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 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 28 40
Rank change year-on-year +3 +12 -13
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 173 250 253
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 7.19% 6.69% 5.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.55% 7.04% 5.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 163 195
10th Percentile £440 £408 £400
25th Percentile £500 £472 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £638 £695 £611
90th Percentile £715 £784 £700
London median daily rate £575 £550 £540
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £39.25
Median hourly rate - £35.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year - -13.58% +50.00%
75th Percentile - - £41.75
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £48.00 £55.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -12.73% +35.80% -5.81%

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 2,290 3,551 4,261
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.14% 95.02% 94.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,614 2,420 3,239
10th Percentile £340 £325 £356
25th Percentile £431 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £560
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +7.14% +6.67%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £675
90th Percentile £788 £813 £775
London median daily rate £550 £578 £575
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.43% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 26 55
10th Percentile £20.13 £15.50 £13.88
25th Percentile £21.81 £18.93 £19.14
Median hourly rate £26.41 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.56% - +97.32%
75th Percentile £27.81 £57.50 £50.88
90th Percentile £40.00 £86.65 £62.50
London median hourly rate £27.50 £36.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -23.61% +2.86% +15.32%

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 23 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 23 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 +4 156 £550 -4.35% 13
West End of London +7 7 £525 +31.25% 3
City of Westminster - 5 £563 - 1
Southwark - 1 - -
Business Analyst
London

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

For the 6 months to 23 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 62 (35.84%) Finance
2 54 (31.21%) Agile
3 46 (26.59%) Social Skills
4 42 (24.28%) Business Analysis
5 40 (23.12%) User Acceptance Testing
6 37 (21.39%) GAP Analysis
7 33 (19.08%) User Stories
8 31 (17.92%) SQL
9 29 (16.76%) Requirements Gathering
10 26 (15.03%) Banking
11 23 (13.29%) Validation
11 23 (13.29%) Stakeholder Management
12 22 (12.72%) Migration
12 22 (12.72%) QA
13 19 (10.98%) Data Migration
13 19 (10.98%) Data Analysis
14 18 (10.40%) Root Cause Analysis
14 18 (10.40%) Data Quality
14 18 (10.40%) Workshop Facilitation
15 17 (9.83%) Business Intelligence
16 16 (9.25%) SharePoint
16 16 (9.25%) Data Management
17 15 (8.67%) Power BI
17 15 (8.67%) Analytical Skills
17 15 (8.67%) Power Platform
17 15 (8.67%) Acceptance Criteria
18 13 (7.51%) Scrum
18 13 (7.51%) Degree
19 12 (6.94%) Process Improvement
19 12 (6.94%) Azure

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 16 (9.25%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.31%) Confluence
2 4 (2.31%) MTS
3 1 (0.58%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.58%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (5.78%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.05%) MS Visio
3 4 (2.31%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (3.47%) Endur
2 5 (2.89%) Aligne
3 4 (2.31%) EuroRunner
3 4 (2.31%) SAP S/4HANA
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
4 1 (0.58%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 15 (8.67%) Power Platform
2 12 (6.94%) Azure
3 3 (1.73%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (1.73%) SaaS
4 2 (1.16%) Google Analytics
4 2 (1.16%) WhatsApp
5 1 (0.58%) Adobe Analytics
5 1 (0.58%) AWS
5 1 (0.58%) Dynamics 365
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 15 (8.67%) Power BI
2 7 (4.05%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (4.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (2.89%) Data Lake
4 4 (2.31%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 4 (2.31%) Geospatial Data
4 4 (2.31%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.73%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (1.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (1.16%) Data Mart
7 1 (0.58%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.58%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.58%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 5 (2.89%) JIRA
2 1 (0.58%) Eclipse
2 1 (0.58%) Postman
2 1 (0.58%) SoapUI
General
1 62 (35.84%) Finance
2 46 (26.59%) Social Skills
3 26 (15.03%) Banking
4 15 (8.67%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (6.36%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (5.78%) Back Office
6 10 (5.78%) Front Office
7 8 (4.62%) Investment Banking
7 8 (4.62%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.89%) Advertising
8 5 (2.89%) Financial Institution
8 5 (2.89%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.89%) Retail
9 4 (2.31%) International Banking
10 3 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.73%) Marketing
11 2 (1.16%) Law
11 2 (1.16%) Legal
11 2 (1.16%) Police
11 2 (1.16%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.31%) XML
2 3 (1.73%) FIX Protocol
3 2 (1.16%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.16%) Web Services
4 1 (0.58%) ADO
4 1 (0.58%) PySpark
4 1 (0.58%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.58%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.78%) Product Ownership
2 8 (4.62%) Market Risk
3 4 (2.31%) Derivative
3 4 (2.31%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.73%) Credit Risk
4 3 (1.73%) Equities
4 3 (1.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (1.73%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.73%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 2 (1.16%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.16%) Educational Technology
5 2 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.16%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.58%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.58%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.58%) Fixed Income
6 1 (0.58%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.58%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.58%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.73%) Windows
2 2 (1.16%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (31.21%) Agile
2 42 (24.28%) Business Analysis
3 40 (23.12%) User Acceptance Testing
4 37 (21.39%) GAP Analysis
5 33 (19.08%) User Stories
6 29 (16.76%) Requirements Gathering
7 23 (13.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 23 (13.29%) Validation
8 22 (12.72%) Migration
9 19 (10.98%) Data Analysis
9 19 (10.98%) Data Migration
10 18 (10.40%) Root Cause Analysis
10 18 (10.40%) Workshop Facilitation
11 17 (9.83%) Business Intelligence
12 16 (9.25%) Data Management
13 15 (8.67%) Acceptance Criteria
14 13 (7.51%) Scrum
15 12 (6.94%) Process Improvement
16 11 (6.36%) Data Mapping
16 11 (6.36%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 31 (17.92%) SQL
2 4 (2.31%) PL/SQL
2 4 (2.31%) XPath
2 4 (2.31%) XQuery
3 3 (1.73%) Python
4 2 (1.16%) Java
5 1 (0.58%) VBA
Qualifications
1 13 (7.51%) Degree
2 11 (6.36%) Security Cleared
3 7 (4.05%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.58%) IIBA
5 1 (0.58%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (12.72%) QA
2 18 (10.40%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.31%) PMO
4 2 (1.16%) EMIR
4 2 (1.16%) ISO 20022
4 2 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.58%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.58%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 12 (6.94%) SAP
2 7 (4.05%) Oracle
3 6 (3.47%) Microsoft
4 5 (2.89%) Bloomberg
5 4 (2.31%) Databricks
5 4 (2.31%) Murex
6 3 (1.73%) GoldenSource
6 3 (1.73%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.16%) Google
7 2 (1.16%) OpenLink
8 1 (0.58%) Adobe
8 1 (0.58%) Charles River
8 1 (0.58%) Foundry
8 1 (0.58%) Guidewire
8 1 (0.58%) ION Trading
8 1 (0.58%) MarketAxess
8 1 (0.58%) Palantir
8 1 (0.58%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.58%) Tradeweb
8 1 (0.58%) Zscaler