Business Analyst Contracts in Reading

Business Analyst (BA)
Berkshire > Reading

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in Reading is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 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
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 81 30
Rank change year-on-year +40 -51 +11
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 18 15 67
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 3.32% 1.23% 6.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.54% 1.33% 6.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 6 48
10th Percentile £428 £447 £446
25th Percentile £469 £477 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% +19.64%
75th Percentile £550 £570 £550
90th Percentile - £584 £592
Berkshire median daily rate £488 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
Berkshire median hourly rate - - £65.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 509 1,125 1,047
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.91% 92.36% 94.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 319 596 682
10th Percentile £324 £263 £363
25th Percentile £450 £425 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 65 21
10th Percentile £14.75 £37.80 £45.00
25th Percentile £21.97 £52.90 £53.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £61.60 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.83% -6.67% +153.85%
75th Percentile £69.69 £87.46 £75.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £99.00 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.50 £60.60 £57.82
% change year-on-year +1.48% +4.81% +175.32%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in Reading

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in Reading

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in Reading over the 6 months to 30 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in Reading

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 Reading region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 13 (72.22%) Agile
2 7 (38.89%) User Stories
3 5 (27.78%) Virgin Media
3 5 (27.78%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (27.78%) Onboarding
4 4 (22.22%) Telecoms
4 4 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (22.22%) Acceptance Criteria
4 4 (22.22%) DevOps
4 4 (22.22%) Azure
4 4 (22.22%) JIRA
4 4 (22.22%) Waterfall
5 3 (16.67%) Analytics
5 3 (16.67%) Scrum
5 3 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
6 2 (11.11%) Impact Analysis
6 2 (11.11%) Backlog Refinement
6 2 (11.11%) Customer Service
6 2 (11.11%) Product Ownership
6 2 (11.11%) Asset Management
6 2 (11.11%) Business Analysis
6 2 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
6 2 (11.11%) Data Security
6 2 (11.11%) SQL
6 2 (11.11%) Data Modelling
6 2 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (11.11%) Programme Delivery
6 2 (11.11%) Service Design
6 2 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation

Business Analyst Skill Set
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 (5.56%) Camunda
1 1 (5.56%) CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) Azure
1 4 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 4 (22.22%) JIRA
General
1 4 (22.22%) Telecoms
2 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Finance
4 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.56%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Onboarding
2 2 (11.11%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.56%) Cyberattack
3 1 (5.56%) Learning Management System
3 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (72.22%) Agile
2 7 (38.89%) User Stories
3 5 (27.78%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (22.22%) Acceptance Criteria
4 4 (22.22%) DevOps
4 4 (22.22%) Waterfall
5 3 (16.67%) Analytics
5 3 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (16.67%) Scrum
6 2 (11.11%) Asset Management
6 2 (11.11%) Backlog Refinement
6 2 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (11.11%) Customer Service
6 2 (11.11%) Data Modelling
6 2 (11.11%) Data Security
6 2 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
6 2 (11.11%) Impact Analysis
6 2 (11.11%) Programme Delivery
6 2 (11.11%) Service Design
6 2 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.56%) Degree
1 1 (5.56%) DV Cleared
1 1 (5.56%) IIBA
1 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) GDPR
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) Virgin Media
2 1 (5.56%) Oracle