Finance Business Analyst Contracts

Business Analyst - Finance (Finance BA)
UK

The median Business Analyst - Finance (Finance BA) daily rate in the UK is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 June 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
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 476 449 514
Rank change year-on-year -27 +65 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Finance Business Analyst 62 128 175
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.29% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.32% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 101 138
10th Percentile £375 £463 £424
25th Percentile £413 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £550 £700 £684
90th Percentile £788 £788 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £416 £525 £510
% change year-on-year -20.86% +2.94% +2.00%

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 27,724 40,402 52,424
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 92.96% 94.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,773 25,924 36,491
10th Percentile £288 £281 £313
25th Percentile £402 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.80%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,210 2,937 1,505
10th Percentile £13.78 £12.84 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.44 £16.37 £19.06
Median hourly rate £27.36 £37.50 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.03% -12.79% +72.00%
75th Percentile £57.44 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.88 £74.00 £76.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% - +100.00%

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 24 June 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 15 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 24 June 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 0 56 £500 -9.09% 30
London -8 42 £500 -9.09% 23
Work from Home -11 22 £525 -16.00% 15
UK excluding London +50 17 £416 -20.86% 10
North of England +29 6 £456 -20.65% 1
South East +49 4 £413 -8.33% 3
North West +8 3 £425 -26.09% 1
Yorkshire +5 3 £488 -
Scotland -1 2 £419 -20.29%
East of England +23 1 £375 -11.76% 1
Midlands +7 1 £356 -35.27% 4
East Midlands - 1 £356 - 1
South West - 1 £450 - 1
Wales - 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 £250 -

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

For the 6 months to 24 June 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 62 (100.00%) Finance
2 23 (37.10%) Agile
3 21 (33.87%) Business Analysis
4 18 (29.03%) User Acceptance Testing
5 16 (25.81%) Social Skills
6 15 (24.19%) Stakeholder Management
7 14 (22.58%) Requirements Gathering
8 13 (20.97%) Analytical Skills
8 13 (20.97%) ERP
8 13 (20.97%) Business Intelligence
8 13 (20.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 12 (19.35%) SQL
10 10 (16.13%) Migration
10 10 (16.13%) Analytics
11 9 (14.52%) Asset Management
11 9 (14.52%) Change Management
12 8 (12.90%) Workshop Facilitation
12 8 (12.90%) SAP
12 8 (12.90%) Data Migration
13 7 (11.29%) Portfolio Management
13 7 (11.29%) Process Improvement
13 7 (11.29%) Fixed Income
13 7 (11.29%) Banking
13 7 (11.29%) Python
13 7 (11.29%) Test Planning
13 7 (11.29%) User Stories
14 6 (9.68%) Power BI
14 6 (9.68%) Target Operating Model
14 6 (9.68%) Performance Attribution
14 6 (9.68%) Quantitative Research

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 3 (4.84%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (9.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (6.45%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (9.68%) Aladdin
2 3 (4.84%) SAP CO
2 3 (4.84%) SAP FI
2 3 (4.84%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.61%) Elite 3E
3 1 (1.61%) HFM
3 1 (1.61%) NetSuite
3 1 (1.61%) SAP SD
3 1 (1.61%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (1.61%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.68%) Power Platform
2 2 (3.23%) Azure
2 2 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.61%) Boomi
3 1 (1.61%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.61%) Miro
3 1 (1.61%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.68%) Power BI
2 2 (3.23%) Star Schema
3 1 (1.61%) Power Query
3 1 (1.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.61%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (6.45%) JIRA
General
1 62 (100.00%) Finance
2 16 (25.81%) Social Skills
3 13 (20.97%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (11.29%) Banking
5 6 (9.68%) Front Office
6 5 (8.06%) Marketing
7 4 (6.45%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (6.45%) Public Sector
8 3 (4.84%) Manufacturing
8 3 (4.84%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (3.23%) Legal
10 1 (1.61%) Back Office
10 1 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.61%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.61%) Law
10 1 (1.61%) Private Banking
10 1 (1.61%) Publishing
10 1 (1.61%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.61%) Flash
1 1 (1.61%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.29%) Fixed Income
2 6 (9.68%) Derivative
2 6 (9.68%) Hedge funds
3 3 (4.84%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.61%) CMDB
4 1 (1.61%) Credit Risk
4 1 (1.61%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.61%) Equities
4 1 (1.61%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.61%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.61%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (37.10%) Agile
2 21 (33.87%) Business Analysis
3 18 (29.03%) User Acceptance Testing
4 15 (24.19%) Stakeholder Management
5 14 (22.58%) Requirements Gathering
6 13 (20.97%) Business Intelligence
6 13 (20.97%) ERP
6 13 (20.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 10 (16.13%) Analytics
7 10 (16.13%) Migration
8 9 (14.52%) Asset Management
8 9 (14.52%) Change Management
9 8 (12.90%) Data Migration
9 8 (12.90%) Workshop Facilitation
10 7 (11.29%) Portfolio Management
10 7 (11.29%) Process Improvement
10 7 (11.29%) Test Planning
10 7 (11.29%) User Stories
11 6 (9.68%) Investment Management
11 6 (9.68%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 12 (19.35%) SQL
2 7 (11.29%) Python
3 1 (1.61%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (9.68%) ACCA
2 5 (8.06%) CIMA
3 4 (6.45%) CBAP
3 4 (6.45%) Degree
4 2 (3.23%) CIPFA
4 2 (3.23%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.23%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.61%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.23%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.61%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.61%) NIST
2 1 (1.61%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.61%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.61%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 8 (12.90%) SAP
2 6 (9.68%) BISAM
3 4 (6.45%) Microsoft
3 4 (6.45%) Oracle
3 4 (6.45%) Workday
4 1 (1.61%) Aderant
4 1 (1.61%) Avaloq
4 1 (1.61%) CyberArk
4 1 (1.61%) Duck Creek
4 1 (1.61%) FNZ
4 1 (1.61%) HP
4 1 (1.61%) Hyperion
4 1 (1.61%) Intapp
4 1 (1.61%) PeopleSoft
4 1 (1.61%) Sparx
4 1 (1.61%) Tagetik