Senior Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA)
England > North of England

The median Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA) daily rate in the North of England is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 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
31 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 176 158 180
Rank change year-on-year -18 +22 +51
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Business Analyst 12 13 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.30% 0.31% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.34% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 7 13
10th Percentile £394 £448 £513
25th Percentile £413 £481 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £512 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.82% -6.87% +10.00%
75th Percentile £511 £537 £594
90th Percentile £519 £555 £600
England median daily rate £550 £594 £600
% change year-on-year -7.37% -1.04% +11.11%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 3,718 3,879 4,769
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.58% 92.95% 94.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,423 2,304 3,229
10th Percentile £251 £284 £263
25th Percentile £369 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £550 £585 £600
90th Percentile £638 £675 £675
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 272 199
10th Percentile £13.00 £12.15 £15.72
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.58 £17.60
Median hourly rate £22.45 £29.39 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.62% +10.89% +31.64%
75th Percentile £50.00 £48.75 £46.18
90th Percentile £75.93 £69.65 £56.62
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -44.11% +4.65% +65.38%

Senior Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Business Analyst in the North of England

Senior Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Business Analyst job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Business Analyst job vacancies in the North of England

Senior Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Business Analyst in the North of England over the 6 months to 31 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Business Analyst in the North of England

Senior Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Business Analyst job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Business Analyst job vacancies in the North of England

Senior Business Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 31 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
North West -10 6 £483 -6.78% 7
Yorkshire -10 5 £419 -6.94% 5
North East - 1 £520 -
Senior Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 North of England region featuring Senior Business Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (75.00%) Agile
2 7 (58.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (58.33%) Business Analysis
3 6 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (41.67%) Risk Management
4 5 (41.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (33.33%) Test Strategy
5 4 (33.33%) CMDB
5 4 (33.33%) ServiceNow
5 4 (33.33%) ITSM
5 4 (33.33%) Service Management
5 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Identification
5 4 (33.33%) Focus Group
6 3 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 3 (25.00%) Service Catalogue
6 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
6 3 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
6 3 (25.00%) Decision-Making
6 3 (25.00%) MS Visio
6 3 (25.00%) Requirements Analysis
6 3 (25.00%) Degree
6 3 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (25.00%) Management Information System
6 3 (25.00%) Confluence
7 2 (16.67%) Azure
7 2 (16.67%) User Stories
7 2 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (16.67%) DevOps

Senior Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 (25.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (25.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
1 2 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) RDBMS
1 1 (8.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (16.67%) Banking
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) CMDB
2 3 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (16.67%) Product Ownership
4 1 (8.33%) Cloud Native
4 1 (8.33%) Derivative
4 1 (8.33%) Equities
4 1 (8.33%) Fixed Income
4 1 (8.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Agile
2 7 (58.33%) Business Analysis
2 7 (58.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (41.67%) Risk Management
4 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (41.67%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (33.33%) Focus Group
5 4 (33.33%) ITSM
5 4 (33.33%) Service Management
5 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Identification
5 4 (33.33%) Test Strategy
6 3 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
6 3 (25.00%) Decision-Making
6 3 (25.00%) Requirements Analysis
6 3 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 3 (25.00%) Service Catalogue
7 2 (16.67%) DevOps
7 2 (16.67%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (8.33%) Python
2 1 (8.33%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) CBAP
2 1 (8.33%) CSPO
2 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) GDPR
1 1 (8.33%) ISO 20022
1 1 (8.33%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (8.33%) DocuSign
2 1 (8.33%) IBM
2 1 (8.33%) IBM Sterling
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) SAP