Business Systems Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Business System Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Business System Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 May 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
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 316 379 397
Rank change year-on-year +63 +18 +49
Contract jobs requiring a Business Systems Analyst 14 16 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.079% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.085% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 15 35
10th Percentile £306 £365 £343
25th Percentile £334 £425 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £447 £563 £538
90th Percentile £569 £570 £609
UK median daily rate £475 £513 £550
% change year-on-year -7.32% -6.82% +15.79%

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 11,749 18,731 21,611
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.89% 92.50% 94.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,490 11,452 15,051
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £543
% change year-on-year -2.86% -3.31% +3.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 826 2,272 1,106
10th Percentile £13.93 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.74 £18.04
Median hourly rate £27.13 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.19% -5.88% +112.50%
75th Percentile £63.56 £61.60 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.08 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.08% -18.89% +87.50%

Business Systems Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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

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

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

Business Systems Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Systems Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

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

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

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

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

Business Systems 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 Systems Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 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
South East +51 5 £400 -20.00% 16
North of England +19 3 £375 -34.78% 8
North West +12 2 £375 -34.78% 5
Midlands +9 2 - - 10
Scotland +8 2 £300 -42.86% 2
East Midlands +5 2 - - 4
South West - 2 £563 - 3
Yorkshire - 1 - - 3
Business Systems Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 May 2025, Business Systems 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 Systems Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
1 5 (35.71%) JIRA
1 5 (35.71%) Process Improvement
2 4 (28.57%) Performance Metrics
2 4 (28.57%) Confluence
2 4 (28.57%) Proactive Monitoring
2 4 (28.57%) Acceptance Criteria
2 4 (28.57%) Customer-Centricity
2 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (28.57%) Proactive Maintenance
2 4 (28.57%) Liquidlogic
2 4 (28.57%) Application Security
2 4 (28.57%) Change Control
2 4 (28.57%) Data Quality
2 4 (28.57%) Analytics
2 4 (28.57%) User Stories
2 4 (28.57%) Performance Monitoring
2 4 (28.57%) Release Management
2 4 (28.57%) Knowledge Management
2 4 (28.57%) Information Management
2 4 (28.57%) Agile
2 4 (28.57%) Business Continuity
2 4 (28.57%) Service Delivery
3 3 (21.43%) SQL
3 3 (21.43%) MS Visio
3 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Product Ownership
3 3 (21.43%) Backlog Management
3 3 (21.43%) Decision-Making
3 3 (21.43%) Workshop Facilitation

Business Systems 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 4 (28.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (21.43%) MS Visio
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) NEC Housing
1 1 (7.14%) Teamcenter
1 1 (7.14%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
1 2 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (14.29%) SaaS
2 1 (7.14%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) Kerberos
Development Applications
1 5 (35.71%) JIRA
2 2 (14.29%) Toad
General
1 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Finance
2 2 (14.29%) Local Government
2 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
2 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Electronics
3 1 (7.14%) Marketing
3 1 (7.14%) Retail
3 1 (7.14%) Social Housing
3 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) OAuth
1 1 (7.14%) OpenID
1 1 (7.14%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Product Ownership
2 2 (14.29%) Data Structures
2 2 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing Execution System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Process Improvement
1 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (28.57%) Acceptance Criteria
2 4 (28.57%) Agile
2 4 (28.57%) Analytics
2 4 (28.57%) Application Security
2 4 (28.57%) Business Continuity
2 4 (28.57%) Change Control
2 4 (28.57%) Customer-Centricity
2 4 (28.57%) Information Management
2 4 (28.57%) Knowledge Management
2 4 (28.57%) Performance Metrics
2 4 (28.57%) Performance Monitoring
2 4 (28.57%) Proactive Maintenance
2 4 (28.57%) Proactive Monitoring
2 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (28.57%) Release Management
2 4 (28.57%) Service Delivery
2 4 (28.57%) User Stories
3 3 (21.43%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) SQL
2 2 (14.29%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
1 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) Data Quality
2 1 (7.14%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Liquidlogic
2 2 (14.29%) Capita
3 1 (7.14%) Aareon
3 1 (7.14%) Civica
3 1 (7.14%) NEC
3 1 (7.14%) Northgate
3 1 (7.14%) Orchard
3 1 (7.14%) SAP