Business IT Analyst Contracts

Business IT Analyst
UK

The median Business IT Analyst daily rate in the UK is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 513 562 617
Rank change year-on-year +49 +55 -49
Contract jobs requiring a Business IT Analyst 87 154 248
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.26% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.28% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 85 164
10th Percentile £406 £400 £386
25th Percentile £433 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £584 £575 £588
90th Percentile £638 £688 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £75.00 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 40,029 55,895 84,701
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,060 39,048 59,505
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,665 1,566 2,078
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.11 £15.72
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.00 £19.52
% change year-on-year -4.76% +115.16% +2.74%

Business IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business IT Analyst in the UK

Business IT Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Business IT Analyst in the UK

Business IT Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business IT Analyst over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business IT Analyst in the UK

Business IT Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Business IT Analyst in the UK

Business IT Analyst
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business IT Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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 +56 75 £538 +4.88% 17
London +62 51 £563 +2.27% 7
Work from Home +116 44 £525 +9.95% 9
UK excluding London +47 32 £475 +5.56% 11
South East +29 14 £500 +8.70% 2
Scotland +43 9 £425 -5.56% 1
North of England +29 6 £499 +10.83% 4
Yorkshire +22 5 £499 -0.25% 2
South West +20 2 £550 +37.50%
North West +22 1 - - 2
Midlands +21 1 £475 +2.70% 3
West Midlands +15 1 £475 +2.70% 2

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Business IT 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 featuring Business IT Analyst in the job title.

1 36 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 30 (34.48%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (33.33%) Agile
4 27 (31.03%) Business Analysis
5 25 (28.74%) Stakeholder Management
5 25 (28.74%) Finance
6 22 (25.29%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (24.14%) Change Management
7 21 (24.14%) Banking
8 17 (19.54%) Project Management
9 16 (18.39%) ITIL
9 16 (18.39%) Requirements Gathering
9 16 (18.39%) DevOps
10 15 (17.24%) Degree
11 14 (16.09%) ITSM
11 14 (16.09%) Service Management
12 13 (14.94%) Manufacturing
13 12 (13.79%) Requirements Management
13 12 (13.79%) Business Case
14 11 (12.64%) Business Process Modelling
14 11 (12.64%) GAP Analysis
15 10 (11.49%) SDLC
16 9 (10.34%) SaaS
16 9 (10.34%) Acceptance Criteria
16 9 (10.34%) Data Analysis
16 9 (10.34%) ERP
17 8 (9.20%) User Acceptance Testing
17 8 (9.20%) Presentation Skills
17 8 (9.20%) Business Process Mapping
18 7 (8.05%) Influencing Skills

Business IT Analyst Skill Set
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 2 (2.30%) Confluence
2 1 (1.15%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.15%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 1 (1.15%) InVision
1 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.15%) MS Visio
1 1 (1.15%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (2.30%) Aligne
2 1 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.15%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (1.15%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 9 (10.34%) SaaS
2 7 (8.05%) AWS
3 6 (6.90%) PaaS
4 4 (4.60%) Azure
5 3 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.30%) WhatsApp
7 1 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.15%) Figma
7 1 (1.15%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.15%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.15%) Firewall
1 1 (1.15%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.60%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.15%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 4 (4.60%) JIRA
2 1 (1.15%) Balsamiq
General
1 36 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 30 (34.48%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (28.74%) Finance
4 21 (24.14%) Banking
5 13 (14.94%) Manufacturing
6 8 (9.20%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (8.05%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (5.75%) Investment Banking
9 4 (4.60%) Marketing
9 4 (4.60%) Public Sector
10 2 (2.30%) Retail
11 1 (1.15%) Automotive
11 1 (1.15%) Back Office
11 1 (1.15%) Billing
11 1 (1.15%) Financial Institution
11 1 (1.15%) General Ledger
11 1 (1.15%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.15%) .NET
1 1 (1.15%) ADO
1 1 (1.15%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (1.15%) JSON
1 1 (1.15%) pytest
1 1 (1.15%) Web Services
1 1 (1.15%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.60%) IoT
1 4 (4.60%) Product Ownership
2 3 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (3.45%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.30%) Cyberattack
3 2 (2.30%) Data Structures
3 2 (2.30%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.30%) Reinsurance
3 2 (2.30%) Wiki
4 1 (1.15%) Derivative
4 1 (1.15%) Equities
4 1 (1.15%) Fixed Income
4 1 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.15%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.15%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.15%) Smart Meter
4 1 (1.15%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.15%) Windows
1 1 (1.15%) Windows 7
1 1 (1.15%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (1.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (33.33%) Agile
2 27 (31.03%) Business Analysis
3 25 (28.74%) Stakeholder Management
4 22 (25.29%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (24.14%) Change Management
6 17 (19.54%) Project Management
7 16 (18.39%) DevOps
7 16 (18.39%) ITIL
7 16 (18.39%) Requirements Gathering
8 14 (16.09%) ITSM
8 14 (16.09%) Service Management
9 12 (13.79%) Business Case
9 12 (13.79%) Requirements Management
10 11 (12.64%) Business Process Modelling
10 11 (12.64%) GAP Analysis
11 10 (11.49%) SDLC
12 9 (10.34%) Acceptance Criteria
12 9 (10.34%) Data Analysis
12 9 (10.34%) ERP
13 8 (9.20%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.30%) SQL
2 1 (1.15%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (17.24%) Degree
2 4 (4.60%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (3.45%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (3.45%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.15%) CBAP
4 1 (1.15%) CSPO
4 1 (1.15%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.15%) IIBA
4 1 (1.15%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.15%) MBA
4 1 (1.15%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.75%) QA
2 4 (4.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.30%) GDPR
4 1 (1.15%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.15%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.15%) GAAP
4 1 (1.15%) NIST
4 1 (1.15%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 6 (6.90%) SAP
2 4 (4.60%) SmartStream
3 3 (3.45%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.15%) Adobe
4 1 (1.15%) Cadence
4 1 (1.15%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.15%) Oracle
4 1 (1.15%) Salesforce