Digital Business Analyst Contracts in England

Digital Business Analyst (Digital BA)
UK > England

The median Digital Business Analyst (Digital BA) daily rate in England is £516, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 461 509 573
Rank change year-on-year +48 +64 +52
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Business Analyst 24 33 80
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.099% 0.089% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.096% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 27 71
10th Percentile £339 £338 £400
25th Percentile £390 £419 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.68% - -4.04%
75th Percentile £714 £525 £525
90th Percentile £738 £609 £575
UK median daily rate £520 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +9.47% - -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £70.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Digital Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Business Analyst in England

Digital Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Digital Business Analyst in England

Digital Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Business Analyst in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Business Analyst in England

Digital Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Digital Business Analyst in England

Digital Business Analyst
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 Digital Business Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 +41 15 £573 +20.53% 12
South West +51 6 £638 -
East Midlands - 2 £421 -
Midlands - 2 £421 -
North of England +17 1 £375 -19.27%
North West - 1 £375 -
Digital Business Analyst
UK

Digital Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Digital 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 across the England region featuring Digital Business Analyst in the job title.

1 14 (58.33%) Agile
2 10 (41.67%) Business Analysis
3 7 (29.17%) User Experience
4 6 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (20.83%) Security Cleared
5 5 (20.83%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 5 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (20.83%) Business Case
5 5 (20.83%) Roadmaps
5 5 (20.83%) Social Skills
6 4 (16.67%) Confluence
6 4 (16.67%) Minimum Viable Product
6 4 (16.67%) Wireframes
6 4 (16.67%) UX Design
6 4 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (16.67%) Investment Management
6 4 (16.67%) Asset Management
6 4 (16.67%) Data Management
6 4 (16.67%) Requirements Management
6 4 (16.67%) ITIL
7 3 (12.50%) MS Visio
7 3 (12.50%) Finance
7 3 (12.50%) JIRA
7 3 (12.50%) Azure
7 3 (12.50%) DV Cleared
7 3 (12.50%) Analytics
7 3 (12.50%) User Stories
7 3 (12.50%) DevOps
7 3 (12.50%) Process Improvement
7 3 (12.50%) Analytical Skills

Digital Business Analyst Skill Set
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 4 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (12.50%) MS Visio
2 2 (8.33%) Trello
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Exchequer
1 1 (4.17%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.50%) Azure
1 3 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (8.33%) Adobe Analytics
2 2 (8.33%) Miro
2 2 (8.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.17%) GitHub
3 1 (4.17%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Power BI
2 1 (4.17%) DTS
Development Applications
1 3 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 5 (20.83%) Social Skills
2 3 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (12.50%) Finance
2 3 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 2 (8.33%) Banking
3 2 (8.33%) Marketing
4 1 (4.17%) Local Government
4 1 (4.17%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
1 3 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 2 (8.33%) Digital Wallet
3 1 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (4.17%) PMI
3 1 (4.17%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (58.33%) Agile
2 10 (41.67%) Business Analysis
3 7 (29.17%) User Experience
4 6 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (20.83%) Business Case
5 5 (20.83%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 5 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (20.83%) Roadmaps
6 4 (16.67%) Asset Management
6 4 (16.67%) Data Management
6 4 (16.67%) Investment Management
6 4 (16.67%) ITIL
6 4 (16.67%) Minimum Viable Product
6 4 (16.67%) Requirements Management
6 4 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (16.67%) UX Design
6 4 (16.67%) Wireframes
7 3 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
7 3 (12.50%) DevOps
7 3 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.33%) SQL
2 1 (4.17%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (20.83%) Security Cleared
2 3 (12.50%) DV Cleared
3 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (4.17%) CBAP
4 1 (4.17%) CSPO
4 1 (4.17%) Degree
4 1 (4.17%) PMI Certification
4 1 (4.17%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Vendors
1 2 (8.33%) Adobe
2 1 (4.17%) Google
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.17%) QAD
2 1 (4.17%) Salesforce