IT Business Analyst Contracts

IT Business Analyst (IT BA)
UK

The median IT Business Analyst (IT BA) daily rate in the UK is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 495 561 617
Rank change year-on-year +66 +56 -63
Contract jobs requiring an IT Business Analyst 83 155 251
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.26% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.28% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 85 164
10th Percentile £406 £401 £386
25th Percentile £452 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -1.96% +13.33%
75th Percentile £602 £575 £588
90th Percentile £638 £695 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £456
% change year-on-year +5.56% -1.37% +10.61%
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 40,246 55,892 84,695
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.62% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,216 39,044 59,517
10th Percentile £279 £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 2,676 1,569 2,074
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.25 £15.72
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £64.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.16 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.11% +115.96% +2.74%

IT Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Business Analyst in the UK

IT Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for IT Business Analyst in the UK

IT Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for IT Business Analyst in the UK

IT Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Business Analyst in the UK

IT Business 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 IT Business Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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 +37 71 £550 +7.32% 16
London +55 48 £575 +4.55% 8
Work from Home +113 40 £525 +9.95% 10
UK excluding London +48 31 £475 +5.56% 9
South East +28 14 £500 +8.70% 2
Scotland +41 9 £425 -5.56% 1
North of England +23 5 £499 +10.83% 3
Yorkshire +22 4 £499 -0.25% 2
South West +20 2 £550 +37.50%
Midlands +23 1 £475 +2.70% 2
North West +21 1 - - 1
West Midlands +12 1 £475 +2.70% 1

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

For the 6 months to 6 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 featuring IT Business Analyst in the job title.

1 37 (44.58%) Social Skills
2 30 (36.14%) Analytical Skills
2 30 (36.14%) Agile
3 26 (31.33%) Business Analysis
4 25 (30.12%) Stakeholder Management
5 22 (26.51%) Finance
5 22 (26.51%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (20.48%) Change Management
6 17 (20.48%) Banking
6 17 (20.48%) Project Management
7 16 (19.28%) ITIL
7 16 (19.28%) Degree
7 16 (19.28%) DevOps
8 15 (18.07%) Requirements Gathering
9 13 (15.66%) Manufacturing
10 12 (14.46%) Requirements Management
10 12 (14.46%) Business Case
11 11 (13.25%) Business Process Modelling
11 11 (13.25%) GAP Analysis
11 11 (13.25%) ITSM
11 11 (13.25%) Service Management
12 10 (12.05%) Data Analysis
12 10 (12.05%) SDLC
13 9 (10.84%) Acceptance Criteria
13 9 (10.84%) SaaS
13 9 (10.84%) ERP
14 8 (9.64%) User Acceptance Testing
14 8 (9.64%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (9.64%) Business Process Mapping
15 7 (8.43%) Influencing Skills

IT Business 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 (2.41%) Confluence
2 1 (1.20%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.20%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 1 (1.20%) InVision
1 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.20%) MS Visio
1 1 (1.20%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Aligne
2 1 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.20%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (1.20%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 9 (10.84%) SaaS
2 7 (8.43%) AWS
3 6 (7.23%) PaaS
4 4 (4.82%) Azure
5 3 (3.61%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.41%) WhatsApp
7 1 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.20%) Figma
7 1 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.20%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.20%) Firewall
1 1 (1.20%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.82%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.20%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 4 (4.82%) JIRA
2 1 (1.20%) Balsamiq
General
1 37 (44.58%) Social Skills
2 30 (36.14%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (26.51%) Finance
4 17 (20.48%) Banking
5 13 (15.66%) Manufacturing
6 8 (9.64%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (8.43%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (6.02%) Investment Banking
9 4 (4.82%) Marketing
9 4 (4.82%) Public Sector
10 2 (2.41%) Financial Institution
10 2 (2.41%) Retail
11 1 (1.20%) Automotive
11 1 (1.20%) Back Office
11 1 (1.20%) Billing
11 1 (1.20%) General Ledger
11 1 (1.20%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.20%) .NET
1 1 (1.20%) ADO
1 1 (1.20%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (1.20%) JSON
1 1 (1.20%) pytest
1 1 (1.20%) Web Services
1 1 (1.20%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.82%) IoT
1 4 (4.82%) Product Ownership
2 3 (3.61%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (3.61%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.41%) Cyberattack
3 2 (2.41%) Data Structures
3 2 (2.41%) Derivative
3 2 (2.41%) Equities
3 2 (2.41%) Fixed Income
3 2 (2.41%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.41%) Reinsurance
3 2 (2.41%) Wiki
4 1 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.20%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.20%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.20%) Smart Meter
4 1 (1.20%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.20%) Windows
1 1 (1.20%) Windows 7
1 1 (1.20%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (1.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (36.14%) Agile
2 26 (31.33%) Business Analysis
3 25 (30.12%) Stakeholder Management
4 22 (26.51%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (20.48%) Change Management
5 17 (20.48%) Project Management
6 16 (19.28%) DevOps
6 16 (19.28%) ITIL
7 15 (18.07%) Requirements Gathering
8 12 (14.46%) Business Case
8 12 (14.46%) Requirements Management
9 11 (13.25%) Business Process Modelling
9 11 (13.25%) GAP Analysis
9 11 (13.25%) ITSM
9 11 (13.25%) Service Management
10 10 (12.05%) Data Analysis
10 10 (12.05%) SDLC
11 9 (10.84%) Acceptance Criteria
11 9 (10.84%) ERP
12 8 (9.64%) Business Process Mapping
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.41%) SQL
2 1 (1.20%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (19.28%) Degree
2 5 (6.02%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (3.61%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (3.61%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.20%) CBAP
4 1 (1.20%) CSPO
4 1 (1.20%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.20%) IIBA
4 1 (1.20%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.20%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.02%) QA
2 4 (4.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.41%) GDPR
4 1 (1.20%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.20%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.20%) GAAP
4 1 (1.20%) NIST
4 1 (1.20%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 6 (7.23%) SAP
2 4 (4.82%) SmartStream
3 3 (3.61%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.20%) Adobe
4 1 (1.20%) Cadence
4 1 (1.20%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.20%) Oracle
4 1 (1.20%) Salesforce