Senior Business Analyst Contracts in England

Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA)
UK > England

The median Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA) daily rate in England is £511, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 405 389 424
Rank change year-on-year -16 +35 +33
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Business Analyst 80 153 239
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.33% 0.41% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.44% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 111 167
10th Percentile £413 £415 £460
25th Percentile £463 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £575 £590
Median % change year-on-year -11.08% -2.54% +11.85%
75th Percentile £581 £638 £653
90th Percentile £712 £675 £761
UK median daily rate £500 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £58.65
25th Percentile - - £59.63
Median hourly rate - - £62.50
75th Percentile - - £63.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £50.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year - -20.00% -27.75%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Senior Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Business Analyst in England

Senior Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Business Analyst in England.

Daily rate trend for Senior Business Analyst in England

Senior Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Business Analyst in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Business Analyst in England

Senior Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior Business Analyst in England.

Hourly rate trend for Senior Business Analyst in England

Senior Business Analyst
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
London -13 55 £525 -12.50% 67
North of England +15 10 £472 -10.10% 15
North West +13 7 £493 -8.29% 7
Midlands +21 4 £525 -0.66% 9
West Midlands +15 4 £525 -4.55% 7
South West +45 3 £625 +4.17% 10
South East +38 3 £545 +17.20% 18
Yorkshire +8 3 £400 -23.81% 5
East of England +22 2 £463 -11.90% 5
Senior Business Analyst
UK

Senior Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 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 England region featuring Senior Business Analyst in the job title.

1 36 (45.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 36 (45.00%) Business Analysis
2 33 (41.25%) Agile
3 29 (36.25%) Social Skills
4 27 (33.75%) Finance
5 20 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (22.50%) Requirements Gathering
7 17 (21.25%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (21.25%) User Stories
8 16 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 15 (18.75%) Migration
9 15 (18.75%) Workshop Facilitation
10 13 (16.25%) Risk Management
11 12 (15.00%) User Acceptance Testing
12 11 (13.75%) Target Operating Model
13 10 (12.50%) Process Improvement
13 10 (12.50%) Change Management
14 9 (11.25%) GAP Analysis
14 9 (11.25%) ERP
14 9 (11.25%) Data Migration
14 9 (11.25%) Security Cleared
14 9 (11.25%) Waterfall
14 9 (11.25%) Degree
14 9 (11.25%) Acceptance Criteria
15 8 (10.00%) Decision-Making
15 8 (10.00%) Power Platform
15 8 (10.00%) Public Sector
15 8 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
15 8 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
15 8 (10.00%) SAP

Senior Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (5.00%) Confluence
2 1 (1.25%) CMS
2 1 (1.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (6.25%) MS Visio
2 4 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (3.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.50%) Shopify
3 1 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.25%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.25%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.25%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.25%) SAP SD
3 1 (1.25%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 8 (10.00%) Power Platform
2 4 (5.00%) SaaS
3 3 (3.75%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (2.50%) Azure
4 2 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.50%) BigCommerce
5 1 (1.25%) Amazon S3
5 1 (1.25%) AWS
5 1 (1.25%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.25%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.50%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.75%) Power BI
2 2 (2.50%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (2.50%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.25%) GIS
Development Applications
1 5 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 29 (36.25%) Social Skills
2 27 (33.75%) Finance
3 20 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (10.00%) Public Sector
5 7 (8.75%) Marketing
6 6 (7.50%) Banking
6 6 (7.50%) Retail
7 3 (3.75%) Back Office
7 3 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.50%) Advertising
8 2 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.50%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.50%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.25%) Electronics
9 1 (1.25%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.25%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.25%) Legal
9 1 (1.25%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.00%) FpML
2 3 (3.75%) FIX Protocol
3 2 (2.50%) VML
4 1 (1.25%) Gherkin
4 1 (1.25%) SailPoint
4 1 (1.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.75%) Management Information System
2 5 (6.25%) CMDB
2 5 (6.25%) Product Ownership
3 3 (3.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (2.50%) PMI
4 2 (2.50%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 1 (1.25%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.25%) Derivative
5 1 (1.25%) Interest Rate Derivative
5 1 (1.25%) IoT
5 1 (1.25%) Legacy Code
5 1 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.25%) NHS
5 1 (1.25%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.25%) Reference Data
5 1 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (45.00%) Business Analysis
1 36 (45.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 33 (41.25%) Agile
3 18 (22.50%) Requirements Gathering
4 17 (21.25%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (21.25%) User Stories
5 16 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 15 (18.75%) Migration
6 15 (18.75%) Workshop Facilitation
7 13 (16.25%) Risk Management
8 12 (15.00%) User Acceptance Testing
9 11 (13.75%) Target Operating Model
10 10 (12.50%) Change Management
10 10 (12.50%) Process Improvement
11 9 (11.25%) Acceptance Criteria
11 9 (11.25%) Data Migration
11 9 (11.25%) ERP
11 9 (11.25%) GAP Analysis
11 9 (11.25%) Waterfall
12 8 (10.00%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.75%) SQL
2 2 (2.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (11.25%) Degree
1 9 (11.25%) Security Cleared
2 7 (8.75%) CBAP
3 4 (5.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.50%) ACCA
4 2 (2.50%) DV Cleared
4 2 (2.50%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.25%) CIMA
5 1 (1.25%) CSPO
5 1 (1.25%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.25%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.75%) QA
2 2 (2.50%) PMO
3 1 (1.25%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.25%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.25%) SEPA
Vendors
1 8 (10.00%) SAP
2 6 (7.50%) Adobe
2 6 (7.50%) ServiceNow
3 4 (5.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (5.00%) Salesforce
4 3 (3.75%) Workday
5 2 (2.50%) Sitecore
6 1 (1.25%) Oracle
6 1 (1.25%) Pega