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 £490, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 February 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 76 82
Rank change year-on-year -11 +6 -23
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 103 84 137
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 2.18% 2.69% 2.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.42% 2.90% 2.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 68 116
10th Percentile £336 £341 £406
25th Percentile £405 £406 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £538
90th Percentile £550 £567 £609
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 4,258 2,895 5,121
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.19% 92.85% 93.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,737 1,792 3,156
10th Percentile £261 £245 £205
25th Percentile £402 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £603 £608
90th Percentile £688 £670 £688
England median daily rate £503 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.29% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 371 102 406
10th Percentile £13.95 £18.50 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.25 £24.18 £18.20
Median hourly rate £25.77 £42.69 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.63% -5.13% -
75th Percentile £64.38 £62.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £85.40 £74.63 £76.53
England median hourly rate £31.65 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -9.57% - -12.01%

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 17 February 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 17 February 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 -9 58 £450 -7.69% 18
Berkshire -8 34 £450 -7.69% 9
Hampshire -19 26 £500 +8.11% 11
Buckinghamshire 0 17 £406 -22.62% 6
Surrey -9 9 £488 +2.63% 9
Oxfordshire -9 7 £520 +1.46% 3
West Sussex -11 3 £475 +111.11% 8
Kent - 3 £500 - 9
East Sussex -1 2 £625 +25.00% 3
Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 February 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 38 (36.89%) Business Analysis
2 37 (35.92%) Agile
3 34 (33.01%) Workshop Facilitation
4 27 (26.21%) User Stories
5 25 (24.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 25 (24.27%) Stakeholder Management
6 22 (21.36%) Requirements Gathering
7 18 (17.48%) JIRA
8 14 (13.59%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (13.59%) User Acceptance Testing
9 13 (12.62%) Security Cleared
10 11 (10.68%) Azure
10 11 (10.68%) Decision-Making
10 11 (10.68%) Microsoft
10 11 (10.68%) SC Cleared
11 10 (9.71%) Business Case
11 10 (9.71%) Project Management
11 10 (9.71%) Salesforce
12 9 (8.74%) Acceptance Criteria
12 9 (8.74%) Analytics
12 9 (8.74%) Confluence
12 9 (8.74%) DevOps
12 9 (8.74%) MS Visio
12 9 (8.74%) Scrum
13 8 (7.77%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (7.77%) Business Process Mapping
13 8 (7.77%) CRM
13 8 (7.77%) Degree
13 8 (7.77%) Migration
13 8 (7.77%) Project Delivery

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 9 (8.74%) Confluence
2 3 (2.91%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.97%) Appian
Applications
1 9 (8.74%) MS Visio
2 7 (6.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (4.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.91%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.91%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (1.94%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (1.94%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 11 (10.68%) Azure
2 8 (7.77%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (5.83%) Power Platform
4 5 (4.85%) AWS
5 3 (2.91%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.91%) Lucidchart
5 3 (2.91%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.91%) SaaS
6 2 (1.94%) Slack
7 1 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.97%) iPaaS
7 1 (0.97%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.97%) Intranet
1 1 (0.97%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.85%) Power BI
2 2 (1.94%) Tableau
3 1 (0.97%) Big Data
3 1 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.97%) MS Access
3 1 (0.97%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 18 (17.48%) JIRA
2 2 (1.94%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.97%) Rational DOORS
General
1 29 (28.16%) Social Skills
2 26 (25.24%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (24.27%) Finance
4 12 (11.65%) Telecoms
5 11 (10.68%) Documentation Skills
5 11 (10.68%) Marketing
6 10 (9.71%) Public Sector
7 5 (4.85%) Banking
7 5 (4.85%) Billing
7 5 (4.85%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.91%) Automotive
8 3 (2.91%) Retail
9 2 (1.94%) Electronics
9 2 (1.94%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.94%) Local Government
10 1 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.97%) Legal
10 1 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.80%) ADO
2 3 (2.91%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.97%) .NET
3 1 (0.97%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.74%) Product Ownership
2 6 (5.83%) Cloud Native
3 4 (3.88%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (3.88%) Mobile App
4 3 (2.91%) NHS
4 3 (2.91%) Renewable Energy
4 3 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.94%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.94%) PMI
6 1 (0.97%) CMDB
6 1 (0.97%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.97%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.97%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.97%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.97%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.97%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (36.89%) Business Analysis
2 37 (35.92%) Agile
3 34 (33.01%) Workshop Facilitation
4 27 (26.21%) User Stories
5 25 (24.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 25 (24.27%) Stakeholder Management
6 22 (21.36%) Requirements Gathering
7 14 (13.59%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (13.59%) User Acceptance Testing
8 11 (10.68%) Decision-Making
9 10 (9.71%) Business Case
9 10 (9.71%) Project Management
10 9 (8.74%) Acceptance Criteria
10 9 (8.74%) Analytics
10 9 (8.74%) DevOps
10 9 (8.74%) Scrum
11 8 (7.77%) Business Process Mapping
11 8 (7.77%) Project Delivery
11 8 (7.77%) User Experience
11 8 (7.77%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.85%) SQL
2 2 (1.94%) Python
2 2 (1.94%) R
Qualifications
1 13 (12.62%) Security Cleared
2 11 (10.68%) SC Cleared
3 8 (7.77%) Degree
4 7 (6.80%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (2.91%) CBAP
6 2 (1.94%) ISEB
6 2 (1.94%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.97%) ISEB Practitioner
7 1 (0.97%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.91%) GDPR
1 3 (2.91%) ISO 8583
1 3 (2.91%) QA
2 2 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.94%) NIST
2 2 (1.94%) PCI DSS
2 2 (1.94%) PMO
2 2 (1.94%) PSD2
3 1 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.97%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.97%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (0.97%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (2.91%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (10.68%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.71%) Salesforce
3 5 (4.85%) MuleSoft
3 5 (4.85%) ServiceNow
4 4 (3.88%) SAP
5 3 (2.91%) CyberArk
5 3 (2.91%) Oracle
6 2 (1.94%) Cognos
6 2 (1.94%) TIBCO
6 2 (1.94%) webMethods
7 1 (0.97%) Ariba
7 1 (0.97%) BT
7 1 (0.97%) Citrix
7 1 (0.97%) IBM
7 1 (0.97%) Openreach
7 1 (0.97%) Planon