Business Analysis Contracts in the UK excluding London

Business Analysis
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 148 108 93
Rank change year-on-year -40 -15 +2
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 311 521 861
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.46% 2.30% 2.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.76% 2.58% 3.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 379 634
10th Percentile £359 £387 £361
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% +1.05% +8.57%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £550
90th Percentile £600 £650 £630
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 10 3
10th Percentile - £35.00 £25.92
25th Percentile £18.35 £62.63 £32.14
Median hourly rate £36.13 £66.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.26% +53.49% +65.38%
75th Percentile £81.33 £70.00 £63.00
90th Percentile £84.22 - £74.70
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
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,630 20,207 27,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.67% 89.05% 89.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,358 13,864 18,970
10th Percentile £250 £260 £246
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £586
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,185 1,244 1,334
10th Percentile £12.50 £10.90 £12.49
25th Percentile £15.48 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.75 £47.96
90th Percentile £72.90 £75.00 £63.60
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Business Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analysis in the UK excluding London

Business Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Business Analysis in the UK excluding London

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Business Analysis in the UK excluding London

Business Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Analysis in the UK excluding London

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate histogram for Business Analysis in the UK excluding London

Business Analysis
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 Analysis within the UK excluding London 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
North of England +2 82 £475 -5.00% 35
South East -33 65 £498 +4.92% 23
North West +8 54 £475 -7.32% 15
Scotland -2 52 £450 - 13
Midlands -15 51 £465 -7.00% 33
South West -12 33 £530 -9.40% 32
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% 14
North East +8 3 £370 -7.50% 6
Wales +7 3 £513 +7.89% 1
Northern Ireland -9 2 - - 3
Business Analysis
UK

