Data Business Analyst Contracts in the City of London

Data Business Analyst (Data BA)
Central London > City of London

The median Data Business Analyst (Data BA) daily rate in the City of London is £545, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 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 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 103 152
Rank change year-on-year +4 +49 +17
Contract jobs requiring a Data Business Analyst 20 23 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.14% 1.05% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.22% 1.10% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 18 17
10th Percentile £496 £524 £414
25th Percentile £518 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - -3.51%
75th Percentile £656 - £625
90th Percentile £706 £640 £640
Central London median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - -3.51%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,634 2,090 3,462
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.00% 95.13% 95.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,025 1,486 2,357
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -6.25% +6.19%
75th Percentile £684 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £820
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £585
% change year-on-year +4.55% -5.98% +4.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 22
10th Percentile £22.00 £15.62 £15.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £31.00 £23.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.78% -34.29% -6.04%
75th Percentile £48.75 £27.25 £58.75
90th Percentile £92.75 £40.00 £87.97
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £25.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +16.28% -28.57% -6.04%

Data Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Business Analyst in the City of London

Data Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Business Analyst in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Data Business Analyst in the City of London

Data Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Business Analyst in the City of London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Business Analyst in the City of London

Data Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 2 May 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 City of London region featuring Data Business Analyst in the job title.

1 15 (75.00%) Finance
2 12 (60.00%) Data Analysis
3 11 (55.00%) SQL
4 9 (45.00%) Banking
4 9 (45.00%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
5 7 (35.00%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (30.00%) Python
6 6 (30.00%) Analytics
6 6 (30.00%) Decision-Making
7 5 (25.00%) Data Analytics
7 5 (25.00%) Data Management
7 5 (25.00%) Data Quality
7 5 (25.00%) Visualisation
7 5 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
7 5 (25.00%) Agile
7 5 (25.00%) Investment Banking
7 5 (25.00%) Business Analysis
7 5 (25.00%) JIRA
8 4 (20.00%) Degree
8 4 (20.00%) MiFID
8 4 (20.00%) Project Management
8 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (20.00%) MoSCoW
8 4 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
8 4 (20.00%) EMIR
8 4 (20.00%) Azure
8 4 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
8 4 (20.00%) Tableau

Data Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 1 (5.00%) Confluence
1 1 (5.00%) SAS
1 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (5.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) Azure
2 3 (15.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (15.00%) Snowflake
3 2 (10.00%) AWS
4 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (5.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) Tableau
2 3 (15.00%) Power BI
3 2 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (5.00%) BigQuery
4 1 (5.00%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (5.00%) Data Lake
4 1 (5.00%) Looker
Development Applications
1 5 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 15 (75.00%) Finance
2 9 (45.00%) Banking
3 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
4 5 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (25.00%) Investment Banking
5 2 (10.00%) Financial Institution
5 2 (10.00%) Front Office
5 2 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (5.00%) Legal
6 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Derivative
1 3 (15.00%) Fixed Income
1 3 (15.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (10.00%) Equities
2 2 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.00%) Data Structures
3 1 (5.00%) Interest Rate Derivative
3 1 (5.00%) Market Risk
3 1 (5.00%) Reinsurance
3 1 (5.00%) Taxonomies
3 1 (5.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (60.00%) Data Analysis
2 9 (45.00%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (35.00%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (30.00%) Analytics
4 6 (30.00%) Decision-Making
5 5 (25.00%) Agile
5 5 (25.00%) Business Analysis
5 5 (25.00%) Data Analytics
5 5 (25.00%) Data Management
5 5 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 5 (25.00%) Visualisation
6 4 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
6 4 (20.00%) MoSCoW
6 4 (20.00%) Process Improvement
6 4 (20.00%) Project Management
6 4 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
6 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (15.00%) Data Governance
7 3 (15.00%) Workshop Facilitation
8 2 (10.00%) Contract Negotiation
Programming Languages
1 11 (55.00%) SQL
2 6 (30.00%) Python
3 1 (5.00%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Degree
2 3 (15.00%) PMI Certification
2 3 (15.00%) PMP
3 2 (10.00%) CBAP
4 1 (5.00%) CAPM
4 1 (5.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (5.00%) MBA
4 1 (5.00%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (25.00%) Data Quality
2 4 (20.00%) EMIR
2 4 (20.00%) MiFID
3 2 (10.00%) Accessibility
3 2 (10.00%) Dodd-Frank
4 1 (5.00%) GDPR
4 1 (5.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Aderant
2 1 (5.00%) Google
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle
2 1 (5.00%) Progress