Public Sector Business Analyst Contracts

Business Analyst - Public Sector
UK

The median Business Analyst - Public Sector daily rate in the UK is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 August 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
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 551 561 656
Rank change year-on-year +10 +95 +180
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Public Sector Business Analyst 2 3 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.006% 0.008% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.008% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 5
10th Percentile - £415 £430
25th Percentile £413 £428 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -18.18% +15.79%
75th Percentile £438 £469 £575
90th Percentile - £480 £613
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £413 £475
% change year-on-year +3.03% -13.16% +2.70%

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 30,134 36,051 48,460
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.24% 92.97% 94.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,011 23,015 33,428
10th Percentile £280 £300 £305
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -1.57%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,572 1,954 1,495
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.16 £14.57
25th Percentile £17.30 £19.52 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% - +67.45%
75th Percentile £53.89 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £39.58
% change year-on-year -41.51% +8.65% +86.24%

Public Sector Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector Business Analyst in the UK

Public Sector Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Public Sector Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Public Sector Business Analyst
Top 5 DemandTrendContract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Public Sector Business Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 23 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +10 2 £425 -5.56%
London +12 1 - -
UK excluding London 0 1 £425 +3.03%
North of England - 1 £425 -
North West - 1 £425 -

Public Sector Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 August 2025, Public Sector 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 Public Sector Business Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Management
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) User Research
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (50.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap

Public Sector 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Management
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) User Research
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations