Business Analysis Contracts

Business Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 102 91
Rank change year-on-year -19 -11 +9
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 798 1,380 2,495
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.87% 2.43% 2.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.17% 2.70% 3.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 548 966 1,804
10th Percentile £375 £400 £393
25th Percentile £425 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £800 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £480 £475
% change year-on-year -1.04% +1.05% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 15 6
10th Percentile - £35.00 £24.02
25th Percentile £18.35 £49.00 £28.44
Median hourly rate £36.13 £63.00 £39.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.65% +61.54% +47.28%
75th Percentile £81.33 £68.00 £50.63
90th Percentile £84.22 £70.00 £62.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.13 £66.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -45.26% +53.49% +79.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,704 51,058 79,302
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.15% 89.78% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,629 35,390 55,663
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,690 1,894
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.99 £15.99 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.05 £35.65 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.11% +38.82% +5.90%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.54%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analysis in the UK

Business Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Business Analysis in the UK

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analysis in the UK

Business Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Analysis in the UK

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Analysis over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Analysis in the UK

Business Analysis
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 17 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
England -22 670 £525 -4.55% 282
London -18 393 £555 -7.58% 124
Work from Home +12 325 £538 +2.38% 139
UK excluding London -23 320 £475 -1.04% 169
North of England +9 86 £475 -5.00% 53
South East -24 64 £500 +5.26% 28
Scotland +3 63 £450 +3.69% 13
North West +4 56 £475 -3.31% 26
Midlands -7 49 £458 -8.50% 33
South West -19 32 £553 +0.45% 27
East of England +2 27 £426 -14.75% 12
Yorkshire 0 26 £490 -2.00% 20
West Midlands -22 26 £475 -5.00% 22
East Midlands +25 23 £450 -2.70% 11
North East +16 3 £370 -7.50% 7
Wales +8 3 £513 +7.89% 3

