Data Business Analyst Contracts in London

Data Business Analyst (Data BA)
England > London

The median Data Business Analyst (Data BA) daily rate in London is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 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
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 284 287 331
Rank change year-on-year +3 +44 +38
Contract jobs requiring a Data Business Analyst 71 104 163
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.57% 0.59% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 0.63% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 90 138
10th Percentile £403 £461 £445
25th Percentile £469 £500 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £580
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -5.17% +5.45%
75th Percentile £719 £638 £625
90th Percentile £905 £729 £700
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 11,538 16,476 25,124
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.30% 93.35% 95.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,904 11,906 18,241
10th Percentile £347 £325 £363
25th Percentile £426 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £679 £688 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 325 285
10th Percentile £20.24 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.02 £22.75
Median hourly rate £34.83 £27.50 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.64% -22.54% +1.43%
75th Percentile £50.86 £46.48 £62.50
90th Percentile £65.00 £65.02 £80.00
England median hourly rate £30.20 £37.50 £44.06
% change year-on-year -19.47% -14.88% +91.54%

Data Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Business Analyst in London

Data Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Business Analyst in London.

Daily rate trend for Data Business Analyst in London

Data Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Business Analyst in London over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Business Analyst in London

Data Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Business Analyst in London.

Hourly rate trend for Data Business Analyst in London

Data Business Analyst
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Business Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 13 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
Central London +9 21 £545 -0.91%
South London - 1 - -
Data Business Analyst
England

Data Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, Data 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 London region featuring Data Business Analyst in the job title.

1 34 (47.89%) Finance
2 23 (32.39%) Data Analysis
2 23 (32.39%) Data Governance
3 22 (30.99%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (30.99%) SQL
4 21 (29.58%) Agile
5 20 (28.17%) Social Skills
6 18 (25.35%) Banking
7 17 (23.94%) Business Analysis
8 16 (22.54%) Analytics
9 14 (19.72%) User Stories
9 14 (19.72%) Decision-Making
10 13 (18.31%) Analytical Skills
10 13 (18.31%) Data Management
10 13 (18.31%) Investment Management
10 13 (18.31%) Migration
10 13 (18.31%) Business Intelligence
11 12 (16.90%) Project Management
11 12 (16.90%) Derivative
11 12 (16.90%) Regulatory Compliance
11 12 (16.90%) Requirements Gathering
12 11 (15.49%) Fixed Income
12 11 (15.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 11 (15.49%) Product Ownership
13 10 (14.08%) Equities
13 10 (14.08%) Front Office
13 10 (14.08%) Stakeholder Management
13 10 (14.08%) Degree
13 10 (14.08%) Power Platform
13 10 (14.08%) Data Lake

Data Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 2 (2.82%) Confluence
2 1 (1.41%) SAS
2 1 (1.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (12.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.63%) MS Visio
3 3 (4.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (4.23%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 10 (14.08%) Azure
1 10 (14.08%) Power Platform
2 4 (5.63%) GCP
2 4 (5.63%) Snowflake
3 3 (4.23%) AWS
3 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.82%) Collibra
5 1 (1.41%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.41%) GitHub
5 1 (1.41%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.41%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (14.08%) Data Lake
1 10 (14.08%) Power BI
2 9 (12.68%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (7.04%) Tableau
4 3 (4.23%) Star Schema
5 1 (1.41%) BigQuery
5 1 (1.41%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (1.41%) Delta Lake
5 1 (1.41%) Looker
5 1 (1.41%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 7 (9.86%) JIRA
General
1 34 (47.89%) Finance
2 20 (28.17%) Social Skills
3 18 (25.35%) Banking
4 13 (18.31%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (14.08%) Front Office
6 7 (9.86%) Investment Banking
6 7 (9.86%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (7.04%) Financial Institution
8 4 (5.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.82%) Back Office
9 2 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.41%) Legal
10 1 (1.41%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.41%) ADO
1 1 (1.41%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.90%) Derivative
2 11 (15.49%) Fixed Income
2 11 (15.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 11 (15.49%) Product Ownership
3 10 (14.08%) Equities
4 8 (11.27%) Hedge funds
5 4 (5.63%) Management Information System
5 4 (5.63%) Onboarding
6 3 (4.23%) Data Structures
7 2 (2.82%) Pricing Data
7 2 (2.82%) Reference Data
7 2 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.41%) Interest Rate Derivative
8 1 (1.41%) Market Risk
8 1 (1.41%) Reinsurance
8 1 (1.41%) Taxonomies
8 1 (1.41%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (32.39%) Data Analysis
1 23 (32.39%) Data Governance
2 22 (30.99%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (29.58%) Agile
4 17 (23.94%) Business Analysis
5 16 (22.54%) Analytics
6 14 (19.72%) Decision-Making
6 14 (19.72%) User Stories
7 13 (18.31%) Business Intelligence
7 13 (18.31%) Data Management
7 13 (18.31%) Investment Management
7 13 (18.31%) Migration
8 12 (16.90%) Project Management
8 12 (16.90%) Regulatory Compliance
8 12 (16.90%) Requirements Gathering
9 10 (14.08%) Stakeholder Management
10 9 (12.68%) Data Modelling
10 9 (12.68%) Visualisation
11 8 (11.27%) Roadmaps
12 7 (9.86%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (30.99%) SQL
2 8 (11.27%) Python
3 1 (1.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (1.41%) R
Qualifications
1 10 (14.08%) Degree
2 4 (5.63%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.23%) PMI Certification
3 3 (4.23%) PMP
3 3 (4.23%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.82%) CBAP
4 2 (2.82%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.41%) CAPM
5 1 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.41%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.41%) IIBA
5 1 (1.41%) MBA
5 1 (1.41%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.08%) Data Quality
2 5 (7.04%) EMIR
2 5 (7.04%) MiFID
3 4 (5.63%) Dodd-Frank
4 3 (4.23%) GDPR
4 3 (4.23%) QA
5 2 (2.82%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 4 (5.63%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.82%) Bloomberg
2 2 (2.82%) IBM
3 1 (1.41%) Aderant
3 1 (1.41%) Google
3 1 (1.41%) Informatica
3 1 (1.41%) Oracle
3 1 (1.41%) Palantir
3 1 (1.41%) Progress
3 1 (1.41%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.41%) Splunk