Business Analyst Contracts in Central London

Business Analyst (BA)
London > Central London

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in Central London is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 May 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 25 28
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 156 174 257
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 7.80% 7.14% 6.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.40% 7.49% 7.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 111 168
10th Percentile £416 £450 £406
25th Percentile £500 £505 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £693 £644 £675
90th Percentile £772 £725 £775
London median daily rate £575 £575 £550
% change year-on-year - +4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
London median hourly rate £55.00 £28.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +96.43% -49.09% +4.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 1,857 2,323 3,673
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 95.32% 95.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,200 1,655 2,515
10th Percentile £350 £342 £325
25th Percentile £455 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £588
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -6.38% +4.91%
75th Percentile £675 £682 £725
90th Percentile £775 £795 £813
London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 31 27
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.92 £15.50
25th Percentile £22.75 £21.63 £19.36
Median hourly rate £29.07 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% -28.57% -6.67%
75th Percentile £35.00 £27.81 £58.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £40.00 £86.32
London median hourly rate £34.65 £27.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +26.00% -21.43% -

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 3 May 2025.

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 3 May 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
City of London +2 136 £565 +2.73% 22
West End of London -4 4 £450 -14.29%
Camden - 4 £450 -
Business Analyst
London

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, 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 70 (44.87%) Finance
2 63 (40.38%) Social Skills
3 52 (33.33%) Business Analysis
4 46 (29.49%) Agile
5 37 (23.72%) Analytical Skills
6 35 (22.44%) Data Analysis
7 32 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
8 31 (19.87%) Requirements Gathering
9 30 (19.23%) Banking
10 29 (18.59%) SQL
11 28 (17.95%) Stakeholder Management
12 21 (13.46%) User Acceptance Testing
13 20 (12.82%) Degree
13 20 (12.82%) User Stories
14 19 (12.18%) Project Management
15 18 (11.54%) Process Improvement
16 17 (10.90%) Front Office
16 17 (10.90%) Decision-Making
17 16 (10.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 15 (9.62%) Workshop Facilitation
18 15 (9.62%) Acceptance Criteria
19 14 (8.97%) Python
19 14 (8.97%) Microsoft
20 13 (8.33%) ERP
21 12 (7.69%) Investment Banking
21 12 (7.69%) JIRA
21 12 (7.69%) Security Cleared
21 12 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
22 11 (7.05%) SC Cleared
22 11 (7.05%) Analytics

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 6 (3.85%) Confluence
2 5 (3.21%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.28%) CMS
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.64%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (4.49%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (3.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.56%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.92%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (1.28%) Actimize
2 2 (1.28%) ION Anvil
2 2 (1.28%) SAP CO
2 2 (1.28%) SAP FI
2 2 (1.28%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (1.28%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.64%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.64%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.64%) Endur
3 1 (0.64%) Loan IQ
3 1 (0.64%) Orchestrade
3 1 (0.64%) PeopleSoft Financials
3 1 (0.64%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (6.41%) Azure
1 10 (6.41%) Power Platform
2 5 (3.21%) AWS
3 4 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (1.92%) Snowflake
5 2 (1.28%) GCP
6 1 (0.64%) Adobe Analytics
6 1 (0.64%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.64%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.64%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.64%) OCI
6 1 (0.64%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.64%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.64%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.28%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.49%) Power BI
2 5 (3.21%) Tableau
3 2 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.28%) Power Query
3 2 (1.28%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.64%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.64%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.64%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.64%) Looker
4 1 (0.64%) MS Access
4 1 (0.64%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 12 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 70 (44.87%) Finance
2 63 (40.38%) Social Skills
3 37 (23.72%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (19.23%) Banking
5 17 (10.90%) Front Office
6 16 (10.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (7.69%) Investment Banking
7 12 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (6.41%) Public Sector
9 9 (5.77%) Financial Institution
10 8 (5.13%) Back Office
10 8 (5.13%) Retail
11 6 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (3.21%) Legal
13 3 (1.92%) Manufacturing
14 2 (1.28%) Marketing
14 2 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.64%) French Language
15 1 (0.64%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.92%) FpML
2 2 (1.28%) ADO
2 2 (1.28%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (1.28%) XML
3 1 (0.64%) jQuery
3 1 (0.64%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 10 (6.41%) Fixed Income
3 8 (5.13%) Management Information System
4 7 (4.49%) Equities
5 5 (3.21%) Derivative
5 5 (3.21%) Reference Data
6 3 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.92%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.28%) Interest Rate Derivative
7 2 (1.28%) Market Risk
7 2 (1.28%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.64%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.64%) CMDB
8 1 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.64%) IVR
8 1 (0.64%) PMI
8 1 (0.64%) Robotics
8 1 (0.64%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.64%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.64%) Linux
1 1 (0.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 46 (29.49%) Agile
3 35 (22.44%) Data Analysis
4 32 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
5 31 (19.87%) Requirements Gathering
6 28 (17.95%) Stakeholder Management
7 21 (13.46%) User Acceptance Testing
8 20 (12.82%) User Stories
9 19 (12.18%) Project Management
10 18 (11.54%) Process Improvement
11 17 (10.90%) Decision-Making
12 15 (9.62%) Acceptance Criteria
12 15 (9.62%) Workshop Facilitation
13 13 (8.33%) ERP
14 11 (7.05%) Analytics
14 11 (7.05%) Business Intelligence
15 10 (6.41%) Change Management
15 10 (6.41%) Risk Management
15 10 (6.41%) Target Operating Model
16 9 (5.77%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 29 (18.59%) SQL
2 14 (8.97%) Python
3 1 (0.64%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.64%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.64%) R
3 1 (0.64%) VBA
Qualifications
1 20 (12.82%) Degree
2 12 (7.69%) Security Cleared
3 11 (7.05%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.21%) CBAP
5 4 (2.56%) Master's Degree
5 4 (2.56%) PMI Certification
6 3 (1.92%) CFA
6 3 (1.92%) MBA
6 3 (1.92%) PMP
7 2 (1.28%) ACCA
7 2 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.64%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.64%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.64%) CAPM
8 1 (0.64%) CISM
8 1 (0.64%) CISSP
8 1 (0.64%) CRISC
8 1 (0.64%) IIBA
8 1 (0.64%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.41%) MiFID
2 8 (5.13%) EMIR
2 8 (5.13%) QA
3 5 (3.21%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.56%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.92%) GDPR
6 2 (1.28%) Dodd-Frank
6 2 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.28%) NIST
7 1 (0.64%) GRC
7 1 (0.64%) PMO
7 1 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.64%) UCITS
Vendors
1 14 (8.97%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.05%) SAP
3 6 (3.85%) Oracle
4 5 (3.21%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.28%) Adobe
5 2 (1.28%) Google
5 2 (1.28%) ION Trading
5 2 (1.28%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.28%) SimCorp
6 1 (0.64%) Aderant
6 1 (0.64%) Advent
6 1 (0.64%) BeyondTrust
6 1 (0.64%) Bloomberg
6 1 (0.64%) Calypso
6 1 (0.64%) Charles River
6 1 (0.64%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.64%) Databricks
6 1 (0.64%) Murex
6 1 (0.64%) Progress
6 1 (0.64%) QAD