Business Analysis Contracts in England

Business Analysis
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Business Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 106 88
Rank change year-on-year -19 -18 +11
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 686 1,117 2,067
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.83% 2.37% 2.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.14% 2.64% 3.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 460 772 1,503
10th Percentile £375 £408 £400
25th Percentile £430 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £638
90th Percentile £725 £803 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 13 5
10th Percentile - £36.60 £23.57
25th Percentile £18.35 £61.25 £26.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £66.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.61% +140.00% -24.66%
75th Percentile £82.07 £70.00 £71.75
90th Percentile £84.44 - £78.20
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £64.50 £35.25
% change year-on-year -34.11% +82.98% -2.30%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Business Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,030 42,283 63,775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.40% 89.90% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,779 29,697 45,496
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £440 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,363 1,526 1,693
10th Percentile £12.79 £10.69 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.01 £15.75 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.59 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.71 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analysis in England

Business Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Business Analysis in England

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analysis in England

Business Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Analysis in England

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Analysis in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Analysis in England

Business Analysis
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 Analysis within the England region 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
London -14 412 £550 -8.33% 155
North of England +2 82 £475 -5.00% 34
South East -33 65 £498 +4.92% 23
North West +8 54 £475 -7.32% 15
Midlands -15 51 £465 -7.00% 33
South West -12 33 £530 -9.40% 31
West Midlands -30 27 £475 -5.00% 20
East of England -3 26 £425 -10.53% 12
East Midlands +20 24 £458 -2.40% 13
Yorkshire +6 24 £488 +5.41% 13
North East +8 3 £370 -7.50% 6
Business Analysis
UK

