Senior Business Finance Analyst Contract Job Trends

Senior Business Finance Analyst
UK

The median Senior Business Finance Analyst daily rate in the UK is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 571 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Business Finance Analyst 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.008% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £485 - -
25th Percentile £538 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 33,096 29,209 40,038
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.31% 92.69% 93.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,909 17,885 26,705
10th Percentile £300 £291 £280
25th Percentile £406 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £479 £500
% change year-on-year -0.73% -4.30% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,948 878 1,679
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.52 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.05 £18.93
Median hourly rate £26.50 £32.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.46% -23.53% +28.79%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.24 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £76.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £30.88 £45.00
% change year-on-year -18.54% -31.39% +66.65%

Senior Business Finance Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Senior Business Finance Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Business Finance Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Senior Business Finance Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Business Finance Analyst over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Business Finance Analyst in the UK

Senior Business Finance Analyst
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Business Finance Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. 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 - 2 £650 - 1
England - 2 £650 - 2
Scotland - 1 £450 -
Work from Home - 1 £450 - 1
UK excluding London - 1 £450 - 1

Senior Business Finance Analyst Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 January 2026, Senior Business Finance 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 Senior Business Finance Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) IFRS
2 1 (33.33%) Accounts Payable
2 1 (33.33%) BPMN
2 1 (33.33%) Business Case
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) GAAP
2 1 (33.33%) iTrent
2 1 (33.33%) Loan IQ
2 1 (33.33%) Lucidchart
2 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
2 1 (33.33%) Murex
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Swim Lanes
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Validation

Senior Business Finance 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) iTrent
1 1 (33.33%) Loan IQ
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Lucidchart
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Derivative
1 1 (33.33%) Fixed Income
1 1 (33.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Accounts Payable
1 1 (33.33%) BPMN
1 1 (33.33%) Business Case
1 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) ERP
1 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (33.33%) Swim Lanes
1 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) IFRS
2 1 (33.33%) GAAP
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Murex
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
1 1 (33.33%) SAP