Digital Business Analyst Contracts

Digital Business Analyst (Digital BA)
UK

The median Digital Business Analyst (Digital BA) daily rate in the UK is £425 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 577 613 683
Rank change year-on-year +36 +70 -50
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Business Analyst 25 82 173
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.058% 0.15% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.16% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 73 142
10th Percentile £300 £400 £400
25th Percentile £363 £440 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £485 £480
Median % change year-on-year -12.37% +1.04% +6.67%
75th Percentile £488 £525 £538
90th Percentile £609 £575 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%

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 40,232 52,519 83,570
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.87% 94.52% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,887 36,654 58,907
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.60%
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% +8.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,899 1,488 1,954
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.60
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.39 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.88 £65.75 £49.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.33 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +7.17%

Digital Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Business Analyst in the UK

Digital Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Digital Business Analyst in the UK

Digital Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Business Analyst over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Business Analyst in the UK

Digital Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Digital Business Analyst in the UK

Digital Business Analyst
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Business Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 +39 21 £438 -9.79% 6
Work from Home +90 16 £450 -7.69% 2
UK excluding London +18 10 £450 - 2
London +53 9 £450 -10.00% 4
South East +15 8 £425 -13.71% 1
Scotland +39 1 £475 +18.75%
North of England +20 1 - - 1
Yorkshire +12 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, Digital 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 Digital Business Analyst in the job title.

1 10 (40.00%) User Stories
2 9 (36.00%) Agile
3 8 (32.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 8 (32.00%) Social Skills
4 7 (28.00%) SDLC
5 6 (24.00%) Finance
5 6 (24.00%) SAP
5 6 (24.00%) ERP
5 6 (24.00%) Business Analysis
5 6 (24.00%) JIRA
6 5 (20.00%) Mobile App
6 5 (20.00%) Confluence
6 5 (20.00%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 5 (20.00%) E-Commerce
6 5 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
7 4 (16.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 4 (16.00%) SAP Hybris
7 4 (16.00%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (16.00%) Swim Lanes
7 4 (16.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (16.00%) User Experience
7 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (16.00%) Roadmaps
7 4 (16.00%) B2C
7 4 (16.00%) Adobe
7 4 (16.00%) Test Scripting
8 3 (12.00%) User Acceptance Testing
8 3 (12.00%) QA
8 3 (12.00%) Degree
8 3 (12.00%) JSON

Digital 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (20.00%) Confluence
2 4 (16.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (4.00%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (8.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (16.00%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 5 (20.00%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 2 (8.00%) Adobe Analytics
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (4.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.00%) PowerApps
Development Applications
1 6 (24.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (24.00%) Finance
3 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (12.00%) Manufacturing
4 3 (12.00%) Retail
5 2 (8.00%) Automotive
5 2 (8.00%) Banking
5 2 (8.00%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (4.00%) Electronics
6 1 (4.00%) Local Government
6 1 (4.00%) Marketing
6 1 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (4.00%) Tech for Good
6 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.00%) HTML
1 3 (12.00%) JSON
1 3 (12.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Mobile App
2 3 (12.00%) Video\Live Streaming
3 1 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (4.00%) Low-Code
3 1 (4.00%) Online Banking
3 1 (4.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (40.00%) User Stories
2 9 (36.00%) Agile
3 8 (32.00%) Translating Business Requirements
4 7 (28.00%) SDLC
5 6 (24.00%) Business Analysis
5 6 (24.00%) ERP
6 5 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
6 5 (20.00%) E-Commerce
7 4 (16.00%) B2C
7 4 (16.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 4 (16.00%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (16.00%) Roadmaps
7 4 (16.00%) Swim Lanes
7 4 (16.00%) Test Scripting
7 4 (16.00%) User Experience
8 3 (12.00%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (12.00%) Content Management
8 3 (12.00%) Order Management
8 3 (12.00%) Project Delivery
8 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (4.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) QA
2 2 (8.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 6 (24.00%) SAP
2 4 (16.00%) Adobe
3 2 (8.00%) Microsoft