Business Analysis Contracts in England

Business Analysis
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with 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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 130 100 90
Rank change year-on-year -30 -10 +10
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 680 1,205 2,004
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.86% 2.45% 2.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.15% 2.72% 3.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 472 844 1,461
10th Percentile £375 £411 £400
25th Percentile £425 £455 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £625
90th Percentile £700 £810 £710
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £520
% change year-on-year - +0.96% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 13 4
10th Percentile - £36.60 £34.28
25th Percentile £18.35 £55.00 £46.31
Median hourly rate £46.87 £63.00 £57.75
Median % change year-on-year -25.60% +9.09% +115.89%
75th Percentile £82.81 £66.00 £65.75
90th Percentile £84.67 £70.00 £69.35
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
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,661 44,294 64,052
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.54% 90.18% 90.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,752 31,074 45,519
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £674 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,232 1,569 1,736
10th Percentile £12.87 £10.73 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.34 £24.30
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% +53.69% +3.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Business Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analysis in England

Business Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Analysis in England.

Daily rate trend for Business Analysis in England

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis in England over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analysis in England

Business Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Analysis in England.

Hourly rate trend for Business Analysis in England

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Analysis in England over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Analysis in England

Business Analysis
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the England region over the 6 months to 7 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
London -22 398 £563 -5.66% 164
North of England +4 86 £475 -0.52% 38
South East -24 65 £500 +5.26% 37
North West +9 56 £475 - 17
Midlands -7 52 £475 -5.00% 37
South West -5 33 £575 +4.55% 25
West Midlands -27 28 £475 -5.00% 27
Yorkshire +8 26 £490 -2.00% 16
East of England -6 26 £426 -14.75% 21
East Midlands +30 23 £450 -2.70% 10
North East +16 3 £370 -7.50% 5
Business Analysis
UK

