Hybrid/Remote Finance Business Analyst Contract Job Trends

Business Analyst - Finance (Finance BA)
UK > Work from Home

The median Business Analyst - Finance (Finance BA) daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £480, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 September 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 345 293 277
Rank change year-on-year -52 -16 +82
Contract jobs requiring a Finance Business Analyst 29 21 62
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.22% 0.22% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.23% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 12 42
10th Percentile £355 £468 £484
25th Percentile £413 £543 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £625 £725
Median % change year-on-year -23.20% -13.79% +26.09%
75th Percentile £538 £750 £788
90th Percentile - £784 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £494 £550
% change year-on-year +6.33% -10.23% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 12,476 9,138 11,991
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.06% 93.86% 93.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,825 6,031 7,875
10th Percentile £358 £325 £325
25th Percentile £429 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -0.94%
75th Percentile £620 £625 £638
90th Percentile £706 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 667 293 326
10th Percentile £16.25 £13.05 £18.00
25th Percentile £26.78 £19.07 £30.20
Median hourly rate £60.00 £37.28 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.94% -17.16% -10.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £66.92
90th Percentile £85.00 £68.70 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +1.18%

Finance Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Finance Business Analyst' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Finance Business Analyst job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Finance Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Finance Business Analyst job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Finance Business Analyst job vacancies

Finance Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Finance Business Analyst over the 6 months to 2 September 2026.

Finance Business Analyst daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Finance Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 2 September 2026, Finance 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Finance Business Analyst in the job title.

1 16 (55.17%) Requirements Gathering
2 13 (44.83%) User Acceptance Testing
3 12 (41.38%) Agile
3 12 (41.38%) Business Analysis
3 12 (41.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (27.59%) ERP
4 8 (27.59%) Migration
4 8 (27.59%) SAP
4 8 (27.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (24.14%) Acceptance Criteria
5 7 (24.14%) Degree
5 7 (24.14%) Workshop Facilitation
6 6 (20.69%) Backlog Management
6 6 (20.69%) Data Migration
6 6 (20.69%) Oracle
7 5 (17.24%) ACCA
7 5 (17.24%) CIMA
7 5 (17.24%) IFRS
7 5 (17.24%) Project Governance
7 5 (17.24%) Scrum
7 5 (17.24%) User Stories
7 5 (17.24%) Validation
8 4 (13.79%) AI
8 4 (13.79%) Change Management
8 4 (13.79%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (13.79%) HFM
8 4 (13.79%) Hyperion
8 4 (13.79%) Oracle Fusion
8 4 (13.79%) Power Platform
8 4 (13.79%) Product Backlog

Finance Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (13.79%) HFM
2 2 (6.90%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (6.90%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (6.90%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (6.90%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (6.90%) Workday HCM
3 1 (3.45%) NetSuite
3 1 (3.45%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (3.45%) Oracle FAH
3 1 (3.45%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.79%) Dynamics 365
1 4 (13.79%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.45%) AWS
2 1 (3.45%) OCI
2 1 (3.45%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 1 (3.45%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 1 (3.45%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (3.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (10.34%) JIRA
2 1 (3.45%) Oracle Forms
General
1 29 (100.00%) Finance
2 11 (37.93%) Social Skills
3 9 (31.03%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (20.69%) Banking
5 5 (17.24%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (10.34%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (6.90%) General Ledger
7 2 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
8 1 (3.45%) Financial Institution
8 1 (3.45%) Front Office
8 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (3.45%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (13.79%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (3.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.69%) Product Ownership
2 3 (10.34%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.90%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (6.90%) Data Structures
3 2 (6.90%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.45%) Derivative
4 1 (3.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (55.17%) Requirements Gathering
2 13 (44.83%) User Acceptance Testing
3 12 (41.38%) Agile
3 12 (41.38%) Business Analysis
3 12 (41.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (27.59%) ERP
4 8 (27.59%) Migration
4 8 (27.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (24.14%) Acceptance Criteria
5 7 (24.14%) Workshop Facilitation
6 6 (20.69%) Backlog Management
6 6 (20.69%) Data Migration
7 5 (17.24%) Project Governance
7 5 (17.24%) Scrum
7 5 (17.24%) User Stories
7 5 (17.24%) Validation
8 4 (13.79%) AI
8 4 (13.79%) Change Management
8 4 (13.79%) Product Backlog
8 4 (13.79%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.79%) SQL
2 1 (3.45%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (24.14%) Degree
2 5 (17.24%) ACCA
2 5 (17.24%) CIMA
3 3 (10.34%) DV Cleared
3 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (10.34%) PMI Certification
3 3 (10.34%) PMP
3 3 (10.34%) SC Cleared
3 3 (10.34%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.24%) IFRS
2 4 (13.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (10.34%) Data Quality
4 1 (3.45%) IFRS 17
4 1 (3.45%) IFRS 9
Vendors
1 8 (27.59%) SAP
2 6 (20.69%) Oracle
3 4 (13.79%) Hyperion
3 4 (13.79%) Tagetik
4 3 (10.34%) Microsoft
5 2 (6.90%) Workday
6 1 (3.45%) Bloomberg
6 1 (3.45%) Murex
6 1 (3.45%) Salesforce