Business Analyst Contracts in Bedfordshire

Business Analyst (BA)
East of England > Bedfordshire

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in Bedfordshire is £535 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 28 13
Rank change year-on-year -4 -15 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 5 3 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 1.94% 1.60% 10.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.16% 1.65% 10.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 19
10th Percentile £504 - £362
25th Percentile £509 £481 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £488 £480
Median % change year-on-year +9.74% +1.56% +1.59%
75th Percentile £570 £494 £519
90th Percentile £581 - £525
East of England median daily rate £425 £488 £450
% change year-on-year -12.82% +8.33% +7.46%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bedfordshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 231 182 276
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.53% 97.33% 97.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 132 143
10th Percentile £263 £175 £263
25th Percentile £363 £278 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £470 £490
Median % change year-on-year +11.70% -4.08% +18.79%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £538
90th Percentile £625 £625 £623
East of England median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 6 20
10th Percentile £15.30 £18.50 £12.75
25th Percentile £15.39 £29.31 £42.50
Median hourly rate £31.80 £63.75 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.12% +15.91% +243.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £87.50 £61.31
90th Percentile £65.75 £90.00 £68.75
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £35.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year +22.86% +125.81% -5.62%

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 25 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
Luton -6 2 - -
Dunstable -3 1 £500 +2.56%
Bedford - 1 £575 -
Business Analyst
East of England

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire

For the 6 months to 25 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 Bedfordshire region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (40.00%) Internet
1 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) IoT
1 2 (40.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (40.00%) Security Monitoring
1 2 (40.00%) Information Security
1 2 (40.00%) Key Management
1 2 (40.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (40.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Business Case
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) User Experience
2 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Data Management
2 1 (20.00%) Local Government
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Internet
General
1 1 (20.00%) Local Government
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (20.00%) Retail
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) IoT
1 2 (40.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (40.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (40.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (40.00%) Information Security
1 2 (40.00%) Key Management
1 2 (40.00%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (20.00%) Business Case
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Data Management
2 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (20.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory