Operations Business Analyst Contract Job Trends

Operations Business Analyst (Operations BA)
UK

The median Operations Business Analyst (Operations BA) daily rate in the UK is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 564 510 579
Rank change year-on-year -54 +69 +171
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Business Analyst 20 34 26
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.054% 0.099% 0.059%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% 0.11% 0.063%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 21 16
10th Percentile £423 - £375
25th Percentile £425 £463 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £600 £563
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +6.67% -2.17%
75th Percentile £538 £660 £675
90th Percentile £638 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £625 £463
% change year-on-year -24.00% +35.14% -7.50%

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 33,513 31,718 41,239
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.01% 92.78% 93.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,192 19,534 27,738
10th Percentile £290 £300 £288
25th Percentile £404 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £644
90th Percentile £720 £738 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £489 £500
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,975 999 1,468
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.52 £15.14
25th Percentile £18.22 £21.22 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.50 £34.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -23.60% +48.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.84 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £72.55 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -27.78% +80.76%

Operations Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Operations Business Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Operations Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Operations Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operations Business Analyst over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Operations Business Analyst in the UK

Operations Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Operations Business Analyst
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Business Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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
England -40 19 £488 -18.75% 1
London -17 14 £500 -4.76%
Work from Home -13 9 £463 -17.78%
UK excluding London -40 6 £475 -24.00% 1
South East -19 5 £475 -
Scotland - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, Operations 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 Operations Business Analyst in the job title.

1 10 (50.00%) Agile
2 9 (45.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (40.00%) SQL
3 8 (40.00%) User Stories
4 7 (35.00%) Business Analysis
4 7 (35.00%) Data Validation
4 7 (35.00%) Validation
5 6 (30.00%) Microsoft Excel
6 5 (25.00%) API Integration
6 5 (25.00%) CBAP
6 5 (25.00%) Confluence
6 5 (25.00%) CSPO
6 5 (25.00%) JIRA
6 5 (25.00%) Lucidchart
6 5 (25.00%) MS Visio
6 5 (25.00%) NetSuite
6 5 (25.00%) Resource Management
6 5 (25.00%) SaaS
6 5 (25.00%) Salesforce
6 5 (25.00%) Zuora
7 4 (20.00%) Investment Management
7 4 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
7 4 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (20.00%) Workflow
8 3 (15.00%) Portfolio Management
8 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (15.00%) Process Improvement
8 3 (15.00%) Service Delivery
9 2 (10.00%) Asset Management
9 2 (10.00%) Benchmarking

Operations 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (25.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (25.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (25.00%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 5 (25.00%) Lucidchart
1 5 (25.00%) SaaS
2 2 (10.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (5.00%) Power Automate
3 1 (5.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Power BI
2 1 (5.00%) Power Query
2 1 (5.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 13 (65.00%) Finance
2 12 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 10 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Back Office
5 1 (5.00%) Banking
5 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Local Government
5 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) Gherkin
1 1 (5.00%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Operational Technology
2 3 (15.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (5.00%) Hedge funds
3 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.00%) Reference Data
3 1 (5.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Agile
2 9 (45.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (40.00%) User Stories
4 7 (35.00%) Business Analysis
4 7 (35.00%) Data Validation
4 7 (35.00%) Validation
5 5 (25.00%) API Integration
5 5 (25.00%) Resource Management
6 4 (20.00%) Investment Management
6 4 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
6 4 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (20.00%) Workflow
7 3 (15.00%) Portfolio Management
7 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (15.00%) Process Improvement
7 3 (15.00%) Service Delivery
8 2 (10.00%) Business Process Analysis
8 2 (10.00%) Project Delivery
8 2 (10.00%) Strategic Thinking
8 2 (10.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 8 (40.00%) SQL
2 2 (10.00%) Python
3 1 (5.00%) C#
3 1 (5.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.00%) Korn
3 1 (5.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) CBAP
1 5 (25.00%) CSPO
2 2 (10.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) ISEB
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) Salesforce
1 5 (25.00%) Zuora
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.00%) NEC
3 1 (5.00%) Oracle