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 £465, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 102 61
Rank change year-on-year +34 -41 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 101 79 192
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.89% 1.71% 3.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.21% 1.86% 3.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 61 155
10th Percentile £373 £341 £408
25th Percentile £406 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £550
90th Percentile £575 £575 £624
England median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% +2.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £25.53
25th Percentile - - £30.86
Median hourly rate - - £41.98
75th Percentile - - £53.36
90th Percentile - - £58.84
England median hourly rate £31.49 £46.25 £47.50
% change year-on-year -31.91% -2.63% +73.64%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 3,146 4,253 5,305
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.14% 92.30% 94.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,032 2,533 3,589
10th Percentile £204 £245 £212
25th Percentile £363 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -
75th Percentile £598 £625 £613
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 278 312 250
10th Percentile £13.43 £16.03 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £30.41 £21.05
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.43 £50.71
Median % change year-on-year -56.20% +13.24% +111.29%
75th Percentile £57.50 £75.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £71.95 £80.00 £75.67
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Business Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst 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 19 September 2025.

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 19 September 2025. 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 +22 62 £450 -9.09% 48
Berkshire +18 37 £465 -7.00% 39
Buckinghamshire +23 21 £413 -2.94% 6
Hampshire +12 20 £500 +19.40% 12
Surrey +8 8 £456 +7.35% 13
East Sussex +2 4 £625 +25.00% 10
Kent +1 4 £488 - 12
Oxfordshire -10 4 £400 -11.11% 3
West Sussex -1 2 £463 +105.56% 7
Business Analyst
England

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 19 September 2025, Business Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 54 (53.47%) Agile
2 38 (37.62%) Social Skills
3 33 (32.67%) User Stories
4 30 (29.70%) Business Analysis
5 24 (23.76%) Finance
5 24 (23.76%) Requirements Gathering
6 20 (19.80%) Workshop Facilitation
7 18 (17.82%) Stakeholder Management
7 18 (17.82%) Analytical Skills
8 17 (16.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 15 (14.85%) Waterfall
10 14 (13.86%) Scrum
10 14 (13.86%) SQL
10 14 (13.86%) JIRA
11 13 (12.87%) Business Intelligence
11 13 (12.87%) Analytics
11 13 (12.87%) Problem-Solving
11 13 (12.87%) Acceptance Criteria
11 13 (12.87%) Power Platform
12 12 (11.88%) Security Cleared
13 11 (10.89%) CRM
13 11 (10.89%) Power BI
13 11 (10.89%) Product Ownership
14 10 (9.90%) Azure
14 10 (9.90%) Process Improvement
14 10 (9.90%) Salesforce
14 10 (9.90%) Change Management
14 10 (9.90%) Data Analysis
14 10 (9.90%) User Acceptance Testing
14 10 (9.90%) BPMN

Business Analyst Skill Set
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 8 (7.92%) Confluence
2 2 (1.98%) CMS
3 1 (0.99%) Camunda
3 1 (0.99%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.99%) Smallworld
Applications
1 8 (7.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.95%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.97%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (3.96%) NetSuite
2 3 (2.97%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (1.98%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.98%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 13 (12.87%) Power Platform
2 10 (9.90%) Azure
3 5 (4.95%) AWS
3 5 (4.95%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (3.96%) Figma
4 4 (3.96%) SaaS
5 3 (2.97%) Slack
6 2 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.98%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.99%) Lucidchart
7 1 (0.99%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.99%) Network Security
1 1 (0.99%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (10.89%) Power BI
2 4 (3.96%) Tableau
3 2 (1.98%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.98%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.99%) GIS
4 1 (0.99%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.99%) Impala
4 1 (0.99%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.99%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.99%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 14 (13.86%) JIRA
2 1 (0.99%) Postman
2 1 (0.99%) SoapUI
General
1 38 (37.62%) Social Skills
2 24 (23.76%) Finance
3 18 (17.82%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (6.93%) Documentation Skills
4 7 (6.93%) Manufacturing
4 7 (6.93%) Public Sector
5 6 (5.94%) Automotive
5 6 (5.94%) Retail
5 6 (5.94%) Telecoms
6 5 (4.95%) Billing
6 5 (4.95%) Marketing
7 4 (3.96%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.97%) Banking
8 3 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.98%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.98%) Local Government
10 1 (0.99%) Back Office
10 1 (0.99%) French Language
10 1 (0.99%) Law
10 1 (0.99%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.95%) ADO
2 3 (2.97%) Web Services
3 2 (1.98%) .NET
4 1 (0.99%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.89%) Product Ownership
2 6 (5.94%) Onboarding
3 4 (3.96%) Cloud Native
3 4 (3.96%) Mobile App
4 3 (2.97%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.97%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.97%) Operational Technology
4 3 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.99%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.99%) IoT
6 1 (0.99%) Life Science
6 1 (0.99%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.99%) Smart Meter
6 1 (0.99%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.99%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (53.47%) Agile
2 33 (32.67%) User Stories
3 30 (29.70%) Business Analysis
4 24 (23.76%) Requirements Gathering
5 20 (19.80%) Workshop Facilitation
6 18 (17.82%) Stakeholder Management
7 17 (16.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 15 (14.85%) Waterfall
9 14 (13.86%) Scrum
10 13 (12.87%) Acceptance Criteria
10 13 (12.87%) Analytics
10 13 (12.87%) Business Intelligence
10 13 (12.87%) Problem-Solving
11 11 (10.89%) CRM
12 10 (9.90%) BPMN
12 10 (9.90%) Change Management
12 10 (9.90%) Data Analysis
12 10 (9.90%) Process Improvement
12 10 (9.90%) User Acceptance Testing
13 9 (8.91%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 14 (13.86%) SQL
2 3 (2.97%) Python
3 2 (1.98%) R
4 1 (0.99%) Korn
Qualifications
1 12 (11.88%) Security Cleared
2 8 (7.92%) Degree
3 4 (3.96%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.98%) ACCA
4 2 (1.98%) CIMA
4 2 (1.98%) CIPFA
4 2 (1.98%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.99%) IIBA
5 1 (0.99%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.92%) QA
2 3 (2.97%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.98%) GDPR
4 1 (0.99%) GRC
4 1 (0.99%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 10 (9.90%) Salesforce
2 9 (8.91%) Oracle
3 6 (5.94%) Microsoft
4 5 (4.95%) SAP
4 5 (4.95%) Virgin Media
5 4 (3.96%) MuleSoft
6 3 (2.97%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.98%) Cognos
7 2 (1.98%) IFS
7 2 (1.98%) Palantir
7 2 (1.98%) TIBCO
7 2 (1.98%) webMethods
8 1 (0.99%) Capita
8 1 (0.99%) Citrix
8 1 (0.99%) ESRI
8 1 (0.99%) Workday