Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in Peterborough

Business Analyst (BA)
Cambridgeshire > Peterborough

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in Peterborough is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 September 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
26 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 26 29
Rank change year-on-year +5 +3 +18
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 4 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Peterborough 3.51% 0.55% 1.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.55% 1.02% 2.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £324
25th Percentile - - £342
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £381
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.29%
75th Percentile - - £417
90th Percentile - - £433
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £450 £500 £439
% change year-on-year -10.00% +13.96% +1.74%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Peterborough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Peterborough. 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 Peterborough with a recognized job title 88 98 133
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 77.19% 53.85% 60.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 17 42
10th Percentile £160 £175 £182
25th Percentile £200 £178 £336
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £300 £438
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -31.43% +9.38%
75th Percentile £450 £585 £550
90th Percentile £498 £597 £613
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £501 £442 £465
% change year-on-year +13.40% -4.95% -2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 49 78
10th Percentile £13.80 £14.16 -
25th Percentile £14.76 £14.84 £13.41
Median hourly rate £16.00 £17.03 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.02% +9.84% +6.90%
75th Percentile £21.50 £21.37 £20.56
90th Percentile £31.12 £26.30 £20.69
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.30 £21.37 £17.72
% change year-on-year -23.72% +20.60% +14.32%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Peterborough

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in Peterborough

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Peterborough

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

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

Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Peterborough

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

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

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Peterborough

For the 6 months to 26 September 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 Peterborough region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) ITSM
1 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (50.00%) SaaS
1 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (25.00%) Lucidchart
2 1 (25.00%) BPMN
2 1 (25.00%) Apex Code
2 1 (25.00%) Logistics
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (25.00%) Salesforce

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Peterborough 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) SaaS
2 1 (25.00%) Lucidchart
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Lightning Web Components
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (50.00%) ITSM
1 2 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (25.00%) BPMN
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) Logistics
2 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Apex Code
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (25.00%) SAP