Risk Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

Risk Business Analyst (Risk BA)
UK > England

The median Risk Business Analyst (Risk BA) daily rate in England is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 516 473 506
Rank change year-on-year -43 +33 +157
Contract jobs requiring a Risk Business Analyst 26 28 34
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.082% 0.100% 0.094%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.11% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 20 21
10th Percentile £434 £452 £513
25th Percentile £492 £463 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £688 £750
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £675 £756 £813
90th Percentile £700 £863 -
UK median daily rate £600 £688 £750
% change year-on-year -12.73% -8.33% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 28,978 26,109 33,858
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.40% 92.88% 93.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,528 16,189 23,132
10th Percentile £300 £300 £281
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,750 814 1,430
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.91 £14.54
25th Percentile £18.26 £21.23 £20.00
Median hourly rate £27.21 £35.00 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -22.26% -23.71% +40.01%
75th Percentile £61.23 £64.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.41 £74.31 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% -27.78% +41.93%

Risk Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Risk Business Analyst job vacancy trend in England

Risk Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Risk Business Analyst job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Risk Business Analyst job vacancies in England

Risk Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Business Analyst in England over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Business Analyst in England

Risk Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Risk Business Analyst job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Risk Business Analyst job vacancies in England

Risk 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 Risk Business Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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 21 £600 -12.73% 2
Yorkshire -50 3 £675 -
North of England -53 3 £675 +89.61%
South East - 2 £380 -
Risk Business Analyst
UK

Risk Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, Risk 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 England region featuring Risk Business Analyst in the job title.

1 10 (38.46%) Requirements Gathering
1 10 (38.46%) Risk Management
1 10 (38.46%) SQL
2 8 (30.77%) Agile
2 8 (30.77%) Data Analysis
3 7 (26.92%) Business Analysis
3 7 (26.92%) Degree
3 7 (26.92%) JIRA
3 7 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (26.92%) Visualisation
4 6 (23.08%) Analytics
4 6 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (23.08%) User Acceptance Testing
4 6 (23.08%) Validation
5 5 (19.23%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (19.23%) Confluence
5 5 (19.23%) Data Visualisation
5 5 (19.23%) Microsoft
5 5 (19.23%) Murex
5 5 (19.23%) Power BI
5 5 (19.23%) Power Platform
5 5 (19.23%) Python
5 5 (19.23%) SDLC
5 5 (19.23%) Stress Testing
5 5 (19.23%) Tableau
6 4 (15.38%) Change Management
6 4 (15.38%) Regulatory Compliance
6 4 (15.38%) Scrum
6 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (15.38%) Workshop Facilitation

Risk Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 5 (19.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.85%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (19.23%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.85%) Power Automate
2 1 (3.85%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (19.23%) Power BI
1 5 (19.23%) Tableau
2 3 (11.54%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.85%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 7 (26.92%) JIRA
2 1 (3.85%) Git
General
1 17 (65.38%) Finance
2 15 (57.69%) Social Skills
3 10 (38.46%) Banking
4 7 (26.92%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (23.08%) Investment Banking
6 5 (19.23%) Front Office
7 2 (7.69%) Back Office
7 2 (7.69%) Wholesale Banking
8 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (3.85%) Financial Institution
8 1 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) .NET
1 2 (7.69%) Anaconda
1 2 (7.69%) Murex MxML
2 1 (3.85%) .NET Core
2 1 (3.85%) .NET Framework
2 1 (3.85%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (3.85%) RESTful
2 1 (3.85%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 11 (42.31%) Credit Risk
2 6 (23.08%) Market Risk
3 5 (19.23%) Derivative
4 3 (11.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (7.69%) Fixed Income
6 1 (3.85%) Energy Derivatives
6 1 (3.85%) Equities
6 1 (3.85%) Interest Rate Derivative
6 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
6 1 (3.85%) PMI
6 1 (3.85%) Product Ownership
6 1 (3.85%) Reference Data
6 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (38.46%) Requirements Gathering
1 10 (38.46%) Risk Management
2 8 (30.77%) Agile
2 8 (30.77%) Data Analysis
3 7 (26.92%) Business Analysis
3 7 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (26.92%) Visualisation
4 6 (23.08%) Analytics
4 6 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (23.08%) User Acceptance Testing
4 6 (23.08%) Validation
5 5 (19.23%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (19.23%) Data Visualisation
5 5 (19.23%) SDLC
5 5 (19.23%) Stress Testing
6 4 (15.38%) Change Management
6 4 (15.38%) Regulatory Compliance
6 4 (15.38%) Scrum
6 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (15.38%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 10 (38.46%) SQL
2 5 (19.23%) Python
3 1 (3.85%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (26.92%) Degree
2 3 (11.54%) CFA
3 2 (7.69%) PMI Certification
4 1 (3.85%) CBAP
4 1 (3.85%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) QA
2 2 (7.69%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.85%) Basel III
3 1 (3.85%) EMIR
3 1 (3.85%) GDPR
3 1 (3.85%) MiFID
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) Ansible
Vendors
1 5 (19.23%) Microsoft
1 5 (19.23%) Murex
2 1 (3.85%) Bloomberg
2 1 (3.85%) Splunk