Data Business Analyst Contracts in the South West

Data Business Analyst (Data BA)
England > South West

The median Data Business Analyst (Data BA) daily rate in the South West is £430, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 August 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
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 139 157
Rank change year-on-year +25 +18 +7
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Data Business Analyst 5 3 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.26% 0.11% 0.090%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.12% 0.094%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 3
10th Percentile - £301 £340
25th Percentile £405 £331 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £388 £450
Median % change year-on-year +10.97% -13.89% -7.69%
75th Percentile £478 £409 £544
90th Percentile £484 £419 £600
England median daily rate £475 £550 £585
% change year-on-year -13.64% -5.98% +11.43%

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the South West with a recognized job title 1,705 2,527 3,176
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.80% 92.43% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 978 1,607 2,198
10th Percentile £220 £228 £300
25th Percentile £363 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% -3.33% +1.92%
75th Percentile £624 £613 £638
90th Percentile £700 £700 £719
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 198 299 280
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.82 £18.26
25th Percentile £18.13 £32.49 £40.85
Median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -62.74% +8.00% +15.74%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £74.06
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £44.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -42.84% +0.32% +68.69%

Data Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Business Analyst in the South West

Data Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Data Business Analyst
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 Data Business Analyst within the South West region over the 6 months to 28 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
Bristol +10 2 £410 +42.61% 1
Wiltshire +18 1 - -
Devon +8 1 £450 +5.88% 1
Gloucestershire - 1 £475 -
Data Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 August 2025, Data 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 Data Business Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) Data Mapping
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) Data Governance
3 2 (40.00%) Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (40.00%) Data Quality
3 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
4 1 (20.00%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (20.00%) Data Science
4 1 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
4 1 (20.00%) Analytical Modelling
4 1 (20.00%) Migration
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (20.00%) ETL
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Data Management
4 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
4 1 (20.00%) Data Transformation

Data 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
1 1 (20.00%) Tableau
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Military
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Data Mapping
2 2 (40.00%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (40.00%) Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Data Lineage
3 1 (20.00%) Data Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Data Science
3 1 (20.00%) Data Transformation
3 1 (20.00%) ETL
3 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (20.00%) Actionable Recommendations