Business Systems Analyst Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Business System Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Business System Analyst daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 295 305 445
Rank change year-on-year +10 +140 +126
Contract jobs requiring a Business Systems Analyst 9 40 32
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.091% 0.26% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.097% 0.28% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 13 25
10th Percentile £356 £435 £403
25th Percentile £413 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +4.71%
75th Percentile £697 £563 £550
90th Percentile £744 £643 £575
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £61.25
Median hourly rate - - £62.50
75th Percentile - - £63.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £30.26 £53.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -42.91% -15.20% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Business Systems Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Business Systems Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Business Systems Analyst trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Business Systems Analyst
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 Systems Analyst.

Business Systems Analyst daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Business Systems Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Business Systems Analyst over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Business Systems Analyst daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Business Systems Analyst
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 Systems Analyst.

Business Systems Analyst hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Business Systems Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Business Systems 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Business Systems Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
1 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) User Experience
2 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
3 1 (11.11%) Proactive Maintenance
3 1 (11.11%) Liquidlogic
3 1 (11.11%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (11.11%) Target Operating Model
3 1 (11.11%) SQL
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle
3 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (11.11%) Power BI
3 1 (11.11%) Wireframes
3 1 (11.11%) Feasibility Study
3 1 (11.11%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (11.11%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (11.11%) Application Security
3 1 (11.11%) CEMLI
3 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Knowledge Management
3 1 (11.11%) Local Government
3 1 (11.11%) Capita
3 1 (11.11%) Psychology
3 1 (11.11%) Release Management
3 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Investment Management

Business Systems Analyst Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
1 1 (11.11%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Power BI
General
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Local Government
2 1 (11.11%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
1 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (22.22%) User Experience
3 1 (11.11%) Analytics
3 1 (11.11%) Application Security
3 1 (11.11%) Business Process Mapping
3 1 (11.11%) Change Control
3 1 (11.11%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (11.11%) Feasibility Study
3 1 (11.11%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (11.11%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (11.11%) Proactive Maintenance
3 1 (11.11%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (11.11%) Process Improvement
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (11.11%) Target Operating Model
3 1 (11.11%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (11.11%) Waterfall
3 1 (11.11%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Capita
1 1 (11.11%) Liquidlogic
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle