IT Business Analyst Contracts in England

IT Business Analyst (IT BA)
UK > England

The median IT Business Analyst (IT BA) daily rate in England is £500, 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 449 468 510
Rank change year-on-year +19 +42 +62
Contract jobs requiring an IT Business Analyst 36 74 143
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.20% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.21% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 52 77
10th Percentile £403 £425 £409
25th Percentile £414 £472 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £513
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +4.88% -
75th Percentile £542 £613 £613
90th Percentile £679 £638 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +0.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £61.25
Median hourly rate - £75.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - +20.00% -
75th Percentile - - £63.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £48.82 £75.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -34.91% +20.00% -

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%

IT Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Business Analyst in England

IT Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for IT Business Analyst in England

IT Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for IT Business Analyst in England

IT Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Business Analyst in England

IT 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 IT 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 +7 17 £525 -8.70% 10
Midlands +27 7 £488 +5.41% 3
North West +23 7 £500 - 1
North of England +21 7 £500 +0.25% 2
West Midlands +18 5 £488 +2.63% 2
South East +35 3 £538 +7.50% 7
East Midlands +11 2 - -
South West +44 1 £500 -5.88% 4
East of England +30 1 £415 -8.79% 3
IT Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, IT 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 IT Business Analyst in the job title.

1 15 (41.67%) Requirements Gathering
2 14 (38.89%) Social Skills
3 13 (36.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (33.33%) Agile
5 10 (27.78%) Business Analysis
6 9 (25.00%) Finance
7 8 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (19.44%) Workshop Facilitation
9 6 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (16.67%) Waterfall
9 6 (16.67%) JIRA
9 6 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
9 6 (16.67%) Migration
9 6 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
10 5 (13.89%) Project Management
10 5 (13.89%) SQL
10 5 (13.89%) SAP
10 5 (13.89%) Data Analysis
10 5 (13.89%) Business Transformation
10 5 (13.89%) User Stories
11 4 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 4 (11.11%) Demand Forecasting
11 4 (11.11%) Azure
11 4 (11.11%) Banking
11 4 (11.11%) Risk Management
11 4 (11.11%) ERP
11 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
11 4 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (11.11%) Business Strategy
11 4 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA

IT 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 1 (2.78%) Confluence
1 1 (2.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.78%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.11%) Azure
2 2 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (5.56%) Entra ID
2 2 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.78%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.78%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.78%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 14 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 9 (25.00%) Finance
3 8 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (11.11%) Banking
4 4 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (8.33%) Retail
6 2 (5.56%) Law
7 1 (2.78%) Back Office
7 1 (2.78%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.78%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.78%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.78%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.78%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.33%) Product Ownership
2 2 (5.56%) Equities
2 2 (5.56%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.56%) Reference Data
3 1 (2.78%) Credit Risk
3 1 (2.78%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.78%) IoT
3 1 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.78%) Market Risk
3 1 (2.78%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (41.67%) Requirements Gathering
2 13 (36.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (33.33%) Agile
4 10 (27.78%) Business Analysis
5 7 (19.44%) Workshop Facilitation
6 6 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
6 6 (16.67%) Migration
6 6 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
6 6 (16.67%) Waterfall
7 5 (13.89%) Business Transformation
7 5 (13.89%) Data Analysis
7 5 (13.89%) Project Management
7 5 (13.89%) User Stories
8 4 (11.11%) Business Strategy
8 4 (11.11%) Demand Forecasting
8 4 (11.11%) ERP
8 4 (11.11%) Risk Management
8 4 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 3 (8.33%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.89%) SQL
2 1 (2.78%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (8.33%) Degree
2 2 (5.56%) IIBA
2 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (5.56%) SC Cleared
2 2 (5.56%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.78%) CBAP
3 1 (2.78%) ISEB
3 1 (2.78%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.78%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.56%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (2.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (13.89%) SAP
2 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.56%) Ariba
3 2 (5.56%) ServiceNow
3 2 (5.56%) Varonis
4 1 (2.78%) Anaplan
4 1 (2.78%) AVEVA
4 1 (2.78%) IFS
4 1 (2.78%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.78%) Splunk