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 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 127 99 96
Rank change year-on-year -28 -3 +7
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 686 1,261 1,951
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.84% 2.48% 2.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.13% 2.74% 3.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 482 884 1,425
10th Percentile £388 £413 £390
25th Percentile £432 £455 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £619
90th Percentile £724 £800 £700
UK median daily rate £530 £525 £513
% change year-on-year +0.95% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 14 5
10th Percentile - £35.00 £36.95
25th Percentile £18.35 £46.00 £53.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £62.75 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.55% +0.40% +140.38%
75th Percentile £86.50 £66.00 £63.75
90th Percentile - £70.00 £68.55
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £62.50 £53.00
% change year-on-year +12.00% +17.92% +103.85%

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 32,223 45,987 64,855
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.56% 90.26% 90.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,190 32,199 46,005
10th Percentile £300 £325 £330
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £768 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,229 1,635 1,786
10th Percentile £12.86 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.74 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +56.25% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.23
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.19
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -

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 23 April 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 23 April 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 23 April 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 -20 393 £575 -2.13% 149
North of England +1 85 £475 - 34
South East -18 74 £488 +2.63% 49
North West -1 51 £475 +2.70% 21
Midlands -10 48 £475 -3.06% 27
South West +2 39 £600 +9.09% 18
Yorkshire 0 29 £488 -2.50% 10
West Midlands -21 27 £475 -5.00% 16
East of England +6 26 £425 -15.00% 18
East Midlands +24 20 £458 -1.08% 11
North East +24 4 £375 -6.25% 3
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 23 (3.35%) Confluence
2 8 (1.17%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.73%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.44%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.44%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.44%) CMS
5 2 (0.29%) Apache
6 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.15%) SAS
Applications
1 35 (5.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (4.37%) MS Visio
3 27 (3.94%) Microsoft Office
4 19 (2.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 24 (3.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (2.19%) SAP PM
3 13 (1.90%) Aligne
4 9 (1.31%) Endur
5 7 (1.02%) Magento
6 6 (0.87%) Oracle Financials
6 6 (0.87%) SAP Hybris
7 5 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
8 4 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.44%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 3 (0.44%) SAP CO
9 3 (0.44%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.44%) SAP FI
9 3 (0.44%) SAP FI/CO
10 2 (0.29%) NEC Housing
10 2 (0.29%) Oracle Cash Management
10 2 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
10 2 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 2 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
10 2 (0.29%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 54 (7.87%) Azure
2 37 (5.39%) AWS
3 29 (4.23%) Power Platform
4 28 (4.08%) SaaS
5 23 (3.35%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (3.21%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (2.04%) Serverless
8 13 (1.90%) PaaS
9 9 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (1.17%) Azure Service Bus
10 8 (1.17%) Cloud Computing
10 8 (1.17%) Power Automate
11 7 (1.02%) Adobe Analytics
11 7 (1.02%) Azure Functions
11 7 (1.02%) PowerApps
11 7 (1.02%) SAP Commerce Cloud
12 6 (0.87%) SuccessFactors
13 5 (0.73%) Azure Key Vault
13 5 (0.73%) Azure Storage
13 5 (0.73%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.02%) FIX Connectivity
2 6 (0.87%) WAN
3 5 (0.73%) SDH
3 5 (0.73%) SSH
4 4 (0.58%) Firewall
4 4 (0.58%) Junos
5 3 (0.44%) Broadband
5 3 (0.44%) Intranet
5 3 (0.44%) PBX
5 3 (0.44%) Skype
5 3 (0.44%) VoIP
6 2 (0.29%) Network Security
6 2 (0.29%) SMS
6 2 (0.29%) VPN
7 1 (0.15%) 4G
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%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (3.35%) Power BI
2 17 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (1.60%) Big Data
4 10 (1.46%) Data Lake
4 10 (1.46%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (1.02%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.87%) Hadoop
6 6 (0.87%) SAP HANA
7 5 (0.73%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (0.73%) OLTP
8 4 (0.58%) Electronic Patient Records
8 4 (0.58%) MariaDB
8 4 (0.58%) Metadata
8 4 (0.58%) Tableau
9 3 (0.44%) Apache Hive
9 3 (0.44%) Geospatial Data
9 3 (0.44%) Impala
9 3 (0.44%) Presto
9 3 (0.44%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 39 (5.69%) JIRA
2 7 (1.02%) Git
2 7 (1.02%) Rational DOORS
3 6 (0.87%) Visual Studio Team System
4 5 (0.73%) Cucumber
4 5 (0.73%) JUnit
