IT Business Analyst Contracts in England

IT Business Analyst (IT BA)
UK > England

The median IT Business Analyst (IT BA) daily rate in England is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 467 506 565
Rank change year-on-year +39 +59 -42
Contract jobs requiring an IT Business Analyst 66 134 210
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.18% 0.28% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.29% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 73 135
10th Percentile £415 £405 £388
25th Percentile £463 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £522
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -1.82% +16.00%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £625
90th Percentile £638 £700 £714
UK median daily rate £525 £508 £520
% change year-on-year +3.30% -2.26% +15.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £75.00 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £62.50 -
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 33,765 45,858 67,296
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.60% 95.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,417 32,568 47,999
10th Percentile £282 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.14%
75th Percentile £644 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,442 1,343 1,842
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.27 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.72
Median hourly rate £36.92 £45.00 £23.03
Median % change year-on-year -17.97% +95.42% +5.92%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £64.98
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -18.89% +87.50% +6.67%

IT Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured IT Business Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for IT Business Analyst in England

IT Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Business Analyst in England.

Daily rate trend for IT Business Analyst in England

IT Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Business Analyst in England over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Business Analyst in England

IT Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Business Analyst in England.

Hourly rate trend for IT Business Analyst in England

IT Business Analyst
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Business Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 19 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +42 45 £575 +4.55% 4
South East +30 15 £500 +8.70% 2
North of England +24 3 £499 +10.83% 3
Yorkshire +17 2 £499 -0.25% 2
West Midlands +16 1 £475 +2.15% 2
Midlands +15 1 £475 +2.15% 4
North West +9 1 - - 1
South West +8 1 - -
IT Business Analyst
UK

IT Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 19 May 2024, IT 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 job ads across the England region featuring IT Business Analyst in the job title.

1 32 (48.48%) Social Skills
2 23 (34.85%) Agile
3 22 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 21 (31.82%) Business Analysis
4 21 (31.82%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (25.76%) Finance
7 14 (21.21%) Banking
7 14 (21.21%) Project Management
7 14 (21.21%) DevOps
8 13 (19.70%) Requirements Management
8 13 (19.70%) Degree
9 12 (18.18%) Business Case
10 11 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
10 11 (16.67%) Change Management
11 10 (15.15%) ITIL
11 10 (15.15%) Data Analysis
11 10 (15.15%) Manufacturing
11 10 (15.15%) Requirements Gathering
12 9 (13.64%) SaaS
13 8 (12.12%) ITSM
13 8 (12.12%) Service Management
13 8 (12.12%) Business Process Mapping
14 7 (10.61%) Business Process Modelling
14 7 (10.61%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (10.61%) SDLC
14 7 (10.61%) AWS
15 6 (9.09%) Data Mapping
15 6 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
15 6 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing

IT Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (1.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.03%) Aligne
2 1 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.52%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 9 (13.64%) SaaS
2 7 (10.61%) AWS
3 6 (9.09%) PaaS
4 3 (4.55%) Azure
5 2 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.03%) WhatsApp
6 1 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.52%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.52%) Firewall
1 1 (1.52%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.06%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 32 (48.48%) Social Skills
2 21 (31.82%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (25.76%) Finance
4 14 (21.21%) Banking
5 10 (15.15%) Manufacturing
6 7 (10.61%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (7.58%) Investment Banking
8 4 (6.06%) Marketing
8 4 (6.06%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (3.03%) Retail
10 1 (1.52%) Automotive
10 1 (1.52%) Back Office
10 1 (1.52%) Billing
10 1 (1.52%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.52%) General Ledger
10 1 (1.52%) Local Government
10 1 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.52%) ADO
1 1 (1.52%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.06%) Data Protection Act
1 4 (6.06%) IoT
1 4 (6.06%) Product Ownership
2 3 (4.55%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.03%) Cyberattack
3 2 (3.03%) Data Structures
3 2 (3.03%) Derivative
3 2 (3.03%) Equities
3 2 (3.03%) Fixed Income
3 2 (3.03%) Mobile App
3 2 (3.03%) Reinsurance
4 1 (1.52%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.52%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.52%) Smart Meter
4 1 (1.52%) Solar Panel
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (34.85%) Agile
2 22 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 21 (31.82%) Business Analysis
4 18 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (21.21%) DevOps
5 14 (21.21%) Project Management
6 13 (19.70%) Requirements Management
7 12 (18.18%) Business Case
8 11 (16.67%) Change Management
8 11 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
9 10 (15.15%) Data Analysis
9 10 (15.15%) ITIL
9 10 (15.15%) Requirements Gathering
10 8 (12.12%) Business Process Mapping
10 8 (12.12%) ITSM
10 8 (12.12%) Service Management
11 7 (10.61%) Business Process Modelling
11 7 (10.61%) SDLC
12 6 (9.09%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 6 (9.09%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (19.70%) Degree
2 4 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.52%) CBAP
3 1 (1.52%) CSPO
3 1 (1.52%) IIBA
3 1 (1.52%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.52%) MBA
3 1 (1.52%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (6.06%) QA
3 2 (3.03%) GDPR
4 1 (1.52%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.52%) GAAP
4 1 (1.52%) NIST
4 1 (1.52%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 5 (7.58%) SAP
2 4 (6.06%) SmartStream
3 2 (3.03%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.52%) Cadence
4 1 (1.52%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.52%) Oracle
4 1 (1.52%) Salesforce