Lead Business Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

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

The median Lead Business Analyst (Lead BA) daily rate in the UK excluding London is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 385 423 487
Rank change year-on-year +38 +64 -72
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Business Analyst 10 29 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.048% 0.12% 0.093%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.13% 0.097%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 26 14
10th Percentile £470 £425 £450
25th Percentile £500 £466 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £531 £528
Median % change year-on-year +8.24% +0.71% +2.93%
75th Percentile £600 £579 £613
90th Percentile £625 £663 £638
UK median daily rate £594 £600 £563
% change year-on-year -1.04% +6.67% +9.76%

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 19,260 22,774 29,857
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.67% 94.07% 95.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,836 15,954 20,879
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £594 £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 2,214 1,200 1,503
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.06
25th Percentile £15.66 £18.12 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +1.41%

Lead Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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

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

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

Lead Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead Business Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

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

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

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

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

Lead 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 Lead Business Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 April 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 +13 3 £600 +7.00%
North of England +32 2 £475 -11.63% 3
Scotland +31 2 £488 +2.63%
South West +18 2 £638 +18.60% 1
North West +18 2 £475 - 2
East of England - 1 £575 -
Lead Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Lead 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 Lead Business Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (30.00%) SAP
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
1 3 (30.00%) SAP MDG
2 2 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (20.00%) Agile
2 2 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (20.00%) Business Strategy
2 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (10.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (10.00%) Local Government
3 1 (10.00%) Retail Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) JIRA
3 1 (10.00%) Matrix Management
3 1 (10.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (10.00%) BPMN
3 1 (10.00%) Data Mapping
3 1 (10.00%) Azure
3 1 (10.00%) Confluence
3 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (10.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (10.00%) Coaching
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills

Lead 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 (10.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 3 (30.00%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Billing
3 1 (10.00%) Local Government
3 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (10.00%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Agile
1 2 (20.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (20.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (10.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (10.00%) BPMN
2 1 (10.00%) Business Case
2 1 (10.00%) Coaching
2 1 (10.00%) Conflict Resolution
2 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (10.00%) Data Mapping
2 1 (10.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (10.00%) Matrix Management
2 1 (10.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (10.00%) Requirements Workshops
2 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (10.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) SAP