4 5 (0.73%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.29%) Moq
5 2 (0.29%) NUnit
6 1 (0.15%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.15%) Rational Software Modeler
General
1 257 (37.46%) Social Skills
2 199 (29.01%) Finance
3 168 (24.49%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (8.89%) Banking
5 60 (8.75%) Public Sector
6 59 (8.60%) Presentation Skills
7 43 (6.27%) Influencing Skills
8 37 (5.39%) Manufacturing
9 34 (4.96%) Retail
10 26 (3.79%) Front Office
11 25 (3.64%) Investment Banking
11 25 (3.64%) Telecoms
12 19 (2.77%) Legal
12 19 (2.77%) Pharmaceutical
13 16 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
14 15 (2.19%) Law
15 13 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 13 (1.90%) Local Government
16 12 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
16 12 (1.75%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 400 (58.31%) Analyst
2 361 (52.62%) Business Analyst
3 62 (9.04%) Architect
4 60 (8.75%) Senior
5 57 (8.31%) Project Manager
6 47 (6.85%) Senior Analyst
7 42 (6.12%) Senior Business Analyst
8 32 (4.66%) Consultant
9 29 (4.23%) Financial Analyst
10 28 (4.08%) Developer
11 26 (3.79%) Lead
12 23 (3.35%) IT Analyst
13 22 (3.21%) Finance Business Analyst
13 22 (3.21%) Solutions Architect
14 21 (3.06%) Business IT Analyst
14 21 (3.06%) SAP Analyst
14 21 (3.06%) Service Manager
15 20 (2.92%) IT Business Analyst
15 20 (2.92%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
16 17 (2.48%) Insurance Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.77%) XML
2 17 (2.48%) .NET
3 15 (2.19%) JSON
4 13 (1.90%) Web Services
5 9 (1.31%) WPF
6 8 (1.17%) HTML
7 7 (1.02%) CSS
7 7 (1.02%) FIX Protocol
8 5 (0.73%) .NET Framework
8 5 (0.73%) ARM Templates
8 5 (0.73%) Hibernate
8 5 (0.73%) J2EE
8 5 (0.73%) JPA
8 5 (0.73%) REST
8 5 (0.73%) SOAP
8 5 (0.73%) Spring
9 4 (0.58%) ASP.NET
9 4 (0.58%) ASP.NET MVC
9 4 (0.58%) SailPoint
10 3 (0.44%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 48 (7.00%) Product Ownership
2 39 (5.69%) Management Information System
3 13 (1.90%) Virtual Team
4 12 (1.75%) CMDB
4 12 (1.75%) Onboarding
5 11 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
5 11 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
5 11 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (1.31%) Derivative
6 9 (1.31%) IoT
7 7 (1.02%) Cloud Native
7 7 (1.02%) NHS
7 7 (1.02%) Reinsurance
7 7 (1.02%) Renewable Energy
7 7 (1.02%) Solar Panel
8 6 (0.87%) Data Structures
8 6 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (0.87%) Fixed Income
8 6 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.75%) Unix
2 9 (1.31%) Apple iOS
3 6 (0.87%) Linux
4 2 (0.29%) Windows
5 1 (0.15%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (32.65%) Agile
2 180 (26.24%) Problem-Solving
3 165 (24.05%) Stakeholder Management
4 150 (21.87%) Project Management
5 128 (18.66%) Requirements Gathering
6 110 (16.03%) User Stories
7 79 (11.52%) Change Management
8 76 (11.08%) Acceptance Criteria
9 72 (10.50%) Migration
9 72 (10.50%) Scrum
9 72 (10.50%) Workshop Facilitation
10 71 (10.35%) Project Delivery
11 64 (9.33%) User Acceptance Testing
12 61 (8.89%) Roadmaps
13 59 (8.60%) Data Analysis
14 55 (8.02%) Decision-Making
15 53 (7.73%) Business Case
16 47 (6.85%) ERP
17 46 (6.71%) DevOps
18 45 (6.56%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 50 (7.29%) SQL
2 22 (3.21%) C#
3 20 (2.92%) Java
4 17 (2.48%) Python
5 13 (1.90%) JavaScript
6 8 (1.17%) Swift
7 7 (1.02%) Perl
8 5 (0.73%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.29%) Lua
9 2 (0.29%) PHP
9 2 (0.29%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.29%) VBA
10 1 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 114 (16.62%) Degree
2 94 (13.70%) Security Cleared
3 70 (10.20%) SC Cleared
4 19 (2.77%) DV Cleared
5 15 (2.19%) CBAP
6 13 (1.90%) IIBA
7 9 (1.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 8 (1.17%) SAP Certification
9 7 (1.02%) CCNP
9 7 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (1.02%) HND
9 7 (1.02%) ISEB
9 7 (1.02%) TOGAF Certification
10 6 (0.87%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.58%) APMP
12 4 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (0.58%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.58%) JNCIA
13 3 (0.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (7.14%) QA
2 14 (2.04%) GDPR
2 14 (2.04%) GxP
3 12 (1.75%) Good Clinical Practice
4 11 (1.60%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.02%) EMIR
5 7 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.02%) PMO
6 5 (0.73%) MiFID
7 4 (0.58%) NIST
7 4 (0.58%) SEPA
7 4 (0.58%) SLA
8 3 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.44%) Dodd-Frank
8 3 (0.44%) GAAP
8 3 (0.44%) GRC
8 3 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.29%) IFRS
9 2 (0.29%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.29%) HDFS
3 1 (0.15%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (1.31%) Terraform
2 6 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.15%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 74 (10.79%) Microsoft
2 71 (10.35%) SAP
3 36 (5.25%) ServiceNow
4 25 (3.64%) Oracle
5 13 (1.90%) Salesforce
6 10 (1.46%) Adobe
7 9 (1.31%) Juniper
8 8 (1.17%) Bloomberg
8 8 (1.17%) Cisco
8 8 (1.17%) Okta
9 7 (1.02%) IBM
9 7 (1.02%) ION Trading
9 7 (1.02%) Nokia
10 6 (0.87%) MarketAxess
10 6 (0.87%) Tradeweb
11 5 (0.73%) Ariba
11 5 (0.73%) Sparx
11 5 (0.73%) VMware
12 4 (0.58%) Databricks
12 4 (0.58%) DocuSign