Business Analyst Contracts with Work from Home Options

Business Analyst (BA)
UK > Work from Home

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 39 37
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 +22
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 738 1,228 2,579
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 5.00% 5.14% 5.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.35% 5.40% 6.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 509 881 1,988
10th Percentile £394 £400 £363
25th Percentile £456 £440 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £518 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.28% +3.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £575
90th Percentile £774 £700 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 4
10th Percentile - - £20.02
25th Percentile - £20.25 £21.55
Median hourly rate £20.77 £37.75 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year -44.98% +68.53% -48.51%
75th Percentile £50.00 £59.38 £23.43
90th Percentile - £62.75 £25.27
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £62.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year -32.00% +140.38% -42.22%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,801 22,740 41,944
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 95.25% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,306 16,147 30,496
10th Percentile £325 £360 £358
25th Percentile £425 £445 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 528 563
10th Percentile £14.27 £16.98 £14.05
25th Percentile £22.59 £25.00 £19.96
Median hourly rate £43.50 £50.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.00% +25.00% +70.21%
75th Percentile £63.56 £66.05 £59.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.15 £69.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Business Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Business Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Business Analyst trend for jobs with a WFH option

Business Analyst
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 Analyst.

Business Analyst daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Business Analyst over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Business Analyst daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Business Analyst
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 Analyst.

Business Analyst hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Business Analyst over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Business Analyst hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 235 (31.84%) Finance
2 208 (28.18%) Agile
3 191 (25.88%) Social Skills
4 176 (23.85%) Business Analysis
5 136 (18.43%) User Stories
6 133 (18.02%) Requirements Gathering
7 124 (16.80%) Banking
8 110 (14.91%) Stakeholder Management
9 88 (11.92%) SQL
10 86 (11.65%) Analytical Skills
11 77 (10.43%) Degree
11 77 (10.43%) User Acceptance Testing
12 72 (9.76%) Migration
13 70 (9.49%) JIRA
14 65 (8.81%) Project Management
15 64 (8.67%) Workshop Facilitation
16 63 (8.54%) Problem-Solving
16 63 (8.54%) Product Ownership
17 57 (7.72%) Acceptance Criteria
18 56 (7.59%) GAP Analysis
19 54 (7.32%) Data Analysis
19 54 (7.32%) Public Sector
20 49 (6.64%) Azure
21 47 (6.37%) QA
21 47 (6.37%) Scrum
22 44 (5.96%) Business Intelligence
22 44 (5.96%) Microsoft
22 44 (5.96%) DevOps
22 44 (5.96%) Analytics
23 43 (5.83%) Change Management

