Business Analyst Contracts in the South East

Business Analyst (BA)
England > South East

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in the South East is £475 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 90 57 43
Rank change year-on-year -33 -14 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 116 201 375
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.06% 3.56% 4.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.23% 3.77% 5.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 156 286
10th Percentile £358 £363 £381
25th Percentile £413 £423 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £485 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% +7.78% +2.74%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £538
90th Percentile £588 £619 £575
England median daily rate £538 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +2.38% +5.00% +5.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year - +32.08% -3.37%
England median hourly rate £22.50 £62.50 £26.14
% change year-on-year -64.00% +139.14% -39.92%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 East with a recognized job title 5,201 5,337 7,358
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 94.61% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,081 3,698 5,052
10th Percentile £234 £218 £206
25th Percentile £400 £388 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £603 £589
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 523 237 309
10th Percentile £12.88 £16.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.16 £16.11
Median hourly rate £48.00 £50.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +150.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.00 £46.12
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £61.50
England median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.21%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in the South East

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in the South East

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in the South East

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in the South East

Business Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 East 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
Thames Valley -24 67 £500 +3.09% 12
Berkshire -50 38 £555 +6.73% 7
Hampshire +5 25 £475 -7.32% 4
Surrey +12 22 £425 -11.46% 5
Buckinghamshire +29 18 £428 -2.29% 3
Oxfordshire +10 11 £475 -7.99% 2
West Sussex +5 1 £425 +9.68%
Kent +1 1 £450 +5.88% 1
M4 Corridor - 1 £598 -
Business Analyst
England

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

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 South East region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 34 (29.31%) Social Skills
2 32 (27.59%) Business Analysis
3 28 (24.14%) Agile
4 27 (23.28%) User Stories
5 26 (22.41%) Finance
6 21 (18.10%) Requirements Gathering
7 20 (17.24%) Project Management
8 18 (15.52%) SAP
9 17 (14.66%) Manufacturing
9 17 (14.66%) Stakeholder Management
9 17 (14.66%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (12.93%) User Acceptance Testing
11 14 (12.07%) JIRA
12 13 (11.21%) ERP
13 12 (10.34%) Degree
13 12 (10.34%) Business Case
13 12 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
14 11 (9.48%) Acceptance Criteria
15 10 (8.62%) Confluence
15 10 (8.62%) Data Analysis
15 10 (8.62%) MS Visio
15 10 (8.62%) Product Ownership
16 9 (7.76%) Change Management
16 9 (7.76%) E-Commerce
17 8 (6.90%) Scrum
17 8 (6.90%) Telecoms
17 8 (6.90%) Security Cleared
17 8 (6.90%) Roadmaps
17 8 (6.90%) Product Backlog
18 7 (6.03%) Impact Assessments

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 10 (8.62%) Confluence
2 3 (2.59%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (8.62%) MS Visio
2 7 (6.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (4.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (3.45%) SAP MDG
2 3 (2.59%) SAP Hybris
3 2 (1.72%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.86%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.86%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.86%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.86%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 5 (4.31%) Azure
2 4 (3.45%) SaaS
2 4 (3.45%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 3 (2.59%) AWS
3 3 (2.59%) Power Platform
4 2 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.86%) Adobe Analytics
5 1 (0.86%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (0.86%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
5 1 (0.86%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.59%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (0.86%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.59%) Power BI
2 2 (1.72%) Power Query
2 2 (1.72%) PowerPivot
3 1 (0.86%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 14 (12.07%) JIRA
General
1 34 (29.31%) Social Skills
2 26 (22.41%) Finance
3 17 (14.66%) Manufacturing
4 12 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (6.90%) Telecoms
6 7 (6.03%) Retail
7 6 (5.17%) Automotive
7 6 (5.17%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (5.17%) Public Sector
8 5 (4.31%) Banking
8 5 (4.31%) Marketing
9 4 (3.45%) Corporate Banking
10 3 (2.59%) French Language
11 1 (0.86%) Billing
11 1 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.86%) Local Government
11 1 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.86%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.72%) HTML
1 2 (1.72%) JSON
1 2 (1.72%) XML
2 1 (0.86%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.86%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.62%) Product Ownership
2 6 (5.17%) Mobile App
3 4 (3.45%) Cloud Native
3 4 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.59%) IoT
4 3 (2.59%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.72%) Cyberattack
5 2 (1.72%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.86%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.86%) EPoS
6 1 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.86%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.86%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.86%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.86%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (27.59%) Business Analysis
2 28 (24.14%) Agile
3 27 (23.28%) User Stories
4 21 (18.10%) Requirements Gathering
5 20 (17.24%) Project Management
6 17 (14.66%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (14.66%) Stakeholder Management
7 15 (12.93%) User Acceptance Testing
8 13 (11.21%) ERP
9 12 (10.34%) Business Case
10 11 (9.48%) Acceptance Criteria
11 10 (8.62%) Data Analysis
12 9 (7.76%) Change Management
12 9 (7.76%) E-Commerce
13 8 (6.90%) Product Backlog
13 8 (6.90%) Roadmaps
13 8 (6.90%) Scrum
14 7 (6.03%) CRM
14 7 (6.03%) Impact Assessments
14 7 (6.03%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.31%) SQL
2 2 (1.72%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.86%) JCL
3 1 (0.86%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 12 (10.34%) Degree
2 8 (6.90%) Security Cleared
3 7 (6.03%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.45%) ISEB
5 2 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.86%) CSPO
6 1 (0.86%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.86%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.03%) GDPR
2 3 (2.59%) QA
3 1 (0.86%) PMO
3 1 (0.86%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 2 (1.72%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 18 (15.52%) SAP
2 7 (6.03%) Microsoft
3 4 (3.45%) Adobe
3 4 (3.45%) Oracle
4 3 (2.59%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.72%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.72%) Workday
6 1 (0.86%) Apple