Finance Business Analyst Contracts

Business Analyst - Finance (Finance BA)
UK

The median Business Analyst - Finance (Finance BA) daily rate in the UK is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 459 467 542
Rank change year-on-year +8 +75 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Finance Business Analyst 61 115 176
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.26% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.28% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 92 143
10th Percentile £375 £451 £421
25th Percentile £447 £500 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £788 £650 £606
90th Percentile £850 £788 £698
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -9.52% +0.96% +4.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Finance Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Finance Business Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Finance Business Analyst in the UK

Finance Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Finance Business Analyst.

Daily rate trend for Finance Business Analyst in the UK

Finance Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance Business Analyst over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance Business Analyst in the UK

Finance Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Finance Business Analyst.

Hourly rate trend for Finance Business Analyst in the UK

Finance Business Analyst
Top 13 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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
England +7 54 £550 - 17
London -13 43 £675 +22.73% 14
Work from Home +18 28 £675 +8.00% 4
UK excluding London +64 15 £475 -9.52% 6
Midlands +21 3 £550 - 2
Scotland +11 3 £409 -22.05%
East of England - 3 £500 -
South East +45 2 £475 -26.92% 3
North of England +19 2 £475 -
North West +18 2 £475 -
West Midlands +12 2 £588 +6.82% 2
Northern Ireland - 2 £250 -
East Midlands - 1 £356 -

Finance Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Finance Business Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Finance Business Analyst in the job title.

1 61 (100.00%) Finance
2 28 (45.90%) Agile
3 20 (32.79%) Business Analysis
4 15 (24.59%) Migration
4 15 (24.59%) Fixed Income
4 15 (24.59%) Social Skills
5 14 (22.95%) Front Office
5 14 (22.95%) Derivative
5 14 (22.95%) Investment Management
5 14 (22.95%) Hedge funds
6 13 (21.31%) User Acceptance Testing
6 13 (21.31%) Stakeholder Management
6 13 (21.31%) Requirements Gathering
7 12 (19.67%) ERP
8 11 (18.03%) Roadmaps
8 11 (18.03%) Analytical Skills
9 9 (14.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 9 (14.75%) SAP
9 9 (14.75%) Business Intelligence
9 9 (14.75%) Asset Management
9 9 (14.75%) Equities
10 8 (13.11%) Data Lake
10 8 (13.11%) Regulatory Compliance
10 8 (13.11%) Product Ownership
10 8 (13.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 8 (13.11%) SQL
10 8 (13.11%) Data Governance
11 7 (11.48%) Banking
11 7 (11.48%) Portfolio Management
11 7 (11.48%) Analytics

Finance Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.64%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (3.28%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (9.84%) Aladdin
2 4 (6.56%) SAP CO
2 4 (6.56%) SAP FI
2 4 (6.56%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (3.28%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (3.28%) SAP SD
4 1 (1.64%) Elite 3E
4 1 (1.64%) NetSuite
4 1 (1.64%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (1.64%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (1.64%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (1.64%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (1.64%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.56%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.64%) Azure
2 1 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.64%) Boomi
2 1 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (1.64%) OCI
2 1 (1.64%) PowerApps
2 1 (1.64%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (13.11%) Data Lake
2 4 (6.56%) Power BI
3 1 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (4.92%) JIRA
General
1 61 (100.00%) Finance
2 15 (24.59%) Social Skills
3 14 (22.95%) Front Office
4 11 (18.03%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (11.48%) Banking
6 5 (8.20%) Marketing
7 3 (4.92%) Manufacturing
7 3 (4.92%) Public Sector
8 2 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (3.28%) Legal
8 2 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.64%) Back Office
9 1 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.64%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.64%) Law
9 1 (1.64%) Local Government
9 1 (1.64%) Private Banking
9 1 (1.64%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.28%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 15 (24.59%) Fixed Income
2 14 (22.95%) Derivative
2 14 (22.95%) Hedge funds
3 9 (14.75%) Equities
4 8 (13.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 8 (13.11%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.64%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.64%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.64%) Reinsurance
5 1 (1.64%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (45.90%) Agile
2 20 (32.79%) Business Analysis
3 15 (24.59%) Migration
4 14 (22.95%) Investment Management
5 13 (21.31%) Requirements Gathering
5 13 (21.31%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (21.31%) User Acceptance Testing
6 12 (19.67%) ERP
7 11 (18.03%) Roadmaps
8 9 (14.75%) Asset Management
8 9 (14.75%) Business Intelligence
8 9 (14.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 8 (13.11%) Data Governance
9 8 (13.11%) Regulatory Compliance
10 7 (11.48%) Analytics
10 7 (11.48%) Portfolio Management
11 6 (9.84%) Change Management
11 6 (9.84%) Data Migration
11 6 (9.84%) Performance Attribution
11 6 (9.84%) Quantitative Research
Programming Languages
1 8 (13.11%) SQL
2 6 (9.84%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (6.56%) ACCA
1 4 (6.56%) CBAP
2 2 (3.28%) CIMA
2 2 (3.28%) Degree
2 2 (3.28%) SC Cleared
2 2 (3.28%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.64%) CCA
3 1 (1.64%) CIPFA
3 1 (1.64%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.64%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (14.75%) SAP
2 6 (9.84%) BISAM
2 6 (9.84%) Microsoft
3 5 (8.20%) Oracle
4 3 (4.92%) Workday
5 1 (1.64%) Aderant
5 1 (1.64%) Adobe
5 1 (1.64%) Avaloq
5 1 (1.64%) Civica
5 1 (1.64%) Duck Creek
5 1 (1.64%) FNZ
5 1 (1.64%) Intapp
5 1 (1.64%) Salesforce