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 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 125 80
Rank change year-on-year +20 -45 +1
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 410 304 515
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.84% 2.10% 2.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.11% 2.33% 3.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 266 193 344
10th Percentile £388 £403 £402
25th Percentile £450 £469 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £572 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% +4.35% -3.77%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £650
90th Percentile £813 £825 £717
England median daily rate £500 £542 £550
% change year-on-year -7.67% -1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 11
10th Percentile - - £72.50
25th Percentile - - £82.63
Median hourly rate - £75.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year - -11.76% +44.68%
75th Percentile - - £86.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £77.94 £66.00 £84.75
% change year-on-year +18.08% -22.12% +111.88%

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 13,198 13,072 16,319
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.53% 90.20% 89.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,726 8,366 11,677
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -4.66%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £754 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 163 247
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.13 £17.00
25th Percentile £24.61 £23.80 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.05 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.43% +7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £53.28 £54.50 £57.75
90th Percentile £69.18 £80.75 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +25.35%

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 2 January 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
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 2 January 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 +2 74 £560 -8.20% 27
West London -11 6 £500 +104.08% 14
South London -7 3 - - 9
North London +3 1 £500 -9.09% 4
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 25 (6.10%) Confluence
2 7 (1.71%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.73%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.24%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 34 (8.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (7.56%) MS Visio
3 19 (4.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
5 11 (2.68%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.73%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.73%) Notion
7 2 (0.49%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.49%) Sketch
8 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 19 (4.63%) Endur
2 9 (2.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.95%) Loan IQ
3 8 (1.95%) SAP EWM
3 8 (1.95%) SAP WM
4 6 (1.46%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.98%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.49%) iTrent
6 2 (0.49%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.49%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.49%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.49%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.24%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.24%) SAP FSCM
7 1 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.24%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 58 (14.15%) Power Platform
2 36 (8.78%) Azure
3 18 (4.39%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (3.17%) Power Automate
5 12 (2.93%) PowerApps
6 11 (2.68%) SaaS
7 10 (2.44%) AWS
8 9 (2.20%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (2.20%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (1.95%) Miro
10 6 (1.46%) Azure Data Factory
10 6 (1.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 5 (1.22%) dbt
11 5 (1.22%) Figma
11 5 (1.22%) GCP
11 5 (1.22%) Lucidchart
12 4 (0.98%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (0.73%) ChatGPT
13 3 (0.73%) SuccessFactors
14 2 (0.49%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.49%) Intranet
1 2 (0.49%) NAS
2 1 (0.24%) HTTP
2 1 (0.24%) LAN
2 1 (0.24%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.24%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (11.95%) Power BI
2 14 (3.41%) SQL Server
3 12 (2.93%) Relational Database
4 10 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (2.44%) Tableau
5 8 (1.95%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.71%) MongoDB
6 7 (1.71%) Redis
7 5 (1.22%) Metadata
8 4 (0.98%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.73%) Power Query
9 3 (0.73%) Snowflake Schema
10 2 (0.49%) Data Vault
10 2 (0.49%) Metadata Repository
10 2 (0.49%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.49%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.49%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.49%) SAP BW
10 2 (0.49%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 42 (10.24%) JIRA
2 7 (1.71%) webpack
3 4 (0.98%) Cucumber
3 4 (0.98%) ERwin
3 4 (0.98%) Postman
3 4 (0.98%) Selenium
4 3 (0.73%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.73%) Git
4 3 (0.73%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (0.73%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.49%) Axure RP
5 2 (0.49%) ER Studio
5 2 (0.49%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (0.49%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.24%) Ant
6 1 (0.24%) Hudson
6 1 (0.24%) JUnit
6 1 (0.24%) TestDirector
6 1 (0.24%) TestNG
6 1 (0.24%) Toad
General
1 187 (45.61%) Finance
2 177 (43.17%) Social Skills
3 75 (18.29%) Banking
