Business Analysis Contracts with Work from Home Options

Business Analysis
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Business Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Business Analysis over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 98 108 103
Rank change year-on-year +10 -5 -1
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 353 585 1,121
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.29% 2.25% 2.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.61% 2.50% 2.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 419 817
10th Percentile £407 £400 £381
25th Percentile £463 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £630 £618 £575
90th Percentile £700 £731 £650
UK median daily rate £530 £525 £513
% change year-on-year +0.95% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile £41.39 - -
25th Percentile £68.46 - -
Median hourly rate £84.28 £66.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.69% +88.57% +28.53%
75th Percentile £86.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £62.50 £53.00
% change year-on-year +12.00% +17.92% +103.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Business Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,547 23,386 40,461
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.81% 89.84% 91.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,028 16,509 29,350
10th Percentile £325 £363 £360
25th Percentile £425 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.47%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 563 544 541
10th Percentile £15.03 £19.00 £13.50
25th Percentile £24.00 £30.54 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +57.14% +34.62%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.18 £67.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -

Business Analysis
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Business Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Business Analysis trend for jobs with a WFH option

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Business Analysis.

Business Analysis daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Business Analysis over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Business Analysis daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Business Analysis.

Business Analysis hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Business Analysis over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Business Analysis hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Business Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 17 (4.82%) Confluence
2 5 (1.42%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.85%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (0.85%) ArcGIS
3 3 (0.85%) CMS
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.28%) WebSphere
Applications
1 21 (5.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (5.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (5.10%) MS Visio
4 10 (2.83%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (4.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (2.27%) SAP PM
3 5 (1.42%) Endur
3 5 (1.42%) SAP Hybris
4 4 (1.13%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.85%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.85%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.85%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.57%) iTrent
6 2 (0.57%) Magento
6 2 (0.57%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.57%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.28%) Aligne
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.28%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.28%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.28%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.28%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 27 (7.65%) Azure
2 16 (4.53%) AWS
3 15 (4.25%) Power Platform
4 11 (3.12%) SaaS
5 10 (2.83%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (1.98%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (1.98%) PaaS
6 7 (1.98%) Serverless
7 6 (1.70%) Azure Service Bus
7 6 (1.70%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (1.70%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 5 (1.42%) Power Automate
8 5 (1.42%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 5 (1.42%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 4 (1.13%) Adobe Analytics
9 4 (1.13%) Azure Functions
9 4 (1.13%) PowerApps
10 3 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (0.85%) Lucidchart
10 3 (0.85%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.42%) WAN
2 4 (1.13%) FIX Connectivity
2 4 (1.13%) Junos
2 4 (1.13%) SDH
3 2 (0.57%) Intranet
4 1 (0.28%) DKIM
4 1 (0.28%) DMARC
4 1 (0.28%) Firewall
4 1 (0.28%) Internet
4 1 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.28%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.55%) Power BI
2 5 (1.42%) Data Lake
2 5 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (1.42%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (1.13%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.85%) Big Data
4 3 (0.85%) Electronic Patient Records
4 3 (0.85%) Geospatial Data
4 3 (0.85%) GIS
4 3 (0.85%) MariaDB
4 3 (0.85%) OLTP
4 3 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.57%) Data Mart
5 2 (0.57%) SAP BW
5 2 (0.57%) SAP HANA
5 2 (0.57%) Tableau
