Business Analysis Contracts in the Thames Valley

Business Analysis
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 94 81 82
Rank change year-on-year -13 +1 -9
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 40 69 89
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.50% 2.38% 2.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.73% 2.59% 2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 50 68
10th Percentile £375 £370 £375
25th Percentile £415 £430 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% -2.56% +14.71%
75th Percentile £545 £538 £594
90th Percentile £594 £562 £650
South East median daily rate £525 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year - +32.08% +92.73%
South East median hourly rate £18.35 £70.00 £53.00
% change year-on-year -73.79% +32.08% +105.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,314 2,662 3,133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.03% 91.76% 89.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,304 1,857 2,108
10th Percentile £213 £322 £225
25th Percentile £370 £413 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £601 £580
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 63 87
10th Percentile £14.25 £18.50 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £23.75 £12.15
Median hourly rate £45.00 £52.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +200.00% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.21 £25.36
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £66.75
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.99
% change year-on-year -5.00% +127.43% -20.05%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analysis in the Thames Valley

Business Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Analysis in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Business Analysis in the Thames Valley

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for Business Analysis in the Thames Valley

Business Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Analysis in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Business Analysis in the Thames Valley

Business Analysis
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
Berkshire -21 27 £525 +7.69% 6
Buckinghamshire +25 13 £430 +1.18% 6
Business Analysis
South East

Business Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (7.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (5.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (2.50%) SAP CO
1 1 (2.50%) SAP FI
1 1 (2.50%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.00%) AWS
2 2 (5.00%) Azure
2 2 (5.00%) PaaS
2 2 (5.00%) SaaS
3 1 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.50%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.00%) Firewall
1 2 (5.00%) WAN
2 1 (2.50%) LAN
2 1 (2.50%) MPLS
2 1 (2.50%) Network Security
2 1 (2.50%) SDH
2 1 (2.50%) SD-WAN
2 1 (2.50%) Unified Communications
2 1 (2.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (7.50%) JIRA
General
1 23 (57.50%) Social Skills
2 9 (22.50%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (22.50%) Telecoms
3 7 (17.50%) Finance
4 5 (12.50%) Retail
5 4 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (7.50%) Banking
6 3 (7.50%) Corporate Banking
7 2 (5.00%) Automotive
7 2 (5.00%) Marketing
7 2 (5.00%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 35 (87.50%) Analyst
2 27 (67.50%) Business Analyst
3 10 (25.00%) Senior
3 10 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
4 6 (15.00%) Product Analyst
4 6 (15.00%) Senior Business Analyst
5 3 (7.50%) Business Requirements Analyst
5 3 (7.50%) Digital Analyst
5 3 (7.50%) Digital Business Analyst
5 3 (7.50%) Finance Business Analyst
5 3 (7.50%) Financial Analyst
5 3 (7.50%) Requirements Analyst
5 3 (7.50%) Senior Requirements Analyst
5 3 (7.50%) Technical Analyst
5 3 (7.50%) Technical Business Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) IT Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) Product Business Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) Regulatory Business Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) Telecoms Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) Telecoms Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.00%) Cloud Native
2 2 (5.00%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.50%) CSOC
3 1 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.50%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (45.00%) Project Management
2 17 (42.50%) Requirements Gathering
2 17 (42.50%) User Stories
3 14 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (25.00%) Agile
4 10 (25.00%) Change Management
5 9 (22.50%) User Acceptance Testing
6 8 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
7 7 (17.50%) Acceptance Criteria
7 7 (17.50%) Collaborative Working
7 7 (17.50%) Commercial Awareness
7 7 (17.50%) Critical Thinking
7 7 (17.50%) Infrastructure Management
7 7 (17.50%) Portfolio Management
8 6 (15.00%) Business Case
8 6 (15.00%) Customer-Centricity
8 6 (15.00%) Project Delivery
9 5 (12.50%) Data Design
9 5 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
9 5 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (10.00%) Degree
2 3 (7.50%) ISEB
2 3 (7.50%) Security Cleared
3 2 (5.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.50%) APMP
4 1 (2.50%) CBAP
4 1 (2.50%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 1 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (5.00%) Oracle
1 2 (5.00%) SAP
2 1 (2.50%) Adobe
2 1 (2.50%) AlgoSec
2 1 (2.50%) Apple
2 1 (2.50%) CheckPoint
2 1 (2.50%) Juniper
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.50%) VMware