MiFID Business Analyst Contract Job Trends

Business Analyst - MiFID
UK

The median Business Analyst - MiFID daily rate in the UK is £678, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 550 567 628
Rank change year-on-year +17 +61 +182
Contract jobs requiring a MiFID Business Analyst 4 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.012% 0.008% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.009% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 4
10th Percentile £557 £610 -
25th Percentile £604 £625 £670
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £678 £650 £720
Median % change year-on-year +4.23% -9.72% +10.77%
75th Percentile £763 £700 £810
90th Percentile £808 £730 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 - -

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 30,072 35,229 45,163
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.81% 92.98% 94.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,990 21,282 30,872
10th Percentile £275 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,645 1,471 1,523
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.85 £14.69
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.40% -7.78% +73.08%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £74.37 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £42.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.18% -4.49% +97.78%

MiFID Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'MiFID Business Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

MiFID Business Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

MiFID Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for MiFID Business Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for MiFID Business Analyst job vacancies in the UK

MiFID Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MiFID Business Analyst over the 6 months to 11 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for MiFID Business Analyst in the UK

MiFID Business Analyst
Top 4 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MiFID Business Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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
London +18 3 £725 +11.54%
England +16 3 £725 +11.54%
Northern Ireland - 1 £550 - 1
UK excluding London - 1 £550 - 1

MiFID Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 11 October 2025, MiFID 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 featuring MiFID Business Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) MiFID
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) EMIR
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Regulatory Change
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Banking
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Bloomberg
3 1 (25.00%) Legal
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) JIRA
3 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Investment Management
3 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (25.00%) Impact Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (25.00%) Product Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Issue Tracking
3 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Requirements Management
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Refinitiv

MiFID Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Banking
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
1 2 (50.00%) Regulatory Change
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Impact Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Investment Management
2 1 (25.00%) Issue Tracking
2 1 (25.00%) Product Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) MiFID
2 2 (50.00%) EMIR
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Bloomberg
1 1 (25.00%) Refinitiv