Business Analysis Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Business Analysis
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Business Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 20 19
Rank change year-on-year -7 -1 +11
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 11 10 17
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 4.82% 6.45% 6.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.37% 7.41% 8.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 7 10
10th Percentile £519 - £436
25th Percentile £543 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.43% +5.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £650 £544 -
90th Percentile - £550 £551
East of England median daily rate £585 £513 £450
% change year-on-year +14.15% +13.89% -12.54%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

Business Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 205 135 211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 89.91% 87.10% 86.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 68 147
10th Percentile £335 £212 £340
25th Percentile £413 £441 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £628 £678 £550
90th Percentile £650 £704 £600
East of England median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 16 5
10th Percentile £25.15 £23.63 -
25th Percentile £34.41 £29.75 £30.70
Median hourly rate £67.50 £45.75 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +47.54% -12.86% -7.89%
75th Percentile £89.06 £61.03 £57.50
90th Percentile £91.35 £74.00 £60.80
East of England median hourly rate £20.35 £35.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year -41.86% +48.94% -2.58%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Business Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Business Analysis job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Business Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Business Analysis

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 8 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analysis in Bedfordshire

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Business Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Business Analysis

Business Analysis
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 8 January 2026. 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
Luton -6 7 £650 +26.83% 2
Bedford - 4 £585 - 1
Business Analysis
East of England

Business Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 6 (54.55%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (54.55%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (54.55%) Power BI
2 5 (45.45%) SAP HANA
General
1 6 (54.55%) Manufacturing
1 6 (54.55%) Pharmaceutical
2 4 (36.36%) Aerospace
3 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Lead
2 5 (45.45%) Senior
3 4 (36.36%) Analyst
3 4 (36.36%) Business Analyst
3 4 (36.36%) Senior Analyst
3 4 (36.36%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Life Science
2 1 (9.09%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Analytics
1 6 (54.55%) ERP
2 5 (45.45%) Biotechnology
2 5 (45.45%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (45.45%) Change Management
2 5 (45.45%) Data Management
2 5 (45.45%) Data Science
2 5 (45.45%) Requirements Gathering
2 5 (45.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 5 (45.45%) Use Case
2 5 (45.45%) User Experience
3 4 (36.36%) Coaching
3 4 (36.36%) Cost Reduction
3 4 (36.36%) Data Analysis
3 4 (36.36%) Mentoring
3 4 (36.36%) Project Management
4 2 (18.18%) AI
4 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
4 2 (18.18%) Visualisation
5 1 (9.09%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) GxP
1 5 (45.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) SAP
2 1 (9.09%) Ariba
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft