Business Analysis Contracts with Work from Home Options

Business Analysis
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 92 105 102
Rank change year-on-year +13 -3 -3
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 340 571 1,130
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.26% 2.28% 2.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.56% 2.54% 2.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 240 401 824
10th Percentile £410 £400 £381
25th Percentile £463 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £588
90th Percentile £700 £738 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £520
% change year-on-year - +0.96% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile £35.38 - -
25th Percentile £53.44 - -
Median hourly rate £83.55 £66.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.59% +88.57% +28.53%
75th Percentile £84.67 - -
90th Percentile £85.33 - -
UK median hourly rate £36.13 £62.75 £48.00
% change year-on-year -42.43% +30.73% +81.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,268 22,513 39,948
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 88.01% 89.73% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,896 15,904 28,997
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 573 519 530
10th Percentile £15.03 £18.63 £13.73
25th Percentile £25.50 £30.00 £20.06
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +41.16%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.63
90th Percentile £75.20 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%

Business Analysis
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Business Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Business Analysis trend for jobs with a WFH option

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Business Analysis.

Business Analysis daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Business Analysis over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Business Analysis daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Business Analysis.

Business Analysis hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Business Analysis over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Business Analysis hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Business Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 19 (5.59%) Confluence
2 7 (2.06%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.88%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (0.88%) ArcGIS
3 3 (0.88%) CMS
4 1 (0.29%) LiveLink
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 21 (6.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (5.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (5.29%) MS Visio
4 14 (4.12%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.29%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (4.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.76%) SAP PM
3 5 (1.47%) Endur
3 5 (1.47%) SAP Hybris
4 4 (1.18%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.88%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.88%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.88%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.59%) iTrent
6 2 (0.59%) Magento
6 2 (0.59%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.59%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.59%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.29%) Aligne
7 1 (0.29%) Odoo
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.29%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.29%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.29%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 29 (8.53%) Azure
2 15 (4.41%) AWS
3 14 (4.12%) SaaS
4 13 (3.82%) Power Platform
5 10 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (2.06%) Azure Service Bus
6 7 (2.06%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (2.06%) PaaS
6 7 (2.06%) Serverless
7 6 (1.76%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (1.76%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 5 (1.47%) Power Automate
8 5 (1.47%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 5 (1.47%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 4 (1.18%) Adobe Analytics
9 4 (1.18%) Azure Functions
9 4 (1.18%) PowerApps
10 3 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (0.88%) Lucidchart
10 3 (0.88%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.47%) WAN
2 4 (1.18%) FIX Connectivity
2 4 (1.18%) Junos
2 4 (1.18%) SDH
3 2 (0.59%) Intranet
3 2 (0.59%) NAS
4 1 (0.29%) DKIM
4 1 (0.29%) DMARC
4 1 (0.29%) Internet
4 1 (0.29%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.29%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.35%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.06%) Power BI
3 5 (1.47%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.18%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.18%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.88%) Big Data
5 3 (0.88%) Electronic Patient Records
5 3 (0.88%) Geospatial Data
5 3 (0.88%) GIS
5 3 (0.88%) OLTP
5 3 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.59%) Data Mart
6 2 (0.59%) SAP BW
6 2 (0.59%) SAP HANA
6 2 (0.59%) Tableau
7 1 (0.29%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.29%) EDRMS
7 1 (0.29%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.29%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 30 (8.82%) JIRA
