OpenLink Business Analyst Contract Job Trends

OpenLink Business Analyst
UK

The median OpenLink Business Analyst daily rate in the UK is £950, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 545 523 583
Rank change year-on-year -22 +60 +209
Contract jobs requiring an OpenLink Business Analyst 37 20 25
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.056% 0.055%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.060% 0.059%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 13 15
10th Percentile £667 £535 £630
25th Percentile £813 £635 £675
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £950 £800 £900
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -11.11% +28.57%
75th Percentile £1,000 £900 £1,038
90th Percentile £1,075 £1,000 £1,100
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £80.50 -
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 32,988 33,120 42,501
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.93% 92.74% 93.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,924 20,243 28,641
10th Percentile £285 £300 £294
25th Percentile £403 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £645
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,924 1,136 1,517
10th Percentile £14.22 £15.36 £15.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.75 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.63% -21.02% +40.98%
75th Percentile £56.81 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.75 £73.66 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -26.97% +78.00%

OpenLink Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'OpenLink Business Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

OpenLink Business Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

OpenLink Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for OpenLink Business Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for OpenLink Business Analyst job vacancies in the UK

OpenLink Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OpenLink Business Analyst over the 6 months to 9 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for OpenLink Business Analyst in the UK

OpenLink Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for OpenLink Business Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for OpenLink Business Analyst job vacancies in the UK

OpenLink Business Analyst
Top 3 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OpenLink Business Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 9 December 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
London +18 37 £950 +15.15%
England -16 37 £950 +18.75%
Work from Home 0 10 £850 +33.65%

OpenLink Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 December 2025, OpenLink Business Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring OpenLink Business Analyst in the job title.

1 37 (100.00%) Endur
2 24 (64.86%) Agile
3 17 (45.95%) ETRM
4 16 (43.24%) Business Analysis
5 14 (37.84%) OpenLink
6 13 (35.14%) User Acceptance Testing
7 12 (32.43%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (29.73%) Project Delivery
9 9 (24.32%) Business Case
9 9 (24.32%) DevOps
9 9 (24.32%) Requirements Gathering
9 9 (24.32%) Workshop Facilitation
10 8 (21.62%) SQL
11 7 (18.92%) Requirements Workshops
12 6 (16.22%) CBAP
12 6 (16.22%) Change Control
12 6 (16.22%) SAP
12 6 (16.22%) Scrum
13 5 (13.51%) PMI Certification
14 4 (10.81%) Azure
15 3 (8.11%) Continuous Improvement
15 3 (8.11%) Degree
15 3 (8.11%) ION Trading
15 3 (8.11%) Master's Degree
15 3 (8.11%) Migration
15 3 (8.11%) QA
15 3 (8.11%) Systems Engineering
16 2 (5.41%) AI
16 2 (5.41%) AWS
16 2 (5.41%) Azure DevOps

OpenLink Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 37 (100.00%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.81%) Azure
2 2 (5.41%) AWS
2 2 (5.41%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) Power BI
1 1 (2.70%) Relational Database
1 1 (2.70%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Git
1 2 (5.41%) JIRA
General
1 21 (56.76%) Finance
2 16 (43.24%) Back Office
3 13 (35.14%) Social Skills
4 8 (21.62%) Front Office
4 8 (21.62%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.41%) Automotive
6 2 (5.41%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.70%) Advertising
7 1 (2.70%) General Ledger
7 1 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 10 (27.03%) Product Ownership
2 8 (21.62%) Greenfield Project
3 5 (13.51%) PMI
3 5 (13.51%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (5.41%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (5.41%) Market Risk
5 1 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.70%) Derivative
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (64.86%) Agile
2 17 (45.95%) ETRM
3 16 (43.24%) Business Analysis
4 13 (35.14%) User Acceptance Testing
5 12 (32.43%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (29.73%) Project Delivery
7 9 (24.32%) Business Case
7 9 (24.32%) DevOps
7 9 (24.32%) Requirements Gathering
7 9 (24.32%) Workshop Facilitation
8 7 (18.92%) Requirements Workshops
9 6 (16.22%) Change Control
9 6 (16.22%) Scrum
10 3 (8.11%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (8.11%) Migration
10 3 (8.11%) Systems Engineering
11 2 (5.41%) Digital Engineering
11 2 (5.41%) Digital Innovation
11 2 (5.41%) Scenario Testing
11 2 (5.41%) Systematic Trading
Programming Languages
1 8 (21.62%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (16.22%) CBAP
2 5 (13.51%) PMI Certification
3 3 (8.11%) Degree
3 3 (8.11%) Master's Degree
4 2 (5.41%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.11%) QA
2 1 (2.70%) EMIR
2 1 (2.70%) MiFID
Vendors
1 14 (37.84%) OpenLink
2 6 (16.22%) SAP
3 3 (8.11%) ION Trading
4 2 (5.41%) Hitachi
5 1 (2.70%) Oracle