Business Analyst Contracts in Somerset

Business Analyst (BA)
South West > Somerset

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in Somerset is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 25 32
Rank change year-on-year +7 +7 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 6 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 4.32% 0.99% 0.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.88% 1.07% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 2
10th Percentile £474 - £477
25th Percentile £491 - £507
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £566
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +6.01% +33.18%
75th Percentile £614 - £627
90th Percentile £684 - £658
South West median daily rate £500 £513 £519
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.20% +10.96%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Somerset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Somerset. 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 Somerset with a recognized job title 123 187 204
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.49% 92.12% 98.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 113 156
10th Percentile £263 £164 £196
25th Percentile £413 £250 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £675 £578 £650
90th Percentile £724 £605 £719
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 32 16
10th Percentile £13.66 £12.28 £17.38
25th Percentile £15.48 £15.23 £32.11
Median hourly rate £18.51 £25.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.96% -50.00% +0.50%
75th Percentile £19.76 £40.00 £61.09
90th Percentile £20.51 £48.00 £76.84
South West median hourly rate £63.50 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +15.45% -15.38% +38.30%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in Somerset

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in Somerset

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in Somerset over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in Somerset

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in Somerset

Business Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

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 Somerset region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Bath - 5 £500 - 7
Business Analyst
South West

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Somerset region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Business Case
3 2 (33.33%) Product Ownership
3 2 (33.33%) User Stories
3 2 (33.33%) Business Process Modelling
3 2 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Wealth Management
3 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) Azure
4 1 (16.67%) SaaS
4 1 (16.67%) IIBA
4 1 (16.67%) Business Process Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (16.67%) Straight-Through Processing
4 1 (16.67%) Business Transformation
4 1 (16.67%) Use Case
4 1 (16.67%) Degree
4 1 (16.67%) Banking
4 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
4 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (16.67%) Validation

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (16.67%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (16.67%) Pendo
1 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Reports
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (16.67%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (33.33%) Agile
1 2 (33.33%) Business Analysis
1 2 (33.33%) Business Case
1 2 (33.33%) Business Process Modelling
1 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (33.33%) User Stories
1 2 (33.33%) Wealth Management
2 1 (16.67%) Active Listening
2 1 (16.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 1 (16.67%) Business Process Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
2 1 (16.67%) DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Re-Platforming
2 1 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Identification
2 1 (16.67%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (16.67%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) IIBA
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle
1 1 (16.67%) Salesforce