Financial Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Business Analyst - Financial
Central London > City of London

The median Business Analyst - Financial daily rate in the City of London is £540, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 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
20 Sep 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 126 144
Rank change year-on-year +10 +18 +51
Contract jobs requiring a Financial Business Analyst 3 3 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.17% 0.14% 0.099%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.15% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 3
10th Percentile £438 £380 -
25th Percentile £476 £425 £605
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £500 £610
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -18.03% -12.86%
75th Percentile £608 £569 £651
90th Percentile £648 £610 £673
Central London median daily rate £540 £500 £610
% change year-on-year +8.00% -18.03% -12.86%

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 1,638 1,989 2,855
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.65% 94.18% 94.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,097 1,251 1,974
10th Percentile £325 £363 £358
25th Percentile £424 £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 £700
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £578
% change year-on-year -4.35% -0.52% +2.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 14 12
10th Percentile £17.08 £15.95 £16.65
25th Percentile £23.75 £22.28 £17.00
Median hourly rate £28.15 £32.75 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.05% -7.75% -13.41%
75th Percentile £56.75 £89.06 £44.87
90th Percentile £65.57 £137.50 £67.13
Central London median hourly rate £27.83 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -20.50% - -14.63%

Financial Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

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

Financial Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Financial Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Financial Business Analyst in the City of London over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

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

Financial Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 20 September 2025, Financial 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 Financial Business Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (33.33%) PMO
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Private Banking
3 1 (33.33%) JIRA
3 1 (33.33%) Confluence
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Anti-Money Laundering
3 1 (33.33%) Legal
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management

Financial 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 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Legal
3 1 (33.33%) Private Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Anti-Money Laundering
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
1 1 (33.33%) PMO
5 Financial Business Analyst jobs in Central London