Hybrid/Remote Business Impact Analysis Contract Job Trends

Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Business Impact Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 307 308 346
Rank change year-on-year +1 +38 +168
Contract jobs citing Business Impact Analysis 6 8 19
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.059% 0.073% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.066% 0.081% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 18
10th Percentile £458 £427 £463
25th Percentile £525 £476 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +7.98% -14.80%
75th Percentile £575 £675 £615
90th Percentile - - £625
UK median daily rate £450 £463 £575
% change year-on-year -2.81% -19.48% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Business Impact 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 9,155 9,844 14,171
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 90.28% 89.58% 88.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,014 6,207 9,574
10th Percentile £330 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 184 378
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.65 £15.95
25th Percentile £20.36 £22.00 £24.25
Median hourly rate £45.46 £35.14 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.37% -29.72% -13.04%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.63 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £40.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -19.75% +15.71%

Business Impact Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Business Impact Analysis and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Business Impact Analysis job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Business Impact Analysis
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Business Impact Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Business Impact Analysis

Business Impact Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Business Impact Analysis over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Business Impact Analysis daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Business Impact Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (33.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Snowflake
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Banking
3 2 (33.33%) Front Office
3 2 (33.33%) Investment Banking
3 2 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) MiFID Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Data Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Information Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Information Security Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
1 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Impact Analysis
2 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (50.00%) AI
3 3 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Business Analysis
4 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
4 2 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (33.33%) ITIL
4 2 (33.33%) ITSM
4 2 (33.33%) Observability
4 2 (33.33%) Product Governance
4 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 2 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (33.33%) Service Management
5 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (16.67%) Data Lineage
5 1 (16.67%) Generative AI
5 1 (16.67%) Security Operations
5 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Perl
1 2 (33.33%) Python
1 2 (33.33%) Shell Script
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) MiFID
1 2 (33.33%) PMO
2 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (16.67%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) ServiceNow
1 2 (33.33%) Splunk
2 1 (16.67%) Databricks