Business Analysis Contracts in the South West

Business Analysis
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Business Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 98 127
Rank change year-on-year +11 +29 -21
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Business Analysis 24 37 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.24% 1.35% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.39% 1.63% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 29 23
10th Percentile £324 - £451
25th Percentile £419 £425 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £582 £600 £597
90th Percentile £625 £618 £668
England median daily rate £536 £539 £550
% change year-on-year -0.51% -2.05% +0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
England median hourly rate £70.00 £54.50 £56.50
% change year-on-year +28.44% -3.54% +105.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Business Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South West.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,732 2,273 2,915
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 89.79% 83.08% 87.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,004 1,439 2,045
10th Percentile £213 £263 £313
25th Percentile £363 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.42% +2.48%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £650
90th Percentile £695 £700 £725
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 245 259
10th Percentile £15.00 £13.86 £20.50
25th Percentile £18.51 £36.25 £45.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.74% +3.85% +18.18%
75th Percentile £63.75 £72.50 £76.88
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £83.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% - +54.55%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Business Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analysis in the South West

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Business Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Business Analysis

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis in the South West over the 6 months to 27 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analysis in the South West

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Business Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Business Analysis

Business Analysis
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the South West region over the 6 months to 27 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wiltshire +14 10 £575 -2.54% 5
Bristol -6 6 £509 +19.76% 12
Devon - 4 £323 - 10
Gloucestershire +24 2 £500 +5.26% 15
Somerset -2 1 £475 -20.83% 15
Business Analysis
England

Business Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (25.00%) MS Visio
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (8.33%) NEC Housing
1 2 (8.33%) SAP EWM
1 2 (8.33%) SAP WM
2 1 (4.17%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (4.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (4.17%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (4.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.33%) Azure
1 2 (8.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.17%) AWS
2 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.17%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Power BI
2 1 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 5 (20.83%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (12.50%) Finance
3 3 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 2 (8.33%) Local Government
4 2 (8.33%) Military
4 2 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Social Housing
5 1 (4.17%) Fire and Rescue
5 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Police
Job Titles
1 12 (50.00%) Analyst
2 9 (37.50%) Business Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Architect
3 4 (16.67%) Service Management Architect
4 3 (12.50%) Consultant
4 3 (12.50%) Management Consultant
5 2 (8.33%) Data Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Project Manager
5 2 (8.33%) SAP Consultant
5 2 (8.33%) SAP WM Consultant
6 1 (4.17%) Digital Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) Digital Business Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) IT Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) IT Business Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) IT Services Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Oracle Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) Scrum Master
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) Service Management Consultant
6 1 (4.17%) Technical Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (8.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (4.17%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (45.83%) Requirements Gathering
2 8 (33.33%) ITIL
3 7 (29.17%) Project Management
4 6 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 6 (25.00%) ITSM
4 6 (25.00%) Service Management
4 6 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (20.83%) Change Management
5 5 (20.83%) PRINCE2
5 5 (20.83%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (16.67%) Business Strategy
7 3 (12.50%) Agile
7 3 (12.50%) ERP
7 3 (12.50%) Migration
7 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (12.50%) Project Delivery
7 3 (12.50%) Roadmaps
7 3 (12.50%) Waterfall
8 2 (8.33%) Logistics
8 2 (8.33%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 5 (20.83%) APMP
4 3 (12.50%) Degree
4 3 (12.50%) DV Cleared
5 2 (8.33%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (4.17%) JSP 440
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.33%) NEC
2 2 (8.33%) SAP
3 1 (4.17%) Aareon
3 1 (4.17%) BMC
3 1 (4.17%) Capita
3 1 (4.17%) Civica
3 1 (4.17%) Foundry
3 1 (4.17%) Guidewire
3 1 (4.17%) Northgate
3 1 (4.17%) Oracle
3 1 (4.17%) Orchard
3 1 (4.17%) QAD
3 1 (4.17%) Remedy
3 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.17%) Workday