Business Analyst Contracts in Bedfordshire

Business Analyst (BA)
East of England > Bedfordshire

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in Bedfordshire is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 June 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
26 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 28 25
Rank change year-on-year -3 -3 -13
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 6 5 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 3.33% 2.26% 3.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.66% 2.48% 3.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 6
10th Percentile £380 £448 £363
25th Percentile £425 £481 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £518 £488
Median % change year-on-year -8.21% +6.15% +2.63%
75th Percentile £500 £561 £498
90th Percentile - £577 £500
East of England median daily rate £450 £425 £458
% change year-on-year +5.88% -7.10% +1.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £50.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £20.50 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -59.00% -23.08% -

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 164 202 162
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.11% 91.40% 97.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 102 107
10th Percentile £185 £300 £187
25th Percentile £475 £363 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £625 £573 £600
90th Percentile £700 £625 £625
East of England median daily rate £488 £442 £475
% change year-on-year +10.29% -6.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 47 3
10th Percentile £25.99 £15.39 £26.00
25th Percentile £63.94 £15.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £80.00 £60.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -20.00% +46.34%
75th Percentile £88.00 £65.38 £85.00
90th Percentile £91.50 £67.50 £88.00
East of England median hourly rate £37.50 £43.00 £36.25
% change year-on-year -12.79% +18.62% +93.33%

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
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 26 June 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 +2 6 £475 +11.76% 2
Business Analyst
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 26 June 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 5 (83.33%) Business Analysis
2 3 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 3 (50.00%) Biotechnology
2 3 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) SAP
2 3 (50.00%) Analytics
2 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 2 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (33.33%) Business Case
3 2 (33.33%) Requirements Workshops
3 2 (33.33%) Software Deployment
3 2 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (33.33%) Software Rationalisation
3 2 (33.33%) ServiceNow
3 2 (33.33%) Anaplan
3 2 (33.33%) Software Licensing
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (33.33%) ITIL
3 2 (33.33%) CCA
3 2 (33.33%) Hyperion
3 2 (33.33%) AdminStudio
3 2 (33.33%) Migration
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Asset Management

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:

Business Applications
1 3 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (33.33%) SAP BPC
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) AdminStudio
2 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
1 3 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (16.67%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Business Analysis
2 3 (50.00%) Analytics
2 3 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (50.00%) Biotechnology
2 3 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 2 (33.33%) Application Packaging
3 2 (33.33%) Business Case
3 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (33.33%) ITIL
3 2 (33.33%) Migration
3 2 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (33.33%) Requirements Workshops
3 2 (33.33%) Software Deployment
3 2 (33.33%) Software Licensing
3 2 (33.33%) Software Rationalisation
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (33.33%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CBAP
1 2 (33.33%) CCA
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) SAP
2 2 (33.33%) Anaplan
2 2 (33.33%) Hyperion
2 2 (33.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (16.67%) Ariba
3 1 (16.67%) Salesforce