Business Analysis Contracts

Business Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Business Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Business Analysis over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 117 102 93
Rank change year-on-year -15 -9 +5
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 820 1,436 2,482
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.90% 2.43% 2.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.20% 2.70% 3.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 564 1,015 1,807
10th Percentile £387 £401 £391
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year - +0.96% +9.47%
75th Percentile £621 £648 £600
90th Percentile £700 £783 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +11.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 14 6
10th Percentile - £35.00 £30.63
25th Percentile £18.35 £46.00 £36.88
Median hourly rate £48.00 £62.75 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.51% +30.73% +81.27%
75th Percentile £80.59 £66.00 £61.06
90th Percentile £84.00 £70.00 £67.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £48.00 £66.00 £48.00
% change year-on-year -27.27% +37.50% +100.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Business Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,262 53,150 80,380
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.35% 89.86% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,013 36,862 56,431
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,756 1,916
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Business Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analysis in the UK

Business Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Analysis.

Daily rate trend for Business Analysis in the UK

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analysis in the UK

Business Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Analysis.

Hourly rate trend for Business Analysis in the UK

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Analysis over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Analysis in the UK

Business Analysis
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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
England -26 684 £538 -2.27% 291
London -19 396 £564 -6.04% 140
UK excluding London -31 340 £475 - 158
Work from Home +9 338 £538 +2.38% 115
North of England +5 86 £475 - 29
Scotland 0 72 £450 +4.65% 9
South East -21 68 £525 +10.53% 39
North West +7 56 £475 - 16
Midlands -9 52 £475 -5.00% 36
South West +2 35 £563 +2.27% 22
West Midlands -29 28 £475 -5.00% 26
East of England 0 27 £426 -14.75% 19
Yorkshire +2 26 £490 -2.00% 9
East Midlands +32 23 £450 -2.70% 10
North East +20 3 £370 -7.50% 4
Wales +2 3 £513 +7.89% 3
Northern Ireland 0 1 £335 -45.97% 4

