Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in Leatherhead

Business Analyst (BA)
Surrey > Leatherhead

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in Leatherhead is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026.

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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 7 14
Rank change year-on-year +2 +7 -
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 9 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in Leatherhead 22.50% 3.70% 4.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 23.08% 3.85% 5.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 5
10th Percentile - - £440
25th Percentile £463 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £488 -
90th Percentile £578 - £523
Surrey median daily rate £500 £475 £425
% change year-on-year +5.26% +11.76% -5.56%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Leatherhead

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leatherhead. 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 Leatherhead with a recognized job title 39 26 95
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.50% 96.30% 94.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 26 65
10th Percentile £463 £158 £176
25th Percentile £464 £425 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.37% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £538 £659 £625
90th Percentile £553 £675 £678
Surrey median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 15
10th Percentile £56.25 - -
25th Percentile - - £13.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 - £40.00
75th Percentile - - £57.75
90th Percentile - - £58.00
Surrey median hourly rate £66.99 £27.75 £30.00
% change year-on-year +141.41% -7.50% -33.33%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Leatherhead

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 Leatherhead.

Business Analyst job vacancy trend in Leatherhead

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Leatherhead

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 2026, 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 Leatherhead region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Agile
1 9 (100.00%) Business Analysis
2 8 (88.89%) Project Management
2 8 (88.89%) Waterfall
3 7 (77.78%) Project Delivery
3 7 (77.78%) Requirements Gathering
4 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
4 6 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (66.67%) MS Visio
4 6 (66.67%) Validation
5 5 (55.56%) Business Process Modelling
5 5 (55.56%) JIRA
5 5 (55.56%) Requirements Management
5 5 (55.56%) Swim Lanes
5 5 (55.56%) Wireframes
6 4 (44.44%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (44.44%) Defect Management
7 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (22.22%) Test Management
7 2 (22.22%) Test Strategy
7 2 (22.22%) User Experience
8 1 (11.11%) Acceptance Criteria
8 1 (11.11%) Analytics
8 1 (11.11%) Azure
8 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (11.11%) Backlog Management
8 1 (11.11%) Backlog Refinement
8 1 (11.11%) BPMN

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leatherhead 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 6 (66.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (55.56%) JIRA
General
1 4 (44.44%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Agile
1 9 (100.00%) Business Analysis
2 8 (88.89%) Project Management
2 8 (88.89%) Waterfall
3 7 (77.78%) Project Delivery
3 7 (77.78%) Requirements Gathering
4 6 (66.67%) Validation
5 5 (55.56%) Business Process Modelling
5 5 (55.56%) Requirements Management
5 5 (55.56%) Swim Lanes
5 5 (55.56%) Wireframes
6 4 (44.44%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (44.44%) Defect Management
7 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (22.22%) Test Management
7 2 (22.22%) Test Strategy
7 2 (22.22%) User Experience
8 1 (11.11%) Logical Data Model
8 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Analysis
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft