Business Analysis Contracts in the UK excluding London

Business Analysis
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Business Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 141 107
Rank change year-on-year +19 -34 -16
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 260 321 544
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.01% 1.58% 2.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.22% 1.88% 2.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 214 399
10th Percentile £350 £359 £385
25th Percentile £405 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year -2.89% -1.04% +1.05%
75th Percentile £529 £538 £550
90th Percentile £575 £600 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 10
10th Percentile £33.55 - £35.00
25th Percentile £49.37 £18.35 £62.63
Median hourly rate £63.00 £36.13 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.38% -45.26% +53.49%
75th Percentile £65.63 £81.33 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.83 £84.22 -
UK median hourly rate £63.00 £36.13 £64.50
% change year-on-year +74.38% -43.99% +65.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Business Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,714 17,075 20,684
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.67% 84.25% 89.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,292 10,208 14,243
10th Percentile £234 £250 £258
25th Percentile £375 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £651 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 858 2,062 1,260
10th Percentile £14.10 £12.34 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.08 £15.31 £15.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.82% +8.57% +75.00%
75th Percentile £63.00 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £73.71
UK median hourly rate £27.64 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -24.27% +1.39% +40.19%

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 21 May 2025.

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 21 May 2025.

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 21 May 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 of England +8 74 £463 -2.63% 114
Scotland -6 52 £425 -5.56% 32
North West +3 50 £456 -4.00% 73
Midlands +12 44 £488 +6.56% 61
West Midlands +20 36 £525 +10.53% 47
South East +5 29 £488 -2.50% 150
South West +33 27 £450 -18.55% 51
East of England +21 21 £500 +17.30% 32
Yorkshire +9 21 £475 -3.06% 26
Northern Ireland - 11 £538 - 18
East Midlands -4 8 £358 -20.44% 13
North East -3 3 £350 -5.41% 15
Wales 0 1 £438 -14.63% 9
Channel Islands - 1 - - 7
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 33 (12.69%) Confluence
2 9 (3.46%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.31%) WebSphere
4 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.77%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.38%) CMS
6 1 (0.38%) MS Project Server
6 1 (0.38%) SAS
Applications
1 35 (13.46%) MS Visio
2 19 (7.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (6.92%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (4.23%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.77%) Open Workbench
6 1 (0.38%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (4.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.15%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (1.15%) SAP BPC
2 3 (1.15%) Unit4 Business World
3 2 (0.77%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.77%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.38%) Actimize
4 1 (0.38%) ContrOCC
4 1 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.38%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.38%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.38%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.38%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.38%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 20 (7.69%) Power Platform
2 17 (6.54%) Azure
3 13 (5.00%) AWS
4 9 (3.46%) SaaS
5 5 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (1.92%) GCP
6 4 (1.54%) Anthropic Claude
6 4 (1.54%) Azure AI
6 4 (1.54%) Google Gemini
6 4 (1.54%) Lucidchart
6 4 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.15%) Miro
8 1 (0.38%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.38%) dbt
8 1 (0.38%) Figma
8 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.38%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.38%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.38%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.38%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.92%) SD-WAN
2 2 (0.77%) Internet
2 2 (0.77%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (0.77%) Kerberos
3 1 (0.38%) Firewall
3 1 (0.38%) Intranet
3 1 (0.38%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.69%) Power BI
2 14 (5.38%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (2.31%) DB2
3 6 (2.31%) Tableau
4 4 (1.54%) Neo4j
5 3 (1.15%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.77%) Big Data
6 2 (0.77%) GIS
6 2 (0.77%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.38%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.38%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.38%) Data Vault
7 1 (0.38%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.38%) EDRMS
7 1 (0.38%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.38%) Metadata
7 1 (0.38%) Metadata Repository
7 1 (0.38%) MySQL
7 1 (0.38%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 48 (18.46%) JIRA
2 5 (1.92%) Git
3 2 (0.77%) GitLab
