Operations Business Analyst Contracts

Operations Business Analyst (Operations BA)
UK

The median Operations Business Analyst (Operations BA) daily rate in the UK is £700 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 547 651 807
Rank change year-on-year +104 +156 -99
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Business Analyst 32 33 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.074% 0.059% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.080% 0.062% 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 23 32
10th Percentile £485 £405 £450
25th Percentile £634 £488 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% +10.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £788 £750 £538
90th Percentile £825 £775 £586
UK excluding London median daily rate - £465 £465
% change year-on-year - - -25.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.50 - -
Median hourly rate £28.00 - -
75th Percentile £29.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
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 40,001 53,325 83,708
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 94.58% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,880 37,256 59,003
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
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% +9.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,851 1,473 1,957
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +14.34%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.41
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.45 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Operations Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Operations Business Analyst in the UK

Operations Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Operations Business Analyst in the UK

Operations Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Operations Business Analyst in the UK

Operations Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Operations Business Analyst in the UK

Operations Business Analyst
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Business Analyst within the UK 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
England +93 27 £700 +16.67% 2
London +93 24 £700 +16.67% 2
Work from Home +99 13 £763 +48.78% 1
UK excluding London +50 3 - -
Scotland +40 1 - -
East of England - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -

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

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

1 25 (78.13%) Finance
2 15 (46.88%) Banking
3 10 (31.25%) Workshop Facilitation
4 8 (25.00%) Change Management
5 7 (21.88%) Business Continuity
6 6 (18.75%) Validation
6 6 (18.75%) GAP Analysis
7 5 (15.63%) Incident Management
7 5 (15.63%) User Acceptance Testing
7 5 (15.63%) Runbook
7 5 (15.63%) Regulatory Compliance
8 4 (12.50%) Social Skills
8 4 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
9 3 (9.38%) Derivative
9 3 (9.38%) User Stories
10 2 (6.25%) Product Ownership
10 2 (6.25%) Requirements Workshops
10 2 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
10 2 (6.25%) DevOps
10 2 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
10 2 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
10 2 (6.25%) Risk Management
10 2 (6.25%) Agile
10 2 (6.25%) Degree
10 2 (6.25%) Process Improvement
10 2 (6.25%) Azure
10 2 (6.25%) Data Management
10 2 (6.25%) Data Analysis

Operations 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:

Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.25%) Azure
1 2 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
General
1 25 (78.13%) Finance
2 15 (46.88%) Banking
3 4 (12.50%) Social Skills
4 2 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Advertising
5 1 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.13%) General Ledger
5 1 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Investment Banking
5 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.13%) Marketing
5 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.38%) Derivative
2 2 (6.25%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.13%) Equities
3 1 (3.13%) Fixed Income
3 1 (3.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.13%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.13%) Reference Data
3 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (31.25%) Workshop Facilitation
2 8 (25.00%) Change Management
3 7 (21.88%) Business Continuity
4 6 (18.75%) GAP Analysis
4 6 (18.75%) Validation
5 5 (15.63%) Incident Management
5 5 (15.63%) Regulatory Compliance
5 5 (15.63%) Runbook
5 5 (15.63%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
7 3 (9.38%) User Stories
8 2 (6.25%) Agile
8 2 (6.25%) Data Analysis
8 2 (6.25%) Data Management
8 2 (6.25%) DevOps
8 2 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (6.25%) Process Improvement
8 2 (6.25%) Requirements Workshops
8 2 (6.25%) Risk Management
8 2 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (6.25%) Degree
2 1 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) Accessibility
1 1 (3.13%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (3.13%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft
1 1 (3.13%) Salesforce