Business Analysis Contracts in the UK excluding London

Business Analysis
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Business Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Business Analysis over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 139 110 92
Rank change year-on-year -29 -18 +12
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 325 549 866
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.60% 2.36% 2.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.89% 2.63% 3.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 402 646
10th Percentile £363 £384 £361
25th Percentile £405 £413 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £478 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.52% +0.53% +8.57%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £540
90th Percentile £613 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £522
% change year-on-year - +0.57% +9.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 10 3
10th Percentile - £35.00 £25.92
25th Percentile £18.35 £62.63 £32.14
Median hourly rate £36.13 £66.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.26% +53.49% +79.17%
75th Percentile £81.33 £70.00 £48.25
90th Percentile £84.22 - £51.10
UK median hourly rate £36.13 £63.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -42.65% +46.51% +62.39%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Business Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,155 20,842 27,286
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.38% 89.51% 89.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,227 14,395 19,059
10th Percentile £250 £256 £238
25th Percentile £378 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.29%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £653
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,053 1,276 1,366
10th Percentile £12.31 £10.93 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £15.40 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £47.16
90th Percentile £72.82 £73.75 £60.46
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.29% +41.73% +4.82%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Business Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analysis in the UK excluding London

Business Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Analysis in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Business Analysis in the UK excluding London

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analysis in the UK excluding London

Business Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Analysis in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Business Analysis in the UK excluding London

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Analysis in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Analysis in the UK excluding London

Business Analysis
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 May 2024. 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 of England +2 87 £475 -4.04% 51
Scotland +1 67 £450 +4.35% 11
South East -24 65 £500 +5.26% 33
North West +15 57 £475 -1.81% 25
Midlands -12 48 £465 -7.00% 30
South West -11 33 £575 +4.55% 24
East of England +5 26 £426 -14.75% 16
Yorkshire +4 26 £490 -2.00% 18
West Midlands -31 25 £475 -5.00% 23
East Midlands +29 23 £450 -2.70% 7
North East +13 3 £370 -7.50% 8
Wales +7 3 £513 +7.89% 3
Business Analysis
UK