Business Analyst Skill Set
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 34 (4.61%) Confluence
2 17 (2.30%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 4 (0.54%) Apache
3 4 (0.54%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.41%) MTS
5 2 (0.27%) LiveLink
6 1 (0.14%) Alfresco
6 1 (0.14%) Camunda
Applications
1 33 (4.47%) Microsoft Excel
1 33 (4.47%) MS Visio
2 28 (3.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.54%) Trello
5 3 (0.41%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (2.30%) Endur
2 10 (1.36%) Loan IQ
3 6 (0.81%) Maximo
3 6 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.68%) Aligne
4 5 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.54%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (0.54%) SAP Hybris
6 3 (0.41%) EuroRunner
6 3 (0.41%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.41%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.27%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 2 (0.27%) SAP APO
7 2 (0.27%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.27%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.27%) SAP IBP
7 2 (0.27%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 49 (6.64%) Azure
2 43 (5.83%) Power Platform
3 35 (4.74%) AWS
4 21 (2.85%) SaaS
5 11 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (1.49%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (0.81%) Google Analytics
7 6 (0.81%) Miro
7 6 (0.81%) PaaS
8 5 (0.68%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 5 (0.68%) SuccessFactors
9 4 (0.54%) dbt
9 4 (0.54%) Lucidchart
9 4 (0.54%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 3 (0.41%) Adobe Analytics
10 3 (0.41%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.27%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.27%) GCP
11 2 (0.27%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.68%) FIX Connectivity
2 3 (0.41%) Internet
2 3 (0.41%) SD-WAN
2 3 (0.41%) WAN
3 2 (0.27%) NAS
3 2 (0.27%) WinSCP
4 1 (0.14%) 4G
4 1 (0.14%) 5G
4 1 (0.14%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.14%) Firewall
4 1 (0.14%) LTE
4 1 (0.14%) MPLS
4 1 (0.14%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.14%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (5.42%) Power BI
2 12 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (1.22%) Big Data
3 9 (1.22%) Relational Database
4 7 (0.95%) Data Lake
4 7 (0.95%) Tableau
5 5 (0.68%) NoSQL
6 4 (0.54%) Apache Arrow
6 4 (0.54%) Dremio
6 4 (0.54%) GIS
6 4 (0.54%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 4 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.41%) DataStage
7 3 (0.41%) Electronic Patient Records
7 3 (0.41%) Qlik Sense
7 3 (0.41%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.27%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.27%) PowerPivot
8 2 (0.27%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 70 (9.49%) JIRA
2 8 (1.08%) Eclipse
3 4 (0.54%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.27%) Postman
4 2 (0.27%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.14%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.14%) PyCharm
General
1 235 (31.84%) Finance
2 191 (25.88%) Social Skills
3 124 (16.80%) Banking
4 86 (11.65%) Analytical Skills
5 54 (7.32%) Public Sector
6 41 (5.56%) Front Office
7 37 (5.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 21 (2.85%) Influencing Skills
8 21 (2.85%) Presentation Skills
9 20 (2.71%) Investment Banking
9 20 (2.71%) Manufacturing
10 19 (2.57%) Marketing
11 16 (2.17%) Back Office
11 16 (2.17%) Retail
12 10 (1.36%) Pharmaceutical
13 9 (1.22%) Local Government
13 9 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (0.81%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (0.68%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.22%) JSON
1 9 (1.22%) XML
2 8 (1.08%) Web Services
3 6 (0.81%) FIX Protocol
4 5 (0.68%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (0.54%) .NET
5 4 (0.54%) OAuth
6 3 (0.41%) HTML
6 3 (0.41%) SAP PI
7 2 (0.27%) OAuth2
7 2 (0.27%) OpenID
8 1 (0.14%) EDI
8 1 (0.14%) Middleware
8 1 (0.14%) RESTful
8 1 (0.14%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 63 (8.54%) Product Ownership
2 29 (3.93%) Derivative
3 27 (3.66%) Equities
3 27 (3.66%) Fixed Income
4 24 (3.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 22 (2.98%) Hedge funds
6 13 (1.76%) Reinsurance
6 13 (1.76%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 11 (1.49%) Onboarding
8 9 (1.22%) Mobile App
9 8 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
9 8 (1.08%) Learning Management System
10 6 (0.81%) Life Science
10 6 (0.81%) Low-Code
10 6 (0.81%) Management Information System
10 6 (0.81%) Renewable Energy
11 5 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (0.54%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (0.54%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.22%) Windows
2 4 (0.54%) Unix
3 3 (0.41%) VMS
4 2 (0.27%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.27%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.14%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (28.18%) Agile
2 176 (23.85%) Business Analysis
3 136 (18.43%) User Stories
4 133 (18.02%) Requirements Gathering
5 110 (14.91%) Stakeholder Management
6 77 (10.43%) User Acceptance Testing
7 72 (9.76%) Migration
8 65 (8.81%) Project Management
9 64 (8.67%) Workshop Facilitation
10 63 (8.54%) Problem-Solving
11 57 (7.72%) Acceptance Criteria
12 56 (7.59%) GAP Analysis
13 54 (7.32%) Data Analysis
14 47 (6.37%) Scrum
15 44 (5.96%) Analytics
15 44 (5.96%) Business Intelligence
15 44 (5.96%) DevOps
16 43 (5.83%) Change Management
16 43 (5.83%) Project Delivery
17 40 (5.42%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 88 (11.92%) SQL
2 26 (3.52%) Python
3 8 (1.08%) JavaScript
4 4 (0.54%) C#
4 4 (0.54%) Java
5 1 (0.14%) Groovy
5 1 (0.14%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.14%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 77 (10.43%) Degree
2 32 (4.34%) Security Cleared
3 28 (3.79%) SC Cleared
4 10 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (0.81%) CBAP
5 6 (0.81%) IIBA
6 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (0.54%) ACCA
7 4 (0.54%) CIMA
8 3 (0.41%) CSPO
8 3 (0.41%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.41%) HNC
8 3 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
9 2 (0.27%) CCA
9 2 (0.27%) ISEB
9 2 (0.27%) MCSA
9 2 (0.27%) MCSD
9 2 (0.27%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.14%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (6.37%) QA
2 22 (2.98%) Data Quality
3 14 (1.90%) MiFID
4 13 (1.76%) EMIR
5 10 (1.36%) SEPA
6 8 (1.08%) PMO
7 7 (0.95%) GDPR
8 4 (0.54%) GxP
8 4 (0.54%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.41%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.41%) Disclosure Scotland
9 3 (0.41%) Dodd-Frank
9 3 (0.41%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.27%) PSD2
10 2 (0.27%) SLA
11 1 (0.14%) COREP
11 1 (0.14%) FINREP
11 1 (0.14%) Good Clinical Practice
11 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (0.54%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (0.41%) ZABBIX
2 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 44 (5.96%) Microsoft
2 39 (5.28%) SAP
3 20 (2.71%) Oracle
3 20 (2.71%) Salesforce
4 19 (2.57%) ServiceNow
5 11 (1.49%) Bloomberg
5 11 (1.49%) OpenLink
6 8 (1.08%) Google
7 7 (0.95%) Cadence
8 6 (0.81%) Adobe
8 6 (0.81%) Ariba
8 6 (0.81%) IFS
8 6 (0.81%) Pega
9 5 (0.68%) Guidewire
9 5 (0.68%) ION Trading
9 5 (0.68%) MarketAxess
9 5 (0.68%) Tradeweb
9 5 (0.68%) Workday
10 4 (0.54%) Cognizant
10 4 (0.54%) Databricks