The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Business Analyst role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Senior Business Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Business Analyst
Rank 293 237 229
Rank change year-on-year
-56 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Business Analyst 264 437 470
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.569% 0.749% 0.770%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.618% 0.810% 0.830%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 309 338
Average daily rate £475 £475 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -9.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £375 £363
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £650 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £420 £413
% change year-on-year
+1.19% +1.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 3
Average hourly rate £40.00 £46.50 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.97% +60.34%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £46.50 £29.00
% change year-on-year
- +60.34%
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42733 53947 56601
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.11% 92.50% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24507 29722 30764
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2112 2572 2930
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Senior Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Senior Business Analyst within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Senior Business Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Senior Business Analyst within the UK.

Senior Business Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Senior Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior Business Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Senior Business Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Senior Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Senior Business Analyst within the UK.

Senior Business Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Business Analyst
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Business Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England -40 239 £475 -
London -54 157 £525 -
City of London -41 43 £500 -4.76%
South East +13 36 £450 +12.07%
Berkshire - 15 £450 -
Hampshire -2 14 £550 +62.96%
North West +18 13 £338 -12.90%
Manchester +16 11 £338 -0.73%
West Yorkshire -5 11 £450 +5.88%
Yorkshire -6 11 £450 +5.88%
Scotland -40 10 £425 +6.25%
South West +24 8 £425 -0.52%
East of England +11 7 £425 -8.10%
Surrey +6 6 £400 -4.76%
Docklands, London +1 6 £525 -19.23%
Edinburgh -3 6 £425 +3.03%
East Midlands -6 6 £425 -5.66%
Leeds -8 6 £250 -42.85%
Northamptonshire +14 5 £425 -10.63%
Northampton +10 5 £425 -5.66%
Swindon +6 5 £425 -5.55%
Wiltshire +5 5 £425 -5.55%
Southampton - 5 £600 -
West Midlands +10 4 £425 -22.72%
Halifax +5 4 £478 +12.35%
Glasgow -34 4 £375 -4.76%
Hertfordshire - 4 £463 -
Bristol +9 3 £338 -13.46%
Hounslow -2 3 £450 -
Reading - 3 £450 -

Senior Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Senior Business Analyst in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Senior Business Analyst in their job title.

1 173 (35.09%) Business Analysis
2 171 (34.69%) Finance
3 92 (18.66%) Banking
4 91 (18.46%) Stakeholder Management
5 53 (10.75%) Front Office
5 53 (10.75%) Project Management
5 53 (10.75%) User Acceptance Testing
6 46 (9.331%) Telecoms
7 44 (8.925%) Retail
7 44 (8.925%) Data Analysis
8 42 (8.519%) SQL
9 41 (8.316%) UML
9 41 (8.316%) Data Modelling
9 41 (8.316%) Investment Banking
10 38 (7.708%) MS Visio
11 37 (7.505%) Agile Software Development
12 36 (7.302%) Back Office
13 35 (7.099%) Data Warehouse
13 35 (7.099%) Derivative
14 31 (6.288%) Workflow
14 31 (6.288%) Change Management
14 31 (6.288%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 28 (5.680%) Degree
16 27 (5.477%) MS Excel
16 27 (5.477%) CRM
16 27 (5.477%) Scrum
17 26 (5.274%) Fixed Income
18 25 (5.071%) Migration
18 25 (5.071%) Microsoft
19 24 (4.868%) E-Commerce

