HR Business Analyst Contracts in London

Business Analyst - Human Resources (HR BA)
England > London

The median Business Analyst - Human Resources (HR BA) daily rate in London is £713, 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 345 388 487
Rank change year-on-year +43 +99 +101
Contract jobs requiring an HR Business Analyst 8 3 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.064% 0.017% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.068% 0.018% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 4
10th Percentile £495 £520 £412
25th Percentile £619 £531 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £713 £600 £495
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% +21.21% +10.00%
75th Percentile £719 £625 £549
90th Percentile £730 £640 £565
England median daily rate £675 £500 £488
% change year-on-year +35.00% +2.56% -4.88%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

HR Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for HR Business Analyst in London

HR Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing HR Business Analyst in London.

Daily rate trend for HR Business Analyst in London

HR Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for HR Business Analyst in London

HR Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, HR 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 London region featuring HR Business Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (75.00%) Finance
2 5 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (50.00%) Project Management
3 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 3 (37.50%) Data Strategy
4 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (37.50%) Business Analysis
4 3 (37.50%) Marketing
4 3 (37.50%) Migration
4 3 (37.50%) Investment Management
4 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (37.50%) Data Governance
5 2 (25.00%) Data Migration
5 2 (25.00%) Data Validation
5 2 (25.00%) CBAP
5 2 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (25.00%) Degree
5 2 (25.00%) Validation
5 2 (25.00%) Agile
5 2 (25.00%) Business Continuity
5 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
5 2 (25.00%) User Experience
5 2 (25.00%) Target Operating Model
5 2 (25.00%) Test Strategy
5 2 (25.00%) Business Transformation
5 2 (25.00%) Analytics
5 2 (25.00%) Workday
5 2 (25.00%) User Journey Map
5 2 (25.00%) Journey Map

HR Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

General
1 6 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (75.00%) Finance
2 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Marketing
4 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (12.50%) Law
4 1 (12.50%) Retail
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (50.00%) Project Management
3 3 (37.50%) Business Analysis
3 3 (37.50%) Data Governance
3 3 (37.50%) Data Strategy
3 3 (37.50%) Investment Management
3 3 (37.50%) Migration
3 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (25.00%) Analytics
4 2 (25.00%) Business Transformation
4 2 (25.00%) Data Migration
4 2 (25.00%) Data Validation
4 2 (25.00%) Impact Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
4 2 (25.00%) Journey Map
4 2 (25.00%) Target Operating Model
4 2 (25.00%) Test Strategy
4 2 (25.00%) User Experience
4 2 (25.00%) User Journey Map
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) CBAP
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Workday
2 1 (12.50%) Aderant
2 1 (12.50%) PeopleSoft