Data Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in Central London

Data Business Analyst (Data BA)
London > Central London

The median Data Business Analyst (Data BA) daily rate in Central London is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 September 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
2 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 123 148
Rank change year-on-year +14 +25 +26
Contract jobs requiring a Data Business Analyst 20 11 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 1.02% 0.48% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.09% 0.50% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 7 15
10th Percentile £384 £444 £453
25th Percentile £450 £459 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £669 £591 £644
90th Percentile £748 £641 £695
London median daily rate £500 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +4.35%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 1,834 2,181 3,214
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.10% 94.50% 94.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,235 1,439 2,227
10th Percentile £315 £363 £325
25th Percentile £424 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +2.22%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £784 £800
London median daily rate £538 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 21 14
10th Percentile £18.69 £20.22 £14.91
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.13 £22.44
Median hourly rate £28.33 £27.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.91% -23.94% -14.46%
75th Percentile £41.81 £61.25 £49.96
90th Percentile £63.93 £137.50 £74.88
London median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -14.29% -6.67% +15.21%

Data Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Business Analyst in Central London

Data Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Business Analyst job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Business Analyst job vacancies in Central London

Data Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Business Analyst in Central London over the 6 months to 2 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Business Analyst in Central London

Data Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Business Analyst job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Business Analyst job vacancies in Central London

Data Business Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Business Analyst within the Central London region over the 6 months to 2 September 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
City of London +13 16 £600 +20.00% 4
Data Business Analyst
London

Data Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 2 September 2025, Data 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 across the Central London region featuring Data Business Analyst in the job title.

1 14 (70.00%) SQL
2 11 (55.00%) Finance
3 9 (45.00%) Agile
3 9 (45.00%) Python
3 9 (45.00%) Data Analysis
3 9 (45.00%) Decision-Making
4 7 (35.00%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (30.00%) Social Skills
5 6 (30.00%) User Stories
6 5 (25.00%) Business Analysis
7 4 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
7 4 (20.00%) Azure
7 4 (20.00%) Migration
7 4 (20.00%) Power BI
7 4 (20.00%) Power Platform
7 4 (20.00%) Snowflake
8 3 (15.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (15.00%) Generative AI
8 3 (15.00%) Analytics
8 3 (15.00%) Data Transformation
8 3 (15.00%) Data Quality
8 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (15.00%) Banking
8 3 (15.00%) Financial Institution
8 3 (15.00%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (15.00%) Data Modelling
8 3 (15.00%) ETL
8 3 (15.00%) Microsoft

Data Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 (10.00%) Confluence
2 1 (5.00%) SAS
2 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) Azure
1 4 (20.00%) Power Platform
1 4 (20.00%) Snowflake
2 2 (10.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) Power BI
2 3 (15.00%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (10.00%) Tableau
4 1 (5.00%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (5.00%) Data Lake
4 1 (5.00%) Relational Database
4 1 (5.00%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 11 (55.00%) Finance
2 6 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Banking
3 3 (15.00%) Financial Institution
3 3 (15.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Investment Banking
5 1 (5.00%) Legal
5 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (5.00%) Reinsurance
1 1 (5.00%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Agile
1 9 (45.00%) Data Analysis
1 9 (45.00%) Decision-Making
2 7 (35.00%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (30.00%) User Stories
4 5 (25.00%) Business Analysis
5 4 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
5 4 (20.00%) Migration
6 3 (15.00%) Analytics
6 3 (15.00%) Data Migration
6 3 (15.00%) Data Modelling
6 3 (15.00%) Data Transformation
6 3 (15.00%) ETL
6 3 (15.00%) Fund Accounting
6 3 (15.00%) Generative AI
6 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (15.00%) Visualisation
7 2 (10.00%) Machine Learning
7 2 (10.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 14 (70.00%) SQL
2 9 (45.00%) Python
3 1 (5.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (5.00%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (5.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) FIS
3 1 (5.00%) Aderant
3 1 (5.00%) Oracle
3 1 (5.00%) Progress