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 £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 June 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
28 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 282 299 324
Rank change year-on-year +17 +25 +62
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Business Analyst 66 96 171
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.52% 0.55% 0.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.58% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 67 126
10th Percentile £453 £458 £466
25th Percentile £481 £513 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £615
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -2.44% +11.82%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £722
90th Percentile £788 £660 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32.00 - -
Median hourly rate £34.00 - -
75th Percentile £36.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £34.00 - -

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 11,966 16,493 23,879
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.47% 93.78% 94.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,095 11,834 17,412
10th Percentile £337 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £790 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 315 273
10th Percentile £18.87 £16.00 £18.10
25th Percentile £23.53 £20.12 £22.75
Median hourly rate £33.45 £27.50 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.62% -25.68% +5.71%
75th Percentile £50.50 £44.25 £64.50
90th Percentile £63.75 £66.80 £82.45
England median hourly rate £28.50 £39.55 £44.00
% change year-on-year -27.94% -10.11% +76.00%

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 28 June 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 28 June 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 +26 21 £575 +21.05% 21
West London - 1 £338 -
Senior Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 June 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 29 (43.94%) Finance
2 28 (42.42%) Social Skills
3 27 (40.91%) Stakeholder Management
4 25 (37.88%) Agile
4 25 (37.88%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (33.33%) Business Analysis
6 18 (27.27%) User Stories
7 14 (21.21%) Analytics
7 14 (21.21%) Workshop Facilitation
8 13 (19.70%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (19.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 12 (18.18%) Migration
10 11 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
11 10 (15.15%) Risk Management
11 10 (15.15%) Target Operating Model
11 10 (15.15%) Requirements Gathering
12 9 (13.64%) CBAP
12 9 (13.64%) Change Management
13 8 (12.12%) ERP
13 8 (12.12%) Data Migration
13 8 (12.12%) Marketing
13 8 (12.12%) Public Sector
14 7 (10.61%) Impact Analysis
14 7 (10.61%) Process Improvement
14 7 (10.61%) User Experience
14 7 (10.61%) QA
14 7 (10.61%) Use Case
14 7 (10.61%) SAP
14 7 (10.61%) UML
14 7 (10.61%) Adobe

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 1 (1.52%) CMS
1 1 (1.52%) Confluence
1 1 (1.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.55%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.52%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (4.55%) Shopify
2 2 (3.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (3.03%) Endur
2 2 (3.03%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.52%) Aladdin
3 1 (1.52%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.52%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.52%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.52%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.09%) Azure
1 6 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
1 6 (9.09%) Power Platform
2 3 (4.55%) BigCommerce
2 3 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (3.03%) AWS
4 1 (1.52%) Amazon S3
4 1 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (1.52%) Miro
4 1 (1.52%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.52%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.52%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.03%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.58%) Power BI
2 1 (1.52%) Metadata
2 1 (1.52%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 2 (3.03%) JIRA
General
1 29 (43.94%) Finance
2 28 (42.42%) Social Skills
3 25 (37.88%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (12.12%) Marketing
4 8 (12.12%) Public Sector
5 5 (7.58%) Back Office
5 5 (7.58%) Retail
6 4 (6.06%) Banking
7 3 (4.55%) Advertising
7 3 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (4.55%) Telecoms
8 2 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (3.03%) Front Office
8 2 (3.03%) Law
8 2 (3.03%) Legal
9 1 (1.52%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.52%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.55%) VML
2 1 (1.52%) FpML
2 1 (1.52%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.03%) Derivative
1 2 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
1 2 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (3.03%) Product Ownership
1 2 (3.03%) Reinsurance
2 1 (1.52%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.52%) Fixed Income
2 1 (1.52%) Interest Rate Derivative
2 1 (1.52%) Market Risk
2 1 (1.52%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.52%) PMI
2 1 (1.52%) Reference Data
2 1 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (1.52%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (40.91%) Stakeholder Management
2 25 (37.88%) Agile
3 22 (33.33%) Business Analysis
4 18 (27.27%) User Stories
5 14 (21.21%) Analytics
5 14 (21.21%) Workshop Facilitation
6 13 (19.70%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (19.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 12 (18.18%) Migration
8 11 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
9 10 (15.15%) Requirements Gathering
9 10 (15.15%) Risk Management
9 10 (15.15%) Target Operating Model
10 9 (13.64%) Change Management
11 8 (12.12%) Data Migration
11 8 (12.12%) ERP
12 7 (10.61%) UML
12 7 (10.61%) Use Case
12 7 (10.61%) Validation
12 7 (10.61%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.09%) SQL
2 2 (3.03%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (13.64%) CBAP
2 6 (9.09%) Degree
3 5 (7.58%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.03%) ACCA
4 2 (3.03%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.52%) CIMA
5 1 (1.52%) CSPO
5 1 (1.52%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.52%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.52%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.52%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.61%) QA
2 2 (3.03%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.52%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.52%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.52%) PMO
Vendors
1 7 (10.61%) Adobe
1 7 (10.61%) SAP
2 6 (9.09%) Salesforce
3 5 (7.58%) Microsoft
4 3 (4.55%) Sitecore
4 3 (4.55%) Workday
5 2 (3.03%) HubSpot
5 2 (3.03%) Oracle
6 1 (1.52%) Ariba
6 1 (1.52%) NetCracker
6 1 (1.52%) OpenLink
6 1 (1.52%) Sparx