Business Analysis Contracts

Business Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Business Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Business Analysis over the 6 months to 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 126 106 88
Rank change year-on-year -20 -18 +10
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 801 1,325 2,529
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.84% 2.38% 2.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.16% 2.65% 3.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 542 935 1,840
10th Percentile £375 £400 £400
25th Percentile £431 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £614
90th Percentile £700 £775 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 14 6
10th Percentile - £35.00 £24.02
25th Percentile £18.35 £47.56 £26.43
Median hourly rate £42.50 £64.50 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.11% +82.98% -2.87%
75th Percentile £80.59 £69.00 £50.63
90th Percentile £84.00 £70.00 £62.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.13 £66.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -45.26% +53.49% +60.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Business Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,078 50,015 79,966
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.30% 89.70% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,703 34,589 56,207
10th Percentile £300 £325 £349
25th Percentile £413 £438 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £646
90th Percentile £750 £750 £741
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,565 1,687 1,878
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.70 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.50 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +10.45%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Business Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analysis in the UK

Business Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Business Analysis in the UK

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analysis in the UK

Business Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Analysis in the UK

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Analysis over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Analysis in the UK

Business Analysis
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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 -17 688 £530 -3.64% 264
London -12 415 £550 -8.33% 135
Work from Home +4 319 £540 +2.86% 140
UK excluding London -27 309 £475 - 143
North of England +3 82 £475 -4.52% 31
South East -39 62 £500 +5.26% 21
North West +5 54 £475 -5.00% 16
Scotland -2 53 £450 - 15
Midlands -13 52 £465 -7.00% 37
South West +1 33 £530 -9.40% 19
West Midlands -33 28 £475 -5.00% 22
East of England +2 26 £425 -12.82% 15
East Midlands +22 24 £458 -2.40% 15
Yorkshire +8 24 £488 +6.85% 9
North East +9 3 £370 -7.50% 6
Wales +4 3 £513 +7.89% 2
Northern Ireland -8 1 - - 3

