Lead Business Analyst Contracts

Lead Business Analyst (Lead BA)
UK

The median Lead Business Analyst (Lead BA) daily rate in the UK is £588 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 548 623 761
Rank change year-on-year +75 +138 -124
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Business Analyst 31 77 99
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.071% 0.13% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.077% 0.14% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 69 71
10th Percentile £493 £463 £450
25th Percentile £525 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% +9.09% +7.32%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £613
90th Percentile £950 £783 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £538 £525
% change year-on-year +6.98% +2.38% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £61.25
Median hourly rate - - £62.50
75th Percentile - - £63.75
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 40,413 56,730 84,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,320 39,605 59,435
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £726
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,653 1,602 2,109
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.28 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.50 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £42.37 £19.50
% change year-on-year -10.30% +117.26% +2.47%

Lead Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Business Analyst in the UK

Lead Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Lead Business Analyst in the UK

Lead Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead Business Analyst over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Lead Business Analyst in the UK

Lead Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Lead Business Analyst in the UK

Lead Business Analyst
Top 10 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 26 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
England +68 26 £588 -2.08% 16
London +85 18 £613 -12.50% 11
Work from Home +100 15 £600 -14.29% 9
UK excluding London +51 10 £575 +6.98% 5
South East +25 3 £600 +7.00%
Scotland +34 2 £488 -
South West +23 2 £638 +18.60% 1
North West +19 2 £475 - 1
North of England +19 2 £475 -11.63% 2
East of England - 1 £575 -

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

For the 6 months to 26 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 featuring Lead Business Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (22.58%) Azure
2 6 (19.35%) Agile
3 5 (16.13%) Social Skills
3 5 (16.13%) Finance
3 5 (16.13%) SC Cleared
3 5 (16.13%) Security Cleared
4 4 (12.90%) Supplier Management
4 4 (12.90%) Requirements Management
4 4 (12.90%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (12.90%) User Stories
4 4 (12.90%) SAP
4 4 (12.90%) Business Analysis
4 4 (12.90%) Onboarding
5 3 (9.68%) Business Strategy
5 3 (9.68%) SAP MDG
5 3 (9.68%) Decision-Making
5 3 (9.68%) Banking
5 3 (9.68%) Degree
6 2 (6.45%) JIRA
6 2 (6.45%) Pega
6 2 (6.45%) Confluence
6 2 (6.45%) Coaching
6 2 (6.45%) KYC
6 2 (6.45%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (6.45%) Fixed Income
6 2 (6.45%) Data Analysis
6 2 (6.45%) Murex
6 2 (6.45%) Salesforce
6 2 (6.45%) Project Management
6 2 (6.45%) Back Office

Lead 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 2 (6.45%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 3 (9.68%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 7 (22.58%) Azure
2 1 (3.23%) Apigee
2 1 (3.23%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.45%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (6.45%) JIRA
General
1 5 (16.13%) Finance
1 5 (16.13%) Social Skills
2 3 (9.68%) Banking
3 2 (6.45%) Back Office
3 2 (6.45%) Telecoms
4 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.23%) Billing
4 1 (3.23%) Local Government
4 1 (3.23%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.23%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.23%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Onboarding
2 2 (6.45%) Fixed Income
2 2 (6.45%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (19.35%) Agile
2 4 (12.90%) Business Analysis
2 4 (12.90%) Requirements Management
2 4 (12.90%) Supplier Management
2 4 (12.90%) User Stories
3 3 (9.68%) Business Strategy
3 3 (9.68%) Decision-Making
4 2 (6.45%) Coaching
4 2 (6.45%) Data Analysis
4 2 (6.45%) Data Mapping
4 2 (6.45%) Inventory Management
4 2 (6.45%) KYC
4 2 (6.45%) Project Management
4 2 (6.45%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (6.45%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (3.23%) Acceptance Criteria
5 1 (3.23%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (3.23%) Analytical Thinking
5 1 (3.23%) Minimum Viable Product
5 1 (3.23%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 5 (16.13%) SC Cleared
1 5 (16.13%) Security Cleared
2 4 (12.90%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (9.68%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (12.90%) SAP
2 2 (6.45%) BT
2 2 (6.45%) Murex
2 2 (6.45%) Pega
2 2 (6.45%) Salesforce