Front Office Business Analyst Contracts in England

Business Analyst - Front Office (Front Office BA)
UK > England

The median Business Analyst - Front Office (Front Office BA) daily rate in England is £850, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 464 524 632
Rank change year-on-year +60 +108 +101
Contract jobs requiring a Front Office Business Analyst 21 18 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.086% 0.048% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.093% 0.052% 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 16 17
10th Percentile £603 £613 £635
25th Percentile £713 £775 £725
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 £800 £800
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - -
75th Percentile £875 £850 £850
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £850 £800 £800
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -

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 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Front Office Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Front Office Business Analyst in England

Front Office Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Front Office Business Analyst in England

Front Office Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Front Office Business Analyst in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Front Office Business Analyst in England

Front Office 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 Front Office Business Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +41 21 £850 +6.25% 8
Front Office Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Front Office 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 Front Office Business Analyst in the job title.

1 21 (100.00%) Front Office
2 18 (85.71%) Finance
3 14 (66.67%) Degree
3 14 (66.67%) Social Skills
4 13 (61.90%) Fixed Income
5 12 (57.14%) Economics
5 12 (57.14%) Business Analysis
5 12 (57.14%) User Acceptance Testing
6 11 (52.38%) Financial Institution
6 11 (52.38%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (47.62%) Quantitative Research
7 10 (47.62%) Regression Testing
7 10 (47.62%) Electronic Trading
7 10 (47.62%) Manual Testing
7 10 (47.62%) Test Automation
7 10 (47.62%) Product Management
8 9 (42.86%) ION Trading
9 6 (28.57%) Project Management
10 5 (23.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (23.81%) Data Analysis
10 5 (23.81%) Banking
10 5 (23.81%) Analytics
11 4 (19.05%) Equities
11 4 (19.05%) Python
11 4 (19.05%) Requirements Gathering
12 3 (14.29%) SQL
12 3 (14.29%) Agile
12 3 (14.29%) Market Risk
12 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
12 3 (14.29%) Computer Science

Front Office 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 1 (4.76%) Confluence
1 1 (4.76%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) JIRA
General
1 21 (100.00%) Front Office
2 18 (85.71%) Finance
3 14 (66.67%) Social Skills
4 11 (52.38%) Financial Institution
5 5 (23.81%) Banking
6 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (4.76%) Back Office
7 1 (4.76%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) Murex MxML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (61.90%) Fixed Income
2 5 (23.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (19.05%) Equities
4 3 (14.29%) Market Risk
5 2 (9.52%) Derivative
6 1 (4.76%) Credit Risk
6 1 (4.76%) Data Structures
6 1 (4.76%) Interest Rate Derivative
6 1 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (4.76%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (57.14%) Business Analysis
1 12 (57.14%) Economics
1 12 (57.14%) User Acceptance Testing
2 11 (52.38%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (47.62%) Electronic Trading
3 10 (47.62%) Manual Testing
3 10 (47.62%) Product Management
3 10 (47.62%) Quantitative Research
3 10 (47.62%) Regression Testing
3 10 (47.62%) Test Automation
4 6 (28.57%) Project Management
5 5 (23.81%) Analytics
5 5 (23.81%) Data Analysis
6 4 (19.05%) Requirements Gathering
7 3 (14.29%) Agile
7 3 (14.29%) Computer Science
8 2 (9.52%) Migration
8 2 (9.52%) Risk Management
8 2 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (9.52%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) Python
2 3 (14.29%) SQL
3 1 (4.76%) Java
Qualifications
1 14 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (9.52%) CFA
2 2 (9.52%) Master's Degree
2 2 (9.52%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (42.86%) ION Trading
2 2 (9.52%) Murex