Finance Business Analyst Contracts in Central London

Business Analyst - Finance (Finance BA)
London > Central London

The median Business Analyst - Finance (Finance BA) daily rate in Central London is £713, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 June 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
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 115 168
Rank change year-on-year -2 +53 +24
Contract jobs requiring a Finance Business Analyst 9 18 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.47% 0.76% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.80% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 14 6
10th Percentile £546 £504 £605
25th Percentile £597 £517 £619
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £713 £550 £688
Median % change year-on-year +29.55% -20.00% +27.91%
75th Percentile £788 £616 £725
90th Percentile - £638 £744
London median daily rate £500 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +4.35%

All Contract 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 1,795 2,264 3,481
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.30% 95.41% 94.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,157 1,573 2,349
10th Percentile £345 £350 £319
25th Percentile £447 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £675 £683 £719
90th Percentile £775 £788 £820
London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 27 23
10th Percentile £22.38 £20.10 £15.72
25th Percentile £24.66 £21.25 £19.36
Median hourly rate £30.04 £27.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.24% -22.86% -13.58%
75th Percentile £51.31 £28.59 £61.25
90th Percentile £77.16 £41.50 £87.64
London median hourly rate £33.45 £27.50 £36.77
% change year-on-year +21.62% -25.21% +5.06%

Finance Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance Business Analyst in Central London

Finance Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Finance Business Analyst in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Finance Business Analyst in Central London

Finance Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance Business Analyst in Central London over the 6 months to 24 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance Business Analyst in Central London

Finance Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Finance Business Analyst in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Finance Business Analyst in Central London

Finance 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 Finance Business Analyst within the Central London region over the 6 months to 24 June 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 -10 7 £588 +6.82% 9
Finance Business Analyst
London

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

For the 6 months to 24 June 2025, Finance 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 Finance Business Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Financial Modelling
3 3 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
3 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 3 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Agile
3 3 (33.33%) Data Analysis
4 2 (22.22%) Scrum
4 2 (22.22%) Degree
4 2 (22.22%) Data Modelling
4 2 (22.22%) Star Schema
4 2 (22.22%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (22.22%) Backlog Management
4 2 (22.22%) Backlog Refinement
4 2 (22.22%) Product Backlog
4 2 (22.22%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 2 (22.22%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (22.22%) Workshop Facilitation
4 2 (22.22%) Epics
4 2 (22.22%) Sprint Review
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (22.22%) Project Governance
4 2 (22.22%) User Stories
4 2 (22.22%) ACCA
4 2 (22.22%) Data Reconciliation

Finance 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) HFM
1 1 (11.11%) SAP CO
1 1 (11.11%) SAP FI
1 1 (11.11%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (11.11%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Star Schema
2 1 (11.11%) Power BI
2 1 (11.11%) Power Query
General
1 9 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 2 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (22.22%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
1 3 (33.33%) Agile
1 3 (33.33%) Business Analysis
1 3 (33.33%) Data Analysis
1 3 (33.33%) Financial Modelling
1 3 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Backlog Management
2 2 (22.22%) Backlog Refinement
2 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (22.22%) Data Modelling
2 2 (22.22%) Data Reconciliation
2 2 (22.22%) Epics
2 2 (22.22%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (22.22%) Product Backlog
2 2 (22.22%) Project Governance
2 2 (22.22%) Scrum
2 2 (22.22%) Sprint Review
2 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (22.22%) User Stories
2 2 (22.22%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) ACCA
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Hyperion
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle
1 1 (11.11%) PeopleSoft
1 1 (11.11%) SAP
1 1 (11.11%) Tagetik