Business Analyst Contracts in Oxfordshire

Business Analyst (BA)
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in Oxfordshire is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 June 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 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 15 24
Rank change year-on-year -8 +9 0
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 2 13 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 1.57% 5.20% 2.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.69% 6.02% 2.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 13 3
10th Percentile - - £340
25th Percentile - £425 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £420
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +13.10% -11.58%
75th Percentile - £500 £524
90th Percentile - £525 £581
South East median daily rate £488 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +2.63% - +3.83%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Oxfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Oxfordshire. 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 Oxfordshire with a recognized job title 118 216 213
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.91% 86.40% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 138 144
10th Percentile £175 £143 £200
25th Percentile £250 £213 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £444 £450
Median % change year-on-year -12.68% -1.39% +5.88%
75th Percentile £536 £500 £541
90th Percentile £659 £571 £638
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 31 21
10th Percentile £20.65 £13.00 £18.08
25th Percentile £25.15 £14.47 £22.50
Median hourly rate £26.53 £19.50 £28.16
Median % change year-on-year +36.05% -30.75% +40.80%
75th Percentile £46.30 £25.25 £50.00
90th Percentile £49.42 £65.00 -
South East median hourly rate £31.78 £49.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -35.15% -2.00% +138.10%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in Oxfordshire

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in Oxfordshire

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in Oxfordshire

Business Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 27 June 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
Oxford -5 2 £400 -20.00% 2
Business Analyst
South East

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

For the 6 months to 27 June 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 Oxfordshire region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) Order to Cash
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Slack
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Data Development
2 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 (50.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (50.00%) Slack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) BPMN
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Kanban
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle