Senior Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA)
England > Yorkshire

The median Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA) daily rate in Yorkshire is £481, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 November 2025.

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

6 months to
10 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 95 105
Rank change year-on-year -29 +10 +35
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Business Analyst 5 5 8
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.28% 0.37% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.41% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 6
10th Percentile £476 - £500
25th Percentile £477 £425 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £450 £538
Median % change year-on-year +6.94% -16.28% +7.50%
75th Percentile £489 £475 £594
90th Percentile £492 - £625
England median daily rate £575 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +10.09%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,637 1,230 1,794
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.97% 90.31% 95.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,104 710 1,177
10th Percentile £252 £225 £225
25th Percentile £375 £381 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £483 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.04% -3.50% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £638 £644 £688
England median daily rate £510 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 51 31
10th Percentile £17.48 £15.22 £15.32
25th Percentile £21.30 £18.32 £18.38
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year +4.01% +13.47% +9.03%
75th Percentile £81.25 £38.75 £25.27
90th Percentile - £48.75 £44.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% -11.11% +50.00%

Senior Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Senior Business Analyst job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Senior Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Business Analyst job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Business Analyst job vacancies in Yorkshire

Senior Business Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 10 November 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
West Yorkshire -14 3 £475 +5.56% 5
South Yorkshire - 1 - -
Senior Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 November 2025, Senior 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 across the Yorkshire region featuring Senior Business Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Confluence
2 2 (40.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Target Operating Model
3 1 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Business Case
3 1 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) DocuSign
3 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (20.00%) Epics
3 1 (20.00%) JIRA
3 1 (20.00%) Kanban
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Python
3 1 (20.00%) R
3 1 (20.00%) RDBMS
3 1 (20.00%) Relational Database
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Management
3 1 (20.00%) SaaS
3 1 (20.00%) SAP
3 1 (20.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (20.00%) Scenario Testing

Senior Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) RDBMS
1 1 (20.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Derivative
1 1 (20.00%) Equities
1 1 (20.00%) Fixed Income
1 1 (20.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (20.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Target Operating Model
3 1 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (20.00%) Business Case
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Epics
3 1 (20.00%) Kanban
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Management
3 1 (20.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (20.00%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) User Stories
3 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Python
1 1 (20.00%) R
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) DocuSign
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) SAP