Business Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (4.00%) Confluence
2 8 (2.46%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.92%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (0.92%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.31%) LiveLink
4 1 (0.31%) SAS
Applications
1 24 (7.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (6.15%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (3.38%) MS Visio
4 7 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.31%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (4.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (2.46%) SAP PM
3 4 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.23%) Magento
4 3 (0.92%) SAP BPC
4 3 (0.92%) SAP Hybris
5 2 (0.62%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.31%) Maximo
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.31%) Relativity
6 1 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.31%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.31%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.31%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.31%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.31%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.31%) SAP WM
6 1 (0.31%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.31%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 24 (7.38%) Azure
2 22 (6.77%) SaaS
3 19 (5.85%) AWS
4 16 (4.92%) Power Platform
5 11 (3.38%) Dynamics 365
6 10 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (2.77%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (2.15%) PaaS
9 5 (1.54%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (1.23%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 4 (1.23%) Serverless
10 4 (1.23%) SuccessFactors
11 3 (0.92%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.62%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 2 (0.62%) Azure Functions
12 2 (0.62%) Intacct
12 2 (0.62%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.62%) SonarCloud
13 1 (0.31%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 1 (0.31%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.85%) WAN
2 5 (1.54%) SDH
3 4 (1.23%) Junos
4 3 (0.92%) PBX
4 3 (0.92%) Skype
4 3 (0.92%) VoIP
5 2 (0.62%) Internet
5 2 (0.62%) SMS
6 1 (0.31%) Firewall
6 1 (0.31%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.31%) LAN
6 1 (0.31%) MPLS
6 1 (0.31%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.31%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.62%) Power BI
2 7 (2.15%) SAP HANA
3 4 (1.23%) Electronic Patient Records
3 4 (1.23%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.92%) Data Lake
4 3 (0.92%) Geospatial Data
4 3 (0.92%) GIS
4 3 (0.92%) Tableau
5 2 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.31%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.31%) EDRMS
6 1 (0.31%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.31%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.31%) Power Query
6 1 (0.31%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 20 (6.15%) JIRA
2 7 (2.15%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (0.62%) Git
3 2 (0.62%) Moq
3 2 (0.62%) NUnit
4 1 (0.31%) Rational Software Modeler
4 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio
General
1 133 (40.92%) Social Skills
2 72 (22.15%) Finance
3 60 (18.46%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (15.69%) Public Sector
5 23 (7.08%) Presentation Skills
6 22 (6.77%) Manufacturing
7 20 (6.15%) Pharmaceutical
8 19 (5.85%) Influencing Skills
9 17 (5.23%) Telecoms
10 15 (4.62%) Legal
10 15 (4.62%) Retail
11 14 (4.31%) Banking
12 13 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
13 12 (3.69%) Local Government
14 6 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 5 (1.54%) Marketing
16 4 (1.23%) Aeronautics
16 4 (1.23%) Aerospace
16 4 (1.23%) Police
16 4 (1.23%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 217 (66.77%) Analyst
2 189 (58.15%) Business Analyst
3 38 (11.69%) Senior
4 33 (10.15%) Senior Analyst
5 32 (9.85%) Architect
6 29 (8.92%) Senior Business Analyst
7 24 (7.38%) Project Manager
8 15 (4.62%) SAP Analyst
8 15 (4.62%) Solutions Architect
9 14 (4.31%) Lead
10 11 (3.38%) IT Analyst
10 11 (3.38%) IT Manager
11 10 (3.08%) Digital Analyst
12 9 (2.77%) Business Architect
12 9 (2.77%) Business IT Analyst
12 9 (2.77%) Consultant
12 9 (2.77%) Digital Business Analyst
12 9 (2.77%) IT Business Analyst
12 9 (2.77%) Product Analyst
12 9 (2.77%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.15%) .NET
2 5 (1.54%) HTML
3 4 (1.23%) .NET Framework
3 4 (1.23%) ASP.NET
3 4 (1.23%) ASP.NET MVC
3 4 (1.23%) CSS
3 4 (1.23%) XML
4 3 (0.92%) JSON
5 2 (0.62%) Blazor
5 2 (0.62%) RESTful
5 2 (0.62%) WCF
6 1 (0.31%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.31%) Lightning Web Components
6 1 (0.31%) Node.js
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.31%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.15%) Management Information System
1 20 (6.15%) Product Ownership
2 11 (3.38%) Virtual Team
3 9 (2.77%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (2.15%) Cloud Native
5 6 (1.85%) IoT
5 6 (1.85%) Wiki
6 5 (1.54%) Industry 4.0
6 5 (1.54%) NHS
6 5 (1.54%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.54%) Robotics
7 4 (1.23%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.92%) Blackberry
9 2 (0.62%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.62%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.62%) Life Science
9 2 (0.62%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.46%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.62%) Windows
3 1 (0.31%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (35.08%) Agile
2 87 (26.77%) Problem-Solving
3 85 (26.15%) Requirements Gathering
4 84 (25.85%) Project Management
5 79 (24.31%) Stakeholder Management
6 68 (20.92%) User Stories
7 55 (16.92%) Change Management
8 52 (16.00%) Roadmaps
9 46 (14.15%) Scrum
10 39 (12.00%) Business Case
11 38 (11.69%) Acceptance Criteria
12 37 (11.38%) Decision-Making
13 36 (11.08%) Project Delivery
14 34 (10.46%) Waterfall
15 29 (8.92%) Workshop Facilitation
16 27 (8.31%) Business Process Modelling
17 26 (8.00%) PRINCE2
18 25 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
18 25 (7.69%) DevOps
19 24 (7.38%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (2.46%) SQL
1 8 (2.46%) Swift
2 7 (2.15%) JavaScript
3 6 (1.85%) Java
4 4 (1.23%) C#
4 4 (1.23%) Python
5 2 (0.62%) Perl
6 1 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 63 (19.38%) Degree
2 37 (11.38%) Security Cleared
3 23 (7.08%) SC Cleared
4 15 (4.62%) IIBA
5 14 (4.31%) DV Cleared
6 10 (3.08%) CBAP
7 7 (2.15%) CCNP
7 7 (2.15%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (2.15%) HND
7 7 (2.15%) ISEB
7 7 (2.15%) TOGAF Certification
8 5 (1.54%) ACCA
8 5 (1.54%) APMP
8 5 (1.54%) CIMA
9 4 (1.23%) JNCIA
10 3 (0.92%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.92%) NVQ Level 4
10 3 (0.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.92%) GxP
2 13 (4.00%) GDPR
3 12 (3.69%) Good Clinical Practice
3 12 (3.69%) QA
4 6 (1.85%) Disclosure Scotland
5 4 (1.23%) NIST
5 4 (1.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 3 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.62%) COREP
7 2 (0.62%) FINREP
7 2 (0.62%) PMO
7 2 (0.62%) SLA
8 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.31%) IFRS
8 1 (0.31%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.31%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.31%) SEPA
8 1 (0.31%) TARGET2
System Software
1 4 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.31%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (0.31%) Terraform
Vendors
1 52 (16.00%) Microsoft
2 34 (10.46%) SAP
3 9 (2.77%) ServiceNow
4 8 (2.46%) Okta
4 8 (2.46%) Oracle
5 7 (2.15%) Cadence
5 7 (2.15%) Cisco
5 7 (2.15%) IBM
5 7 (2.15%) Juniper
5 7 (2.15%) Nokia
6 5 (1.54%) VMware
7 4 (1.23%) Adobe
7 4 (1.23%) Ariba
7 4 (1.23%) Avaya
7 4 (1.23%) Ciena
7 4 (1.23%) Google
7 4 (1.23%) Palo Alto
7 4 (1.23%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.92%) Ericsson
8 3 (0.92%) Ribbon