Senior Banking Business Analyst Contract Job Trends

Senior Business Analyst - Banking
UK

The median Senior Business Analyst - Banking daily rate in the UK is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 583 533 598
Rank change year-on-year -50 +65 +195
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Banking Business Analyst 3 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.008% 0.006% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.006% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - - £680
25th Percentile £563 £775 £688
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £800 £700
Median % change year-on-year -28.13% +14.29% +33.33%
75th Percentile £588 £825 £794
90th Percentile - - £835
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 33,430 31,506 40,926
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.01% 92.78% 93.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,135 19,373 27,542
10th Percentile £291 £300 £285
25th Percentile £404 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £640
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,981 981 1,444
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.53 £15.04
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.05 £19.11
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.79% -26.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.56 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.71 £72.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year -22.62% -29.16% +83.52%

Senior Banking Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Banking Business Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Senior Banking Business Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Banking Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Banking Business Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Banking Business Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Senior Banking Business Analyst
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Banking Business Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 21 December 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
England -30 2 £575 -28.13% 1
London -6 1 £575 -28.13% 1
Yorkshire - 1 - -
UK excluding London - 1 - - 1
North of England - 1 - -

Senior Banking Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 21 December 2025, Senior Banking Business Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Senior Banking Business Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) User Stories
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Fintech
2 1 (33.33%) Impact Mapping
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) MoSCoW
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Measurement
2 1 (33.33%) Power BI
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Six Sigma
2 1 (33.33%) Software Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Story Mapping
2 1 (33.33%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (33.33%) Traceability Matrix

Senior Banking Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 3 (100.00%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) User Stories
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Fintech
2 1 (33.33%) Impact Mapping
2 1 (33.33%) MoSCoW
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Measurement
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Software Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Story Mapping
2 1 (33.33%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (33.33%) Traceability Matrix
2 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree