IT Business Analyst Contracts

IT Business Analyst (IT BA)
UK

The median IT Business Analyst (IT BA) daily rate in the UK is £500, 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 479 496 561
Rank change year-on-year +17 +65 +53
Contract jobs requiring an IT Business Analyst 41 86 157
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.20% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.21% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 62 85
10th Percentile £404 £406 £401
25th Percentile £418 £451 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +0.49%
75th Percentile £544 £602 £613
90th Percentile £672 £638 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £474 £450
% change year-on-year +5.54% +5.28% -1.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.32 - £61.25
Median hourly rate £48.82 £75.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.91% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £52.31 - £63.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £48.82 - -

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%

IT Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Business Analyst in the UK

IT Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for IT Business Analyst in the UK

IT Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for IT Business Analyst in the UK

IT Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Business Analyst in the UK

IT Business Analyst
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 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 +19 36 £500 -6.98% 23
UK excluding London +49 20 £500 +5.54% 20
Work from Home +18 19 £463 -11.90% 17
London +7 17 £525 -8.70% 8
Midlands +27 7 £488 +5.41% 3
North West +23 7 £500 - 1
North of England +21 7 £500 +0.25% 2
West Midlands +18 5 £488 +2.63% 2
South East +35 3 £538 +7.50% 7
East Midlands +11 2 - -
Scotland +6 2 £506 +19.12%
South West +44 1 £500 -5.88% 4
East of England +30 1 £415 -8.79% 3
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1

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

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

1 15 (36.59%) Requirements Gathering
1 15 (36.59%) Social Skills
2 14 (34.15%) Stakeholder Management
2 14 (34.15%) Agile
3 13 (31.71%) Finance
4 12 (29.27%) Business Analysis
5 9 (21.95%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (19.51%) Workshop Facilitation
7 7 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (17.07%) Migration
7 7 (17.07%) GAP Analysis
7 7 (17.07%) JIRA
7 7 (17.07%) User Acceptance Testing
7 7 (17.07%) Waterfall
8 6 (14.63%) Data Analysis
8 6 (14.63%) Microsoft
9 5 (12.20%) SQL
9 5 (12.20%) SAP
9 5 (12.20%) Project Management
9 5 (12.20%) Degree
9 5 (12.20%) Business Transformation
9 5 (12.20%) User Stories
10 4 (9.76%) Demand Forecasting
10 4 (9.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 4 (9.76%) Azure
10 4 (9.76%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (9.76%) ERP
10 4 (9.76%) Risk Management
10 4 (9.76%) Banking
10 4 (9.76%) Business Strategy

IT Business 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 1 (2.44%) Confluence
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (9.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.44%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.76%) Azure
2 2 (4.88%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (4.88%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (4.88%) Entra ID
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (4.88%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.44%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (17.07%) JIRA
General
1 15 (36.59%) Social Skills
2 13 (31.71%) Finance
3 9 (21.95%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (9.76%) Banking
4 4 (9.76%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (7.32%) Retail
6 2 (4.88%) Financial Institution
6 2 (4.88%) Law
7 1 (2.44%) Back Office
7 1 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.44%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.44%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.44%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.32%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.88%) Equities
2 2 (4.88%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.88%) Reference Data
3 1 (2.44%) Credit Risk
3 1 (2.44%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.44%) IoT
3 1 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.44%) Market Risk
3 1 (2.44%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (36.59%) Requirements Gathering
2 14 (34.15%) Agile
2 14 (34.15%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (29.27%) Business Analysis
4 8 (19.51%) Workshop Facilitation
5 7 (17.07%) GAP Analysis
5 7 (17.07%) Migration
5 7 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (17.07%) User Acceptance Testing
5 7 (17.07%) Waterfall
6 6 (14.63%) Data Analysis
7 5 (12.20%) Business Transformation
7 5 (12.20%) Project Management
7 5 (12.20%) User Stories
8 4 (9.76%) Business Strategy
8 4 (9.76%) Demand Forecasting
8 4 (9.76%) ERP
8 4 (9.76%) Risk Management
8 4 (9.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 3 (7.32%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.20%) SQL
2 1 (2.44%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (12.20%) Degree
2 2 (4.88%) IIBA
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (4.88%) SC Cleared
2 2 (4.88%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.44%) CBAP
3 1 (2.44%) ISEB
3 1 (2.44%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.88%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.88%) Active Directory
1 2 (4.88%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (4.88%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (14.63%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.20%) SAP
3 3 (7.32%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.88%) Ariba
4 2 (4.88%) AVEVA
4 2 (4.88%) Varonis
5 1 (2.44%) Anaplan
5 1 (2.44%) IFS
5 1 (2.44%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.44%) Splunk