Business Systems Analyst Contracts

Business System Analyst
UK

The median Business System Analyst daily rate in the UK is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 516 606 692
Rank change year-on-year +90 +86 -35
Contract jobs requiring a Business Systems Analyst 68 91 156
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.16% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.17% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 80 118
10th Percentile £381 £400 £371
25th Percentile £466 £425 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £565
90th Percentile - £775 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.50 - -
Median hourly rate £53.00 - -
75th Percentile £53.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

Business Systems Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Systems Analyst in the UK

Business Systems Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Business Systems Analyst in the UK

Business Systems Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Systems Analyst over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Systems Analyst in the UK

Business Systems Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Systems Analyst in the UK

Business Systems 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 Systems Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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
England +59 55 £525 -8.70% 22
London +78 42 £575 -4.17% 9
Work from Home +119 36 £525 -4.55% 11
UK excluding London +6 14 £500 +5.26% 16
East of England +5 5 £525 +7.69% 2
Midlands +12 4 £438 -23.91% 3
Scotland +47 2 £525 +33.76% 1
North West +16 2 £575 - 2
West Midlands +14 2 £438 +2.94% 2
North of England +6 2 £575 +36.90% 4
East Midlands - 2 £400 - 1
South East +11 1 £500 -2.91% 2

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Business Systems 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 Systems Analyst in the job title.

1 22 (32.35%) Finance
2 19 (27.94%) Migration
3 18 (26.47%) Business Analysis
4 15 (22.06%) Agile
5 14 (20.59%) User Stories
6 12 (17.65%) Requirements Gathering
7 11 (16.18%) Project Management
7 11 (16.18%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (16.18%) Degree
8 10 (14.71%) Data Mapping
8 10 (14.71%) Social Skills
9 9 (13.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (13.24%) GAP Analysis
9 9 (13.24%) Learning Management System
10 6 (8.82%) Workflow Analysis
10 6 (8.82%) Workflow
10 6 (8.82%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (8.82%) Microsoft
10 6 (8.82%) Life Science
11 5 (7.35%) User Acceptance Testing
11 5 (7.35%) Guidewire
11 5 (7.35%) Problem-Solving
12 4 (5.88%) Acceptance Criteria
12 4 (5.88%) Knowledge Transfer
12 4 (5.88%) Duck Creek
12 4 (5.88%) Data Migration
12 4 (5.88%) LIMS
12 4 (5.88%) Asset Management
13 3 (4.41%) Management Information System
13 3 (4.41%) Salesforce

Business Systems 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 1 (1.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.94%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.94%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.47%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 1 (1.47%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (1.47%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (1.47%) SAP CO
1 1 (1.47%) SAP FI
1 1 (1.47%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.41%) Azure
2 2 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (2.94%) Google Docs
2 2 (2.94%) SaaS
2 2 (2.94%) Snowflake
3 1 (1.47%) Google Sheets
3 1 (1.47%) Lucidchart
3 1 (1.47%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.47%) Data Mining
1 1 (1.47%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (1.47%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.47%) JIRA
General
1 22 (32.35%) Finance
2 10 (14.71%) Social Skills
3 9 (13.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (8.82%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (4.41%) Aviation
6 2 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.94%) Banking
6 2 (2.94%) Front Office
6 2 (2.94%) Investment Banking
6 2 (2.94%) Retail
7 1 (1.47%) Billing
7 1 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.47%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.47%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (1.47%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.24%) Learning Management System
2 6 (8.82%) Life Science
3 4 (5.88%) LIMS
4 3 (4.41%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.94%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.94%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.47%) Derivative
6 1 (1.47%) Equities
6 1 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.47%) Market Risk
6 1 (1.47%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.47%) NHS
6 1 (1.47%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (27.94%) Migration
2 18 (26.47%) Business Analysis
3 15 (22.06%) Agile
4 14 (20.59%) User Stories
5 12 (17.65%) Requirements Gathering
6 11 (16.18%) Project Management
6 11 (16.18%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (14.71%) Data Mapping
8 9 (13.24%) GAP Analysis
9 6 (8.82%) Workflow
9 6 (8.82%) Workflow Analysis
10 5 (7.35%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (7.35%) User Acceptance Testing
11 4 (5.88%) Acceptance Criteria
11 4 (5.88%) Asset Management
11 4 (5.88%) Data Migration
11 4 (5.88%) Knowledge Transfer
12 3 (4.41%) Impact Analysis
12 3 (4.41%) PQQ
12 3 (4.41%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.41%) SQL
2 2 (2.94%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (16.18%) Degree
2 1 (1.47%) ACCA
2 1 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (1.47%) CEH
2 1 (1.47%) CIMA
2 1 (1.47%) CISM
2 1 (1.47%) CISSP
2 1 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (1.47%) Master's Degree
2 1 (1.47%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.94%) GxP
1 2 (2.94%) SLA
2 1 (1.47%) ISO 20022
2 1 (1.47%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.47%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 6 (8.82%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.35%) Guidewire
3 4 (5.88%) Duck Creek
4 3 (4.41%) Google
4 3 (4.41%) Oracle
4 3 (4.41%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.94%) Databricks
5 2 (2.94%) SAP
6 1 (1.47%) Avaya
6 1 (1.47%) Charles River
6 1 (1.47%) Cisco
6 1 (1.47%) Genesys
6 1 (1.47%) Peregrine
6 1 (1.47%) Remedy
6 1 (1.47%) Siemens