Finance Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Business Analyst - Finance (Finance BA)
England > Midlands

The median Business Analyst - Finance (Finance BA) daily rate in the Midlands is £420, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 154 122 131
Rank change year-on-year -32 +9 +66
Contract jobs requiring a Finance Business Analyst 10 8 2
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.32% 0.35% 0.077%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.37% 0.082%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 2
10th Percentile £307 £361 £384
25th Percentile £346 £398 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% - -15.00%
75th Percentile £488 £503 £459
90th Percentile £603 £576 £476
England median daily rate £526 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.32% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.00 - -
England median hourly rate £25.00 £30.59 -
% change year-on-year -18.27% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,813 2,158 2,434
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.10% 93.26% 93.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,770 1,372 1,682
10th Percentile £213 £210 £213
25th Percentile £368 £359 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +8.05% -2.58%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £575
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -2.86% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 84 106
10th Percentile £13.71 £14.12 £14.40
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £17.03
Median hourly rate £22.00 £23.71 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.21% +18.55% +13.90%
75th Percentile £26.68 £30.83 £34.19
90th Percentile £35.90 £48.13 £67.50
England median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -24.86% -22.58% +39.11%

Finance Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Finance Business Analyst job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Finance Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Finance Business Analyst job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Finance Business Analyst job vacancies in the Midlands

Finance Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance Business Analyst in the Midlands over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance Business Analyst in the Midlands

Finance Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Finance Business Analyst job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Finance Business Analyst job vacancies in the Midlands

Finance Business Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 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
East Midlands -18 5 £390 -7.69%
West Midlands -27 5 £475 -2.56%
Finance Business Analyst
England

Finance Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 21 December 2025, Finance 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 Midlands region featuring Finance Business Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 4 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (40.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 3 (30.00%) Agile
3 3 (30.00%) Business Strategy
3 3 (30.00%) ERP
3 3 (30.00%) KYC
3 3 (30.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Budget Management
4 2 (20.00%) Change Management
4 2 (20.00%) CRM
4 2 (20.00%) Data Flow Diagram
4 2 (20.00%) Due Diligence
4 2 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (20.00%) Migration
4 2 (20.00%) Project Management
4 2 (20.00%) Regulatory Change
4 2 (20.00%) Salesforce
4 2 (20.00%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (20.00%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 2 (20.00%) SDLC
4 2 (20.00%) User Stories
4 2 (20.00%) Waterfall
5 1 (10.00%) Actimize
5 1 (10.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
5 1 (10.00%) Business Case

Finance Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (10.00%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 10 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (20.00%) Local Government
4 2 (20.00%) Marketing
5 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (10.00%) General Ledger
5 1 (10.00%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (10.00%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 4 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (40.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 3 (30.00%) Agile
3 3 (30.00%) Business Strategy
3 3 (30.00%) ERP
3 3 (30.00%) KYC
3 3 (30.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Change Management
4 2 (20.00%) CRM
4 2 (20.00%) Data Flow Diagram
4 2 (20.00%) Due Diligence
4 2 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (20.00%) Project Management
4 2 (20.00%) SDLC
4 2 (20.00%) User Stories
4 2 (20.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (10.00%) CODA
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle
2 1 (10.00%) SAP