Business Analysis Contracts in Reading

Business Analysis
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring Business Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 69 62
Rank change year-on-year +20 -7 +11
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 11 22 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.84% 1.85% 2.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.98% 2.05% 2.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 19
10th Percentile £429 £473 £386
25th Percentile £431 £513 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.38% +0.95% +16.67%
75th Percentile £506 £581 £550
90th Percentile £518 £710 £560
Berkshire median daily rate £463 £528 £488
% change year-on-year -12.32% +8.21% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
Berkshire median hourly rate - - £70.00
% change year-on-year - - +32.08%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 555 1,075 936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 92.96% 90.18% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 581 620
10th Percentile £313 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £619 £660
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £511 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 46 23
10th Percentile £33.82 £27.58 £45.50
25th Percentile £41.05 £53.74 £53.00
Median hourly rate £53.10 £62.07 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.46% -4.50% +132.14%
75th Percentile £65.14 £82.55 £74.40
90th Percentile £72.37 £87.50 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
% change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing Business Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analysis in Reading

Business Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Analysis in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Business Analysis in Reading

Business Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Analysis in Reading.

Hourly rate trend for Business Analysis in Reading

Business Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 (9.09%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Firewall
1 1 (9.09%) VPN
General
1 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (81.82%) Analyst
2 5 (45.45%) Business Analyst
3 4 (36.36%) Product Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Architect
5 1 (9.09%) Business Architect
5 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) Resource Management Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) Security Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) Security Architect
5 1 (9.09%) Senior
5 1 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) Senior Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Mobile App
2 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (18.18%) Data Modelling
1 2 (18.18%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (9.09%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (9.09%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (9.09%) Architecture Governance
2 1 (9.09%) Business Case
2 1 (9.09%) Cost Management
2 1 (9.09%) Customer Journey Map
2 1 (9.09%) Data Flow Diagram
2 1 (9.09%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (9.09%) Inventory Management
2 1 (9.09%) Journey Map
2 1 (9.09%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
2 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
2 1 (9.09%) Security Architecture
2 1 (9.09%) Web Filtering
2 1 (9.09%) Workflow Analysis
2 1 (9.09%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (9.09%) IIBA
1 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) GRC
1 1 (9.09%) NIST