Business Analyst Contracts in Cardiff

Business Analyst (BA)
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in Cardiff is £420 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 23 20
Rank change year-on-year -4 -3 +13
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 8 23 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 3.76% 6.85% 8.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.04% 7.10% 8.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 21 36
10th Percentile £326 £313 £344
25th Percentile £410 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -11.58% +11.76% +14.71%
75th Percentile £513 £500 £450
90th Percentile £588 £575 £481
South Wales median daily rate £420 £475 £435
% change year-on-year -11.58% +9.20% +16.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cardiff

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 198 324 513
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.96% 96.43% 96.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 259 396
10th Percentile £199 £185 £238
25th Percentile £369 £353 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +8.89% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £538
90th Percentile £620 £626 £638
South Wales median daily rate £450 £460 £475
% change year-on-year -2.17% -3.16% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 5
10th Percentile £11.32 £13.00 £13.45
25th Percentile £11.75 £13.81 £15.25
Median hourly rate £13.50 £17.25 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year -21.75% -7.99% +14.42%
75th Percentile £18.00 £22.34 £23.75
90th Percentile £39.45 £24.38 £24.95
South Wales median hourly rate £22.68 £18.14 £19.91
% change year-on-year +25.03% -8.89% +10.61%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in Cardiff

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in Cardiff

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in Cardiff over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in Cardiff

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in Cardiff

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, 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 across the Cardiff region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) KYC
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (12.50%) Data Sharing
4 1 (12.50%) Conflict Resolution
4 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (12.50%) Business Process Modelling
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (12.50%) UML
4 1 (12.50%) NHS
4 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) BPMN
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

General
1 5 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Agile
2 2 (25.00%) KYC
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (12.50%) BPMN
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Business Process Modelling
3 1 (12.50%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (12.50%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (12.50%) Data Sharing
3 1 (12.50%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) UML