4 70 (17.07%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (9.02%) Presentation Skills
6 34 (8.29%) Front Office
7 31 (7.56%) Investment Banking
7 31 (7.56%) Public Sector
8 26 (6.34%) Documentation Skills
9 21 (5.12%) Influencing Skills
10 17 (4.15%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (3.90%) Legal
12 15 (3.66%) Back Office
12 15 (3.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 14 (3.41%) Marketing
14 13 (3.17%) Financial Institution
15 9 (2.20%) Manufacturing
16 8 (1.95%) Retail
17 7 (1.71%) Local Government
18 5 (1.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 278 (67.80%) Analyst
2 253 (61.71%) Business Analyst
3 52 (12.68%) Senior
4 39 (9.51%) Senior Analyst
5 36 (8.78%) Senior Business Analyst
6 25 (6.10%) Technical Analyst
7 23 (5.61%) Technical Business Analyst
8 21 (5.12%) Consultant
9 19 (4.63%) Banking Analyst
9 19 (4.63%) Developer
10 18 (4.39%) Lead
11 17 (4.15%) Banking Business Analyst
11 17 (4.15%) Data Business Analyst
11 17 (4.15%) Financial Analyst
12 16 (3.90%) Insurance Business Analyst
13 15 (3.66%) Endur Analyst
13 15 (3.66%) Endur Business Analyst
13 15 (3.66%) OpenLink Analyst
13 15 (3.66%) OpenLink Business Analyst
13 15 (3.66%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.93%) .NET
1 12 (2.93%) XML
2 11 (2.68%) React
3 10 (2.44%) CSS
3 10 (2.44%) HTML
4 7 (1.71%) Bootstrap
4 7 (1.71%) HTML5
4 7 (1.71%) jQuery
4 7 (1.71%) Memcached
4 7 (1.71%) REST
5 6 (1.46%) PySpark
6 4 (0.98%) JSON
6 4 (0.98%) WPF
7 3 (0.73%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.73%) Electron
7 3 (0.73%) JNI
7 3 (0.73%) Middleware
7 3 (0.73%) Node.js
7 3 (0.73%) Swagger
8 2 (0.49%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 55 (13.41%) Product Ownership
2 16 (3.90%) PMI
3 15 (3.66%) Data Protection Act
3 15 (3.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 15 (3.66%) Management Information System
4 13 (3.17%) Reinsurance
5 10 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
6 9 (2.20%) Onboarding
6 9 (2.20%) Renewable Energy
6 9 (2.20%) Virtual Team
7 8 (1.95%) Reference Data
8 7 (1.71%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.71%) Derivative
8 7 (1.71%) Fixed Income
8 7 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.71%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 6 (1.46%) Credit Risk
9 6 (1.46%) Equities
10 5 (1.22%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.22%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.71%) Linux
2 4 (0.98%) Unix
3 3 (0.73%) CentOS
3 3 (0.73%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.49%) Windows
5 1 (0.24%) AIX
5 1 (0.24%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (44.63%) Agile
2 130 (31.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 91 (22.20%) Requirements Gathering
4 88 (21.46%) Problem-Solving
5 76 (18.54%) User Stories
6 74 (18.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 74 (18.05%) Workshop Facilitation
7 72 (17.56%) User Acceptance Testing
8 64 (15.61%) Project Delivery
9 61 (14.88%) Project Management
10 54 (13.17%) Migration
11 51 (12.44%) Business Intelligence
12 49 (11.95%) Analytics
12 49 (11.95%) Data Modelling
13 47 (11.46%) Roadmaps
14 45 (10.98%) SDLC
15 44 (10.73%) GAP Analysis
16 43 (10.49%) Continuous Improvement
17 41 (10.00%) Process Improvement
17 41 (10.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 70 (17.07%) SQL
2 28 (6.83%) Python
3 15 (3.66%) Java
4 14 (3.41%) C#
5 9 (2.20%) JavaScript
6 4 (0.98%) Perl
7 3 (0.73%) C
7 3 (0.73%) PL/SQL
7 3 (0.73%) VB.NET
7 3 (0.73%) VBA
8 2 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.49%) Korn
8 2 (0.49%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.24%) ABAP
9 1 (0.24%) C++
9 1 (0.24%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.24%) Jython
9 1 (0.24%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.24%) R
9 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 59 (14.39%) Degree
2 46 (11.22%) Security Cleared
3 40 (9.76%) SC Cleared
4 27 (6.59%) CBAP
5 21 (5.12%) PMI Certification
6 12 (2.93%) IIBA
7 10 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (2.20%) ISEB
9 7 (1.71%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.71%) SAP Certification
10 6 (1.46%) Azure Certification
10 6 (1.46%) PMP
11 5 (1.22%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.49%) ACCA
13 2 (0.49%) CFA
13 2 (0.49%) CIMA
13 2 (0.49%) Six Sigma Black Belt
13 2 (0.49%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 1 (0.24%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (9.27%) QA
2 20 (4.88%) GDPR
3 19 (4.63%) Data Quality
4 11 (2.68%) Accessibility
5 9 (2.20%) MiFID
6 7 (1.71%) PMO
7 6 (1.46%) EMIR
7 6 (1.46%) SLA
8 4 (0.98%) GRC
8 4 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.98%) NIST
9 3 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.73%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.73%) PSD2
9 3 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.73%) WCAG
10 2 (0.49%) Basel III
10 2 (0.49%) GxP
10 2 (0.49%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.49%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (0.24%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (1.46%) Terraform
2 1 (0.24%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.24%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 50 (12.20%) Microsoft
2 26 (6.34%) Oracle
3 25 (6.10%) SAP
4 23 (5.61%) Salesforce
5 10 (2.44%) ServiceNow
6 8 (1.95%) Murex
6 8 (1.95%) Workday
7 6 (1.46%) Adobe
8 5 (1.22%) OpenLink
9 4 (0.98%) Atlassian
9 4 (0.98%) Google
9 4 (0.98%) Sparx
10 3 (0.73%) Avaloq
10 3 (0.73%) Bloomberg
10 3 (0.73%) HubSpot
10 3 (0.73%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.73%) UiPath
11 2 (0.49%) Charles River
11 2 (0.49%) Temenos
11 2 (0.49%) TOWER Software