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 26 September 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 66 104
Rank change year-on-year -14 +38 -47
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 184 103 82
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 2.78% 2.91% 1.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.05% 3.25% 1.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 71 64
10th Percentile £400 £380 £341
25th Percentile £450 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +1.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £561 £538 £525
90th Percentile £588 £575 £575
England median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -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 £60.00 £31.49 £58.25
% change year-on-year +90.54% -45.94% +22.63%

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 6,034 3,169 4,170
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.15% 89.67% 92.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,444 2,052 2,480
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% +1.50%
75th Percentile £625 £588 £625
90th Percentile £724 £650 £688
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 795 281 286
10th Percentile £15.02 £13.25 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £15.50 £28.13
Median hourly rate £49.00 £25.15 £58.17
Median % change year-on-year +94.83% -56.77% +16.35%
75th Percentile £70.00 £57.50 £75.00
90th Percentile £86.61 £71.50 £80.00
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% -

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 26 September 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 26 September 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 26 September 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 -4 114 £500 +11.11% 72
Berkshire +15 84 £500 +2.04% 44
Hampshire -17 31 £525 +5.00% 26
Buckinghamshire -27 21 £516 +23.93% 15
Surrey -8 18 £500 +9.59% 13
West Sussex -15 11 £450 -2.70% 6
Oxfordshire -23 9 £400 -3.03% 13
East Sussex 0 4 £575 -8.00% 2
Kent -2 4 £513 +5.13% 7
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 26 September 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 79 (42.93%) Business Analysis
2 78 (42.39%) Stakeholder Management
3 67 (36.41%) Requirements Gathering
4 63 (34.24%) Workshop Facilitation
5 62 (33.70%) Agile
6 48 (26.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 30 (16.30%) User Stories
8 29 (15.76%) Process Improvement
8 29 (15.76%) Security Cleared
9 28 (15.22%) User Acceptance Testing
10 27 (14.67%) Problem-Solving
11 25 (13.59%) Cybersecurity
11 25 (13.59%) SC Cleared
12 24 (13.04%) JIRA
13 22 (11.96%) Validation
14 20 (10.87%) Acceptance Criteria
14 20 (10.87%) Impact Assessments
15 19 (10.33%) Azure
15 19 (10.33%) Confluence
15 19 (10.33%) Decision-Making
16 18 (9.78%) Azure DevOps
16 18 (9.78%) DevOps
16 18 (9.78%) Microsoft
16 18 (9.78%) SAP
17 17 (9.24%) Business Intelligence
17 17 (9.24%) GAP Analysis
17 17 (9.24%) Salesforce
18 16 (8.70%) Requirements Management
19 15 (8.15%) AI
19 15 (8.15%) 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 19 (10.33%) Confluence
2 3 (1.63%) ArcGIS
3 2 (1.09%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 10 (5.43%) MS Visio
2 9 (4.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.54%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (4.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (3.26%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (1.63%) Maximo
4 1 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.54%) Primavera
4 1 (0.54%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.54%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 19 (10.33%) Azure
2 18 (9.78%) Azure DevOps
3 15 (8.15%) Power Platform
4 9 (4.89%) AWS
5 4 (2.17%) Lucidchart
6 3 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.63%) SaaS
7 2 (1.09%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.09%) Network Security
2 1 (0.54%) Intranet
2 1 (0.54%) Mobile Backhaul
2 1 (0.54%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (0.54%) SONET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.61%) Power BI
2 3 (1.63%) GIS
3 2 (1.09%) Tableau
4 1 (0.54%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 24 (13.04%) JIRA
2 1 (0.54%) Rational DOORS
General
1 57 (30.98%) Social Skills
2 52 (28.26%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (21.74%) Finance
4 18 (9.78%) Documentation Skills
5 10 (5.43%) Public Sector
5 10 (5.43%) Retail
6 8 (4.35%) Aerospace
6 8 (4.35%) Manufacturing
7 7 (3.80%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (3.80%) Police
8 6 (3.26%) Billing
8 6 (3.26%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.63%) Automotive
9 3 (1.63%) General Ledger
9 3 (1.63%) Legal
9 3 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.09%) Back Office
10 2 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.09%) Local Government
10 2 (1.09%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.17%) Oracle Fusion
1 4 (2.17%) Terraform
2 1 (0.54%) ADO
2 1 (0.54%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.61%) Product Ownership
2 11 (5.98%) Operational Technology
3 9 (4.89%) Onboarding
4 7 (3.80%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (2.72%) Data Structures
6 4 (2.17%) IVR
6 4 (2.17%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.63%) PMI
8 2 (1.09%) CMDB
8 2 (1.09%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.09%) Low-Code
8 2 (1.09%) NHS
8 2 (1.09%) SCADA
8 2 (1.09%) Smart Meter
9 1 (0.54%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.54%) Autonomous Agent
9 1 (0.54%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.54%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.54%) Manufacturing Execution System
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (42.93%) Business Analysis
2 78 (42.39%) Stakeholder Management
3 67 (36.41%) Requirements Gathering
4 63 (34.24%) Workshop Facilitation
5 62 (33.70%) Agile
6 48 (26.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 30 (16.30%) User Stories
8 29 (15.76%) Process Improvement
9 28 (15.22%) User Acceptance Testing
10 27 (14.67%) Problem-Solving
11 25 (13.59%) Cybersecurity
12 22 (11.96%) Validation
13 20 (10.87%) Acceptance Criteria
13 20 (10.87%) Impact Assessments
14 19 (10.33%) Decision-Making
15 18 (9.78%) DevOps
16 17 (9.24%) Business Intelligence
16 17 (9.24%) GAP Analysis
17 16 (8.70%) Requirements Management
18 15 (8.15%) AI
Programming Languages
1 15 (8.15%) SQL
2 2 (1.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 29 (15.76%) Security Cleared
2 25 (13.59%) SC Cleared
3 14 (7.61%) Degree
4 6 (3.26%) CBAP
4 6 (3.26%) ISEB
5 5 (2.72%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (2.17%) ACCA
6 4 (2.17%) CIMA
6 4 (2.17%) ISTQB
6 4 (2.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 3 (1.63%) ISEB Practitioner
7 3 (1.63%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (1.09%) IIBA
8 2 (1.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.54%) APMG
9 1 (0.54%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.54%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.54%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.61%) Data Quality
2 10 (5.43%) QA
3 9 (4.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (4.35%) GRC
5 4 (2.17%) GDPR
5 4 (2.17%) NIST
6 1 (0.54%) NCSC
6 1 (0.54%) PMO
6 1 (0.54%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 18 (9.78%) Microsoft
1 18 (9.78%) SAP
2 17 (9.24%) Salesforce
3 11 (5.98%) ServiceNow
4 6 (3.26%) Oracle
5 4 (2.17%) Databricks
6 3 (1.63%) ESRI
6 3 (1.63%) IBM
7 2 (1.09%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 2 (1.09%) Virgin Media
8 1 (0.54%) Axway
8 1 (0.54%) Ceridian
8 1 (0.54%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.54%) Duck Creek
8 1 (0.54%) Guidewire
8 1 (0.54%) NGA Human Resources
8 1 (0.54%) Pega
8 1 (0.54%) PeopleSoft
8 1 (0.54%) Planview
8 1 (0.54%) Workday