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 13 July 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 76 98
Rank change year-on-year -3 +22 -41
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 176 84 107
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 2.71% 2.48% 1.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.95% 2.73% 2.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 61 86
10th Percentile £363 £363 £341
25th Percentile £425 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £498
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.18% +0.43%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £555
90th Percentile £588 £625 £588
England median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £97.77 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £104.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £106.40 - -
England median hourly rate £61.50 £34.11 £46.25
% change year-on-year +80.30% -26.25% -24.49%

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 5,961 3,075 5,169
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.89% 90.79% 92.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,572 1,990 3,052
10th Percentile £303 £213 £250
25th Percentile £425 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £619 £600 £628
90th Percentile £706 £661 £692
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 639 235 503
10th Percentile £16.33 £14.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £25.89 £15.50 £19.00
Median hourly rate £52.43 £28.00 £54.88
Median % change year-on-year +87.23% -48.97% +11.99%
75th Percentile £78.75 £62.24 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.30 £80.00
England median hourly rate £45.56 £28.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +59.84% -28.75% -6.98%

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 13 July 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
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 13 July 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 -8 96 £500 +2.56% 15
Berkshire +2 69 £500 +2.56% 8
Hampshire -8 40 £525 +10.53% 4
Surrey -7 21 £500 +12.68% 10
Buckinghamshire -27 17 £525 -1.04% 3
West Sussex -9 13 £450 - 6
Oxfordshire -22 10 £525 +31.25% 4
East Sussex -4 3 - - 2
Kent -3 1 £550 +17.33% 6
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 13 July 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 72 (40.91%) Business Analysis
2 62 (35.23%) Agile
3 59 (33.52%) Workshop Facilitation
4 56 (31.82%) Stakeholder Management
5 52 (29.55%) Requirements Gathering
5 52 (29.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 39 (22.16%) Security Cleared
7 31 (17.61%) SC Cleared
8 30 (17.05%) Process Improvement
9 28 (15.91%) User Stories
10 27 (15.34%) JIRA
11 24 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
11 24 (13.64%) Decision-Making
12 20 (11.36%) User Acceptance Testing
13 19 (10.80%) Acceptance Criteria
13 19 (10.80%) Requirements Management
14 18 (10.23%) Confluence
14 18 (10.23%) Microsoft
14 18 (10.23%) Migration
14 18 (10.23%) Problem-Solving
15 17 (9.66%) Azure
15 17 (9.66%) Business Intelligence
15 17 (9.66%) Project Delivery
15 17 (9.66%) Waterfall
16 16 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
16 16 (9.09%) CRM
16 16 (9.09%) Degree
16 16 (9.09%) DevOps
16 16 (9.09%) Impact Assessments
16 16 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001

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 (10.23%) Confluence
2 3 (1.70%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.57%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 14 (7.95%) MS Visio
2 13 (7.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (5.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.57%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (4.55%) Salesforce CRM
2 6 (3.41%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.70%) Adobe Campaign
4 2 (1.14%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.57%) Primavera
5 1 (0.57%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 17 (9.66%) Azure
2 16 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
3 13 (7.39%) Power Platform
4 10 (5.68%) AWS
5 3 (1.70%) Lucidchart
5 3 (1.70%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (1.70%) SaaS
5 3 (1.70%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 2 (1.14%) Miro
6 2 (1.14%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.14%) Intranet
2 1 (0.57%) Network Security
2 1 (0.57%) SONET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.82%) Power BI
2 3 (1.70%) Data Mining
2 3 (1.70%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.14%) OLAP
4 1 (0.57%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.57%) MS Access
4 1 (0.57%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.57%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 27 (15.34%) JIRA
2 2 (1.14%) Balsamiq
General
1 61 (34.66%) Analytical Skills
2 50 (28.41%) Social Skills
3 32 (18.18%) Finance
4 16 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
4 16 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 10 (5.68%) Manufacturing
6 8 (4.55%) Marketing
6 8 (4.55%) Retail
7 7 (3.98%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (3.41%) Aerospace
8 6 (3.41%) Legal
8 6 (3.41%) Police
9 4 (2.27%) Billing
10 3 (1.70%) Advertising
10 3 (1.70%) Automotive
10 3 (1.70%) Military
10 3 (1.70%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.14%) Back Office
11 2 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.57%) Agriculture
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.84%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (2.27%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.52%) Analytical Mindset
1 15 (8.52%) Operational Technology
2 12 (6.82%) Product Ownership
3 8 (4.55%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.41%) SCADA
5 5 (2.84%) IVR
6 4 (2.27%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (1.70%) NHS
7 3 (1.70%) PMI
8 2 (1.14%) CMDB
8 2 (1.14%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.14%) Marketing Technology
8 2 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.57%) Blog
9 1 (0.57%) BYOD
9 1 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.57%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.57%) Life Science
9 1 (0.57%) Robotics
9 1 (0.57%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (40.91%) Business Analysis
2 62 (35.23%) Agile
3 59 (33.52%) Workshop Facilitation
4 56 (31.82%) Stakeholder Management
5 52 (29.55%) Requirements Gathering
5 52 (29.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 30 (17.05%) Process Improvement
7 28 (15.91%) User Stories
8 24 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
8 24 (13.64%) Decision-Making
9 20 (11.36%) User Acceptance Testing
10 19 (10.80%) Acceptance Criteria
10 19 (10.80%) Requirements Management
11 18 (10.23%) Migration
11 18 (10.23%) Problem-Solving
12 17 (9.66%) Business Intelligence
12 17 (9.66%) Project Delivery
12 17 (9.66%) Waterfall
13 16 (9.09%) DevOps
13 16 (9.09%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (22.16%) Security Cleared
2 31 (17.61%) SC Cleared
3 16 (9.09%) Degree
4 12 (6.82%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (3.98%) CBAP
6 6 (3.41%) ISEB
7 4 (2.27%) ISEB Practitioner
7 4 (2.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (1.70%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 3 (1.70%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.14%) ACCA
9 2 (1.14%) CIMA
9 2 (1.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.57%) APMG
10 1 (0.57%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.57%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.57%) IIBA
10 1 (0.57%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (6.25%) GDPR
3 8 (4.55%) GRC
3 8 (4.55%) NIST
4 6 (3.41%) Data Quality
4 6 (3.41%) QA
5 2 (1.14%) PMO
6 1 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.57%) NCSC
6 1 (0.57%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 5 (2.84%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (10.23%) Microsoft
2 16 (9.09%) Salesforce
3 15 (8.52%) ServiceNow
4 8 (4.55%) SAP
5 7 (3.98%) Oracle
6 4 (2.27%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 3 (1.70%) Adobe
7 3 (1.70%) Databricks
8 2 (1.14%) Virgin Media
9 1 (0.57%) Ceridian
9 1 (0.57%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.57%) NGA Human Resources
9 1 (0.57%) Planview
9 1 (0.57%) Workday