Derivatives Business Analyst Contracts

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 5 July 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
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 544 573 667
Rank change year-on-year +29 +94 +188
Contract jobs requiring a Derivatives Business Analyst 6 1 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.019% 0.002% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.002% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 9
10th Percentile - - £498
25th Percentile - £718 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £735 £725
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.38% -9.38%
75th Percentile - £753 £779
90th Percentile - - £900
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 29,261 40,308 53,403
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.00% 92.99% 94.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,659 25,937 37,084
10th Percentile £287 £285 £313
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.42%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £494 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -1.20% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,318 2,814 1,558
10th Percentile £13.75 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.44 £16.65 £19.00
Median hourly rate £26.39 £38.50 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.47% -10.47% +70.13%
75th Percentile £55.25 £63.31 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.90 £74.00 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £39.55
% change year-on-year -37.13% +1.14% +96.47%

Derivatives Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Derivatives Business Analyst in the UK

Derivatives Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Derivatives Business Analyst in the UK

Derivatives Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Derivatives Business Analyst in the UK

Derivatives Business Analyst
Top 3 Contract 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 5 July 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 +58 6 £700 -4.76% 7
London +50 6 £700 -4.76% 7
Work from Home - 3 £700 - 4

Derivatives Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 July 2025, Derivatives 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 Derivatives Business Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) SQL
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
1 6 (100.00%) Derivative
2 3 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Regulatory Change
2 3 (50.00%) ETRM
2 3 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 3 (50.00%) COREP
2 3 (50.00%) SDLC
2 3 (50.00%) Mathematical Modelling
2 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Banking
2 3 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 3 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 3 (50.00%) Market Risk
2 3 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 3 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
2 3 (50.00%) Front Office
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Scrum
2 3 (50.00%) Oracle
2 3 (50.00%) Python
2 3 (50.00%) MS Access
3 1 (16.67%) Greeks
3 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Degree

Derivatives 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) MS Access
General
1 3 (50.00%) Banking
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
1 3 (50.00%) Front Office
1 3 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Derivative
2 3 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (50.00%) Market Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 3 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 3 (50.00%) ETRM
2 3 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
2 3 (50.00%) Mathematical Modelling
2 3 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 3 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 3 (50.00%) Regulatory Change
2 3 (50.00%) Scrum
2 3 (50.00%) SDLC
2 3 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Greeks
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) COREP
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle