Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in the South East

Business Analyst (BA)
England > South East

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in the South East is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 October 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 70 101
Rank change year-on-year -10 +31 -35
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 180 103 82
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 2.75% 2.89% 1.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.01% 3.22% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 71 65
10th Percentile £400 £380 £341
25th Percentile £450 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +2.63% -5.00%
75th Percentile £567 £538 £525
90th Percentile £588 £575 £575
England median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £65.95 - -
25th Percentile £79.78 - -
Median hourly rate £104.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £105.60 - -
England median hourly rate £61.50 £31.49 £66.50
% change year-on-year +95.30% -52.65% +10.83%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 5,975 3,195 4,094
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.12% 89.75% 92.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,392 2,068 2,432
10th Percentile £300 £204 £245
25th Percentile £425 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -1.48% +1.30%
75th Percentile £625 £588 £625
90th Percentile £725 £651 £688
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 803 286 273
10th Percentile £15.00 £13.19 £16.00
25th Percentile £20.43 £15.50 £27.50
Median hourly rate £48.81 £25.15 £58.49
Median % change year-on-year +94.08% -57.00% +13.22%
75th Percentile £70.00 £55.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £86.61 £71.13 £80.00
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% -1.20%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Business Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Business Analyst job vacancy trend in the South East

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in the South East

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 2 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in the South East

Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in the South East

Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 2 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Analyst in the South East

Business Analyst
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 Analyst within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 October 2026. 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 -4 110 £500 +11.11% 80
Berkshire +16 83 £500 +2.04% 50
Hampshire -21 31 £525 +5.00% 29
Buckinghamshire -26 20 £516 +23.93% 20
Surrey -10 18 £500 +9.59% 12
West Sussex -14 11 £450 -2.70% 3
Oxfordshire -25 7 £240 -41.82% 10
East Sussex +1 4 £575 -8.00% 4
Kent -3 4 £513 +5.13% 9
Home Counties - 1 £650 -
Business Analyst
England

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 2 October 2026, Business Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 80 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
2 77 (42.78%) Business Analysis
3 69 (38.33%) Requirements Gathering
4 61 (33.89%) Agile
5 60 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
6 43 (23.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 29 (16.11%) Security Cleared
8 28 (15.56%) Process Improvement
8 28 (15.56%) User Stories
9 27 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
9 27 (15.00%) User Acceptance Testing
10 25 (13.89%) SC Cleared
11 24 (13.33%) JIRA
12 23 (12.78%) Cybersecurity
13 21 (11.67%) Validation
14 18 (10.00%) Acceptance Criteria
14 18 (10.00%) Azure
14 18 (10.00%) Confluence
14 18 (10.00%) Impact Assessments
14 18 (10.00%) SAP
15 17 (9.44%) Azure DevOps
15 17 (9.44%) DevOps
15 17 (9.44%) GAP Analysis
15 17 (9.44%) Microsoft
15 17 (9.44%) Salesforce
16 16 (8.89%) Business Intelligence
16 16 (8.89%) Decision-Making
16 16 (8.89%) Requirements Management
17 15 (8.33%) Data Quality
17 15 (8.33%) Migration

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 18 (10.00%) Confluence
2 3 (1.67%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.56%) Oracle Coherence
3 1 (0.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (5.00%) MS Visio
2 5 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.56%) InfoPath
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (4.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (3.33%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (1.67%) Maximo
4 1 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.56%) Primavera
4 1 (0.56%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.56%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 18 (10.00%) Azure
2 17 (9.44%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (7.78%) Power Platform
4 9 (5.00%) AWS
5 4 (2.22%) Lucidchart
6 3 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.67%) SaaS
7 2 (1.11%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.11%) Network Security
2 1 (0.56%) Intranet
2 1 (0.56%) Mobile Backhaul
2 1 (0.56%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (0.56%) SONET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.22%) Power BI
2 3 (1.67%) GIS
3 2 (1.11%) Tableau
4 1 (0.56%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 24 (13.33%) JIRA
2 1 (0.56%) Rational DOORS
General
1 57 (31.67%) Social Skills
2 50 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (22.22%) Finance
4 17 (9.44%) Documentation Skills
5 10 (5.56%) Public Sector
6 8 (4.44%) Aerospace
6 8 (4.44%) Manufacturing
7 7 (3.89%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (3.89%) Police
7 7 (3.89%) Retail
8 6 (3.33%) Billing
8 6 (3.33%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.67%) Automotive
9 3 (1.67%) General Ledger
9 3 (1.67%) Legal
9 3 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.11%) Local Government
10 2 (1.11%) Marketing
10 2 (1.11%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.22%) Oracle Fusion
1 4 (2.22%) Terraform
2 1 (0.56%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.78%) Product Ownership
2 9 (5.00%) Onboarding
2 9 (5.00%) Operational Technology
3 6 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (2.78%) Data Structures
5 4 (2.22%) IVR
5 4 (2.22%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.67%) PMI
7 2 (1.11%) CMDB
7 2 (1.11%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.11%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.11%) NHS
7 2 (1.11%) SCADA
7 2 (1.11%) Smart Meter
8 1 (0.56%) Autonomous Agent
8 1 (0.56%) BYOD
8 1 (0.56%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.56%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.56%) Manufacturing Execution System
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
2 77 (42.78%) Business Analysis
3 69 (38.33%) Requirements Gathering
4 61 (33.89%) Agile
5 60 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
6 43 (23.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 28 (15.56%) Process Improvement
7 28 (15.56%) User Stories
8 27 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
8 27 (15.00%) User Acceptance Testing
9 23 (12.78%) Cybersecurity
10 21 (11.67%) Validation
11 18 (10.00%) Acceptance Criteria
11 18 (10.00%) Impact Assessments
12 17 (9.44%) DevOps
12 17 (9.44%) GAP Analysis
13 16 (8.89%) Business Intelligence
13 16 (8.89%) Decision-Making
13 16 (8.89%) Requirements Management
14 15 (8.33%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 15 (8.33%) SQL
2 2 (1.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 29 (16.11%) Security Cleared
2 25 (13.89%) SC Cleared
3 13 (7.22%) Degree
4 6 (3.33%) CBAP
4 6 (3.33%) ISEB
5 5 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (2.22%) ACCA
6 4 (2.22%) CIMA
6 4 (2.22%) ISTQB
6 4 (2.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 3 (1.67%) ISEB Practitioner
7 3 (1.67%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (1.11%) IIBA
8 2 (1.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.56%) APMG
9 1 (0.56%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (8.33%) Data Quality
2 9 (5.00%) QA
3 7 (3.89%) GRC
3 7 (3.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.67%) GDPR
4 3 (1.67%) NIST
5 1 (0.56%) NCSC
5 1 (0.56%) PMO
Vendors
1 18 (10.00%) SAP
2 17 (9.44%) Microsoft
2 17 (9.44%) Salesforce
3 11 (6.11%) ServiceNow
4 6 (3.33%) Oracle
5 4 (2.22%) Databricks
6 3 (1.67%) ESRI
6 3 (1.67%) IBM
7 2 (1.11%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 2 (1.11%) Virgin Media
8 1 (0.56%) Axway
8 1 (0.56%) Ceridian
8 1 (0.56%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.56%) Duck Creek
8 1 (0.56%) Guidewire
8 1 (0.56%) NGA Human Resources
8 1 (0.56%) Pega
8 1 (0.56%) PeopleSoft
8 1 (0.56%) Planview
8 1 (0.56%) Workday