Business Analysis
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 13 (4.18%) Confluence
2 8 (2.57%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.64%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.32%) LiveLink
5 1 (0.32%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (6.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (5.14%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.57%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.32%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (3.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.93%) SAP PM
3 4 (1.29%) Magento
4 3 (0.96%) SAP Hybris
5 2 (0.64%) Maximo
5 2 (0.64%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.64%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.32%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.32%) Relativity
6 1 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.32%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.32%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.32%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.32%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.32%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.32%) SAP WM
6 1 (0.32%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.32%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 23 (7.40%) Azure
2 21 (6.75%) SaaS
3 19 (6.11%) AWS
4 15 (4.82%) Power Platform
5 10 (3.22%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (2.89%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (2.57%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (1.93%) PaaS
9 5 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (1.29%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 4 (1.29%) Serverless
10 4 (1.29%) SuccessFactors
11 3 (0.96%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.64%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 2 (0.64%) Azure Functions
12 2 (0.64%) Intacct
12 2 (0.64%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.64%) SonarCloud
13 1 (0.32%) Bloomreach
13 1 (0.32%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.93%) WAN
2 5 (1.61%) SDH
3 4 (1.29%) Junos
4 3 (0.96%) PBX
4 3 (0.96%) Skype
4 3 (0.96%) VoIP
5 2 (0.64%) Internet
5 2 (0.64%) SMS
6 1 (0.32%) Firewall
6 1 (0.32%) LAN
6 1 (0.32%) MPLS
6 1 (0.32%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.32%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.50%) Power BI
2 6 (1.93%) SAP HANA
3 4 (1.29%) Electronic Patient Records
3 4 (1.29%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.96%) Data Lake
4 3 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.96%) Tableau
5 2 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.64%) Geospatial Data
5 2 (0.64%) GIS
6 1 (0.32%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.32%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.32%) EDRMS
6 1 (0.32%) MySQL
6 1 (0.32%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.32%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 20 (6.43%) JIRA
2 7 (2.25%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (0.64%) Git
3 2 (0.64%) Moq
3 2 (0.64%) NUnit
4 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio
General
1 117 (37.62%) Social Skills
2 68 (21.86%) Finance
3 54 (17.36%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (14.15%) Public Sector
5 22 (7.07%) Manufacturing
6 20 (6.43%) Pharmaceutical
6 20 (6.43%) Telecoms
7 19 (6.11%) Influencing Skills
7 19 (6.11%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (4.82%) Legal
9 13 (4.18%) Banking
9 13 (4.18%) Local Government
9 13 (4.18%) Retail
10 11 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (2.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.61%) Marketing
12 5 (1.61%) Police
13 4 (1.29%) Aeronautics
13 4 (1.29%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.29%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 212 (68.17%) Analyst
2 184 (59.16%) Business Analyst
3 42 (13.50%) Senior
4 37 (11.90%) Senior Analyst
5 31 (9.97%) Architect
5 31 (9.97%) Senior Business Analyst
6 17 (5.47%) Project Manager
7 16 (5.14%) Solutions Architect
8 15 (4.82%) Lead
8 15 (4.82%) SAP Analyst
9 11 (3.54%) IT Analyst
9 11 (3.54%) IT Manager
10 9 (2.89%) Business Architect
10 9 (2.89%) Business IT Analyst
10 9 (2.89%) IT Business Analyst
10 9 (2.89%) Service Manager
11 8 (2.57%) Financial Analyst
11 8 (2.57%) Integration Analyst
11 8 (2.57%) IT Services Manager
11 8 (2.57%) Product Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.25%) .NET
2 5 (1.61%) HTML
3 4 (1.29%) .NET Framework
3 4 (1.29%) ASP.NET
3 4 (1.29%) ASP.NET MVC
3 4 (1.29%) CSS
4 3 (0.96%) JSON
4 3 (0.96%) XML
5 2 (0.64%) Blazor
5 2 (0.64%) RESTful
5 2 (0.64%) WCF
6 1 (0.32%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.32%) Node.js
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.32%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.79%) Product Ownership
2 13 (4.18%) Management Information System
3 10 (3.22%) Virtual Team
4 9 (2.89%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (2.57%) Cloud Native
6 6 (1.93%) IoT
6 6 (1.93%) NHS
6 6 (1.93%) Onboarding
6 6 (1.93%) Wiki
7 5 (1.61%) Industry 4.0
7 5 (1.61%) Robotics
8 4 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.29%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (0.96%) Blackberry
9 3 (0.96%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.64%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.32%) Housing Association
11 1 (0.32%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.32%) Solar Power
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.57%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.64%) Windows
3 1 (0.32%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (31.83%) Agile
2 81 (26.05%) Problem-Solving
3 75 (24.12%) Project Management
4 73 (23.47%) Requirements Gathering
5 72 (23.15%) Stakeholder Management
6 70 (22.51%) User Stories
7 54 (17.36%) Change Management
8 49 (15.76%) Roadmaps
9 42 (13.50%) Scrum
10 37 (11.90%) Acceptance Criteria
11 36 (11.58%) Decision-Making
12 30 (9.65%) Workshop Facilitation
13 27 (8.68%) Business Case
14 26 (8.36%) Waterfall
15 25 (8.04%) Continuous Improvement
15 25 (8.04%) Project Delivery
16 24 (7.72%) Business Process Modelling
16 24 (7.72%) Data Protection
16 24 (7.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 24 (7.72%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (3.54%) SQL
2 8 (2.57%) Swift
3 7 (2.25%) JavaScript
4 5 (1.61%) Java
5 4 (1.29%) C#
5 4 (1.29%) Python
6 1 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.32%) Perl
Qualifications
1 57 (18.33%) Degree
2 33 (10.61%) Security Cleared
3 22 (7.07%) SC Cleared
4 16 (5.14%) IIBA
5 13 (4.18%) DV Cleared
6 11 (3.54%) CBAP
7 7 (2.25%) CCNP
7 7 (2.25%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (2.25%) HND
7 7 (2.25%) TOGAF Certification
8 6 (1.93%) ISEB
9 5 (1.61%) ACCA
9 5 (1.61%) CIMA
10 4 (1.29%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (1.29%) JNCIA
11 3 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.96%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.96%) NVQ Level 4
11 3 (0.96%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.82%) GxP
2 12 (3.86%) GDPR
2 12 (3.86%) Good Clinical Practice
3 9 (2.89%) QA
4 3 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (0.96%) Disclosure Scotland
4 3 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 3 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.96%) NIST
4 3 (0.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.64%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.64%) PMO
5 2 (0.64%) SLA
6 1 (0.32%) Basel III
6 1 (0.32%) COREP
6 1 (0.32%) FINREP
6 1 (0.32%) GMP
6 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.32%) SEPA
6 1 (0.32%) TARGET2
System Software
1 4 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.32%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.32%) Terraform
Vendors
1 42 (13.50%) Microsoft
2 30 (9.65%) SAP
3 10 (3.22%) ServiceNow
4 8 (2.57%) Okta
4 8 (2.57%) Oracle
5 7 (2.25%) Cadence
5 7 (2.25%) Cisco
5 7 (2.25%) IBM
5 7 (2.25%) Juniper
5 7 (2.25%) Nokia
6 5 (1.61%) Adobe
6 5 (1.61%) VMware
7 4 (1.29%) Ariba
7 4 (1.29%) Avaya
7 4 (1.29%) Ciena
7 4 (1.29%) Google
7 4 (1.29%) Palo Alto
7 4 (1.29%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.96%) Ribbon
8 3 (0.96%) Sage