Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Business Analyst (BA)
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in Buckinghamshire is £416, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 43 29
Rank change year-on-year +18 -14 +31
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 21 7 32
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 5.36% 1.82% 5.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.80% 1.88% 5.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 5 29
10th Percentile £366 £475 £405
25th Percentile £385 £513 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £416 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £475 £538 £500
90th Percentile £604 - £559
South East median daily rate £484 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -2.27% -1.00% +7.30%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Buckinghamshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 362 372 556
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 96.88% 95.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 251 418
10th Percentile £196 £220 £230
25th Percentile £350 £374 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £538 £560 £600
90th Percentile £638 £656 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -2.44% - +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 15 20
10th Percentile £15.13 £14.59 £13.16
25th Percentile £15.91 £15.04 £15.39
Median hourly rate £25.08 £18.70 £20.25
Median % change year-on-year +34.09% -7.65% +26.56%
75th Percentile £29.61 £36.37 £23.91
90th Percentile £36.00 £47.45 £30.00
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £52.50 £51.24
% change year-on-year -52.38% +2.46% +36.63%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Business Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

Business Analyst job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in Buckinghamshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in Buckinghamshire

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 1 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in Buckinghamshire

Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in Buckinghamshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies 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 1 December 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
Milton Keynes +13 17 £413 -8.33% 6
Aylesbury - 1 - -
Business Analyst
South East

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire

For the 6 months to 1 December 2025, Business Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Buckinghamshire region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 12 (57.14%) Agile
2 10 (47.62%) User Stories
3 8 (38.10%) Business Analysis
4 7 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
5 6 (28.57%) Salesforce
6 5 (23.81%) User Acceptance Testing
6 5 (23.81%) Waterfall
6 5 (23.81%) Workshop Facilitation
7 4 (19.05%) Figma
7 4 (19.05%) Functional Testing
7 4 (19.05%) NetSuite
7 4 (19.05%) Oracle
7 4 (19.05%) QA
7 4 (19.05%) SAP
7 4 (19.05%) Visualisation
7 4 (19.05%) Wireframes
8 3 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
8 3 (14.29%) Business Process Mapping
8 3 (14.29%) Data Analysis
8 3 (14.29%) Data Categorisation
8 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
8 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
9 2 (9.52%) .NET
9 2 (9.52%) ERP
9 2 (9.52%) GAP Analysis
9 2 (9.52%) Impact Assessments
9 2 (9.52%) PMO
9 2 (9.52%) Project Management

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 4 (19.05%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) Figma
2 1 (4.76%) Azure
2 1 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 9 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 8 (38.10%) Finance
3 4 (19.05%) Manufacturing
4 2 (9.52%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Marketing
4 2 (9.52%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Banking
5 1 (4.76%) Legal
5 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.76%) Data Structures
2 1 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.76%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (57.14%) Agile
2 10 (47.62%) User Stories
3 8 (38.10%) Business Analysis
4 7 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
5 5 (23.81%) User Acceptance Testing
5 5 (23.81%) Waterfall
5 5 (23.81%) Workshop Facilitation
6 4 (19.05%) Functional Testing
6 4 (19.05%) Visualisation
6 4 (19.05%) Wireframes
7 3 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
7 3 (14.29%) Business Process Mapping
7 3 (14.29%) Data Analysis
7 3 (14.29%) Data Categorisation
7 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
7 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
8 2 (9.52%) Project Planning
8 2 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (9.52%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) QA
2 2 (9.52%) PMO
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) Salesforce
2 4 (19.05%) Oracle
2 4 (19.05%) SAP
3 2 (9.52%) TIBCO
3 2 (9.52%) webMethods
4 1 (4.76%) BT
4 1 (4.76%) Openreach