Business Analyst Contracts in Gloucestershire

Business Analyst (BA)
South West > Gloucestershire

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in Gloucestershire is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 August 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 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 55 38
Rank change year-on-year +23 -17 +11
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 5 5 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 1.82% 1.11% 3.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.08% 1.16% 3.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 11
10th Percentile £454 - £363
25th Percentile £459 £363 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £375 £575
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% -34.78% +15.00%
75th Percentile £491 £413 £644
90th Percentile £496 £458 £675
South West median daily rate £469 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +10.35% -15.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £67.50
Median hourly rate - - £81.00
75th Percentile - - £94.50
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate - - £81.00
% change year-on-year - - +47.27%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Gloucestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Gloucestershire. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Gloucestershire with a recognized job title 240 430 467
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.27% 95.13% 97.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 220 286
10th Percentile £191 £361 £363
25th Percentile £334 £460 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +7.32%
75th Percentile £660 £638 £675
90th Percentile £733 £725 £749
South West median daily rate £500 £508 £525
% change year-on-year -1.48% -3.33% +1.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 51 47
10th Percentile £13.50 £15.75 £31.80
25th Percentile £14.51 £31.50 £47.50
Median hourly rate £35.17 £67.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.90% -10.00% +130.77%
75th Percentile £70.00 £71.50 £78.00
90th Percentile £73.50 £73.75 £84.04
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -62.74% +8.00% +15.74%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in Gloucestershire

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

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

Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in Gloucestershire

Business Analyst
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 27 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Gloucester 0 2 £488 +2.63% 4
Cheltenham +26 1 - - 3
Business Analyst
South West

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

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

1 2 (40.00%) Data Migration
1 2 (40.00%) Data Mapping
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (40.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (40.00%) Data Quality
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Migration
1 2 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (20.00%) Tableau
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) Data Lineage
2 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (20.00%) Requirements Workshops
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Scrum
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (20.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (20.00%) JIRA
2 1 (20.00%) User Stories

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
1 1 (20.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (40.00%) Data Mapping
1 2 (40.00%) Data Migration
1 2 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (40.00%) Migration
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (20.00%) Data Lineage
2 1 (20.00%) Data Transformation
2 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (20.00%) Requirements Workshops
2 1 (20.00%) Scrum
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (20.00%) User Stories
2 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (20.00%) Accessibility