Business Analyst Contracts in the Thames Valley

Business Analyst (BA)
South East > Thames Valley

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in the Thames Valley is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 39 33
Rank change year-on-year -34 -6 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 70 145 176
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.65% 5.11% 5.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.85% 5.41% 5.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 106 135
10th Percentile £375 £325 £377
25th Percentile £417 £410 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £555 £538 £488
90th Percentile £588 £581 £523
South East median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year - +32.08% -
South East median hourly rate - £70.00 £53.00
% change year-on-year - +32.08% -3.37%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,452 2,682 3,336
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.47% 95.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,413 1,852 2,283
10th Percentile £205 £303 £200
25th Percentile £363 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £491
% change year-on-year - +1.83% +9.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 185 77 99
10th Percentile £15.63 £17.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.00 £13.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £48.40 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.02% +176.57% -16.86%
75th Percentile £62.50 £66.21 £23.00
90th Percentile £85.49 £79.19 £55.48
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £47.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +137.50% -20.00%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in the Thames Valley

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in the Thames Valley

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in the Thames Valley

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in the Thames Valley

Business Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
Berkshire -47 44 £525 +7.14% 9
Buckinghamshire +24 20 £428 -3.93% 7
Oxfordshire +5 6 £488 +2.63% 4
Business Analyst
South East

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 12 May 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 Thames Valley region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 26 (37.14%) Social Skills
2 24 (34.29%) Business Analysis
3 17 (24.29%) User Stories
4 16 (22.86%) Requirements Gathering
5 14 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (20.00%) Project Management
6 11 (15.71%) Change Management
6 11 (15.71%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (15.71%) Agile
7 10 (14.29%) Finance
7 10 (14.29%) SAP
7 10 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
8 9 (12.86%) Degree
9 8 (11.43%) SC Cleared
9 8 (11.43%) Security Cleared
9 8 (11.43%) Telecoms
10 7 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
10 7 (10.00%) GDPR
10 7 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (10.00%) Impact Assessments
10 7 (10.00%) Microsoft
10 7 (10.00%) Data Analysis
11 6 (8.57%) JIRA
11 6 (8.57%) Confluence
11 6 (8.57%) Manufacturing
11 6 (8.57%) Retail
11 6 (8.57%) Business Case
12 5 (7.14%) Data Design
12 5 (7.14%) Product Ownership
12 5 (7.14%) Automotive

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 6 (8.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (7.14%) MS Visio
2 3 (4.29%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (4.29%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (5.71%) SAP MDG
2 2 (2.86%) NetSuite
3 1 (1.43%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (1.43%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.43%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.43%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.43%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.14%) Azure
2 4 (5.71%) AWS
3 3 (4.29%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.86%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.86%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.43%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.29%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (1.43%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.86%) Power BI
1 2 (2.86%) Power Query
1 2 (2.86%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 6 (8.57%) JIRA
General
1 26 (37.14%) Social Skills
2 10 (14.29%) Finance
3 8 (11.43%) Telecoms
4 7 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (8.57%) Manufacturing
5 6 (8.57%) Retail
6 5 (7.14%) Automotive
7 3 (4.29%) Banking
7 3 (4.29%) Corporate Banking
7 3 (4.29%) Marketing
8 2 (2.86%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.43%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.43%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.14%) Product Ownership
2 4 (5.71%) Cloud Native
3 3 (4.29%) IoT
3 3 (4.29%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (4.29%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.43%) EPoS
4 1 (1.43%) Mainframe
4 1 (1.43%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (34.29%) Business Analysis
2 17 (24.29%) User Stories
3 16 (22.86%) Requirements Gathering
4 14 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (20.00%) Project Management
5 11 (15.71%) Agile
5 11 (15.71%) Change Management
5 11 (15.71%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
7 7 (10.00%) Data Analysis
7 7 (10.00%) Impact Assessments
8 6 (8.57%) Business Case
9 5 (7.14%) Data Design
9 5 (7.14%) ERP
9 5 (7.14%) Systems Analysis
10 4 (5.71%) B2C
10 4 (5.71%) Cybersecurity
10 4 (5.71%) Process Improvement
10 4 (5.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 4 (5.71%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.14%) SQL
2 1 (1.43%) JCL
2 1 (1.43%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 9 (12.86%) Degree
2 8 (11.43%) SC Cleared
2 8 (11.43%) Security Cleared
3 5 (7.14%) ISEB
4 2 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (2.86%) CBAP
4 2 (2.86%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.43%) CSPO
5 1 (1.43%) IIBA
5 1 (1.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 10 (14.29%) SAP
2 7 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (7.14%) Oracle
4 3 (4.29%) Workday
5 2 (2.86%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.43%) Adobe
6 1 (1.43%) Apple
6 1 (1.43%) Salesforce