Digital Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Digital Business Analyst (Digital BA)
England > North of England

The median Digital Business Analyst (Digital BA) daily rate in the North of England is £338, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 182 - 191
Rank change year-on-year - - +47
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Business Analyst 3 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.074% - 0.097%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.080% - 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £328 - £429
25th Percentile £331 - £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 - £513
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.89%
75th Percentile £428 - £581
90th Percentile £483 - £593
England median daily rate £475 £366 £500
% change year-on-year +29.96% -26.90% +2.83%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 3,731 3,817 4,839
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.58% 92.06% 93.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,465 2,096 3,259
10th Percentile £244 £263 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £569 £575 £600
90th Percentile £671 £650 £675
England median daily rate £512 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.57% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 234 215
10th Percentile £13.27 £15.26 £15.75
25th Percentile £17.31 £18.00 £17.71
Median hourly rate £22.63 £32.50 £22.53
Median % change year-on-year -30.37% +44.25% +6.02%
75th Percentile £50.38 £50.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.97 £70.63 £63.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.49 £45.88
% change year-on-year -42.17% -5.21% +76.46%

Digital Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Digital Business Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Digital Business Analyst job vacancy trend in the North of England

Digital Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Digital Business Analyst job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Digital Business Analyst job vacancies in the North of England

Digital Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Business Analyst in the North of England over the 6 months to 5 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Business Analyst in the North of England

Digital Business Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Business Analyst within the North of England region over the 6 months to 5 October 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
North West - 2 £331 -
Yorkshire - 1 £513 - 1
Digital Business Analyst
England

Digital Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 5 October 2025, Digital Business Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North of England region featuring Digital Business Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (66.67%) Product Ownership
2 2 (66.67%) Onboarding
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Epics
2 2 (66.67%) Sprint Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Figma
2 2 (66.67%) Digital Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Product Backlog
2 2 (66.67%) User Stories
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience
2 2 (66.67%) KYC
2 2 (66.67%) Anti-Money Laundering
2 2 (66.67%) Fintech
2 2 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) GDPR
2 2 (66.67%) PSD2
2 2 (66.67%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (66.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 2 (66.67%) GAP Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 2 (66.67%) Kanban
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Confluence

Digital Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Figma
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Onboarding
1 2 (66.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (66.67%) Anti-Money Laundering
2 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Digital Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Epics
2 2 (66.67%) Fintech
2 2 (66.67%) GAP Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (66.67%) Kanban
2 2 (66.67%) KYC
2 2 (66.67%) Product Backlog
2 2 (66.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 2 (66.67%) Sprint Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience
2 2 (66.67%) User Stories
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ISEB
1 1 (33.33%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) GDPR
1 2 (66.67%) PSD2
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft