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 £480, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025.

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

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 98 69
Rank change year-on-year +9 -29 -18
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 102 75 149
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 2.31% 2.04% 3.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.56% 2.20% 3.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 58 124
10th Percentile £380 £313 £413
25th Percentile £413 £381 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.54% -2.50% +8.70%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £564
90th Percentile £575 £575 £614
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -

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 3,991 3,410 4,654
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.33% 92.84% 93.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,593 2,134 3,033
10th Percentile £221 £236 £205
25th Percentile £400 £399 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £680
England median daily rate £510 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -2.86% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 367 127 226
10th Percentile £13.75 £18.73 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £24.18 £25.43
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £54.78
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% -22.42% +47.54%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.62 £66.39
90th Percentile £82.40 £71.51 £76.53
England median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -24.86% -22.58% +39.11%

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 23 December 2025.

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 23 December 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 -3 58 £450 -14.29% 60
Berkshire -6 31 £500 - 48
Hampshire -2 26 £500 +5.26% 16
Buckinghamshire +21 22 £413 -21.43% 8
Kent +7 5 £500 - 11
Surrey 0 5 £550 +15.79% 15
Oxfordshire -12 5 £515 +0.49% 4
East Sussex +3 3 £650 +35.06% 4
West Sussex -9 2 £475 +111.11% 5
Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 December 2025, 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 43 (42.16%) Agile
2 42 (41.18%) Business Analysis
3 31 (30.39%) User Stories
3 31 (30.39%) Workshop Facilitation
4 24 (23.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 23 (22.55%) Requirements Gathering
5 23 (22.55%) Stakeholder Management
6 18 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (15.69%) Salesforce
7 16 (15.69%) User Acceptance Testing
8 15 (14.71%) JIRA
9 13 (12.75%) Waterfall
10 11 (10.78%) Azure
10 11 (10.78%) Microsoft
10 11 (10.78%) Scrum
10 11 (10.78%) Workflow
11 10 (9.80%) CRM
12 9 (8.82%) BPMN
12 9 (8.82%) Business Case
12 9 (8.82%) Process Improvement
12 9 (8.82%) Project Management
12 9 (8.82%) Use Case
13 8 (7.84%) Degree
13 8 (7.84%) DevOps
13 8 (7.84%) Migration
13 8 (7.84%) Security Cleared
13 8 (7.84%) Validation
14 7 (6.86%) Acceptance Criteria
14 7 (6.86%) Business Process Mapping
14 7 (6.86%) 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 (6.86%) Confluence
2 2 (1.96%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.98%) Camunda
3 1 (0.98%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (4.90%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (4.90%) MS Visio
2 3 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.94%) NetSuite
1 3 (2.94%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (1.96%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (1.96%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (1.96%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 11 (10.78%) Azure
2 7 (6.86%) Power Platform
3 6 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (4.90%) AWS
5 4 (3.92%) Figma
6 3 (2.94%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.94%) SaaS
7 2 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.96%) Lucidchart
7 2 (1.96%) Slack
8 1 (0.98%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.98%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.98%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.98%) Network Security
1 1 (0.98%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.90%) Power BI
2 3 (2.94%) Tableau
3 1 (0.98%) Big Data
3 1 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.98%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 15 (14.71%) JIRA
2 1 (0.98%) Rational DOORS
General
1 38 (37.25%) Social Skills
2 25 (24.51%) Finance
3 19 (18.63%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (9.80%) Telecoms
5 8 (7.84%) Documentation Skills
5 8 (7.84%) Marketing
5 8 (7.84%) Retail
6 6 (5.88%) Banking
6 6 (5.88%) Manufacturing
7 5 (4.90%) Billing
7 5 (4.90%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.94%) Automotive
8 3 (2.94%) Local Government
8 3 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.96%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.98%) Law
10 1 (0.98%) Police
10 1 (0.98%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.90%) ADO
2 3 (2.94%) SailPoint
3 2 (1.96%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.80%) Product Ownership
2 6 (5.88%) Mobile App
3 5 (4.90%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.92%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (3.92%) Operational Technology
5 3 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.94%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.94%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (1.96%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.96%) PMI
6 2 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.98%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.98%) Life Science
7 1 (0.98%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.98%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (42.16%) Agile
2 42 (41.18%) Business Analysis
3 31 (30.39%) User Stories
3 31 (30.39%) Workshop Facilitation
4 24 (23.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 23 (22.55%) Requirements Gathering
5 23 (22.55%) Stakeholder Management
6 18 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (15.69%) User Acceptance Testing
8 13 (12.75%) Waterfall
9 11 (10.78%) Scrum
9 11 (10.78%) Workflow
10 10 (9.80%) CRM
11 9 (8.82%) BPMN
11 9 (8.82%) Business Case
11 9 (8.82%) Process Improvement
11 9 (8.82%) Project Management
11 9 (8.82%) Use Case
12 8 (7.84%) DevOps
12 8 (7.84%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.88%) SQL
2 3 (2.94%) Python
3 2 (1.96%) R
4 1 (0.98%) Korn
Qualifications
1 8 (7.84%) Degree
1 8 (7.84%) Security Cleared
2 5 (4.90%) SC Cleared
3 2 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (1.96%) CBAP
3 2 (1.96%) ISEB
3 2 (1.96%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.88%) QA
2 3 (2.94%) ISO 8583
3 2 (1.96%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.96%) GDPR
3 2 (1.96%) GRC
3 2 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.96%) NIST
3 2 (1.96%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.96%) PMO
3 2 (1.96%) PSD2
System Software
1 1 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (2.94%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (15.69%) Salesforce
2 11 (10.78%) Microsoft
3 5 (4.90%) MuleSoft
3 5 (4.90%) Oracle
4 4 (3.92%) SAP
5 3 (2.94%) CyberArk
6 2 (1.96%) Cognos
6 2 (1.96%) TIBCO
6 2 (1.96%) webMethods
7 1 (0.98%) BT
7 1 (0.98%) Citrix
7 1 (0.98%) IBM
7 1 (0.98%) Openreach
7 1 (0.98%) Planon