Senior Business Analyst Contracts in the Thames Valley

Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA)
South East > Thames Valley

The median Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA) daily rate in the Thames Valley is £430 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 127 142 154
Rank change year-on-year +15 +12 -22
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Business Analyst 7 8 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.26% 0.28% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.29% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 10
10th Percentile £405 £464 £412
25th Percentile £411 - £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £485 £509
Median % change year-on-year -11.34% -4.74% -11.46%
75th Percentile £465 £638 £533
90th Percentile £501 £645 £541
South East median daily rate £500 £575 £516
% change year-on-year -13.04% +11.38% -10.22%

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 2,474 2,740 3,370
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.04% 94.45% 95.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,427 1,904 2,297
10th Percentile £206 £313 £190
25th Percentile £370 £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 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 186 76 101
10th Percentile £15.67 £17.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.75 £13.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £48.40 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.02% +176.57% -16.86%
75th Percentile £63.09 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £85.45 £79.19 £57.38
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%

Senior Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Business Analyst in the Thames Valley

Senior Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Business Analyst in the Thames Valley

Senior 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 Senior Business Analyst within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 4 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 -5 4 £500 +3.09%
Buckinghamshire - 3 £430 -
Senior Business Analyst
South East

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Business Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Business Analysis
2 5 (71.43%) Project Management
2 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Business Case
3 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) Acceptance Criteria
3 3 (42.86%) Customer-Centricity
3 3 (42.86%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (42.86%) Commercial Awareness
3 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (42.86%) Critical Thinking
3 3 (42.86%) Portfolio Management
3 3 (42.86%) User Stories
3 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure Management
3 3 (42.86%) Telecoms
4 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
4 2 (28.57%) ISEB
4 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
4 2 (28.57%) Systems Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Impact Assessments
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 1 (14.29%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (14.29%) SAP FI
5 1 (14.29%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (14.29%) SAP CO
5 1 (14.29%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (14.29%) SuccessFactors

Senior 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (14.29%) SAP CO
1 1 (14.29%) SAP FI
1 1 (14.29%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) SuccessFactors
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Telecoms
3 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
4 1 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Fusion
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Business Analysis
2 5 (71.43%) Project Management
3 3 (42.86%) Acceptance Criteria
3 3 (42.86%) Business Case
3 3 (42.86%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (42.86%) Commercial Awareness
3 3 (42.86%) Critical Thinking
3 3 (42.86%) Customer-Centricity
3 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure Management
3 3 (42.86%) Portfolio Management
3 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (42.86%) User Stories
4 2 (28.57%) Impact Assessments
4 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (28.57%) Systems Analysis
5 1 (14.29%) ERP
5 1 (14.29%) Migration
5 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) ISEB
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle
1 1 (14.29%) SAP