Finance Business Analyst Contracts in London

Business Analyst - Finance (Finance BA)
England > London

The median Business Analyst - Finance (Finance BA) daily rate in London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 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
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 308 300 339
Rank change year-on-year -8 +39 +7
Contract jobs requiring a Finance Business Analyst 42 104 133
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.33% 0.59% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.63% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 85 106
10th Percentile £447 - £463
25th Percentile £452 £500 £512
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £713 £750 £700
90th Percentile £788 £810 £761
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%

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 11,759 16,474 23,813
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 93.77% 94.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,963 11,827 17,372
10th Percentile £338 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £676 £700
90th Percentile £798 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 321 274
10th Percentile £19.28 £16.00 £18.00
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £33.45 £27.50 £36.77
Median % change year-on-year +21.62% -25.21% +5.06%
75th Percentile £50.50 £46.50 £63.94
90th Percentile £64.63 £67.00 £82.43
England median hourly rate £28.75 £39.55 £43.63
% change year-on-year -27.31% -9.35% +78.37%

Finance Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance Business Analyst in London

Finance Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Finance Business Analyst in London

Finance Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance Business Analyst in London over the 6 months to 24 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance Business Analyst in London

Finance Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Finance Business Analyst in London

Finance 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 Finance Business Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 24 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
Central London -2 9 £713 +29.55% 9
North London - 1 £468 -
Finance Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 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 London region featuring Finance Business Analyst in the job title.

1 42 (100.00%) Finance
2 17 (40.48%) Agile
2 17 (40.48%) User Acceptance Testing
3 15 (35.71%) Business Analysis
4 11 (26.19%) ERP
4 11 (26.19%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (23.81%) Social Skills
5 10 (23.81%) Business Intelligence
5 10 (23.81%) Migration
5 10 (23.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 9 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (21.43%) SQL
7 8 (19.05%) Requirements Gathering
7 8 (19.05%) Asset Management
7 8 (19.05%) Data Migration
7 8 (19.05%) Analytics
8 7 (16.67%) Test Planning
8 7 (16.67%) Portfolio Management
8 7 (16.67%) Fixed Income
9 6 (14.29%) Change Management
9 6 (14.29%) Front Office
9 6 (14.29%) Python
9 6 (14.29%) BISAM
9 6 (14.29%) Target Operating Model
9 6 (14.29%) Hedge funds
9 6 (14.29%) Investment Management
9 6 (14.29%) Derivative
9 6 (14.29%) Aladdin
9 6 (14.29%) Quantitative Research
9 6 (14.29%) Performance Attribution

Finance 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 1 (2.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (4.76%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (14.29%) Aladdin
2 2 (4.76%) SAP CO
2 2 (4.76%) SAP FI
2 2 (4.76%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (2.38%) HFM
3 1 (2.38%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (4.76%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.76%) Power BI
1 2 (4.76%) Star Schema
2 1 (2.38%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 1 (2.38%) JIRA
General
1 42 (100.00%) Finance
2 11 (26.19%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (23.81%) Social Skills
4 6 (14.29%) Front Office
5 5 (11.90%) Marketing
6 4 (9.52%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (7.14%) Banking
7 3 (7.14%) Public Sector
8 2 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (4.76%) Manufacturing
8 2 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (2.38%) Back Office
9 1 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (2.38%) Investment Banking
9 1 (2.38%) Law
9 1 (2.38%) Legal
9 1 (2.38%) Local Government
9 1 (2.38%) Publishing
9 1 (2.38%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.38%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.67%) Fixed Income
2 6 (14.29%) Derivative
2 6 (14.29%) Hedge funds
3 2 (4.76%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.38%) CMDB
4 1 (2.38%) Equities
4 1 (2.38%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.38%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.38%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (40.48%) Agile
1 17 (40.48%) User Acceptance Testing
2 15 (35.71%) Business Analysis
3 11 (26.19%) ERP
4 10 (23.81%) Business Intelligence
4 10 (23.81%) Migration
4 10 (23.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 9 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (19.05%) Analytics
6 8 (19.05%) Asset Management
6 8 (19.05%) Data Migration
6 8 (19.05%) Requirements Gathering
7 7 (16.67%) Portfolio Management
7 7 (16.67%) Test Planning
8 6 (14.29%) Change Management
8 6 (14.29%) Investment Management
8 6 (14.29%) Performance Attribution
8 6 (14.29%) Quantitative Research
8 6 (14.29%) Target Operating Model
8 6 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 9 (21.43%) SQL
2 6 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (9.52%) ACCA
1 4 (9.52%) CBAP
2 3 (7.14%) CIMA
3 2 (4.76%) Degree
3 2 (4.76%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.76%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.38%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.38%) PMO
Vendors
1 6 (14.29%) BISAM
2 5 (11.90%) SAP
3 3 (7.14%) Microsoft
3 3 (7.14%) Oracle
3 3 (7.14%) Workday
4 1 (2.38%) Aderant
4 1 (2.38%) Avaloq
4 1 (2.38%) Duck Creek
4 1 (2.38%) FNZ
4 1 (2.38%) Hyperion
4 1 (2.38%) PeopleSoft
4 1 (2.38%) Tagetik