Senior Business Analyst Contracts

Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA)
UK

The median Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA) daily rate in the UK is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 420 411 442
Rank change year-on-year -9 +31 +16
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Business Analyst 100 173 285
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.40% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.43% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 125 202
10th Percentile £409 £406 £416
25th Percentile £432 £488 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £556 £638 £650
90th Percentile £698 £675 £736
UK excluding London median daily rate £466 £504 £490
% change year-on-year -7.45% +2.76% +3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - - £58.65
25th Percentile - - £59.63
Median hourly rate - £50.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - -20.00% -27.75%
75th Percentile - - £63.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly 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 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Senior Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Business Analyst in the UK

Senior Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Business Analyst in the UK

Senior Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Business Analyst over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Business Analyst in the UK

Senior Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior Business Analyst.

Hourly rate trend for Senior Business Analyst in the UK

Senior Business Analyst
Top 13 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 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
England -16 80 £511 -11.08% 103
London -13 55 £525 -12.50% 63
UK excluding London +48 39 £466 -7.45% 56
Work from Home +4 29 £475 -19.15% 53
Scotland +20 17 £425 +1.80% 5
North of England +15 10 £472 -10.10% 14
North West +13 7 £493 -8.29% 6
Midlands +21 4 £525 -0.66% 8
West Midlands +15 4 £525 -4.55% 6
South West +45 3 £625 +4.17% 10
South East +38 3 £545 +17.20% 17
Yorkshire +8 3 £400 -23.81% 5
East of England +22 2 £463 -11.90% 5

Senior Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 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 featuring Senior Business Analyst in the job title.

1 48 (48.00%) Business Analysis
2 44 (44.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 42 (42.00%) Agile
4 38 (38.00%) Social Skills
5 30 (30.00%) Finance
6 25 (25.00%) User Stories
7 23 (23.00%) Analytical Skills
8 21 (21.00%) Requirements Gathering
8 21 (21.00%) Public Sector
9 20 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
10 19 (19.00%) Workshop Facilitation
11 18 (18.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 17 (17.00%) Migration
13 16 (16.00%) GAP Analysis
13 16 (16.00%) Target Operating Model
14 13 (13.00%) Risk Management
14 13 (13.00%) User Acceptance Testing
15 11 (11.00%) Requirements Analysis
15 11 (11.00%) Process Improvement
15 11 (11.00%) Acceptance Criteria
16 10 (10.00%) Waterfall
16 10 (10.00%) Degree
16 10 (10.00%) Security Cleared
16 10 (10.00%) Change Management
16 10 (10.00%) Business Case
17 9 (9.00%) Power Platform
17 9 (9.00%) ERP
17 9 (9.00%) Business Intelligence
17 9 (9.00%) Data Migration
17 9 (9.00%) Continuous Improvement

Senior Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (4.00%) Confluence
2 1 (1.00%) CMS
2 1 (1.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (6.00%) MS Visio
2 4 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (3.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.00%) Shopify
3 1 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.00%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.00%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.00%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.00%) SAP SD
3 1 (1.00%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 9 (9.00%) Power Platform
2 4 (4.00%) SaaS
3 3 (3.00%) Azure
3 3 (3.00%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.00%) BigCommerce
4 2 (2.00%) Miro
5 1 (1.00%) Amazon S3
5 1 (1.00%) AWS
5 1 (1.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.00%) Power BI
2 2 (2.00%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (2.00%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.00%) GIS
Development Applications
1 6 (6.00%) JIRA
General
1 38 (38.00%) Social Skills
2 30 (30.00%) Finance
3 23 (23.00%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (21.00%) Public Sector
5 8 (8.00%) Banking
6 7 (7.00%) Marketing
7 6 (6.00%) Retail
8 3 (3.00%) Back Office
8 3 (3.00%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (3.00%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (3.00%) Telecoms
9 2 (2.00%) Advertising
9 2 (2.00%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.00%) Electronics
10 1 (1.00%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.00%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.00%) Legal
10 1 (1.00%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.00%) FpML
2 3 (3.00%) FIX Protocol
3 2 (2.00%) VML
4 1 (1.00%) .NET
4 1 (1.00%) Gherkin
4 1 (1.00%) SailPoint
4 1 (1.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.00%) Management Information System
2 7 (7.00%) Product Ownership
3 5 (5.00%) CMDB
4 3 (3.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (3.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 2 (2.00%) Derivative
5 2 (2.00%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.00%) PMI
6 1 (1.00%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.00%) Equities
6 1 (1.00%) Fixed Income
6 1 (1.00%) Interest Rate Derivative
6 1 (1.00%) IoT
6 1 (1.00%) Legacy Code
6 1 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.00%) NHS
6 1 (1.00%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.00%) Reference Data
6 1 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (48.00%) Business Analysis
2 44 (44.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 42 (42.00%) Agile
4 25 (25.00%) User Stories
5 21 (21.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 20 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 19 (19.00%) Workshop Facilitation
8 18 (18.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 17 (17.00%) Migration
10 16 (16.00%) GAP Analysis
10 16 (16.00%) Target Operating Model
11 13 (13.00%) Risk Management
11 13 (13.00%) User Acceptance Testing
12 11 (11.00%) Acceptance Criteria
12 11 (11.00%) Process Improvement
12 11 (11.00%) Requirements Analysis
13 10 (10.00%) Business Case
13 10 (10.00%) Change Management
13 10 (10.00%) Waterfall
14 9 (9.00%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.00%) SQL
2 2 (2.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (10.00%) Degree
1 10 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (7.00%) CBAP
3 4 (4.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.00%) IIBA
5 2 (2.00%) ACCA
5 2 (2.00%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.00%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.00%) CIMA
6 1 (1.00%) CSPO
6 1 (1.00%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.00%) QA
2 2 (2.00%) PMO
3 1 (1.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.00%) GDPR
3 1 (1.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.00%) SEPA
Vendors
1 8 (8.00%) SAP
2 7 (7.00%) ServiceNow
3 6 (6.00%) Adobe
4 5 (5.00%) Microsoft
5 4 (4.00%) Salesforce
6 3 (3.00%) Workday
7 2 (2.00%) Sitecore
8 1 (1.00%) Bloomberg
8 1 (1.00%) Oracle
8 1 (1.00%) Pega
8 1 (1.00%) Reuters