Business Analyst Contracts in London

Business Analyst (BA)
England > London

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in London is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 32 31
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +15
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,088 1,622 2,706
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 6.15% 6.18% 7.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.60% 6.48% 7.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 793 1,163 2,023
10th Percentile £413 £413 £400
25th Percentile £500 £475 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £532
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +3.41% +6.38%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £630
90th Percentile £775 £775 £713
England median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 4
10th Percentile £22.30 £28.50 £32.45
25th Percentile £23.88 £39.38 £34.25
Median hourly rate £28.00 £56.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.44% +26.97% +3.49%
75th Percentile £52.25 £62.31 £62.13
90th Percentile £65.90 £63.75 £77.20
England median hourly rate £21.64 £60.25 £26.14
% change year-on-year -64.09% +130.53% -28.40%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,495 25,012 36,533
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.29% 95.24% 95.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,929 18,143 26,715
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £445 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £683 £700 £684
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 328 281 442
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.75 £22.68
Median hourly rate £27.50 £36.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.61% +2.86% +9.38%
75th Percentile £45.18 £62.68 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.01 £80.00 £68.06
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £22.55
% change year-on-year -17.38% +99.60% +2.48%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in London

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in London

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in London

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in London

Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Analyst in London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Analyst in London

Business Analyst
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 9 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
Central London +4 172 £550 - 19
South London -7 8 £531 +1.19% 2
West London +3 7 £600 +33.33% 2
East London +3 7 £453 +20.67% 3
North London -1 1 £425 -12.82% 1
Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, 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 across the London region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 399 (36.67%) Finance
2 295 (27.11%) Agile
3 291 (26.75%) Social Skills
4 221 (20.31%) Business Analysis
5 205 (18.84%) Banking
6 162 (14.89%) SQL
7 159 (14.61%) Stakeholder Management
8 153 (14.06%) Requirements Gathering
9 143 (13.14%) User Stories
10 141 (12.96%) Analytical Skills
11 116 (10.66%) Migration
12 100 (9.19%) Degree
13 99 (9.10%) Problem-Solving
14 98 (9.01%) Front Office
15 94 (8.64%) User Acceptance Testing
16 92 (8.46%) GAP Analysis
17 91 (8.36%) Data Analysis
18 86 (7.90%) Project Management
19 85 (7.81%) Product Ownership
20 83 (7.63%) Workshop Facilitation
21 82 (7.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
22 80 (7.35%) Asset Management
23 77 (7.08%) Acceptance Criteria
24 71 (6.53%) Investment Banking
25 70 (6.43%) Azure
26 69 (6.34%) Change Management
27 68 (6.25%) QA
28 67 (6.16%) Business Intelligence
29 66 (6.07%) Public Sector
30 65 (5.97%) Scrum

