Business Analytics Contracts

Business Analytics
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Business Analytics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Analytics 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 537 643 727
Rank change year-on-year +106 +84 -62
Contract jobs citing Business Analytics 47 54 121
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.097% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.11% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 44 87
10th Percentile £363 £393 £334
25th Percentile £414 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £481
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +4.06% -8.48%
75th Percentile £709 £675 £588
90th Percentile £746 £700 £618
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -17.50% +11.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £24.75 £39.75
Median hourly rate £21.64 £26.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.34% -37.65% +16.44%
75th Percentile - £28.25 £45.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.64 £26.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -18.34% -37.65% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Business Analytics 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,178 49,770 79,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.13% 89.61% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,737 34,458 55,587
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,678 1,852
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%
75th Percentile £61.28 £65.00 £50.15
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
% change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -

Business Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analytics in the UK

Business Analytics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Business Analytics in the UK

Business Analytics
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Business Analytics in the UK

Business Analytics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Analytics in the UK

Business Analytics
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analytics 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 +82 43 £450 -12.20% 57
London +87 27 £450 -16.67% 28
Work from Home +108 17 £550 +4.76% 27
UK excluding London +23 17 £413 -17.50% 32
South East +17 6 £375 +11.11% 3
South West +6 5 £400 - 1
North of England +6 5 £725 +11.54% 11
North West +3 4 £725 +11.54% 8
Scotland +49 1 - - 5
Yorkshire +14 1 £325 -27.78% 1

Business Analytics
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 (2.13%) SAS
1 1 (2.13%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (8.51%) Sketch
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (10.64%) MIS ActiveH
1 5 (10.64%) NEC Housing
2 3 (6.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (6.38%) OPENHousing
Cloud Services
1 11 (23.40%) Power Platform
2 7 (14.89%) Azure
3 4 (8.51%) Figma
4 2 (4.26%) AWS
4 2 (4.26%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (4.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (4.26%) GitHub
4 2 (4.26%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (4.26%) WhatsApp
5 1 (2.13%) GCP
5 1 (2.13%) IaaS
5 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (2.13%) PaaS
5 1 (2.13%) Power Automate
5 1 (2.13%) PowerApps
5 1 (2.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (12.77%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (23.40%) Power BI
1 11 (23.40%) Relational Database
1 11 (23.40%) SQL Server
2 10 (21.28%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (17.02%) Data Mining
4 6 (12.77%) Metadata
5 5 (10.64%) Tableau
6 3 (6.38%) Metadata Repository
6 3 (6.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (6.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (4.26%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (4.26%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 2 (4.26%) NoSQL
7 2 (4.26%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (4.26%) Semantic Layer
7 2 (4.26%) Snowflake Schema
7 2 (4.26%) Tableau Server
8 1 (2.13%) Essbase
8 1 (2.13%) Oracle Database
8 1 (2.13%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 4 (8.51%) JIRA
2 2 (4.26%) Git
2 2 (4.26%) Jenkins
General
1 16 (34.04%) Finance
2 13 (27.66%) Social Skills
3 7 (14.89%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (8.51%) Pharmaceutical
4 4 (8.51%) Public Sector
5 3 (6.38%) Manufacturing
6 2 (4.26%) Multimedia
6 2 (4.26%) Retail
7 1 (2.13%) Banking
7 1 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (27.66%) Developer
2 10 (21.28%) Analyst
3 8 (17.02%) Data Engineer
4 7 (14.89%) Architect
5 6 (12.77%) Applications Support
6 5 (10.64%) Applications Support Analyst
6 5 (10.64%) Data Migration Engineer
6 5 (10.64%) Migration Engineer
6 5 (10.64%) Support Analyst
7 4 (8.51%) Data Analyst
7 4 (8.51%) React Developer
7 4 (8.51%) Security Architect
7 4 (8.51%) Senior
7 4 (8.51%) UX Developer
8 3 (6.38%) Applications Developer
8 3 (6.38%) Data Architect
8 3 (6.38%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (6.38%) Senior Applications Support
8 3 (6.38%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
8 3 (6.38%) Senior Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.51%) CSS
1 4 (8.51%) HTML
1 4 (8.51%) PySpark
1 4 (8.51%) React
2 2 (4.26%) Redux
3 1 (2.13%) Apache Avro
3 1 (2.13%) JSON
3 1 (2.13%) JSON Schema
3 1 (2.13%) Middleware
3 1 (2.13%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (2.13%) XML
3 1 (2.13%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.77%) Data Structures
2 4 (8.51%) Biopharmaceutical
2 4 (8.51%) CMDB
3 3 (6.38%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.26%) Mobile App
4 2 (4.26%) Reference Data
5 1 (2.13%) Credit Risk
5 1 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.13%) Mainframe
5 1 (2.13%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.13%) AIX
1 1 (2.13%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (100.00%) Analytics
2 30 (63.83%) Business Intelligence
3 20 (42.55%) Visualisation
4 19 (40.43%) Data Modelling
5 15 (31.91%) Agile
6 12 (25.53%) Data Management
6 12 (25.53%) Data Visualisation
6 12 (25.53%) ETL
7 11 (23.40%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (23.40%) Decision-Making
8 9 (19.15%) Risk Management
8 9 (19.15%) SDLC
9 8 (17.02%) Data Engineering
9 8 (17.02%) ITIL
9 8 (17.02%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (17.02%) Validation
10 7 (14.89%) CRM
10 7 (14.89%) Data Governance
10 7 (14.89%) Data Integration
10 7 (14.89%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 14 (29.79%) SQL
2 7 (14.89%) Python
3 4 (8.51%) JavaScript
4 2 (4.26%) R
5 1 (2.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (2.13%) MATLAB
5 1 (2.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (12.77%) Degree
2 3 (6.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.26%) ACCA
3 2 (4.26%) CEH
3 2 (4.26%) CISM
3 2 (4.26%) CISSP
3 2 (4.26%) CREST Certified
3 2 (4.26%) CSSLP
3 2 (4.26%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.13%) CIMA
4 1 (2.13%) IBM Certification
4 1 (2.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (31.91%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.26%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (4.26%) COBIT
2 2 (4.26%) IFRS
2 2 (4.26%) ISO 22301
2 2 (4.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (4.26%) NIST
2 2 (4.26%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.13%) IFRS 17
3 1 (2.13%) IFRS 9
3 1 (2.13%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (4.26%) Nessus
2 1 (2.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 11 (23.40%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.64%) NEC
3 4 (8.51%) Databricks
3 4 (8.51%) Oracle
4 3 (6.38%) Northgate
5 2 (4.26%) Alteryx
5 2 (4.26%) Qualys
5 2 (4.26%) SAP
6 1 (2.13%) Google
6 1 (2.13%) IBM
6 1 (2.13%) Informatica
6 1 (2.13%) SimCorp