Senior Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA)
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA) daily rate in Glasgow is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 75 66
Rank change year-on-year -8 -9 +14
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Business Analyst 5 4 4
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.50% 0.50% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.52% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 4
10th Percentile £423 £438 £425
25th Percentile £456 £447 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -2.56% +12.07%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £500
90th Percentile - £588 -
Scotland median daily rate £475 £430 £455
% change year-on-year +10.47% -5.49% +6.56%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 930 764 725
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.75% 95.38% 94.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 519 481 508
10th Percentile £289 £300 £244
25th Percentile £358 £368 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -9.27%
75th Percentile £580 £550 £575
90th Percentile £675 £600 £628
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +2.78% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 18 32
10th Percentile £13.50 - £11.59
25th Percentile £16.17 £16.84 £15.92
Median hourly rate £40.32 £19.90 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +102.61% -51.39% +154.13%
75th Percentile £60.91 £26.21 £54.69
90th Percentile £77.50 £59.75 £62.50
Scotland median hourly rate £35.00 £19.83 £18.27
% change year-on-year +76.50% +8.54% +3.10%

Senior Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Business Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Senior Business Analyst job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Senior Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Business Analyst job vacancies in Glasgow.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Business Analyst job vacancies in Glasgow

Senior Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 8 July 2026, Senior Business Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Glasgow region featuring Senior Business Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (60.00%) User Stories
2 2 (40.00%) Backlog Refinement
2 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) JIRA
2 2 (40.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Scrum
2 2 (40.00%) Servant Leadership
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Validation
2 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (20.00%) API Integration
3 1 (20.00%) BPMN
3 1 (20.00%) Calypso
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (20.00%) Data Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Data Lineage
3 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (20.00%) ISO 20022
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) ITSM
3 1 (20.00%) Lucidchart

Senior Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Lucidchart
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Banking
1 3 (60.00%) Investment Banking
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Financial Institution
3 1 (20.00%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (20.00%) CMDB
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (20.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (60.00%) User Stories
2 2 (40.00%) Backlog Refinement
2 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Scrum
2 2 (40.00%) Servant Leadership
2 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Validation
2 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (20.00%) API Integration
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (20.00%) Data Lineage
3 1 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (20.00%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (20.00%) ISO 20022
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Calypso
1 1 (20.00%) Murex
1 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow