Business Analysis Contract Job Trends in London

Business Analysis
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Business Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 83 107
Rank change year-on-year -30 +24 -10
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 525 438 391
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.60% 3.23% 2.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.92% 3.50% 2.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 351 287 254
10th Percentile £375 £406 £400
25th Percentile £463 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £573
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.80% -4.58%
75th Percentile £650 £731 £692
90th Percentile £750 £788 £825
England median daily rate £525 £537 £540
% change year-on-year -2.23% -0.56% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 1
10th Percentile £31.65 £71.63 -
25th Percentile £32.25 £74.06 £41.25
Median hourly rate £54.50 £78.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.79% +85.29% -1.16%
75th Percentile £57.50 £84.06 £43.75
90th Percentile - £86.88 -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 £54.50
% change year-on-year -21.43% +28.44% -3.54%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

Business Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 18,001 12,519 14,410
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.11% 92.32% 88.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,856 8,363 10,133
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.38% -1.36% -4.35%
75th Percentile £662 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 297 250 198
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £17.01
25th Percentile £19.85 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £30.00 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year +19.03% -14.89% -14.11%
75th Percentile £57.00 £49.31 £54.69
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.03 £71.44
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Business Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Business Analysis job vacancy trend in London

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Business Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Business Analysis

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis in London over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analysis in London

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Business Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Business Analysis

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Analysis in London over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Analysis in London

Business Analysis
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 Analysis within the London region over the 6 months to 7 August 2026. 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 -29 63 £575 -8.00% 41
West London -8 11 £285 - 13
North London -1 2 - - 5
South London - 2 £550 - 2
East London - 2 £550 - 12
Business Analysis
England

