Lead Business Analyst Contracts in England

Lead Business Analyst (Lead BA)
UK > England

The median Lead Business Analyst (Lead BA) daily rate in England is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 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
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 459 512 579
Rank change year-on-year +53 +67 +122
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Business Analyst 16 25 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.065% 0.069% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.071% 0.074% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 23 66
10th Percentile £401 £525 £463
25th Percentile £511 £534 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £610
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -1.64% +6.09%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £700
90th Percentile £726 £950 £760
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%

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 22,607 33,747 45,591
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.37% 92.75% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,047 22,371 32,416
10th Percentile £296 £283 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £645 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £760
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £543
% change year-on-year -2.38% -3.23% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 913 2,431 1,343
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.86 £14.39
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £37.18 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.31% -17.38% +93.72%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.30 £65.38
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £77.40
UK median hourly rate £28.15 £36.58 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.03% -18.72% +87.50%

Lead Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Business Analyst in England

Lead Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Lead Business Analyst in England

Lead Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead Business Analyst in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Lead Business Analyst in England

Lead Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Lead Business Analyst in England

Lead 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 Lead Business Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 17 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 +31 12 £558 -8.98% 8
North of England +19 2 - - 2
Yorkshire - 2 - -
Midlands - 1 £550 -
West Midlands - 1 £550 -
Lead Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, Lead 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 Lead Business Analyst in the job title.

1 10 (62.50%) Business Analysis
2 9 (56.25%) Agile
2 9 (56.25%) Social Skills
3 8 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 7 (43.75%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (37.50%) Finance
5 6 (37.50%) Scrum
5 6 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (31.25%) Change Management
6 5 (31.25%) SQL
6 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
6 5 (31.25%) Project Delivery
7 4 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
7 4 (25.00%) Validation
7 4 (25.00%) Data Analysis
7 4 (25.00%) Degree
7 4 (25.00%) Mentoring
7 4 (25.00%) Coaching
7 4 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (25.00%) CBAP
8 3 (18.75%) Waterfall
8 3 (18.75%) System Testing
8 3 (18.75%) Portfolio Management
8 3 (18.75%) Project Management
8 3 (18.75%) EMIR
8 3 (18.75%) User Stories
8 3 (18.75%) MiFID
8 3 (18.75%) Banking
8 3 (18.75%) Asset Management
8 3 (18.75%) Front Office

Lead 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 (6.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Aladdin
1 1 (6.25%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (6.25%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (6.25%) Miro
1 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) GIS
1 1 (6.25%) MS Access
1 1 (6.25%) Power BI
1 1 (6.25%) RDBMS
1 1 (6.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 9 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 6 (37.50%) Finance
3 4 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (18.75%) Banking
4 3 (18.75%) Front Office
5 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
6 1 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (6.25%) Investment Banking
6 1 (6.25%) Local Government
6 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (6.25%) Derivative
1 1 (6.25%) Equities
1 1 (6.25%) Fixed Income
1 1 (6.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
1 1 (6.25%) PMI
1 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Business Analysis
2 9 (56.25%) Agile
3 8 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 7 (43.75%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (37.50%) Scrum
6 5 (31.25%) Change Management
6 5 (31.25%) Project Delivery
7 4 (25.00%) Coaching
7 4 (25.00%) Data Analysis
7 4 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
7 4 (25.00%) Mentoring
7 4 (25.00%) Validation
8 3 (18.75%) Asset Management
8 3 (18.75%) Portfolio Management
8 3 (18.75%) Project Management
8 3 (18.75%) Requirements Workshops
8 3 (18.75%) System Testing
8 3 (18.75%) User Stories
8 3 (18.75%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) CBAP
1 4 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) ACCA
2 1 (6.25%) CIMA
2 1 (6.25%) CIPFA
2 1 (6.25%) CSPO
2 1 (6.25%) ICAEW
2 1 (6.25%) PMI Certification
2 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) EMIR
1 3 (18.75%) MiFID
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Adobe
2 1 (6.25%) Charles River
2 1 (6.25%) Civica
2 1 (6.25%) ESRI
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle
2 1 (6.25%) SAP
2 1 (6.25%) SimCorp