HR Business Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Business Analyst - Human Resources (HR BA)
UK > UK excluding London

The median Business Analyst - Human Resources (HR BA) daily rate in the UK excluding London is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 332 387 440
Rank change year-on-year +55 +53 +65
Contract jobs requiring an HR Business Analyst 2 7 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.016% 0.034% 0.063%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.037% 0.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 13
10th Percentile - £281 £451
25th Percentile £438 £369 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £465 £488
Median % change year-on-year +2.15% -4.62% -2.50%
75th Percentile £513 £500 £575
90th Percentile - £510 -
UK median daily rate £675 £500 £488
% change year-on-year +35.00% +2.56% -

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 11,771 19,161 22,551
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 92.57% 94.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,545 11,699 15,818
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 836 2,248 1,160
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.79 £15.75 £18.08
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.22% -6.94% +117.95%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.88 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% -19.07% +94.45%

HR Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

HR Business 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 HR Business Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 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 +34 1 - - 2
North of England - 1 £475 - 2
North West - 1 £475 - 2
HR Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, HR Business 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 HR Business Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Workshops
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Workday
2 1 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (50.00%) Business Process Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Public Cloud
2 1 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (50.00%) SAP HR
2 1 (50.00%) Six Sigma
2 1 (50.00%) Life Science
2 1 (50.00%) Lean Six Sigma
2 1 (50.00%) System Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Time Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Local Government

HR Business 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP HR
1 1 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) SuccessFactors
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Local Government
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Life Science
1 1 (50.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Business Process Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Lean Six Sigma
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Workshops
2 1 (50.00%) Six Sigma
2 1 (50.00%) System Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Time Management
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) CIPD
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) Workday