Senior Business Analyst Contracts in the South West

Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA)
England > South West

The median Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA) daily rate in the South West is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 149 164
Rank change year-on-year +42 +15 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Business Analyst 3 4 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.18% 0.13% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.13% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 6
10th Percentile £493 £590 £471
25th Percentile £538 £594 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £684 £606 £672
90th Percentile £712 £610 £708
England median daily rate £511 £575 £595
% change year-on-year -11.19% -3.36% +12.80%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 South West with a recognized job title 1,552 2,978 3,356
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.11% 93.32% 92.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,008 1,896 2,519
10th Percentile £219 £209 £263
25th Percentile £385 £381 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £613 £620 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £713
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 399 267
10th Percentile £18.51 £14.00 £18.09
25th Percentile £26.96 £27.50 £50.00
Median hourly rate £64.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.36% -15.38% +38.30%
75th Percentile £68.00 £71.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £84.25
England median hourly rate £30.78 £36.02 £44.77
% change year-on-year -14.55% -19.53% +98.96%

Senior Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Business Analyst in the South West

Senior Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Business Analyst in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Senior Business Analyst in the South West

Senior Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Business Analyst in the South West over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Business Analyst in the South West

Senior Business Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 2 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
Somerset +3 2 £598 -0.42%
Senior Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 South West region featuring Senior Business Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
1 2 (66.67%) Business Process Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Process Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Business Case
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) SaaS
2 1 (33.33%) User Stories
2 1 (33.33%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (33.33%) Wireframes
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
2 1 (33.33%) Business Process Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Identification
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) B2B
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Business Case
1 2 (66.67%) Business Process Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
1 2 (66.67%) Process Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Business Process Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Identification
2 1 (33.33%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (33.33%) Use Case
2 1 (33.33%) User Stories
2 1 (33.33%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) SAP