Senior Business Analyst Contracts in the City of London

Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA)
Central London > City of London

The median Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA) daily rate in the City of London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 114 153
Rank change year-on-year +7 +39 +23
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Business Analyst 16 10 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.91% 0.46% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.98% 0.48% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 6 8
10th Percentile £477 £456 £548
25th Percentile £513 £522 £604
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £750 £631
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +18.81% -4.72%
75th Percentile £769 £863 £663
90th Percentile £814 £875 £723
Central London median daily rate £550 £700 £631
% change year-on-year -21.43% +10.89% +7.45%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 City of London with a recognized job title 1,635 2,066 3,434
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.06% 95.08% 95.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,029 1,469 2,338
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -6.25% +6.19%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £820
Central London median daily rate £573 £550 £590
% change year-on-year +4.09% -6.78% +5.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 23
10th Percentile £22.00 £15.62 £15.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £31.00 £23.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.78% -34.29% -5.41%
75th Percentile £48.75 £27.25 £58.75
90th Percentile £92.75 £40.00 £87.64
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £25.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +16.28% -28.57% -6.04%

Senior Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Business Analyst in the City of London

Senior Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Business Analyst in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Senior Business Analyst in the City of London

Senior Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Business Analyst in the City of London over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Business Analyst in the City of London

Senior Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior Business Analyst in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Senior Business Analyst in the City of London

Senior Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 6 May 2025, 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 City of London region featuring Senior Business Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (43.75%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
1 7 (43.75%) Business Analysis
2 6 (37.50%) Finance
3 4 (25.00%) SQL
3 4 (25.00%) Agile
3 4 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (18.75%) Process Improvement
4 3 (18.75%) Banking
4 3 (18.75%) QA
4 3 (18.75%) FpML
5 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
5 2 (12.50%) Back Office
5 2 (12.50%) Validation
5 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (12.50%) SAP
5 2 (12.50%) Python
5 2 (12.50%) E-Commerce
5 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
5 2 (12.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (12.50%) Intranet
5 2 (12.50%) Degree
5 2 (12.50%) FIX Protocol
5 2 (12.50%) Electronic Trading
5 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
5 2 (12.50%) Retail
5 2 (12.50%) Asset Management
5 2 (12.50%) Data Analysis
5 2 (12.50%) Project Management
5 2 (12.50%) Requirements Analysis

Senior Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 1 (6.25%) CMS
1 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) SAP CO
1 1 (6.25%) SAP FI
1 1 (6.25%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (6.25%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) Amazon S3
1 1 (6.25%) AWS
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
1 1 (6.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) Intranet
General
1 7 (43.75%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 6 (37.50%) Finance
3 3 (18.75%) Banking
4 2 (12.50%) Back Office
4 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 2 (12.50%) Retail
5 1 (6.25%) Financial Institution
5 1 (6.25%) Investment Banking
5 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
5 1 (6.25%) Marketing
5 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (18.75%) FpML
2 2 (12.50%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (6.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.25%) Derivative
2 1 (6.25%) Interest Rate Derivative
2 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (6.25%) PMI
2 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.25%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Business Analysis
2 4 (25.00%) Agile
2 4 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (18.75%) Process Improvement
4 2 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
4 2 (12.50%) Asset Management
4 2 (12.50%) Data Analysis
4 2 (12.50%) Data-Flow Analysis
4 2 (12.50%) E-Commerce
4 2 (12.50%) Electronic Trading
4 2 (12.50%) Functional Testing
4 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (12.50%) Project Management
4 2 (12.50%) Requirements Analysis
4 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
4 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (12.50%) User Stories
4 2 (12.50%) Validation
5 1 (6.25%) Change Management
5 1 (6.25%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) SQL
2 2 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
1 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) ACCA
2 1 (6.25%) CBAP
2 1 (6.25%) Master's Degree
2 1 (6.25%) PMI Certification
2 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) QA
2 1 (6.25%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) SAP
2 1 (6.25%) Adobe
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Salesforce