Business Analysis Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Business Analysis
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Business Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 99 107
Rank change year-on-year -5 +8 -5
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 240 338 572
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.45% 2.23% 2.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.68% 2.54% 2.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 238 401
10th Percentile £401 £412 £400
25th Percentile £438 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +2.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £738 £625 £625
90th Percentile £825 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 3
10th Percentile - £35.38 -
25th Percentile £61.50 £53.44 -
Median hourly rate £64.50 £83.55 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.80% +26.59% +88.57%
75th Percentile £66.00 £84.67 -
90th Percentile - £85.33 -
UK median hourly rate £63.00 £48.00 £62.75
% change year-on-year +31.25% -23.51% +30.73%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Business Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,943 13,319 22,924
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.20% 87.90% 89.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,147 8,917 16,193
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 223 575 527
10th Percentile £13.92 £15.17 £18.67
25th Percentile £19.00 £24.63 £30.00
Median hourly rate £39.04 £42.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.14% -22.73% +57.14%
75th Percentile £67.00 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.15 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.95 £35.80
% change year-on-year -19.33% +0.42% +43.20%

Business Analysis
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Business Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Business Analysis trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing Business Analysis over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

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 remote working options citing Business Analysis.

Business Analysis hourly rate 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 12 (5.00%) Confluence
2 6 (2.50%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.67%) WebSphere
4 3 (1.25%) CMS
5 2 (0.83%) Drupal
6 1 (0.42%) SAS
6 1 (0.42%) WebLogic
Applications
1 19 (7.92%) MS Visio
2 12 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.42%) Notepad++
Business Applications
1 34 (14.17%) Aladdin
2 16 (6.67%) thinkFolio
3 3 (1.25%) Actimize
3 3 (1.25%) SAP SD
4 2 (0.83%) Endur
4 2 (0.83%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.83%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.83%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.42%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.42%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.42%) Shopify
5 1 (0.42%) Summit
5 1 (0.42%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 8 (3.33%) AWS
1 8 (3.33%) Azure
2 7 (2.92%) Power Platform
3 4 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (1.67%) SaaS
4 2 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (0.83%) Miro
5 1 (0.42%) Adobe Analytics
5 1 (0.42%) Figma
5 1 (0.42%) GitHub
5 1 (0.42%) Google Analytics
5 1 (0.42%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.42%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.42%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.42%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 1 (0.42%) Snowflake
5 1 (0.42%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.08%) SD-WAN
2 2 (0.83%) Firewall
2 2 (0.83%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.42%) HTTP
3 1 (0.42%) Internet
3 1 (0.42%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (2.92%) Power BI
3 4 (1.67%) DB2
4 2 (0.83%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.83%) Tableau
5 1 (0.42%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.42%) Big Data
5 1 (0.42%) Data Mart
5 1 (0.42%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.42%) EDRMS
5 1 (0.42%) GIS
5 1 (0.42%) MySQL
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle ODI
5 1 (0.42%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.42%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 18 (7.50%) JIRA
2 3 (1.25%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.83%) GitLab
3 2 (0.83%) Maven
4 1 (0.42%) MagicDraw
4 1 (0.42%) XMLSpy
General
1 101 (42.08%) Finance
2 76 (31.67%) Social Skills
3 49 (20.42%) Front Office
4 35 (14.58%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (12.08%) Public Sector
6 27 (11.25%) Banking
7 13 (5.42%) Legal
8 11 (4.58%) Financial Institution
9 9 (3.75%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (3.33%) Manufacturing
11 7 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (2.08%) Investment Banking
14 4 (1.67%) Back Office
14 4 (1.67%) Law
14 4 (1.67%) Marketing
14 4 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (1.25%) Local Government
16 2 (0.83%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 178 (74.17%) Analyst
