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 £495, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 February 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 81 86
Rank change year-on-year -6 +5 -29
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 104 84 136
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 2.20% 2.67% 2.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.44% 2.87% 2.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 69 115
10th Percentile £334 £344 £406
25th Percentile £404 £407 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £538
90th Percentile £573 £566 £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 4,264 2,922 5,122
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.11% 92.82% 93.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,747 1,814 3,171
10th Percentile £259 £245 £205
25th Percentile £401 £400 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £600 £608
90th Percentile £688 £671 £688
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 367 104 402
10th Percentile £13.95 £18.50 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.25 £24.18 £18.20
Median hourly rate £27.50 £42.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.29% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £61.57 £62.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £85.40 £73.88 £76.39
England median hourly rate £31.46 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -10.11% - -6.67%

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 14 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 14 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 -18 58 £450 -8.40% 19
Berkshire -20 31 £458 -6.15% 9
Hampshire -23 27 £500 +8.11% 13
Buckinghamshire +4 20 £390 -25.71% 7
Surrey -7 8 £475 - 3
Oxfordshire -6 7 £520 +1.46% 3
East Sussex +1 3 £650 +30.00% 3
West Sussex -15 3 £475 +111.11% 9
Kent - 3 £500 - 7
Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 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 (36.54%) Business Analysis
2 34 (32.69%) Agile
3 33 (31.73%) Workshop Facilitation
4 25 (24.04%) User Stories
5 24 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
6 22 (21.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 20 (19.23%) Requirements Gathering
8 16 (15.38%) JIRA
8 16 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (14.42%) User Acceptance Testing
10 12 (11.54%) Security Cleared
11 11 (10.58%) Microsoft
12 10 (9.62%) Business Case
12 10 (9.62%) Project Management
12 10 (9.62%) Salesforce
12 10 (9.62%) SC Cleared
13 9 (8.65%) Analytics
13 9 (8.65%) Azure
13 9 (8.65%) Decision-Making
13 9 (8.65%) MS Visio
13 9 (8.65%) Scrum
13 9 (8.65%) Workflow
14 8 (7.69%) Business Process Mapping
14 8 (7.69%) Use Case
14 8 (7.69%) User Experience
14 8 (7.69%) Validation
14 8 (7.69%) Waterfall
15 7 (6.73%) Acceptance Criteria
15 7 (6.73%) BPSS Clearance
15 7 (6.73%) Confluence

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 7 (6.73%) Confluence
2 3 (2.88%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.96%) Appian
Applications
1 9 (8.65%) MS Visio
2 7 (6.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (4.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.88%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (1.92%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (1.92%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (8.65%) Azure
2 7 (6.73%) Power Platform
3 6 (5.77%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (4.81%) AWS
5 3 (2.88%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.88%) SaaS
6 2 (1.92%) Slack
7 1 (0.96%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.96%) iPaaS
7 1 (0.96%) Lucidchart
7 1 (0.96%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.96%) Intranet
1 1 (0.96%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.81%) Power BI
2 2 (1.92%) Tableau
3 1 (0.96%) Big Data
3 1 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.96%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 16 (15.38%) JIRA
2 1 (0.96%) Rational DOORS
General
1 30 (28.85%) Social Skills
2 26 (25.00%) Finance
3 25 (24.04%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (11.54%) Telecoms
5 11 (10.58%) Documentation Skills
5 11 (10.58%) Marketing
6 9 (8.65%) Public Sector
7 5 (4.81%) Banking
7 5 (4.81%) Billing
7 5 (4.81%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.88%) Retail
9 2 (1.92%) Automotive
9 2 (1.92%) Electronics
9 2 (1.92%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.92%) Local Government
10 1 (0.96%) Advertising
10 1 (0.96%) Legal
10 1 (0.96%) Military
10 1 (0.96%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.81%) ADO
2 3 (2.88%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.96%) .NET
3 1 (0.96%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.69%) Product Ownership
2 6 (5.77%) Cloud Native
3 4 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (3.85%) Mobile App
4 3 (2.88%) NHS
4 3 (2.88%) Renewable Energy
4 3 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.92%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.92%) PMI
6 1 (0.96%) CMDB
6 1 (0.96%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.96%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.96%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.96%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.96%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.96%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (36.54%) Business Analysis
2 34 (32.69%) Agile
3 33 (31.73%) Workshop Facilitation
4 25 (24.04%) User Stories
5 24 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
6 22 (21.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 20 (19.23%) Requirements Gathering
8 16 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (14.42%) User Acceptance Testing
10 10 (9.62%) Business Case
10 10 (9.62%) Project Management
11 9 (8.65%) Analytics
11 9 (8.65%) Decision-Making
11 9 (8.65%) Scrum
11 9 (8.65%) Workflow
12 8 (7.69%) Business Process Mapping
12 8 (7.69%) Use Case
12 8 (7.69%) User Experience
12 8 (7.69%) Validation
12 8 (7.69%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.81%) SQL
2 2 (1.92%) Python
2 2 (1.92%) R
Qualifications
1 12 (11.54%) Security Cleared
2 10 (9.62%) SC Cleared
3 7 (6.73%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (5.77%) Degree
5 3 (2.88%) CBAP
6 2 (1.92%) ISEB
6 2 (1.92%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.96%) ISEB Practitioner
7 1 (0.96%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.88%) ISO 8583
1 3 (2.88%) QA
2 2 (1.92%) GDPR
2 2 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.92%) NIST
2 2 (1.92%) PCI DSS
2 2 (1.92%) PMO
2 2 (1.92%) PSD2
3 1 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.96%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.96%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (0.96%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (2.88%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (10.58%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.62%) Salesforce
3 5 (4.81%) MuleSoft
3 5 (4.81%) ServiceNow
4 4 (3.85%) SAP
5 3 (2.88%) CyberArk
5 3 (2.88%) Oracle
6 2 (1.92%) Cognos
6 2 (1.92%) TIBCO
6 2 (1.92%) webMethods
7 1 (0.96%) Ariba
7 1 (0.96%) BT
7 1 (0.96%) Citrix
7 1 (0.96%) IBM
7 1 (0.96%) Openreach
7 1 (0.96%) Planon