Business Analysis Contracts in the South East

Business Analysis
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Business Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Business Analysis over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 106 78
Rank change year-on-year -27 -28 +11
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 68 119 247
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.23% 2.05% 3.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.45% 2.29% 3.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 89 187
10th Percentile £369 £400 £400
25th Percentile £411 £410 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £568 £550 £566
90th Percentile £640 £595 £650
England median daily rate £540 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
Median hourly rate £18.35 £70.00 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year -73.79% +32.08% +105.83%
England median hourly rate £72.70 £62.75 £62.50
% change year-on-year +15.85% +0.40% +133.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Business Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,683 5,187 6,936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.85% 89.29% 89.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,728 3,599 4,696
10th Percentile £243 £250 £225
25th Percentile £400 £404 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.89% +1.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £623 £619 £588
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 431 219 286
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.25 £12.23
25th Percentile £18.20 £23.83 £15.72
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -15.89%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £48.71
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.83 £62.70
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Business Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analysis in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Analysis in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Business Analysis in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis in the South East over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analysis in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Analysis in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Business Analysis in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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
Thames Valley -21 42 £525 +10.53% 12
Berkshire -25 28 £528 +8.21% 5
Buckinghamshire +26 14 £430 -1.71% 6
Hampshire -2 14 £544 +31.08% 3
Surrey +7 11 £425 -8.11% 8
M4 Corridor - 1 £598 -
Business Analysis
England

Business Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 6 (8.82%) Confluence
2 2 (2.94%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (5.88%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.94%) SAP Hybris
2 1 (1.47%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (1.47%) SAP CO
2 1 (1.47%) SAP FI
2 1 (1.47%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.35%) AWS
2 3 (4.41%) SaaS
2 3 (4.41%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 2 (2.94%) Azure
3 2 (2.94%) PaaS
4 1 (1.47%) Adobe Analytics
4 1 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.47%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.47%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 1 (1.47%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.41%) Firewall
2 2 (2.94%) Network Security
2 2 (2.94%) VPN
2 2 (2.94%) WAN
3 1 (1.47%) Broadband
3 1 (1.47%) LAN
3 1 (1.47%) MPLS
3 1 (1.47%) SDH
3 1 (1.47%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.47%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.47%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (10.29%) JIRA
General
1 34 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 23 (33.82%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (16.18%) Finance
4 10 (14.71%) Telecoms
5 6 (8.82%) Retail
6 5 (7.35%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (7.35%) Public Sector
7 4 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (4.41%) Banking
8 3 (4.41%) Corporate Banking
8 3 (4.41%) Local Government
8 3 (4.41%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.94%) Automotive
9 2 (2.94%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.94%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 47 (69.12%) Analyst
2 36 (52.94%) Business Analyst
3 12 (17.65%) Senior
4 11 (16.18%) Senior Analyst
5 9 (13.24%) Product Analyst
6 8 (11.76%) Architect
7 7 (10.29%) Senior Business Analyst
8 6 (8.82%) Digital Analyst
8 6 (8.82%) Digital Business Analyst
8 6 (8.82%) Solutions Architect
9 5 (7.35%) Java Architect
9 5 (7.35%) Java Solutions Architect
9 5 (7.35%) Security Analyst
10 4 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 4 (5.88%) DevOps Architect
10 4 (5.88%) Lead
11 3 (4.41%) Business Requirements Analyst
11 3 (4.41%) Finance Business Analyst
11 3 (4.41%) IT Analyst
11 3 (4.41%) Senior Requirements Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.41%) JSON
1 3 (4.41%) XML
2 2 (2.94%) .NET
2 2 (2.94%) .NET Framework
2 2 (2.94%) ASP.NET
2 2 (2.94%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (2.94%) Blazor
2 2 (2.94%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (2.94%) RESTful
2 2 (2.94%) WCF
3 1 (1.47%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.76%) Product Ownership
2 4 (5.88%) Cloud Native
2 4 (5.88%) Mobile App
3 3 (4.41%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.94%) CSOC
5 1 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (42.65%) Project Management
2 25 (36.76%) Requirements Gathering
3 23 (33.82%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (30.88%) Agile
5 20 (29.41%) User Stories
6 13 (19.12%) Scrum
7 10 (14.71%) Acceptance Criteria
7 10 (14.71%) Change Management
7 10 (14.71%) Collaborative Working
7 10 (14.71%) Project Delivery
7 10 (14.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 9 (13.24%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (13.24%) Translating Business Requirements
8 9 (13.24%) User Acceptance Testing
9 8 (11.76%) Business Case
9 8 (11.76%) DevOps
9 8 (11.76%) Impact Assessments
9 8 (11.76%) Kanban
10 7 (10.29%) Critical Thinking
10 7 (10.29%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.82%) Java
2 4 (5.88%) SQL
3 3 (4.41%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.94%) C#
Qualifications
1 11 (16.18%) Security Cleared
2 8 (11.76%) Degree
3 5 (7.35%) DV Cleared
4 4 (5.88%) ISEB
5 3 (4.41%) NVQ Level 4
5 3 (4.41%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.47%) APMP
6 1 (1.47%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.71%) QA
2 1 (1.47%) PMO
2 1 (1.47%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (7.35%) SAP
2 3 (4.41%) Adobe
3 2 (2.94%) AlgoSec
3 2 (2.94%) CheckPoint
3 2 (2.94%) Juniper
3 2 (2.94%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.94%) Oracle
4 1 (1.47%) Apple
4 1 (1.47%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.47%) VMware