Business Analyst Contracts in Berkshire

Business Analyst (BA)
South East > Berkshire

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in Berkshire is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 70 24 38
Rank change year-on-year -46 +14 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 48 126 122
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.40% 6.93% 5.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.55% 7.32% 5.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 89 84
10th Percentile £415 £324 £380
25th Percentile £500 £400 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £466 £439
Median % change year-on-year +18.03% +6.20% +3.25%
75th Percentile £584 £538 £488
90th Percentile £600 £578 £532
South East median daily rate £475 £465 £454
% change year-on-year +2.15% +2.48% +3.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year - +32.08% -
South East median hourly rate - £70.00 £53.00
% change year-on-year - +32.08% -3.37%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 1,882 1,722 2,298
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.24% 94.67% 95.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 999 1,101 1,478
10th Percentile £213 £325 £206
25th Percentile £378 £425 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £580
90th Percentile £688 £701 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 58 41
10th Percentile £18.80 £17.38 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.25 £21.99 £17.00
Median hourly rate £59.00 £56.89 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.72% +170.88% -1.29%
75th Percentile £70.50 £73.90 £32.50
90th Percentile £86.19 £80.25 £68.25
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.24 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.53% +129.71% -12.50%

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 24 April 2024.

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 24 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
Reading -44 22 £525 - 2
Bracknell -5 15 £525 -4.55% 4
Slough -3 7 £575 +40.24%
Wokingham -2 1 £575 +53.33%
Windsor -9 1 £700 +180.00%
Business Analyst
South East

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

For the 6 months to 24 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 Berkshire region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 17 (35.42%) Business Analysis
2 12 (25.00%) User Stories
2 12 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 11 (22.92%) Requirements Gathering
4 10 (20.83%) Agile
5 9 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (18.75%) Project Management
5 9 (18.75%) Telecoms
5 9 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (16.67%) Degree
7 7 (14.58%) JIRA
7 7 (14.58%) Confluence
7 7 (14.58%) SAP
7 7 (14.58%) GDPR
8 6 (12.50%) Change Management
8 6 (12.50%) Manufacturing
8 6 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (10.42%) User Acceptance Testing
9 5 (10.42%) Azure
9 5 (10.42%) Finance
9 5 (10.42%) MS Visio
9 5 (10.42%) Microsoft Excel
9 5 (10.42%) Product Ownership
10 4 (8.33%) SAP MDG
10 4 (8.33%) Acceptance Criteria
10 4 (8.33%) Workshop Facilitation
10 4 (8.33%) User Experience
10 4 (8.33%) DevOps
11 3 (6.25%) IoT
11 3 (6.25%) Infrastructure 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 7 (14.58%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (10.42%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (10.42%) MS Visio
2 3 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (8.33%) SAP MDG
2 2 (4.17%) NetSuite
3 1 (2.08%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (2.08%) SAP CO
3 1 (2.08%) SAP FI
3 1 (2.08%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (2.08%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.42%) Azure
2 3 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (4.17%) Power Platform
3 2 (4.17%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (2.08%) AWS
4 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (2.08%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 1 (2.08%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.25%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (2.08%) Broadband
2 1 (2.08%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.17%) Power BI
1 2 (4.17%) Power Query
1 2 (4.17%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 7 (14.58%) JIRA
General
1 12 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (18.75%) Telecoms
3 6 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 5 (10.42%) Finance
5 3 (6.25%) Marketing
5 3 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (6.25%) Retail
6 2 (4.17%) Automotive
7 1 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.08%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.17%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.42%) Product Ownership
2 3 (6.25%) IoT
2 3 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (6.25%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.08%) EPoS
3 1 (2.08%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (35.42%) Business Analysis
2 12 (25.00%) User Stories
3 11 (22.92%) Requirements Gathering
4 10 (20.83%) Agile
5 9 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (18.75%) Project Management
5 9 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (12.50%) Change Management
7 5 (10.42%) User Acceptance Testing
8 4 (8.33%) Acceptance Criteria
8 4 (8.33%) DevOps
8 4 (8.33%) User Experience
8 4 (8.33%) Workshop Facilitation
9 3 (6.25%) Business Case
9 3 (6.25%) Collaborative Working
9 3 (6.25%) Commercial Awareness
9 3 (6.25%) Critical Thinking
9 3 (6.25%) Customer-Centricity
9 3 (6.25%) Migration
9 3 (6.25%) Target Operating Model
Qualifications
1 8 (16.67%) Degree
2 2 (4.17%) CBAP
3 1 (2.08%) CSPO
3 1 (2.08%) IIBA
3 1 (2.08%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.58%) GDPR
Vendors
1 7 (14.58%) SAP
2 3 (6.25%) Oracle
2 3 (6.25%) Workday
3 2 (4.17%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.17%) Salesforce
3 2 (4.17%) ServiceNow