Business Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 26 (3.82%) Confluence
2 11 (1.62%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.74%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 4 (0.59%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.44%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.44%) CMS
6 2 (0.29%) Apache
7 1 (0.15%) LiveLink
7 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.15%) SAS
Applications
1 35 (5.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (4.85%) MS Visio
3 30 (4.41%) Microsoft Office
4 18 (2.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 26 (3.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.91%) Aligne
3 12 (1.76%) SAP PM
4 9 (1.32%) Endur
5 6 (0.88%) Magento
5 6 (0.88%) Oracle Financials
5 6 (0.88%) SAP Hybris
6 5 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
7 4 (0.59%) SAP BPC
8 3 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.44%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 3 (0.44%) SAP CO
8 3 (0.44%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.44%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.44%) SAP FI/CO
9 2 (0.29%) Loan IQ
9 2 (0.29%) Oracle EBS R12
9 2 (0.29%) Oracle General Ledger
9 2 (0.29%) SAP MM
9 2 (0.29%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 62 (9.12%) Azure
2 37 (5.44%) AWS
3 32 (4.71%) Power Platform
4 30 (4.41%) SaaS
5 23 (3.38%) Azure DevOps
5 23 (3.38%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (2.21%) Serverless
7 13 (1.91%) PaaS
8 11 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (1.47%) Power Automate
10 9 (1.32%) PowerApps
11 8 (1.18%) Azure Service Bus
11 8 (1.18%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (1.03%) Adobe Analytics
12 7 (1.03%) Azure Functions
12 7 (1.03%) SAP Commerce Cloud
13 6 (0.88%) SuccessFactors
14 5 (0.74%) Azure Key Vault
14 5 (0.74%) Azure Logic Apps
14 5 (0.74%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.03%) WAN
2 6 (0.88%) FIX Connectivity
3 5 (0.74%) SDH
3 5 (0.74%) SSH
4 4 (0.59%) Junos
5 3 (0.44%) Firewall
5 3 (0.44%) Intranet
5 3 (0.44%) PBX
5 3 (0.44%) Skype
5 3 (0.44%) VoIP
6 2 (0.29%) NAS
6 2 (0.29%) SMS
7 1 (0.15%) DKIM
7 1 (0.15%) Internet
7 1 (0.15%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.15%) LAN
7 1 (0.15%) MPLS
7 1 (0.15%) Network Security
7 1 (0.15%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.15%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.68%) Power BI
2 13 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (1.76%) Big Data
4 10 (1.47%) SQL Server
5 9 (1.32%) Data Lake
5 9 (1.32%) SAP HANA
6 7 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (1.03%) Hadoop
6 7 (1.03%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (0.74%) OLTP
8 4 (0.59%) Apache Hive
8 4 (0.59%) Electronic Patient Records
8 4 (0.59%) Impala
8 4 (0.59%) Tableau
9 3 (0.44%) Geospatial Data
9 3 (0.44%) GIS
9 3 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.44%) Presto
9 3 (0.44%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 44 (6.47%) JIRA
2 7 (1.03%) Git
2 7 (1.03%) Rational DOORS
3 6 (0.88%) Visual Studio Team System
4 5 (0.74%) Cucumber
4 5 (0.74%) JUnit
5 4 (0.59%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.29%) Moq
6 2 (0.29%) NUnit
7 1 (0.15%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.15%) Rational Software Modeler
General
1 255 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 212 (31.18%) Finance
3 160 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (9.71%) Banking
5 63 (9.26%) Public Sector
6 56 (8.24%) Presentation Skills
7 39 (5.74%) Influencing Skills
8 36 (5.29%) Manufacturing
9 31 (4.56%) Retail
10 26 (3.82%) Investment Banking
11 25 (3.68%) Front Office
12 21 (3.09%) Pharmaceutical
12 21 (3.09%) Telecoms
13 19 (2.79%) Legal
14 16 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
15 13 (1.91%) Law
15 13 (1.91%) Local Government
16 12 (1.76%) Marketing
17 11 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 10 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 406 (59.71%) Analyst
2 369 (54.26%) Business Analyst
3 68 (10.00%) Senior
4 61 (8.97%) Project Manager
5 54 (7.94%) Senior Analyst
6 51 (7.50%) Architect
7 47 (6.91%) Senior Business Analyst
8 31 (4.56%) Consultant
9 30 (4.41%) Developer
10 28 (4.12%) Financial Analyst
11 26 (3.82%) Lead
12 25 (3.68%) IT Analyst
13 23 (3.38%) Business IT Analyst
14 22 (3.24%) IT Business Analyst
14 22 (3.24%) SAP Analyst
15 21 (3.09%) Finance Business Analyst
16 19 (2.79%) Solutions Architect
16 19 (2.79%) Technical Analyst
16 19 (2.79%) Technical Business Analyst
17 18 (2.65%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.79%) XML
2 18 (2.65%) .NET
3 15 (2.21%) JSON
4 14 (2.06%) Web Services
5 9 (1.32%) HTML
5 9 (1.32%) WPF
6 8 (1.18%) CSS
7 6 (0.88%) FIX Protocol
8 5 (0.74%) .NET Framework
8 5 (0.74%) ARM Templates
8 5 (0.74%) Hibernate
8 5 (0.74%) J2EE
8 5 (0.74%) JPA
8 5 (0.74%) REST
8 5 (0.74%) SOAP
8 5 (0.74%) Spring
9 4 (0.59%) ASP.NET
9 4 (0.59%) ASP.NET MVC
9 4 (0.59%) Kafka
9 4 (0.59%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 46 (6.76%) Product Ownership
2 37 (5.44%) Management Information System
3 14 (2.06%) Onboarding
4 12 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
5 11 (1.62%) Greenfield Project
5 11 (1.62%) Virtual Team
6 10 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (1.32%) IoT
7 9 (1.32%) Renewable Energy
7 9 (1.32%) Solar Panel
8 7 (1.03%) Cloud Native
8 7 (1.03%) Derivative
8 7 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.03%) Reinsurance
9 6 (0.88%) CMDB
9 6 (0.88%) Data Structures
9 6 (0.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (0.88%) NHS
10 5 (0.74%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.62%) Unix
2 9 (1.32%) Apple iOS
3 6 (0.88%) Linux
4 4 (0.59%) Windows
5 2 (0.29%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.15%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (34.41%) Agile
2 173 (25.44%) Problem-Solving
3 160 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
4 146 (21.47%) Project Management
5 126 (18.53%) Requirements Gathering
6 110 (16.18%) User Stories
7 81 (11.91%) Scrum
8 80 (11.76%) Acceptance Criteria
9 75 (11.03%) Change Management
10 72 (10.59%) Migration
11 68 (10.00%) Project Delivery
12 66 (9.71%) Workshop Facilitation
13 63 (9.26%) User Acceptance Testing
14 58 (8.53%) Data Analysis
14 58 (8.53%) Roadmaps
15 57 (8.38%) Business Case
16 56 (8.24%) Decision-Making
17 53 (7.79%) DevOps
18 52 (7.65%) Analytics
19 49 (7.21%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 52 (7.65%) SQL
2 23 (3.38%) C#
2 23 (3.38%) Java
3 18 (2.65%) Python
4 14 (2.06%) JavaScript
5 8 (1.18%) Swift
6 7 (1.03%) Perl
7 5 (0.74%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.44%) VBA
9 2 (0.29%) Lua
9 2 (0.29%) PHP
10 1 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.15%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 118 (17.35%) Degree
2 81 (11.91%) Security Cleared
3 62 (9.12%) SC Cleared
4 18 (2.65%) CBAP
5 15 (2.21%) IIBA
6 14 (2.06%) DV Cleared
7 9 (1.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 7 (1.03%) CCNP
8 7 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (1.03%) HND
8 7 (1.03%) ISEB
8 7 (1.03%) TOGAF Certification
9 6 (0.88%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.74%) APMP
10 5 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (0.74%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.74%) SAP Certification
11 4 (0.59%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.59%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (7.35%) QA
2 16 (2.35%) GDPR
2 16 (2.35%) GxP
3 12 (1.76%) Good Clinical Practice
4 8 (1.18%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.18%) PMO
5 6 (0.88%) EMIR
5 6 (0.88%) NIST
6 5 (0.74%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.59%) MiFID
7 4 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.59%) SEPA
8 3 (0.44%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.44%) GAAP
8 3 (0.44%) GRC
8 3 (0.44%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 3 (0.44%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (0.44%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.29%) HDFS
3 2 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (1.32%) Terraform
2 2 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.15%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 81 (11.91%) Microsoft
2 71 (10.44%) SAP
3 30 (4.41%) ServiceNow
4 23 (3.38%) Oracle
5 12 (1.76%) Salesforce
6 10 (1.47%) Adobe
7 8 (1.18%) Bloomberg
7 8 (1.18%) Cisco
7 8 (1.18%) Juniper
7 8 (1.18%) Okta
8 7 (1.03%) IBM
8 7 (1.03%) Nokia
9 6 (0.88%) Ariba
9 6 (0.88%) ION Trading
9 6 (0.88%) VMware
10 5 (0.74%) Hyperion
10 5 (0.74%) MarketAxess
10 5 (0.74%) Tradeweb
11 4 (0.59%) Avaya
11 4 (0.59%) OpenLink