Data Business Analyst Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Data Business Analyst (Data BA)
UK > Work from Home

The median Data Business Analyst (Data BA) daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 245 283 357
Rank change year-on-year +38 +74 +95
Contract jobs requiring a Data Business Analyst 57 66 118
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.58% 0.43% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% 0.46% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 44 83
10th Percentile £409 £413 £401
25th Percentile £466 £509 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £731 £650 £588
90th Percentile £929 £718 £635
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - +5.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £34.13 - -
Median hourly rate £35.25 - -
75th Percentile £36.38 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £27.88 - -

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 9,282 14,329 24,531
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.74% 93.54% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,349 9,576 17,328
10th Percentile £338 £325 £358
25th Percentile £413 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £769 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 225 577 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.35 £18.22
25th Percentile £18.10 £23.34 £25.95
Median hourly rate £35.25 £44.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.89% -20.00% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.02 £45.00
% change year-on-year -19.49% -19.95% +91.49%

Data Business Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Data Business 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 Data Business Analyst.

Data Business Analyst daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Data Business Analyst over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

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

Data Business 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 Data Business Analyst.

Data Business Analyst hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Data 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Data Business Analyst in the job title.

1 23 (40.35%) Finance
2 22 (38.60%) Agile
3 19 (33.33%) Data Governance
4 16 (28.07%) SQL
4 16 (28.07%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (26.32%) Migration
6 14 (24.56%) Data Analysis
6 14 (24.56%) Social Skills
7 13 (22.81%) Analytics
7 13 (22.81%) Analytical Skills
8 12 (21.05%) Investment Management
8 12 (21.05%) Data Management
8 12 (21.05%) Regulatory Compliance
8 12 (21.05%) Power Platform
8 12 (21.05%) Product Ownership
9 11 (19.30%) Banking
9 11 (19.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 11 (19.30%) Azure
9 11 (19.30%) Derivative
10 10 (17.54%) User Stories
10 10 (17.54%) Data Modelling
10 10 (17.54%) Equities
10 10 (17.54%) Stakeholder Management
10 10 (17.54%) Fixed Income
10 10 (17.54%) Requirements Gathering
10 10 (17.54%) Power BI
11 9 (15.79%) Data Lake
11 9 (15.79%) Business Analysis
11 9 (15.79%) Business Intelligence
11 9 (15.79%) Microsoft

Data Business 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (8.77%) Confluence
2 2 (3.51%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.75%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (8.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (3.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (3.51%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (5.26%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 12 (21.05%) Power Platform
2 11 (19.30%) Azure
3 3 (5.26%) AWS
3 3 (5.26%) Azure Data Factory
3 3 (5.26%) PowerApps
4 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (3.51%) Snowflake
5 1 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.75%) Collibra
5 1 (1.75%) GCP
5 1 (1.75%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (17.54%) Power BI
2 9 (15.79%) Data Lake
3 7 (12.28%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (3.51%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (3.51%) Tableau
5 1 (1.75%) Ataccama
5 1 (1.75%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.75%) BigQuery
5 1 (1.75%) Delta Lake
5 1 (1.75%) EDRMS
5 1 (1.75%) Looker
5 1 (1.75%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 8 (14.04%) JIRA
General
1 23 (40.35%) Finance
2 14 (24.56%) Social Skills
3 13 (22.81%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (19.30%) Banking
5 8 (14.04%) Front Office
6 5 (8.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (8.77%) Investment Banking
7 4 (7.02%) Manufacturing
8 2 (3.51%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.75%) Automotive
9 1 (1.75%) Back Office
9 1 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.75%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.75%) Law
9 1 (1.75%) Legal
9 1 (1.75%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.75%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 12 (21.05%) Product Ownership
2 11 (19.30%) Derivative
2 11 (19.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 10 (17.54%) Equities
3 10 (17.54%) Fixed Income
4 8 (14.04%) Hedge funds
5 3 (5.26%) Management Information System
5 3 (5.26%) Onboarding
5 3 (5.26%) Pricing Data
6 1 (1.75%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.75%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.75%) Interest Rate Derivative
6 1 (1.75%) Reference Data
6 1 (1.75%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (38.60%) Agile
2 19 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 16 (28.07%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (26.32%) Migration
5 14 (24.56%) Data Analysis
6 13 (22.81%) Analytics
7 12 (21.05%) Data Management
7 12 (21.05%) Investment Management
7 12 (21.05%) Regulatory Compliance
8 10 (17.54%) Data Modelling
8 10 (17.54%) Requirements Gathering
8 10 (17.54%) Stakeholder Management
8 10 (17.54%) User Stories
9 9 (15.79%) Business Analysis
9 9 (15.79%) Business Intelligence
9 9 (15.79%) Project Management
9 9 (15.79%) Visualisation
10 8 (14.04%) Roadmaps
10 8 (14.04%) Validation
10 8 (14.04%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 16 (28.07%) SQL
2 3 (5.26%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (10.53%) Degree
2 4 (7.02%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.26%) PMI Certification
3 3 (5.26%) PMP
4 2 (3.51%) CBAP
5 1 (1.75%) CAPM
5 1 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.75%) ISEB
5 1 (1.75%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.75%) MBA
5 1 (1.75%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (14.04%) Data Quality
2 6 (10.53%) QA
3 4 (7.02%) EMIR
3 4 (7.02%) MiFID
4 3 (5.26%) GDPR
5 2 (3.51%) Accessibility
5 2 (3.51%) Dodd-Frank
6 1 (1.75%) PMO
Vendors
1 9 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.26%) Bloomberg
2 3 (5.26%) Informatica
2 3 (5.26%) Palantir
3 1 (1.75%) Google
3 1 (1.75%) Oracle
3 1 (1.75%) Progress