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 £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 August 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
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 410 407 403
Rank change year-on-year -3 -4 +78
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Business Analyst 102 118 222
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.37% 0.35% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.38% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 84 168
10th Percentile £413 £370 £490
25th Percentile £478 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £594 £600
Median % change year-on-year -11.58% -1.04% +11.63%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £743 £650 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £588 £594
% change year-on-year -10.64% -1.05% +13.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32.00 - £72.50
Median hourly rate £34.00 - £75.00
75th Percentile £36.00 - £77.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £50.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -32.00% -33.33% -

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 25,316 30,940 42,102
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.59% 92.85% 94.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,372 20,287 29,693
10th Percentile £285 £300 £306
25th Percentile £402 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -0.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,337 1,796 1,314
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.21 £14.68
25th Percentile £17.48 £21.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.32 £45.00 £41.90
Median % change year-on-year -43.73% +7.40% +63.16%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.01 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.16
% change year-on-year -41.51% +2.00% +64.15%

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 14 August 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 14 August 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 +14 73 £620 +3.33% 57
North of England -14 12 £488 -4.82% 16
South East +26 10 £525 +5.00% 33
North West -10 6 £493 -4.94% 13
Yorkshire -12 5 £419 -6.94% 4
Midlands -11 4 £450 -18.18% 8
West Midlands -11 3 £450 -18.18% 6
East of England +3 2 £463 +2.78% 3
East Midlands -2 1 - - 2
North East - 1 £520 -
Senior Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 August 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 54 (52.94%) Agile
2 41 (40.20%) Business Analysis
2 41 (40.20%) Stakeholder Management
3 40 (39.22%) Social Skills
4 30 (29.41%) Workshop Facilitation
5 29 (28.43%) Analytical Skills
6 28 (27.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 27 (26.47%) Finance
8 24 (23.53%) User Stories
9 22 (21.57%) Problem-Solving
10 18 (17.65%) Requirements Gathering
10 18 (17.65%) User Acceptance Testing
11 17 (16.67%) Public Sector
12 16 (15.69%) Risk Management
13 15 (14.71%) Analytics
13 15 (14.71%) Process Improvement
14 14 (13.73%) Waterfall
15 13 (12.75%) Migration
16 11 (10.78%) GAP Analysis
17 10 (9.80%) Change Management
17 10 (9.80%) Scrum
17 10 (9.80%) Degree
17 10 (9.80%) Asset Management
17 10 (9.80%) Continuous Improvement
17 10 (9.80%) User Experience
17 10 (9.80%) Acceptance Criteria
17 10 (9.80%) Decision-Making
18 9 (8.82%) DevOps
18 9 (8.82%) Target Operating Model
18 9 (8.82%) Azure DevOps

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 3 (2.94%) Confluence
2 1 (0.98%) CMS
2 1 (0.98%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (3.92%) MS Visio
2 3 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.94%) Aladdin
1 3 (2.94%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (2.94%) Shopify
2 2 (1.96%) Endur
3 1 (0.98%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.98%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 9 (8.82%) Azure
1 9 (8.82%) Azure DevOps
2 7 (6.86%) Power Platform
3 4 (3.92%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (3.92%) SaaS
4 3 (2.94%) BigCommerce
5 2 (1.96%) AWS
5 2 (1.96%) Miro
6 1 (0.98%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.98%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.98%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.98%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.98%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.98%) Salsify
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.96%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.88%) Power BI
2 1 (0.98%) GIS
2 1 (0.98%) Metadata
2 1 (0.98%) Power Query
2 1 (0.98%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.98%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.96%) JIRA
General
1 40 (39.22%) Social Skills
2 29 (28.43%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (26.47%) Finance
4 17 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 8 (7.84%) Marketing
5 8 (7.84%) Retail
6 6 (5.88%) Banking
7 5 (4.90%) Back Office
7 5 (4.90%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (4.90%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.94%) Advertising
9 3 (2.94%) Front Office
9 3 (2.94%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.96%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.96%) Law
10 2 (1.96%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.98%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.94%) VML
2 1 (0.98%) Gherkin
2 1 (0.98%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.90%) Management Information System
1 5 (4.90%) Product Ownership
2 4 (3.92%) CMDB
2 4 (3.92%) Derivative
3 3 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.96%) Fixed Income
4 2 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (1.96%) Market Risk
4 2 (1.96%) Operational Technology
4 2 (1.96%) Reinsurance
5 1 (0.98%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.98%) Energy Derivatives
5 1 (0.98%) Equities
5 1 (0.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.98%) Interest Rate Derivative
5 1 (0.98%) IoT
5 1 (0.98%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.98%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.98%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (52.94%) Agile
2 41 (40.20%) Business Analysis
2 41 (40.20%) Stakeholder Management
3 30 (29.41%) Workshop Facilitation
4 28 (27.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 24 (23.53%) User Stories
6 22 (21.57%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (17.65%) Requirements Gathering
7 18 (17.65%) User Acceptance Testing
8 16 (15.69%) Risk Management
9 15 (14.71%) Analytics
9 15 (14.71%) Process Improvement
10 14 (13.73%) Waterfall
11 13 (12.75%) Migration
12 11 (10.78%) GAP Analysis
13 10 (9.80%) Asset Management
13 10 (9.80%) Change Management
13 10 (9.80%) Continuous Improvement
13 10 (9.80%) Scrum
13 10 (9.80%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 8 (7.84%) SQL
2 2 (1.96%) Python
3 1 (0.98%) R
Qualifications
1 10 (9.80%) Degree
2 9 (8.82%) CBAP
3 6 (5.88%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.96%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.98%) ACCA
5 1 (0.98%) CIMA
5 1 (0.98%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.98%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.86%) QA
2 2 (1.96%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (1.96%) PMO
3 1 (0.98%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.98%) GDPR
3 1 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.98%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 7 (6.86%) Adobe
1 7 (6.86%) Salesforce
2 6 (5.88%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.88%) SAP
3 4 (3.92%) ServiceNow
4 3 (2.94%) Sitecore
4 3 (2.94%) Workday
5 2 (1.96%) HubSpot
5 2 (1.96%) Oracle
6 1 (0.98%) Ariba
6 1 (0.98%) Bloomberg
6 1 (0.98%) DocuSign
6 1 (0.98%) NetCracker
6 1 (0.98%) OpenLink
6 1 (0.98%) Sparx