Senior Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Senior Business Analyst in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Senior Business Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (0.609%) XML
2 2 (0.406%) Murex Flex
2 2 (0.406%) Murex MxML
2 2 (0.406%) J2EE
2 2 (0.406%) ASP
3 1 (0.203%) FpML
3 1 (0.203%) HTML
3 1 (0.203%) .NET
3 1 (0.203%) FIX Protocol
Application Platforms
1 12 (2.434%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.420%) SAS
3 6 (1.217%) CMS
4 2 (0.406%) FileNet
5 1 (0.203%) LiveLink
5 1 (0.203%) TeamSite
5 1 (0.203%) Joomla!
Applications
1 38 (7.708%) MS Visio
2 27 (5.477%) MS Excel
3 22 (4.462%) MS Office
4 17 (3.448%) MS Project
5 9 (1.826%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (0.203%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 12 (2.434%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.609%) LatentZero
2 3 (0.609%) SAP Payroll
2 3 (0.609%) SAP HR
2 3 (0.609%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.406%) SAP HCM
3 2 (0.406%) Global One
4 1 (0.203%) Minerva
4 1 (0.203%) VisionPLUS
4 1 (0.203%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.203%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.203%) Endur
4 1 (0.203%) CSG Singleview
4 1 (0.203%) PeopleSoft HRMS
4 1 (0.203%) Loanet
4 1 (0.203%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 20 (4.057%) Broadband
2 11 (2.231%) HTTP
3 7 (1.420%) Internet
4 5 (1.014%) Ethernet
5 4 (0.811%) Intranet
6 3 (0.609%) 3G
6 3 (0.609%) HTTPS
7 2 (0.406%) ADSL
7 2 (0.406%) 2G
7 2 (0.406%) BSS
8 1 (0.203%) Extranet
8 1 (0.203%) Firewall
8 1 (0.203%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.203%) Wireless
8 1 (0.203%) FTP
8 1 (0.203%) GSM
8 1 (0.203%) UMTS
8 1 (0.203%) VoIP
8 1 (0.203%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (0.203%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (7.099%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (2.028%) Big Data
2 10 (2.028%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.420%) Data Mining
4 6 (1.217%) QlikView
5 3 (0.609%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (0.609%) MS Access
5 3 (0.609%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (0.406%) GIS
7 1 (0.203%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.203%) Oracle Discoverer
7 1 (0.203%) IBM InfoSphere
7 1 (0.203%) SQL Server 2008
7 1 (0.203%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Development Applications
1 4 (0.811%) Rational Rose
1 4 (0.811%) RequisitePro
2 3 (0.609%) JIRA
3 2 (0.406%) Selenium
3 2 (0.406%) Axure RP
3 2 (0.406%) ERwin
General
1 171 (34.69%) Finance
2 92 (18.66%) Banking
3 53 (10.75%) Front Office
4 46 (9.331%) Telecoms
5 44 (8.925%) Retail
6 41 (8.316%) Investment Banking
7 36 (7.302%) Back Office
8 15 (3.043%) Retail Banking
8 15 (3.043%) Marketing
9 9 (1.826%) Manufacturing
10 8 (1.623%) Billing
11 6 (1.217%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.217%) Legal
12 5 (1.014%) Games
12 5 (1.014%) Advertising
13 4 (0.811%) General Ledger
13 4 (0.811%) Automotive
14 3 (0.609%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.609%) Corporate Banking
15 2 (0.406%) Music
Miscellaneous
1 35 (7.099%) Derivative
2 31 (6.288%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 26 (5.274%) Fixed Income
4 19 (3.854%) Equities
5 16 (3.245%) Management Information System
6 9 (1.826%) Interest Rate Derivative
6 9 (1.826%) Digital Media
7 8 (1.623%) Credit Risk
7 8 (1.623%) Equity Derivative
8 7 (1.420%) Reference Data
9 6 (1.217%) Credit Derivative
10 5 (1.014%) Market Risk
11 4 (0.811%) Online Games
11 4 (0.811%) SWIFT
11 4 (0.811%) Hedge funds
11 4 (0.811%) IIBA
12 3 (0.609%) NHS
12 3 (0.609%) Mobile App
12 3 (0.609%) FMCG
12 3 (0.609%) DTCC
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.014%) Windows
2 4 (0.811%) UNIX
3 3 (0.609%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (35.09%) Business Analysis
2 91 (18.46%) Stakeholder Management
3 53 (10.75%) Project Management
3 53 (10.75%) User Acceptance Testing
4 44 (8.925%) Data Analysis
5 41 (8.316%) UML
5 41 (8.316%) Data Modelling
6 37 (7.505%) Agile Software Development
7 31 (6.288%) Workflow
7 31 (6.288%) Change Management
8 27 (5.477%) CRM
8 27 (5.477%) Scrum
9 25 (5.071%) Migration
10 24 (4.868%) E-Commerce
10 24 (4.868%) Use Case
11 23 (4.665%) ITIL
12 22 (4.462%) PRINCE2
12 22 (4.462%) Asset Management
12 22 (4.462%) Requirements Analysis
12 22 (4.462%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 42 (8.519%) SQL
2 5 (1.014%) VBA
3 4 (0.811%) C
3 4 (0.811%) Java
4 3 (0.609%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.203%) COBOL
5 1 (0.203%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.203%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 28 (5.680%) Degree
2 20 (4.057%) ISEB
3 10 (2.028%) Security Cleared
4 7 (1.420%) SC Cleared
5 3 (0.609%) CBAP
6 2 (0.406%) CIMA
7 1 (0.203%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.203%) ISEB Practitioner
7 1 (0.203%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.203%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.203%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.203%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.043%) QA
