IT Business Analyst Contracts

IT Business Analyst (IT BA)
UK

The median IT Business Analyst (IT BA) daily rate in the UK is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 494 542 605
Rank change year-on-year +48 +63 -36
Contract jobs requiring an IT Business Analyst 77 145 244
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.25% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.27% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 82 159
10th Percentile £406 £400 £380
25th Percentile £456 £439 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £513
Median % change year-on-year +3.30% -0.83% +13.89%
75th Percentile £598 £580 £613
90th Percentile £638 £700 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - +8.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £75.00 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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 39,507 53,867 83,506
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 94.60% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,718 37,620 58,687
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £544 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% +3.52% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,672 1,498 2,036
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.29 £19.13 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

IT Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Business Analyst in the UK

IT Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for IT Business Analyst in the UK

IT Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Business Analyst over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Business Analyst in the UK

IT Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Business Analyst in the UK

IT Business Analyst
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Business Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 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 +41 66 £525 +2.44% 13
London +47 45 £575 +4.55% 4
Work from Home +89 33 £525 +7.14% 6
UK excluding London +45 28 £475 +5.56% 10
South East +41 15 £500 +8.70% 2
Scotland +42 8 £420 -6.61% 1
North of England +27 3 £499 +10.83% 3
Yorkshire +14 2 £499 -0.25% 2
North West +16 1 - - 1
West Midlands +15 1 £475 +2.15% 2
Midlands +15 1 £475 +2.15% 4
South West +3 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, IT 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 IT Business Analyst in the job title.

1 34 (44.16%) Social Skills
2 27 (35.06%) Agile
3 26 (33.77%) Business Analysis
4 25 (32.47%) Stakeholder Management
5 24 (31.17%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (24.68%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (23.38%) Finance
8 16 (20.78%) Project Management
8 16 (20.78%) DevOps
9 15 (19.48%) Banking
10 14 (18.18%) Change Management
10 14 (18.18%) Degree
11 13 (16.88%) Requirements Management
11 13 (16.88%) ITIL
12 12 (15.58%) Manufacturing
12 12 (15.58%) GAP Analysis
12 12 (15.58%) Requirements Gathering
12 12 (15.58%) Business Case
13 10 (12.99%) Business Process Modelling
13 10 (12.99%) Data Analysis
14 9 (11.69%) User Acceptance Testing
14 9 (11.69%) SaaS
14 9 (11.69%) ITSM
14 9 (11.69%) Service Management
14 9 (11.69%) SDLC
15 8 (10.39%) Business Process Mapping
15 8 (10.39%) Acceptance Criteria
16 7 (9.09%) AWS
16 7 (9.09%) ERP
16 7 (9.09%) Site Reliability Engineering

IT 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 2 (2.60%) Confluence
2 1 (1.30%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.30%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 1 (1.30%) InVision
1 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.30%) MS Visio
1 1 (1.30%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Aligne
2 1 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.30%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 9 (11.69%) SaaS
2 7 (9.09%) AWS
3 6 (7.79%) PaaS
4 4 (5.19%) Azure
5 3 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.60%) WhatsApp
7 1 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.30%) Figma
7 1 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.30%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.30%) Firewall
1 1 (1.30%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.19%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (5.19%) JIRA
2 1 (1.30%) Balsamiq
General
1 34 (44.16%) Social Skills
2 24 (31.17%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (23.38%) Finance
4 15 (19.48%) Banking
5 12 (15.58%) Manufacturing
6 7 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (6.49%) Investment Banking
8 4 (5.19%) Marketing
9 3 (3.90%) Public Sector
10 2 (2.60%) Retail
11 1 (1.30%) Automotive
11 1 (1.30%) Back Office
11 1 (1.30%) Billing
11 1 (1.30%) Financial Institution
11 1 (1.30%) General Ledger
11 1 (1.30%) Local Government
11 1 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.30%) .NET
1 1 (1.30%) ADO
1 1 (1.30%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.19%) Data Protection Act
1 4 (5.19%) IoT
1 4 (5.19%) Product Ownership
2 3 (3.90%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.60%) Cyberattack
3 2 (2.60%) Data Structures
3 2 (2.60%) Derivative
3 2 (2.60%) Equities
3 2 (2.60%) Fixed Income
3 2 (2.60%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.60%) Reinsurance
3 2 (2.60%) Wiki
4 1 (1.30%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.30%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.30%) Smart Meter
4 1 (1.30%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.30%) Windows
1 1 (1.30%) Windows 7
1 1 (1.30%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (1.30%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (35.06%) Agile
2 26 (33.77%) Business Analysis
3 25 (32.47%) Stakeholder Management
4 19 (24.68%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (20.78%) DevOps
5 16 (20.78%) Project Management
6 14 (18.18%) Change Management
7 13 (16.88%) ITIL
7 13 (16.88%) Requirements Management
8 12 (15.58%) Business Case
8 12 (15.58%) GAP Analysis
8 12 (15.58%) Requirements Gathering
9 10 (12.99%) Business Process Modelling
9 10 (12.99%) Data Analysis
10 9 (11.69%) ITSM
10 9 (11.69%) SDLC
10 9 (11.69%) Service Management
10 9 (11.69%) User Acceptance Testing
11 8 (10.39%) Acceptance Criteria
11 8 (10.39%) Business Process Mapping
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.30%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (18.18%) Degree
2 4 (5.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.60%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.30%) CBAP
4 1 (1.30%) CSPO
4 1 (1.30%) IIBA
4 1 (1.30%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.30%) MBA
4 1 (1.30%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (5.19%) QA
3 2 (2.60%) GDPR
4 1 (1.30%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.30%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.30%) GAAP
4 1 (1.30%) NIST
4 1 (1.30%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 5 (6.49%) SAP
2 4 (5.19%) SmartStream
3 3 (3.90%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.30%) Adobe
4 1 (1.30%) Cadence
4 1 (1.30%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.30%) Oracle
4 1 (1.30%) Salesforce