Senior Business Analyst Contracts in the South East

Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA)
England > South East

The median Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA) daily rate in the South East is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 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
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 181 206
Rank change year-on-year +23 +25 +48
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Senior Business Analyst 11 7 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.31% 0.15% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.16% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 3 6
10th Percentile £423 £480 -
25th Percentile £491 £488 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £675
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -25.93% +28.57%
75th Percentile £538 £513 £700
90th Percentile £560 £520 -
England median daily rate £545 £594 £600
% change year-on-year -8.21% -1.04% +11.11%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 3,204 4,392 5,305
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.20% 92.17% 95.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,069 2,669 3,638
10th Percentile £205 £250 £213
25th Percentile £375 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £631 £613
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 286 365 236
10th Percentile £13.75 £16.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £27.50 £19.19
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.15% +14.70% +122.22%
75th Percentile £57.50 £73.75 £66.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.31 £45.00 £43.85
% change year-on-year -43.76% +2.63% +68.64%

Senior Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Business Analyst in the South East

Senior Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Business Analyst job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Business Analyst job vacancies in the South East

Senior Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Business Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 23 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Business Analyst in the South East

Senior Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Business Analyst job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Business Analyst job vacancies in the South East

Senior Business Analyst
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 23 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire +18 5 £525 - 10
Thames Valley +11 5 £525 +5.00% 11
Hampshire - 3 £513 - 1
Surrey +11 1 £500 - 4
East Sussex -2 1 £650 +30.00% 5
Kent - 1 £525 - 1
Senior Business Analyst
England

Senior Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 23 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 South East region featuring Senior Business Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (81.82%) Agile
2 7 (63.64%) Waterfall
2 7 (63.64%) Workshop Facilitation
3 6 (54.55%) Business Analysis
3 6 (54.55%) Process Improvement
4 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (36.36%) Scrum
4 4 (36.36%) GAP Analysis
4 4 (36.36%) Requirements Gathering
4 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
5 3 (27.27%) Project Delivery
5 3 (27.27%) Customer Service
5 3 (27.27%) Programme Delivery
5 3 (27.27%) User Stories
5 3 (27.27%) Service Design
6 2 (18.18%) Acceptance Criteria
6 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (18.18%) SDLC
6 2 (18.18%) Translating Business Requirements
6 2 (18.18%) Benchmarking
6 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (18.18%) Retail
6 2 (18.18%) Asset Management
6 2 (18.18%) Operational Technology
6 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (18.18%) Business Strategy
7 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (9.09%) CI/CD
7 1 (9.09%) Backlog Management
7 1 (9.09%) Backlog Refinement

Senior Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Retail
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Automotive
3 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
3 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Operational Technology
2 1 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (9.09%) IoT
2 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
2 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Agile
2 7 (63.64%) Waterfall
2 7 (63.64%) Workshop Facilitation
3 6 (54.55%) Business Analysis
3 6 (54.55%) Process Improvement
4 4 (36.36%) GAP Analysis
4 4 (36.36%) Requirements Gathering
4 4 (36.36%) Scrum
4 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (27.27%) Customer Service
5 3 (27.27%) Programme Delivery
5 3 (27.27%) Project Delivery
5 3 (27.27%) Service Design
5 3 (27.27%) User Stories
6 2 (18.18%) Acceptance Criteria
6 2 (18.18%) Asset Management
6 2 (18.18%) Benchmarking
6 2 (18.18%) SDLC
6 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (18.18%) Translating Business Requirements
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Salesforce