Business Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 31 (3.88%) Confluence
2 13 (1.63%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.75%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 4 (0.50%) Apache
4 4 (0.50%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.38%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.38%) CMS
6 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.13%) LiveLink
7 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 48 (6.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (4.64%) Microsoft Office
2 37 (4.64%) MS Visio
3 23 (2.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.13%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 26 (3.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.63%) Aligne
3 10 (1.25%) SAP PM
4 8 (1.00%) Endur
5 6 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.75%) Magento
5 6 (0.75%) Oracle Financials
5 6 (0.75%) SAP Hybris
6 4 (0.50%) SAP BPC
6 4 (0.50%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.38%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 3 (0.38%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.38%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.38%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.25%) NEC Housing
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 80 (10.03%) Azure
2 43 (5.39%) Power Platform
3 42 (5.26%) AWS
4 37 (4.64%) SaaS
5 30 (3.76%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
8 16 (2.01%) Serverless
9 13 (1.63%) PaaS
10 12 (1.50%) PowerApps
11 10 (1.25%) Power Automate
12 9 (1.13%) Azure Service Bus
13 8 (1.00%) Cloud Computing
14 7 (0.88%) Adobe Analytics
14 7 (0.88%) Azure Functions
14 7 (0.88%) SAP Commerce Cloud
15 6 (0.75%) SuccessFactors
16 5 (0.63%) AWS Lambda
16 5 (0.63%) Azure Key Vault
16 5 (0.63%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.88%) WAN
2 6 (0.75%) FIX Connectivity
3 5 (0.63%) SDH
3 5 (0.63%) SSH
4 4 (0.50%) Junos
5 3 (0.38%) Firewall
5 3 (0.38%) Internet
5 3 (0.38%) Intranet
5 3 (0.38%) PBX
5 3 (0.38%) Skype
5 3 (0.38%) VoIP
6 2 (0.25%) NAS
6 2 (0.25%) SMS
7 1 (0.13%) DKIM
7 1 (0.13%) DMARC
7 1 (0.13%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.13%) LAN
7 1 (0.13%) MPLS
7 1 (0.13%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.13%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (4.39%) Power BI
2 15 (1.88%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.63%) Big Data
3 13 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (1.50%) Data Lake
5 11 (1.38%) SAP HANA
6 10 (1.25%) Tableau
7 7 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (0.88%) Hadoop
7 7 (0.88%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
8 5 (0.63%) OLTP
9 4 (0.50%) Apache Hive
9 4 (0.50%) Electronic Patient Records
9 4 (0.50%) Impala
10 3 (0.38%) Geospatial Data
10 3 (0.38%) GIS
10 3 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.38%) Presto
10 3 (0.38%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 61 (7.64%) JIRA
2 7 (0.88%) Git
2 7 (0.88%) Rational DOORS
3 6 (0.75%) Visual Studio Team System
4 5 (0.63%) Cucumber
4 5 (0.63%) JUnit
5 4 (0.50%) Eclipse
5 4 (0.50%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.25%) Moq
6 2 (0.25%) NUnit
6 2 (0.25%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.13%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.13%) Rational Software Modeler
General
1 307 (38.47%) Social Skills
2 242 (30.33%) Finance
3 174 (21.80%) Analytical Skills
4 106 (13.28%) Public Sector
5 68 (8.52%) Banking
6 57 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
7 48 (6.02%) Influencing Skills
8 36 (4.51%) Manufacturing
9 30 (3.76%) Front Office
9 30 (3.76%) Retail
10 27 (3.38%) Investment Banking
10 27 (3.38%) Legal
11 26 (3.26%) Pharmaceutical
12 22 (2.76%) Telecoms
13 18 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
14 16 (2.01%) Local Government
14 16 (2.01%) Marketing
15 13 (1.63%) Law
16 12 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 11 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 488 (61.15%) Analyst
2 435 (54.51%) Business Analyst
3 76 (9.52%) Senior
4 67 (8.40%) Project Manager
5 60 (7.52%) Senior Analyst
6 53 (6.64%) Architect
6 53 (6.64%) Senior Business Analyst
7 37 (4.64%) Lead
8 36 (4.51%) Financial Analyst
9 34 (4.26%) Consultant
10 32 (4.01%) Developer
11 29 (3.63%) IT Analyst
12 27 (3.38%) Business IT Analyst
12 27 (3.38%) Finance Business Analyst
13 26 (3.26%) IT Business Analyst
13 26 (3.26%) Technical Analyst
13 26 (3.26%) Technical Business Analyst
14 24 (3.01%) SAP Analyst
15 19 (2.38%) Data Business Analyst
16 18 (2.26%) Business Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.51%) XML
2 18 (2.26%) .NET
3 16 (2.01%) Web Services
4 15 (1.88%) JSON
5 9 (1.13%) HTML
5 9 (1.13%) WPF
6 8 (1.00%) CSS
7 6 (0.75%) FIX Protocol
8 5 (0.63%) .NET Framework
8 5 (0.63%) ARM Templates
8 5 (0.63%) Hibernate
8 5 (0.63%) J2EE
8 5 (0.63%) JPA
8 5 (0.63%) Kafka
8 5 (0.63%) REST
8 5 (0.63%) SOAP
8 5 (0.63%) Spring
9 4 (0.50%) ASP.NET
9 4 (0.50%) ASP.NET MVC
9 4 (0.50%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 53 (6.64%) Product Ownership
2 44 (5.51%) Management Information System
3 18 (2.26%) Data Protection Act
4 15 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (1.75%) Onboarding
6 12 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
6 12 (1.50%) Virtual Team
7 10 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
7 10 (1.25%) Derivative
7 10 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (1.25%) IoT
8 9 (1.13%) Renewable Energy
8 9 (1.13%) Solar Panel
9 8 (1.00%) CMDB
9 8 (1.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 8 (1.00%) NHS
9 8 (1.00%) Reinsurance
10 7 (0.88%) Cloud Native
10 7 (0.88%) Fixed Income
10 7 (0.88%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.38%) Unix
2 9 (1.13%) Apple iOS
3 6 (0.75%) Linux
3 6 (0.75%) Windows
4 2 (0.25%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.13%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 294 (36.84%) Agile
2 188 (23.56%) Problem-Solving
3 185 (23.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 167 (20.93%) Project Management
5 150 (18.80%) User Stories
6 146 (18.30%) Requirements Gathering
7 105 (13.16%) Scrum
8 92 (11.53%) Acceptance Criteria
9 90 (11.28%) Change Management
10 87 (10.90%) Roadmaps
11 76 (9.52%) Project Delivery
12 75 (9.40%) Data Analysis
12 75 (9.40%) Workshop Facilitation
13 72 (9.02%) Analytics
14 69 (8.65%) Migration
14 69 (8.65%) User Acceptance Testing
15 66 (8.27%) Business Case
15 66 (8.27%) DevOps
16 64 (8.02%) Decision-Making
17 61 (7.64%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 67 (8.40%) SQL
2 26 (3.26%) Python
3 23 (2.88%) C#
4 22 (2.76%) Java
5 14 (1.75%) JavaScript
6 9 (1.13%) Perl
7 8 (1.00%) Swift
8 6 (0.75%) PowerShell
9 4 (0.50%) VBA
10 2 (0.25%) Lua
10 2 (0.25%) PHP
11 1 (0.13%) Bash
11 1 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.13%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 136 (17.04%) Degree
2 94 (11.78%) Security Cleared
3 75 (9.40%) SC Cleared
4 19 (2.38%) CBAP
5 16 (2.01%) IIBA
6 14 (1.75%) DV Cleared
7 11 (1.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 10 (1.25%) APMP
9 9 (1.13%) PMI Certification
10 8 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (0.88%) CCNP
11 7 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (0.88%) HND
11 7 (0.88%) ISEB
11 7 (0.88%) Master's Degree
11 7 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
12 6 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (0.63%) ACCA
13 5 (0.63%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (6.14%) QA
2 18 (2.26%) GDPR
3 17 (2.13%) GxP
4 12 (1.50%) Good Clinical Practice
5 11 (1.38%) PMO
6 8 (1.00%) Data Quality
6 8 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.88%) PCI DSS
8 6 (0.75%) EMIR
8 6 (0.75%) NIST
9 5 (0.63%) Disclosure Scotland
9 5 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.50%) MiFID
10 4 (0.50%) SEPA
10 4 (0.50%) SLA
11 3 (0.38%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.38%) GAAP
11 3 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 3 (0.38%) P3O
System Software
1 5 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (0.50%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.25%) HDFS
3 2 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (1.13%) Terraform
2 1 (0.13%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 98 (12.28%) Microsoft
2 70 (8.77%) SAP
3 34 (4.26%) Oracle
4 30 (3.76%) ServiceNow
5 16 (2.01%) Salesforce
6 11 (1.38%) Adobe
7 9 (1.13%) Bloomberg
7 9 (1.13%) Cadence
8 8 (1.00%) Cisco
8 8 (1.00%) Okta
9 7 (0.88%) IBM
9 7 (0.88%) Juniper
9 7 (0.88%) Nokia
10 6 (0.75%) Google
10 6 (0.75%) ION Trading
10 6 (0.75%) VMware
11 5 (0.63%) Ariba
11 5 (0.63%) Hyperion
11 5 (0.63%) MarketAxess
11 5 (0.63%) Tradeweb