Lead Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in the South East

Lead Business Analyst (Lead BA)
England > South East

The median Lead Business Analyst (Lead BA) daily rate in the South East is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 201 - 191
Rank change year-on-year - - +19
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Business Analyst 9 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.15% - 0.070%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% - 0.076%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £483 - £574
25th Percentile £494 - £591
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +22.36%
75th Percentile £538 - £613
90th Percentile - - £635
England median daily rate £595 £633 £606
% change year-on-year -5.93% +4.33% -6.73%
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 £104.00 - -

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 5,595 2,745 5,288
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.56% 91.01% 92.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,384 1,807 3,107
10th Percentile £303 £220 £250
25th Percentile £417 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -
75th Percentile £613 £600 £625
90th Percentile £700 £656 £688
England median daily rate £520 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 570 191 557
10th Percentile £15.75 £14.20 £12.88
25th Percentile £24.30 £16.64 £19.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £31.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +58.73% -37.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £78.75 £62.37 £67.02
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £79.25
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.75 £39.55
% change year-on-year +56.52% -27.31% -12.11%

Lead Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Lead Business Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Lead Business Analyst job vacancy trend in the South East

Lead Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Business Analyst job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Business Analyst job vacancies in the South East

Lead Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Lead Business Analyst job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Lead Business Analyst job vacancies in the South East

Lead 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 Lead Business Analyst within the South East region over the 6 months to 17 June 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
Berkshire - 6 - -
Thames Valley - 6 - -
Hampshire - 2 £525 - 1
Surrey - 1 £500 -
Lead Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 June 2026, Lead 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 Lead Business Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (77.78%) Agile
1 7 (77.78%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (66.67%) Azure
2 6 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
2 6 (66.67%) Business Analysis
2 6 (66.67%) DevOps
2 6 (66.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 5 (55.56%) Requirements Gathering
3 5 (55.56%) SAP
3 5 (55.56%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (44.44%) Programme Management
4 4 (44.44%) Requirements Management
5 3 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
5 3 (33.33%) ERP
5 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (33.33%) User Stories
6 2 (22.22%) Migration
6 2 (22.22%) Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (22.22%) Product Vision
6 2 (22.22%) Requirements Workshops
6 2 (22.22%) Source to Pay
6 2 (22.22%) Workshop Facilitation
7 1 (11.11%) CBAP
7 1 (11.11%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
7 1 (11.11%) Contract Management
7 1 (11.11%) CRM
7 1 (11.11%) Defect Management

Lead 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:

Business Applications
1 5 (55.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (11.11%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (66.67%) Azure
1 6 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
General
1 7 (77.78%) Finance
2 6 (66.67%) Aerospace
3 4 (44.44%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (22.22%) Military
5 1 (11.11%) Billing
5 1 (11.11%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Agile
1 7 (77.78%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (66.67%) Business Analysis
2 6 (66.67%) DevOps
2 6 (66.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 5 (55.56%) Requirements Gathering
4 4 (44.44%) Programme Management
4 4 (44.44%) Requirements Management
5 3 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
5 3 (33.33%) ERP
5 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (33.33%) User Stories
6 2 (22.22%) Migration
6 2 (22.22%) Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (22.22%) Product Vision
6 2 (22.22%) Requirements Workshops
6 2 (22.22%) Source to Pay
6 2 (22.22%) Workshop Facilitation
7 1 (11.11%) CRM
7 1 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) CBAP
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) SAP
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) Salesforce