Business Data Analyst Contracts

Business Data Analyst
UK

The median Business Data Analyst daily rate in the UK is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 540 630 768
Rank change year-on-year +90 +138 -122
Contract jobs requiring a Business Data Analyst 30 60 95
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.071% 0.11% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.076% 0.11% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 46 68
10th Percentile £360 £249 £378
25th Percentile £482 £383 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £461
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +16.53% +15.31%
75th Percentile £625 £611 £541
90th Percentile £676 £699 £665
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £538 £419
% change year-on-year -6.98% +28.28% +4.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £30.25
Median hourly rate - - £31.50
75th Percentile - - £32.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 39,467 53,505 83,509
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 94.60% 95.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,700 37,347 58,712
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.31% +3.43% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,724 1,494 2,029
10th Percentile £12.83 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.44%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.95 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.16 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.11% +110.78% +5.26%

Business Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Data Analyst in the UK

Business Data Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Data Analyst.

Daily rate trend for Business Data Analyst in the UK

Business Data Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Data Analyst over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Data Analyst in the UK

Business Data Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Data Analyst.

Hourly rate trend for Business Data Analyst in the UK

Business Data Analyst
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Data Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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
England +65 26 £525 -6.67% 10
London +68 16 £600 +2.13% 8
Work from Home +113 14 £496 -13.70% 7
UK excluding London +52 9 £500 -6.98% 2
South East +17 3 £500 -29.58% 1
North of England +25 2 £525 +23.53%
East Midlands - 2 £363 -
Midlands - 2 £363 - 1
Scotland +43 1 £550 -
North West +22 1 £525 +23.53%
Yorkshire +16 1 £525 -
Northern Ireland +1 1 £325 -45.83%

Business Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, Business Data 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 featuring Business Data Analyst in the job title.

1 20 (66.67%) Finance
2 14 (46.67%) Data Analysis
3 12 (40.00%) SQL
3 12 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (36.67%) Analytics
4 11 (36.67%) Social Skills
5 9 (30.00%) Data Analytics
5 9 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (26.67%) Python
7 7 (23.33%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (23.33%) Banking
7 7 (23.33%) Visualisation
8 6 (20.00%) Azure
8 6 (20.00%) Data Governance
8 6 (20.00%) Decision-Making
8 6 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
8 6 (20.00%) Data Mapping
8 6 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
9 5 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (16.67%) Data Modelling
9 5 (16.67%) Power Platform
9 5 (16.67%) Power BI
9 5 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
9 5 (16.67%) Data Visualisation
9 5 (16.67%) Data Transformation
10 4 (13.33%) Impala
10 4 (13.33%) Data Structures
10 4 (13.33%) Hadoop
10 4 (13.33%) Data Lake
10 4 (13.33%) Change Management

Business Data Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (6.67%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (3.33%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 6 (20.00%) Azure
2 5 (16.67%) Power Platform
3 3 (10.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 3 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (6.67%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (3.33%) AWS
5 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (16.67%) Power BI
2 4 (13.33%) Data Lake
2 4 (13.33%) Hadoop
2 4 (13.33%) Impala
3 3 (10.00%) Metadata
4 2 (6.67%) Apache Hive
4 2 (6.67%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (6.67%) Big Data
4 2 (6.67%) Data Mining
4 2 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (6.67%) SQL Server
4 2 (6.67%) Tableau
5 1 (3.33%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (3.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (3.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) ER Studio
1 1 (3.33%) ERwin
1 1 (3.33%) JIRA
General
1 20 (66.67%) Finance
2 12 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (36.67%) Social Skills
4 7 (23.33%) Banking
5 3 (10.00%) Investment Banking
5 3 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.33%) Front Office
6 1 (3.33%) General Ledger
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) Data Structures
2 3 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (10.00%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (3.33%) Market Risk
4 1 (3.33%) Pricing Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (46.67%) Data Analysis
2 11 (36.67%) Analytics
3 9 (30.00%) Data Analytics
3 9 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (23.33%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (23.33%) Visualisation
5 6 (20.00%) Data Governance
5 6 (20.00%) Data Mapping
5 6 (20.00%) Decision-Making
5 6 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 6 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
6 5 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
6 5 (16.67%) Data Modelling
6 5 (16.67%) Data Transformation
6 5 (16.67%) Data Visualisation
6 5 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (13.33%) Business Analysis
7 4 (13.33%) Change Management
7 4 (13.33%) Migration
7 4 (13.33%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 12 (40.00%) SQL
2 8 (26.67%) Python
3 3 (10.00%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (13.33%) Degree
2 2 (6.67%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.33%) Azure Certification
3 1 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.67%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.33%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (3.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (10.00%) SAP
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.67%) Oracle
3 1 (3.33%) AppDynamics
3 1 (3.33%) Databricks
3 1 (3.33%) IDERA
3 1 (3.33%) Informatica
3 1 (3.33%) MuleSoft
3 1 (3.33%) Refinitiv
3 1 (3.33%) Reuters
3 1 (3.33%) Splunk