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 27 May 2026.

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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 79 93
Rank change year-on-year -7 +14 -33
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 139 77 114
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 2.31% 2.65% 2.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.52% 2.90% 2.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 57 94
10th Percentile £355 £358 £347
25th Percentile £421 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -2.06%
75th Percentile £543 £538 £538
90th Percentile £588 £595 £588
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
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 £62.50 £40.81 £22.50
% change year-on-year +53.17% +81.36% -64.00%

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 5,511 2,654 5,112
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.77% 91.23% 92.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,408 1,789 3,056
10th Percentile £303 £220 £225
25th Percentile £413 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -
75th Percentile £613 £600 £619
90th Percentile £700 £650 £688
England median daily rate £515 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 532 161 501
10th Percentile £15.05 £14.20 £12.82
25th Percentile £24.25 £17.50 £18.32
Median hourly rate £52.21 £32.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +60.65% -31.58% -3.06%
75th Percentile £80.41 £63.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.86
England median hourly rate £45.00 £29.00 £37.18
% change year-on-year +55.17% -22.00% -17.38%

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 27 May 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 27 May 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 -17 73 £500 +3.90% 23
Berkshire -10 50 £500 +2.56% 14
Hampshire -10 36 £525 +16.67% 1
Buckinghamshire -32 14 £350 -24.24% 8
Surrey -14 13 £500 +21.21% 8
West Sussex -9 9 £450 +5.88%
Oxfordshire -19 9 £525 +10.53% 2
East Sussex -6 3 - -
Kent -9 1 £550 +17.33% 2
Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 May 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 52 (37.41%) Business Analysis
2 49 (35.25%) Workshop Facilitation
3 48 (34.53%) Agile
4 44 (31.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 32 (23.02%) Stakeholder Management
6 30 (21.58%) Requirements Gathering
7 28 (20.14%) Security Cleared
8 24 (17.27%) User Stories
9 22 (15.83%) JIRA
10 21 (15.11%) Process Improvement
10 21 (15.11%) SC Cleared
11 17 (12.23%) Confluence
11 17 (12.23%) Cybersecurity
12 16 (11.51%) Azure
13 15 (10.79%) Azure DevOps
13 15 (10.79%) Decision-Making
13 15 (10.79%) DevOps
14 14 (10.07%) Acceptance Criteria
14 14 (10.07%) Migration
15 13 (9.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
15 13 (9.35%) Microsoft
16 12 (8.63%) Business Intelligence
16 12 (8.63%) MS Visio
16 12 (8.63%) Salesforce
16 12 (8.63%) Waterfall
17 11 (7.91%) Data Modelling
17 11 (7.91%) Degree
17 11 (7.91%) GDPR
17 11 (7.91%) Project Management
17 11 (7.91%) Requirements Management

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 (12.23%) Confluence
2 3 (2.16%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.72%) Appian
Applications
1 12 (8.63%) MS Visio
2 10 (7.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (4.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.88%) Salesforce CRM
1 4 (2.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.16%) Adobe Campaign
3 2 (1.44%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 16 (11.51%) Azure
2 15 (10.79%) Azure DevOps
3 10 (7.19%) AWS
4 8 (5.76%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.16%) Lucidchart
5 3 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.16%) SaaS
5 3 (2.16%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 2 (1.44%) Miro
6 2 (1.44%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (0.72%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.72%) Intranet
1 1 (0.72%) SONET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.04%) Power BI
2 3 (2.16%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.44%) Data Mining
3 2 (1.44%) OLAP
4 1 (0.72%) Big Data
4 1 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.72%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.72%) MS Access
4 1 (0.72%) Oracle OLAP
4 1 (0.72%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 22 (15.83%) JIRA
2 2 (1.44%) Balsamiq
General
1 47 (33.81%) Analytical Skills
2 42 (30.22%) Social Skills
3 25 (17.99%) Finance
4 13 (9.35%) Public Sector
5 12 (8.63%) Manufacturing
6 10 (7.19%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (7.19%) Marketing
7 7 (5.04%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (4.32%) Aerospace
8 6 (4.32%) Legal
9 5 (3.60%) Retail
10 4 (2.88%) Telecoms
11 3 (2.16%) Advertising
11 3 (2.16%) Automotive
11 3 (2.16%) Military
12 2 (1.44%) Back Office
12 2 (1.44%) Banking
12 2 (1.44%) Electronics
13 1 (0.72%) Law
13 1 (0.72%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.88%) ADO
2 2 (1.44%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.35%) Analytical Mindset
2 12 (8.63%) Operational Technology
2 12 (8.63%) Product Ownership
3 6 (4.32%) NHS
3 6 (4.32%) SCADA
4 5 (3.60%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.88%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (2.16%) IVR
7 2 (1.44%) Marketing Technology
7 2 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.72%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.72%) Blog
8 1 (0.72%) CMDB
8 1 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.72%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.72%) Life Science
8 1 (0.72%) LIMS
8 1 (0.72%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.72%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 1 (0.72%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (37.41%) Business Analysis
2 49 (35.25%) Workshop Facilitation
3 48 (34.53%) Agile
4 44 (31.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 32 (23.02%) Stakeholder Management
6 30 (21.58%) Requirements Gathering
7 24 (17.27%) User Stories
8 21 (15.11%) Process Improvement
9 17 (12.23%) Cybersecurity
10 15 (10.79%) Decision-Making
10 15 (10.79%) DevOps
11 14 (10.07%) Acceptance Criteria
11 14 (10.07%) Migration
12 12 (8.63%) Business Intelligence
12 12 (8.63%) Waterfall
13 11 (7.91%) Data Modelling
13 11 (7.91%) Project Management
13 11 (7.91%) Requirements Management
13 11 (7.91%) Scrum
13 11 (7.91%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.16%) SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (20.14%) Security Cleared
2 21 (15.11%) SC Cleared
3 11 (7.91%) Degree
4 10 (7.19%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.72%) ACCA
5 1 (0.72%) APMG
5 1 (0.72%) CBAP
5 1 (0.72%) CIMA
5 1 (0.72%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.72%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.72%) IIBA
5 1 (0.72%) ISEB
5 1 (0.72%) ISEB Practitioner
5 1 (0.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (7.91%) GDPR
3 7 (5.04%) NIST
4 5 (3.60%) Data Quality
4 5 (3.60%) GRC
5 3 (2.16%) QA
6 2 (1.44%) PMO
7 1 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.72%) ISO 8583
7 1 (0.72%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 5 (3.60%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (9.35%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.63%) Salesforce
3 9 (6.47%) SAP
4 7 (5.04%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.88%) Oracle
5 4 (2.88%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 3 (2.16%) Adobe
6 3 (2.16%) Databricks
7 2 (1.44%) Virgin Media
8 1 (0.72%) Ariba
8 1 (0.72%) Ceridian
8 1 (0.72%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.72%) NGA Human Resources