Business Analyst Contracts in Newcastle upon Tyne

Business Analyst (BA)
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in Newcastle upon Tyne is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 August 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
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 15 23
Rank change year-on-year -12 +8 +20
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 4 12 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 2.02% 7.59% 6.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.15% 8.33% 6.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 7
10th Percentile £491 £361 £458
25th Percentile £496 £369 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £400 £550
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -27.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £559 £449 £563
90th Percentile £561 £483 £585
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £525 £400 £538
% change year-on-year +31.25% -25.58% +7.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Newcastle upon Tyne

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. 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 Newcastle upon Tyne with a recognized job title 186 144 179
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.94% 91.14% 94.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 85 123
10th Percentile £210 £312 £280
25th Percentile £410 £375 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -18.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £650
90th Percentile £645 £635 £720
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £475 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 10 4
10th Percentile £13.56 £18.23 £14.20
25th Percentile £14.78 £20.75 £16.00
Median hourly rate £19.25 £50.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -61.50% +104.08% +48.48%
75th Percentile £20.63 £70.00 £32.44
90th Percentile £36.31 - £33.23
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £13.25 £50.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -73.51% +104.08% +48.48%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in Newcastle upon Tyne

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in Newcastle upon Tyne

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in Newcastle upon Tyne

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

For the 6 months to 2 August 2025, 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Scrum
2 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (50.00%) JIRA
3 1 (25.00%) Data Mapping
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) Confluence
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) User Stories
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
3 1 (25.00%) Databricks
3 1 (25.00%) Business Process Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (25.00%) Epics
3 1 (25.00%) Sprint Review
3 1 (25.00%) Backlog Refinement
3 1 (25.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (25.00%) Requirements Workshops
3 1 (25.00%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Miro
3 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (25.00%) User Research
3 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 (25.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Miro
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (25.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 1 (25.00%) Backlog Refinement
3 1 (25.00%) Business Process Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Data Mapping
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (25.00%) Epics
3 1 (25.00%) ERP
3 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (25.00%) Requirements Workshops
3 1 (25.00%) Sprint Review
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) UML
3 1 (25.00%) User Stories
3 1 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (25.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Databricks