Business Analysis Contracts in the South East

Business Analysis
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 127 106 77
Rank change year-on-year -21 -29 +8
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 68 116 247
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.23% 2.01% 3.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.45% 2.25% 3.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 86 186
10th Percentile £375 £400 £400
25th Percentile £413 £408 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £566 £539 £570
90th Percentile £638 £598 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
Median hourly rate £18.35 £70.00 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year -73.79% +32.08% +105.83%
England median hourly rate £70.00 £63.00 £57.75
% change year-on-year +11.11% +9.09% +115.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,676 5,160 6,967
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.69% 89.37% 89.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,738 3,592 4,709
10th Percentile £250 £250 £226
25th Percentile £400 £400 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £623 £619 £594
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 434 222 286
10th Percentile £13.00 £17.53 £12.23
25th Percentile £18.20 £22.16 £15.53
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.99
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +127.43% -20.05%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.63 £48.71
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.98 £62.70
England median hourly rate £36.33 £37.15 £24.35
% change year-on-year -2.21% +52.57% +3.62%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Business Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analysis in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Analysis in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Business Analysis in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis in the South East over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analysis in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Analysis in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Business Analysis in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the South East region over the 6 months to 4 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
Thames Valley -13 40 £513 +7.89% 12
Berkshire -21 27 £525 +7.69% 5
Hampshire +3 15 £544 +31.48% 4
Buckinghamshire +25 13 £430 +1.18% 6
Surrey +9 12 £425 -8.11% 6
M4 Corridor - 1 £598 -
Business Analysis
England

Business Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 8 (11.76%) Confluence
2 2 (2.94%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (5.88%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.94%) SAP Hybris
2 1 (1.47%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (1.47%) SAP CO
2 1 (1.47%) SAP FI
2 1 (1.47%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.35%) AWS
2 4 (5.88%) SaaS
3 3 (4.41%) Azure
3 3 (4.41%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 2 (2.94%) PaaS
4 2 (2.94%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.47%) Adobe Analytics
5 1 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.47%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.47%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.47%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.94%) Firewall
1 2 (2.94%) WAN
2 1 (1.47%) LAN
2 1 (1.47%) MPLS
2 1 (1.47%) Network Security
2 1 (1.47%) SDH
2 1 (1.47%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.47%) Unified Communications
2 1 (1.47%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.94%) Power BI
2 1 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.47%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (13.24%) JIRA
General
1 36 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 24 (35.29%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (14.71%) Finance
4 9 (13.24%) Telecoms
5 6 (8.82%) Retail
6 5 (7.35%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (7.35%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (7.35%) Public Sector
7 4 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (4.41%) Banking
8 3 (4.41%) Corporate Banking
8 3 (4.41%) Local Government
8 3 (4.41%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.94%) Automotive
9 2 (2.94%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.94%) Marketing
10 1 (1.47%) Legal
Job Titles
1 47 (69.12%) Analyst
2 36 (52.94%) Business Analyst
3 12 (17.65%) Senior
4 11 (16.18%) Senior Analyst
5 9 (13.24%) Product Analyst
6 8 (11.76%) Architect
7 7 (10.29%) Senior Business Analyst
8 6 (8.82%) Digital Analyst
8 6 (8.82%) Digital Business Analyst
8 6 (8.82%) Solutions Architect
9 5 (7.35%) Java Architect
9 5 (7.35%) Java Solutions Architect
9 5 (7.35%) Security Analyst
10 4 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 4 (5.88%) DevOps Architect
10 4 (5.88%) Lead
11 3 (4.41%) Business Requirements Analyst
11 3 (4.41%) Finance Business Analyst
11 3 (4.41%) IT Analyst
11 3 (4.41%) Senior Requirements Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.41%) JSON
1 3 (4.41%) XML
2 2 (2.94%) .NET
2 2 (2.94%) .NET Framework
2 2 (2.94%) ASP.NET
2 2 (2.94%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (2.94%) Blazor
2 2 (2.94%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (2.94%) RESTful
2 2 (2.94%) WCF
3 1 (1.47%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.24%) Product Ownership
2 4 (5.88%) Cloud Native
2 4 (5.88%) Mobile App
3 3 (4.41%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.47%) CSOC
4 1 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (42.65%) Project Management
2 26 (38.24%) Requirements Gathering
3 25 (36.76%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (32.35%) Agile
5 21 (30.88%) User Stories
6 15 (22.06%) Scrum
7 11 (16.18%) Acceptance Criteria
8 10 (14.71%) Change Management
8 10 (14.71%) Collaborative Working
9 9 (13.24%) Kanban
9 9 (13.24%) Project Delivery
9 9 (13.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 9 (13.24%) Translating Business Requirements
9 9 (13.24%) User Acceptance Testing
10 8 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
10 8 (11.76%) DevOps
10 8 (11.76%) Impact Assessments
11 7 (10.29%) Infrastructure Management
11 7 (10.29%) Knowledge Transfer
11 7 (10.29%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.82%) Java
2 5 (7.35%) SQL
3 3 (4.41%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.94%) C#
Qualifications
1 11 (16.18%) Security Cleared
2 9 (13.24%) Degree
3 5 (7.35%) DV Cleared
4 4 (5.88%) ISEB
5 3 (4.41%) NVQ Level 4
5 3 (4.41%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.47%) APMP
6 1 (1.47%) CBAP
6 1 (1.47%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.71%) QA
2 1 (1.47%) GxP
2 1 (1.47%) PMO
2 1 (1.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (1.47%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (7.35%) SAP
2 3 (4.41%) Adobe
2 3 (4.41%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.41%) Oracle
3 1 (1.47%) AlgoSec
3 1 (1.47%) Apple
3 1 (1.47%) CheckPoint
3 1 (1.47%) Juniper
3 1 (1.47%) OneTrust
3 1 (1.47%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.47%) VMware