Business Analysis Contract Job Trends in Essex

Business Analysis
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Business Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - +3
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 4 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 1.72% - 1.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.27% - 2.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £365
25th Percentile - - £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.56%
75th Percentile - - £581
90th Percentile - - £593
East of England median daily rate £513 £500 £426
% change year-on-year +2.50% +17.30% -14.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.50 - -
Median hourly rate £23.00 - -
75th Percentile £25.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £30.43 £63.00 -
% change year-on-year -51.70% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 176 85 171
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 75.86% 95.51% 81.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 42 89
10th Percentile £300 £193 £194
25th Percentile £339 £315 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -15.79% -4.81%
75th Percentile £507 £483 £563
90th Percentile £588 £510 £600
East of England median daily rate £492 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.60% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 17 44
10th Percentile £14.25 - £10.42
25th Percentile £16.08 £13.25 £14.17
Median hourly rate £20.00 £35.00 £59.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% -41.18% +36.37%
75th Percentile £35.24 £50.00 £80.00
90th Percentile £70.40 £152.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £23.83 £40.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -40.44% - +81.82%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Business Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Business Analysis job vacancy trend in Essex

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

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

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

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

Business Analysis
Contract Job Locations in Essex

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 Essex region over the 6 months to 16 May 2026. 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
Basildon - 2 - - 1
Chigwell - 1 - -
Business Analysis
East of England

Business Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Banking
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 2 (50.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 2 (50.00%) Emotional Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) High Availability
1 2 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (50.00%) People Management
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) Scrum
1 2 (50.00%) SDLC
1 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) CRM
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) SAP