Business Analyst Contracts in the South East

Business Analyst (BA)
England > South East

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in the South East is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 July 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
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 98 57
Rank change year-on-year +14 -41 -11
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 82 111 212
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.49% 1.95% 3.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.75% 2.11% 3.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 93 160
10th Percentile £363 £341 £370
25th Percentile £405 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £483
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -1.55% +4.61%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £550
90th Percentile £625 £588 £619
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £29.08
25th Percentile - - £39.74
Median hourly rate - - £60.00
75th Percentile - - £66.25
90th Percentile - - £68.50
England median hourly rate £34.11 £42.50 £61.25
% change year-on-year -19.74% -30.61% +153.10%

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 2,985 5,252 5,595
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 92.46% 94.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,932 3,101 3,856
10th Percentile £215 £250 £222
25th Percentile £375 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £610
90th Percentile £662 £688 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 522 249
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.88 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.79 £21.25
Median hourly rate £28.00 £50.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.00% - +138.10%
75th Percentile £61.71 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £44.06
% change year-on-year -30.00% -9.20% +79.82%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst 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 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in the South East

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in the South East.

Hourly rate trend 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 6 July 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 -1 47 £488 -2.50% 53
Berkshire +10 34 £488 -7.14% 33
Hampshire +29 18 £475 +4.40% 20
Buckinghamshire +5 11 £531 +26.80% 13
Surrey +9 7 £475 +11.76% 16
East Sussex - 6 £625 - 6
West Sussex - 3 £450 - 6
Kent +3 2 £469 - 12
Oxfordshire -9 2 £400 -15.79% 7
Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 July 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 38 (46.34%) Agile
2 26 (31.71%) User Stories
2 26 (31.71%) Social Skills
3 19 (23.17%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (20.73%) Business Analysis
5 16 (19.51%) Stakeholder Management
5 16 (19.51%) Requirements Gathering
6 15 (18.29%) Finance
7 13 (15.85%) JIRA
8 12 (14.63%) Analytics
8 12 (14.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 12 (14.63%) Acceptance Criteria
8 12 (14.63%) Migration
8 12 (14.63%) Scrum
8 12 (14.63%) SQL
8 12 (14.63%) Business Intelligence
9 11 (13.41%) Security Cleared
9 11 (13.41%) Azure
9 11 (13.41%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (13.41%) Power Platform
10 10 (12.20%) Process Improvement
10 10 (12.20%) Change Management
11 9 (10.98%) Data Modelling
11 9 (10.98%) Workshop Facilitation
11 9 (10.98%) Power BI
12 8 (9.76%) DevOps
12 8 (9.76%) Validation
12 8 (9.76%) User Acceptance Testing
12 8 (9.76%) Data Analysis
13 7 (8.54%) Data Migration

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 7 (8.54%) Confluence
2 3 (3.66%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.22%) Camunda
3 1 (1.22%) CMS
3 1 (1.22%) Smallworld
Applications
1 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.66%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.44%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.22%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (1.22%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 11 (13.41%) Azure
1 11 (13.41%) Power Platform
2 5 (6.10%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (3.66%) Entra ID
3 3 (3.66%) SaaS
4 2 (2.44%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.22%) AWS
5 1 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.22%) Slack
5 1 (1.22%) Snowflake
5 1 (1.22%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.22%) Intranet
1 1 (1.22%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (10.98%) Power BI
2 2 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.44%) Relational Database
2 2 (2.44%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.22%) GIS
3 1 (1.22%) Hadoop
3 1 (1.22%) Impala
3 1 (1.22%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.22%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.22%) Spatial Data
3 1 (1.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (15.85%) JIRA
2 1 (1.22%) Postman
2 1 (1.22%) SoapUI
General
1 26 (31.71%) Social Skills
2 19 (23.17%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (18.29%) Finance
4 7 (8.54%) Telecoms
5 5 (6.10%) Retail
6 4 (4.88%) Automotive
6 4 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (3.66%) Marketing
7 3 (3.66%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.44%) Banking
8 2 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.44%) Local Government
8 2 (2.44%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.22%) Back Office
9 1 (1.22%) Billing
9 1 (1.22%) French Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.66%) Web Services
2 1 (1.22%) ADO
2 1 (1.22%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.54%) Product Ownership
2 5 (6.10%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (2.44%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.44%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.22%) Cyberattack
4 1 (1.22%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.22%) IoT
4 1 (1.22%) Learning Management System
4 1 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.22%) Life Science
4 1 (1.22%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.22%) Social Media
4 1 (1.22%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (46.34%) Agile
2 26 (31.71%) User Stories
3 17 (20.73%) Business Analysis
4 16 (19.51%) Requirements Gathering
4 16 (19.51%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (14.63%) Acceptance Criteria
5 12 (14.63%) Analytics
5 12 (14.63%) Business Intelligence
5 12 (14.63%) Migration
5 12 (14.63%) Scrum
5 12 (14.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 11 (13.41%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (12.20%) Change Management
7 10 (12.20%) Process Improvement
8 9 (10.98%) Data Modelling
8 9 (10.98%) Workshop Facilitation
9 8 (9.76%) Data Analysis
9 8 (9.76%) DevOps
9 8 (9.76%) User Acceptance Testing
9 8 (9.76%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 12 (14.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (13.41%) Security Cleared
2 5 (6.10%) Degree
2 5 (6.10%) DV Cleared
3 2 (2.44%) ACCA
3 2 (2.44%) CIMA
3 2 (2.44%) CIPFA
3 2 (2.44%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.22%) APMP
4 1 (1.22%) IIBA
4 1 (1.22%) ISEB
4 1 (1.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.10%) QA
2 3 (3.66%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.44%) GDPR
4 1 (1.22%) PMO
Vendors
1 6 (7.32%) Microsoft
1 6 (7.32%) Oracle
2 5 (6.10%) Virgin Media
3 3 (3.66%) SAP
3 3 (3.66%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.44%) IFS
4 2 (2.44%) Palantir
4 2 (2.44%) Workday
5 1 (1.22%) Capita
5 1 (1.22%) ESRI
5 1 (1.22%) Zscaler