07%) Manufacturing
10 11 (15.07%) Business Case
11 10 (13.70%) Service Management
11 10 (13.70%) GAP Analysis
11 10 (13.70%) ITSM
12 9 (12.33%) SaaS
13 8 (10.96%) Data Modelling
13 8 (10.96%) Business Process Modelling
13 8 (10.96%) Business Process Mapping
14 7 (9.59%) SDLC
14 7 (9.59%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (9.59%) ERP
14 7 (9.59%) Validation
14 7 (9.59%) AWS

IT 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 1 (1.37%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.37%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.74%) Aligne
2 1 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.37%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (1.37%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 9 (12.33%) SaaS
2 7 (9.59%) AWS
3 6 (8.22%) PaaS
4 3 (4.11%) Azure
5 2 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.74%) WhatsApp
6 1 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.37%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.37%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.48%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.37%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 3 (4.11%) JIRA
General
1 35 (47.95%) Social Skills
2 27 (36.99%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (30.14%) Finance
4 15 (20.55%) Banking
5 11 (15.07%) Manufacturing
6 7 (9.59%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (5.48%) Investment Banking
7 4 (5.48%) Marketing
8 3 (4.11%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.74%) Financial Institution
9 2 (2.74%) Retail
10 1 (1.37%) Automotive
10 1 (1.37%) Back Office
10 1 (1.37%) Billing
10 1 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.37%) General Ledger
10 1 (1.37%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.37%) ADO
1 1 (1.37%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (1.37%) JSON
1 1 (1.37%) pytest
1 1 (1.37%) Web Services
1 1 (1.37%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.48%) IoT
1 4 (5.48%) Product Ownership
2 3 (4.11%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (4.11%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.74%) Cyberattack
3 2 (2.74%) Data Structures
3 2 (2.74%) Derivative
3 2 (2.74%) Equities
3 2 (2.74%) Fixed Income
3 2 (2.74%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.37%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.37%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.37%) Reinsurance
4 1 (1.37%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.37%) Smart Meter
4 1 (1.37%) Solar Panel
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (34.25%) Agile
2 22 (30.14%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (28.77%) Business Analysis
3 21 (28.77%) Stakeholder Management
4 16 (21.92%) Change Management
5 15 (20.55%) Project Management
6 13 (17.81%) DevOps
6 13 (17.81%) Requirements Gathering
7 12 (16.44%) ITIL
7 12 (16.44%) Requirements Management
8 11 (15.07%) Business Case
8 11 (15.07%) Data Analysis
9 10 (13.70%) GAP Analysis
9 10 (13.70%) ITSM
9 10 (13.70%) Service Management
10 8 (10.96%) Business Process Mapping
10 8 (10.96%) Business Process Modelling
10 8 (10.96%) Data Modelling
11 7 (9.59%) ERP
11 7 (9.59%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.74%) SQL
2 1 (1.37%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (21.92%) Degree
2 5 (6.85%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (6.85%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.37%) CBAP
3 1 (1.37%) CSPO
3 1 (1.37%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.37%) IIBA
3 1 (1.37%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.37%) MBA
3 1 (1.37%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.85%) QA
2 4 (5.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.74%) GDPR
4 1 (1.37%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.37%) GAAP
4 1 (1.37%) NIST
4 1 (1.37%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 6 (8.22%) SAP
2 3 (4.11%) SmartStream
3 2 (2.74%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.37%) Cadence
4 1 (1.37%) Oracle