Senior Business Analyst Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA)
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA) daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £475, 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 275 279 351
Rank change year-on-year +4 +72 +46
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Business Analyst 29 66 127
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.29% 0.43% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.46% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 44 83
10th Percentile £411 £410 £428
25th Percentile £430 £488 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £588 £538
Median % change year-on-year -19.15% +9.30% +7.50%
75th Percentile £520 £631 £650
90th Percentile £568 £650 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £50.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £50.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year - -20.00% -27.75%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Senior Business Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Senior Business Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Senior Business Analyst trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Senior Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Senior Business Analyst.

Senior Business Analyst daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Senior Business Analyst daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Senior Business Analyst.

Senior Business Analyst hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Senior Business Analyst in the job title.

1 14 (48.28%) Business Analysis
2 10 (34.48%) Agile
2 10 (34.48%) User Stories
2 10 (34.48%) Public Sector
3 9 (31.03%) GAP Analysis
4 8 (27.59%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (27.59%) Social Skills
5 7 (24.14%) Requirements Gathering
5 7 (24.14%) Finance
6 6 (20.69%) Security Cleared
6 6 (20.69%) Acceptance Criteria
7 5 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (17.24%) Target Operating Model
8 4 (13.79%) Workshop Facilitation
8 4 (13.79%) Collaborative Working
8 4 (13.79%) Banking
9 3 (10.34%) Validation
9 3 (10.34%) Migration
9 3 (10.34%) Azure
9 3 (10.34%) JIRA
9 3 (10.34%) Change Management
9 3 (10.34%) Minimum Viable Product
9 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 3 (10.34%) Process Improvement
9 3 (10.34%) Business Case
9 3 (10.34%) Product Ownership
9 3 (10.34%) Roadmaps
10 2 (6.90%) Business Strategy
10 2 (6.90%) Customer Experience

Senior Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (6.90%) Confluence
2 1 (3.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) SAP CO
1 1 (3.45%) SAP FI
1 1 (3.45%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (3.45%) SAP SD
1 1 (3.45%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.34%) Azure
2 2 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (6.90%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.45%) Miro
3 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (10.34%) JIRA
General
1 10 (34.48%) Public Sector
2 8 (27.59%) Social Skills
3 7 (24.14%) Finance
4 5 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (13.79%) Banking
6 1 (3.45%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.45%) Marketing
6 1 (3.45%) Military
6 1 (3.45%) Retail
6 1 (3.45%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) .NET
1 1 (3.45%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Product Ownership
2 2 (6.90%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.45%) NHS
3 1 (3.45%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.45%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (48.28%) Business Analysis
2 10 (34.48%) Agile
2 10 (34.48%) User Stories
3 9 (31.03%) GAP Analysis
4 8 (27.59%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (24.14%) Requirements Gathering
6 6 (20.69%) Acceptance Criteria
7 5 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (17.24%) Target Operating Model
8 4 (13.79%) Collaborative Working
8 4 (13.79%) Workshop Facilitation
9 3 (10.34%) Business Case
9 3 (10.34%) Change Management
9 3 (10.34%) Migration
9 3 (10.34%) Minimum Viable Product
9 3 (10.34%) Process Improvement
9 3 (10.34%) Roadmaps
9 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 3 (10.34%) Validation
10 2 (6.90%) Customer Experience
Qualifications
1 6 (20.69%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.90%) IIBA
2 2 (6.90%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.45%) ACCA
3 1 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.45%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) SEPA
Vendors
1 2 (6.90%) Adobe
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.45%) Pega
2 1 (3.45%) SAP