Front Office Business Analyst Contracts

Business Analyst - Front Office (Front Office BA)
UK

The median Business Analyst - Front Office (Front Office BA) daily rate in the UK is £800 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 582 696 812
Rank change year-on-year +114 +116 -145
Contract jobs requiring a Front Office Business Analyst 18 20 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.042% 0.034% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.045% 0.036% 0.060%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 16 35
10th Percentile £613 £631 £613
25th Percentile £775 £711 £696
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £800 £800
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.29%
75th Percentile £850 £850 -
90th Percentile - - £850
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 40,029 55,895 84,701
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,060 39,048 59,505
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,665 1,566 2,078
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.11 £15.72
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.00 £19.52
% change year-on-year -4.76% +115.16% +2.74%

Front Office Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Front Office Business Analyst in the UK

Front Office Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Front Office Business Analyst in the UK

Front Office Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Front Office Business Analyst over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Front Office Business Analyst in the UK

Front Office Business Analyst
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Front Office Business Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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 +118 18 £800 - 2
London +111 18 £800 - 2
Work from Home +128 8 £850 +13.33%

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Front Office 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 Front Office Business Analyst in the job title.

1 18 (100.00%) Front Office
2 16 (88.89%) Fixed Income
3 12 (66.67%) SQL
3 12 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (66.67%) Degree
3 12 (66.67%) FIX Protocol
4 11 (61.11%) QA
4 11 (61.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (61.11%) Derivative
4 11 (61.11%) Electronic Trading
4 11 (61.11%) Tradeweb
4 11 (61.11%) MarketAxess
4 11 (61.11%) TeamCity
4 11 (61.11%) Confluence
4 11 (61.11%) JIRA
4 11 (61.11%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (61.11%) FIX Connectivity
4 11 (61.11%) XML
4 11 (61.11%) Unix
4 11 (61.11%) UML
4 11 (61.11%) MS Visio
4 11 (61.11%) Data Modelling
4 11 (61.11%) Risk Management
4 11 (61.11%) Bloomberg
4 11 (61.11%) ION Trading
5 8 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (38.89%) EMIR
6 7 (38.89%) Dodd-Frank
6 7 (38.89%) MiFID
7 6 (33.33%) ION MarketView

Front Office 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 11 (61.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (61.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 11 (61.11%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (33.33%) ION MarketView
Communications & Networking
1 11 (61.11%) FIX Connectivity
Development Applications
1 11 (61.11%) JIRA
1 11 (61.11%) TeamCity
General
1 18 (100.00%) Front Office
2 11 (61.11%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (27.78%) Banking
4 4 (22.22%) Investment Banking
5 2 (11.11%) Finance
5 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (66.67%) FIX Protocol
2 11 (61.11%) XML
3 1 (5.56%) FIXML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (88.89%) Fixed Income
2 11 (61.11%) Derivative
3 2 (11.11%) Equities
4 1 (5.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (5.56%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (5.56%) Hedge funds
4 1 (5.56%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 11 (61.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Data Modelling
1 11 (61.11%) Electronic Trading
1 11 (61.11%) Risk Management
1 11 (61.11%) UML
2 8 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (22.22%) B2C
3 4 (22.22%) Business Analysis
3 4 (22.22%) Project Management
4 1 (5.56%) Change Management
4 1 (5.56%) CRM
4 1 (5.56%) DevOps
4 1 (5.56%) Process Improvement
4 1 (5.56%) Wealth Management
4 1 (5.56%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 12 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (5.56%) Python
2 1 (5.56%) VBA
Qualifications
1 12 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (5.56%) Six Sigma Black Belt
2 1 (5.56%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (61.11%) QA
2 7 (38.89%) Dodd-Frank
2 7 (38.89%) EMIR
2 7 (38.89%) MiFID
Vendors
1 11 (61.11%) Bloomberg
1 11 (61.11%) ION Trading
1 11 (61.11%) MarketAxess
1 11 (61.11%) Tradeweb