Business IT Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Business IT Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Business IT Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 June 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
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 331 374 399
Rank change year-on-year +43 +25 +40
Contract jobs requiring a Business IT Analyst 22 27 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.13% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.14% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 25 34
10th Percentile £368 £350 £380
25th Percentile £407 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £458
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +1.09% -1.08%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £500
90th Percentile £541 £533 £538
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -2.44%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 12,414 19,637 21,543
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.41% 92.44% 94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,770 11,718 14,908
10th Percentile £220 £213 £231
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 960 2,494 1,118
10th Percentile £13.46 £12.60 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.59 £15.97 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% - +100.00%
75th Percentile £57.52 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.48 £75.50
UK median hourly rate £27.13 £37.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year -27.67% -12.79% +68.63%

Business IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Business IT Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Business IT Analyst in the UK excluding London

Business IT Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Business IT Analyst in the UK excluding London

Business IT Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business IT Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business IT Analyst in the UK excluding London

Business IT Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Business IT Analyst in the UK excluding London

Business IT Analyst
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 IT Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 June 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
South East +44 7 £506 +1.25% 5
North of England +20 6 £475 +25.00% 5
North West +4 5 £500 +53.85% 3
Midlands - 5 £400 - 2
West Midlands - 3 £400 - 1
East Midlands - 2 - - 1
East of England - 2 £433 -
South West +48 1 £351 -26.13% 6
Yorkshire +7 1 £450 +3.45% 1
Scotland -5 1 £550 +25.71%
Business IT Analyst
UK

Business IT Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 25 June 2025, Business IT 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 UK excluding London region featuring Business IT Analyst in the job title.

1 13 (59.09%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (27.27%) Requirements Gathering
3 6 (27.27%) Data Quality
4 5 (22.73%) Process Improvement
4 5 (22.73%) Change Control
4 5 (22.73%) Analytics
4 5 (22.73%) Business Analysis
4 5 (22.73%) Knowledge Management
4 5 (22.73%) Release Management
4 5 (22.73%) Service Delivery
4 5 (22.73%) Business Continuity
4 5 (22.73%) Agile
4 5 (22.73%) Information Management
4 5 (22.73%) Application Security
4 5 (22.73%) Proactive Monitoring
4 5 (22.73%) Customer-Centricity
4 5 (22.73%) Proactive Maintenance
4 5 (22.73%) Liquidlogic
4 5 (22.73%) Performance Monitoring
4 5 (22.73%) Performance Metrics
5 4 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (18.18%) Data Analysis
6 3 (13.64%) User Stories
6 3 (13.64%) Business Transformation
6 3 (13.64%) GAP Analysis
6 3 (13.64%) SAP
6 3 (13.64%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (13.64%) SAP S/4HANA

Business IT Analyst Skill Set
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 1 (4.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (13.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (4.55%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.09%) SaaS
2 1 (4.55%) Azure
2 1 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) Intranet
1 1 (4.55%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (9.09%) Finance
4 2 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (9.09%) Retail
5 1 (4.55%) Banking
5 1 (4.55%) Law
5 1 (4.55%) Local Government
5 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.55%) Social Housing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (4.55%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.55%) Operational Technology
2 1 (4.55%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (27.27%) Requirements Gathering
3 5 (22.73%) Agile
3 5 (22.73%) Analytics
3 5 (22.73%) Application Security
3 5 (22.73%) Business Analysis
3 5 (22.73%) Business Continuity
3 5 (22.73%) Change Control
3 5 (22.73%) Customer-Centricity
3 5 (22.73%) Information Management
3 5 (22.73%) Knowledge Management
3 5 (22.73%) Performance Metrics
3 5 (22.73%) Performance Monitoring
3 5 (22.73%) Proactive Maintenance
3 5 (22.73%) Proactive Monitoring
3 5 (22.73%) Process Improvement
3 5 (22.73%) Release Management
3 5 (22.73%) Service Delivery
4 4 (18.18%) Data Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (4.55%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (27.27%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) Liquidlogic
2 3 (13.64%) SAP
3 2 (9.09%) Ariba
3 2 (9.09%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.55%) NEC