Business Analyst Contracts in the South East

Business Analyst (BA)
England > South East

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in the South East is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 90 62 38
Rank change year-on-year -28 -24 +17
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 119 219 392
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.13% 3.73% 5.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.31% 3.96% 5.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 170 308
10th Percentile £373 £325 £390
25th Percentile £415 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £460 £454
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +1.38% +3.71%
75th Percentile £555 £538 £538
90th Percentile £598 £619 £575
England median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year - +32.08% -3.37%
England median hourly rate £22.50 £58.00 £26.27
% change year-on-year -61.21% +120.78% -28.03%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 5,161 5,536 7,502
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 94.33% 95.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,107 3,852 5,076
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £390 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £614 £603 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 477 243 339
10th Percentile £12.78 £18.08 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.16 £16.18
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.08 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.21% +128.95% -13.40%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.30 £43.85
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £60.30
England median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -22.22% +100.00% +0.36%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in the South East

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in the South East

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in the South East

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in the South East

Business Analyst
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 Analyst within the South East region over the 6 months to 23 April 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 -28 76 £500 +11.11% 14
Berkshire -50 47 £553 +18.69% 7
Buckinghamshire +30 22 £430 -3.91% 6
Surrey +9 22 £425 -5.56% 5
Hampshire +6 19 £475 -7.32% 6
Oxfordshire +8 7 £475 - 1
West Sussex +1 2 £475 +18.75% 1
Kent +1 1 £450 -1.64% 2
M4 Corridor - 1 £598 -
Business Analyst
England

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 23 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 South East region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 41 (34.45%) Social Skills
2 37 (31.09%) Business Analysis
3 28 (23.53%) Agile
4 26 (21.85%) User Stories
5 25 (21.01%) Requirements Gathering
6 21 (17.65%) Finance
7 20 (16.81%) Project Management
7 20 (16.81%) SAP
8 18 (15.13%) Stakeholder Management
9 17 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
10 14 (11.76%) Manufacturing
10 14 (11.76%) Degree
10 14 (11.76%) JIRA
10 14 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
11 13 (10.92%) Change Management
11 13 (10.92%) ERP
11 13 (10.92%) Business Case
12 12 (10.08%) Security Cleared
13 11 (9.24%) Data Analysis
13 11 (9.24%) Confluence
14 10 (8.40%) SC Cleared
14 10 (8.40%) MS Visio
15 9 (7.56%) Microsoft
15 9 (7.56%) Telecoms
15 9 (7.56%) Retail
16 8 (6.72%) Systems Analysis
16 8 (6.72%) Microsoft Excel
16 8 (6.72%) CRM
16 8 (6.72%) E-Commerce

Business Analyst Skill Set
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 11 (9.24%) Confluence
2 3 (2.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 10 (8.40%) MS Visio
2 8 (6.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (4.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (3.36%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (2.52%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (3.36%) SAP MDG
2 3 (2.52%) SAP Hybris
3 2 (1.68%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.84%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.84%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.84%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.84%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.84%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 6 (5.04%) Azure
2 5 (4.20%) AWS
3 4 (3.36%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (3.36%) Power Platform
3 4 (3.36%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 3 (2.52%) SaaS
5 2 (1.68%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (0.84%) Adobe Analytics
6 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.84%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
6 1 (0.84%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.52%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (0.84%) Broadband
2 1 (0.84%) Network Security
2 1 (0.84%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.36%) Power BI
2 2 (1.68%) Power Query
2 2 (1.68%) PowerPivot
3 1 (0.84%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 14 (11.76%) JIRA
General
1 41 (34.45%) Social Skills
2 21 (17.65%) Finance
3 14 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (11.76%) Manufacturing
4 9 (7.56%) Retail
4 9 (7.56%) Telecoms
5 7 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (5.04%) Public Sector
7 5 (4.20%) Automotive
8 4 (3.36%) Banking
8 4 (3.36%) Marketing
9 3 (2.52%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.84%) Billing
10 1 (0.84%) French Language
10 1 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.84%) Legal
10 1 (0.84%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.68%) HTML
1 2 (1.68%) JSON
1 2 (1.68%) Oracle Fusion
1 2 (1.68%) XML
2 1 (0.84%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.88%) Mobile App
1 7 (5.88%) Product Ownership
2 4 (3.36%) Cloud Native
3 3 (2.52%) IoT
3 3 (2.52%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (2.52%) Operational Technology
4 2 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.68%) Cyberattack
4 2 (1.68%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.68%) NHS
5 1 (0.84%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.84%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.84%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.84%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.84%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (31.09%) Business Analysis
2 28 (23.53%) Agile
3 26 (21.85%) User Stories
4 25 (21.01%) Requirements Gathering
5 20 (16.81%) Project Management
6 18 (15.13%) Stakeholder Management
7 17 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
9 13 (10.92%) Business Case
9 13 (10.92%) Change Management
9 13 (10.92%) ERP
10 11 (9.24%) Data Analysis
11 8 (6.72%) Acceptance Criteria
11 8 (6.72%) CRM
11 8 (6.72%) E-Commerce
11 8 (6.72%) Impact Assessments
11 8 (6.72%) Systems Analysis
12 7 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
12 7 (5.88%) DevOps
12 7 (5.88%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.04%) SQL
2 2 (1.68%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.84%) JCL
3 1 (0.84%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 14 (11.76%) Degree
2 12 (10.08%) Security Cleared
3 10 (8.40%) SC Cleared
4 7 (5.88%) ISEB
5 4 (3.36%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.68%) CBAP
7 1 (0.84%) CSPO
7 1 (0.84%) IIBA
7 1 (0.84%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.88%) GDPR
2 3 (2.52%) QA
3 1 (0.84%) HL7
3 1 (0.84%) PMO
3 1 (0.84%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
Vendors
1 20 (16.81%) SAP
2 9 (7.56%) Microsoft
3 6 (5.04%) Oracle
4 4 (3.36%) Adobe
5 3 (2.52%) Workday
6 2 (1.68%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.68%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.84%) Apple