Derivatives Business Analyst Contract Job Trends

Business Analyst - Derivatives
UK

The median Business Analyst - Derivatives daily rate in the UK is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 574 543 619
Rank change year-on-year -31 +76 +210
Contract jobs requiring a Derivatives Business Analyst 3 4 7
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.009% 0.011% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.012% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 7
10th Percentile - £503 -
25th Percentile - £568 £635
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £700 £670
Median % change year-on-year - +4.48% -10.67%
75th Percentile - £731 £738
90th Percentile - £735 £757
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

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 31,811 33,985 44,100
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.91% 92.88% 93.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,179 20,513 30,002
10th Percentile £278 £300 £295
25th Percentile £402 £412 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,817 1,273 1,546
10th Percentile £14.03 £15.10 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.10% -17.98% +53.98%
75th Percentile £51.25 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £35.25 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.65% -20.79% +85.42%

Derivatives Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Derivatives Business Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Derivatives Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Derivatives Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Derivatives Business Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Derivatives Business Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Derivatives Business Analyst
Top 3 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Derivatives Business Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 8 November 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 +9 3 £700 - 4
England -20 3 £700 - 6
Work from Home - 1 £700 - 7

Derivatives Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 8 November 2025, Derivatives 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 Derivatives Business Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
2 2 (66.67%) ETRM
2 2 (66.67%) Mathematical Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Mathematics
2 2 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) COREP
3 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Greeks
3 1 (33.33%) MS Access
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Change
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC

Derivatives 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) MS Access
General
1 2 (66.67%) Front Office
1 2 (66.67%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Derivative
2 2 (66.67%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (33.33%) Market Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
2 2 (66.67%) ETRM
2 2 (66.67%) Mathematical Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Mathematics
2 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Greeks
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Change
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) COREP
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle