Senior Business Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA)
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA) daily rate in the UK excluding London is £466, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 295 343 371
Rank change year-on-year +48 +28 +11
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Business Analyst 39 51 84
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.31% 0.25% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.27% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 37 67
10th Percentile £403 £350 £408
25th Percentile £413 £413 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £512 £485
Median % change year-on-year -9.02% +5.61% +2.11%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £575
90th Percentile £605 £605 £654
UK median daily rate £500 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 11,771 19,161 22,551
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 92.57% 94.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,545 11,699 15,818
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 836 2,248 1,160
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.79 £15.75 £18.08
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.22% -6.94% +117.95%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.88 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% -19.07% +94.45%

Senior Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Business Analyst in the UK excluding London

Senior Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Business Analyst in the UK excluding London

Senior Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Business Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Business Analyst in the UK excluding London

Senior Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Business Analyst in the UK excluding London

Senior Business Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 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
Scotland +21 17 £425 +0.89% 5
North of England +7 10 £472 -10.10% 15
North West +6 7 £493 -8.29% 7
Midlands +19 4 £525 -4.55% 10
West Midlands +15 4 £525 -4.55% 8
South West +29 3 £625 +4.17% 10
South East +27 3 £545 +9.00% 22
Yorkshire +8 3 £400 -23.81% 5
East of England +29 2 £463 -5.13% 5
Senior Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 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 UK excluding London region featuring Senior Business Analyst in the job title.

1 23 (58.97%) Business Analysis
2 21 (53.85%) Agile
3 19 (48.72%) Stakeholder Management
4 14 (35.90%) Public Sector
5 12 (30.77%) GAP Analysis
6 10 (25.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 10 (25.64%) User Stories
6 10 (25.64%) Social Skills
7 8 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (20.51%) Workshop Facilitation
7 8 (20.51%) Requirements Analysis
8 7 (17.95%) Target Operating Model
8 7 (17.95%) Business Case
9 6 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (15.38%) ServiceNow
9 6 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
9 6 (15.38%) ITSM
9 6 (15.38%) Service Management
9 6 (15.38%) Risk Management
9 6 (15.38%) Finance
10 5 (12.82%) Migration
10 5 (12.82%) Degree
10 5 (12.82%) CMDB
10 5 (12.82%) Waterfall
10 5 (12.82%) Process Improvement
10 5 (12.82%) Test Strategy
10 5 (12.82%) Decision-Making
10 5 (12.82%) Focus Group
10 5 (12.82%) Roadmaps
10 5 (12.82%) Requirements Gathering

Senior Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Applications
1 4 (10.26%) MS Visio
2 3 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.69%) SaaS
2 1 (2.56%) Azure
2 1 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (2.56%) Miro
2 1 (2.56%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) GIS
1 1 (2.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 14 (35.90%) Public Sector
2 10 (25.64%) Social Skills
3 6 (15.38%) Finance
4 3 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.69%) Banking
5 1 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.56%) Electronics
5 1 (2.56%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.56%) Marketing
5 1 (2.56%) Military
5 1 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.56%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) .NET
1 1 (2.56%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.82%) CMDB
2 4 (10.26%) Management Information System
3 3 (7.69%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.56%) Derivative
4 1 (2.56%) Equities
4 1 (2.56%) Fixed Income
4 1 (2.56%) IoT
4 1 (2.56%) Legacy Code
4 1 (2.56%) NHS
4 1 (2.56%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (58.97%) Business Analysis
2 21 (53.85%) Agile
3 19 (48.72%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (30.77%) GAP Analysis
5 10 (25.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 10 (25.64%) User Stories
6 8 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (20.51%) Requirements Analysis
6 8 (20.51%) Workshop Facilitation
7 7 (17.95%) Business Case
7 7 (17.95%) Target Operating Model
8 6 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (15.38%) ITSM
8 6 (15.38%) Risk Management
8 6 (15.38%) Service Management
8 6 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
9 5 (12.82%) Migration
9 5 (12.82%) Process Improvement
9 5 (12.82%) Test Strategy
9 5 (12.82%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (12.82%) Degree
2 4 (10.26%) Security Cleared
3 3 (7.69%) IIBA
4 2 (5.13%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.56%) GDPR
1 1 (2.56%) PMO
Vendors
1 6 (15.38%) ServiceNow
2 1 (2.56%) Bloomberg
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.56%) Reuters
2 1 (2.56%) SAP