2 175 (72.92%) Business Analyst
3 39 (16.25%) Business Manager
4 38 (15.83%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
5 16 (6.67%) Senior
6 14 (5.83%) Senior Analyst
6 14 (5.83%) Senior Business Analyst
7 13 (5.42%) Architect
8 12 (5.00%) Technical Analyst
9 11 (4.58%) Technical Business Analyst
10 9 (3.75%) Data Analyst
10 9 (3.75%) Data Business Analyst
10 9 (3.75%) Electronic Trading Business Analyst
10 9 (3.75%) Finance Business Analyst
10 9 (3.75%) Financial Analyst
10 9 (3.75%) Front Office Business Analyst
10 9 (3.75%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
11 6 (2.50%) Asset Management Business Analyst
11 6 (2.50%) Developer
11 6 (2.50%) Finance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.25%) ADO
2 2 (0.83%) Apache Camel
2 2 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.42%) .NET
3 1 (0.42%) EDI
3 1 (0.42%) FpML
3 1 (0.42%) Gherkin
3 1 (0.42%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.42%) Murex MxML
3 1 (0.42%) OAuth
3 1 (0.42%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.42%) Quarkus
3 1 (0.42%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (0.42%) React
3 1 (0.42%) SAML
3 1 (0.42%) Spring
3 1 (0.42%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.42%) Web Services
3 1 (0.42%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 45 (18.75%) Fixed Income
2 39 (16.25%) Derivative
3 36 (15.00%) Hedge funds
4 27 (11.25%) Onboarding
5 14 (5.83%) Product Ownership
6 11 (4.58%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.92%) Data Structures
7 7 (2.92%) Operational Technology
8 6 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (2.08%) CMDB
9 5 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.25%) IoT
10 3 (1.25%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.83%) NHS
11 2 (0.83%) Reinsurance
11 2 (0.83%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 1 (0.42%) Credit Risk
12 1 (0.42%) Embedded Systems
12 1 (0.42%) Market Risk
12 1 (0.42%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.67%) Unix
2 2 (0.83%) Linux
3 1 (0.42%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (41.67%) Agile
2 56 (23.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 44 (18.33%) User Acceptance Testing
4 43 (17.92%) Problem-Solving
5 42 (17.50%) Asset Management
6 41 (17.08%) Investment Management
7 40 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
8 36 (15.00%) Portfolio Management
8 36 (15.00%) User Stories
9 34 (14.17%) Requirements Gathering
10 31 (12.92%) Project Management
11 28 (11.67%) Analytics
12 26 (10.83%) Data Mapping
12 26 (10.83%) Quantitative Research
13 25 (10.42%) Data Analysis
13 25 (10.42%) Workshop Facilitation
14 23 (9.58%) Roadmaps
15 20 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 19 (7.92%) Decision-Making
16 19 (7.92%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 52 (21.67%) SQL
2 41 (17.08%) Python
3 3 (1.25%) Java
4 2 (0.83%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.42%) ABAP
5 1 (0.42%) Bash
5 1 (0.42%) PHP
5 1 (0.42%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.42%) R
5 1 (0.42%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 30 (12.50%) Degree
2 20 (8.33%) Security Cleared
3 15 (6.25%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.50%) IIBA
5 3 (1.25%) CBAP
5 3 (1.25%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.25%) ISEB
5 3 (1.25%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.83%) ACCA
6 2 (0.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (0.83%) PMP
7 1 (0.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (0.42%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.42%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.42%) CEH
7 1 (0.42%) CISSP
7 1 (0.42%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.42%) CSPO
7 1 (0.42%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.42%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.58%) QA
2 7 (2.92%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.08%) NIST
4 4 (1.67%) MiFID
5 3 (1.25%) EMIR
5 3 (1.25%) GDPR
6 2 (0.83%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.83%) GRC
6 2 (0.83%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.42%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.42%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.42%) NCSC
7 1 (0.42%) PMO
7 1 (0.42%) SEPA
System Software
1 5 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.67%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.67%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.83%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.83%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.42%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (0.42%) Rancher
Vendors
1 33 (13.75%) BISAM
2 20 (8.33%) Microsoft
3 19 (7.92%) Charles River
4 16 (6.67%) Calypso
4 16 (6.67%) SimCorp
5 10 (4.17%) Salesforce
6 9 (3.75%) ION Trading
7 7 (2.92%) Oracle
7 7 (2.92%) SAP
8 5 (2.08%) ServiceNow
8 5 (2.08%) VMware
9 2 (0.83%) Planview
9 2 (0.83%) QAD
10 1 (0.42%) Adobe
10 1 (0.42%) Ariba
10 1 (0.42%) Bloomberg
10 1 (0.42%) IBM
10 1 (0.42%) Murex
10 1 (0.42%) OpenLink
10 1 (0.42%) Tradeweb