Business Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 32 (3.90%) Confluence
2 12 (1.46%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.61%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 4 (0.49%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.37%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.37%) CMS
6 2 (0.24%) Apache
6 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.12%) LiveLink
7 1 (0.12%) SAS
7 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 47 (5.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (4.76%) MS Visio
3 35 (4.27%) Microsoft Office
4 25 (3.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (1.46%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 29 (3.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.59%) Aligne
2 13 (1.59%) SAP PM
3 10 (1.22%) Endur
4 7 (0.85%) Magento
5 6 (0.73%) Oracle Financials
5 6 (0.73%) SAP Hybris
6 5 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
7 4 (0.49%) SAP BPC
7 4 (0.49%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.37%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 3 (0.37%) SAP CO
8 3 (0.37%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.37%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.37%) SAP MM
9 2 (0.24%) Loan IQ
9 2 (0.24%) Oracle EBS R12
9 2 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
9 2 (0.24%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 73 (8.90%) Azure
2 40 (4.88%) AWS
3 38 (4.63%) Power Platform
4 30 (3.66%) SaaS
5 28 (3.41%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (3.05%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (1.95%) Serverless
8 15 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
9 13 (1.59%) PaaS
10 11 (1.34%) Power Automate
11 10 (1.22%) PowerApps
12 8 (0.98%) Azure Functions
12 8 (0.98%) Azure Service Bus
12 8 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
13 7 (0.85%) Adobe Analytics
13 7 (0.85%) SAP Commerce Cloud
14 6 (0.73%) Azure API Management
14 6 (0.73%) SuccessFactors
15 5 (0.61%) Azure Batch
15 5 (0.61%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.73%) FIX Connectivity
1 6 (0.73%) WAN
2 5 (0.61%) SDH
2 5 (0.61%) SSH
3 4 (0.49%) Junos
4 3 (0.37%) Firewall
4 3 (0.37%) Intranet
4 3 (0.37%) PBX
4 3 (0.37%) Skype
4 3 (0.37%) VoIP
5 2 (0.24%) SMS
6 1 (0.12%) HTTP
6 1 (0.12%) Internet
6 1 (0.12%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.12%) LAN
6 1 (0.12%) MPLS
6 1 (0.12%) NAS
6 1 (0.12%) Network Security
6 1 (0.12%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.12%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (3.66%) Power BI
2 13 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (1.46%) Big Data
4 11 (1.34%) SAP HANA
5 10 (1.22%) Data Lake
5 10 (1.22%) SQL Server
6 8 (0.98%) Relational Database
7 7 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (0.85%) Hadoop
8 6 (0.73%) Tableau
9 5 (0.61%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (0.61%) OLTP
10 4 (0.49%) Apache Hive
10 4 (0.49%) Electronic Patient Records
10 4 (0.49%) Impala
10 4 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (0.37%) Geospatial Data
11 3 (0.37%) GIS
11 3 (0.37%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.37%) Presto
Development Applications
1 58 (7.07%) JIRA
2 8 (0.98%) Git
3 7 (0.85%) Rational DOORS
4 6 (0.73%) Visual Studio Team System
5 5 (0.61%) Cucumber
5 5 (0.61%) JUnit
6 4 (0.49%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.49%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.24%) Moq
7 2 (0.24%) NUnit
8 1 (0.12%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.12%) GitLab
8 1 (0.12%) Rational Software Modeler
General
1 308 (37.56%) Social Skills
2 245 (29.88%) Finance
3 183 (22.32%) Analytical Skills
4 113 (13.78%) Public Sector
5 71 (8.66%) Banking
6 63 (7.68%) Presentation Skills
7 45 (5.49%) Influencing Skills
8 36 (4.39%) Manufacturing
9 34 (4.15%) Retail
10 26 (3.17%) Front Office
10 26 (3.17%) Investment Banking
11 23 (2.80%) Telecoms
12 21 (2.56%) Legal
12 21 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
13 17 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
14 15 (1.83%) Marketing
15 14 (1.71%) Law
15 14 (1.71%) Local Government
16 12 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 11 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 493 (60.12%) Analyst
2 443 (54.02%) Business Analyst
3 76 (9.27%) Senior
4 67 (8.17%) Project Manager
5 60 (7.32%) Senior Analyst
6 59 (7.20%) Architect
7 53 (6.46%) Senior Business Analyst
8 38 (4.63%) Lead
9 37 (4.51%) Financial Analyst
10 35 (4.27%) Consultant