Business Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 52 (9.90%) Confluence
2 22 (4.19%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.95%) Jupyter
4 4 (0.76%) SAS
5 3 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.38%) Apache
6 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.19%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.19%) CMS
Applications
1 32 (6.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (5.33%) MS Visio
3 18 (3.43%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.19%) Gliffy
7 1 (0.19%) Notion
Business Applications
1 13 (2.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.95%) Actimize
2 5 (0.95%) Aladdin
3 4 (0.76%) Endur
4 3 (0.57%) Loan IQ
4 3 (0.57%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 2 (0.38%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
5 2 (0.38%) IntelliMatch
5 2 (0.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.38%) Summit
6 1 (0.19%) BusinessWorks
6 1 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.19%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.19%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.19%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.19%) SunGard Martini
Cloud Services
1 61 (11.62%) Power Platform
2 51 (9.71%) Azure
3 24 (4.57%) Dynamics 365
4 20 (3.81%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (3.62%) AWS
6 17 (3.24%) SaaS
7 14 (2.67%) Power Automate
8 12 (2.29%) PowerApps
9 11 (2.10%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (1.90%) Snowflake
11 9 (1.71%) Microsoft Copilot
12 8 (1.52%) Entra ID
13 7 (1.33%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 6 (1.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 6 (1.14%) GCP
14 6 (1.14%) Microsoft Purview
15 5 (0.95%) GitHub
15 5 (0.95%) SuccessFactors
16 4 (0.76%) Azure Data Factory
16 4 (0.76%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.95%) Network Security
2 3 (0.57%) Firewall
3 2 (0.38%) VPN
4 1 (0.19%) DNS
4 1 (0.19%) IPsec
4 1 (0.19%) iSCSI
4 1 (0.19%) SSL
4 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (8.19%) Power BI
2 20 (3.81%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (2.29%) Tableau
4 9 (1.71%) Metadata
5 5 (0.95%) Data Lake
5 5 (0.95%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.76%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.76%) Power Query
6 4 (0.76%) Qlik Sense
6 4 (0.76%) Semantic Layer
6 4 (0.76%) SQL Server
6 4 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.57%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (0.57%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.57%) QlikView
8 2 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.38%) Data Mart
8 2 (0.38%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.38%) Parquet
8 2 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 68 (12.95%) JIRA
2 3 (0.57%) Git
3 2 (0.38%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.38%) Mocha
3 2 (0.38%) Moq
3 2 (0.38%) Postman
4 1 (0.19%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.19%) Capybara
4 1 (0.19%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.19%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.19%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.19%) Gemini Tracker
4 1 (0.19%) GitLab
4 1 (0.19%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.19%) MSTest
4 1 (0.19%) RSpec
4 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.19%) tSQLt
General
1 253 (48.19%) Finance
2 222 (42.29%) Social Skills
3 146 (27.81%) Analytical Skills
4 114 (21.71%) Banking
5 51 (9.71%) Public Sector
6 42 (8.00%) Front Office
7 41 (7.81%) Documentation Skills
8 35 (6.67%) Investment Banking
8 35 (6.67%) Legal
9 29 (5.52%) Presentation Skills
10 21 (4.00%) Financial Institution
10 21 (4.00%) Retail
11 18 (3.43%) Organisational Skills
12 15 (2.86%) Local Government
13 14 (2.67%) Marketing
14 13 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (1.14%) Back Office
15 6 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (0.95%) General Ledger
16 5 (0.95%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 358 (68.19%) Analyst
2 333 (63.43%) Business Analyst
3 82 (15.62%) Senior
4 61 (11.62%) Senior Analyst
5 56 (10.67%) Senior Business Analyst
6 29 (5.52%) Consultant
7 25 (4.76%) Lead
8 23 (4.38%) Technical Analyst
8 23 (4.38%) Technical Business Analyst
9 21 (4.00%) Data Business Analyst
10 20 (3.81%) Banking Analyst
11 19 (3.62%) Banking Business Analyst
11 19 (3.62%) Data Analyst
12 16 (3.05%) Finance Business Analyst
12 16 (3.05%) Financial Analyst
12 16 (3.05%) Project Manager
13 15 (2.86%) Risk Business Analyst
14 14 (2.67%) Developer
14 14 (2.67%) Insurance Business Analyst
15 13 (2.48%) Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.52%) JSON
2 7 (1.33%) ADO
3 6 (1.14%) CSS
3 6 (1.14%) HTML
3 6 (1.14%) OAuth
3 6 (1.14%) REST
3 6 (1.14%) SailPoint
3 6 (1.14%) XML
4 5 (0.95%) .NET
4 5 (0.95%) Middleware
4 5 (0.95%) NumPy
4 5 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
4 5 (0.95%) Pandas
5 4 (0.76%) RESTful
5 4 (0.76%) VML
6 3 (0.57%) Django
6 3 (0.57%) HTML5 Canvas
7 2 (0.38%) JWT
7 2 (0.38%) Kafka
7 2 (0.38%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 75 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 25 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
3 22 (4.19%) Derivative
4 21 (4.00%) Onboarding
5 19 (3.62%) Fixed Income
6 16 (3.05%) Data Structures
6 16 (3.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 15 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
7 15 (2.86%) Management Information System
8 13 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (2.29%) Market Risk
10 11 (2.10%) Credit Risk
11 10 (1.90%) Reinsurance
12 8 (1.52%) CMDB
13 6 (1.14%) AI Agents
13 6 (1.14%) Reference Data
14 5 (0.95%) Equities
14 5 (0.95%) Life Science
14 5 (0.95%) NHS
15 4 (0.76%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.38%) Apple iOS
1 2 (0.38%) Windows
2 1 (0.19%) Android
2 1 (0.19%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (41.90%) Stakeholder Management
2 211 (40.19%) Agile
3 158 (30.10%) Requirements Gathering
4 139 (26.48%) User Stories
5 132 (25.14%) User Acceptance Testing
6 124 (23.62%) Workshop Facilitation
7 110 (20.95%) Problem-Solving
8 105 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 94 (17.90%) Acceptance Criteria
10 91 (17.33%) AI
11 70 (13.33%) Validation
12 64 (12.19%) Analytics
12 64 (12.19%) Decision-Making
12 64 (12.19%) Project Delivery
13 63 (12.00%) Migration
14 61 (11.62%) Continuous Improvement
15 59 (11.24%) Process Improvement
16 55 (10.48%) Project Management
16 55 (10.48%) Scrum
17 51 (9.71%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 92 (17.52%) SQL
2 35 (6.67%) Python
3 9 (1.71%) Java
3 9 (1.71%) JavaScript
4 7 (1.33%) C#
5 6 (1.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 5 (0.95%) VBA
7 4 (0.76%) Korn
8 3 (0.57%) PL/SQL
8 3 (0.57%) R
9 2 (0.38%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.19%) Bicep
10 1 (0.19%) C++
10 1 (0.19%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.19%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.19%) Ruby
10 1 (0.19%) Swift
10 1 (0.19%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 73 (13.90%) Security Cleared
2 65 (12.38%) SC Cleared
3 56 (10.67%) Degree
4 16 (3.05%) IIBA
5 12 (2.29%) PMI Certification
6 11 (2.10%) PMP
7 9 (1.71%) CBAP
7 9 (1.71%) FFIEC
7 9 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.14%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.14%) ISTQB
9 5 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.95%) CSPO
10 4 (0.76%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.76%) ISEB
10 4 (0.76%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.57%) CISM
11 3 (0.57%) CISSP
12 2 (0.38%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (8.00%) Data Quality
2 26 (4.95%) QA
3 15 (2.86%) GDPR
3 15 (2.86%) NIST
3 15 (2.86%) PMO
4 11 (2.10%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.90%) COBIT
6 9 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.52%) GRC
7 8 (1.52%) ISO 20022
8 7 (1.33%) EMIR
9 5 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.76%) MiFID
11 3 (0.57%) GxP
11 3 (0.57%) IFRS
11 3 (0.57%) SLA
11 3 (0.57%) Solvency II
11 3 (0.57%) WCAG
12 2 (0.38%) PSD2
12 2 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (0.76%) Docker
3 3 (0.57%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.19%) RACF
4 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (0.76%) Terraform
2 3 (0.57%) SCCM
3 1 (0.19%) Control-M
3 1 (0.19%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.19%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 83 (15.81%) Microsoft
2 25 (4.76%) Salesforce
3 17 (3.24%) Oracle
3 17 (3.24%) SAP
4 15 (2.86%) Murex
5 14 (2.67%) ServiceNow
6 9 (1.71%) Databricks
7 6 (1.14%) Bloomberg
8 5 (0.95%) CyberArk
8 5 (0.95%) Workday
9 4 (0.76%) Google
10 3 (0.57%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.57%) Charles River
10 3 (0.57%) IBM
10 3 (0.57%) LexisNexis
10 3 (0.57%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.57%) Pega
10 3 (0.57%) PeopleSoft
10 3 (0.57%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 2 (0.38%) Sparx