2 7 (1.420%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.217%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.014%) ISO 9001
4 5 (1.014%) Basel III
5 2 (0.406%) SLA
6 1 (0.203%) ISO 8583
6 1 (0.203%) Basel II
6 1 (0.203%) FATCA
6 1 (0.203%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (0.203%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.203%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (1.623%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 25 (5.071%) Microsoft
2 19 (3.854%) SAP
3 11 (2.231%) Calypso
3 11 (2.231%) Oracle
3 11 (2.231%) Business Objects
4 10 (2.028%) Murex
4 10 (2.028%) IBM
5 9 (1.826%) Reuters
5 9 (1.826%) Bloomberg
6 8 (1.623%) HP
7 7 (1.420%) Charles River
8 6 (1.217%) StatPro
9 5 (1.014%) Fidessa
10 4 (0.811%) Cadis
10 4 (0.811%) Cramer
10 4 (0.811%) Thunderhead
11 3 (0.609%) Casewise
11 3 (0.609%) TIBCO
11 3 (0.609%) BT
11 3 (0.609%) Twitter
Bournemouth
The skills and experience you'll bring A highly skilled, ideally ISEB certified, Senior Business Analyst with strong leadership skills as well as a track record of delivering...
Ageas 50
Rate: Up to £450 per day depending upon experience
Posted: 24 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
A highly skilled, ideally ISEB certified, Senior Business Analyst with strong leadership skills as well as a track record of delivering significant business benefit, through your application of...
Ageas 50
Rate: Up to £450 per day depending upon experience
Posted: 22 May 2013
Central London / West End
Requirements To succeed in this role, you will have significant, demonstrable project and business analysis experience and will be accustomed to working towards agreed schedules and managing your...
University of London
Rate: From £39,516 to £46,741 per annum pro rata
Posted: 13 May 2013
Halifax, Yorkshire
Hourglass) -Stakeholder analysis / modelling -Business Process Modelling -Requirements gathering and management -UML techniques (incl. Use Case (critical) -Sequence Diagrams, State Diagrams) -Data modelling / analysis -Reporting to the Lead...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Business Analyst, Change, Financial Services. My client is a major banking organisation who are looking for a highly skilled Business Analyst or Change Analyst to work on their...
Aston Carter
Rate: £280 - £300 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
Leader in Financial Services requires MI Lead to support a major programme which is currently in flight.You will be required to work with a team who will...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £500.00 per day
Posted: 30 April 2013
City of London
Senior Business Analyst required in London to work for a top financial consultancy, it will be essential to have previous experience working in an investment bank. My client...
Mint
Rate: £400 - £470 per annum
Posted: 2 May 2013
London
A leading global bank are looking for a Senior Business Analyst to help lead a Global Compliance Transformation programme. The Senior Business Analyst MUST have a wealth of...
Aston Carter
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
North London
Are you an engaging and self-motivated individual with experience of Siebel Business Analysis?... Elicit and evaluate requirements with an out of box thinking mindset, using various analysis...
Cancer Research
Rate: Competitive Salary
Posted: 24 May 2013
Southampton, South East
The client is looking for someone who has Content Management System experience and is familiar with Sharepoint, groupware collaborative working environments.This is a long term programme of...
Montash Associates
Rate: £500 - £650 per day + negotiable
Posted: 10 May 2013
City of London
Contract Senior Business Analyst - Investment Banking - £500-550pd - 6 months - London CityKey skills: Functional Business Analysis, Swift messaging / Swift payment gateways, Collateral, Liquidity, Agile, stakeholder liaison, investment banking,...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £500 - £550 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
City of London
Contract Senior Business Analyst - Investment Banking - £500-550pd - 6 months - London CityKey skills: Business Analysis, Swift messaging / Swift payment gateways, Collateral, Liquidity, Agile, stakeholder liaison, investment banking, CalypsoOur...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £500 - £550 per day
Posted: 11 May 2013
London
Senior Business Analyst with extensive experience within the Fixed Income, Credit eTrading environment within investment bank... Successful candidates will come from an investment banking background and have extensive...
Thomson Keene Associates
Rate: £550 - £700 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
One of our large retail banking clients is looking for a Senior Business Analyst/Requirements Manager to join their team on a new business benefits programme. You will...
Reed Professional Services
Rate: £525 - £575 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013