2 4 (1.18%) Eclipse
2 4 (1.18%) Git
2 4 (1.18%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (1.18%) TeamCity
3 3 (0.88%) Visual Studio Team System
4 1 (0.29%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.29%) Moq
4 1 (0.29%) NUnit
General
1 130 (38.24%) Social Skills
2 84 (24.71%) Finance
3 71 (20.88%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (16.76%) Public Sector
5 26 (7.65%) Banking
6 21 (6.18%) Presentation Skills
7 20 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
8 13 (3.82%) Manufacturing
9 12 (3.53%) Telecoms
10 10 (2.94%) Front Office
10 10 (2.94%) Law
10 10 (2.94%) Legal
10 10 (2.94%) Retail
11 9 (2.65%) Investment Banking
11 9 (2.65%) Marketing
12 6 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.18%) Aeronautics
13 4 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.18%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 207 (60.88%) Analyst
2 188 (55.29%) Business Analyst
3 30 (8.82%) Senior
4 25 (7.35%) Project Manager
5 24 (7.06%) Senior Analyst
6 22 (6.47%) Architect
7 20 (5.88%) Lead
7 20 (5.88%) Senior Business Analyst
8 19 (5.59%) Consultant
9 15 (4.41%) Technical Analyst
9 15 (4.41%) Technical Business Analyst
10 14 (4.12%) Business IT Analyst
10 14 (4.12%) IT Analyst
11 13 (3.82%) Agile Business Analyst
11 13 (3.82%) Financial Analyst
11 13 (3.82%) IT Business Analyst
12 11 (3.24%) Business Systems Analyst
12 11 (3.24%) Developer
13 10 (2.94%) Finance Business Analyst
14 9 (2.65%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.35%) XML
2 7 (2.06%) .NET
3 6 (1.76%) Web Services
4 4 (1.18%) FIX Protocol
4 4 (1.18%) JSON
5 3 (0.88%) ARM Templates
5 3 (0.88%) Lightning Web Components
5 3 (0.88%) SailPoint
6 2 (0.59%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.59%) HTML
6 2 (0.59%) Murex MxML
6 2 (0.59%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.29%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.29%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (0.29%) Kafka
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.29%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 25 (7.35%) Product Ownership
2 18 (5.29%) Management Information System
3 9 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (2.35%) CMDB
4 8 (2.35%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (1.47%) Derivative
5 5 (1.47%) NHS
5 5 (1.47%) Reinsurance
6 4 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.18%) Fixed Income
6 4 (1.18%) IoT
6 4 (1.18%) Low-Code
6 4 (1.18%) Onboarding
7 3 (0.88%) Data Centre
7 3 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (0.88%) FMCG
7 3 (0.88%) PMI
7 3 (0.88%) Wiki
8 2 (0.59%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.18%) Unix
2 2 (0.59%) Windows
2 2 (0.59%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (39.71%) Agile
2 86 (25.29%) User Stories
3 80 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
4 72 (21.18%) Problem-Solving
5 61 (17.94%) Project Management
5 61 (17.94%) Requirements Gathering
6 48 (14.12%) Roadmaps
6 48 (14.12%) Scrum
7 46 (13.53%) Acceptance Criteria
8 43 (12.65%) Project Delivery
9 35 (10.29%) Analytics
9 35 (10.29%) Data Analysis
10 33 (9.71%) Service Management
10 33 (9.71%) Workshop Facilitation
11 32 (9.41%) Change Management
12 30 (8.82%) Waterfall
13 29 (8.53%) Business Case
13 29 (8.53%) ITIL
13 29 (8.53%) User Acceptance Testing
14 28 (8.24%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 27 (7.94%) SQL
2 7 (2.06%) C#
3 4 (1.18%) PowerShell
4 3 (0.88%) Java
4 3 (0.88%) Python
5 2 (0.59%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.59%) Perl
6 1 (0.29%) Bash
6 1 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 51 (15.00%) Degree
2 47 (13.82%) Security Cleared
3 41 (12.06%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.35%) DV Cleared
5 6 (1.76%) CBAP
6 5 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.47%) CSPO
7 4 (1.18%) CCNP
7 4 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.18%) HND
7 4 (1.18%) IIBA
7 4 (1.18%) JNCIA
7 4 (1.18%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.18%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 4 (1.18%) SAP Certification
7 4 (1.18%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (0.88%) APMP
8 3 (0.88%) ISEB
8 3 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.59%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.76%) QA
2 7 (2.06%) PMO
3 4 (1.18%) Disclosure Scotland
3 4 (1.18%) GDPR
3 4 (1.18%) PCI DSS
4 3 (0.88%) SLA
5 2 (0.59%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.59%) GRC
5 2 (0.59%) PSD2
5 2 (0.59%) SEPA
6 1 (0.29%) COREP
6 1 (0.29%) Dodd-Frank
6 1 (0.29%) EMIR
6 1 (0.29%) IFRS
6 1 (0.29%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.29%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.29%) NIST
6 1 (0.29%) P3O
6 1 (0.29%) TARGET2
System Software
1 2 (0.59%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (1.76%) Terraform
2 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 34 (10.00%) SAP
2 13 (3.82%) Oracle
3 12 (3.53%) ServiceNow
4 11 (3.24%) Salesforce
5 7 (2.06%) Cadence
6 6 (1.76%) Adobe
7 4 (1.18%) Bloomberg
7 4 (1.18%) Ciena
7 4 (1.18%) Cisco
7 4 (1.18%) Conga
7 4 (1.18%) DocuSign
7 4 (1.18%) IBM
7 4 (1.18%) ION Trading
7 4 (1.18%) Juniper
7 4 (1.18%) MarketAxess
7 4 (1.18%) Nokia
7 4 (1.18%) Palo Alto
7 4 (1.18%) Tradeweb
8 3 (0.88%) ESRI