IT Business Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

IT Business Analyst (IT BA)
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Business Analyst (IT BA) daily rate in the UK excluding London is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 357 405 429
Rank change year-on-year +48 +24 -31
Contract jobs requiring an IT Business Analyst 31 42 81
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.15% 0.18% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.19% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 34 60
10th Percentile £406 £382 £363
25th Percentile £414 £405 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £456
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -1.37% +10.61%
75th Percentile £531 £500 £538
90th Percentile £555 £543 £575
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £510
% change year-on-year +5.00% -1.96% +13.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 19,104 22,515 29,589
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.55% 94.27% 95.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,669 15,787 20,737
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £397 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £597 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,253 1,161 1,465
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.24
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.16 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -5.11% +115.96% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £43.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

IT Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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

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

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

IT Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

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

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

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

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

IT 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 IT Business Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 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
South East +28 14 £500 +8.70% 2
Scotland +41 9 £425 -5.56% 1
North of England +23 5 £499 +10.83% 3
Yorkshire +22 4 £499 -0.25% 2
South West +20 2 £550 +37.50%
Midlands +23 1 £475 +2.70% 2
North West +21 1 - - 1
West Midlands +12 1 £475 +2.70% 1
IT Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, IT 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 IT Business Analyst in the job title.

1 11 (35.48%) Analytical Skills
1 11 (35.48%) Agile
2 9 (29.03%) Business Analysis
3 8 (25.81%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (25.81%) Social Skills
4 7 (22.58%) Project Management
5 6 (19.35%) UML
5 6 (19.35%) ITIL
5 6 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (19.35%) Business Process Modelling
5 6 (19.35%) Acceptance Criteria
6 5 (16.13%) Wireframes
6 5 (16.13%) Manufacturing
6 5 (16.13%) Change Management
6 5 (16.13%) Degree
7 4 (12.90%) Use Case
7 4 (12.90%) Prototyping
7 4 (12.90%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (12.90%) Storyboarding
7 4 (12.90%) Requirements Gathering
8 3 (9.68%) Business Case
8 3 (9.68%) Public Sector
8 3 (9.68%) SDLC
8 3 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (9.68%) DevOps
8 3 (9.68%) Data Analysis
8 3 (9.68%) Banking
8 3 (9.68%) Data Security
8 3 (9.68%) PRINCE2
8 3 (9.68%) ERP

IT 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (3.23%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.45%) SaaS
2 1 (3.23%) AWS
2 1 (3.23%) Azure
2 1 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 2 (6.45%) JIRA
General
1 11 (35.48%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (25.81%) Social Skills
3 5 (16.13%) Manufacturing
4 4 (12.90%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (9.68%) Banking
5 3 (9.68%) Public Sector
6 2 (6.45%) Finance
6 2 (6.45%) Retail
7 1 (3.23%) Automotive
7 1 (3.23%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (3.23%) JSON
1 1 (3.23%) pytest
1 1 (3.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.45%) Cyberattack
1 2 (6.45%) Mobile App
1 2 (6.45%) Product Ownership
1 2 (6.45%) Wiki
2 1 (3.23%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.23%) Operational Technology
2 1 (3.23%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (35.48%) Agile
2 9 (29.03%) Business Analysis
3 8 (25.81%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (22.58%) Project Management
5 6 (19.35%) Acceptance Criteria
5 6 (19.35%) Business Process Modelling
5 6 (19.35%) ITIL
5 6 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (19.35%) UML
6 5 (16.13%) Change Management
6 5 (16.13%) Wireframes
7 4 (12.90%) Prototyping
7 4 (12.90%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (12.90%) Storyboarding
7 4 (12.90%) Use Case
8 3 (9.68%) Business Case
8 3 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (9.68%) Data Analysis
8 3 (9.68%) DevOps
8 3 (9.68%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.23%) Python
1 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (16.13%) Degree
2 3 (9.68%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (6.45%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.23%) CBAP
4 1 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.23%) CSPO
4 1 (3.23%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.23%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) GDPR
2 1 (3.23%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (3.23%) NIST
2 1 (3.23%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (3.23%) Cadence
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft
1 1 (3.23%) Oracle
1 1 (3.23%) SAP