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 4 September 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 71 100
Rank change year-on-year -13 +29 -43
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 166 91 82
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 2.54% 2.63% 1.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.77% 2.92% 1.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 65 61
10th Percentile £388 £368 £350
25th Percentile £430 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -4.04% -1.00%
75th Percentile £558 £538 £538
90th Percentile £588 £576 £598
England median daily rate £520 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +1.96% -2.86% -1.87%
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 £56.75 £32.19 £46.25
% change year-on-year +76.30% -30.40% -2.63%

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 6,001 3,116 4,296
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.76% 90.21% 92.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,496 2,009 2,588
10th Percentile £303 £205 £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 £625 £600 £625
90th Percentile £713 £663 £688
England median daily rate £525 £506 £525
% change year-on-year +3.75% -3.62% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 750 282 342
10th Percentile £15.36 £13.75 £16.26
25th Percentile £23.00 £15.50 £32.50
Median hourly rate £52.21 £25.15 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +107.60% -56.15% +14.70%
75th Percentile £70.00 £57.50 £75.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £72.85 £80.00
England median hourly rate £42.58 £25.15 £46.18
% change year-on-year +69.28% -45.54% +5.29%

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 4 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
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 4 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 -12 95 £507 +14.19% 36
Berkshire +13 66 £531 +8.97% 22
Hampshire -20 31 £525 +5.00% 8
Buckinghamshire -35 21 £500 +21.21% 8
Surrey -9 18 £500 +9.59% 10
West Sussex -13 13 £450 -2.70% 5
Oxfordshire -19 8 £400 - 6
Kent 0 4 £513 +5.13% 8
East Sussex 0 3 - - 2
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 4 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 74 (44.58%) Business Analysis
2 66 (39.76%) Stakeholder Management
3 58 (34.94%) Agile
4 55 (33.13%) Workshop Facilitation
5 52 (31.33%) Requirements Gathering
6 44 (26.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 29 (17.47%) Process Improvement
8 28 (16.87%) Security Cleared
9 25 (15.06%) Cybersecurity
10 24 (14.46%) JIRA
11 23 (13.86%) SC Cleared
11 23 (13.86%) User Stories
12 22 (13.25%) Problem-Solving
12 22 (13.25%) User Acceptance Testing
13 20 (12.05%) Acceptance Criteria
14 19 (11.45%) Validation
15 18 (10.84%) Salesforce
16 17 (10.24%) Confluence
16 17 (10.24%) Decision-Making
16 17 (10.24%) Microsoft
16 17 (10.24%) Requirements Management
17 16 (9.64%) Waterfall
18 15 (9.04%) Azure
18 15 (9.04%) Business Intelligence
18 15 (9.04%) CRM
18 15 (9.04%) Defect Management
18 15 (9.04%) Degree
18 15 (9.04%) Project Delivery
18 15 (9.04%) SAP
19 14 (8.43%) Azure DevOps

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 17 (10.24%) Confluence
2 2 (1.20%) ArcGIS
2 2 (1.20%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.60%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 10 (6.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (5.42%) MS Visio
3 7 (4.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.60%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (4.82%) Salesforce CRM
2 6 (3.61%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.20%) Maximo
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.60%) Primavera
4 1 (0.60%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 15 (9.04%) Azure
2 14 (8.43%) Azure DevOps
3 13 (7.83%) Power Platform
4 9 (5.42%) AWS
5 3 (1.81%) SaaS
5 3 (1.81%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 2 (1.20%) Miro
6 2 (1.20%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (0.60%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.60%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.20%) Network Security
2 1 (0.60%) Intranet
2 1 (0.60%) Mobile Backhaul
2 1 (0.60%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (0.60%) SONET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.23%) Power BI
2 2 (1.20%) GIS
3 1 (0.60%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.60%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (0.60%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 24 (14.46%) JIRA
General
1 50 (30.12%) Analytical Skills
1 50 (30.12%) Social Skills
2 34 (20.48%) Finance
3 18 (10.84%) Documentation Skills
4 11 (6.63%) Public Sector
5 9 (5.42%) Manufacturing
6 8 (4.82%) Retail
7 7 (4.22%) Police
8 6 (3.61%) Aerospace
8 6 (3.61%) Telecoms
9 5 (3.01%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (3.01%) Legal
10 4 (2.41%) Billing
11 2 (1.20%) Automotive
11 2 (1.20%) Back Office
11 2 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.20%) Marketing
11 2 (1.20%) Military
11 2 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.01%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (2.41%) Terraform
3 1 (0.60%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.83%) Operational Technology
2 11 (6.63%) Analytical Mindset
3 9 (5.42%) Product Ownership
4 8 (4.82%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.01%) IVR
6 4 (2.41%) SCADA
6 4 (2.41%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.81%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.81%) PMI
8 2 (1.20%) CMDB
8 2 (1.20%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.20%) NHS
9 1 (0.60%) Blog
9 1 (0.60%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.60%) Life Science
9 1 (0.60%) LIMS
9 1 (0.60%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.60%) PDA
9 1 (0.60%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (44.58%) Business Analysis
2 66 (39.76%) Stakeholder Management
3 58 (34.94%) Agile
4 55 (33.13%) Workshop Facilitation
5 52 (31.33%) Requirements Gathering
6 44 (26.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 29 (17.47%) Process Improvement
8 25 (15.06%) Cybersecurity
9 23 (13.86%) User Stories
10 22 (13.25%) Problem-Solving
10 22 (13.25%) User Acceptance Testing
11 20 (12.05%) Acceptance Criteria
12 19 (11.45%) Validation
13 17 (10.24%) Decision-Making
13 17 (10.24%) Requirements Management
14 16 (9.64%) Waterfall
15 15 (9.04%) Business Intelligence
15 15 (9.04%) CRM
15 15 (9.04%) Defect Management
15 15 (9.04%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 13 (7.83%) SQL
2 1 (0.60%) Python
Qualifications
1 28 (16.87%) Security Cleared
2 23 (13.86%) SC Cleared
3 15 (9.04%) Degree
4 6 (3.61%) CBAP
4 6 (3.61%) ISEB
5 5 (3.01%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (2.41%) ISTQB
6 4 (2.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 3 (1.81%) ISEB Practitioner
7 3 (1.81%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.81%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (1.20%) ACCA
8 2 (1.20%) CIMA
8 2 (1.20%) IIBA
8 2 (1.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.60%) APMG
9 1 (0.60%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.60%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.60%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (4.82%) Data Quality
2 8 (4.82%) GDPR
2 8 (4.82%) GRC
3 6 (3.61%) NIST
3 6 (3.61%) QA
4 2 (1.20%) PMO
5 1 (0.60%) NCSC
5 1 (0.60%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 18 (10.84%) Salesforce
2 17 (10.24%) Microsoft
3 15 (9.04%) SAP
4 11 (6.63%) ServiceNow
5 7 (4.22%) Oracle
6 3 (1.81%) Databricks
7 2 (1.20%) ESRI
7 2 (1.20%) IBM
7 2 (1.20%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 2 (1.20%) Virgin Media
8 1 (0.60%) Ceridian
8 1 (0.60%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.60%) NGA Human Resources
8 1 (0.60%) Pega
8 1 (0.60%) Planview
8 1 (0.60%) Workday