Fixed Income Business Analyst Contracts

Business Analyst - Fixed Income (Fixed Income BA)
UK

The median Business Analyst - Fixed Income (Fixed Income BA) daily rate in the UK is £725, 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 482 570 711
Rank change year-on-year +88 +141 +116
Contract jobs requiring a Fixed Income Business Analyst 38 12 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.028% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.030% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 12 6
10th Percentile - - £550
25th Percentile £538 £500 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £550 £640
Median % change year-on-year +31.82% -14.06% -20.00%
75th Percentile £788 £600 £793
90th Percentile - - £856
UK excluding London median daily 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 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%

Fixed Income Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Fixed Income Business Analyst in the UK

Fixed Income Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Fixed Income Business Analyst in the UK

Fixed Income Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Fixed Income Business Analyst in the UK

Fixed Income Business Analyst
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Fixed Income 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 +83 38 £725 +31.82% 8
London +64 38 £725 +31.82% 8
Work from Home - 36 £725 -

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Fixed Income 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 Fixed Income Business Analyst in the job title.

1 38 (100.00%) Front Office
1 38 (100.00%) Finance
1 38 (100.00%) Fixed Income
2 36 (94.74%) Business Analysis
3 34 (89.47%) SQL
3 34 (89.47%) Python
3 34 (89.47%) Agile
3 34 (89.47%) Investment Management
3 34 (89.47%) Asset Management
3 34 (89.47%) Derivative
3 34 (89.47%) Hedge funds
3 34 (89.47%) Portfolio Management
4 31 (81.58%) BISAM
4 31 (81.58%) Aladdin
4 31 (81.58%) Business Intelligence
5 21 (55.26%) User Acceptance Testing
6 19 (50.00%) Quantitative Research
7 17 (44.74%) Performance Attribution
7 17 (44.74%) Analytics
7 17 (44.74%) Onboarding
7 17 (44.74%) Charles River
7 17 (44.74%) Data Mapping
8 14 (36.84%) SimCorp
8 14 (36.84%) thinkFolio
8 14 (36.84%) Calypso
9 4 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (10.53%) ION Trading
10 3 (7.89%) Financial Institution
10 3 (7.89%) Social Skills
11 2 (5.26%) ION Anvil

Fixed Income 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:

Business Applications
1 31 (81.58%) Aladdin
2 14 (36.84%) thinkFolio
3 2 (5.26%) ION Anvil
General
1 38 (100.00%) Finance
1 38 (100.00%) Front Office
2 3 (7.89%) Financial Institution
2 3 (7.89%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.26%) Banking
3 2 (5.26%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 38 (100.00%) Fixed Income
2 34 (89.47%) Derivative
2 34 (89.47%) Hedge funds
3 17 (44.74%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (94.74%) Business Analysis
2 34 (89.47%) Agile
2 34 (89.47%) Asset Management
2 34 (89.47%) Investment Management
2 34 (89.47%) Portfolio Management
3 31 (81.58%) Business Intelligence
4 21 (55.26%) User Acceptance Testing
5 19 (50.00%) Quantitative Research
6 17 (44.74%) Analytics
6 17 (44.74%) Data Mapping
6 17 (44.74%) Performance Attribution
7 4 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (5.26%) Collateral Management
8 2 (5.26%) Economics
8 2 (5.26%) Electronic Trading
8 2 (5.26%) Manual Testing
8 2 (5.26%) Product Management
8 2 (5.26%) Regression Testing
8 2 (5.26%) Risk Management
8 2 (5.26%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 34 (89.47%) Python
1 34 (89.47%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (5.26%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.26%) QA
Vendors
1 31 (81.58%) BISAM
2 17 (44.74%) Charles River
3 14 (36.84%) Calypso
3 14 (36.84%) SimCorp
4 4 (10.53%) ION Trading