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 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 65 41 38
Rank change year-on-year -24 -3 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 67 136 184
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.54% 4.75% 5.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.74% 5.03% 5.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 98 139
10th Percentile £385 £368 £381
25th Percentile £419 £430 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £439
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% +10.52% +3.25%
75th Percentile £555 £538 £475
90th Percentile £588 £597 £538
South East median daily rate £475 £485 £450
% change year-on-year -2.06% +7.78% +2.74%
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 2,447 2,705 3,444
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.65% 94.45% 96.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,370 1,838 2,370
10th Percentile £213 £300 £205
25th Percentile £375 £403 £381
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 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 82 100
10th Percentile £15.85 £17.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £21.16 £13.00
Median hourly rate £47.95 £49.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +182.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £87.46 £78.97 £57.86
South East median hourly rate £48.00 £50.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.00% +150.00% -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 1 June 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 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
Berkshire -50 38 £555 +6.73% 7
Buckinghamshire +29 18 £428 -2.29% 3
Oxfordshire +10 11 £475 -7.99% 2
Business Analyst
South East

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

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 Thames Valley region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 21 (31.34%) Business Analysis
2 20 (29.85%) Social Skills
3 15 (22.39%) User Stories
4 14 (20.90%) Requirements Gathering
5 12 (17.91%) Project Management
6 11 (16.42%) Finance
6 11 (16.42%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (16.42%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (14.93%) User Acceptance Testing
8 9 (13.43%) Manufacturing
8 9 (13.43%) Change Management
8 9 (13.43%) Agile
9 8 (11.94%) SAP
9 8 (11.94%) Telecoms
9 8 (11.94%) Degree
10 7 (10.45%) GDPR
10 7 (10.45%) Impact Assessments
11 6 (8.96%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (8.96%) Business Case
11 6 (8.96%) Analytical Skills
11 6 (8.96%) Automotive
11 6 (8.96%) ERP
11 6 (8.96%) SC Cleared
11 6 (8.96%) Security Cleared
12 5 (7.46%) Data Analysis
12 5 (7.46%) MS Visio
12 5 (7.46%) Microsoft Excel
12 5 (7.46%) Microsoft
12 5 (7.46%) SQL
12 5 (7.46%) Acceptance Criteria

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 4 (5.97%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (7.46%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (7.46%) MS Visio
2 3 (4.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (5.97%) SAP MDG
2 2 (2.99%) NetSuite
3 1 (1.49%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (1.49%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.49%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.49%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.97%) Azure
2 3 (4.48%) AWS
3 2 (2.99%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.49%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (1.49%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 1 (1.49%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.48%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (1.49%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.99%) Power BI
1 2 (2.99%) Power Query
1 2 (2.99%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 4 (5.97%) JIRA
General
1 20 (29.85%) Social Skills
2 11 (16.42%) Finance
3 9 (13.43%) Manufacturing
4 8 (11.94%) Telecoms
5 6 (8.96%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (8.96%) Automotive
5 6 (8.96%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (5.97%) Retail
7 3 (4.48%) Banking
7 3 (4.48%) Corporate Banking
8 2 (2.99%) Marketing
8 2 (2.99%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.49%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.46%) Product Ownership
2 4 (5.97%) Cloud Native
2 4 (5.97%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (4.48%) IoT
4 2 (2.99%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.49%) EPoS
5 1 (1.49%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.49%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.49%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (31.34%) Business Analysis
2 15 (22.39%) User Stories
3 14 (20.90%) Requirements Gathering
4 12 (17.91%) Project Management
5 11 (16.42%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (16.42%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (14.93%) User Acceptance Testing
7 9 (13.43%) Agile
7 9 (13.43%) Change Management
8 7 (10.45%) Impact Assessments
9 6 (8.96%) Business Case
9 6 (8.96%) ERP
10 5 (7.46%) Acceptance Criteria
10 5 (7.46%) Data Analysis
10 5 (7.46%) Data Design
11 4 (5.97%) B2C
11 4 (5.97%) Cybersecurity
11 4 (5.97%) Systems Analysis
11 4 (5.97%) Use Case
12 3 (4.48%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.46%) SQL
2 1 (1.49%) JCL
2 1 (1.49%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (11.94%) Degree
2 6 (8.96%) SC Cleared
2 6 (8.96%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.48%) ISEB
4 2 (2.99%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.49%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.45%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (2.99%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (11.94%) SAP
2 5 (7.46%) Microsoft
3 4 (5.97%) Oracle
4 2 (2.99%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.99%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.99%) Workday
5 1 (1.49%) Adobe
5 1 (1.49%) Apple