Finance Business Analyst Contracts

Business Analyst - Finance (Finance BA)
UK

The median Business Analyst - Finance (Finance BA) daily rate in the UK is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 467 535 523
Rank change year-on-year +68 -12 +50
Contract jobs requiring a Finance Business Analyst 123 165 343
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.29% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.30% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 131 264
10th Percentile £450 £420 £400
25th Percentile £500 £491 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £788 £700 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +9.89%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 39,895 54,705 83,445
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.63% 95.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,959 38,196 58,620
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,673 1,532 2,041
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.43 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.73% +112.16% +5.26%

Finance Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance Business Analyst in the UK

Finance Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Finance Business Analyst in the UK

Finance Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance Business Analyst over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Finance Business Analyst in the UK

Finance Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Finance Business Analyst.

Hourly rate trend for Finance Business Analyst in the UK

Finance 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 Finance Business Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 11 May 2024. 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 +66 112 £550 - 12
London +77 100 £550 -1.12% 2
Work from Home +114 56 £625 +16.28% 4
UK excluding London +38 16 £525 - 10
Scotland - 5 £525 -
North of England +25 4 £575 +21.12% 3
Midlands +22 4 £550 +1.15% 3
West Midlands +9 4 £550 +1.15% 2
North West +18 3 £575 +4.55% 2
South East +17 2 £500 -4.76% 2
East of England +12 1 £425 -20.00% 1
Yorkshire +7 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, Finance 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 Finance Business Analyst in the job title.

1 123 (100.00%) Finance
2 46 (37.40%) Agile
3 41 (33.33%) SQL
4 37 (30.08%) Banking
5 33 (26.83%) Asset Management
6 32 (26.02%) Social Skills
6 32 (26.02%) Product Ownership
7 31 (25.20%) Investment Management
8 28 (22.76%) Derivative
8 28 (22.76%) Front Office
9 27 (21.95%) Python
9 27 (21.95%) Business Analysis
10 26 (21.14%) Artificial Intelligence
10 26 (21.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 26 (21.14%) Fixed Income
10 26 (21.14%) Equities
10 26 (21.14%) AWS
10 26 (21.14%) Hedge funds
10 26 (21.14%) Machine Learning
11 23 (18.70%) ERP
12 19 (15.45%) User Stories
13 18 (14.63%) SAP
13 18 (14.63%) Migration
13 18 (14.63%) Stakeholder Management
13 18 (14.63%) Investment Banking
13 18 (14.63%) Roadmaps
14 16 (13.01%) User Acceptance Testing
14 16 (13.01%) GAP Analysis
14 16 (13.01%) Requirements Gathering
15 15 (12.20%) Bloomberg

Finance 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 5 (4.07%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.81%) Apache
2 1 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.81%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (9.76%) Aladdin
2 7 (5.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (3.25%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (1.63%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (1.63%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.81%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.81%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.81%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.81%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.81%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 26 (21.14%) AWS
2 7 (5.69%) Azure
3 4 (3.25%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (3.25%) Miro
4 3 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.44%) SaaS
5 1 (0.81%) Collibra
5 1 (0.81%) dbt
5 1 (0.81%) IaaS
5 1 (0.81%) OCI
5 1 (0.81%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.81%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.88%) NoSQL
1 6 (4.88%) SAP HANA
2 2 (1.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (1.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (1.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.81%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (0.81%) Apache Arrow
3 1 (0.81%) Apache Ignite
3 1 (0.81%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.81%) Dremio
3 1 (0.81%) Power BI
3 1 (0.81%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.63%) JIRA
General
1 123 (100.00%) Finance
2 37 (30.08%) Banking
3 32 (26.02%) Social Skills
4 28 (22.76%) Front Office
5 18 (14.63%) Investment Banking
6 10 (8.13%) Public Sector
7 9 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (3.25%) Back Office
8 4 (3.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (3.25%) Retail
9 2 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.63%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.81%) Billing
10 1 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.81%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.81%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.81%) Marketing
10 1 (0.81%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.07%) SAP PI
2 2 (1.63%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.81%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 32 (26.02%) Product Ownership
2 28 (22.76%) Derivative
3 26 (21.14%) Equities
3 26 (21.14%) Fixed Income
3 26 (21.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 26 (21.14%) Hedge funds
4 6 (4.88%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 3 (2.44%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.63%) Taxonomies
7 1 (0.81%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.81%) Reference Data
7 1 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (37.40%) Agile
2 33 (26.83%) Asset Management
3 31 (25.20%) Investment Management
4 27 (21.95%) Business Analysis
5 26 (21.14%) Artificial Intelligence
5 26 (21.14%) Machine Learning
6 23 (18.70%) ERP
7 19 (15.45%) User Stories
8 18 (14.63%) Migration
8 18 (14.63%) Roadmaps
8 18 (14.63%) Stakeholder Management
9 16 (13.01%) GAP Analysis
9 16 (13.01%) Requirements Gathering
9 16 (13.01%) User Acceptance Testing
10 14 (11.38%) Analytics
11 13 (10.57%) Business Intelligence
11 13 (10.57%) Fintech
11 13 (10.57%) Portfolio Management
11 13 (10.57%) Product Management
12 12 (9.76%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 41 (33.33%) SQL
2 27 (21.95%) Python
3 1 (0.81%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (5.69%) ACCA
1 7 (5.69%) CIMA
2 6 (4.88%) Degree
3 2 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.81%) Oracle Certification
4 1 (0.81%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.50%) QA
2 5 (4.07%) Data Quality
2 5 (4.07%) ISO 20022
2 5 (4.07%) PCI DSS
3 4 (3.25%) EMIR
3 4 (3.25%) MiFID
4 1 (0.81%) PMO
Vendors
1 18 (14.63%) SAP
2 15 (12.20%) Bloomberg
3 12 (9.76%) BISAM
3 12 (9.76%) Oracle
4 5 (4.07%) CyberSource
5 2 (1.63%) Cadence
5 2 (1.63%) Refinitiv
5 2 (1.63%) Workday
6 1 (0.81%) Anaplan
6 1 (0.81%) Ariba
6 1 (0.81%) Hyperion
6 1 (0.81%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.81%) Splunk