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 £513 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 105 73 53
Rank change year-on-year -32 -20 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 45 118 161
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.41% 3.23% 4.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.51% 3.49% 4.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 107 128
10th Percentile £326 £400 £325
25th Percentile £425 £425 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £468
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +12.30% +6.86%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £540
90th Percentile £603 £650 £600
England median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £70.00 £81.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.58% - -
England median hourly rate £22.50 £58.00 £26.27
% change year-on-year -61.21% +120.78% -28.03%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,979 3,380 3,559
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 92.50% 95.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,910 2,526 2,537
10th Percentile £210 £263 £225
25th Percentile £381 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £588
90th Percentile £700 £713 £659
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 391 276 205
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.09 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £51.24 £17.50
Median hourly rate £53.00 £65.00 £47.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.46% +38.30% +10.59%
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £78.00 £85.00 £69.05
England median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%

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 26 April 2024.

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 26 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
Bristol -4 20 £475 -9.52% 9
Gloucestershire -6 11 £550 +0.92% 2
Wiltshire -33 6 £511 -4.88% 3
Dorset +5 2 £465 +11.04%
Somerset +4 2 £600 +6.01% 2
Cornwall -4 2 - -
Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 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 West region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 24 (53.33%) Security Cleared
2 13 (28.89%) Business Analysis
2 13 (28.89%) Social Skills
3 12 (26.67%) Agile
3 12 (26.67%) SC Cleared
4 11 (24.44%) DV Cleared
5 10 (22.22%) Finance
6 8 (17.78%) SAP
6 8 (17.78%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (17.78%) Degree
7 7 (15.56%) Public Sector
8 6 (13.33%) Business Case
8 6 (13.33%) Telecoms
8 6 (13.33%) Data Analysis
8 6 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (11.11%) User Stories
9 5 (11.11%) Target Operating Model
9 5 (11.11%) Use Case
9 5 (11.11%) SAP HANA
9 5 (11.11%) Logistics
9 5 (11.11%) Manufacturing
9 5 (11.11%) Change Management
9 5 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (8.89%) Decision-Making
10 4 (8.89%) Requirements Gathering
10 4 (8.89%) Management Information System
10 4 (8.89%) MS Visio
10 4 (8.89%) Project Management
10 4 (8.89%) Programme Management
10 4 (8.89%) JIRA

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 3 (6.67%) Confluence
2 1 (2.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (2.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (8.89%) MS Visio
2 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (2.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Magento
1 1 (2.22%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.22%) Azure
1 1 (2.22%) Entra ID
1 1 (2.22%) Lucidchart
1 1 (2.22%) SaaS
1 1 (2.22%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.11%) SAP HANA
2 2 (4.44%) Hadoop
3 1 (2.22%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.22%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 4 (8.89%) JIRA
General
1 13 (28.89%) Social Skills
2 10 (22.22%) Finance
3 7 (15.56%) Public Sector
4 6 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (13.33%) Telecoms
5 5 (11.11%) Manufacturing
6 3 (6.67%) Electronics
6 3 (6.67%) Marketing
7 2 (4.44%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.22%) Aerospace
8 1 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.22%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.44%) Apache NiFi
1 2 (4.44%) JSON
1 2 (4.44%) pytest
1 2 (4.44%) XML
2 1 (2.22%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.89%) Cloud Native
1 4 (8.89%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.67%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.44%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.22%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (28.89%) Business Analysis
2 12 (26.67%) Agile
3 8 (17.78%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (13.33%) Business Case
4 6 (13.33%) Data Analysis
5 5 (11.11%) Change Management
5 5 (11.11%) Logistics
5 5 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (11.11%) Target Operating Model
5 5 (11.11%) Use Case
5 5 (11.11%) User Stories
6 4 (8.89%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (8.89%) Decision-Making
6 4 (8.89%) Process Improvement
6 4 (8.89%) Programme Management
6 4 (8.89%) Project Management
6 4 (8.89%) Requirements Gathering
6 4 (8.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (6.67%) ArchiMate
7 3 (6.67%) Business Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.44%) Python
1 2 (4.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (53.33%) Security Cleared
2 12 (26.67%) SC Cleared
3 11 (24.44%) DV Cleared
4 8 (17.78%) Degree
5 2 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.67%) QA
2 1 (2.22%) SEPA
2 1 (2.22%) TARGET2
System Software
1 1 (2.22%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (17.78%) SAP
2 3 (6.67%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.44%) Atlassian
3 2 (4.44%) Sparx
4 1 (2.22%) Adobe
4 1 (2.22%) BiZZdesign
4 1 (2.22%) Ceridian
4 1 (2.22%) Okta
4 1 (2.22%) Salesforce