Business Analysis
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 33 (4.12%) Confluence
2 13 (1.62%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.25%) Apache
4 6 (0.75%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.62%) SAS
6 4 (0.50%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.25%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.25%) CMS
7 2 (0.25%) LiveLink
8 1 (0.12%) Alfresco
8 1 (0.12%) Camunda
8 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 45 (5.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (4.24%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (3.87%) MS Visio
4 20 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 22 (2.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.62%) Aligne
3 9 (1.12%) SAP PM
4 6 (0.75%) Endur
4 6 (0.75%) Oracle Financials
4 6 (0.75%) SAP Hybris
5 4 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.50%) Magento
5 4 (0.50%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.50%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.50%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.50%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.37%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 2 (0.25%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.25%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 82 (10.24%) Azure
2 49 (6.12%) Power Platform
3 45 (5.62%) AWS
4 37 (4.62%) SaaS
5 27 (3.37%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (2.12%) Dynamics 365
8 14 (1.75%) Serverless
9 13 (1.62%) PaaS
10 12 (1.50%) PowerApps
11 10 (1.25%) Power Automate
12 9 (1.12%) Azure Service Bus
12 9 (1.12%) dbt
13 7 (0.87%) Adobe Analytics
13 7 (0.87%) Azure Functions
13 7 (0.87%) SAP Commerce Cloud
14 6 (0.75%) AWS Lambda
14 6 (0.75%) SuccessFactors
15 5 (0.62%) Azure Storage
15 5 (0.62%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.87%) WAN
2 6 (0.75%) FIX Connectivity
2 6 (0.75%) SSH
3 5 (0.62%) SDH
4 4 (0.50%) Firewall
4 4 (0.50%) Junos
5 3 (0.37%) Internet
5 3 (0.37%) PBX
5 3 (0.37%) Skype
5 3 (0.37%) VoIP
6 2 (0.25%) Intranet
6 2 (0.25%) NAS
6 2 (0.25%) SMS
7 1 (0.12%) Cisco IPT
7 1 (0.12%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.12%) LAN
7 1 (0.12%) MPLS
7 1 (0.12%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.12%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (5.12%) Power BI
2 19 (2.37%) Big Data
3 18 (2.25%) Tableau
4 16 (2.00%) Data Lake
5 15 (1.87%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (1.87%) SQL Server
6 11 (1.37%) Hadoop
7 8 (1.00%) Apache Arrow
7 8 (1.00%) Apache Hive
7 8 (1.00%) Dremio
8 7 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (0.87%) Relational Database
8 7 (0.87%) SAP HANA
9 5 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (0.62%) OLTP
10 4 (0.50%) Electronic Patient Records
10 4 (0.50%) Impala
11 3 (0.37%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.37%) Presto
12 2 (0.25%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 60 (7.49%) JIRA
2 11 (1.37%) Git
3 7 (0.87%) Rational DOORS
4 6 (0.75%) Cucumber
4 6 (0.75%) JUnit
4 6 (0.75%) Visual Studio Team System
5 4 (0.50%) Eclipse
5 4 (0.50%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.25%) Moq
6 2 (0.25%) NUnit
6 2 (0.25%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.12%) Balsamiq
General
1 304 (37.95%) Social Skills
2 250 (31.21%) Finance
3 174 (21.72%) Analytical Skills
4 103 (12.86%) Public Sector
5 80 (9.99%) Banking
6 59 (7.37%) Presentation Skills
7 50 (6.24%) Influencing Skills
8 38 (4.74%) Front Office
9 35 (4.37%) Manufacturing
10 31 (3.87%) Investment Banking
11 29 (3.62%) Retail
12 28 (3.50%) Pharmaceutical
13 27 (3.37%) Legal
14 21 (2.62%) Telecoms
15 17 (2.12%) Local Government
15 17 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
16 13 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 13 (1.62%) Marketing
17 11 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
18 9 (1.12%) Police
Job Titles
1 493 (61.55%) Analyst
2 442 (55.18%) Business Analyst
3 80 (9.99%) Senior
4 62 (7.74%) Senior Analyst
5 59 (7.37%) Project Manager
6 55 (6.87%) Senior Business Analyst
7 51 (6.37%) Architect
8 39 (4.87%) Lead
9 35 (4.37%) Developer
9 35 (4.37%) Financial Analyst
10 34 (4.24%) Consultant
11 30 (3.75%) IT Analyst
12 28 (3.50%) Business IT Analyst
12 28 (3.50%) Finance Business Analyst
13 27 (3.37%) IT Business Analyst
14 25 (3.12%) Technical Analyst
14 25 (3.12%) Technical Business Analyst
15 23 (2.87%) SAP Analyst
16 21 (2.62%) Data Business Analyst
17 20 (2.50%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.50%) XML
2 19 (2.37%) .NET
3 17 (2.12%) Web Services
4 16 (2.00%) JSON
5 9 (1.12%) WPF
6 8 (1.00%) HTML
7 7 (0.87%) CSS
8 6 (0.75%) FIX Protocol
8 6 (0.75%) Hibernate
8 6 (0.75%) J2EE
8 6 (0.75%) JPA
8 6 (0.75%) Kafka
8 6 (0.75%) REST
8 6 (0.75%) SOAP
8 6 (0.75%) Spring
9 5 (0.62%) .NET Framework
9 5 (0.62%) ARM Templates
9 5 (0.62%) PySpark
10 4 (0.50%) ASP.NET
10 4 (0.50%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 53 (6.62%) Product Ownership
2 37 (4.62%) Management Information System
3 18 (2.25%) Onboarding
4 17 (2.12%) Data Protection Act
4 17 (2.12%) Derivative
5 16 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (1.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 13 (1.62%) Fixed Income
8 12 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
8 12 (1.50%) Virtual Team
9 11 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (1.25%) Hedge funds
10 10 (1.25%) IoT
10 10 (1.25%) Renewable Energy
11 9 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
11 9 (1.12%) Equities
11 9 (1.12%) Reinsurance
11 9 (1.12%) Solar Panel
12 8 (1.00%) CMDB
12 8 (1.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.50%) Unix
2 9 (1.12%) Apple iOS
3 7 (0.87%) Linux
4 6 (0.75%) Windows
5 2 (0.25%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.12%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 301 (37.58%) Agile
2 190 (23.72%) Stakeholder Management
3 181 (22.60%) Problem-Solving
4 160 (19.98%) Project Management
5 154 (19.23%) User Stories
6 146 (18.23%) Requirements Gathering
7 102 (12.73%) Scrum
8 94 (11.74%) Acceptance Criteria
9 88 (10.99%) Change Management
10 87 (10.86%) Workshop Facilitation
11 86 (10.74%) Roadmaps
12 84 (10.49%) Analytics
13 79 (9.86%) User Acceptance Testing
14 73 (9.11%) Migration
15 69 (8.61%) Data Analysis
16 68 (8.49%) Decision-Making
17 66 (8.24%) Project Delivery
18 64 (7.99%) DevOps
19 63 (7.87%) Business Case
20 59 (7.37%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 85 (10.61%) SQL
2 39 (4.87%) Python
3 23 (2.87%) C#
4 22 (2.75%) Java
5 13 (1.62%) JavaScript
6 9 (1.12%) Perl
7 8 (1.00%) Swift
8 6 (0.75%) PowerShell
9 5 (0.62%) VBA
10 4 (0.50%) R
11 2 (0.25%) Lua
11 2 (0.25%) PHP
12 1 (0.12%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.12%) Bash
12 1 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.12%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 144 (17.98%) Degree
2 96 (11.99%) Security Cleared
3 80 (9.99%) SC Cleared
4 22 (2.75%) CBAP
5 17 (2.12%) IIBA
6 13 (1.62%) DV Cleared
7 12 (1.50%) PMI Certification
8 11 (1.37%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 9 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (1.00%) Master's Degree
11 7 (0.87%) CCNP
11 7 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (0.87%) HND
11 7 (0.87%) ISEB
11 7 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
11 7 (0.87%) TOGAF Certification
12 6 (0.75%) APMP
13 5 (0.62%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.62%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (5.99%) QA
2 17 (2.12%) GDPR
2 17 (2.12%) GxP
3 12 (1.50%) Good Clinical Practice
4 10 (1.25%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.12%) PMO
6 8 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.87%) EMIR
7 7 (0.87%) PCI DSS
8 6 (0.75%) NIST
9 5 (0.62%) MiFID
10 4 (0.50%) P3O
10 4 (0.50%) SEPA
11 3 (0.37%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.37%) Disclosure Scotland
11 3 (0.37%) GAAP
11 3 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 3 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.37%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (0.75%) HDFS
2 5 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.37%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (1.25%) Terraform
2 1 (0.12%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 87 (10.86%) Microsoft
2 67 (8.36%) SAP
3 31 (3.87%) ServiceNow
4 30 (3.75%) Oracle
5 20 (2.50%) Salesforce
6 11 (1.37%) Adobe
7 10 (1.25%) Bloomberg
7 10 (1.25%) Cadence
8 8 (1.00%) Alteryx
8 8 (1.00%) Okta
9 7 (0.87%) Cisco
9 7 (0.87%) IBM
9 7 (0.87%) Juniper
9 7 (0.87%) Nokia
10 6 (0.75%) Ariba
10 6 (0.75%) Google
10 6 (0.75%) ION Trading
10 6 (0.75%) VMware
11 5 (0.62%) MarketAxess
11 5 (0.62%) Tradeweb