Business Analyst Contracts in Bedfordshire

Business Analyst (BA)
East of England > Bedfordshire

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in Bedfordshire is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 30 29
Rank change year-on-year +5 -1 -15
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 8 5 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 5.10% 2.03% 1.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.97% 2.29% 1.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 2
10th Percentile £350 £504 -
25th Percentile £425 £509 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £535 £488
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +9.74% -0.51%
75th Percentile - £570 £494
90th Percentile - £581 -
East of England median daily rate £428 £425 £488
% change year-on-year +0.59% -12.82% +8.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bedfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bedfordshire. 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 Bedfordshire with a recognized job title 134 218 179
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.35% 88.62% 97.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 127 128
10th Percentile £266 £263 £175
25th Percentile £500 £359 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £470
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +6.38% -6.00%
75th Percentile £684 £560 £600
90th Percentile £700 £625 £627
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 33 6
10th Percentile £20.26 £15.31 £18.50
25th Percentile £27.71 £15.39 £29.31
Median hourly rate £60.75 £31.80 £63.75
Median % change year-on-year +91.04% -50.12% +15.91%
75th Percentile £82.50 £65.00 £87.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £65.75 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £50.00 £43.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +16.28% +22.86% +125.81%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in Bedfordshire

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in Bedfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in Bedfordshire

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in Bedfordshire

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in Bedfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in Bedfordshire

Business Analyst
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 Analyst within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. 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 +7 7 £500 - 2
Dunstable +4 1 £350 -30.00%
Business Analyst
East of England

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, 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 Bedfordshire region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) Finance
1 6 (75.00%) SAP
1 6 (75.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 6 (75.00%) Business Analysis
1 6 (75.00%) Analytics
1 6 (75.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (62.50%) Workshop Facilitation
2 5 (62.50%) CCA
3 4 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 4 (50.00%) Decision-Making
4 3 (37.50%) Requirements Workshops
4 3 (37.50%) Biotechnology
4 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (25.00%) Ariba
5 2 (25.00%) Hyperion
5 2 (25.00%) Data Management
5 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (25.00%) SAP BPC
5 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
5 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
5 2 (25.00%) User Stories
5 2 (25.00%) Anaplan
6 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (12.50%) Power BI
6 1 (12.50%) Wireframes
6 1 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
6 1 (12.50%) Chatbot
6 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Chatbot
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (75.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (25.00%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 6 (75.00%) Finance
2 4 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Life Science
1 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Analytics
1 6 (75.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 6 (75.00%) Business Analysis
2 5 (62.50%) Workshop Facilitation
3 4 (50.00%) Decision-Making
4 3 (37.50%) Biotechnology
4 3 (37.50%) Requirements Workshops
4 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (25.00%) Data Management
5 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
5 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (25.00%) User Stories
6 1 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
6 1 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
6 1 (12.50%) Business Transformation
6 1 (12.50%) Functional Testing
6 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
6 1 (12.50%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) CCA
2 1 (12.50%) CSPO
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) SAP
2 2 (25.00%) Anaplan
2 2 (25.00%) Ariba
2 2 (25.00%) Hyperion
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Salesforce