Payments Business Analyst Contracts

Business Analyst - Payments (Payments BA)
UK

The median Business Analyst - Payments (Payments BA) daily rate in the UK is £461, 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 503 553 709
Rank change year-on-year +50 +156 +92
Contract jobs requiring a Payments Business Analyst 17 29 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.058% 0.067% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.072% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 23 7
10th Percentile £292 £433 £548
25th Percentile £327 £500 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £650 £675
Median % change year-on-year -29.08% -3.70% +17.39%
75th Percentile £500 £700 £713
90th Percentile £536 - £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £358 £490 £563
% change year-on-year -26.94% -12.89% +50.00%

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%

Payments Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Payments Business Analyst in the UK

Payments Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Payments Business Analyst in the UK

Payments Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Payments Business Analyst in the UK

Payments Business Analyst
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Payments 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 +50 15 £447 -36.14% 3
UK excluding London +70 9 £358 -26.94% 1
London +25 7 £663 -5.36% 3
Work from Home +29 6 £500 -23.08% 2
North of England - 3 £358 -
Scotland +14 2 £475 -3.06%
North West - 2 £313 -
South East - 2 £398 - 1
South West +46 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 £317 -
Midlands - 1 £317 -
Yorkshire - 1 £447 -

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

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

1 12 (70.59%) Banking
2 10 (58.82%) Finance
3 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
4 6 (35.29%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 5 (29.41%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (29.41%) SEPA
6 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (23.53%) Agile
7 3 (17.65%) Confluence
7 3 (17.65%) Change Management
7 3 (17.65%) JIRA
8 2 (11.76%) Data Analytics
8 2 (11.76%) Analytics
8 2 (11.76%) GAP Analysis
8 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
8 2 (11.76%) Degree
8 2 (11.76%) Investment Banking
8 2 (11.76%) Business Analysis
8 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (11.76%) Backlog Prioritisation
8 2 (11.76%) Customer Experience
8 2 (11.76%) Product Ownership
8 2 (11.76%) Decision-Making
9 1 (5.88%) Roadmaps
9 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (5.88%) Journey Map
9 1 (5.88%) Impact Assessments
9 1 (5.88%) Requirements Gathering
9 1 (5.88%) Business Case
9 1 (5.88%) Customer Journey Map

Payments 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 (17.65%) Confluence
2 1 (5.88%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) AWS
1 1 (5.88%) Azure
1 1 (5.88%) GCP
1 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (17.65%) JIRA
General
1 12 (70.59%) Banking
2 10 (58.82%) Finance
3 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
4 5 (29.41%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (11.76%) Investment Banking
6 1 (5.88%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (5.88%) Retail
6 1 (5.88%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 2 (11.76%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.88%) Digital Wallet
3 1 (5.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) Agile
1 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (17.65%) Change Management
3 2 (11.76%) Analytics
3 2 (11.76%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 2 (11.76%) Business Analysis
3 2 (11.76%) Customer Experience
3 2 (11.76%) Data Analytics
3 2 (11.76%) Decision-Making
3 2 (11.76%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (5.88%) Backlog Refinement
4 1 (5.88%) Business Case
4 1 (5.88%) Customer Journey Map
4 1 (5.88%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (5.88%) Journey Map
4 1 (5.88%) Product Roadmap
4 1 (5.88%) Project Delivery
4 1 (5.88%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (5.88%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) SEPA
2 1 (5.88%) ISO 20022
2 1 (5.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (5.88%) TARGET2
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) Adobe
1 1 (5.88%) Google
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.88%) MuleSoft
1 1 (5.88%) Murex