Payments Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in London

Business Analyst - Payments (Payments BA)
England > London

The median Business Analyst - Payments (Payments BA) daily rate in London is £669, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 343 373 430
Rank change year-on-year +30 +57 +123
Contract jobs requiring a Payments Business Analyst 18 6 9
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.14% 0.038% 0.043%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.040% 0.046%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 5 6
10th Percentile £320 £382 £425
25th Percentile £519 £475 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £669 £500 £531
Median % change year-on-year +33.75% -5.88% -3.41%
75th Percentile £705 £525 £575
90th Percentile £713 £600 £606
England median daily rate £483 £478 £550
% change year-on-year +1.05% -13.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £86.25 - -
Median hourly rate £87.50 - -
75th Percentile £88.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £87.50 - -

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 12,290 14,901 19,642
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.46% 94.07% 94.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,177 9,672 14,311
10th Percentile £335 £348 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £664 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £511 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.73% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 168 214
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.25 £18.38
25th Percentile £22.38 £23.80 £22.29
Median hourly rate £26.54 £37.15 £40.17
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -7.51% +19.90%
75th Percentile £48.38 £58.75 £61.15
90th Percentile £67.31 £79.35 £75.88
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year -41.51% -6.28% +58.75%

Payments Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Payments Business Analyst job vacancy trend in London

Payments Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Payments Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Payments Business Analyst in London over the 6 months to 20 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Payments Business Analyst in London

Payments 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 Payments Business Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 20 October 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 +13 7 £506 +1.25% 2
Payments Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 October 2025, Payments 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 Payments Business Analyst in the job title.

1 10 (55.56%) ISO 20022
1 10 (55.56%) SEPA
2 6 (33.33%) Project Management
3 5 (27.78%) Agile
3 5 (27.78%) Business Analysis
3 5 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (22.22%) Fintech
4 4 (22.22%) Project Delivery
4 4 (22.22%) PSD2
4 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
5 3 (16.67%) Confluence
5 3 (16.67%) Data Analysis
5 3 (16.67%) Degree
5 3 (16.67%) JIRA
5 3 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (16.67%) User Stories
6 2 (11.11%) Anti-Money Laundering
6 2 (11.11%) CBAP
6 2 (11.11%) Computer Science
6 2 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
6 2 (11.11%) Decision-Making
6 2 (11.11%) Defect Management
6 2 (11.11%) KYC
6 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (11.11%) MS Visio
6 2 (11.11%) PMI Certification
6 2 (11.11%) Product Roadmap
6 2 (11.11%) QA
6 2 (11.11%) Regulatory Change

Payments 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (11.11%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) Azure
1 1 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) ATM
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 13 (72.22%) Banking
1 13 (72.22%) Finance
2 6 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Investment Banking
4 1 (5.56%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) XML
2 1 (5.56%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 9 (50.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 2 (11.11%) PACS
2 2 (11.11%) PMI
2 2 (11.11%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.56%) Derivative
3 1 (5.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Project Management
2 5 (27.78%) Agile
2 5 (27.78%) Business Analysis
2 5 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (22.22%) Fintech
3 4 (22.22%) Project Delivery
3 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
4 3 (16.67%) Data Analysis
4 3 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (16.67%) User Stories
5 2 (11.11%) Anti-Money Laundering
5 2 (11.11%) Decision-Making
5 2 (11.11%) Defect Management
5 2 (11.11%) KYC
5 2 (11.11%) SDLC
5 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (11.11%) System Integration Testing
5 2 (11.11%) Translating Business Requirements
5 2 (11.11%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Degree
2 2 (11.11%) CBAP
2 2 (11.11%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (55.56%) ISO 20022
1 10 (55.56%) SEPA
2 4 (22.22%) PSD2
3 2 (11.11%) QA
4 1 (5.56%) ISO 8583
Vendors
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft