Business Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Business Analyst (BA)
UK > UK excluding London

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in the UK excluding London is £450 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 68 47 38
Rank change year-on-year -21 -9 +17
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 577 1,009 1,651
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.77% 4.40% 5.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.00% 4.67% 5.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 425 781 1,243
10th Percentile £350 £363 £360
25th Percentile £405 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £525 £544 £525
90th Percentile £588 £600 £575
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 8
10th Percentile - £20.25 £18.35
25th Percentile - £26.05 £18.88
Median hourly rate £20.77 £63.75 £22.09
Median % change year-on-year -67.42% +188.59% -5.64%
75th Percentile - £66.25 £27.68
90th Percentile - £77.35 £46.35
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
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 19,265 21,604 29,212
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 94.27% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,619 15,031 20,565
10th Percentile £213 £225 £206
25th Percentile £363 £390 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +9.45%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,432 1,082 1,393
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.01 £14.88
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £45.20
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.50 £61.19
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 the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in the UK excluding London

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in the UK excluding London

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in the UK excluding London

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in the UK excluding London

Business Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
North of England -8 188 £475 - 46
South East -31 116 £475 -2.06% 25
Scotland +13 100 £450 +4.65% 13
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
Wales +6 7 £420 -11.58% 1
Northern Ireland -8 3 £400 -5.88% 6
Business Analyst
UK

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 185 (32.06%) Business Analysis
2 159 (27.56%) Agile
2 159 (27.56%) Social Skills
3 132 (22.88%) Requirements Gathering
4 127 (22.01%) Stakeholder Management
5 108 (18.72%) Finance
6 104 (18.02%) User Stories
7 72 (12.48%) Problem-Solving
8 70 (12.13%) Degree
9 67 (11.61%) Analytical Skills
9 67 (11.61%) Public Sector
10 65 (11.27%) Workshop Facilitation
10 65 (11.27%) Project Management
11 55 (9.53%) Manufacturing
12 53 (9.19%) ERP
13 52 (9.01%) JIRA
14 49 (8.49%) Scrum
15 47 (8.15%) User Acceptance Testing
16 46 (7.97%) Change Management
17 43 (7.45%) CRM
17 43 (7.45%) Waterfall
18 42 (7.28%) Roadmaps
19 41 (7.11%) Acceptance Criteria
19 41 (7.11%) Microsoft
20 39 (6.76%) Use Case
20 39 (6.76%) Data Analysis
21 38 (6.59%) SAP
21 38 (6.59%) Business Case
22 36 (6.24%) Requirements Workshops
23 35 (6.07%) Product Ownership