3 2 (0.77%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.77%) Maven
General
1 109 (41.92%) Social Skills
2 86 (33.08%) Finance
3 75 (28.85%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (15.38%) Public Sector
5 27 (10.38%) Banking
6 21 (8.08%) Presentation Skills
7 15 (5.77%) Legal
8 14 (5.38%) Pharmaceutical
9 12 (4.62%) Manufacturing
10 10 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (3.85%) Local Government
11 9 (3.46%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.92%) Automotive
12 5 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.92%) Retail
12 5 (1.92%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.54%) Law
14 3 (1.15%) Financial Institution
14 3 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (1.15%) Military
Job Titles
1 188 (72.31%) Analyst
2 166 (63.85%) Business Analyst
3 28 (10.77%) Senior
4 24 (9.23%) Technical Analyst
5 23 (8.85%) Senior Analyst
5 23 (8.85%) Senior Business Analyst
6 21 (8.08%) Architect
6 21 (8.08%) Technical Business Analyst
7 10 (3.85%) Data Analyst
8 9 (3.46%) Business IT Analyst
8 9 (3.46%) Data Business Analyst
8 9 (3.46%) IT Analyst
9 8 (3.08%) IT Business Analyst
9 8 (3.08%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (2.69%) Project Manager
10 7 (2.69%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
11 6 (2.31%) Business Data Analyst
11 6 (2.31%) Finance Business Analyst
11 6 (2.31%) Financial Analyst
11 6 (2.31%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.54%) PyTorch
1 4 (1.54%) TensorFlow
2 3 (1.15%) OAuth
2 3 (1.15%) SAML
3 2 (0.77%) Apache Camel
3 2 (0.77%) CSS
3 2 (0.77%) HTML
3 2 (0.77%) Lightning Web Components
3 2 (0.77%) Next.js
3 2 (0.77%) OLE
3 2 (0.77%) OpenID
3 2 (0.77%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.77%) React
4 1 (0.38%) Gherkin
4 1 (0.38%) JSON
4 1 (0.38%) Quarkus
4 1 (0.38%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.38%) REST
4 1 (0.38%) Spring
4 1 (0.38%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 23 (8.85%) Management Information System
2 15 (5.77%) Product Ownership
3 12 (4.62%) CMDB
4 11 (4.23%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (3.46%) Data Structures
7 7 (2.69%) Operational Technology
8 5 (1.92%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.54%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.54%) IoT
10 3 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.15%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.15%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.77%) Derivative
11 2 (0.77%) Equities
11 2 (0.77%) Fixed Income
11 2 (0.77%) Life Science
11 2 (0.77%) Market Risk
11 2 (0.77%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (41.15%) Agile
2 82 (31.54%) Stakeholder Management
3 62 (23.85%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (20.00%) Project Management
5 51 (19.62%) User Stories
6 49 (18.85%) Decision-Making
7 48 (18.46%) Requirements Gathering
8 44 (16.92%) Data Analysis
9 43 (16.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 41 (15.77%) Workshop Facilitation
11 35 (13.46%) Business Case
12 34 (13.08%) Roadmaps
13 33 (12.69%) Migration
14 32 (12.31%) Change Management
15 29 (11.15%) GAP Analysis
15 29 (11.15%) Scrum
16 28 (10.77%) Continuous Improvement
17 27 (10.38%) Data Modelling
17 27 (10.38%) Waterfall
18 25 (9.62%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 26 (10.00%) SQL
2 8 (3.08%) Python
3 4 (1.54%) Java
4 3 (1.15%) Scala
5 2 (0.77%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.77%) R
6 1 (0.38%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 47 (18.08%) Degree
2 22 (8.46%) Security Cleared
3 13 (5.00%) IIBA
4 12 (4.62%) SC Cleared
5 9 (3.46%) CBAP
6 8 (3.08%) ISEB
7 7 (2.69%) DV Cleared
8 6 (2.31%) CCA
9 4 (1.54%) PMI Certification
10 3 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.77%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.77%) PMP
11 2 (0.77%) Tableau Certification
12 1 (0.38%) ACCA
12 1 (0.38%) CIMA
12 1 (0.38%) CIPD
12 1 (0.38%) CIPFA
12 1 (0.38%) ICAEW
12 1 (0.38%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.38%) SAS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.38%) QA
2 13 (5.00%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.92%) NIST
4 4 (1.54%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (1.54%) GDPR
5 3 (1.15%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.15%) PMO
6 2 (0.77%) GRC
7 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.38%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.38%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.38%) NCSC
7 1 (0.38%) P3O
7 1 (0.38%) PSD2
7 1 (0.38%) SEPA
7 1 (0.38%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (3.46%) Docker
2 8 (3.08%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.31%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (3.08%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.77%) HP Data Protector
2 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.77%) NetBackup
2 2 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.38%) Rancher
Vendors
1 27 (10.38%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.92%) SAP
3 9 (3.46%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.31%) Oracle
5 5 (1.92%) Salesforce
5 5 (1.92%) VMware
6 3 (1.15%) Anaplan
6 3 (1.15%) Ariba
6 3 (1.15%) Atlassian
6 3 (1.15%) Hyperion
7 2 (0.77%) Bloomberg
7 2 (0.77%) Civica
7 2 (0.77%) Dell
7 2 (0.77%) Liquidlogic
7 2 (0.77%) NEC
7 2 (0.77%) Reuters
7 2 (0.77%) Veritas
8 1 (0.38%) Adobe
8 1 (0.38%) Citrix
8 1 (0.38%) ESRI