6 1 (0.28%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.28%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.28%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 30 (8.50%) JIRA
2 4 (1.13%) Eclipse
2 4 (1.13%) Git
2 4 (1.13%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (1.13%) TeamCity
3 3 (0.85%) Visual Studio Team System
4 1 (0.28%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.28%) Moq
4 1 (0.28%) NUnit
General
1 139 (39.38%) Social Skills
2 89 (25.21%) Finance
3 77 (21.81%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (15.30%) Public Sector
5 25 (7.08%) Banking
5 25 (7.08%) Presentation Skills
6 19 (5.38%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (3.97%) Manufacturing
8 13 (3.68%) Telecoms
9 10 (2.83%) Front Office
9 10 (2.83%) Law
9 10 (2.83%) Retail
10 9 (2.55%) Investment Banking
10 9 (2.55%) Marketing
11 8 (2.27%) Legal
12 7 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.70%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (1.13%) Aeronautics
15 4 (1.13%) German Language
Job Titles
1 216 (61.19%) Analyst
2 196 (55.52%) Business Analyst
3 29 (8.22%) Senior
4 25 (7.08%) Architect
4 25 (7.08%) Project Manager
5 24 (6.80%) Senior Analyst
6 21 (5.95%) Lead
6 21 (5.95%) Senior Business Analyst
7 19 (5.38%) Consultant
8 15 (4.25%) Technical Analyst
8 15 (4.25%) Technical Business Analyst
9 14 (3.97%) Business IT Analyst
9 14 (3.97%) Financial Analyst
9 14 (3.97%) IT Analyst
10 13 (3.68%) Developer
10 13 (3.68%) IT Business Analyst
11 11 (3.12%) Agile Business Analyst
11 11 (3.12%) Finance Business Analyst
12 10 (2.83%) Business Systems Analyst
12 10 (2.83%) Data Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.27%) .NET
1 8 (2.27%) XML
2 7 (1.98%) Web Services
3 5 (1.42%) JSON
4 4 (1.13%) FIX Protocol
4 4 (1.13%) HTML
5 3 (0.85%) ARM Templates
5 3 (0.85%) Lightning Web Components
5 3 (0.85%) SailPoint
6 2 (0.57%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.57%) CSS
6 2 (0.57%) Murex MxML
6 2 (0.57%) Play Framework
6 2 (0.57%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.28%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.28%) ADO
7 1 (0.28%) J2EE
7 1 (0.28%) JSF
7 1 (0.28%) JSP
7 1 (0.28%) Servlets
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.52%) Product Ownership
2 18 (5.10%) Management Information System
3 10 (2.83%) CMDB
4 9 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (2.27%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (1.42%) Derivative
6 5 (1.42%) NHS
6 5 (1.42%) Reinsurance
7 4 (1.13%) Fixed Income
7 4 (1.13%) IoT
7 4 (1.13%) Low-Code
7 4 (1.13%) Onboarding
8 3 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (0.85%) FMCG
8 3 (0.85%) Wiki
9 2 (0.57%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.57%) Market Risk
9 2 (0.57%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.57%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.13%) Unix
2 1 (0.28%) Android
2 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (38.81%) Agile
2 86 (24.36%) User Stories
3 83 (23.51%) Stakeholder Management
4 75 (21.25%) Problem-Solving
5 63 (17.85%) Project Management
5 63 (17.85%) Requirements Gathering
6 45 (12.75%) Project Delivery
6 45 (12.75%) Roadmaps
7 44 (12.46%) Scrum
8 43 (12.18%) Acceptance Criteria
9 37 (10.48%) Workshop Facilitation
10 35 (9.92%) Data Analysis
11 33 (9.35%) Analytics
12 32 (9.07%) Business Case
12 32 (9.07%) Change Management
13 31 (8.78%) ITIL
13 31 (8.78%) User Acceptance Testing
14 30 (8.50%) ERP
14 30 (8.50%) Migration
14 30 (8.50%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (7.37%) SQL
2 7 (1.98%) C#
3 4 (1.13%) Java
3 4 (1.13%) JavaScript
3 4 (1.13%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.13%) Python
4 2 (0.57%) Perl
4 2 (0.57%) Scala
5 1 (0.28%) Bash
5 1 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 51 (14.45%) Security Cleared
2 46 (13.03%) Degree
3 42 (11.90%) SC Cleared
4 10 (2.83%) DV Cleared
5 6 (1.70%) SAP Certification
6 5 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.13%) CBAP
7 4 (1.13%) CCNP
7 4 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.13%) HND
7 4 (1.13%) JNCIA
7 4 (1.13%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (0.85%) CSPO
8 3 (0.85%) IIBA
8 3 (0.85%) ISEB
8 3 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (0.57%) ACCA
9 2 (0.57%) CIMA
9 2 (0.57%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.08%) QA
2 8 (2.27%) Disclosure Scotland
3 6 (1.70%) PMO
4 4 (1.13%) GDPR
4 4 (1.13%) SLA
5 3 (0.85%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.57%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.57%) GRC
6 2 (0.57%) IFRS
6 2 (0.57%) IFRS 9
6 2 (0.57%) PSD2
6 2 (0.57%) SEPA
7 1 (0.28%) Basel III
7 1 (0.28%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.28%) Dodd-Frank
7 1 (0.28%) EMIR
7 1 (0.28%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.28%) NIST
7 1 (0.28%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (1.70%) Terraform
2 3 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 36 (10.20%) SAP
2 28 (7.93%) Microsoft
3 14 (3.97%) ServiceNow
4 11 (3.12%) Salesforce
5 10 (2.83%) Oracle
6 7 (1.98%) Cadence
7 6 (1.70%) Adobe
8 4 (1.13%) Bloomberg
8 4 (1.13%) Ciena
8 4 (1.13%) Cisco
8 4 (1.13%) Conga
8 4 (1.13%) DocuSign
8 4 (1.13%) IBM
8 4 (1.13%) ION Trading
8 4 (1.13%) Juniper
8 4 (1.13%) MarketAxess
8 4 (1.13%) Nokia
8 4 (1.13%) Palo Alto
8 4 (1.13%) Tradeweb
9 3 (0.85%) ESRI