Finance Business Analyst Contracts in England

Business Analyst - Finance (Finance BA)
UK > England

The median Business Analyst - Finance (Finance BA) daily rate in England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 June 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
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 429 442 472
Rank change year-on-year +13 +30 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Finance Business Analyst 57 117 163
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.23% 0.31% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.34% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 95 129
10th Percentile £375 £475 £424
25th Percentile £430 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £550 £750 £688
90th Percentile £788 £801 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 23,170 34,772 44,476
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.26% 92.87% 94.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,220 22,729 31,567
10th Percentile £293 £293 £313
25th Percentile £405 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £634 £638 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,044 2,631 1,333
10th Percentile £13.90 £12.86 £14.27
25th Percentile £17.95 £16.58 £19.51
Median hourly rate £28.75 £39.50 £43.63
Median % change year-on-year -27.22% -9.47% +74.52%
75th Percentile £57.52 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.50 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £27.13 £37.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year -27.67% -12.79% +68.63%

Finance Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Finance Business Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Finance Business Analyst in England

Finance Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Finance Business Analyst in England.

Daily rate trend for Finance Business Analyst in England

Finance Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance Business Analyst in England over the 6 months to 25 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance Business Analyst in England

Finance Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Finance Business Analyst in England.

Hourly rate trend for Finance Business Analyst in England

Finance Business Analyst
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance Business Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 25 June 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -19 43 £500 -9.09% 24
North of England +21 6 £456 -20.65% 1
South East +49 4 £413 -8.33% 3
Yorkshire +9 3 £488 -
North West +3 3 £425 -26.09% 1
East of England +24 1 £375 -11.76% 1
Midlands +10 1 £356 -35.27% 4
East Midlands - 1 £356 - 1
South West - 1 £450 - 1
Finance Business Analyst
UK

Finance Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 25 June 2025, Finance 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 England region featuring Finance Business Analyst in the job title.

1 57 (100.00%) Finance
2 22 (38.60%) Agile
3 20 (35.09%) Business Analysis
4 18 (31.58%) User Acceptance Testing
5 13 (22.81%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (22.81%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (22.81%) ERP
5 13 (22.81%) Social Skills
6 12 (21.05%) Requirements Gathering
6 12 (21.05%) Business Intelligence
7 11 (19.30%) SQL
7 11 (19.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 10 (17.54%) Analytics
8 10 (17.54%) Migration
9 9 (15.79%) Change Management
9 9 (15.79%) Asset Management
10 8 (14.04%) Data Migration
10 8 (14.04%) SAP
11 7 (12.28%) Python
11 7 (12.28%) Fixed Income
11 7 (12.28%) Process Improvement
11 7 (12.28%) Portfolio Management
11 7 (12.28%) User Stories
11 7 (12.28%) Test Planning
12 6 (10.53%) Target Operating Model
12 6 (10.53%) Quantitative Research
12 6 (10.53%) Performance Attribution
12 6 (10.53%) Workshop Facilitation
12 6 (10.53%) Aladdin
12 6 (10.53%) Hedge funds

Finance Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (3.51%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (7.02%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (7.02%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (10.53%) Aladdin
2 3 (5.26%) SAP CO
2 3 (5.26%) SAP FI
2 3 (5.26%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.75%) Elite 3E
3 1 (1.75%) HFM
3 1 (1.75%) NetSuite
3 1 (1.75%) SAP SD
3 1 (1.75%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.77%) Power Platform
2 2 (3.51%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.75%) Azure
3 1 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.75%) Boomi
3 1 (1.75%) Miro
3 1 (1.75%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.77%) Power BI
2 2 (3.51%) Star Schema
3 1 (1.75%) Power Query
3 1 (1.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.75%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (3.51%) JIRA
General
1 57 (100.00%) Finance
2 13 (22.81%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (22.81%) Social Skills
3 6 (10.53%) Front Office
4 5 (8.77%) Marketing
5 4 (7.02%) Banking
5 4 (7.02%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (7.02%) Public Sector
6 3 (5.26%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (3.51%) Legal
7 2 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.75%) Back Office
8 1 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.75%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.75%) Law
8 1 (1.75%) Local Government
8 1 (1.75%) Publishing
8 1 (1.75%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.75%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.28%) Fixed Income
2 6 (10.53%) Derivative
2 6 (10.53%) Hedge funds
3 2 (3.51%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.75%) CMDB
4 1 (1.75%) Credit Risk
4 1 (1.75%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.75%) Equities
4 1 (1.75%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.75%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.75%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (38.60%) Agile
2 20 (35.09%) Business Analysis
3 18 (31.58%) User Acceptance Testing
4 13 (22.81%) ERP
4 13 (22.81%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (21.05%) Business Intelligence
5 12 (21.05%) Requirements Gathering
6 11 (19.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 10 (17.54%) Analytics
7 10 (17.54%) Migration
8 9 (15.79%) Asset Management
8 9 (15.79%) Change Management
9 8 (14.04%) Data Migration
10 7 (12.28%) Portfolio Management
10 7 (12.28%) Process Improvement
10 7 (12.28%) Test Planning
10 7 (12.28%) User Stories
11 6 (10.53%) Performance Attribution
11 6 (10.53%) Quantitative Research
11 6 (10.53%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 11 (19.30%) SQL
2 7 (12.28%) Python
3 1 (1.75%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (10.53%) ACCA
2 5 (8.77%) CBAP
2 5 (8.77%) CIMA
3 3 (5.26%) Degree
4 2 (3.51%) CIPFA
4 2 (3.51%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.51%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.51%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.75%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.75%) PMO
Vendors
1 8 (14.04%) SAP
2 6 (10.53%) BISAM
3 4 (7.02%) Oracle
3 4 (7.02%) Workday
4 3 (5.26%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.75%) Aderant
5 1 (1.75%) Avaloq
5 1 (1.75%) Duck Creek
5 1 (1.75%) FNZ
5 1 (1.75%) Hyperion
5 1 (1.75%) Intapp
5 1 (1.75%) PeopleSoft
5 1 (1.75%) Tagetik