Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in the South West

Business Analyst (BA)
England > South West

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in the South West is £469, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025.

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

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 90 80
Rank change year-on-year +29 -10 -28
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 75 38 67
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 3.14% 1.85% 2.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.48% 1.96% 2.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 30 47
10th Percentile £396 £412 £333
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £471 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.53% -5.75% -
75th Percentile £538 £547 £575
90th Percentile £603 £643 £610
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £79.75 - -
25th Percentile £81.25 - -
Median hourly rate £87.50 - £70.00
75th Percentile £93.75 - -
90th Percentile £95.25 - -
England median hourly rate £31.49 £54.00 £60.03
% change year-on-year -41.69% -10.04% +80.54%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 2,156 1,935 2,771
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.36% 93.98% 94.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,254 1,196 1,794
10th Percentile £230 £213 £227
25th Percentile £401 £404 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £530
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -5.66% +0.95%
75th Percentile £644 £625 £645
90th Percentile £738 £715 £710
England median daily rate £505 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -3.81% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 303 132 305
10th Percentile £15.60 £15.88 £18.75
25th Percentile £21.73 £47.19 £45.00
Median hourly rate £40.54 £65.00 £59.68
Median % change year-on-year -37.63% +8.91% -8.18%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £73.75 £83.40
England median hourly rate £27.00 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.86% -22.22% +38.46%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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 West.

Business Analyst job vacancy trend in the South West

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in the South West over the 6 months to 28 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in the South West

Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Business Analyst
Contract 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 Analyst within the South West region over the 6 months to 28 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
Bristol +5 25 £500 +17.65% 13
Wiltshire +5 25 £451 -11.95% 6
Devon +18 12 £425 - 9
Somerset +1 6 £488 +2.63% 7
Gloucestershire -1 5 £450 -10.00% 12
Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 West region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 32 (42.67%) Business Analysis
1 32 (42.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 19 (25.33%) Agile
2 19 (25.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 18 (24.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 17 (22.67%) Security Cleared
5 13 (17.33%) SC Cleared
6 12 (16.00%) Process Improvement
7 11 (14.67%) Migration
8 10 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
9 9 (12.00%) Data Governance
10 8 (10.67%) GAP Analysis
10 8 (10.67%) Power BI
10 8 (10.67%) Power Platform
10 8 (10.67%) Workshop Facilitation
11 7 (9.33%) BPMN
11 7 (9.33%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (9.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 7 (9.33%) JIRA
11 7 (9.33%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (9.33%) User Stories
11 7 (9.33%) Waterfall
12 6 (8.00%) Actionable Insight
12 6 (8.00%) Data Mapping
12 6 (8.00%) Data Modelling
12 6 (8.00%) Microsoft
12 6 (8.00%) MS Visio
12 6 (8.00%) SDLC
12 6 (8.00%) SQL
13 5 (6.67%) AI

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 5 (6.67%) Confluence
2 2 (2.67%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (8.00%) MS Visio
2 5 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (5.33%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (5.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (10.67%) Power Platform
2 5 (6.67%) Azure
3 4 (5.33%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (4.00%) AWS
5 2 (2.67%) Power Automate
5 2 (2.67%) SaaS
6 1 (1.33%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.33%) Lucidchart
6 1 (1.33%) Matillion
6 1 (1.33%) Miro
6 1 (1.33%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.33%) ShareGate
6 1 (1.33%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.33%) Firewall
1 1 (1.33%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.67%) Power BI
2 2 (2.67%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.33%) Metadata
3 1 (1.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (9.33%) JIRA
General
1 22 (29.33%) Social Skills
2 15 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (14.67%) Public Sector
4 9 (12.00%) Finance
5 5 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (5.33%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (5.33%) Legal
6 4 (5.33%) Local Government
6 4 (5.33%) Telecoms
7 3 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.67%) Retail
9 1 (1.33%) Back Office
9 1 (1.33%) Law
9 1 (1.33%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.33%) Military
9 1 (1.33%) Police
9 1 (1.33%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.33%) LDAP
1 1 (1.33%) OAuth
1 1 (1.33%) OpenID
1 1 (1.33%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (13.33%) Onboarding
2 3 (4.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.67%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (2.67%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.67%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.33%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.33%) DataPower
4 1 (1.33%) FMCG
4 1 (1.33%) IoT
4 1 (1.33%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.33%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.33%) VMS
2 1 (1.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (42.67%) Business Analysis
1 32 (42.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 19 (25.33%) Agile
2 19 (25.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 18 (24.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (16.00%) Process Improvement
5 11 (14.67%) Migration
6 10 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
7 9 (12.00%) Data Governance
8 8 (10.67%) GAP Analysis
8 8 (10.67%) Workshop Facilitation
9 7 (9.33%) BPMN
9 7 (9.33%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (9.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 7 (9.33%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (9.33%) User Stories
9 7 (9.33%) Waterfall
10 6 (8.00%) Actionable Insight
10 6 (8.00%) Data Mapping
10 6 (8.00%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.00%) SQL
2 1 (1.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (1.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (22.67%) Security Cleared
2 13 (17.33%) SC Cleared
3 5 (6.67%) Degree
4 2 (2.67%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.33%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.33%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.67%) GDPR
2 4 (5.33%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.33%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.33%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.33%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (5.33%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (8.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.33%) Salesforce
3 2 (2.67%) Progress
3 2 (2.67%) Virgin Media
4 1 (1.33%) Atlassian
4 1 (1.33%) Automation Anywhere
4 1 (1.33%) Blue Prism
4 1 (1.33%) CyberArk
4 1 (1.33%) FNZ
4 1 (1.33%) Guidewire
4 1 (1.33%) Intapp
4 1 (1.33%) Intel
4 1 (1.33%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.33%) UiPath