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 31 (2.85%) Confluence
2 27 (2.48%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.92%) MTS
4 5 (0.46%) CMS
5 3 (0.28%) Apache
6 2 (0.18%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.092%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.092%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.092%) SAS
Applications
1 40 (3.68%) MS Visio
2 35 (3.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (1.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (1.84%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.28%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.18%) Trello
8 1 (0.092%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.092%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 45 (4.14%) Endur
2 25 (2.30%) Loan IQ
3 20 (1.84%) Aligne
4 15 (1.38%) Aladdin
5 10 (0.92%) EuroRunner
6 9 (0.83%) ION MarketView
7 8 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
8 7 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
9 4 (0.37%) Oracle Financials
9 4 (0.37%) Shopify
10 3 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 3 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
11 2 (0.18%) ION Anvil
11 2 (0.18%) NetSuite
11 2 (0.18%) Oracle EBS R12
11 2 (0.18%) SAP ERP
11 2 (0.18%) Workday HCM
12 1 (0.092%) Remedy AR System
12 1 (0.092%) Remedy ITSM
12 1 (0.092%) SAP LE
Cloud Services
1 70 (6.43%) Azure
2 52 (4.78%) AWS
2 52 (4.78%) Power Platform
3 23 (2.11%) SaaS
4 15 (1.38%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (1.01%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (0.74%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (0.74%) Miro
7 6 (0.55%) PaaS
8 5 (0.46%) Google Analytics
8 5 (0.46%) Lucidchart
9 4 (0.37%) BigCommerce
9 4 (0.37%) OCI
9 4 (0.37%) Serverless
10 3 (0.28%) Adobe Analytics
10 3 (0.28%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (0.28%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 3 (0.28%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 2 (0.18%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 2 (0.18%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.29%) FIX Connectivity
2 3 (0.28%) Intranet
2 3 (0.28%) NAS
2 3 (0.28%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (0.18%) 4G
3 2 (0.18%) 5G
3 2 (0.18%) Firewall
4 1 (0.092%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.092%) LTE
4 1 (0.092%) MPLS
4 1 (0.092%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (4.41%) Power BI
2 29 (2.67%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (0.83%) Relational Database
3 9 (0.83%) Tableau
4 8 (0.74%) SQL Server
4 8 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (0.64%) Big Data
5 7 (0.64%) NoSQL
5 7 (0.64%) SAP HANA
6 6 (0.55%) Data Lake
7 5 (0.46%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 5 (0.46%) Geospatial Data
8 4 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.28%) Data Mart
9 3 (0.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 3 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.18%) Apache Hive
10 2 (0.18%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.18%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.18%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 47 (4.32%) JIRA
2 11 (1.01%) TeamCity
3 9 (0.83%) Postman
3 9 (0.83%) SoapUI
4 5 (0.46%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.092%) PyCharm
5 1 (0.092%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 399 (36.67%) Finance
2 291 (26.75%) Social Skills
3 205 (18.84%) Banking
4 141 (12.96%) Analytical Skills
5 98 (9.01%) Front Office
6 82 (7.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 71 (6.53%) Investment Banking
8 66 (6.07%) Public Sector
9 51 (4.69%) Presentation Skills
10 45 (4.14%) Back Office
11 29 (2.67%) Retail
12 26 (2.39%) Marketing
13 25 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
14 16 (1.47%) Financial Institution
15 15 (1.38%) Legal
16 12 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
17 11 (1.01%) Local Government
17 11 (1.01%) Manufacturing
18 10 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
18 10 (0.92%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (1.75%) FIX Protocol
2 18 (1.65%) XML
3 9 (0.83%) JSON
4 8 (0.74%) SOAP
5 7 (0.64%) SAP PI
6 5 (0.46%) Apache Camel
6 5 (0.46%) SailPoint
6 5 (0.46%) Web Services
7 4 (0.37%) VML
8 3 (0.28%) .NET
8 3 (0.28%) ADO
8 3 (0.28%) Oracle Fusion
9 1 (0.092%) .NET Framework
9 1 (0.092%) AngularJS
9 1 (0.092%) FIXML
9 1 (0.092%) FpML
9 1 (0.092%) Kafka
9 1 (0.092%) Middleware
9 1 (0.092%) OAuth
9 1 (0.092%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 85 (7.81%) Product Ownership
2 63 (5.79%) Derivative
3 57 (5.24%) Fixed Income
4 50 (4.60%) Equities
5 49 (4.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 35 (3.22%) Hedge funds
7 29 (2.67%) Onboarding
7 29 (2.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 23 (2.11%) Reinsurance
9 19 (1.75%) Market Risk
10 18 (1.65%) Management Information System
10 18 (1.65%) Renewable Energy
11 14 (1.29%) Mobile App
11 14 (1.29%) Solar Panel
12 12 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
13 11 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
14 9 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
15 7 (0.64%) Credit Risk
16 6 (0.55%) IoT
16 6 (0.55%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.65%) Windows
2 14 (1.29%) Unix
3 7 (0.64%) Linux
4 5 (0.46%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.37%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.28%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.18%) VMS
8 1 (0.092%) Android
8 1 (0.092%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.092%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 295 (27.11%) Agile
2 221 (20.31%) Business Analysis
3 159 (14.61%) Stakeholder Management
4 153 (14.06%) Requirements Gathering
5 143 (13.14%) User Stories
6 116 (10.66%) Migration
7 99 (9.10%) Problem-Solving
8 94 (8.64%) User Acceptance Testing
9 92 (8.46%) GAP Analysis
10 91 (8.36%) Data Analysis
11 86 (7.90%) Project Management
12 83 (7.63%) Workshop Facilitation
13 80 (7.35%) Asset Management
14 77 (7.08%) Acceptance Criteria
15 69 (6.34%) Change Management
16 67 (6.16%) Business Intelligence
17 65 (5.97%) Data Modelling
17 65 (5.97%) Scrum
18 63 (5.79%) Data Migration
19 57 (5.24%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 162 (14.89%) SQL
2 36 (3.31%) Python
3 18 (1.65%) Java
4 5 (0.46%) JavaScript
4 5 (0.46%) PL/SQL
4 5 (0.46%) VBA
4 5 (0.46%) XPath
4 5 (0.46%) XQuery
5 3 (0.28%) C#
6 1 (0.092%) Groovy
6 1 (0.092%) R
Qualifications
1 100 (9.19%) Degree
2 63 (5.79%) Security Cleared
3 56 (5.15%) SC Cleared
4 19 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (0.83%) CBAP
6 7 (0.64%) Master's Degree
7 6 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (0.37%) ACCA
8 4 (0.37%) CIMA
8 4 (0.37%) IIBA
8 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.28%) Numerate Degree
9 3 (0.28%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.18%) CCA
10 2 (0.18%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.18%) MCSA
10 2 (0.18%) MCSD
11 1 (0.092%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.092%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.092%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (6.25%) QA
2 39 (3.58%) Data Quality
3 34 (3.13%) EMIR
4 33 (3.03%) MiFID
5 15 (1.38%) SEPA
6 14 (1.29%) Dodd-Frank
7 11 (1.01%) PCI DSS
8 9 (0.83%) GDPR
8 9 (0.83%) ISO 20022
8 9 (0.83%) PMO
9 6 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.28%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.28%) Basel III
11 3 (0.28%) NIST
12 2 (0.18%) Basel II
12 2 (0.18%) SLA
13 1 (0.092%) GAAP
13 1 (0.092%) Good Clinical Practice
13 1 (0.092%) GxP
System Software
1 5 (0.46%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.18%) Docker
2 2 (0.18%) HDFS
2 2 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (0.18%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.092%) SCCM
Vendors
1 49 (4.50%) Microsoft
2 46 (4.23%) SAP
3 40 (3.68%) Bloomberg
4 32 (2.94%) Oracle
5 25 (2.30%) Salesforce
6 17 (1.56%) OpenLink
6 17 (1.56%) ServiceNow
7 16 (1.47%) ION Trading
8 13 (1.19%) MarketAxess
8 13 (1.19%) Tradeweb
9 12 (1.10%) BISAM
10 10 (0.92%) Murex
11 9 (0.83%) Refinitiv
12 8 (0.74%) Guidewire
13 7 (0.64%) Adobe
13 7 (0.64%) CyberSource
13 7 (0.64%) IBM
14 6 (0.55%) Calypso
14 6 (0.55%) Google
14 6 (0.55%) Workday