Business Analyst Contracts in the City of London

Business Analyst (BA)
Central London > City of London

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in the City of London is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 29 38
Rank change year-on-year +5 +9 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 163 249 246
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 7.34% 6.83% 5.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.72% 7.17% 6.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 161 195
10th Percentile £450 £413 £413
25th Percentile £510 £475 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £604
90th Percentile £725 £763 £677
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 2,111 3,471 3,990
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.00% 95.20% 94.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,503 2,350 3,011
10th Percentile £350 £350 £369
25th Percentile £450 £470 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £600 £565
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +6.19% +7.62%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £792 £820 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £580 £560
% change year-on-year -5.17% +3.57% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 26 50
10th Percentile £16.46 £15.50 £13.74
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £23.00 £35.00 £37.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.29% -6.04% +107.23%
75th Percentile £27.50 £58.75 £51.50
90th Percentile £44.10 £86.65 £62.83
Central London median hourly rate £25.78 £35.00 £37.25
% change year-on-year -26.34% -6.04% +107.23%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in the City of London

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in the City of London

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in the City of London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in the City of London

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in the City of London

Business Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the City of 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 City of London region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
London Bridge - 1 - -
Business Analyst
Central London

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 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 City of London region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 59 (36.20%) Finance
2 51 (31.29%) Agile
3 50 (30.67%) Social Skills
4 39 (23.93%) GAP Analysis
5 35 (21.47%) Business Analysis
6 34 (20.86%) User Stories
7 33 (20.25%) User Acceptance Testing
8 28 (17.18%) Requirements Gathering
9 24 (14.72%) Banking
9 24 (14.72%) Validation
9 24 (14.72%) Migration
10 23 (14.11%) QA
11 22 (13.50%) Data Migration
11 22 (13.50%) Root Cause Analysis
11 22 (13.50%) SQL
12 21 (12.88%) Data Quality
13 20 (12.27%) SharePoint
14 19 (11.66%) Data Management
15 17 (10.43%) Data Analysis
15 17 (10.43%) Analytical Skills
16 14 (8.59%) Stakeholder Management
16 14 (8.59%) Workshop Facilitation
17 13 (7.98%) Acceptance Criteria
18 12 (7.36%) Business Intelligence
18 12 (7.36%) Degree
19 11 (6.75%) Front Office
19 11 (6.75%) Risk Management
19 11 (6.75%) Problem-Solving
20 10 (6.13%) Power Platform
20 10 (6.13%) Power BI

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 20 (12.27%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.45%) MTS
3 3 (1.84%) Confluence
4 1 (0.61%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.61%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (6.13%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (5.52%) MS Visio
3 5 (3.07%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.61%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (5.52%) Endur
2 5 (3.07%) Aligne
3 4 (2.45%) EuroRunner
3 4 (2.45%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (1.23%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.61%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.61%) ION MarketView
5 1 (0.61%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.61%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.61%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.61%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 10 (6.13%) Power Platform
2 9 (5.52%) Azure
3 3 (1.84%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (1.84%) SaaS
4 2 (1.23%) Google Analytics
4 2 (1.23%) WhatsApp
5 1 (0.61%) Adobe Analytics
5 1 (0.61%) AWS
5 1 (0.61%) IBM Blueworks
5 1 (0.61%) OCI
5 1 (0.61%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.61%) FIX Connectivity
1 1 (0.61%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.13%) Power BI
2 5 (3.07%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.84%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.23%) Data Mart
5 1 (0.61%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.61%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (3.07%) JIRA
2 1 (0.61%) Eclipse
2 1 (0.61%) Postman
2 1 (0.61%) SoapUI
General
1 59 (36.20%) Finance
2 50 (30.67%) Social Skills
3 24 (14.72%) Banking
4 17 (10.43%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (6.75%) Front Office
6 8 (4.91%) Investment Banking
7 7 (4.29%) Back Office
7 7 (4.29%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (3.68%) Financial Institution
9 5 (3.07%) Advertising
9 5 (3.07%) Public Sector
9 5 (3.07%) Retail
10 4 (2.45%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.45%) International Banking
11 3 (1.84%) Marketing
12 2 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.23%) Legal
13 1 (0.61%) Local Government
13 1 (0.61%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.61%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.84%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (1.23%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.23%) Web Services
3 1 (0.61%) ADO
3 1 (0.61%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.52%) Market Risk
2 8 (4.91%) Product Ownership
3 4 (2.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (1.84%) Cloud Native
4 3 (1.84%) Credit Risk
4 3 (1.84%) Derivative
4 3 (1.84%) PMI
5 2 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.23%) Educational Technology
5 2 (1.23%) Equities
5 2 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.23%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.23%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 1 (0.61%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.61%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.61%) Fixed Income
6 1 (0.61%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.61%) IoT
6 1 (0.61%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.61%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.84%) Windows
2 2 (1.23%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (31.29%) Agile
2 39 (23.93%) GAP Analysis
3 35 (21.47%) Business Analysis
4 34 (20.86%) User Stories
5 33 (20.25%) User Acceptance Testing
6 28 (17.18%) Requirements Gathering
7 24 (14.72%) Migration
7 24 (14.72%) Validation
8 22 (13.50%) Data Migration
8 22 (13.50%) Root Cause Analysis
9 19 (11.66%) Data Management
10 17 (10.43%) Data Analysis
11 14 (8.59%) Stakeholder Management
11 14 (8.59%) Workshop Facilitation
12 13 (7.98%) Acceptance Criteria
13 12 (7.36%) Business Intelligence
14 11 (6.75%) Problem-Solving
14 11 (6.75%) Risk Management
15 10 (6.13%) Change Management
15 10 (6.13%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (13.50%) SQL
2 2 (1.23%) Python
3 1 (0.61%) Java
Qualifications
1 12 (7.36%) Degree
2 4 (2.45%) SC Cleared
2 4 (2.45%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.84%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.61%) IIBA
5 1 (0.61%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (14.11%) QA
2 21 (12.88%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.45%) PMO
4 2 (1.23%) EMIR
5 1 (0.61%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.61%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.61%) SLA
Vendors
1 8 (4.91%) SAP
2 7 (4.29%) Microsoft
3 5 (3.07%) Bloomberg
4 4 (2.45%) Databricks
5 3 (1.84%) GoldenSource
5 3 (1.84%) Murex
5 3 (1.84%) Oracle
6 2 (1.23%) Google
6 2 (1.23%) OpenLink
6 2 (1.23%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.61%) Anaplan
7 1 (0.61%) Calypso
7 1 (0.61%) FIS
7 1 (0.61%) IBM
7 1 (0.61%) ION Trading
7 1 (0.61%) MarketAxess
7 1 (0.61%) Pega
7 1 (0.61%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.61%) Tradeweb
7 1 (0.61%) Zscaler