Business Analyst Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Business Analyst (BA)
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in Buckinghamshire is £430 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 28 56 33
Rank change year-on-year +28 -23 -12
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 23 21 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 4.71% 2.38% 5.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.99% 2.54% 5.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 20 39
10th Percentile £363 £413 £381
25th Percentile £375 £427 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £448 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.91% -0.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £488 £450 £455
90th Percentile £500 £463 £500
South East median daily rate £475 £466 £455
% change year-on-year +1.93% +2.42% +4.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Buckinghamshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire. 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 Buckinghamshire with a recognized job title 461 826 789
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 93.54% 97.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 328 670 591
10th Percentile £225 £247 £200
25th Percentile £398 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £468
Median % change year-on-year - +1.50% +4.00%
75th Percentile £575 £574 £555
90th Percentile £670 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 3 40
10th Percentile £15.85 £10.23 £10.73
25th Percentile £17.64 £11.33 £10.77
Median hourly rate £23.75 £13.16 £12.28
Median % change year-on-year +80.47% +7.21% -12.32%
75th Percentile £29.38 £28.46 £21.75
90th Percentile £48.75 £37.63 £27.80
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 Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in Buckinghamshire

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in Buckinghamshire

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in Buckinghamshire

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in Buckinghamshire

Business Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire 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
Milton Keynes +28 20 £428 -3.93% 6
Marlow - 1 £500 -
Buckingham - 1 £418 -
Business Analyst
South East

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

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 Buckinghamshire region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 15 (65.22%) Social Skills
2 11 (47.83%) Business Analysis
3 10 (43.48%) Security Cleared
4 9 (39.13%) SC Cleared
5 7 (30.43%) Data Analysis
5 7 (30.43%) Change Management
5 7 (30.43%) Requirements Gathering
5 7 (30.43%) Impact Assessments
6 6 (26.09%) SQL
6 6 (26.09%) Microsoft
6 6 (26.09%) Project Management
6 6 (26.09%) User Acceptance Testing
6 6 (26.09%) User Stories
7 5 (21.74%) Systems Analysis
7 5 (21.74%) ISEB
7 5 (21.74%) Finance
7 5 (21.74%) Data Design
7 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (17.39%) Cloud Native
8 4 (17.39%) Business Case
8 4 (17.39%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (17.39%) Banking
8 4 (17.39%) AWS
9 3 (13.04%) DV Cleared
9 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (13.04%) Retail
9 3 (13.04%) Corporate Banking
9 3 (13.04%) Degree
9 3 (13.04%) Automotive
9 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Project

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (17.39%) AWS
General
1 15 (65.22%) Social Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Finance
3 4 (17.39%) Banking
3 4 (17.39%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (13.04%) Automotive
4 3 (13.04%) Corporate Banking
4 3 (13.04%) Public Sector
4 3 (13.04%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Cloud Native
2 1 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (4.35%) Mainframe
2 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (47.83%) Business Analysis
2 7 (30.43%) Change Management
2 7 (30.43%) Data Analysis
2 7 (30.43%) Impact Assessments
2 7 (30.43%) Requirements Gathering
3 6 (26.09%) Project Management
3 6 (26.09%) User Acceptance Testing
3 6 (26.09%) User Stories
4 5 (21.74%) Data Design
4 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (21.74%) Systems Analysis
5 4 (17.39%) Business Case
6 3 (13.04%) Infrastructure as Code
6 3 (13.04%) PRINCE2
7 2 (8.70%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 2 (8.70%) Decision-Making
7 2 (8.70%) Logistics
7 2 (8.70%) Process Improvement
7 2 (8.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 1 (4.35%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (26.09%) SQL
2 1 (4.35%) JCL
2 1 (4.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 10 (43.48%) Security Cleared
2 9 (39.13%) SC Cleared
3 5 (21.74%) ISEB
4 3 (13.04%) Degree
4 3 (13.04%) DV Cleared
5 2 (8.70%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (4.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) Adobe
2 1 (4.35%) Apple