Derivatives Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Business Analyst - Derivatives
Central London > City of London

The median Business Analyst - Derivatives daily rate in the City of London is £590, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2026.

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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Derivatives Business Analyst 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.043% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.046% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £565 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 - -
75th Percentile £615 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £590 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 2,197 1,544 2,055
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.37% 93.24% 94.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,486 964 1,438
10th Percentile £355 £350 £350
25th Percentile £454 £456 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £564 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £557 £550
% change year-on-year -1.30% +1.32% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 15 15
10th Percentile £17.84 £22.00 £15.62
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.21 £20.22
Median hourly rate £27.50 £28.50 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +23.91% -34.29%
75th Percentile £52.49 £46.25 £28.44
90th Percentile £62.89 £85.50 £40.00
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £28.15 £26.56
% change year-on-year -7.25% +5.99% -24.11%

Derivatives Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Derivatives Business Analyst job vacancy trend in the City of London

Derivatives Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Derivatives Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 27 May 2026, Derivatives 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 City of London region featuring Derivatives Business Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) GAAP
1 1 (100.00%) IFRS
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%) Programme Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation

Derivatives Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) General Ledger
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
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%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GAAP
1 1 (100.00%) IFRS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft