Investment Banking Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Business Analyst - Investment Banking (Investment Banking BA)
Central London > City of London

The median Business Analyst - Investment Banking (Investment Banking BA) daily rate in the City of London is £483, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Investment Banking Business Analyst 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.11% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £476 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 - -
75th Percentile £489 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £483 - -

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 1,719 1,915 2,345
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 92.96% 94.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,204 1,176 1,684
10th Percentile £328 £363 £350
25th Percentile £420 £463 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - -
75th Percentile £675 £680 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
Central London median daily rate £546 £575 £565
% change year-on-year -5.00% +1.77% -1.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 13 13
10th Percentile £19.94 £15.60 £17.00
25th Percentile £22.96 £22.00 £18.93
Median hourly rate £28.00 £57.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.30% +130.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £41.85 £112.00 £46.75
90th Percentile £51.25 £132.40 £68.75
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year -25.40% +37.25% -24.44%

Investment Banking Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Investment Banking Business Analyst job vacancy trend in the City of London

Investment Banking Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Investment Banking Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Investment Banking Business Analyst job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Investment Banking Business Analyst job vacancies in the City of London

Investment Banking Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 25 December 2025, Investment Banking 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 Investment Banking Business Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Refinement
2 1 (50.00%) Basel III
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) CFA
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Confluence
2 1 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Data Lineage
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Mapping
2 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Data Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (50.00%) Epics
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) KYC
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (50.00%) PMP

Investment Banking 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Investment Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Equities
1 1 (50.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Market Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Change
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CFA
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Basel III
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft