Payments Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Business Analyst - Payments (Payments BA)
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The median Business Analyst - Payments (Payments BA) daily rate in Northamptonshire is £358, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Payments Business Analyst 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northamptonshire 2.24% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.32% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £315 - -
25th Percentile £319 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £358 - -
75th Percentile £380 - -
90th Percentile £401 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £358 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Northamptonshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Northamptonshire. 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 Northamptonshire with a recognized job title 302 209 163
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.49% 92.07% 92.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 146 123
10th Percentile £302 £340 £213
25th Percentile £350 £357 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -10.53% +2.15%
75th Percentile £453 £488 £535
90th Percentile £550 £575 £588
East Midlands median daily rate £418 £440 £453
% change year-on-year -5.11% -2.87% +0.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 5
10th Percentile - - £11.46
25th Percentile - £11.83 £11.83
Median hourly rate £21.39 £12.22 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +75.04% -30.17% -2.78%
75th Percentile - £18.96 £23.73
90th Percentile - £22.76 £24.60
East Midlands median hourly rate £21.25 £24.18 £18.97
% change year-on-year -12.12% +27.45% +12.03%

Payments Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Payments Business Analyst job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

Payments Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

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

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

Payments Business Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 14 November 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
Northampton - 7 £358 - 2
Payments Business Analyst
East Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 14 November 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 Northamptonshire region featuring Payments Business Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Agile
2 5 (71.43%) Business Analysis
2 5 (71.43%) Kanban
2 5 (71.43%) Requirements Gathering
2 5 (71.43%) Scrum
3 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
3 4 (57.14%) Project Delivery
3 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (57.14%) User Stories
4 3 (42.86%) KYC
4 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (42.86%) Waterfall
5 2 (28.57%) Acceptance Criteria
5 2 (28.57%) Anti-Money Laundering
5 2 (28.57%) API Design
5 2 (28.57%) CBAP
5 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
5 2 (28.57%) E-Commerce
5 2 (28.57%) Epics
5 2 (28.57%) ETL
5 2 (28.57%) ISO 8583
5 2 (28.57%) Microservices
5 2 (28.57%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (28.57%) PCI DSS
5 2 (28.57%) PMI Certification
5 2 (28.57%) PSD2
5 2 (28.57%) QA
5 2 (28.57%) Regulatory Change
5 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
5 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement

Payments Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Banking
2 2 (28.57%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Onboarding
2 2 (28.57%) PMI
2 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Agile
2 5 (71.43%) Business Analysis
2 5 (71.43%) Kanban
2 5 (71.43%) Requirements Gathering
2 5 (71.43%) Scrum
3 4 (57.14%) Project Delivery
3 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (57.14%) User Stories
4 3 (42.86%) KYC
4 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (42.86%) Waterfall
5 2 (28.57%) Acceptance Criteria
5 2 (28.57%) Anti-Money Laundering
5 2 (28.57%) API Design
5 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
5 2 (28.57%) Epics
5 2 (28.57%) Regulatory Change
5 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
5 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) CBAP
1 2 (28.57%) PMI Certification
2 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) ISO 8583
1 2 (28.57%) PCI DSS
1 2 (28.57%) PSD2
1 2 (28.57%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Salesforce