Functional Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in Central London

Functional Business Analyst (Functional BA)
London > Central London

The median Functional Business Analyst (Functional BA) daily rate in Central London is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 January 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 - 136
Rank change year-on-year - - +51
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Business Analyst 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.049% - 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% - 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £600 - £425
% change year-on-year - - -28.45%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 1,927 1,975 2,463
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.00% 92.90% 94.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,336 1,244 1,767
10th Percentile £350 £363 £350
25th Percentile £431 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -7.39% +2.22% -2.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 19 29
10th Percentile £19.24 £17.28 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.47 £23.70 £21.25
Median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +40.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £41.75 - £36.50
90th Percentile £45.56 £55.80 £65.00
London median hourly rate £32.45 £35.00 £30.50
% change year-on-year -7.29% +14.75% -6.15%

Functional Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Functional Business Analyst job vacancy trend in Central London

Functional Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

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

Functional 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 Functional Business Analyst within the Central London region over the 6 months to 21 January 2026. 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 - 1 £600 -
Functional Business Analyst
London

Functional Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 21 January 2026, Functional 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 Central London region featuring Functional Business Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Aladdin
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Charles River
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) IFRS
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) SimCorp
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing

Functional Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) General Ledger
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (100.00%) Derivative
1 1 (100.00%) Equities
1 1 (100.00%) Fixed Income
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) IFRS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Charles River
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) SimCorp