Finance Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in the South East

Business Analyst - Finance (Finance BA)
England > South East

The median Business Analyst - Finance (Finance BA) daily rate in the South East is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 161 174 205
Rank change year-on-year +13 +31 +39
Contract jobs requiring a Finance Business Analyst 10 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.27% 0.047% 0.090%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.051% 0.096%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile £419 - £447
25th Percentile £439 - £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £400 £558
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -28.25% +8.78%
75th Percentile £675 - £609
90th Percentile £720 - £625
England median daily rate £500 £545 £556
% change year-on-year -8.26% -2.02% -3.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 3,282 3,915 5,231
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.48% 92.23% 94.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,129 2,348 3,505
10th Percentile £204 £250 £210
25th Percentile £375 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £509 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -0.63% +2.50%
75th Percentile £598 £625 £615
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
England median daily rate £512 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.57% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 310 228 255
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.65 £27.00 £21.15
Median hourly rate £20.71 £57.79 £51.06
Median % change year-on-year -64.16% +13.20% +61.93%
75th Percentile £48.74 £73.75 £66.84
90th Percentile £71.00 £75.16 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.55
% change year-on-year -40.82% -6.69% +57.49%

Finance Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Finance Business Analyst job vacancy trend in the South East

Finance Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Finance Business Analyst job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Finance Business Analyst job vacancies in the South East

Finance Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance Business Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 24 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance Business Analyst in the South East

Finance Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Finance Business Analyst job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Finance Business Analyst job vacancies in the South East

Finance Business Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance Business Analyst within the South East region over the 6 months to 24 October 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
Thames Valley +18 8 £431 +7.81% 1
Buckinghamshire - 5 - -
Berkshire +13 3 £431 +7.81% 1
East Sussex - 2 £650 -
Finance Business Analyst
England

Finance Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 24 October 2025, Finance 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 South East region featuring Finance Business Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) Business Analysis
2 5 (50.00%) Functional Testing
2 5 (50.00%) SAP
3 4 (40.00%) NetSuite
3 4 (40.00%) Oracle
3 4 (40.00%) Power Platform
4 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (30.00%) SQL
4 3 (30.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (20.00%) ACCA
5 2 (20.00%) Agile
5 2 (20.00%) AI
5 2 (20.00%) Analytics
5 2 (20.00%) Budgeting
5 2 (20.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (20.00%) Change Management
5 2 (20.00%) CIMA
5 2 (20.00%) CIPFA
5 2 (20.00%) Data Analytics
5 2 (20.00%) ERP
5 2 (20.00%) Financial Analysis
5 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (20.00%) Power BI
5 2 (20.00%) Process Improvement
5 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
6 1 (10.00%) BPMN
6 1 (10.00%) Business Case
6 1 (10.00%) Dashboard Development
6 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis

Finance Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (10.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (40.00%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Power BI
2 1 (10.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 10 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Manufacturing
3 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (20.00%) Automotive
4 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Business Analysis
2 5 (50.00%) Functional Testing
3 3 (30.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Agile
4 2 (20.00%) AI
4 2 (20.00%) Analytics
4 2 (20.00%) Budgeting
4 2 (20.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (20.00%) Change Management
4 2 (20.00%) Data Analytics
4 2 (20.00%) ERP
4 2 (20.00%) Financial Analysis
4 2 (20.00%) Process Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
5 1 (10.00%) Business Case
5 1 (10.00%) Dashboard Development
5 1 (10.00%) Data Collection
5 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (10.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) ACCA
1 2 (20.00%) CIMA
1 2 (20.00%) CIPFA
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) SAP
2 4 (40.00%) Oracle
3 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (10.00%) Workday