Business Analysis Contracts in Berkshire

Business Analysis
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Business Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 96 77
Rank change year-on-year +17 -19 -11
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Business Analysis 16 18 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.36% 1.05% 2.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.48% 1.21% 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 6 25
10th Percentile £406 £466 £463
25th Percentile £423 £493 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £588 £525
Median % change year-on-year -17.02% +11.90% +10.53%
75th Percentile £549 £647 £575
90th Percentile £603 £669 £650
South East median daily rate £463 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -2.63% -5.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,080 1,483 1,571
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 91.76% 86.42% 89.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 666 782 995
10th Percentile £350 £325 £312
25th Percentile £420 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.18% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £517 £520
% change year-on-year -3.34% -0.53% +3.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 75 57
10th Percentile £14.75 £16.10 £18.10
25th Percentile £17.30 £41.50 £47.50
Median hourly rate £32.05 £61.60 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.97% +2.67% +130.77%
75th Percentile £62.24 £72.04 £72.00
90th Percentile £87.25 £87.46 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £23.00 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -59.90% +14.70% +80.31%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Business Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analysis in Berkshire

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

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

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis in Berkshire over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analysis in Berkshire

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

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

Business Analysis
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +18 7 £474 -19.09% 4
Bracknell +3 4 £450 -30.77% 3
Business Analysis
South East

Business Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 1 (6.25%) CMS
1 1 (6.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (12.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (6.25%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) SD-WAN
2 1 (6.25%) Broadband
2 1 (6.25%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) JIRA
General
1 9 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Automotive
3 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Finance
3 2 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
4 1 (6.25%) General Ledger
4 1 (6.25%) Legal
4 1 (6.25%) Marketing
4 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (68.75%) Analyst
1 11 (68.75%) Business Analyst
2 6 (37.50%) Senior
3 5 (31.25%) Senior Analyst
3 5 (31.25%) Senior Business Analyst
4 3 (18.75%) Architect
5 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (12.50%) Operations Analyst
5 2 (12.50%) Operations Business Analyst
5 2 (12.50%) Project Manager
5 2 (12.50%) Security Analyst
5 2 (12.50%) Senior Operations Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Digital Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Digital Business Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Digital Project Manager
6 1 (6.25%) E-Commerce Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Finance Business Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Oracle Business Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Telecoms Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 2 (12.50%) Operational Technology
2 2 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (6.25%) Mobile App
3 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Agile
2 8 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (37.50%) Waterfall
3 6 (37.50%) Workshop Facilitation
4 5 (31.25%) Data Protection
4 5 (31.25%) Requirements Gathering
4 5 (31.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (31.25%) User Stories
5 4 (25.00%) BPMN
5 4 (25.00%) Project Management
5 4 (25.00%) Roadmaps
5 4 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
5 4 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (18.75%) Change Management
6 3 (18.75%) CRM
6 3 (18.75%) GAP Analysis
6 3 (18.75%) Product Management
6 3 (18.75%) Product Roadmap
6 3 (18.75%) Scrum
6 3 (18.75%) Service Design
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) IIBA
2 1 (6.25%) SAP Certification
2 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) GRC
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
1 3 (18.75%) VMware
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle
2 1 (6.25%) SAP