Business Analysis Contracts with Work from Home Options

Business Analysis
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Business Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Business Analysis over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 105 99
Rank change year-on-year +9 -6 0
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 326 553 1,145
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.21% 2.24% 2.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.51% 2.50% 2.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 384 835
10th Percentile £410 £400 £381
25th Percentile £463 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £626 £588
90th Percentile £700 £738 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile £35.38 - -
25th Percentile £53.44 - -
Median hourly rate £83.55 £66.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.59% +88.57% +28.53%
75th Percentile £84.67 - -
90th Percentile £85.33 - -
UK median hourly rate £36.13 £64.50 £39.00
% change year-on-year -43.99% +65.38% +47.28%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Business Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,973 22,093 40,138
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.88% 89.67% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,721 15,633 29,139
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.58% +3.71% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 507 534
10th Percentile £14.94 £18.63 £14.08
25th Percentile £24.44 £26.25 £20.56
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +32.91% +64.58%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £71.75
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%

Business Analysis
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Business Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Business Analysis trend for jobs with a WFH option

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Business Analysis.

Business Analysis daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Business Analysis over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Business Analysis daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Business Analysis.

Business Analysis hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Business Analysis over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Business Analysis hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Business Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 19 (5.83%) Confluence
2 7 (2.15%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.92%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (0.92%) ArcGIS
3 3 (0.92%) CMS
4 2 (0.61%) Apache
5 1 (0.31%) LiveLink
5 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 22 (6.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (5.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (5.52%) MS Visio
4 15 (4.60%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.31%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.31%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (4.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.53%) Endur
2 5 (1.53%) SAP Hybris
3 4 (1.23%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.92%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.92%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.92%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.92%) SAP PM
5 2 (0.61%) iTrent
5 2 (0.61%) Magento
5 2 (0.61%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.61%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.61%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.31%) Aligne
6 1 (0.31%) Odoo
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.31%) Relativity
6 1 (0.31%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.31%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 29 (8.90%) Azure
2 17 (5.21%) AWS
3 16 (4.91%) Power Platform
3 16 (4.91%) SaaS
4 10 (3.07%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (2.15%) Azure Service Bus
5 7 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (2.15%) PaaS
5 7 (2.15%) Serverless
6 6 (1.84%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (1.84%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 5 (1.53%) PowerApps
8 4 (1.23%) Adobe Analytics
8 4 (1.23%) Azure Functions
8 4 (1.23%) Power Automate
8 4 (1.23%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 4 (1.23%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 3 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (0.92%) Lucidchart
9 3 (0.92%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.53%) WAN
2 4 (1.23%) FIX Connectivity
2 4 (1.23%) Junos
2 4 (1.23%) SDH
3 3 (0.92%) Internet
4 2 (0.61%) Intranet
4 2 (0.61%) NAS
5 1 (0.31%) DKIM
5 1 (0.31%) DMARC
5 1 (0.31%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.31%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.07%) Power BI
2 9 (2.76%) SQL Server
3 7 (2.15%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (1.23%) Big Data
4 4 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.23%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.23%) Tableau
5 3 (0.92%) Electronic Patient Records
5 3 (0.92%) Geospatial Data
5 3 (0.92%) GIS
5 3 (0.92%) OLTP
5 3 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.61%) Apache Arrow
6 2 (0.61%) Data Mart
6 2 (0.61%) Dremio
6 2 (0.61%) SAP BW
