Senior Business Analyst Contracts in London

Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA)
England > London

The median Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA) daily rate in London is £525, 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 298 285 325
Rank change year-on-year -13 +40 +45
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Business Analyst 55 106 173
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.44% 0.59% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.64% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 78 122
10th Percentile £420 £469 £451
25th Percentile £475 £525 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £699
90th Percentile £773 £686 £775
England median daily rate £511 £575 £590
% change year-on-year -11.08% -2.54% +11.85%
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 - - -
England median hourly rate - - £62.50
% change year-on-year - - -27.75%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Senior Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Business Analyst in London

Senior Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Business Analyst in London

Senior Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Senior Business Analyst in London

Senior Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Business Analyst in London

Senior Business Analyst
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London 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
Central London +11 17 £575 -23.33% 3
West London +11 1 £338 -43.04%
Senior Business Analyst
England

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

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 London region featuring Senior Business Analyst in the job title.

1 26 (47.27%) Social Skills
2 24 (43.64%) Finance
2 24 (43.64%) Business Analysis
3 21 (38.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 20 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (34.55%) Agile
6 15 (27.27%) Requirements Gathering
7 12 (21.82%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (21.82%) Migration
7 12 (21.82%) User Stories
8 10 (18.18%) Workshop Facilitation
9 9 (16.36%) Target Operating Model
10 8 (14.55%) Data Migration
10 8 (14.55%) ERP
11 7 (12.73%) SAP
11 7 (12.73%) Risk Management
11 7 (12.73%) QA
11 7 (12.73%) User Acceptance Testing
11 7 (12.73%) CBAP
11 7 (12.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 7 (12.73%) Power Platform
12 6 (10.91%) Acceptance Criteria
12 6 (10.91%) Power BI
12 6 (10.91%) Impact Analysis
12 6 (10.91%) User Experience
12 6 (10.91%) Process Improvement
12 6 (10.91%) Marketing
12 6 (10.91%) Validation
12 6 (10.91%) Change Management
12 6 (10.91%) Retail

Senior Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 2 (3.64%) Confluence
2 1 (1.82%) CMS
2 1 (1.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.64%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (5.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (3.64%) Shopify
3 1 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.82%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.82%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.82%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.82%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 7 (12.73%) Power Platform
2 2 (3.64%) BigCommerce
2 2 (3.64%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.82%) Amazon S3
3 1 (1.82%) AWS
3 1 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.82%) Miro
3 1 (1.82%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.64%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.91%) Power BI
2 2 (3.64%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (3.64%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 3 (5.45%) JIRA
General
1 26 (47.27%) Social Skills
2 24 (43.64%) Finance
3 20 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (10.91%) Marketing
4 6 (10.91%) Retail
5 5 (9.09%) Banking
5 5 (9.09%) Public Sector
6 3 (5.45%) Back Office
7 2 (3.64%) Advertising
7 2 (3.64%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.82%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.82%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.82%) Legal
8 1 (1.82%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.82%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.27%) FpML
2 3 (5.45%) FIX Protocol
3 2 (3.64%) VML
4 1 (1.82%) SailPoint
4 1 (1.82%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.27%) Management Information System
2 3 (5.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 3 (5.45%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.64%) PMI
4 1 (1.82%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.82%) Derivative
4 1 (1.82%) Interest Rate Derivative
4 1 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.82%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.82%) Reference Data
4 1 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.82%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (43.64%) Business Analysis
2 21 (38.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 19 (34.55%) Agile
4 15 (27.27%) Requirements Gathering
5 12 (21.82%) Migration
5 12 (21.82%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (21.82%) User Stories
6 10 (18.18%) Workshop Facilitation
7 9 (16.36%) Target Operating Model
8 8 (14.55%) Data Migration
8 8 (14.55%) ERP
9 7 (12.73%) Risk Management
9 7 (12.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 7 (12.73%) User Acceptance Testing
10 6 (10.91%) Acceptance Criteria
10 6 (10.91%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (10.91%) Change Management
10 6 (10.91%) Process Improvement
10 6 (10.91%) User Experience
10 6 (10.91%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.91%) SQL
2 2 (3.64%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (12.73%) CBAP
2 5 (9.09%) Degree
2 5 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.45%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.64%) ACCA
4 2 (3.64%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.82%) CIMA
5 1 (1.82%) CSPO
5 1 (1.82%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.82%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.73%) QA
2 1 (1.82%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.82%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.82%) PMO
Vendors
1 7 (12.73%) SAP
2 6 (10.91%) Adobe
3 4 (7.27%) Microsoft
3 4 (7.27%) Salesforce
4 3 (5.45%) Workday
5 2 (3.64%) Sitecore
6 1 (1.82%) Oracle
6 1 (1.82%) ServiceNow