Business Analyst Contracts in England

Business Analyst (BA)
UK > England

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in England is £538 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 36 33
Rank change year-on-year -5 -3 +19
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,554 2,534 4,422
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 4.21% 5.31% 6.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.54% 5.61% 6.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,139 1,878 3,333
10th Percentile £380 £400 £381
25th Percentile £450 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £629 £629 £600
90th Percentile £725 £725 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 13 13
10th Percentile - £20.60 £18.60
25th Percentile £20.77 £27.98 £21.78
Median hourly rate £22.50 £62.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -64.00% +140.38% -40.23%
75th Percentile £48.75 £65.00 £41.75
90th Percentile £70.80 £69.00 £53.60
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £62.50 £26.14
% change year-on-year -55.20% +139.14% -43.80%

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 34,255 45,148 67,437
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.56% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,555 32,138 48,275
10th Percentile £285 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,585 1,311 1,778
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.54
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.47%
75th Percentile £62.00 £65.38 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +14.34%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in England

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in England

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in England

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in England

Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Analyst in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Analyst in England

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 Business Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 2 June 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 -1 1,049 £575 +1.77% 165
North of England -8 188 £475 - 46
South East -31 116 £475 -2.06% 25
North West -6 99 £475 - 26
Midlands -31 78 £445 -6.32% 24
Yorkshire -8 77 £475 -5.00% 17
East of England -3 50 £425 -12.82% 10
West Midlands -41 50 £450 -5.76% 14
South West -31 38 £495 -5.71% 11
East Midlands +6 26 £425 -8.11% 10
North East +7 11 £375 -22.28% 3
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, 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 Business Analyst in the job title.

1 473 (30.44%) Finance
2 422 (27.16%) Agile
3 418 (26.90%) Social Skills
4 377 (24.26%) Business Analysis
5 277 (17.82%) Stakeholder Management
6 276 (17.76%) Requirements Gathering
7 235 (15.12%) User Stories
8 213 (13.71%) Banking
9 189 (12.16%) Analytical Skills
10 183 (11.78%) SQL
11 171 (11.00%) Degree
12 161 (10.36%) Problem-Solving
13 141 (9.07%) Project Management
13 141 (9.07%) Workshop Facilitation
14 138 (8.88%) Migration
15 136 (8.75%) User Acceptance Testing
16 127 (8.17%) GAP Analysis
17 126 (8.11%) Product Ownership
18 121 (7.79%) Data Analysis
19 115 (7.40%) Acceptance Criteria
20 107 (6.89%) Public Sector
21 101 (6.50%) Change Management
22 100 (6.44%) Security Cleared
23 99 (6.37%) Front Office
24 97 (6.24%) Scrum
25 94 (6.05%) Business Intelligence
26 93 (5.98%) JIRA
27 90 (5.79%) Azure
28 89 (5.73%) Use Case
28 89 (5.73%) Asset Management

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 57 (3.67%) Confluence
2 30 (1.93%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.51%) MTS
4 6 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 6 (0.39%) Apache
5 4 (0.26%) CMS
6 3 (0.19%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.19%) SAS
7 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.13%) LiveLink
7 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.064%) Alfresco
8 1 (0.064%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.064%) Camunda
Applications
1 67 (4.31%) MS Visio
2 54 (3.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 36 (2.32%) Microsoft Office
4 34 (2.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.26%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.13%) Trello
8 1 (0.064%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 37 (2.38%) Endur
2 21 (1.35%) Loan IQ
3 19 (1.22%) Aligne
4 17 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
5 13 (0.84%) Aladdin
5 13 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
6 9 (0.58%) ION MarketView
7 8 (0.51%) EuroRunner
8 6 (0.39%) SAP PM
9 5 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
9 5 (0.32%) SAP Hybris
10 4 (0.26%) NetSuite
10 4 (0.26%) SAP ERP
10 4 (0.26%) SAP MDG
10 4 (0.26%) Shopify
11 3 (0.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 3 (0.19%) SAP CO
11 3 (0.19%) SAP FI
11 3 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
11 3 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 90 (5.79%) Azure
2 81 (5.21%) Power Platform
3 63 (4.05%) AWS
4 39 (2.51%) SaaS
5 21 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (0.58%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (0.58%) SuccessFactors
7 8 (0.51%) Collibra
7 8 (0.51%) Miro
7 8 (0.51%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 7 (0.45%) Lucidchart
9 6 (0.39%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (0.39%) Entra ID
9 6 (0.39%) Google Analytics
9 6 (0.39%) OCI
9 6 (0.39%) PaaS
10 5 (0.32%) Adobe Analytics
10 5 (0.32%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 4 (0.26%) BigCommerce
Communications & Networking
1 13 (0.84%) FIX Connectivity
2 6 (0.39%) Radio Access Network
2 6 (0.39%) WAN
3 3 (0.19%) Internet
3 3 (0.19%) NAS
4 2 (0.13%) 4G
4 2 (0.13%) 5G
4 2 (0.13%) Firewall
4 2 (0.13%) Intranet
5 1 (0.064%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.064%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.064%) LTE
5 1 (0.064%) MPLS
5 1 (0.064%) Network Security
5 1 (0.064%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.064%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.064%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (4.95%) Power BI
2 27 (1.74%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (0.97%) Tableau
4 11 (0.71%) Relational Database
5 9 (0.58%) Big Data
5 9 (0.58%) Data Lake
5 9 (0.58%) Metadata
5 9 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 8 (0.51%) Geospatial Data
6 8 (0.51%) SAP HANA
7 7 (0.45%) NoSQL
7 7 (0.45%) SQL Server
8 5 (0.32%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 5 (0.32%) Electronic Patient Records
9 4 (0.26%) Apache Arrow
9 4 (0.26%) Dremio
9 4 (0.26%) GIS
10 3 (0.19%) DataStage
10 3 (0.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 3 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 93 (5.98%) JIRA
2 10 (0.64%) Eclipse
2 10 (0.64%) Postman
2 10 (0.64%) SoapUI
2 10 (0.64%) TeamCity
3 7 (0.45%) PyCharm
4 1 (0.064%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 473 (30.44%) Finance
2 418 (26.90%) Social Skills
3 213 (13.71%) Banking
4 189 (12.16%) Analytical Skills
5 107 (6.89%) Public Sector
6 99 (6.37%) Front Office
7 88 (5.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 73 (4.70%) Investment Banking
9 64 (4.12%) Manufacturing
10 60 (3.86%) Presentation Skills
11 51 (3.28%) Retail
12 38 (2.45%) Back Office
12 38 (2.45%) Marketing
13 33 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
14 32 (2.06%) Pharmaceutical
15 25 (1.61%) Telecoms
16 24 (1.54%) Local Government
17 19 (1.22%) Legal
18 17 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
19 14 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (1.48%) XML
2 18 (1.16%) FIX Protocol
3 12 (0.77%) JSON
4 10 (0.64%) SOAP
5 7 (0.45%) SAP PI
6 6 (0.39%) .NET
6 6 (0.39%) Web Services
7 5 (0.32%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (0.32%) SailPoint
8 4 (0.26%) VML
9 3 (0.19%) ADO
9 3 (0.19%) HTML
9 3 (0.19%) OAuth
10 2 (0.13%) JSON Schema
10 2 (0.13%) OAuth2
10 2 (0.13%) React
10 2 (0.13%) SwiftUI
11 1 (0.064%) AngularJS
11 1 (0.064%) Kafka
11 1 (0.064%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 126 (8.11%) Product Ownership
2 65 (4.18%) Derivative
3 59 (3.80%) Fixed Income
4 53 (3.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 50 (3.22%) Equities
6 38 (2.45%) Onboarding
7 37 (2.38%) Hedge funds
8 28 (1.80%) Management Information System
9 26 (1.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 25 (1.61%) Mobile App
11 24 (1.54%) Reinsurance
12 18 (1.16%) Renewable Energy
13 17 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
14 15 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
15 13 (0.84%) IoT
15 13 (0.84%) Solar Panel
16 12 (0.77%) Market Risk
17 11 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
17 11 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
18 10 (0.64%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 14 (0.90%) Unix
2 13 (0.84%) Windows
3 5 (0.32%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.26%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.19%) Android
5 3 (0.19%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.13%) Linux
6 2 (0.13%) VMS
7 1 (0.064%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 422 (27.16%) Agile
2 377 (24.26%) Business Analysis
3 277 (17.82%) Stakeholder Management
4 276 (17.76%) Requirements Gathering
5 235 (15.12%) User Stories
6 161 (10.36%) Problem-Solving
7 141 (9.07%) Project Management
7 141 (9.07%) Workshop Facilitation
8 138 (8.88%) Migration
9 136 (8.75%) User Acceptance Testing
10 127 (8.17%) GAP Analysis
11 121 (7.79%) Data Analysis
12 115 (7.40%) Acceptance Criteria
13 101 (6.50%) Change Management
14 97 (6.24%) Scrum
15 94 (6.05%) Business Intelligence
16 89 (5.73%) Asset Management
16 89 (5.73%) Use Case
17 86 (5.53%) ERP
18 82 (5.28%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 183 (11.78%) SQL
2 53 (3.41%) Python
3 21 (1.35%) Java
4 17 (1.09%) JavaScript
5 7 (0.45%) Groovy
6 6 (0.39%) C#
7 5 (0.32%) PL/SQL
7 5 (0.32%) XPath
7 5 (0.32%) XQuery
8 4 (0.26%) VBA
9 2 (0.13%) R
10 1 (0.064%) JCL
10 1 (0.064%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.064%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 171 (11.00%) Degree
2 100 (6.44%) Security Cleared
3 80 (5.15%) SC Cleared
4 24 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
5 19 (1.22%) CBAP
5 19 (1.22%) IIBA
6 11 (0.71%) DV Cleared
7 10 (0.64%) Master's Degree
8 9 (0.58%) ISEB
9 8 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (0.26%) ACCA
10 4 (0.26%) CIMA
10 4 (0.26%) MBA
10 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.19%) HNC
11 3 (0.19%) Numerate Degree
11 3 (0.19%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.13%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.13%) MCSA
12 2 (0.13%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (4.63%) QA
2 45 (2.90%) Data Quality
3 33 (2.12%) EMIR
3 33 (2.12%) GDPR
4 32 (2.06%) MiFID
5 20 (1.29%) GxP
6 19 (1.22%) Good Clinical Practice
7 16 (1.03%) SEPA
8 12 (0.77%) Dodd-Frank
8 12 (0.77%) PCI DSS
8 12 (0.77%) PMO
9 9 (0.58%) ISO 20022
10 6 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 4 (0.26%) Accessibility
11 4 (0.26%) NIST
12 3 (0.19%) GRC
12 3 (0.19%) SLA
13 2 (0.13%) Basel III
14 1 (0.064%) TARGET2
System Software
1 10 (0.64%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.13%) Docker
2 2 (0.13%) HDFS
2 2 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.064%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (0.26%) ZABBIX
2 2 (0.13%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.064%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.064%) SCCM
3 1 (0.064%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 86 (5.53%) SAP
2 82 (5.28%) Microsoft
3 41 (2.64%) Salesforce
4 39 (2.51%) Bloomberg
5 37 (2.38%) Oracle
6 34 (2.19%) ServiceNow
7 15 (0.97%) ION Trading
8 14 (0.90%) OpenLink
9 13 (0.84%) Adobe
9 13 (0.84%) Guidewire
10 12 (0.77%) BISAM
10 12 (0.77%) MarketAxess
10 12 (0.77%) Tradeweb
10 12 (0.77%) Workday
11 11 (0.71%) Murex
12 9 (0.58%) Refinitiv
13 8 (0.51%) Google
14 7 (0.45%) Ariba
14 7 (0.45%) CyberSource
15 6 (0.39%) Calypso