Business Analyst Contracts in the South West

Business Analyst (BA)
England > South West

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in the South West is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 118 80
Rank change year-on-year +43 -38 -38
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 39 36 95
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 2.21% 1.10% 2.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.46% 1.19% 2.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 28 77
10th Percentile £318 £363 £395
25th Percentile £400 £380 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -11.90% +7.97%
75th Percentile £500 £527 £588
90th Percentile £570 £556 £650
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £67.50
Median hourly rate - - £81.00
75th Percentile - - £94.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £34.11 £42.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -19.74% -29.17% +147.93%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 1,583 3,033 3,243
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.84% 92.50% 93.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 968 1,910 2,344
10th Percentile £225 £250 £300
25th Percentile £368 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £619 £613 £650
90th Percentile £683 £700 £723
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 459 262
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.86 £17.70
25th Percentile £18.60 £27.75 £44.44
Median hourly rate £33.67 £55.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -39.33% -11.20% +29.48%
75th Percentile £67.88 £71.25 £74.69
90th Percentile £72.68 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £28.50 £39.55 £43.86
% change year-on-year -27.94% -9.83% +77.50%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured Business Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in the South West

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst 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 30 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in the South West

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst 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 30 June 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
Wiltshire +43 13 £575 +48.39% 6
Bristol +18 12 £450 -10.00% 27
Somerset +4 5 £500 -16.67% 10
Gloucestershire +21 4 £463 +23.33% 24
Devon +10 3 £338 -15.63% 6
Dorset +5 1 £300 - 7
Business Analyst
England

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 30 June 2025, Business Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South West region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 14 (35.90%) Social Skills
2 11 (28.21%) Finance
2 11 (28.21%) Agile
2 11 (28.21%) Business Analysis
3 10 (25.64%) Security Cleared
4 7 (17.95%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (17.95%) Requirements Gathering
4 7 (17.95%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (15.38%) Roadmaps
5 6 (15.38%) DV Cleared
5 6 (15.38%) Banking
5 6 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (15.38%) ITIL
6 5 (12.82%) Data Analysis
6 5 (12.82%) User Stories
7 4 (10.26%) Minimum Viable Product
7 4 (10.26%) Local Government
7 4 (10.26%) Requirements Management
7 4 (10.26%) SQL
7 4 (10.26%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (10.26%) Microsoft
7 4 (10.26%) GAP Analysis
7 4 (10.26%) Digital Wallet
7 4 (10.26%) Workshop Facilitation
7 4 (10.26%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (10.26%) Business Case
7 4 (10.26%) Public Sector
8 3 (7.69%) Product Ownership
8 3 (7.69%) Salesforce
8 3 (7.69%) Data Modelling

Business Analyst Skill Set
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 (5.13%) Confluence
2 1 (2.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.13%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (5.13%) NEC Housing
2 1 (2.56%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (2.56%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.13%) Apple Pay
1 2 (5.13%) Azure
1 2 (5.13%) Google Pay
2 1 (2.56%) AWS
2 1 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.56%) GCP
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.56%) Pendo
2 1 (2.56%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.26%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.56%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.56%) KDB
2 1 (2.56%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.56%) Power BI
2 1 (2.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 14 (35.90%) Social Skills
2 11 (28.21%) Finance
3 7 (17.95%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (15.38%) Banking
5 4 (10.26%) Local Government
5 4 (10.26%) Public Sector
6 2 (5.13%) Military
6 2 (5.13%) Social Housing
7 1 (2.56%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.56%) Private Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.95%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (10.26%) Digital Wallet
3 3 (7.69%) Product Ownership
4 2 (5.13%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.56%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (2.56%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.56%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.21%) Agile
1 11 (28.21%) Business Analysis
2 7 (17.95%) Requirements Gathering
3 6 (15.38%) ITIL
3 6 (15.38%) Roadmaps
3 6 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (12.82%) Data Analysis
4 5 (12.82%) User Stories
5 4 (10.26%) Business Case
5 4 (10.26%) GAP Analysis
5 4 (10.26%) Minimum Viable Product
5 4 (10.26%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (10.26%) Requirements Management
5 4 (10.26%) Workshop Facilitation
6 3 (7.69%) Data Mapping
6 3 (7.69%) Data Modelling
6 3 (7.69%) Wealth Management
7 2 (5.13%) Analytics
7 2 (5.13%) Information Architecture
7 2 (5.13%) Master Data Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (25.64%) Security Cleared
2 6 (15.38%) DV Cleared
3 2 (5.13%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.56%) Degree
4 1 (2.56%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.56%) Data Quality
1 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.69%) Oracle
2 3 (7.69%) Salesforce
3 2 (5.13%) Apple
3 2 (5.13%) Google
3 2 (5.13%) NEC
3 2 (5.13%) SAP
3 2 (5.13%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.56%) Aareon
4 1 (2.56%) Capita
4 1 (2.56%) Civica
4 1 (2.56%) Guidewire
4 1 (2.56%) Liquidlogic
4 1 (2.56%) Northgate
4 1 (2.56%) Orchard
4 1 (2.56%) QAD