11 32 (3.90%) Developer
12 29 (3.54%) IT Analyst
13 28 (3.41%) Finance Business Analyst
14 27 (3.29%) Business IT Analyst
15 26 (3.17%) IT Business Analyst
15 26 (3.17%) SAP Analyst
16 22 (2.68%) Technical Analyst
16 22 (2.68%) Technical Business Analyst
17 20 (2.44%) Solutions Architect
18 19 (2.32%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.56%) XML
2 18 (2.20%) .NET
2 18 (2.20%) Web Services
3 17 (2.07%) JSON
4 10 (1.22%) HTML
5 9 (1.10%) CSS
5 9 (1.10%) WPF
6 7 (0.85%) REST
7 6 (0.73%) FIX Protocol
7 6 (0.73%) J2EE
8 5 (0.61%) .NET Framework
8 5 (0.61%) ARM Templates
8 5 (0.61%) Hibernate
8 5 (0.61%) JPA
8 5 (0.61%) SailPoint
8 5 (0.61%) SOAP
8 5 (0.61%) Spring
9 4 (0.49%) ASP.NET
9 4 (0.49%) ASP.NET MVC
9 4 (0.49%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 54 (6.59%) Product Ownership
2 47 (5.73%) Management Information System
3 18 (2.20%) Data Protection Act
4 17 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (1.71%) Onboarding
6 13 (1.59%) Virtual Team
7 11 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
7 11 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
8 10 (1.22%) CMDB
9 9 (1.10%) IoT
9 9 (1.10%) Renewable Energy
9 9 (1.10%) Solar Panel
10 8 (0.98%) NHS
10 8 (0.98%) Reinsurance
11 7 (0.85%) Cloud Native
11 7 (0.85%) Derivative
11 7 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (0.85%) PMI
11 7 (0.85%) Wiki
12 6 (0.73%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.34%) Unix
2 10 (1.22%) Apple iOS
3 6 (0.73%) Linux
4 3 (0.37%) Windows
5 2 (0.24%) Android
6 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 293 (35.73%) Agile
2 195 (23.78%) Stakeholder Management
3 192 (23.41%) Problem-Solving
4 168 (20.49%) Project Management
5 149 (18.17%) User Stories
6 147 (17.93%) Requirements Gathering
7 100 (12.20%) Scrum
8 94 (11.46%) Acceptance Criteria
9 93 (11.34%) Change Management
10 86 (10.49%) Roadmaps
11 82 (10.00%) Project Delivery
12 78 (9.51%) Workshop Facilitation
13 76 (9.27%) Data Analysis
14 75 (9.15%) Migration
15 72 (8.78%) User Acceptance Testing
16 67 (8.17%) Business Case
17 66 (8.05%) Analytics
18 63 (7.68%) Decision-Making
19 61 (7.44%) DevOps
20 60 (7.32%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 59 (7.20%) SQL
2 23 (2.80%) C#
2 23 (2.80%) Java
3 22 (2.68%) Python
4 16 (1.95%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.10%) Perl
6 8 (0.98%) Swift
7 6 (0.73%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.37%) VBA
9 2 (0.24%) Lua
9 2 (0.24%) PHP
10 1 (0.12%) Bash
10 1 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.12%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 136 (16.59%) Degree
2 107 (13.05%) Security Cleared
3 83 (10.12%) SC Cleared
4 20 (2.44%) CBAP
5 17 (2.07%) DV Cleared
6 16 (1.95%) IIBA
7 10 (1.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 9 (1.10%) PMI Certification
9 8 (0.98%) APMP
9 8 (0.98%) ISEB
10 7 (0.85%) CCNP
10 7 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (0.85%) HND
10 7 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
10 7 (0.85%) TOGAF Certification
11 6 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (0.61%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.61%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.61%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (6.22%) QA
2 18 (2.20%) GDPR
3 16 (1.95%) GxP
4 12 (1.46%) Good Clinical Practice
5 11 (1.34%) PMO
6 10 (1.22%) Data Quality
7 7 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.73%) Disclosure Scotland
8 6 (0.73%) EMIR
8 6 (0.73%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.61%) NIST
9 5 (0.61%) SEPA
9 5 (0.61%) SLA
10 4 (0.49%) MiFID
10 4 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.37%) GAAP
11 3 (0.37%) GRC
11 3 (0.37%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 5 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (0.37%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.24%) HDFS
3 2 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.12%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (1.10%) Terraform
2 2 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.12%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 91 (11.10%) Microsoft
2 77 (9.39%) SAP
3 33 (4.02%) ServiceNow
4 30 (3.66%) Oracle
5 16 (1.95%) Salesforce
6 10 (1.22%) Adobe
7 9 (1.10%) Cadence
8 8 (0.98%) Bloomberg
8 8 (0.98%) Cisco
8 8 (0.98%) Juniper
8 8 (0.98%) Okta
9 7 (0.85%) IBM
9 7 (0.85%) Nokia
10 6 (0.73%) Ariba
10 6 (0.73%) Google
10 6 (0.73%) ION Trading
10 6 (0.73%) VMware
11 5 (0.61%) Hyperion
11 5 (0.61%) MarketAxess
11 5 (0.61%) Tradeweb