Business Analysis Contract Job Trends in Reading

Business Analysis
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Business Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 72 63
Rank change year-on-year +5 -9 -1
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 7 14 24
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.95% 1.47% 2.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.07% 1.59% 2.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 12 17
10th Percentile £414 £431 £368
25th Percentile £423 £459 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £494 £530
Median % change year-on-year -10.08% -6.84% +11.58%
75th Percentile £521 £516 £688
90th Percentile £570 £545 £740
Berkshire median daily rate £475 £488 £525
% change year-on-year -2.56% -7.14% +9.32%

All Process & 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 652 880 911
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 88.83% 92.24% 92.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 462 498 596
10th Percentile £350 £310 £213
25th Percentile £425 £450 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £572 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.14% +8.86% -
75th Percentile £617 £650 £615
90th Percentile £653 £679 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £534 £500
% change year-on-year -6.32% +6.75% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 7 17
10th Percentile £14.75 £27.90 £59.43
25th Percentile £27.25 £35.75 £61.04
Median hourly rate £75.00 £57.50 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year +30.43% -9.15% -2.63%
75th Percentile £95.00 £63.24 £66.44
90th Percentile £105.50 £68.78 £67.60
Berkshire median hourly rate £47.48 £61.50 £61.72
% change year-on-year -22.80% -0.36% +12.21%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Business Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Business Analysis job vacancy trend in Reading

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Business Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Business Analysis

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis in Reading over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analysis in Reading

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Business Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Business Analysis

Business Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 (14.29%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Broadband
1 1 (14.29%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
2 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Analyst
1 6 (85.71%) Business Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Senior
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Business Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Operations Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Operations Business Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Security Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Operations Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Operational Security Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Security Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Security Operations Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Security Project Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Security Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Telecoms Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Telecoms Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Agile
1 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (42.86%) Requirements Gathering
2 3 (42.86%) Waterfall
2 3 (42.86%) Workshop Facilitation
3 2 (28.57%) Benchmarking
3 2 (28.57%) Business Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Scrum
3 2 (28.57%) SDLC
3 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Validation
4 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security
4 1 (14.29%) Conflict Management
4 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
4 1 (14.29%) Data Flow Diagram
4 1 (14.29%) Service Design
4 1 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Citrix
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft