Business Analyst Contracts in South Wales

Business Analyst (BA)
Wales > South Wales

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in South Wales is £420 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 29 28
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 +14
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 9 28 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 2.65% 5.35% 6.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.97% 5.62% 6.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 26 47
10th Percentile £181 £324 £360
25th Percentile £358 £381 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £475 £430
Median % change year-on-year -11.58% +10.47% +14.67%
75th Percentile £475 £523 £488
90th Percentile £588 £575 £575
Wales median daily rate £420 £475 £440
% change year-on-year -11.58% +7.95% +15.79%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 303 498 875
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.12% 95.22% 97.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 386 650
10th Percentile £173 £173 £200
25th Percentile £350 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £563 £571 £575
90th Percentile £644 £650 £638
Wales median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 27 36
10th Percentile £11.75 £12.85 £11.15
25th Percentile £15.20 £16.60 £11.97
Median hourly rate £22.68 £18.14 £19.91
Median % change year-on-year +25.03% -8.89% +10.61%
75th Percentile £53.75 £19.98 £26.06
90th Percentile £87.80 £49.25 £47.14
Wales median hourly rate £19.09 £18.14 £19.91
% change year-on-year +5.21% -8.89% +20.67%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in South Wales

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in South Wales

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in South Wales over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in South Wales

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in South Wales

Business Analyst
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
Cardiff -8 8 £420 -11.58% 3
Newport +2 1 £175 -66.27% 3
Business Analyst
Wales

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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 Wales region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (22.22%) Finance
3 2 (22.22%) KYC
3 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 1 (11.11%) Product Backlog
4 1 (11.11%) Business Case
4 1 (11.11%) Data Sharing
4 1 (11.11%) Conflict Resolution
4 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (11.11%) Business Strategy
4 1 (11.11%) Data Structures
4 1 (11.11%) Business Process Modelling
4 1 (11.11%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (11.11%) .NET
4 1 (11.11%) UML
4 1 (11.11%) NHS
4 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Use Case
4 1 (11.11%) BPMN
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (11.11%) Process Improvement
4 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

General
1 5 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Data Structures
1 1 (11.11%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (22.22%) KYC
2 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (11.11%) BPMN
3 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Business Case
3 1 (11.11%) Business Process Modelling
3 1 (11.11%) Business Strategy
3 1 (11.11%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (11.11%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (11.11%) Data Sharing
3 1 (11.11%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (11.11%) Process Improvement
3 1 (11.11%) Product Backlog
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (11.11%) UML
3 1 (11.11%) Use Case