Finance Business Analyst Contracts

Business Analyst - Finance (Finance BA)
UK

The median Business Analyst - Finance (Finance BA) daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2024.

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 453 505 543
Rank change year-on-year +52 +38 +117
Contract jobs requiring a Finance Business Analyst 107 134 324
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.28% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.29% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 104 253
10th Percentile £390 £422 £413
25th Percentile £463 £500 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £669 £638
90th Percentile £788 £725 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £423 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -15.50% +5.26% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £30.59 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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 34,982 45,682 79,666
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.91% 94.04% 95.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,142 31,232 55,854
10th Percentile £300 £300 £323
25th Percentile £413 £415 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £745 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,510 1,527 1,759
10th Percentile £14.98 £14.60 £13.00
25th Percentile £20.75 £19.03 £16.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £44.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.49% +71.15% +30.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.00
90th Percentile £74.76 £78.00 £70.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.00 £43.90 £22.50
% change year-on-year -2.05% +95.11% +25.00%

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 6 October 2024.

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 6 October 2024. 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 +44 92 £550 - 4
London +23 73 £550 -4.35% 3
Work from Home +80 50 £575 - 3
UK excluding London +55 20 £423 -15.50% 1
Midlands +13 6 £423 -6.11%
North West +27 5 £525 -4.55% 1
North of England +24 5 £525 +16.80% 1
East of England +23 4 £475 -
East Midlands - 4 £423 -
South East +27 2 £400 -23.81%
West Midlands +17 2 £400 -11.11%
South West - 2 £420 -
Scotland +23 1 £375 -23.08%

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

For the 6 months to 6 October 2024, 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.

1 107 (100.00%) Finance
2 46 (42.99%) Agile
3 40 (37.38%) Banking
4 36 (33.64%) SQL
5 30 (28.04%) Asset Management
5 30 (28.04%) Product Ownership
6 27 (25.23%) Derivative
6 27 (25.23%) Investment Management
6 27 (25.23%) Python
6 27 (25.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 27 (25.23%) Front Office
6 27 (25.23%) Fixed Income
6 27 (25.23%) Equities
6 27 (25.23%) AWS
6 27 (25.23%) Hedge funds
7 26 (24.30%) Business Analysis
8 23 (21.50%) Investment Banking
9 22 (20.56%) Artificial Intelligence
9 22 (20.56%) Machine Learning
9 22 (20.56%) Social Skills
10 19 (17.76%) Analytics
11 18 (16.82%) Business Intelligence
11 18 (16.82%) SAP
12 16 (14.95%) Roadmaps
13 14 (13.08%) ERP
14 13 (12.15%) Bloomberg
14 13 (12.15%) BISAM
14 13 (12.15%) Portfolio Management
14 13 (12.15%) Fintech
14 13 (12.15%) Aladdin

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 7 (6.54%) Apache
2 3 (2.80%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.87%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.93%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (3.74%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (3.74%) MS Visio
2 3 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (12.15%) Aladdin
2 11 (10.28%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.87%) Oracle FAH
3 2 (1.87%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (1.87%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (1.87%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.93%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.93%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.93%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.93%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.93%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.93%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 27 (25.23%) AWS
2 12 (11.21%) Power Platform
3 7 (6.54%) dbt
4 5 (4.67%) Azure
5 4 (3.74%) Miro
6 3 (2.80%) OCI
7 2 (1.87%) SaaS
8 1 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.93%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (11.21%) Power BI
2 8 (7.48%) SAP HANA
3 7 (6.54%) Apache Arrow
3 7 (6.54%) Big Data
3 7 (6.54%) Data Lake
3 7 (6.54%) Dremio
3 7 (6.54%) Tableau
4 6 (5.61%) NoSQL
5 3 (2.80%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.93%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.93%) DTS
Development Applications
1 1 (0.93%) JIRA
General
1 107 (100.00%) Finance
2 40 (37.38%) Banking
3 27 (25.23%) Front Office
4 23 (21.50%) Investment Banking
5 22 (20.56%) Social Skills
6 11 (10.28%) Public Sector
7 10 (9.35%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (4.67%) Retail
9 4 (3.74%) Back Office
9 4 (3.74%) General Ledger
10 3 (2.80%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.87%) International Banking
11 2 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.93%) Billing
12 1 (0.93%) Italian Language
12 1 (0.93%) Local Government
12 1 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.93%) Prime Brokerage
12 1 (0.93%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.67%) SAP PI
2 2 (1.87%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.87%) XML
2 2 (1.87%) XML Messaging
3 1 (0.93%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.93%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 30 (28.04%) Product Ownership
2 27 (25.23%) Derivative
2 27 (25.23%) Equities
2 27 (25.23%) Fixed Income
2 27 (25.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 27 (25.23%) Hedge funds
3 6 (5.61%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 3 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.87%) Life Science
5 2 (1.87%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.87%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.93%) FMCG
6 1 (0.93%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.93%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.93%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (42.99%) Agile
2 30 (28.04%) Asset Management
3 27 (25.23%) Investment Management
4 26 (24.30%) Business Analysis
5 22 (20.56%) Artificial Intelligence
5 22 (20.56%) Machine Learning
6 19 (17.76%) Analytics
7 18 (16.82%) Business Intelligence
8 16 (14.95%) Roadmaps
9 14 (13.08%) ERP
10 13 (12.15%) Fintech
10 13 (12.15%) Portfolio Management
11 12 (11.21%) Requirements Gathering
12 11 (10.28%) Change Management
13 10 (9.35%) GAP Analysis
14 9 (8.41%) User Acceptance Testing
15 7 (6.54%) Migration
15 7 (6.54%) Project Management
15 7 (6.54%) Stakeholder Management
15 7 (6.54%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 36 (33.64%) SQL
2 27 (25.23%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (8.41%) Degree
2 3 (2.80%) ACCA
2 3 (2.80%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.87%) CIMA
4 1 (0.93%) AAT
4 1 (0.93%) CIPFA
4 1 (0.93%) IIBA
4 1 (0.93%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.61%) IFRS
2 5 (4.67%) ISO 20022
2 5 (4.67%) PCI DSS
3 4 (3.74%) QA
4 2 (1.87%) GAAP
4 2 (1.87%) GxP
4 2 (1.87%) IFRS 17
4 2 (1.87%) IFRS 9
4 2 (1.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.93%) GDPR
5 1 (0.93%) PMO
Vendors
1 18 (16.82%) SAP
2 13 (12.15%) BISAM
2 13 (12.15%) Bloomberg
3 7 (6.54%) Microsoft
3 7 (6.54%) Oracle
4 5 (4.67%) CyberSource
5 4 (3.74%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.87%) Ariba
6 2 (1.87%) CODA
6 2 (1.87%) Murex
6 2 (1.87%) Yardi
7 1 (0.93%) Anaplan
7 1 (0.93%) Cadence
7 1 (0.93%) Hyperion
7 1 (0.93%) Workday