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 £478, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 79 79
Rank change year-on-year -12 0 -22
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 102 80 142
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 2.24% 2.48% 2.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.49% 2.67% 2.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 65 123
10th Percentile £350 £319 £406
25th Percentile £405 £407 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.53% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £531 £538 £538
90th Percentile £575 £563 £607
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -

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 4,093 2,998 4,966
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.04% 92.79% 93.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,652 1,849 3,122
10th Percentile £255 £234 £205
25th Percentile £400 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £613 £600
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 352 105 364
10th Percentile £13.88 £18.58 £13.05
25th Percentile £16.93 £24.18 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% -10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.50 £62.66
90th Percentile £84.25 £69.75 £76.40
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -14.29% -6.67% +7.14%

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 29 January 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 29 January 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 57 £450 -9.55% 29
Berkshire -11 32 £465 -6.06% 16
Hampshire -13 26 £500 +11.11% 11
Buckinghamshire +7 21 £400 -23.81% 8
Surrey -8 7 £475 - 7
Kent - 5 £500 - 3
Oxfordshire -9 4 £508 -0.98% 5
East Sussex +1 3 £650 +30.00% 2
West Sussex -11 2 £488 +116.67% 6
Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 January 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 40 (39.22%) Agile
1 40 (39.22%) Business Analysis
2 34 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
3 27 (26.47%) Stakeholder Management
4 26 (25.49%) User Stories
5 25 (24.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 23 (22.55%) Requirements Gathering
7 18 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
9 15 (14.71%) JIRA
10 12 (11.76%) Microsoft
10 12 (11.76%) Salesforce
11 11 (10.78%) Scrum
12 10 (9.80%) Azure
12 10 (9.80%) Business Case
12 10 (9.80%) Security Cleared
12 10 (9.80%) Use Case
12 10 (9.80%) Workflow
13 9 (8.82%) Analytics
13 9 (8.82%) CRM
13 9 (8.82%) Project Management
13 9 (8.82%) Validation
13 9 (8.82%) Waterfall
14 8 (7.84%) BPMN
14 8 (7.84%) Business Process Mapping
14 8 (7.84%) DevOps
14 8 (7.84%) Migration
14 8 (7.84%) SC Cleared
15 7 (6.86%) Acceptance Criteria
15 7 (6.86%) Confluence

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 7 (6.86%) Confluence
2 2 (1.96%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.98%) Appian
3 1 (0.98%) Camunda
Applications
1 6 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (5.88%) MS Visio
2 4 (3.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.94%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (1.96%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (1.96%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (1.96%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (9.80%) Azure
2 7 (6.86%) Power Platform
3 6 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (4.90%) AWS
5 3 (2.94%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.94%) SaaS
6 2 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.96%) Slack
7 1 (0.98%) iPaaS
7 1 (0.98%) Lucidchart
7 1 (0.98%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.98%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.98%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.90%) Power BI
2 3 (2.94%) Tableau
3 1 (0.98%) Big Data
3 1 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.98%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 15 (14.71%) JIRA
2 1 (0.98%) Rational DOORS
General
1 35 (34.31%) Social Skills
2 23 (22.55%) Analytical Skills
2 23 (22.55%) Finance
3 13 (12.75%) Telecoms
4 11 (10.78%) Documentation Skills
5 9 (8.82%) Marketing
6 6 (5.88%) Public Sector
7 5 (4.90%) Banking
7 5 (4.90%) Billing
7 5 (4.90%) Retail
8 4 (3.92%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.96%) Automotive
10 2 (1.96%) Electronics
10 2 (1.96%) General Ledger
10 2 (1.96%) Local Government
11 1 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.98%) Legal
11 1 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.98%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.90%) ADO
2 3 (2.94%) SailPoint
3 2 (1.96%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.82%) Product Ownership
2 6 (5.88%) Cloud Native
3 4 (3.92%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (3.92%) Mobile App
4 3 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.94%) NHS
4 3 (2.94%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.94%) Operational Technology
4 3 (2.94%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (1.96%) PMI
5 2 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.98%) CMDB
6 1 (0.98%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.98%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.98%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.98%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.98%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (39.22%) Agile
1 40 (39.22%) Business Analysis
2 34 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
3 27 (26.47%) Stakeholder Management
4 26 (25.49%) User Stories
5 25 (24.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 23 (22.55%) Requirements Gathering
7 18 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
9 11 (10.78%) Scrum
10 10 (9.80%) Business Case
10 10 (9.80%) Use Case
10 10 (9.80%) Workflow
11 9 (8.82%) Analytics
11 9 (8.82%) CRM
11 9 (8.82%) Project Management
11 9 (8.82%) Validation
11 9 (8.82%) Waterfall
12 8 (7.84%) Business Process Mapping
12 8 (7.84%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.88%) SQL
2 3 (2.94%) Python
3 2 (1.96%) R
Qualifications
1 10 (9.80%) Security Cleared
2 8 (7.84%) SC Cleared
3 6 (5.88%) Degree
4 3 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (2.94%) CBAP
5 2 (1.96%) ISEB
5 2 (1.96%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.98%) ISEB Practitioner
6 1 (0.98%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.94%) GDPR
1 3 (2.94%) ISO 8583
1 3 (2.94%) QA
2 2 (1.96%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.96%) NIST
2 2 (1.96%) PCI DSS
2 2 (1.96%) PMO
2 2 (1.96%) PSD2
3 1 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.98%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (2.94%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (11.76%) Microsoft
1 12 (11.76%) Salesforce
2 5 (4.90%) MuleSoft
3 4 (3.92%) SAP
4 3 (2.94%) CyberArk
4 3 (2.94%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.96%) Cognos
5 2 (1.96%) Oracle
5 2 (1.96%) TIBCO
5 2 (1.96%) webMethods
6 1 (0.98%) Ariba
6 1 (0.98%) BT
6 1 (0.98%) Citrix
6 1 (0.98%) IBM
6 1 (0.98%) Openreach
6 1 (0.98%) Planon