6 2 (0.61%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.31%) EDRMS
7 1 (0.31%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 32 (9.82%) JIRA
2 4 (1.23%) Eclipse
2 4 (1.23%) Git
2 4 (1.23%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (1.23%) TeamCity
3 3 (0.92%) Visual Studio Team System
4 1 (0.31%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.31%) Moq
4 1 (0.31%) NUnit
4 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio
General
1 126 (38.65%) Social Skills
2 82 (25.15%) Finance
3 66 (20.25%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (16.26%) Public Sector
5 26 (7.98%) Banking
6 21 (6.44%) Influencing Skills
7 17 (5.21%) Presentation Skills
8 13 (3.99%) Manufacturing
9 12 (3.68%) Front Office
9 12 (3.68%) Telecoms
10 11 (3.37%) Legal
10 11 (3.37%) Marketing
11 10 (3.07%) Investment Banking
11 10 (3.07%) Retail
12 9 (2.76%) Law
13 6 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.53%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (1.23%) Aerospace
15 4 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 204 (62.58%) Analyst
2 186 (57.06%) Business Analyst
3 30 (9.20%) Senior
4 26 (7.98%) Project Manager
5 24 (7.36%) Senior Analyst
6 20 (6.13%) Architect
6 20 (6.13%) Senior Business Analyst
7 19 (5.83%) Lead
8 16 (4.91%) Consultant
9 15 (4.60%) Technical Analyst
9 15 (4.60%) Technical Business Analyst
10 14 (4.29%) Financial Analyst
11 13 (3.99%) Agile Business Analyst
11 13 (3.99%) Business IT Analyst
11 13 (3.99%) IT Analyst
12 12 (3.68%) Business Systems Analyst
12 12 (3.68%) IT Business Analyst
13 11 (3.37%) Developer
13 11 (3.37%) Finance Business Analyst
14 10 (3.07%) Data Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.45%) XML
2 7 (2.15%) .NET
3 6 (1.84%) Web Services
4 4 (1.23%) FIX Protocol
4 4 (1.23%) JSON
5 3 (0.92%) ARM Templates
6 2 (0.61%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.61%) HTML
6 2 (0.61%) Lightning Web Components
6 2 (0.61%) Murex MxML
6 2 (0.61%) SailPoint
6 2 (0.61%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.31%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.31%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (0.31%) Kafka
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.31%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 26 (7.98%) Product Ownership
2 16 (4.91%) Management Information System
3 9 (2.76%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (2.45%) Greenfield Project
5 7 (2.15%) CMDB
5 7 (2.15%) Derivative
6 6 (1.84%) Fixed Income
7 5 (1.53%) NHS
7 5 (1.53%) Reinsurance
8 4 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.23%) IoT
8 4 (1.23%) Low-Code
8 4 (1.23%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.92%) Data Centre
9 3 (0.92%) FMCG
9 3 (0.92%) Hedge funds
9 3 (0.92%) PMI
9 3 (0.92%) Wiki
10 2 (0.61%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.23%) Unix
2 3 (0.92%) Windows
3 2 (0.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (41.10%) Agile
2 84 (25.77%) User Stories
3 81 (24.85%) Stakeholder Management
4 65 (19.94%) Problem-Solving
5 62 (19.02%) Project Management
6 61 (18.71%) Requirements Gathering
7 48 (14.72%) Scrum
8 45 (13.80%) Acceptance Criteria
9 44 (13.50%) Roadmaps
10 40 (12.27%) Project Delivery
11 36 (11.04%) Analytics
12 34 (10.43%) Data Analysis
13 33 (10.12%) Workshop Facilitation
14 32 (9.82%) Service Management
14 32 (9.82%) Waterfall
15 31 (9.51%) Change Management
16 29 (8.90%) User Acceptance Testing
17 26 (7.98%) ITIL
17 26 (7.98%) Migration
17 26 (7.98%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 29 (8.90%) SQL
2 7 (2.15%) C#
3 5 (1.53%) Python
4 4 (1.23%) PowerShell
5 3 (0.92%) Java
6 2 (0.61%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.61%) Perl
7 1 (0.31%) Bash
7 1 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 51 (15.64%) Degree
2 44 (13.50%) Security Cleared
3 38 (11.66%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.45%) DV Cleared
5 6 (1.84%) CBAP
6 5 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.53%) CSPO
7 4 (1.23%) CCNP
7 4 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.23%) HND
7 4 (1.23%) IIBA
7 4 (1.23%) JNCIA
7 4 (1.23%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 4 (1.23%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (0.92%) APMP
8 3 (0.92%) ISEB
8 3 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.61%) ACCA
9 2 (0.61%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.75%) QA
2 7 (2.15%) PMO
3 4 (1.23%) GDPR
4 3 (0.92%) Disclosure Scotland
4 3 (0.92%) PCI DSS
4 3 (0.92%) SLA
5 2 (0.61%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.61%) PSD2
5 2 (0.61%) SEPA
6 1 (0.31%) Basel III
6 1 (0.31%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.31%) Dodd-Frank
6 1 (0.31%) EMIR
6 1 (0.31%) GRC
6 1 (0.31%) IFRS
6 1 (0.31%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.31%) NIST
6 1 (0.31%) P3O
6 1 (0.31%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 2 (0.61%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (1.84%) Terraform
Vendors
1 36 (11.04%) Microsoft
2 29 (8.90%) SAP
3 14 (4.29%) Oracle
4 11 (3.37%) Salesforce
5 9 (2.76%) ServiceNow
6 7 (2.15%) Cadence
7 6 (1.84%) Adobe
8 4 (1.23%) Bloomberg
8 4 (1.23%) Ciena
8 4 (1.23%) Cisco
8 4 (1.23%) Conga
8 4 (1.23%) DocuSign
8 4 (1.23%) IBM
8 4 (1.23%) ION Trading
8 4 (1.23%) Juniper
8 4 (1.23%) MarketAxess
8 4 (1.23%) Nokia
8 4 (1.23%) Palo Alto
8 4 (1.23%) Tradeweb
9 3 (0.92%) ESRI