Business Analyst Contracts in the North East

Business Analyst (BA)
England > North East

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in the North East is £523, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 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
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 22 18
Rank change year-on-year -10 -4 +30
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 5 12 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 1.72% 4.92% 7.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.88% 5.43% 7.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 14
10th Percentile £439 £361 £400
25th Percentile £470 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +30.63% -11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £558 £449 £547
90th Percentile £561 £483 £568
England median daily rate £515 £530 £534
% change year-on-year -2.83% -0.75% +6.80%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 the North East with a recognized job title 266 221 267
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.41% 90.57% 95.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 118 193
10th Percentile £188 £261 £245
25th Percentile £360 £363 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £546 £547 £600
90th Percentile £644 £650 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% +0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 24 8
10th Percentile - £10.42 £15.28
25th Percentile £11.60 £11.44 £16.81
Median hourly rate £13.00 £34.02 £32.25
Median % change year-on-year -61.79% +5.49% +89.71%
75th Percentile £20.30 £50.00 £36.86
90th Percentile £47.34 £70.00 £46.18
England median hourly rate £26.00 £45.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -42.22% +4.65% +67.45%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in the North East

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in the North East.

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in the North East

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in the North East.

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in the North East

Business Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the North East region over the 6 months to 3 August 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
Tyne and Wear -12 4 £525 +31.25% 10
Durham - 1 £438 - 5
Business Analyst
England

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 3 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 North East region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) JIRA
2 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (40.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (40.00%) Miro
3 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Scrum
3 2 (40.00%) Confluence
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
4 1 (20.00%) User Stories
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
4 1 (20.00%) Databricks
4 1 (20.00%) Business Process Modelling
4 1 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (20.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (20.00%) Epics
4 1 (20.00%) Sprint Review
4 1 (20.00%) UML
4 1 (20.00%) ERP
4 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
4 1 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Finance
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) WCAG
4 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) AWS

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 2 (40.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Miro
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (40.00%) Scrum
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (20.00%) Backlog Refinement
3 1 (20.00%) Business Process Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (20.00%) Epics
3 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Workshops
3 1 (20.00%) Sprint Review
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
3 1 (20.00%) User Research
3 1 (20.00%) User Stories
3 1 (20.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (20.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Databricks