Business Process Analyst Contracts

Business Process Analyst
UK

The median Business Process Analyst daily rate in the UK is £523, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 499 562 660
Rank change year-on-year +63 +98 +133
Contract jobs requiring a Business Process Analyst 21 20 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.072% 0.046% 0.097%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.078% 0.049% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 15 38
10th Percentile £314 £295 £400
25th Percentile £399 £363 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £438 £500
Median % change year-on-year +19.43% -12.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £578 £538 £569
90th Percentile £625 £588 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £333 £375 £466
% change year-on-year -11.33% -19.53% +16.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £36.28 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Business Process Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Process Analyst in the UK

Business Process Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Business Process Analyst in the UK

Business Process Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Process Analyst over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Process Analyst in the UK

Business Process Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Process Analyst in the UK

Business Process Analyst
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Process Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +62 21 £523 +26.67% 2
London +46 15 £550 +23.94%
Work from Home +40 8 £425 -15.00% 1
UK excluding London +60 5 £333 -11.33% 2
South East +49 4 £360 - 1
North West +15 1 £225 -40.00% 1
North of England +15 1 £225 -40.00% 1

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Business Process 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 Process Analyst in the job title.

1 8 (38.10%) Process Improvement
1 8 (38.10%) Workshop Facilitation
1 8 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 6 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (28.57%) Six Sigma
2 6 (28.57%) MS Visio
2 6 (28.57%) Finance
3 5 (23.81%) Project Management
3 5 (23.81%) Lean Six Sigma
4 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (19.05%) Law
4 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (19.05%) Business Process Analysis
5 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
5 3 (14.29%) Business Analysis
5 3 (14.29%) SQL
5 3 (14.29%) ITIL
5 3 (14.29%) Lucidchart
5 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (14.29%) Degree
5 3 (14.29%) Salesforce
6 2 (9.52%) Business Process Improvement
6 2 (9.52%) BPMN
6 2 (9.52%) Marketing
6 2 (9.52%) Business Process Mapping
6 2 (9.52%) Performance Metrics
6 2 (9.52%) PRINCE2
6 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (9.52%) Service Management

Business Process 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:

Applications
1 6 (28.57%) MS Visio
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) Lucidchart
2 1 (4.76%) Azure
2 1 (4.76%) IBM Blueworks
2 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.76%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Power BI
1 1 (4.76%) Tableau
General
1 8 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 6 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (28.57%) Finance
3 4 (19.05%) Law
4 2 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (9.52%) Marketing
5 1 (4.76%) Banking
5 1 (4.76%) Electronics
5 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.76%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Process Improvement
1 8 (38.10%) Workshop Facilitation
2 6 (28.57%) Six Sigma
3 5 (23.81%) Lean Six Sigma
3 5 (23.81%) Project Management
4 4 (19.05%) Business Process Analysis
4 4 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (14.29%) Business Analysis
5 3 (14.29%) ITIL
5 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (9.52%) Agile
6 2 (9.52%) Analytics
6 2 (9.52%) BPMN
6 2 (9.52%) Business Process Improvement
6 2 (9.52%) Change Management
6 2 (9.52%) Client Onboarding
6 2 (9.52%) PRINCE2
6 2 (9.52%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) SQL
2 1 (4.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) Degree
2 2 (9.52%) PMI Certification
2 2 (9.52%) PMP
3 1 (4.76%) Master's Degree
3 1 (4.76%) MBA
3 1 (4.76%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 1 (4.76%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 1 (4.76%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (4.76%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 3 (14.29%) Salesforce
2 1 (4.76%) BT
2 1 (4.76%) SAP