Data Business Analyst Contract Job Trends 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 £600, 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 105 118 149
Rank change year-on-year +13 +31 +18
Contract jobs requiring a Data Business Analyst 16 10 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.90% 0.48% 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.96% 0.51% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 14
10th Percentile £357 £441 -
25th Percentile £442 £458 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £731 £575 £647
90th Percentile £795 £650 £695
Central London median daily rate £625 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +19.05% -4.55% +4.76%

All DemandTrendContract 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 1,672 1,966 2,982
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.72% 94.43% 94.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,113 1,271 2,053
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £706
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 14 12
10th Percentile £17.35 £15.87 £14.42
25th Percentile £23.98 £20.88 £20.09
Median hourly rate £28.33 £27.00 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.91% -27.03% -10.84%
75th Percentile £53.50 £89.06 £56.56
90th Percentile £65.39 £137.50 £76.63
Central London median hourly rate £28.33 £27.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year +4.91% -23.94% -14.46%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Business Analyst job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Business Analyst job vacancies 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 September 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 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 City of London region featuring Data Business Analyst in the job title.

1 11 (68.75%) Finance
1 11 (68.75%) SQL
2 9 (56.25%) Data Analysis
2 9 (56.25%) Decision-Making
3 8 (50.00%) Agile
4 7 (43.75%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (37.50%) Python
5 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
6 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (31.25%) User Stories
7 4 (25.00%) Power BI
7 4 (25.00%) Power Platform
7 4 (25.00%) Snowflake
7 4 (25.00%) Migration
7 4 (25.00%) Business Analysis
7 4 (25.00%) Azure
8 3 (18.75%) Data Migration
8 3 (18.75%) Fund Accounting
8 3 (18.75%) Visualisation
8 3 (18.75%) Financial Institution
8 3 (18.75%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
8 3 (18.75%) Data Modelling
8 3 (18.75%) ETL
8 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (18.75%) Data Transformation
8 3 (18.75%) Data Quality
8 3 (18.75%) Analytics
9 2 (12.50%) Data Science
9 2 (12.50%) Collaborative Working

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 2 (12.50%) Confluence
2 1 (6.25%) SAS
2 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.25%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) Azure
1 4 (25.00%) Power Platform
1 4 (25.00%) Snowflake
2 2 (12.50%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) Power BI
2 3 (18.75%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (12.50%) Tableau
4 1 (6.25%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (6.25%) Data Lake
4 1 (6.25%) Relational Database
4 1 (6.25%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 11 (68.75%) Finance
2 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Financial Institution
4 2 (12.50%) Banking
4 2 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Investment Banking
5 1 (6.25%) Legal
5 1 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
1 1 (6.25%) Reinsurance
1 1 (6.25%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Data Analysis
1 9 (56.25%) Decision-Making
2 8 (50.00%) Agile
3 7 (43.75%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (31.25%) User Stories
5 4 (25.00%) Business Analysis
5 4 (25.00%) Migration
6 3 (18.75%) Analytics
6 3 (18.75%) Data Migration
6 3 (18.75%) Data Modelling
6 3 (18.75%) Data Transformation
6 3 (18.75%) ETL
6 3 (18.75%) Fund Accounting
6 3 (18.75%) Visualisation
7 2 (12.50%) Data Lineage
7 2 (12.50%) Data Science
7 2 (12.50%) DevOps
7 2 (12.50%) Machine Learning
7 2 (12.50%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 11 (68.75%) SQL
2 6 (37.50%) Python
3 1 (6.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (6.25%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) Data Quality
2 1 (6.25%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) FIS
3 1 (6.25%) Aderant
3 1 (6.25%) Oracle
3 1 (6.25%) Progress