Business Data Analyst Contracts

Business Data Analyst
UK

The median Business Data Analyst daily rate in the UK is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 21 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
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 543 638 764
Rank change year-on-year +95 +126 -117
Contract jobs requiring a Business Data Analyst 28 58 99
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.066% 0.10% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.071% 0.11% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 44 71
10th Percentile £359 £325 £365
25th Percentile £503 £398 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £563 £463
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +21.62% +15.63%
75th Percentile £625 £621 £544
90th Percentile £677 £713 £663
UK excluding London median daily rate £445 £538 £416
% change year-on-year -17.21% +29.28% +3.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £30.25
Median hourly rate - - £31.50
75th Percentile - - £32.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 39,413 53,669 84,232
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.81% 94.62% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,677 37,466 59,216
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.31% +3.43% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,675 1,499 2,051
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.82
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +87.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.74 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Business Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Data Analyst in the UK

Business Data Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Business Data Analyst in the UK

Business Data Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Data Analyst over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Data Analyst in the UK

Business Data Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Data Analyst in the UK

Business Data Analyst
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Data Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 21 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 +69 24 £525 -10.64% 11
London +73 15 £600 - 8
Work from Home +100 13 £493 -16.17% 7
UK excluding London +36 8 £445 -17.21% 3
North of England +24 2 £525 +23.53%
South East +17 2 - - 1
East Midlands - 2 £363 -
Midlands - 2 £363 - 1
Scotland +40 1 £550 -
North West +25 1 £525 +23.53%
Yorkshire +19 1 £525 -
Northern Ireland +2 1 £325 -45.83%

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

For the 6 months to 21 May 2024, Business Data 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 featuring Business Data Analyst in the job title.

1 18 (64.29%) Finance
2 13 (46.43%) Data Analysis
3 11 (39.29%) SQL
3 11 (39.29%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (39.29%) Social Skills
4 10 (35.71%) Analytics
5 9 (32.14%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (28.57%) Data Analytics
7 7 (25.00%) Python
7 7 (25.00%) Banking
8 6 (21.43%) Data Mapping
8 6 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (21.43%) Workshop Facilitation
8 6 (21.43%) Requirements Gathering
9 5 (17.86%) Decision-Making
9 5 (17.86%) Data Governance
9 5 (17.86%) Visualisation
9 5 (17.86%) Azure
9 5 (17.86%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (17.86%) Data Modelling
10 4 (14.29%) Change Management
10 4 (14.29%) Migration
10 4 (14.29%) Use Case
10 4 (14.29%) Business Analysis
10 4 (14.29%) Data Visualisation
10 4 (14.29%) Data Transformation
10 4 (14.29%) Hadoop
10 4 (14.29%) Data Structures
10 4 (14.29%) Impala
10 4 (14.29%) Power Platform

Business Data Analyst Skill Set
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 2 (7.14%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (3.57%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.86%) Azure
2 4 (14.29%) Power Platform
3 3 (10.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (7.14%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (3.57%) AWS
5 1 (3.57%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.29%) Hadoop
1 4 (14.29%) Impala
1 4 (14.29%) Power BI
2 3 (10.71%) Data Lake
2 3 (10.71%) Metadata
3 2 (7.14%) Apache Hive
3 2 (7.14%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (7.14%) Big Data
3 2 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (7.14%) Tableau
4 1 (3.57%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (3.57%) Data Mining
4 1 (3.57%) SQL Server
4 1 (3.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) ER Studio
1 1 (3.57%) ERwin
1 1 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 18 (64.29%) Finance
2 11 (39.29%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (39.29%) Social Skills
3 7 (25.00%) Banking
4 3 (10.71%) Investment Banking
4 3 (10.71%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Data Structures
2 3 (10.71%) Management Information System
2 3 (10.71%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (3.57%) Market Risk
4 1 (3.57%) Pricing Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (46.43%) Data Analysis
2 10 (35.71%) Analytics
3 9 (32.14%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (28.57%) Data Analytics
5 6 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (21.43%) Data Mapping
5 6 (21.43%) Requirements Gathering
5 6 (21.43%) Workshop Facilitation
6 5 (17.86%) Data Governance
6 5 (17.86%) Data Modelling
6 5 (17.86%) Decision-Making
6 5 (17.86%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (17.86%) Visualisation
7 4 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
7 4 (14.29%) Business Analysis
7 4 (14.29%) Change Management
7 4 (14.29%) Data Transformation
7 4 (14.29%) Data Visualisation
7 4 (14.29%) Migration
7 4 (14.29%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 11 (39.29%) SQL
2 7 (25.00%) Python
3 2 (7.14%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (10.71%) Degree
2 2 (7.14%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.57%) Azure Certification
3 1 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.14%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.57%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (10.71%) SAP
2 2 (7.14%) Oracle
3 1 (3.57%) AppDynamics
3 1 (3.57%) Databricks
3 1 (3.57%) IDERA
3 1 (3.57%) Informatica
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.57%) MuleSoft
3 1 (3.57%) Refinitiv
3 1 (3.57%) Reuters
3 1 (3.57%) Splunk