Business Analyst Contracts in Berkshire

Business Analyst (BA)
South East > Berkshire

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in Berkshire is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 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
27 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 74 34
Rank change year-on-year +17 -40 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 34 46 110
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.99% 2.34% 6.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.24% 2.51% 6.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 36 72
10th Percentile £378 £400 £366
25th Percentile £406 £492 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +0.96% +18.86%
75th Percentile £541 £575 £550
90th Percentile £553 £588 £574
South East median daily rate £488 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +2.63% - +3.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £58.75
25th Percentile - - £60.63
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
75th Percentile - - £68.13
90th Percentile - - £69.25
South East median hourly rate - - £60.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,051 1,835 1,719
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.36% 93.24% 94.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 649 931 1,070
10th Percentile £313 £267 £325
25th Percentile £411 £412 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £614 £625
90th Percentile £688 £688 £706
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 131 57
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.00 £17.34
25th Percentile £32.05 £42.00 £23.00
Median hourly rate £61.50 £61.00 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year +0.81% +3.83% +197.47%
75th Percentile £78.60 £76.12 £74.25
90th Percentile £88.87 £87.53 £79.61
South East median hourly rate £31.78 £49.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -35.15% -2.00% +138.10%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in Berkshire

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in Berkshire

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in Berkshire over the 6 months to 27 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in Berkshire

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in Berkshire

Business Analyst
Contract 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 Analyst within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 27 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
Reading +39 18 £525 +2.44% 9
Bracknell 0 5 £400 -23.81% 2
Wokingham -1 5 £519 -9.78%
Slough -7 1 £450 -21.74% 12
Windsor -12 1 £460 -8.00%
Business Analyst
South East

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

For the 6 months to 27 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 Berkshire region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 19 (55.88%) Agile
2 10 (29.41%) User Stories
2 10 (29.41%) Social Skills
3 7 (20.59%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (20.59%) Telecoms
4 6 (17.65%) Change Management
4 6 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (17.65%) JIRA
4 6 (17.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (17.65%) Requirements Gathering
5 5 (14.71%) Onboarding
5 5 (14.71%) Waterfall
5 5 (14.71%) Virgin Media
5 5 (14.71%) Acceptance Criteria
5 5 (14.71%) Business Analysis
5 5 (14.71%) Scrum
5 5 (14.71%) Finance
6 4 (11.76%) Use Case
6 4 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (11.76%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (11.76%) Process Improvement
6 4 (11.76%) DevOps
6 4 (11.76%) Analytics
6 4 (11.76%) Azure
6 4 (11.76%) Workshop Facilitation
7 3 (8.82%) Business Case
7 3 (8.82%) BPMN
7 3 (8.82%) User Experience
7 3 (8.82%) Service Design
7 3 (8.82%) Asset Management

Business Analyst Skill Set
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 (2.94%) Camunda
1 1 (2.94%) CMS
1 1 (2.94%) Confluence
1 1 (2.94%) Smallworld
Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.94%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.76%) Azure
1 4 (11.76%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.94%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.94%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.94%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) GIS
1 1 (2.94%) Power BI
1 1 (2.94%) Spatial Data
1 1 (2.94%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (17.65%) JIRA
General
1 10 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 7 (20.59%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (20.59%) Telecoms
3 5 (14.71%) Finance
4 2 (5.88%) Automotive
4 2 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (5.88%) Local Government
4 2 (5.88%) Retail
5 1 (2.94%) Marketing
5 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.88%) Web Services
2 1 (2.94%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.71%) Onboarding
2 2 (5.88%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.88%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.94%) Cyberattack
3 1 (2.94%) Learning Management System
3 1 (2.94%) Life Science
3 1 (2.94%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (55.88%) Agile
2 10 (29.41%) User Stories
3 6 (17.65%) Change Management
3 6 (17.65%) Requirements Gathering
3 6 (17.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 6 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (14.71%) Acceptance Criteria
4 5 (14.71%) Business Analysis
4 5 (14.71%) Scrum
4 5 (14.71%) Waterfall
5 4 (11.76%) Analytics
5 4 (11.76%) DevOps
5 4 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (11.76%) Process Improvement
5 4 (11.76%) Use Case
5 4 (11.76%) Workshop Facilitation
6 3 (8.82%) BPMN
6 3 (8.82%) Business Case
6 3 (8.82%) Service Design
6 3 (8.82%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (5.88%) ACCA
1 2 (5.88%) CIMA
1 2 (5.88%) CIPFA
1 2 (5.88%) Degree
2 1 (2.94%) APMP
2 1 (2.94%) DV Cleared
2 1 (2.94%) IIBA
2 1 (2.94%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (2.94%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.94%) GDPR
Vendors
1 5 (14.71%) Virgin Media
2 2 (5.88%) ServiceNow
2 2 (5.88%) Workday
3 1 (2.94%) Capita
3 1 (2.94%) ESRI
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.94%) Oracle