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 31 (5.37%) Confluence
2 6 (1.04%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.87%) ArcGIS
4 4 (0.69%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.35%) SAS
6 1 (0.17%) LiveLink
Applications
1 34 (5.89%) MS Visio
2 26 (4.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (3.12%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (1.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.21%) Maximo
3 6 (1.04%) SAP PM
4 5 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.69%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.69%) SAP Hybris
5 4 (0.69%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.17%) Magento
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.17%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.17%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.17%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.17%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 30 (5.20%) Azure
2 28 (4.85%) Power Platform
3 15 (2.60%) SaaS
4 12 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (1.56%) AWS
6 8 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (1.21%) SuccessFactors
8 6 (1.04%) Collibra
9 5 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (0.87%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 4 (0.69%) Entra ID
11 3 (0.52%) Boomi
11 3 (0.52%) IaaS
11 3 (0.52%) Snowflake
12 2 (0.35%) IBM Blueworks
12 2 (0.35%) Microsoft 365
12 2 (0.35%) OCI
12 2 (0.35%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
13 1 (0.17%) Adobe Analytics
13 1 (0.17%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.04%) WAN
2 3 (0.52%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (0.35%) Internet
4 1 (0.17%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.17%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (4.85%) Power BI
2 9 (1.56%) Relational Database
3 7 (1.21%) Tableau
4 6 (1.04%) Metadata
5 4 (0.69%) Electronic Patient Records
5 4 (0.69%) GIS
6 3 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.52%) Geospatial Data
6 3 (0.52%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.52%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.35%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (0.35%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.35%) EDRMS
7 2 (0.35%) Power Query
7 2 (0.35%) PowerPivot
8 1 (0.17%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 52 (9.01%) JIRA
2 6 (1.04%) Eclipse
2 6 (1.04%) PyCharm
General
1 159 (27.56%) Social Skills
2 108 (18.72%) Finance
3 67 (11.61%) Analytical Skills
3 67 (11.61%) Public Sector
4 55 (9.53%) Manufacturing
5 30 (5.20%) Pharmaceutical
6 25 (4.33%) Banking
7 22 (3.81%) Retail
8 14 (2.43%) Local Government
8 14 (2.43%) Telecoms
9 13 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (2.08%) Marketing
11 11 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (1.73%) Legal
13 9 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (1.39%) Automotive
15 6 (1.04%) Billing
15 6 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.69%) Corporate Banking
16 4 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.87%) JSON
1 5 (0.87%) XML
2 4 (0.69%) .NET
2 4 (0.69%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.35%) FIX Protocol
3 2 (0.35%) HTML
3 2 (0.35%) JSON Schema
3 2 (0.35%) Web Services
4 1 (0.17%) OAuth
4 1 (0.17%) OpenID
4 1 (0.17%) REST
4 1 (0.17%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.17%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 35 (6.07%) Product Ownership
2 14 (2.43%) Data Protection Act
3 9 (1.56%) IoT
3 9 (1.56%) Management Information System
4 8 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (1.39%) Mobile App
4 8 (1.39%) Onboarding
5 7 (1.21%) Cloud Native
5 7 (1.21%) NHS
5 7 (1.21%) Wiki
6 6 (1.04%) Data Structures
7 5 (0.87%) Industry 4.0
7 5 (0.87%) Life Science
7 5 (0.87%) Robotics
8 4 (0.69%) LIMS
8 4 (0.69%) Operational Technology
8 4 (0.69%) Renewable Energy
8 4 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.52%) Smart Meter
9 3 (0.52%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.17%) Android
1 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (32.06%) Business Analysis
2 159 (27.56%) Agile
3 132 (22.88%) Requirements Gathering
4 127 (22.01%) Stakeholder Management
5 104 (18.02%) User Stories
6 72 (12.48%) Problem-Solving
7 65 (11.27%) Project Management
7 65 (11.27%) Workshop Facilitation
8 53 (9.19%) ERP
9 49 (8.49%) Scrum
10 47 (8.15%) User Acceptance Testing
11 46 (7.97%) Change Management
12 43 (7.45%) CRM
12 43 (7.45%) Waterfall
13 42 (7.28%) Roadmaps
14 41 (7.11%) Acceptance Criteria
15 39 (6.76%) Data Analysis
15 39 (6.76%) Use Case
16 38 (6.59%) Business Case
17 36 (6.24%) Requirements Workshops
Programming Languages
1 27 (4.68%) SQL
2 13 (2.25%) Python
3 11 (1.91%) JavaScript
4 7 (1.21%) Java
5 6 (1.04%) Groovy
6 3 (0.52%) C#
7 1 (0.17%) JCL
7 1 (0.17%) R
7 1 (0.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 70 (12.13%) Degree
2 32 (5.55%) Security Cleared
3 18 (3.12%) SC Cleared
4 15 (2.60%) IIBA
5 11 (1.91%) CBAP
6 9 (1.56%) DV Cleared
7 8 (1.39%) ISEB
8 7 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.87%) ACCA
9 5 (0.87%) CIMA
10 3 (0.52%) HNC
11 2 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.35%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.35%) Tableau Certification
12 1 (0.17%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.17%) CSPO
12 1 (0.17%) HND
12 1 (0.17%) PMP
12 1 (0.17%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 1 (0.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.33%) GDPR
2 18 (3.12%) Good Clinical Practice
2 18 (3.12%) GxP
3 12 (2.08%) QA
4 7 (1.21%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.52%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (0.52%) PMO
6 2 (0.35%) GRC
7 1 (0.17%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.17%) Basel III
7 1 (0.17%) COREP
7 1 (0.17%) FINREP
7 1 (0.17%) IFRS
7 1 (0.17%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.17%) NIST
7 1 (0.17%) PSD2
7 1 (0.17%) SEPA
7 1 (0.17%) TARGET2
7 1 (0.17%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 6 (1.04%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
2 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (0.52%) ZABBIX
2 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 41 (7.11%) Microsoft
2 38 (6.59%) SAP
3 16 (2.77%) ServiceNow
4 15 (2.60%) Salesforce
5 14 (2.43%) Oracle
6 8 (1.39%) Cadence
7 6 (1.04%) IFS
8 5 (0.87%) Adobe
8 5 (0.87%) Ariba
8 5 (0.87%) Workday
9 3 (0.52%) ESRI
10 2 (0.35%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.35%) CA
10 2 (0.35%) Capita
10 2 (0.35%) F5
10 2 (0.35%) FNZ
10 2 (0.35%) Google
10 2 (0.35%) Optimizely
10 2 (0.35%) Splunk
11 1 (0.17%) Guidewire