Financial Services Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in London

Business Analyst - Financial Services (Financial Services BA)
England > London

The median Business Analyst - Financial Services (Financial Services BA) daily rate in London is £613, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025.

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

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 362 364 373
Rank change year-on-year +2 +9 +115
Contract jobs requiring a Financial Services Business Analyst 14 11 28
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.097% 0.074% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.079% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 23
10th Percentile £394 £346 £313
25th Percentile £507 £466 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £531 £523
Median % change year-on-year +15.29% +1.67% -9.13%
75th Percentile £701 £552 £575
90th Percentile £750 £622 £630
England median daily rate £475 £488 £511
% change year-on-year -2.56% -4.65% -11.09%

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 13,351 13,930 17,418
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.34% 93.49% 93.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,837 8,996 12,575
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -1.79% -3.03%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £756 £799 £788
England median daily rate £507 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -3.43% -0.57% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 227 151 218
10th Percentile £17.50 £18.10 £17.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £30.50 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.86% - -
75th Percentile £58.13 £55.13 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £27.00 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.86% -22.22% +38.46%

Financial Services Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Financial Services Business Analyst job vacancy trend in London

Financial Services Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Financial Services Business Analyst job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Financial Services Business Analyst job vacancies in London

Financial Services Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Financial Services Business Analyst in London over the 6 months to 26 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Financial Services Business Analyst in London

Financial Services 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 Financial Services Business Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 26 December 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 - 1 £325 - 1
Financial Services Business Analyst
England

Financial Services Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 26 December 2025, Financial Services 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 London region featuring Financial Services Business Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (50.00%) Change Management
2 3 (21.43%) ITSM
2 3 (21.43%) Service Management
2 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (14.29%) Business Analysis
3 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (14.29%) Client Onboarding
3 2 (14.29%) Data Governance
3 2 (14.29%) Data Quality
3 2 (14.29%) Migration
3 2 (14.29%) Power BI
3 2 (14.29%) Power Platform
3 2 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (7.14%) AI
4 1 (7.14%) Customer Service
4 1 (7.14%) Data Analysis
4 1 (7.14%) Data Lineage
4 1 (7.14%) Data Modelling
4 1 (7.14%) Data Stewardship
4 1 (7.14%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (7.14%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 1 (7.14%) Decision-Making
4 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (7.14%) Oracle
4 1 (7.14%) Portfolio Management
4 1 (7.14%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (7.14%) Project Delivery
4 1 (7.14%) Python
4 1 (7.14%) SDLC
4 1 (7.14%) Six Sigma

Financial Services Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Power Platform
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Power BI
2 1 (7.14%) Tableau
General
1 14 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (21.43%) Banking
2 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) AI Agents
1 1 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Change Management
2 3 (21.43%) ITSM
2 3 (21.43%) Service Management
2 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (14.29%) Business Analysis
3 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (14.29%) Client Onboarding
3 2 (14.29%) Data Governance
3 2 (14.29%) Migration
3 2 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (7.14%) Customer Service
4 1 (7.14%) Data Lineage
4 1 (7.14%) Data Stewardship
4 1 (7.14%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 1 (7.14%) Decision-Making
4 1 (7.14%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (7.14%) Project Delivery
4 1 (7.14%) SDLC
4 1 (7.14%) Software Delivery
4 1 (7.14%) Traceability Matrix
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) Python
1 1 (7.14%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle