Business Systems Analyst Contracts

Business System Analyst
UK

The median Business System Analyst daily rate in the UK is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 528 615 706
Rank change year-on-year +87 +91 -83
Contract jobs requiring a Business Systems Analyst 63 103 148
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.17% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.18% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 92 114
10th Percentile £373 £385 £375
25th Percentile £425 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +15.79% -
75th Percentile £563 £605 £565
90th Percentile £653 £775 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.50 - -
Median hourly rate £53.00 - -
75th Percentile £53.50 - -
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 40,021 55,966 84,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,056 39,104 59,482
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,666 1,571 2,084
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.29 £65.75 £49.19
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.71
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.26 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.35% +116.50% +2.74%

Business Systems Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Systems Analyst in the UK

Business Systems Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Business Systems Analyst in the UK

Business Systems Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Systems Analyst over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Systems Analyst in the UK

Business Systems Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Systems Analyst in the UK

Business Systems Analyst
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Systems Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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 +61 46 £525 -4.55% 34
Work from Home +136 40 £525 +5.00% 29
London +81 34 £600 - 6
UK excluding London +38 13 £475 - 33
Midlands +24 5 £450 +16.88% 4
East of England +10 5 £525 +7.69% 6
West Midlands +19 3 £450 +21.62% 3
Scotland +39 2 £525 +33.76% 3
East Midlands - 2 £400 - 1
South East +17 1 £500 +1.01% 10

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Business Systems 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 Systems Analyst in the job title.

1 18 (28.57%) Finance
2 17 (26.98%) Migration
3 15 (23.81%) Business Analysis
4 14 (22.22%) Degree
5 13 (20.63%) Learning Management System
6 12 (19.05%) Social Skills
7 8 (12.70%) Requirements Gathering
7 8 (12.70%) Agile
7 8 (12.70%) Project Management
7 8 (12.70%) ERP
7 8 (12.70%) User Stories
8 7 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (9.52%) SQL
9 6 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (7.94%) Data Migration
11 4 (6.35%) Life Science
11 4 (6.35%) Data Mapping
11 4 (6.35%) Oracle
11 4 (6.35%) Microsoft
11 4 (6.35%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (6.35%) CRM
11 4 (6.35%) LIMS
11 4 (6.35%) Change Management
11 4 (6.35%) Product Ownership
12 3 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (4.76%) Translating Business Requirements
12 3 (4.76%) Manufacturing
12 3 (4.76%) Validation
12 3 (4.76%) Risk Management
12 3 (4.76%) Stakeholder Management

Business Systems 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 1 (1.59%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.17%) MS Visio
2 2 (3.17%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.59%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 1 (1.59%) iTrent
1 1 (1.59%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (1.59%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (1.59%) SAP CO
1 1 (1.59%) SAP FI
1 1 (1.59%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.76%) SaaS
2 2 (3.17%) Azure
2 2 (3.17%) Google Docs
2 2 (3.17%) Snowflake
3 1 (1.59%) Google Sheets
3 1 (1.59%) Lucidchart
3 1 (1.59%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.17%) Data Mining
2 1 (1.59%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 1 (1.59%) JIRA
General
1 18 (28.57%) Finance
2 12 (19.05%) Social Skills
3 6 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.35%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (4.76%) Banking
5 3 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (4.76%) Investment Banking
5 3 (4.76%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.17%) Aviation
6 2 (3.17%) Billing
6 2 (3.17%) Marketing
6 2 (3.17%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.59%) Front Office
7 1 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.59%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.17%) Swagger
2 1 (1.59%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.59%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (20.63%) Learning Management System
2 4 (6.35%) Life Science
2 4 (6.35%) LIMS
2 4 (6.35%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.17%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.17%) Data Structures
3 2 (3.17%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.17%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.59%) Market Risk
4 1 (1.59%) NHS
4 1 (1.59%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (26.98%) Migration
2 15 (23.81%) Business Analysis
3 8 (12.70%) Agile
3 8 (12.70%) ERP
3 8 (12.70%) Project Management
3 8 (12.70%) Requirements Gathering
3 8 (12.70%) User Stories
4 7 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (7.94%) Data Migration
6 4 (6.35%) Change Management
6 4 (6.35%) CRM
6 4 (6.35%) Data Mapping
7 3 (4.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (4.76%) Data Analysis
7 3 (4.76%) Process Improvement
7 3 (4.76%) Risk Management
7 3 (4.76%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (4.76%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (4.76%) Validation
7 3 (4.76%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.52%) SQL
2 3 (4.76%) Java
Qualifications
1 14 (22.22%) Degree
2 1 (1.59%) ACCA
2 1 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (1.59%) CEH
2 1 (1.59%) CIMA
2 1 (1.59%) CISM
2 1 (1.59%) CISSP
2 1 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (1.59%) Master's Degree
2 1 (1.59%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.17%) PMO
1 2 (3.17%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (6.35%) Microsoft
1 4 (6.35%) Oracle
2 3 (4.76%) Google
2 3 (4.76%) SAP
3 2 (3.17%) Cisco
3 2 (3.17%) Databricks
4 1 (1.59%) Avaya
4 1 (1.59%) Charles River
4 1 (1.59%) Genesys
4 1 (1.59%) Guidewire
4 1 (1.59%) Peregrine
4 1 (1.59%) Remedy
4 1 (1.59%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.59%) Siemens