Payments Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Business Analyst - Payments (Payments BA)
UK > UK excluding London

The median Business Analyst - Payments (Payments BA) daily rate in the UK excluding London is £402, 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 362 368 416
Rank change year-on-year +6 +48 +87
Contract jobs requiring a Payments Business Analyst 17 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.012% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.013% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 2 2
10th Percentile £317 £356 -
25th Percentile £358 £380 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £420 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% -23.64% +29.41%
75th Percentile £450 £460 £575
90th Percentile £500 £484 -
UK median daily rate £483 £489 £550
% change year-on-year -1.28% -11.14% +4.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 14,368 15,677 19,980
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.54% 92.11% 94.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,838 8,917 13,334
10th Percentile £208 £220 £218
25th Percentile £363 £373 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £671 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,369 1,158 1,264
10th Percentile £13.57 £14.73 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £19.50 £17.78
Median hourly rate £24.62 £40.33 £43.83
Median % change year-on-year -38.95% -7.99% +94.78%
75th Percentile £50.00 £66.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +66.48%

Payments Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Payments Business Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Payments Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Payments Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Payments Business Analyst in the UK excluding London

Payments Business Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding 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
East Midlands - 7 £358 -
Midlands - 7 £358 -
Yorkshire - 5 £483 -
North of England - 5 £483 -
South East +12 3 £405 +19.12% 4
Scotland +5 2 - -
Payments Business Analyst
UK

Payments Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region featuring Payments Business Analyst in the job title.

1 11 (64.71%) Agile
2 10 (58.82%) Business Analysis
2 10 (58.82%) Requirements Gathering
3 9 (52.94%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (47.06%) Scrum
4 8 (47.06%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (47.06%) User Stories
5 7 (41.18%) Kanban
6 6 (35.29%) Project Delivery
6 6 (35.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (29.41%) KYC
8 4 (23.53%) Anti-Money Laundering
8 4 (23.53%) CBAP
8 4 (23.53%) E-Commerce
8 4 (23.53%) Impact Assessments
8 4 (23.53%) ISO 8583
8 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
8 4 (23.53%) Payment Gateway
8 4 (23.53%) PCI DSS
8 4 (23.53%) PMI Certification
8 4 (23.53%) PSD2
8 4 (23.53%) QA
8 4 (23.53%) Regulatory Change
8 4 (23.53%) Use Case
8 4 (23.53%) User Acceptance Testing
8 4 (23.53%) Waterfall
8 4 (23.53%) Workshop Facilitation
9 3 (17.65%) Acceptance Criteria
9 3 (17.65%) Critical Thinking
9 3 (17.65%) Epics

Payments Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 1 (5.88%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 1 (5.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (5.88%) Dynamics CRM
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 7 (41.18%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (35.29%) Finance
2 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
3 5 (29.41%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (17.65%) Banking
5 1 (5.88%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Investment Banking
5 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.88%) Retail
5 1 (5.88%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Onboarding
2 4 (23.53%) PMI
2 4 (23.53%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.88%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) Agile
2 10 (58.82%) Business Analysis
2 10 (58.82%) Requirements Gathering
3 9 (52.94%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (47.06%) Scrum
4 8 (47.06%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (47.06%) User Stories
5 7 (41.18%) Kanban
6 6 (35.29%) Project Delivery
6 6 (35.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (29.41%) KYC
8 4 (23.53%) Anti-Money Laundering
8 4 (23.53%) E-Commerce
8 4 (23.53%) Impact Assessments
8 4 (23.53%) Regulatory Change
8 4 (23.53%) Use Case
8 4 (23.53%) User Acceptance Testing
8 4 (23.53%) Waterfall
8 4 (23.53%) Workshop Facilitation
9 3 (17.65%) Epics
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) CBAP
1 4 (23.53%) PMI Certification
2 1 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) ISO 8583
1 4 (23.53%) PCI DSS
1 4 (23.53%) PSD2
1 4 (23.53%) QA
2 1 (5.88%) SEPA
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Adobe
2 1 (5.88%) Salesforce