Business Analyst Contracts in Bedfordshire

Business Analyst (BA)
East of England > Bedfordshire

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in Bedfordshire is £518 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 25 9
Rank change year-on-year -4 -16 +11
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 4 5 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 1.69% 2.92% 13.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.94% 2.99% 14.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 22
10th Percentile £448 £448 £379
25th Percentile £481 £481 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £488 £490
Median % change year-on-year +6.15% -0.51% +14.62%
75th Percentile £561 £500 £524
90th Percentile £577 - £525
East of England median daily rate £425 £488 £450
% change year-on-year -12.82% +8.33% +5.88%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bedfordshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire. 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 Bedfordshire with a recognized job title 206 167 264
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.92% 97.66% 97.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 111 156
10th Percentile £263 £200 £263
25th Percentile £361 £300 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £465 £490
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% -5.10% +15.29%
75th Percentile £551 £600 £535
90th Percentile £625 £625 £613
East of England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 4 20
10th Percentile - £17.10 £14.10
25th Percentile £15.39 £20.25 £36.06
Median hourly rate £60.00 £48.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +23.71% -7.62% +238.71%
75th Percentile £65.75 £82.50 £62.44
90th Percentile £67.50 £87.00 £68.75
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £44.08 £16.00
% change year-on-year -2.45% +175.50% -

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in Bedfordshire

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in Bedfordshire

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in Bedfordshire

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in Bedfordshire

Business Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Dunstable -4 1 £500 +2.56%
Luton -7 1 £425 -12.82% 1
Bedford - 1 £575 -
Business Analyst
East of England

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 Bedfordshire region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
1 1 (25.00%) Data Management
1 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (25.00%) Local Government
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) SAP BPC
1 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (25.00%) SAP HANA
1 1 (25.00%) Analytics
1 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (25.00%) Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (25.00%) User Experience
1 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
1 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (25.00%) Order to Cash
1 1 (25.00%) Record to Report
1 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (25.00%) Business Case
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (25.00%) SAP
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP BPC
1 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
1 1 (25.00%) SAP HANA
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Local Government
1 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Analytics
1 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (25.00%) Business Case
1 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (25.00%) Data Management
1 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (25.00%) Order to Cash
1 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (25.00%) Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (25.00%) Project Management
1 1 (25.00%) Record to Report
1 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (25.00%) User Experience
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Ariba
1 1 (25.00%) Hyperion
1 1 (25.00%) SAP