Business Analyst Contracts in Central London

Business Analyst (BA)
London > Central London

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in Central London 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 26 30 41
Rank change year-on-year +4 +11 -14
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 171 254 259
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 7.05% 6.72% 5.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.40% 7.06% 6.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 166 203
10th Percentile £450 £409 £400
25th Percentile £503 £475 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +7.14% +5.00%
75th Percentile £647 £688 £600
90th Percentile £725 £775 £677
London median daily rate £575 £550 £535
% change year-on-year +4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £35.00 -
London median hourly rate £28.00 £56.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -50.44% +26.97% +3.49%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Central 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,310 3,597 4,265
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.30% 95.13% 94.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,646 2,462 3,256
10th Percentile £339 £325 £363
25th Percentile £438 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £594 £560
Median % change year-on-year -7.37% +6.03% +6.67%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £795 £813 £763
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 25 54
10th Percentile £20.19 £15.50 £13.88
25th Percentile £22.13 £18.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.78 £35.00 £37.25
Median % change year-on-year -26.34% -6.04% +107.23%
75th Percentile £27.81 £58.75 £51.50
90th Percentile £40.38 £86.98 £64.78
London median hourly rate £27.50 £35.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.99% +0.71% +11.64%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in Central London

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in Central London

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

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

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in Central London

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in Central London

Business Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region 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
City of London +1 155 £550 -4.35% 15
West End of London +9 7 £525 +31.25% 2
City of Westminster - 6 £681 -
Southwark - 1 - -
Business Analyst
London

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

For the 6 months to 11 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 Central London region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 61 (35.67%) Finance
2 50 (29.24%) Agile
3 46 (26.90%) Social Skills
4 40 (23.39%) User Acceptance Testing
5 38 (22.22%) Business Analysis
5 38 (22.22%) GAP Analysis
6 31 (18.13%) SQL
6 31 (18.13%) User Stories
6 31 (18.13%) Requirements Gathering
7 24 (14.04%) QA
7 24 (14.04%) Banking
7 24 (14.04%) Validation
8 23 (13.45%) Migration
9 21 (12.28%) Stakeholder Management
9 21 (12.28%) Data Migration
10 20 (11.70%) Root Cause Analysis
10 20 (11.70%) Data Analysis
11 19 (11.11%) Data Quality
12 18 (10.53%) Data Management
12 18 (10.53%) SharePoint
13 17 (9.94%) Workshop Facilitation
14 16 (9.36%) Business Intelligence
15 15 (8.77%) Analytical Skills
16 14 (8.19%) Power BI
16 14 (8.19%) Power Platform
16 14 (8.19%) Acceptance Criteria
17 13 (7.60%) SAP
18 12 (7.02%) Scrum
18 12 (7.02%) Degree
18 12 (7.02%) Process Improvement

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 18 (10.53%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.34%) Confluence
2 4 (2.34%) MTS
3 1 (0.58%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.58%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.09%) MS Visio
3 5 (2.92%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (3.51%) Endur
2 5 (2.92%) Aligne
3 4 (2.34%) EuroRunner
3 4 (2.34%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.58%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.58%) ION MarketView
4 1 (0.58%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.58%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.58%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 14 (8.19%) Power Platform
2 11 (6.43%) Azure
3 3 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (1.17%) Google Analytics
4 2 (1.17%) SaaS
4 2 (1.17%) WhatsApp
5 1 (0.58%) Adobe Analytics
5 1 (0.58%) AWS
5 1 (0.58%) Miro
5 1 (0.58%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.58%) 4G
1 1 (0.58%) 5G
1 1 (0.58%) Firewall
1 1 (0.58%) FIX Connectivity
1 1 (0.58%) Intranet
1 1 (0.58%) LTE
1 1 (0.58%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.19%) Power BI
2 7 (4.09%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (4.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (2.92%) Data Lake
4 4 (2.34%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 4 (2.34%) Geospatial Data
4 4 (2.34%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (1.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (1.17%) Data Mart
7 1 (0.58%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.58%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.58%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 5 (2.92%) JIRA
2 1 (0.58%) Eclipse
2 1 (0.58%) Postman
2 1 (0.58%) SoapUI
General
1 61 (35.67%) Finance
2 46 (26.90%) Social Skills
3 24 (14.04%) Banking
4 15 (8.77%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (6.43%) Front Office
6 10 (5.85%) Back Office
7 9 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (4.09%) Investment Banking
8 7 (4.09%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.92%) Advertising
9 5 (2.92%) Financial Institution
9 5 (2.92%) Retail
10 4 (2.34%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.34%) International Banking
11 3 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.75%) Marketing
12 2 (1.17%) Law
12 2 (1.17%) Legal
12 2 (1.17%) Police
12 2 (1.17%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.34%) XML
2 3 (1.75%) FIX Protocol
3 2 (1.17%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.17%) Web Services
4 1 (0.58%) ADO
4 1 (0.58%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.58%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.26%) Product Ownership
2 8 (4.68%) Market Risk
3 4 (2.34%) Derivative
4 3 (1.75%) Credit Risk
4 3 (1.75%) Equities
4 3 (1.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (1.75%) Hedge funds
4 3 (1.75%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.75%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.75%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 2 (1.17%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.17%) Educational Technology
5 2 (1.17%) Fixed Income
6 1 (0.58%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.58%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.58%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.58%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.58%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.75%) Windows
2 2 (1.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (29.24%) Agile
2 40 (23.39%) User Acceptance Testing
3 38 (22.22%) Business Analysis
3 38 (22.22%) GAP Analysis
4 31 (18.13%) Requirements Gathering
4 31 (18.13%) User Stories
5 24 (14.04%) Validation
6 23 (13.45%) Migration
7 21 (12.28%) Data Migration
7 21 (12.28%) Stakeholder Management
8 20 (11.70%) Data Analysis
8 20 (11.70%) Root Cause Analysis
9 18 (10.53%) Data Management
10 17 (9.94%) Workshop Facilitation
11 16 (9.36%) Business Intelligence
12 14 (8.19%) Acceptance Criteria
13 12 (7.02%) Process Improvement
13 12 (7.02%) Scrum
14 10 (5.85%) Data Mapping
14 10 (5.85%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (18.13%) SQL
2 4 (2.34%) PL/SQL
2 4 (2.34%) XPath
2 4 (2.34%) XQuery
3 3 (1.75%) Python
4 2 (1.17%) VBA
5 1 (0.58%) Java
Qualifications
1 12 (7.02%) Degree
2 11 (6.43%) Security Cleared
3 7 (4.09%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.58%) IIBA
5 1 (0.58%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (14.04%) QA
2 19 (11.11%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.34%) PMO
4 2 (1.17%) EMIR
4 2 (1.17%) ISO 20022
4 2 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.58%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.58%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 13 (7.60%) SAP
2 7 (4.09%) Oracle
3 6 (3.51%) Microsoft
4 5 (2.92%) Bloomberg
5 4 (2.34%) Databricks
5 4 (2.34%) Murex
6 3 (1.75%) GoldenSource
7 2 (1.17%) Google
7 2 (1.17%) OpenLink
7 2 (1.17%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.58%) Adobe
8 1 (0.58%) Anaplan
8 1 (0.58%) Charles River
8 1 (0.58%) CyberSource
8 1 (0.58%) Guidewire
8 1 (0.58%) ION Trading
8 1 (0.58%) MarketAxess
8 1 (0.58%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.58%) Tradeweb
8 1 (0.58%) Zscaler