Business Analysis
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 28 (4.08%) Confluence
2 10 (1.46%) Apache
3 9 (1.31%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.73%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (0.58%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.44%) SAS
7 2 (0.29%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.29%) CMS
7 2 (0.29%) LiveLink
8 1 (0.15%) Alfresco
8 1 (0.15%) Camunda
Applications
1 38 (5.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (4.66%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (4.08%) MS Visio
4 16 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 22 (3.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.90%) Aligne
3 9 (1.31%) SAP PM
4 7 (1.02%) Endur
5 6 (0.87%) Oracle Financials
5 6 (0.87%) SAP Hybris
6 4 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.58%) Magento
6 4 (0.58%) SAP CO
6 4 (0.58%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.58%) SAP FI
6 4 (0.58%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.44%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 2 (0.29%) Oracle EBS R12
8 2 (0.29%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 2 (0.29%) SAP BPC
8 2 (0.29%) SAP EWM
8 2 (0.29%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 67 (9.77%) Azure
2 44 (6.41%) AWS
2 44 (6.41%) Power Platform
3 33 (4.81%) SaaS
4 21 (3.06%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (2.62%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (2.19%) Serverless
7 13 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
8 12 (1.75%) PaaS
9 11 (1.60%) PowerApps
10 9 (1.31%) Azure Service Bus
10 9 (1.31%) dbt
10 9 (1.31%) Power Automate
11 7 (1.02%) Adobe Analytics
11 7 (1.02%) AWS Lambda
11 7 (1.02%) Azure Functions
11 7 (1.02%) SAP Commerce Cloud
12 6 (0.87%) Amazon MSK
12 6 (0.87%) SuccessFactors
13 5 (0.73%) Azure Batch
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.02%) WAN
2 6 (0.87%) FIX Connectivity
2 6 (0.87%) SSH
3 5 (0.73%) Firewall
3 5 (0.73%) SDH
4 4 (0.58%) Junos
5 3 (0.44%) Internet
5 3 (0.44%) PBX
5 3 (0.44%) Skype
5 3 (0.44%) VoIP
6 2 (0.29%) NAS
6 2 (0.29%) SMS
7 1 (0.15%) Cisco IPT
7 1 (0.15%) LAN
7 1 (0.15%) MPLS
7 1 (0.15%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.15%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (5.39%) Power BI
2 19 (2.77%) Big Data
3 16 (2.33%) Data Lake
3 16 (2.33%) Tableau
4 15 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (1.75%) SQL Server
6 9 (1.31%) Hadoop
7 8 (1.17%) Apache Arrow
7 8 (1.17%) Dremio
8 7 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (1.02%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.02%) SAP HANA
9 6 (0.87%) Apache Hive
10 5 (0.73%) Amazon Redshift
10 5 (0.73%) OLTP
11 4 (0.58%) Electronic Patient Records
11 4 (0.58%) Impala
11 4 (0.58%) NoSQL
12 3 (0.44%) Presto
13 2 (0.29%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 49 (7.14%) JIRA
2 9 (1.31%) Git
3 7 (1.02%) Rational DOORS
4 6 (0.87%) Cucumber
4 6 (0.87%) JUnit
4 6 (0.87%) Visual Studio Team System
5 4 (0.58%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.29%) Moq
6 2 (0.29%) NUnit
6 2 (0.29%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.15%) Eclipse
General
1 258 (37.61%) Social Skills
2 228 (33.24%) Finance
3 152 (22.16%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (11.08%) Banking
5 66 (9.62%) Public Sector
6 56 (8.16%) Presentation Skills
7 41 (5.98%) Influencing Skills
8 38 (5.54%) Front Office
9 35 (5.10%) Manufacturing
10 30 (4.37%) Investment Banking
11 26 (3.79%) Retail
12 25 (3.64%) Pharmaceutical
13 24 (3.50%) Telecoms
14 22 (3.21%) Legal
15 16 (2.33%) Local Government
15 16 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
16 14 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 13 (1.90%) Marketing
18 9 (1.31%) Police
19 8 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 425 (61.95%) Analyst
2 382 (55.69%) Business Analyst
3 71 (10.35%) Senior
4 58 (8.45%) Senior Analyst
5 56 (8.16%) Project Manager
6 49 (7.14%) Senior Business Analyst
7 45 (6.56%) Architect
8 35 (5.10%) Developer
9 29 (4.23%) Financial Analyst
10 27 (3.94%) Consultant
11 25 (3.64%) Lead
12 23 (3.35%) IT Analyst
12 23 (3.35%) SAP Analyst
13 22 (3.21%) Finance Business Analyst
14 21 (3.06%) Business IT Analyst
14 21 (3.06%) Technical Analyst
14 21 (3.06%) Technical Business Analyst
15 20 (2.92%) IT Business Analyst
15 20 (2.92%) Solutions Architect
16 19 (2.77%) Insurance Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.92%) .NET
1 20 (2.92%) XML
2 16 (2.33%) JSON
3 14 (2.04%) Web Services
4 9 (1.31%) WPF
5 7 (1.02%) HTML
5 7 (1.02%) Kafka
6 6 (0.87%) CSS
6 6 (0.87%) FIX Protocol
6 6 (0.87%) Hibernate
6 6 (0.87%) J2EE
6 6 (0.87%) JPA
6 6 (0.87%) PySpark
6 6 (0.87%) REST
6 6 (0.87%) SOAP
6 6 (0.87%) Spring
7 5 (0.73%) .NET Framework
7 5 (0.73%) ARM Templates
8 4 (0.58%) ASP.NET
8 4 (0.58%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 48 (7.00%) Product Ownership
2 32 (4.66%) Management Information System
3 17 (2.48%) Derivative
3 17 (2.48%) Onboarding
4 15 (2.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 13 (1.90%) Fixed Income
6 12 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
6 12 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
7 11 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (1.46%) Hedge funds
8 10 (1.46%) IoT
8 10 (1.46%) Renewable Energy
8 10 (1.46%) Virtual Team
9 9 (1.31%) Equities
9 9 (1.31%) Reinsurance
9 9 (1.31%) Solar Panel
10 8 (1.17%) Cloud Native
10 8 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.02%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.75%) Unix
2 9 (1.31%) Apple iOS
3 7 (1.02%) Linux
3 7 (1.02%) Windows
4 2 (0.29%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.15%) Android
5 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (35.86%) Agile
2 167 (24.34%) Problem-Solving
3 158 (23.03%) Stakeholder Management
4 143 (20.85%) Project Management
5 134 (19.53%) Requirements Gathering
6 123 (17.93%) User Stories
7 88 (12.83%) Acceptance Criteria
8 81 (11.81%) Workshop Facilitation
9 78 (11.37%) Scrum
10 72 (10.50%) Change Management
10 72 (10.50%) Migration
11 69 (10.06%) User Acceptance Testing
12 62 (9.04%) Analytics
13 61 (8.89%) Decision-Making
13 61 (8.89%) Project Delivery
14 59 (8.60%) Business Case
15 58 (8.45%) Data Analysis
16 57 (8.31%) Roadmaps
17 54 (7.87%) DevOps
18 51 (7.43%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 72 (10.50%) SQL
2 35 (5.10%) Python
3 23 (3.35%) C#
4 22 (3.21%) Java
5 12 (1.75%) JavaScript
6 8 (1.17%) Perl
6 8 (1.17%) Swift
7 6 (0.87%) VBA
8 5 (0.73%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.29%) Lua
9 2 (0.29%) PHP
9 2 (0.29%) R
10 1 (0.15%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 130 (18.95%) Degree
2 79 (11.52%) Security Cleared
3 63 (9.18%) SC Cleared
4 19 (2.77%) CBAP
5 17 (2.48%) IIBA
6 13 (1.90%) DV Cleared
7 10 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (1.31%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.31%) PMI Certification
8 9 (1.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 7 (1.02%) CCNP
9 7 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (1.02%) HND
9 7 (1.02%) ISEB
9 7 (1.02%) TOGAF Certification
10 6 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.73%) APMP
11 5 (0.73%) PMP
12 4 (0.58%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.58%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (7.00%) QA
2 17 (2.48%) GxP
3 14 (2.04%) GDPR
4 12 (1.75%) Good Clinical Practice
5 10 (1.46%) Data Quality
6 8 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.17%) PMO
7 7 (1.02%) EMIR
8 5 (0.73%) MiFID
8 5 (0.73%) NIST
8 5 (0.73%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.58%) P3O
10 3 (0.44%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.44%) GAAP
10 3 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 3 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.44%) SEPA
11 2 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.29%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 5 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (0.58%) HDFS
3 2 (0.29%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (1.60%) Terraform
2 1 (0.15%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 75 (10.93%) Microsoft
2 66 (9.62%) SAP
3 29 (4.23%) ServiceNow
4 20 (2.92%) Oracle
5 17 (2.48%) Salesforce
6 11 (1.60%) Bloomberg
7 10 (1.46%) Adobe
8 8 (1.17%) Okta
9 7 (1.02%) Cisco
9 7 (1.02%) IBM
9 7 (1.02%) Juniper
9 7 (1.02%) Nokia
10 6 (0.87%) Ariba
10 6 (0.87%) Guidewire
10 6 (0.87%) ION Trading
10 6 (0.87%) OpenLink
10 6 (0.87%) VMware
11 5 (0.73%) Alteryx
11 5 (0.73%) MarketAxess
11 5 (0.73%) Tradeweb