Business Support Analyst Contracts

Business Support Analyst
UK

The median Business Support Analyst daily rate in the UK is £225, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 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
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 500 575 712
Rank change year-on-year +75 +137 +147
Contract jobs requiring a Business Support Analyst 8 3 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% 0.007% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.007% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £373
25th Percentile £213 - £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.03%
75th Percentile £328 - £463
90th Percentile £383 - £478
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 - £425
% change year-on-year - - -1.73%

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 27,103 40,251 55,892
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 92.75% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,687 26,220 39,044
10th Percentile £300 £280 £313
25th Percentile £406 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,052 2,676 1,569
10th Percentile £14.13 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.55% -18.89% +88.21%
75th Percentile £62.50 £61.30 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £42.16
% change year-on-year -30.00% -5.11% +115.96%

Business Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Support Analyst in the UK

Business Support Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Business Support Analyst in the UK

Business Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Support Analyst over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Support Analyst in the UK

Business Support Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Support Analyst in the UK

Business Support Analyst
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Support Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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 +75 8 £225 - 17
London +59 5 £225 - 9
Work from Home +43 5 £225 - 6
UK excluding London +54 3 £413 - 11
South East - 3 £413 - 5

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

For the 6 months to 7 May 2025, Business Support 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 Support Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (50.00%) Process Improvement
1 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) SLA
3 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Business Continuity
3 2 (25.00%) Migration
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Information Management
3 2 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
3 2 (25.00%) Change Control
3 2 (25.00%) Data Quality
3 2 (25.00%) Knowledge Management
3 2 (25.00%) Release Management
3 2 (25.00%) Proactive Maintenance
3 2 (25.00%) Liquidlogic
3 2 (25.00%) Analytics
3 2 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 2 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 2 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
3 2 (25.00%) Application Security
4 1 (12.50%) Technology Transformation
4 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
4 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (12.50%) Aderant
4 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (12.50%) User Experience

Business Support 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 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
General
1 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Law
3 1 (12.50%) Marketing
3 1 (12.50%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Analytics
3 2 (25.00%) Application Security
3 2 (25.00%) Business Continuity
3 2 (25.00%) Change Control
3 2 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
3 2 (25.00%) Information Management
3 2 (25.00%) Knowledge Management
3 2 (25.00%) Migration
3 2 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
3 2 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 2 (25.00%) Proactive Maintenance
3 2 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 2 (25.00%) Release Management
3 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
4 1 (12.50%) Technology Transformation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) Data Quality
1 2 (25.00%) SLA
2 1 (12.50%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Liquidlogic
2 1 (12.50%) Aderant
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Salesforce