Microsoft 365 Business Analyst Contracts

Microsoft 365 Business Analyst (M365 BA)
UK

The median Microsoft 365 Business Analyst (M365 BA) daily rate in the UK is £400 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 572 708 847
Rank change year-on-year +136 +139 -167
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Business Analyst 6 8 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.014% 0.014% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.014% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 18
10th Percentile £234 £420 £348
25th Percentile £339 £450 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £428 £525 £538
90th Percentile £481 £555 £556
UK excluding London median daily rate £325 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -35.00% -2.44% -

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 40,246 55,892 84,695
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.62% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,216 39,044 59,517
10th Percentile £279 £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 2,676 1,569 2,074
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.25 £15.72
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £64.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.16 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.11% +115.96% +2.74%

Microsoft 365 Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Microsoft 365 Business Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 Business Analyst in the UK

Microsoft 365 Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 Business Analyst.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 Business Analyst in the UK

Microsoft 365 Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Business Analyst over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 Business Analyst in the UK

Microsoft 365 Business Analyst
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 Business Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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
Work from Home +129 4 £369 -26.25%
England +106 4 £369 -22.37%
London +110 2 £369 -26.25%
UK excluding London +58 2 £325 -35.00%
Midlands +32 2 £325 -27.78%
West Midlands - 2 £325 -

Microsoft 365 Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Microsoft 365 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 featuring Microsoft 365 Business Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (50.00%) Windows
3 3 (50.00%) Waterfall
3 3 (50.00%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (50.00%) Agile
3 3 (50.00%) VMS
3 3 (50.00%) OneDrive
4 2 (33.33%) Business Analysis
4 2 (33.33%) Degree
4 2 (33.33%) Azure
4 2 (33.33%) Banking
4 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (33.33%) Project Management
4 2 (33.33%) Finance
4 2 (33.33%) Fintech
4 2 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
5 1 (16.67%) PowerApps
5 1 (16.67%) Power Automate
5 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
5 1 (16.67%) Power BI
5 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (16.67%) Legal
5 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence

Microsoft 365 Business 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 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (66.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (50.00%) OneDrive
3 2 (33.33%) Azure
4 1 (16.67%) Power Automate
4 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
4 1 (16.67%) PowerApps
4 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
General
1 2 (33.33%) Banking
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Legal
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) VMS
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Fintech
3 2 (33.33%) Project Management
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (16.67%) Application Discovery
4 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Google