Business Analyst Contracts in the Thames Valley

Business Analyst (BA)
South East > Thames Valley

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in the Thames Valley is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 38 37
Rank change year-on-year -26 -1 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 81 155 174
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.94% 5.20% 4.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.14% 5.55% 5.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 117 131
10th Percentile £375 £325 £381
25th Percentile £460 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £440
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +2.27% +1.79%
75th Percentile £555 £538 £488
90th Percentile £592 £566 £519
South East median daily rate £500 £460 £454
% change year-on-year +8.70% +1.38% +3.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year - +32.08% -
South East median hourly rate - £70.00 £53.00
% change year-on-year - +32.08% -3.37%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,577 2,795 3,369
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 93.85% 96.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,467 1,936 2,294
10th Percentile £212 £313 £188
25th Percentile £367 £406 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £685 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 193 73 102
10th Percentile £15.85 £17.19 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.00 £12.50
Median hourly rate £45.00 £45.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - +157.14% -16.86%
75th Percentile £62.50 £66.21 £24.69
90th Percentile £83.47 £79.19 £65.53
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £45.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +5.56% +114.29% -15.15%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in the Thames Valley

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in the Thames Valley

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in the Thames Valley

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in the Thames Valley

Business Analyst
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 Analyst within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 19 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
Berkshire -44 53 £525 +12.90% 7
Buckinghamshire +30 22 £430 -4.44% 7
Oxfordshire +7 6 £488 +2.63% 1
Business Analyst
South East

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 19 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 Thames Valley region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 33 (40.74%) Business Analysis
2 30 (37.04%) Social Skills
3 22 (27.16%) Requirements Gathering
4 18 (22.22%) User Stories
5 16 (19.75%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (18.52%) Project Management
6 15 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
7 13 (16.05%) Change Management
7 13 (16.05%) Finance
7 13 (16.05%) Agile
8 12 (14.81%) Degree
9 11 (13.58%) User Acceptance Testing
9 11 (13.58%) Analytical Skills
10 10 (12.35%) Security Cleared
10 10 (12.35%) SAP
11 9 (11.11%) Telecoms
11 9 (11.11%) SC Cleared
11 9 (11.11%) Impact Assessments
12 8 (9.88%) Confluence
12 8 (9.88%) JIRA
12 8 (9.88%) Data Analysis
13 7 (8.64%) Oracle
13 7 (8.64%) Microsoft
13 7 (8.64%) ISEB
13 7 (8.64%) GDPR
13 7 (8.64%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (8.64%) Business Case
14 6 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
14 6 (7.41%) ERP
14 6 (7.41%) SQL

Business Analyst Skill Set
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 8 (9.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (6.17%) MS Visio
3 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (4.94%) SAP MDG
2 2 (2.47%) NetSuite
3 1 (1.23%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (1.23%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.23%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.23%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.23%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 6 (7.41%) AWS
1 6 (7.41%) Azure
2 4 (4.94%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (3.70%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.47%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.23%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
5 1 (1.23%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.70%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (1.23%) Broadband
2 1 (1.23%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.70%) Power BI
2 2 (2.47%) Power Query
2 2 (2.47%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 8 (9.88%) JIRA
General
1 30 (37.04%) Social Skills
2 13 (16.05%) Finance
3 11 (13.58%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (11.11%) Telecoms
5 7 (8.64%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (7.41%) Manufacturing
6 6 (7.41%) Retail
7 5 (6.17%) Automotive
8 4 (4.94%) Banking
9 3 (3.70%) Corporate Banking
9 3 (3.70%) Marketing
9 3 (3.70%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.23%) Legal
10 1 (1.23%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.70%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.17%) Product Ownership
2 4 (4.94%) Cloud Native
3 3 (3.70%) IoT
3 3 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (3.70%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.23%) Mainframe
4 1 (1.23%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.23%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (40.74%) Business Analysis
2 22 (27.16%) Requirements Gathering
3 18 (22.22%) User Stories
4 16 (19.75%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (18.52%) Project Management
5 15 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
6 13 (16.05%) Agile
6 13 (16.05%) Change Management
7 11 (13.58%) User Acceptance Testing
8 9 (11.11%) Impact Assessments
9 8 (9.88%) Data Analysis
10 7 (8.64%) Business Case
11 6 (7.41%) ERP
12 5 (6.17%) Data Design
12 5 (6.17%) Data Security
12 5 (6.17%) DevOps
12 5 (6.17%) Migration
12 5 (6.17%) Systems Analysis
12 5 (6.17%) Workshop Facilitation
13 4 (4.94%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.41%) SQL
2 1 (1.23%) JCL
2 1 (1.23%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 12 (14.81%) Degree
2 10 (12.35%) Security Cleared
3 9 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 7 (8.64%) ISEB
5 3 (3.70%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.47%) CBAP
7 1 (1.23%) CSPO
7 1 (1.23%) IIBA
7 1 (1.23%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.64%) GDPR
2 1 (1.23%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (12.35%) SAP
2 7 (8.64%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.64%) Oracle
3 3 (3.70%) Workday
4 2 (2.47%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.47%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.23%) Adobe
5 1 (1.23%) Apple